Inauguration Day as McKinley Takes Oath at Capitol
McKinley pledges new term in a rain drenched ceremony before a vast crowd of soldiers, sailors, and civilians. The day begins mild then showers, yet Washington boasts a grand pageant with warships on the Potomac and a sea of banners along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Weather Bureau
Capitol
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Cleveland
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Potomac
Hartford
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mike
Keee
Senor Bravo Triggers Cuban Protests and Inline US Clash
In Santiago de Cuba Senor Bravo, a Havana constitutional delegate, sparked a massive anti American demonstration with incendiary remarks. Crowds, largely black, shouted Down with the Americans as Cubano Libre assailed Washington. In Havana, Rathbone bail disputes surface with objections to a $5,000 bond increase amid Cuban postal fraud indictments.
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Cubano Libre
Washington
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C. F. W. Neely
Roosevelt inducted as Vice President in historic Senate ceremony
Theodore Roosevelt was formally sworn in as Vice President in the U S Senate chamber. The scene blended solemn ritual with a vivid display of colors as diplomats, Supreme Court justices, and military leaders attended. Mrs Roosevelt sat in the galleries with children, while Mrs McKinley and her party observed the ceremony.
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Jeffersonian principles honored at centennial Jefferson banquet
The Leoquoia Club in Chicago marked Jefferson's presidential inauguration centennial with a banquet. Speakers Judson F. Harmon, M. F. Tuley and T. A. Moran urged Democrats to unite on Jeffersonian principles, signaling calls to move beyond factional disputes. Harmon was billed as a former Cincinnati attorney general elect.
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Tipton Militia Guard Prisoner Amid Kidnapping Scare
In Tipton Indiana a 65 year old man R H Edmonds is held on charges of attempting to assault a 12 year old girl Marguerite Ross. A lynching mood prompts Governor Durbin to order guard captain Barlow’s National Guard to protect the jail and deter mob violence. Sheriff Schulenberg says the prisoner will be protected at all hazards.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Barlow
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Ross
Governor Acts Promptly In Tipton Militia Mobilization
An Indiana Governor issued a precautionary order placing Captain Jesse H. Barlow's Company 1 of the Third Infantry, Indiana National Guard, under arms to assist the sheriff protecting a prisoner in Tipton. Sheriff George Schulenburg had custody of Robert Edmonds, 65, charged with assault on a 12 year old girl. The adjutant general followed the sheriff's account and deployed troops as a last resort, though authorities aimed to avoid militias unless necessary. By 1:00 a.m. last night Colonel Wilson was on hand to oversee developments.
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Closing Hours of Fifty sixth Congress End in Dual Tributes
The article recounts Carter’s prolonged river and harbor bill protest, Tillman’s Charleston plea, and the Senate adjournments. It notes Frye’s farewell and Roosevelt’s swearing in as the Fifty seventh Congress opens. Henderson’s valedictory and Richardson’s resolutions honor the Speaker’s impartial leadership.
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Bills Approved While McKinley Was In the Capitol
President McKinley signed about a hundred bills passed by Congress while at the Capitol. Key items include the District of Columbia code bill the naval appropriation and postal service and sundry civil expenses appropriations the St Louis fair bill the gold coin exchange act amendments requiring interstate common carriers to report accidents to the Interstate Commerce Commission and provisions for Alaska Civil government in the Eastern Texas district.
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Congress Dies and River Harbor Bill Collapse Ends Senator Carter Career
Senator Carter closes his senatorial career by holding the floor for thirteen consecutive hours over a questionable measure. Congress dies on the river and harbor appropriation bill as the Senate agrees to the St. Louis Exposition bill but drops the Charleston appropriation.
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Retired Navy Officers Chief Hichborn and Another
Washington March 4 Two prominent naval officers were placed on the retired list today by operation of the law on account of age Rear Admiral Philip C Hichborn who has been chief of the navy bureau of ordnance and weapons was one of the officers retired at once the other was not named in detail in the dispatches.
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Senate hears name for chair of Spanish claims panel
The President is considering former Senator Chandler of New Hampshire for chairman of the newly created Spanish claims commission. Chandler’s Senate term expired today and he has a background in public service.
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Spanish Claims Commission
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Five Die in Engleside Zinc Mine Accident Near Joplin
At Engleside zinc mine Center Valley eight miles east of Joplin Missouri five men were killed and two injured when an explosive charge detonated unexpectedly. The dead are Hale Foster George Wilson William Buzzard Fritz Morris and Edward Stothard. Injured are William Daniels and John Burton. The men were drilling a drift from the main shaft when a misfire occurred after a box of powder was sent down. A surface worker was thrown thirty feet by the blast.
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William Daniels
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Remains of a Hero: Burial Site of Gen Nathaniel Greene Found
A joint Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati and Georgia Historical Society team under Col Asa B Gardiner uncovered Gen Nathaniel Greene's remains in Savannah's Colonial Cemetery vault. The coffin name plate, sword fragments, colonial buttons, and skull were recovered. Identification is deemed perfect though posthumous plans remain undecided.
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American Aiding Insurgents Hopes Vindication In Manila
American contractor D. M. Carman says sickness kept him from a fuller statement and that he did nothing unauthorized. New arrests and surrenders shrink Insurgent resistance as US forces note pledges of allegiance and a new prison prepares to receive prisoners.
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Early Civil Government Expected in Manila Report
Manila dispatch notes private measures point to fast track of general civil government in the Philippines. Peace sentiment grows, insurgent attacks fade, oath of allegiance broadening. draft bill creates insular constabulary chief and district chiefs for four districts, with constables per municipality.
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