McKinley Death Procession Enters the White House
The remains of President McKinley arrive in Washington and are carried in a solemn funeral train to the White House. Mourners include President Roosevelt and cabinet officers as soldiers and sailors guard the cortege through a city shrouded in black banners.
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Nation in Mourning as Funeral Train Traverses the East
Washington reports a vast funeral procession for a martyr president traveling from Buffalo through the Alleghenies to the Potomac, drawing universal mourning across cities and towns. Flags at half mast, school and work suspended, and immense crowds marked the passage amid quiet, tearful farewells.
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Uncertain Path Tests Her Strength Beyond Reach
A lone figure faces an unknown journey as effort pushes past previously reached limits and the final outcome remains unpredictable.
McKinley Funeral Train Reaches Washington
The McKinley funeral procession traveled from Buffalo to Washington with the coffin guarded and escorted by military personnel. Mrs. McKinley endured the journey bravely, aided by Dr. Rixey and Mr. Cortelyou, as thousands watched along the route and over half a million people viewed the coffin in 12 hours.
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Washington
Roosevelt’s Policy Outlined For Incoming Administration
President Roosevelt, in a Buffalo gathering with cabinet and friends, sketches a program aligned with McKinley’s peace and prosperity. He calls for liberal reciprocity, tariff abolition on nonessential imports, strengthened merchant marine, isthmian canal completion, a government cable to possessions, and arbitration over war. The speech also notes plans for Canton interment and continuing focus on domestic financial protection.
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Scholars Strike Ties Up Long Island City School
In New York on Sept 17 the First ward boys halted classes to demand no school until President McKinley’s funeral. Older pupils blocked entrances shielding younger students, forcing the principal to deploy police to disperse the crowd.
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Bishop Whipple Dead After Sudden Illness
Bishop Henry Ho Whopple of the Saint Stanislaus diocese died suddenly after a bout with illness at his Minnesota home. Funeral planned at two o'clock Friday from the cathedral in Foriba. Also in Newport News battleship Tate placed in commission and St Louis Transfer drivers strike seeks wage increase to sixty dollars monthly.
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Turbulent day at Amalga strike HQ in Pittsburg
President Shaffer and Amalgaated association officials faced a crowd of strikers and lodge representatives as mills stayed idle. Shaffer met delegations privately, ordered newspaper access restricted, and declined to issue a public statement about the settlement.
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