McKinley Proclaims Extra Session For March 16
President McKinley issues a proclamation convoking Congress in extra session at 12 o clock noon on March 16 1897 at the Capitol Washington. The proclamation declares extraordinary occasion and requests all entitled to act as members to take notice. Secretary John Sherman authenticates the document.
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McKkinley
McKinley
United States of America
Congress of the
United States
William McKinley
Capitol
Washington
Winliam McKinney
John Sherman
Japan and Spain May Fight Over South Seas Conflict
The schooner Vine returns from the South Seas with word of possible war between Japan and Spain over the Caroline Islands. Island natives are described as ferocious and cannibalistic toward outsiders, with Japanese traders massacred recently and Japan seeking colonies in the area.
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South Sea
Vine
San Francisco
South Sea Islands
South Seas
Japan
Spain
Buk Islands
Caroline
Caroline Islands
Kasale
Baltimore Conference Adopts Cuba and Crete Sympathy Resolution
The Baltimore annual conference passed a resolution praising Cuba and Crete in a speech by Bishop Hurst of Washington. He urged freedom for Cuba, Greek Crete, and condemned Turkish rule, drawing strong applause. A later amendment included Crete and was adopted amid cheers.
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Baltimore
Methodist Conference
Hurst
Washington
Cuba
Crete
Adden
Turkey
F. B. Clarkson
Oabs
Clude
Fatal snowslide buries miners near Park City Utah
A heavy snowslide struck a bunkhouse near Park City Utah burying several miners. At least four men were killed and others injured as rescue teams searched the wreckage and recovered bodies identified as Paffis Janes Keating and Nicho. The accident occurred Sunday afternoon following a mountain peak avalanche.
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Utah
Park
Paffis
Janes Keating
Rare Honesto
Joseph Zucca
Recluse J H Lewis Left Hidden Wealth After Death
Under a carpet in the Boston hermit Jame H Lewis home investigators found bonds deeds cash and securities totaling over 60000. He died during a heavy snowstorm alone and was unknown to his neighbors. A deed for Mt Bowdoin land worth about 300000 and the house valued around 5000 were found after burial.
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Lewis
Ifis
Mt. Bowdoin Station
Gradual Improvement In General Trade Noted
DUNS WEEKLY REVIEW reports slow steady progress in general trade with no material change. Demand for most products remains modest while speculative buying persists in wool and wheat due to expected duties and abroad needs. Wheat prices rise about 8 cents but stay below two weeks ago. corn strengthens about a cent. Western wheat receipts stay low at 1,559,821 bushels versus 2,801,638 last year. Atlantic flour included exports total 1,282,412 bushels versus 1,541,186 last year. corn exports heavy at 2,779,074 bushels gulf ports excluded, vs 1,104,890 last year. Failures show slight rise over 1806 or 1895, and little decrease compared with 1894.
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Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic
Gulf
FIELD FOR AMERICAN BICYCLES ENORMOUS DEMAND IN GERMANY
United States Consul Monaghan in Chemnitz reports 1897 bicycle demand will exceed all prior records. German factories have doubled capacity to meet orders, with large firms shipping 20 000 to 40 000 wheels and one near Nuremberg delivering 1 000 weekly. Full capacity orders placed, prices from 50 to 75 dollars. 100 dollar wheels cannot be sold.
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Chemnitz
Germany
United States
Monaghan
State Department
Nuremburg
Consu
Gov Bradley appoints A T Wood to succeed Burnham in Senate
Gov Bradley of Kentucky appoints A T Wood of Mr Sterling to fill the United States Senate vacancy caused by J C S Blackburn. He calls an extra session of the legislature for March 18 to elect a senator. Wood is long time Republican leader. Oscar Wilde to be freed soon as his sentence ends.
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Gov. Bradley
Kentucky
A. T. Wood
Sterling
J.C. S. Blackburn
United States
Wood
Oscar Wilde
Palmer Escapes Punishment for North Bend Murder
George Palmer, a boy accused of murdering Hazel Marshall in North Bend Wisconsin, was declared insane by a jury after a fifteen minute deliberation. An expert commission had previously pronounced him sine.
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Palmer
George Palmer
Hazel Marshall
North Bend
Wis
Incendiary Fire Kills Man and Teen Son in Wheeling Boarding House
A blaze at Mrs. Farrells boarding house in Wheeling Wic a结果ed in the deaths of John Henderson and his thirteen year old son Perry James Brady is badly burned with serious injuries. Fire officials report extensive damage and a total loss of around 400000 dollars. Several firefighters were seriously injured.
Cabinet Confirmed Amid Moderate Senate Scrutiny
The Senate approved President McKinley’s cabinet slate with no objections to most nominations. Lyman J. Gage’s confirmation as secretary of the treasury sparked debate as silver advocates warned he is a gold man, while all other picks including Sherman, Alger, Long, Daliss, Wilson, Melenna, Gary, and Hanna were swiftly confirmed or sworn in.
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Senate
McKinley
John Sherman
Ohio
Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Navy
John D. Long
Masachusetts
Cornelius N. Daliss
New York
James Wilson
Iowa
Joseph Melenna
California
James A. Gary
Maryland
Mark Hanna
Sherman
Gage
the Treasury
Two Men Die After Ohio Rail Wreck In Dense Fog
A westbound freight hit a sleeper of a passenger train on the Midland branch near Till Station Ohio in thick fog. Six injured include two fatally hurt two seriously and two lightly. victims named Wardock Dobbings Rispe Myers Watrous Conner among others.
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Midland
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Till Station
Loveland
Ohio
R. IT
Wardock
Cincinnati
P. D. Dobbings
Wheeling
W. Ve
Mr. Dobbings
G. TL. Rispe
Richmond
Ind
Myers
St. Louis
Ie. A. Watrous
New York
W. Kt. Conner
Claims Hypnosis Used in $80,000 Mullanphy Loan Plea
Rottman president of the defunct Mullanphy Bank in St Louis pleads he was hypnotized by T S Teuscher, a liquor dealer, to loan $80,000 of bank cash on weak security. Cashier Kammerer recalls months ago Rottman said Teuscher mastered hypnotic art, making him powerless in Teuscher's presence. The defense enrages small depositors who see their savings squandered.
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Louis
Rottman
Mullanphy Bank
Teascher
Kammerer
The
Maullanphy
Bettman
Teuscher
Butcher Butler’s Case and Extradition Efforts
The counsel for Frank Butler plans to file for a writ of habeas corpus to release a murderer imprisoned in San Francisco, arguing arrest occurred on British soil and no US offense. Evidence was sent to Washington last Saturday with presidential approval of extradition decision anticipated. A Peoria elevator fire destroyed Union Elevator No. 2, owned by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad, burning 900,000 bushels of grain and causing an estimated $850,000 loss.
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Butcher Butler
Frank Butler
San Francisco
Butler
United States
Washington
Heacock
Peoria
Union Eevator
Ill
Chicago, Burington and Quincy Railroad
Bills fail to pass as president-elect term ends
A batch of appropriation bills including Indian, agricultural and sundry elvil failed to become law as they were not signed by the president before noon Thursday when his term expired. The general deficiency appropriation bill also failed a conference. An explosion in the Kansas and exay Coal Company mines at Huntington, Ark, Friday caused Bud Hanley’s death and burned thirty-two others.
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Arkansas
Kansas and
Exay Coal Company
Wuntington
Ark
Bud" Hanley
Saind Gages
Bible Used At Inauguration for McKinley Presented in Buckeye State
An unusually handsome costly Bible made for the Ohio inauguration is presented to President McKinley by Bishop Arnett of Wilberfords College on behalf of the A. M. Behureh. The cover is morocco with white panels and gilt edges. A gold plate bears an inscription.
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Buckeye
McKinley
United States
Ohio
Bishop Arnett
Wilberfords College
Buck+eyostate
A. M. Behureh
Morocco
William McKinley Inauguration and Biblical Oath Tale
A historical note recalls William McKinley’s inauguration on March 4 and contrasts it with President Cleveland’s oath. Cleveland requested a family Bible blessed by his mother, swearing his oath on that beloved book in both terms, a gesture valued above other symbols.
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Cleveland
California Supreme Court Denies New Trial for Durrant
The California Supreme Court refused to grant a new trial for William J. Durrant convicted of the murder of Blanche Parment in an Easter Church in San Francisco on April 8, 1905. Chief Justice Really dissented, the opinion focusing on technical points and witness credibility being for the jury. The court found the evidence legally sufficient and that motive was not essential. attorneys may seek U.S. Supreme Court review.
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California Supreme Court
W. UT. Dearrant
Blanche Paamont
Emael Church
San Pranedsco
Supreme Court
California
Durrant
United States Supreme Court
McCloy Must Stand Trial for Embezzlement in Michigan
United States District Judge Morrow orders Charles B. McCloy returned from California to Michigan for trial after he confessed to stealing $8,000 from the Second National Bank of Bay City. McCloy previously wandered for three years before surrendering to U S Marshal Baldwin amid pangs of conscience. Tan to Hurry Up. A Tavana AP report claims orders exist to try and expel Americans jailed in Cuba. Norway’s storthing votes to study arbitration treaties with foreign nations. Treasury shows available cash balance at $212,006,006 and gold reserve at $148,020,510.
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McCloy
United States
Morrow
San Francisco
Charles B. McCloy
Michigan
Baldwin
Second National Bank of
Bay City
Mich
Tavana
Cuba
Treasury
National Treasury
Market quotes for cattle hogs and grains across major cities
A lengthy list of price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep, plus grain futures, across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Includes No 2 red wheat No 2 corn No 2 oats No 2 rye butter eggs and other farm products with varied bid ranges and shipping grades.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louisa
Cincinnati
Ile
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
McKinley Installed As President In Grand Capitol Ceremony
The United States Senate ceremony in Washington saw William McKinley of Ohio take the oath of office amid a vast crowd. Chief Justice Fuller administered the oath as cannon booms echoed, and the scene featured grand decorations and a sea of cheering spectators marking the start of McKinley’s presidency.
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Senate Chamber
Capitol
Hal Willan McKinley
Ohio
United States
McShinley
William McKinley
MecKinley Step
Inauguration Day 1807 A Historic Washington Display
The account recounts a grand Washington inauguration with extensive crowds and decorations. It notes the strong parade presence from seventeen states and civil organizations, the Senate chamber attention, and the entering dignitaries including McKinley and Cleveland. It describes Hobart’s oath and Stevenson’s valedictory address.
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Graettinger
Grabettinger, Iowa
E. F. Kluckhohn
Mkinley
Dun’s Weekly Review
Blackburn
Kokemo
Worcester
Mass
Goulding
M'Kinley
Freteht
William Mkinley
Ourrant
Norway
Storthing
Legislative Assembly of
Aibmit
Wml Weinley
Grant
Barber
House of Representatives
Steed
Hobart
Stevenson
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