Inauguration Week Crowds Gather in Washington
Washington readies for McKinley's second inauguration as Roosevelt arrives with his family and Lord Minto plans to attend. Trains from two to five sections bring visitors while guards, Porto Rican troops, and governors converge on the capital amid holiday streets and security measures.
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Rough Rider
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Inaugural Week Tensions and Diplomatic Prep in Washington
Amid liberal criticism the Anti Saloon League forms a hundred member vigilance committee to curb midnight and Sunday rules with lax police history noted. President McKinley plans to sign pending bills Monday morning before inaugural ceremonies as relatives arrive and British Ambassador Pauncefote negotiates seating with the Senate, while a Weather Bureau bulletin forecasts warm, clear conditions for Washington and the coast.
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Weather Bureau Tonight
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Cleveland Troop A Escorts McKinley Inaugural Parade
Troop A Cleveland with 95 members traveled by a ninecar special train to act as the president’s escort. The unit’s new mounts were moved in five Pullman horse cars.
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Crack Military Company
McKinley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pope Leo’s Birthday Address Warns on Reform and Crusades
In Rome on March 2 during the Pope’s ninety fifth birthday, His Holiness delivered an address praising Catholic France yet warning of grave dangers from anti Catholic sects and Crusade agitation. He lamented blindness in some men and affirmed imperscriptible church rights amid aging fatigue and civilizational challenges.
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Rome
France
Philippine civil government plan takes shape with MacArthur to lead
Washington reports the Spooner plan to inaugurate civil rule in the Philippines after an Army bill approval. Taft expected as first civil governor with Chaffee to command the military, while engineers reorganize units up to Fort Totten and West Point. Recruitments begin for new companies and battalions nationwide.
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MacArthur
Philippine Islands
Philippine Commission
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Chaffee
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Fort Totten
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West Point
Civil Government Arrangements in Bataan Province
General Grant states civil government not yet feasible in Bulacan or Bataan while Pampanga is ripe for rule. American officer Captain Goldman named civil Governor of Bataan during transition. Lt Love appointed treasurer and Sgt St Aeeeeee cheese supervisor. Balanga designated capital. 32nd Infantry to be replaced by Siehh Artillery as they await home. Philippine Commission to organize provinces Romolon Bohol Iloilo and likely Cebu Zamboanga Mindanao with similar moves elsewhere.
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Grant
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Love
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Philippine front lines and Carman release in 1945 war notes
North of a line from Dulag to Ormoc the area is controlled with schools English taught commerce resumed and shipbuilding active south of it garrisons are thin and rebels roam as American occupation begins. Manuel a March 8 release of Carman for aiding insurgents under a $10 000 bail with medical officials noting risk of death from confinement. Lieutenant Crockett and Hocano scouts skirmish Geronimo band in Morong province with rebels killed and rifles seized. Editor Rice at Frisco.
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Jon Gremins
Dulag
Ormoc
Leyte
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March
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D. M. Carman
Alding
Kulp
Carman
Davis
Philippines
Manila
Crockett
Hocano
Geronimo
Morong
Bew
Manila Editor Rice Deported Arrives Aboard Pennsylvania
George T. Rice editor of the Manila Bulletin, ordered deported from the Philippines by General MacArthur, arrived this afternoon on the transport Pennsylvania. He will stay about a week to consider his next steps and plans to seek redress from Minnesota officials and Congress before presenting his case to President.
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San Francisco
George T. Rice
Manila Bulletin
Philippines
MacArthur
Pennsylvania
Manila
Trains Collision Kills Four and Wounds Seven
A wreck west of Lenoir City Tennessee killed four freight crewmen and left seven injured as two through freights collided at high speed. Victims from Knoxville were engineer Madden fireman Stephenson conductor Coplan and fireman Cash. Injured include engineer Vance and conductor Snyder with several brakemen and a section foreman. The crash followed conflicting orders to pass at Lenoir City and later at London, blamed on the east bound train failing to heed the second order.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Lenoir City
F. Madden
J. M. Stephenson
Joseph Coplan
W. L. Cash
M. Vance
R. L. Snyder
Thomas Colbert
J. M. Dean
T. Williams
Peter Hurley
John Stars
Stars
Cleveland, Tenn
Colbert
London
Black Miner Hanged by Mob After Self-Defense Claim
Camden Mo March 2 Dewey Smith a Black miner fatally hurt Chester Stanley a white miner at mine No 4 four miles south of Richmond Mo was captured after fleeing the scene and taken back to the mine. A mob hanged Smith from a tree near the railroad as he proclaimed self defense and asked for mercy. No one was hurt in a subsequent volley following the rope execution as Sheriff Crowley arrived amid cries of lynch.
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Camden
Dewey Smith
Chester Stanley
Richmond
Stanley
Smith
McNeil
Bob McBrien
Smithton
British advance and Boer war uncertainty noted in London dispatch
London reports no clear end to the South African war as De Wet remains at large and Botha has not surrendered. Kitchener’s Pretoria missive notes 200 prisoners taken and 80 scouts forced to surrender after a prolonged fight. British officials urge patience despite press optimism and rumors of peace.
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War Office
Sir Alfred Milner
South Africa
Botham
House of Commons
Peking
War hero Lambton retreats from politics after defeat
The passage notes a war hero who once hurled vigorous anti-government speeches at the time of the late section and now appears to abandon politics. It points to Lambton's implied decision to withdraw from public life after a sweeping electoral defeat, an open secret among contemporaries.
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Deld
King Edward At Flushing Arrives Aboard Royal Yacht
King Edward reached Flushing at 10 30 p m and boarded the royal yacht to sail for England in the morning He left Cronberg at noon after a brief farewell visit to his sister and niece The Duchess of Sparta and Princess of Hesse accompanied him to the Cronberg station where a crowd witnessed the departure He awarded the station master with the third class Victorian Order at Cologne after a short wait He traveled to Flushing via Venlo in the Netherlands, seventy miles northeast of Roermond
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Ex-Postal Director Rathbone Summoned On Bond Change
Havana dispatch says ex postal director Rathbone was ordered to furnish additional bonds on Monday on new charge of complicity with Neely. Receipts from Matanzas office show $19.08 monthly while Neely credited $12,000 on his books. The fiscal suspects Rathbone's involvement but cannot prove it.
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Rathbone
Neely
Matanzas
Four Killed When Mill Boiler Explodes in Creuzer
A boiler explosion at Jacob Linewood's mill in Creuzer near Gallipolis Ohio today killed four men including Brady Lindewood Samuel Parker Bert Iron and a son of G J Sheets and injured several others. Names of the injured are not yet known.
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Gallipolis
Jacob Linewood
Creuzer
Brady Lindewood
Samuel Parker
Bert Iron
G. J. Sheets
J P Morgan Issues Circular on New Trust Capital
J P Morgan & Co circulates to stockholders of the constituent companies announcing the first definite capital of the new trust at 1 154 000 000 dollars. The document outlines key terms and implications for investors and corporate control.
United States Steel merger plans seek 114 million capitalization
A New York circula r ad by J P Morgan & Co outlines terms for the consolidation of Federal Steel National Steel National Tube American Steel and Wire American Tin Plate American Steel Hoop American Sheet Steel Carnegie into United States Steel Corp. The plan sets 114 million capitalization with 4250000 dollars of preferred stock common stock and 93000000 in bonds while underwriting funds of 336 million are arranged. The change requires two thirds of capital stock be deposited to approve exchanges and reserves dividends on common stock until the preferreds are paid for the year.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Federal Steel Company
National Steel Company
National Tube Company
American Steel and Wire Company
American Tin Plate Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Sheet Steel Company
Carnegie Company
United States Steel Corporation
Omnthbua Building Bill Passes Congress in Bipartisan Move
Fairbanks and Overstreet secure passage of the Omnthbua public building bill through both houses. Indianapolis total appropriation increases to 18 2,200,100. Last of the big supply bills, the general deficiency measure, approved by the Senate.
Omnibus public building bill clears Senate and House
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Senator Fairbanks and Representative Overstreet led the passage of an omnibus public building bill through both chambers. The measure, now set for presidential approval, fixes Indianapolis post office courthouse and custom house construction costs between 1,900,100 and 2,200,100 dollars.
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Fairbanks
Overstreet
Mercer
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Senate
House
Indianapolis
Senate Passes Final Major Supply Bill For Adjournment
The Senate cleared the general deficiency measure and an omnibus public building bill, edging toward final adjournment. Discussions covered conference reports, military pay amendments, and a $75,000 appropriation removal while senators debated building cost increases tied to Treasury recommendations and rising material prices.
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Nicaragua Canal
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Isthmian Canal Commission
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Fairbanks
Pratt
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