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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1901-03-21
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Nantsr 1T MIR beBbaIb niidtern,
Weil er piel pertrGst.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1901-03-21

Gin gutter Wen1q.
S6reiber: .Weine SiiBe iinb pie Elm
Slid Sis, 70 tult iit's bier!" gbef:
FRA. nit ben 5iiBeu idrsiben Sic bod
ni4t!"
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fu6D: nSerr Yrpfefor, t6Hnen sic fi6
benn gar ni9t erinnern, mo sic bic
9a9en a~ufgebGnst baben9" - Yrofeis
for: ~Sm, es biirft. in iiibhefEider
Riatuns getpsisn iein!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1901-03-21

Mpbernes Oifi4On.
SSm Serameter itnst bas Sraufen einJ
2iebfen BON SCHUBERT, |
SIN Peniameter brauf fault in bieI
aneips Der Wdnn.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1901-03-21

SsiratbspsrmittIer (Su einem iun=
gen Mann): .9ut, i6 engdgire Sic
als Qgent fir mein 8iireau!. Oils
9rObeIeiitung bringsn Sic mir bic ou
unter bic Saube!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1901-03-21

.SeBt tpeiB id nidt. lit msin 9oits
berr uusgeblieben. neil bic Suppe res
gelmGBig periul5eu mar, pber neil er
gemertt fat, buB i'd in ibn perIiebt
bin?!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1901-03-21
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liebft mid nur ipegen msiner oret WliIs
lipnen!"
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niirbe bid aud lisben, tpenn ou nur
cine Wilipn bGtteit!"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

in the fact that their endeavoIs were
driving sleep from the brain of the
murderer--a mild form of the Chinese
torture which keeps criminals awake
until they die. But as soon as the
sheriff heard of this he put step to it,
largely because he did not want Cool
gosz to appear in court thin, drawn
and haggard as though he had been
prosecuted in the jail. In the eyes OF
the law he was stil innocent until he
had been proven guilty, and orders
were issued to feed him we'll and let
him have plenty of sleep. The re-
suit was that when he came into court
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

John Alexander Dowie Is now ab1s
to keep tab on his prayers. All this IL
accom- plished as the result of move
uses to which is put that triumph o.
modern mechanical ingenuity, the cleo
tric time stamp. Few except those Ia
miliar with the busy life DIR" Dowis
leads realize what a service the cleo.
trio time stamp will be to him. Eli
jah H. spends a considerable part OF
his time daily praying for various
Zionites whose friends or relatives
have asked the general overseer To
join them in prayer for healing at
such or such an hour, says Chicago
paper. These requests for prayers are
received by Dowie's secretaries. tabu-
lated according to the specific hours
at which the special prayer is sought,
and taken up by the head of the Chris
tan Catholic church at the time spec
fled The moment Dowie finishes a
prayer he slaps the written slip into
the jaws of his electric time stamp,
slams his hand on top of the device
and the exact time he prayed is in
stantly recorded upon the sheet Here
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02
As the World
ReIol-Le.S
The war on Beet Sugar.

The American Sugar Refining Com
pany. otherwise known as the sugar
trust, recently began war upon the
beet sugar industry by cutting the
price of GRADUATED to 3& cents
pound at Missouri river points. This
has been followed by reduction Of
price in all states from Colorado to
California amounting to 80 cents
hundred pounds on beet sugar and ~
cents on cane sugar. The object Is To
deal a blow to the bee< sugar manu-
:acturers In their own territory. The
recent report of Secretary Wilson on
the beet sugar industry estimates the
total product of 1901 at 1875, 500 tons, OF
which $4,000 tons come from the Pa
cific coast and Rocky Mountain states.
besides 1000 tons from Nebraska. Cali
fornia, with an annual output of 3d.
600 tons, Is the leading producer.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02
The Connections Election.

The result of the vote in the consd-
tutionai amendment election In Con-
necticut last Monday is the adoption
of two amendments. which are now a
part of the organic law--namely: the
election of state officers by plurality
vote and the enlargement of the state
senate The first of these reforms was
carried by a majority of over 10000
and the second by over $4,000.
The main feature of interest, how
ever was the vote upon the PROPOSE
ton to call d constitutional convention
for the purpose of securing reform in
representation and doing away with
the anomaly of little town or village
having the same power in the legisla-
ture as a city. The sectional character
of constitutional reform is illustrated
in the returns of the election. OF the
city registered vote only 35 per cent
was polIed and in the country towns
SO per cent, but the urban vote was
substantially solid for the convention,
as well as the vote of the larger fac
tory towns. The seventeen cities Of
the state gave 30,024 majority for the
convention and the rest of the state
4. s67 against it OF the 1853 towns for
ty voted for It
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

No life had more in it of terror than
Napoleon.s, yet he said, on his dying
bed There is nothing terrible in
death; he has been my pillow for the
last three weeks, and now he is about
to take me away forever" Louis XIV
vas happy in his death. why weep
you?" he asked his friends. Did you
think should live forever? l thought
dying had been harder?" Sir Philip
Sidney would not change the joy OF
his last hour for 1.-The empire Of the
world Let me fall asleep to the
sound of delicious music said Mira
beau; and Humboldt. the naturalist,
exclaimed in his dying peace: How
grand these rays! They seem to beck
on earth to heaven" Sir William
Hunter wanted pen Ito write down
how easy and pleasant thing 1t Is
20 die But surely the most beautiful
farewell ever addressed to the world
was that of Keats. Il feel the flowers
growing over me- he said In a phrase
which, as thing of beauty. is JOY
Tor ever.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

= The method to be employed in the
legal execution of Assassin Go gosZ is
thoroughly in keeping with the prog
-ess of the centuries. He is to die by
the latest aud ms st approved form OF
capital punishment electrocution.,
While the manner OF his taking off is
perhaps. MINOR incident compared
with the major fac. ttat he IS to pay
the penalty of his life for his crime. it
is C mmsn on tie Advancement
Of the world that an assassin guilty OF
the most heinous offense is to be exc
cuted, not as In the old days by
more barbarous and painful death than
that meted out to other murderers, but
in the most humane method approved
by the laws of the state in which he
was convicted. Time was when the
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

under the new conditions and with re-
suits wnfch mo e than vsr-fi d all tue
claims Of the pay sicians. Autopsles
were held en- the ,Giss of the fist
criminals execut d in order that the
surgeons and officials might learn eX-
actlya what eff C. the trem enaous cur
rent had upon the tissues and organs
of the body, and discover IL poss bic in
that way whether death was instan-
taneous It was found that the blood
was coagulated and other indications
went to prove that eiectrocution was
a certain. instantaneous and practf-
cally painless form of death. This is
what awaits the assassin who murder
ed President Mckinley and plunged the
nation into grief. Under the law he
/ has an interval OF twenty-one days be-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

Courage and confidence, not terror
and doubt, says the Chicago Record
Herald, have been the most truly re-
markab,e and persistent things In the
background of our national sorrow.
The confidence was perfect and it was
illustrated in the facts of our daily life
when the doubt expressed in intemper-
ate declarations was loudeSt. EXcep.
for the day of public mourning the peo-
pie went about their business as usual,
and there was not the slightest sign OF
actual apprehension anywhere. It was
assumed as matter of course that the
vice-president would succeed to tn :
Presidency without any disturbance
that there was no pcss.b'e chance OF
national insecurity, that the ordinary
affairs OF life would go on without in
terruption. It was felt that the founda-
tons of the republic were as firm as
the foundations of the everlasting hills
What stung the people was the out
rage upon humanity, the cruel personal
aspects OF the sa sination, the wan
ton nature of the assault upon their
own sovereignty, which incensed
though 1t did not terrify them. They
never really thought that they hae
anything to learn from Russia on thu
making and the administration of laws
and that civil liberty and self-govern
| ment had suddenly become a failure
They never thought OF Furnishing an
| archy, with anarchy, and they knew
that great democratic republic like
| this with it's equal love for liberty ant
order does more to eliminate thu
causes of anarchy than any other po
| liticaI institution known to history.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02
AN ORDEAL TO BE ENCOUNTERED BY THE ASSASSIN.

There was some further converse
ton with his wife in the way of leave
taking, but this should not be repeat
ed. About an hour later he said to his
wife:
Nearer, My God, to Thee. cen
though it be a cross, has been my con-
slant prayer
"He tried to say something more,
but l could not catch it. / gave out at
the time the first sentence as being the
most appropriate to be remembered as
his last words. l wrote them down at
the time, SO that there can be no Ques-
ton about 1t "
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

tween the date of his sentence and his
execution in order that any legal stays
Of proceedings may. be brought by his
attorneys before the higher courts. but
in the present case. of course. nothing
Of the kind will be attempted.
The Chair of Death.
The condemned man will be led by
guards into the death chamber in the
Auburn penitentiary. Near the wall
at one end of the room is an oak chair,
constructed something after the man
ner of an easy chair, with broad wood
en- arms. 1t rests upon rubber mat
ting which irsulates it completely. At
tached to the back Of the chair is an
adjustable board, against which Cool
gosz will rest his back, and this board
is equipped with a sliding rod to which
Is attached the "de ath mask" strap
which can be fastened around the head
at the forehead. On the inner side OF
this strap are two small sponges,
which press upon the tsmples and
which are connected by wires with the
rod in the back of the chair. This rod
carries the electricity, conducted to 1t
by heavy wires from the wall. There
are straps fastened to the back of the
chair to pass around the upper arms of
the condemned man and holding the
arms securely ag 4inst the chair, other
straps on the arms of the chair itself
| binding the forea ms down and pre-
venting the least struggle. Anot her
stout strap or belt att ched to the back
of the chair passes across the abdomen
of the prisoner and binds him securely
! to the seat. His ankles are also strap
ped to the foot re st at the bottom OF
| the chair.
When all is in readiness two small
! electrodes fitted with moist sponges
| like those pr ssing against the fore
! head are placed against the bare calf
| OF each leg, the trousers either being
| slit for the purpose or turned up as far
! as the knee. When these electrodes
! are fastened into place the body of
| CZolgosz will form part of circuit
! from the wires at his head to those at
! his legs, and any current entering the
! upper wires must pass from the cleo
! trodes attached to his legs and thus
/ back to the dynamo.
Method Is Simple.
! The execution itsalf, these details
| being attended to, is exceedingly sim
pie. Upon the wall of the death cham
/ Der is a large switch board and num-
| Der of gauges which reg ster the num-
| Der of volts Of current passing over
the wires. One of the officials selected
for the pu: pose, either the sheriff or
some other officer legally charged with
the execution, pulls down a handle on
switch, which completes the circuit,
| and in a fiftieth of a second about 1900
volts of the deadly electricity leaps
through the body of the murderer and
passes on through the wires. In that
fraction of time it is ali over. He is
dead as certainly as though a guillo-
tine had descended upon his neck. The
current is usually allowed to remain
at that intensity for about ten seconds.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

he was fat and sleek after his two
weeks of rest and good food and look
ed much better than he did when he
was arrested.
May Make Trouble at Execution.
But since his sent nee he has chang
ed his demeanor. Realizing that his
clumsy efforts to feign insanity were
deceiving no one, he dropped them
after the trial and conducted himself
in a quiet, ordegly way. as though
he were quite resigned to his fac and
wanted only to have it hurried along
and get 1t over with. But the incident
at Auburn. when the mob clamored for
his blood, work. d c mplets change
in him and seemed to take away what
ever spirit of bravado he had no to
that time. He has been a trembling,
whimpering wretch ever since and the
chances are that he will be led to the
execution shrieking with terror OF
practically unconscious from fear.
But in that event the redeeming
feature Is t. at the spectacle viii not
last long At a hang ng when a pris-
cner faints or struggles there ts al
ways a painful scena. as 1T is neces-
sary to have him on his feet In o. der
to place the moose around his neck
With the electrocuion chair this
trouble is obviated. The most weak
kneed and trembling of condemned
men can be plac ID in the chair and
bound in the usual way without the
slightest muscular aid on Their OWL
part. The current can be flashed
through them and the crime has beer
| expiated.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

The educational world of both con-
tinents suffers loss in the resi- gnation
of Charles Kendall Adams. president
of the University OF Wisconsin, which
expresses its appreciation OF his serv-
Ices by giving him indefinite leave of
absence instead Of accepting his resig-
nation. DR.. Adams retires to a milder
climate on account of i'll health.
DR.. Adams arrived at the University
OF Wisconsin when 1t was in urgent
need OF his intellectual resources, his
reserve, fortitude and precision. I'm
der a f1abby administration the delin-
Guencies of some of its faculty would
have inflicted grave injury upon the
institution. His discretion in vicissi-
tudes overcame the i'll effects of per-
nicious subaltern teaching. His moral
aims were promoted with reticence and
dignity and throughout his tenure the
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02
REV. SHELDON A. HARRIS.

was formerly a mission worker in the
neglected districts of Chicago. He was
BORN in Pennsylvania Feb. 2, 1852, and
came to Illinois in 1859. His father
was David Allen Harris, an officer OF
the Merrill horse. which served with
distinction in the civil war. Rev. Mr..
Harris began life as a wood machtnist.
ne became a salesman for a Chicago
house, then entered evangelical mis-
sion work and spent four years among
the poor. He was ordained in 1881.
He located in Dwight in 1900. He Is
chaplain of the Sons OF Veterans OF
Illinois and belongs TO several fratern-
al orders. His sympathies have al
ways been with the labor unions and
the poor. He says: Il believe in
Christianity, but not in churchianity.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02
A Duke who Must Not Marry.

One of the most remarkable figures
OF Vienna society is Archduke Eugen,
grand master of the German knights
of Malta. The Office, which Is fnvaria-
bly, held by a member of the Austrian
reigning family, brings a very large
income, but the holder may not marry
The archduke looks remarkably well
In his full costume in white, which he
wears only on festive occasions He h
a general In the army and commander
In chief OF the Ty
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

assassin of ruler was dragged TO
pieces by four horses at ached to has
four limbs and driven in opposite
directions. In some OF the oriental
countries to this day the most cruel
and revolving tortures are reserved
for those who even attempt the life OF
potentate or are susps cted OF COM
plicity In plots against him. Boiling In
oil, drawing and quartering are among
the least terrible OF these punishments,
while the looping off OF single mem
bers from the living body until death
relieves the victim is common pun
ishment for notable crimes.
Means of Death Humane.
In China to this day criminals sus-
pected of plots against the emperor or
other high officials are placed IN
bamboo cage and kept constantly
awake by their guards until death
from fatigue ensues. They are prod
ded with sharp instruments on the
least sign OF sleep and their sufferings
are impossible to scribe after three
or four days of this torture. But Czol-
gcsz, who would have NJ fate as
terrible as any OF these had he COM
mitted like crime in an oriental
country, or even in many European
countries, Is to meet death in the form
declared to be most humane and prac-
tically painless by medical men. A
current of electricity is to be shot
through his body. paralyzing the heart
action instantly and causing death in
fraction of second. In the familiar
phrase of the street, he viii never
know what struck him" after the cleo
trician concealed in an inner room
moves the fatal switch which will send
2 900 or more volts OF the mysterious
current through his body.
Result of Long Agitation.
More than ten years ago the agta-
ton looking to the abo,it on of hang
ing was begun in New York state.
After several magazine and newspaper
articles had been published expressing
the opinions of eminent physicians and
crim:nol gists on every phase of the
subject. "A commission was appointed
by the legislature to make an exhaus-
tive inqu ry into the subject. This in
yestigation dragged along for several
wears. during which tine the matter
was thoroughly exploited in the news
papers. and at last favorable report
was submitted recommending that
ell ctricity be subst tuted as a death
agent for the time honored ropes end
which had been used in most English
speaking countries for hundreds OF
wears. bin was passed by the legis-
lature authorizing the change in 1891
and it was ordered in the law that all
executions should take place in the
state penitentiaries. Electrocution
| chambers ware constructed at 5 ng
Sing and Auburn, equipped tn the
death chair" which superseded the old
| eallows, wires which took the place oil
| the rope and an electric switchboard
which performs the functions OF the
] old trap"
Death Is instantaneous.
| Several executions have taken place
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02
PRAYED
AUG II TO M 1903
JOHN ALEX. DOMIE.
A PRAYER REGISTER.

IS facsimile of one OF Dowie's time
stamps.
When 4 week or so later the general
overseer is informed that at such OF
such an hour the patient seemed to Inn
prove, he can refer to the documen-
tary evidence to prove that he prayed
at that hour for the healing of the be-
lever in his powers. Many times DR..
Dowie has produced the stamped and
timed slips to convince followers of
the potency of his prayers.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02

DR. Matthew D. Mann, the eminen,
Buffalo surgeon who attended Presi
dent Mckinley. thus describes his las,
moments and words:
LAS President Mckinley was dyins
I stood behind screen in his room
and heard him say his last words His
wife came into the room and he said
to her:
Good by, all: good by. 1t is Gods
way His will be done, not ours
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Scene of Horror Expected.

But the people of Auburn had heard
that he would arrive that morning, and
a mob of about 300 had assemb ed at
the station. When the train pulled in
there was an outcry from the mob for
the murderers blood. AS he was
hustled from the train to the prison
fists struck at him and hands reached
over the officers shou ders to seize
him. Immediately he COLLAPSED and
became panic-stricken. Failing upon
the floor OF his cell. he screamed with
fear and agony and begged the officers
not to give him up to the mob. That
seemed to be his greatest fear-that he
would be lynched. AS the days passed
he grew a bit quieter. but 1t is appar-
ent to his guards that he has lost his
nerve. and they fear he will make
pitiable spectacle Of himself when the
time comes for his last march on
earth-that from his cell to the death
| chamber.
An arrant coward, the chances are
that he will be paralyzed with fear
when he views the apparatus prepared
| for his death-the grisly chair, the
| head piece and the straps. 1t Is, in
| deed, a spectacle which might make
| the most clustering braggart quail, and
! in the case of a pitiful coward like the
| man who mur dered the president the
effect will probably be distressing IN
the extreme to the sheriff and other
officials charged with his legal execu,
| ton. But they have little pity FOL
him. Indeed, at the start before his
| trial the sheriff discovered that the
guards stationed outside his cell were
practicing a mild form of torture by
keeping him awake at night. They
| managed to make noises which startled
him every time he went to sleep; they
talked or sung or whistled and gioriec
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when 1t is reduced to 800 volts. After
several seconds, in order to make as
surance doubly sure. the current is
again increased to upward of 1000
volts and then cut Off. The execution
is over in less than a minute the pen
atty demanded by the law has been
paid.
Death Is Painless.
This method of execution has met
with so much favor from criminolo-
gists, physicians and humanitarians
that it. has been adopted by several
other states. notably Massachusetts
and Ohio. 1t is an improy sment in
hanging from several standpoints., be
ing swift. sure and painless, and the
removal of the body within a minute
after the current Is tusned on is a
great advance from the old method,
where a man was allowed to hang for
from ten to fifteen minutes slowly
dying, while jury of doctors counted
his falling pulse beats and finally pro-
nounced him dead. There are no
pulse beats in the e'ectTic-chair execu-
ton. The movement of the handle on
the switch board Is actically stimuli
taneous with the stoppage of the heart,
the obliteration of all sense and feel
| ing and immediate death.
| Since the imposition OF sentence
Czolgoez has lost the nerve which
carried him through the ordeal OF the
trial and has col apsed most COM
| pletely. The chances are that by the
time the day Of his execution arrives
he will have to be dragged or carried
to the chair. His collapse occurred on
his arrival at Auburn pen tertiary at 3
| O'Clock on the morning aft his SEN
tence was pronounced in Buffalo. Up
to that time he had carried himself
marvelously well. He stood the trying
test in the courtroom and even the
imposition of sentence without Wis
| IDLE weakening and marched back to
his cell almost as jauntily as though
he had been acquitted.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-02
DIR. CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS.

DR.. CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS.
University of Wisconsin has risen to q
foremost place in higher education
both abstract and practical.
The president of the modern univer-
sity must possess the comprehensive
and genial culture derivable from an
tiquity He must walk. however. with
the quickening music of humanity,
which is no longer "stilf' nor sad
It is q trumpet blast that calls nations
now, and it is given to the United
States to be in the fore.