McKinley Inauguration Opens New Presidential Term
Washington marks the inauguration as William McKinley takes the oath to serve a four year term beginning today. Grover Cleveland retires as president after a public career of service and returns to private life. Vice President Hobart delivers an address while the nation hears a commitment to the gold standard and calls for a special Senate session on March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Hobart
Washington
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Inauguration Itself and Parade for President McKinley
President McKinley takes the oath as vice president in a quiet senate chamber, with 49 000 to 60 000 in the inaugural parade. Spectacle, decorations, and a white house reviewing stand mark a grand event as Cleveland and McKinley share the scene and local tributes line Pennsylvania Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hobart
New Jersey
Senate
House
United States
Capitol
McKinley
Cleveland
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Inaugural Day Parade Brings Washington to Acclaim
The pageant chronicles the 1897 inauguration of McKinley and Hobart with vast crowds along Pennsylvania Avenue. Flags, bunting, and 60 000 miniature flags line the route as veterans, sailors, guards, and civic groups join a grand procession from the White House to the Capitol and back amid cannon fire and cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
United Tates
Committee of Arrangements
Metwinley
White House
Senate Committee
McKinley
Ibbitt House
Executive
Cleveland
Hobart
Cleveland, O
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers
Inaugural Escort for McKinley Led by Gen Porter
Gen Horace F. Porter led the inaugural parade with a large aide corps. An estimated 11 000 to 12 000 regulars militia soldiers and sailors formed the escort for President McKinley, reflecting a strong security presence and ceremonial display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace F. Porter
McKinley
Inauguration of Hobart with VP oath in Senate
The vice president took the oath in the Senate chamber as both houses gathered in the capitol. The joint assembly was presided over by Adlai E. Stevenson. Eight Supreme Court justices attended the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Congress
Senate Chamber
Adlai &. Stevenson
Ilnois
United States Supreme Court
Inaugural Adjournment and Oath of Office Ceremony
President Cleveland and President-elect McKinley entered the chamber at noon as diplomats rose in respect. The Fifty-fourth Congress adjourned and the Fifty-fifth began with Vice President Stevenson, then Hobart taking the oath as successor and the new Senate swore in 30 members whose terms started with the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Pauncefote
Cleveland
McKinley
Stevenson
Senate
Hobart
The Famous Ohioan Takes the Oath of Office
McKinley is sworn in as president by Chief Justice Waller in a Capitol ceremony before a vast crowd. He delivers a inaugural address outlining his policy and, amid cheers, moves to the White House with Cleveland, who returns to private life in Princeton New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Capitol
McKinley
Waller
Cleveland
White House
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Great Britain
Senate
The
United States
Inaugural Address Calls for Financial Reform and Unity
President McKinley urges currency reform and a government backed money system. He favors a commission to study coinage banking and tariff, supports international bi metallism, and calls for restraint on debt while strengthening revenue. He condemns lynching and press calls for immigration safeguards and civil service enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Vice President Hobart Addresses Senate Briefly
Vice President Hobart gives a short address to the Senate reflecting gratitude for the honor and a cautious tone about presiding over a body that felt limited in choosing its leader. He pledges diligent work for prompt legislation and faithful adherence to senatorial courtesy and impartiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syrepris
Wemacks
Senate
Hobart
Council
Woman Arrested for Murder in St Louis Flat
Mrs Idijane beth Gibson alias Lizzie Henry 28 was arrested by Detective OConnell of St Louis and Cleveland detectives Doran and Deecelle. She is charged as one of three persons who drugged robbed and murdered William Stewart a wealthy Wisconsin resident in a flat at 1205 Washington avenue St Louis on February 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Idijane Beth Gibson
Lizzie Henry
Dennis O'Connell
St. Louis
Doran and
Deecelle
William Stewart
Wisconsin
Washington Avenue
Evacuation Demand Greeted by Powers Over Crete Crisis
The Athens correspondent reports diplomats delivered an identical note to Foreign Minister Skouzes demanding Greek forces evacuate Crete within six days under coercion. The powers oppose annexation, offer autonomy for Crete, and prepare coercive plans if Greece resists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Athens
Daily News
M. Skouzes
Crete
Greece
Thessaly
Paris
the Figaro
M. Delyannis
Turkey
Uropiec
Vienna
Crees
Sane
Floods Hit Several States With Severe Damage
Heavy rains caused widespread flooding across Cincinnati St Louis and Indianapolis with river overflows washing out bridges submerging towns and isolating communities. Damage tallies rise to about 1 million dollars in Lawrence County Indiana as rail lines and tunnels flood and homes are moved from foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mill Creek
College Hill
Lockland
Somminsville
Ohio
St. Louis
Cheltenham
Clifton
Heaward
Benton
Ellendale
Edgewood
Leywansville
Ind
Len Wipplemeier
Lyonsville
Mount Vernon
Indianapolis
Union Station
Sacksorn Park
North Vernon
Vernon
Portland
Martinsville
Trail of Washington
Lawrence County
Terrific wind storm and cyclone damage reported in multiple cities
A 5 am wind storm in Cairo, Illinois reached 55 mph for about ten minutes, wrecking roofs and trees. In Kentucky a warning cyclone damaged Winchester and Mount Sterling structures, and a locomotive roundhouse. Huntington West Virginia recorded a 1:30 pm hurricane causing significant property loss and panic at Marshall College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Louisville
Kentucky
Winchester
Mount Sterling
Great McBrayer
President Cleveland Vetoes Immigration Bill
President Cleveland vetoed the immigration bill saying its provisions are unnecessarily harsh and oppressive. He argued defects in construction would cause vexation and operation would harm citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Proclamation for extra session March 15 1897
President McKinley issues a proclamation convoking Congress in extra session at noon March 15 1897 to address executive communications and tariff legislation. He consulted with Reed and Republicans noting tariff revision as the priority for permanent prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKinley
Congress
Reed
United States of America
Congress of the
William McKinley
United States
Capitol
William M'Kinniey
John Sherman
Senators Appointed in Three States
Gov. Lord appoints ex Senator H. W. Corbett to fill Oregon vacancy while Florida appoints John A. Henderson interim senator. In Kentucky, officials anticipate resistance that may block seating until state legislatures reconvene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
Lord
H. W. Corbett
United States
Corbett
Oregon
United States Senate
First National Bank of
Portland
Jacksonville
John A. Henderson
Tallahassee
Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad
Bee
Bloxham
Henderson
Florida
Congress
Chicago
George P. Haney
Washington
Kentucky
New Cabinet Sworn In At White House Ceremony
Washington March 8 The entire cabinet except Secretary Gage was sworn in together at the White House in a informal ceremony. Chief Justice Fuller administered the oaths to Sherman Alger McKenna Long Gary Bliss Wilson as Porter watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gage
Mr. Gage
Davis
McKinney
Marshal Wright
McKinley
Fuller
Porter
Sherman
Alger
Justice Brown
McKenna
Long
Gray
Gary
Bliss
Peckham
Wilson
Supreme Court
Capitol
Treasury Department
Chicago
Funation
Minnesota woman given life for child murder confession
Nellie Frayer, who pleaded guilty to murdering nine year old Willie Maxwell in St Paul, says she acted alone and led the boy to an upper area where she chained him and set the building on fire. She asks mercy while her father denies involvement and she receives a life sentence at Stillwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Alrs
Nellie Fragey
Willie Maxwell
David Maxwell
Frayer
Holland
Stillwatan
Gilded statue of Gen John Logan to be unveiled July 22
Chicago readers learn of the planned bronze equestrian statue of General John Logan to stand at Eldridge Court foot at the lakefront. The sculpture is being cast in New York and foundations will be laid by the South Bank commissioners. Mrs. Logan fixates July 22 for the unveiling in honor of Logan’s command near Atlanta after General McPherson’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Ganden
Gen. John, Logan
Eldridge Court
Sculpton
New York
South
Johnn A. Logan
Washington
Logan
Gen. McPherson
Atlanta
Disappearance case leads to arrest in Bloomfield PA
Malinda Snyder vanished from Liberty Valley at 18 twenty eight years ago. Hugh Smith, 75, of Liberty Valley, was arrested and charged with killing and burning her body after cutting it into pieces. The motive arose from a dispute with another person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Malinda Snyder
Liberty Valley
Hugh Smaith
Smith
Woolen Mill Fire Destroys Northwoods Village Mill
The Threeset woolen mill at Northwoods Village Holden, owned by West Boylston Manufacturing of Oakdale and leased by William H. Coe of Worcester, burned Saturday afternoon. The 75 year old mill employed 40 workers, with losses estimated at 30,000 and insured for 22,000. The fire cause is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Muareh &S
Northwoods Village
Holden
West Boylston Manufacturing Company
Oakdale
William H. Coe
Died in Jail Nelson Miller Dies in Luzerne County Jail
Nelson Miller, convicted of first degree murder and awaiting sentence, died in Luzerne county jail on Sunday afternoon from consumption. He was linked to a gang attack that dynamited a shanty housing rival Hungarian laborers, killing five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Nelson Miller
Cdn
Luzerne County
Miller
Spaniards Defeated at Manzanillo by Cuban Forces
General Vara del Rey commands 1500 Spaniards in a costly eight hour engagement at Manzanillo on February 26. Gen. Garcia leads Cuban victors who claim over 3000 troops, 800 rifles, one cannon, 500000 rounds, and ample provisions seized. Vara del Rey narrowly escaped capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Vara del Rey
Calimto Garcia
Manzanillo
Ali i
Garcia
Fought with bandits at Borejo hacienda near Leon Mexico
The brigands led by Juan Vans attacked the Borejo hacienda 25 miles west of Leon forcing the employer to surrender. Robbers plundered the store and hacienda residence, then fled. a pursuit by rural guards ended in a clash that killed Vacas and three of his men and wounded another guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Mexico
Juan Vans
Borejo
Here
Blight Men Drowned In Dover Coal Mine Flood
London reports eight men drowned when the Dover shaft once bored for a tunnel project flooded during work. In San Francisco a probate filing reveals Thomas M. Quackenbush leaving $1,000,000 to his daughter Esther Swortfiguer in his will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dover
San Francisco
Thomas M. Quackenbush
Esther Swortfiguer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Cleveland
Mr. McKinley
M'Kinley
Executive Mansion
Governor's Island
Abinta Porter
Wesley Merritt
United States Army
United States Engineers
Seventeenth Infantry
United States Foot Artillery
Twentythird Ohio Volunteers
Senate Committee of Arrangement
Cecil Clay
District of Columbia National Guard
McKxinley
First Street
Fourteenth
K Streets
Col. John & Poland
Gov. Bushnell
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Vermont
Illinois
Texas
Iowa
Minnesota
Washington City
O. O. Howard
Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic
Union Veteran Legion
Union Veteran Club
B. H. Warner
Union
D. D. Woodmansee
National League of Republican Clubs
Delaware
Georgia
J. Franklin Fort
District of Columbia
J. A. T., Hull
Indiana
Michigan
West Virginia
Gov. Tanner
Warren P. Sutton
Maj. McKinley
Maj. McKin Tey
Lyman JF. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
Russell A. Alger
M'Urinley
John D Long
Secretary of the Navy
Brealer Lna
Washngton
Cornelius N. Bliss
the Interior
James A. Gary
Joseph M’kenna
Senate of
James Wilson
Agriculture
Powers
Leary
M'Kinle
Spreinl
Harrisburg
Marens
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Madison
Wis
Nevins
State Fish Hatchery
Palmyra
Gam Gareia
Manszanillo
Gland Rapids
Mich
March S
William Ramsey
Werald
California
Milwaukee
Maggie Kennedy
Milford, C
John Dain
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!