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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1897
Page
1
The article covers McKinley and Hobart taking office, an inaugural parade described as spectacular, and a commission to revise monetary laws. It mentions tariff policies, treaty talks, and legislative sessions, highlighting debates and public interest surrounding early U.S. government actions.
A detailed account of the inaugural parade design and decorum, noting architectural and visual choices along the procession route. It describes crowd conditions, security measures, and the ceremonial display around the White House, including the President’s participation and the public’s reaction.
The March sessions show the Senate approving a District of Columbia appropriation and naval measures, while the House debates the Bowman claims, immigration veto, and various public bills. Executive confirmations include McKinney as secretary of state and Long as secretary of the Navy, with other key appointments listed.
Loxpox March 9. Lord Salisbury met Queen Victoria at Windsor amid Crete talks. Powers warn of blockade if Greece does not withdraw troops from Crete and fleet from Cretan waters. Greek vice consul Baranklis ordered to leave the island. Vienna and London dispatches report reluctance to coercion and tight naval surveillance around Volos harbor. Athens summarizes Greece's reply saying reforms offered by Greece were rejected by Moslems and autonomy not a solution, recalling fleets and troops deemed impossible.
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher died at 10 42 Monday morning after a long period of decline following injuries from falls in her Stamford home. A native of Worcester Mass she was 10 years widow of the noted preacher and had been active in charity and literary work. Also reported are a noted swindler arrest in Curacao with near $59000 in stocks and bonds and a general strike by about 2000 plasterers and hodcarriers in Chicago halting work on many buildings.
Pittssureyu Pennsylvania March 9 The Spang Iron and Steel Co and Morehead Bros Co steel works in Sharpsburg resume operations after two months idle, providing work for about 700 men.
The National Tube Works Co announces a wage cut for all employees averaging about ten percent. The reduction applies first in the tube works department on Monday, March 8, and in the rolling mill on Monday, March 15. Volunteers for the ...
Gen Weyler issues an order that all women arrested in Cuba deemed suspicious shall face court martial. Penalty not stated but death is believed likely if found guilty. foreign consuls protest the measure. Weyler defends it by saying women are hardest to subdue and would kill them first then try.
At Callery Junction on March 9 a boiler blast at 1 50 am on a Staples farm oil well wrecked the engine house derrick and machinery. John Dunlap, an oil killer, was killed and Charles McKover badly injured. Dunlap leaves four children in West Key Indiana.
Greek consul-general Botassi reports 100 telegrams and 4500 letters from Greeks nationwide volunteering to return to Greece to fight. He says travelers must pay their own passage as the government has made no provision for funds.
Five hundred cloakmakers joined the ongoing walkout on Monday after previous strikes, gathering at Wallahlala Hall for a mass meeting to press for a five percent increase in the regular price list.
Indiana legislators pass the Nicholson bill to abolish quart shops and the general pharmacy bill. Other outcomes include passage of a compulsory education bill, a labor arbitration measure, anti cigarette act, and railway voting machine rights. Senate and house actions cover insurance, road and prison labor changes, and various local notices from Ferdinand Albanese to Kokomo population figures.
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