McKinley Roosevelt Inauguration Parade Great Day in Washington
Washington March 4 McKinley began a second term as president while Theodore Roosevelt took the vice presidency. The inaugural parade featured a large military presence and 14 governors. The address covered currency surplus, Cuba relations, the Philippines, and national unity, urging restraint and law. The Capitol crowd and dignitaries packed the grounds as the ceremony concluded with a grand parade to the White House.
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Roosevelt
Washington
William McKinley
Ohio
United States
Theodore "Roosevelt
New York
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Capitol
White House
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Yates
Tilineis
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Michigan
van Sandt
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Richards
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Stone
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Dietrich
Nebraska
Shaw
Iowa
Crane
Massachusetts
McMillin
Tennessee
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Missouri
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Oklahoma
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Maryland
Longivo
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Senate
House
Congress
Fuller
Cuba
Spain
Paris
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Executive Commission
Pennsylvania Avenue
Executive Mansion
Tragedy in Beloit Ends With Double Suicide
In Beloit Wisconsin on March 3 Homer Payne a 45 year old mechanic shot his wife and neighbor Arthur Cady then killed himself. Mrs Payne survived and Cady was not seriously injured.
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Wiscon Beloit
Wis
Homer Payne
Arthur Cady
Old Cabinet Named for McKinley Second Inauguration
Vice President Roosevelt presides as McKinley resumes duties four more years. The first act sends cabinet nominations to the Senate. Hay becomes secretary of state. Gage to treasury. Root to war. Griggs to attorney general. Smith postmaster general. Long secretary of the navy. Hitchcock interior. Wilson agriculture. George Cortelyou named secretary to the president.
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Washington
McKinley
Senate
John Hay
District of Columbia
Lyman J. Gage
Illinois
Treasury
Elihu Root
New York
John W. Griggs
New Jersey
Charles Emory Smith
Pennsylvania
John D. Long
Massachusetts
Navy
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Missouri
Interior
James Wilson
Iowa
George Cortelyou
Teddy the Magnet and Senate Opening Crowds
Washington March 6 crowds packed the galleries as Vice President Roosevelt drew applause at the Fifty seventh congress opening. The session featured journal readings, a disputed oath, and a priority on the journal before other business.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mulley
Miss
Senator McLaurin
Morgan
Ala
Money
Alabama
Insular Affairs Committee
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Cooper
American in Paris Killed in Ostend Duel
John Wilson Durant of Albany and New York, living in Paris with his mother, was killed in a duel at Ostend with a Russian count. Durant, who registered as Charles Neville Carter, had previously struck the Russian with a glass bottle after learning of letters to the count’s wife. The count was seriously wounded. Durant’s mother was notified, and the incident followed Durant’s unstable behavior noted by friends in Albany.
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Paris
John MacWilson Durant
New York
Durant
Charles Neville Carter
Iady
Albany
John Wilson Durant
Ostend
Trouble in Cuba unsettles officials and fleets move
Reports from Washington indicate Governor General Wood warns of possible trouble in Cuba after amendments were conveyed to Havana. The navy orders Kearsarge and Massachusetts to avoid Cuban ports to prevent inflaming radicals as U S troops stay through fall. Admiral Hichborn eyeing stone dry docks at Pensacola while plans unfold in Washington. Fire at Wurzburg store damages 25000 dollars, insured, with prior flood losses.
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Wood
Cuba
Congress
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Kearsarge
Massachusetts
Pensacola
Fla
Cuban
West Indies
United States
Mla
Philip Hichborn
Pensacola Navy Yard
Algiers
New Orleans
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Duke of Orleans
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New Haven Railroad Company
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Hickey Thesday
Western Baseball League
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Ottawa Statinets
York
Peter
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Mare
Friend Bros Clothing
America
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Milwaukee, Wis
M. Powell
ARM Home
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