Inaugural Ball Illuminates Pension Building Scene
Washington crowds flocked to the Pension Building for the inaugural ball as electric lights, canaries in gold cages, and a giant Old Glory display transformed the hall. President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley greeted diplomats, officials, and society figures amid orchestral concerts and lavish decor, with arrivals and receptions shaping a grand evening.
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Fairy Land
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MacKinley
Burrs o called traitor and a monument to Bogish
In New York a weekly meeting of the society for political study discussed Aaron Burr, defending him as a victim of circumstances rather than a traitor. Separate notes mention a monument association forming to honor William Bogish, with officers named, and a Port Arthur excursion schedule with dates, fares, and special car arrangements.
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Washington
Aaron Eee
Mary Holmes Bater
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Gay Aaron
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Ind
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H A. Ellaworth
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J. F. Jones
William H. Bogish
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Platt Declines to Sign Autograph After Croker Encounter
Washington report describes Senator elect Thomas C. Platt at the Capitol yesterday being hounded by autograph seekers. A boy with an album asked him to write beneath Richard Croker’s name, but Platt refused to sign there and chose a separate page, citing reasons the youngster could not grasp.
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Dick Croker
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Capitol
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New York
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Schoolboys Find Whisky in Middletown Lantern
Ten Connecticut youths were sent home in wagons after a Middletown school incident. The class had warned about a drink hidden in a wall near the site. Investigators reported the boys consumed liquor, two teachers noted intoxication, and the group was disrupted as officers and guardians intervened.
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New Haven
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Middletimd & Cinea
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Resignations Sweep Washington Diplomatic Service
Washington reports a flood of resignations from heads of Wilted Stake diplomatic service abroad. Up to a third of senior posts are awaiting the new president’s action as the naval plan prompts departures to spare the incoming administration embarrassment. Consuls and commercial officers abroad show fewer resignations expected.
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Wra
Stained Glass Controversy Shocks Mount Vernon Church
New Swedish Lutheran church members at Mount Vernon were shocked upon entering the church theater Stone church now stained. A large chancel window depicts a Titan figure holding a wine glass, and another nude woman feeding a peacock from a lower window. Church officials question the figures’ suitability for worship spaces.
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New Swedish Lutheran Church
Mount Vernon
Theater Stone Church
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Rockefeller Gift To Mount Holyoke Dormitory Fund
Mount Holyoke College faculty announce a 540000 donation from John D Rockefeller of New York for a dormitory. The gift is accompanied by a receipt of a 2250 check from a friend. The announcement comes from South Hadley Massachusetts in March.
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Mount Holyoke Colleee
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New York
Lone Wolf Goes Home from Carlisle
Delos Lone Wolf, Carlisle center mish of the Callsie Indian team, arrived in Chicago en route to the Cherokee reservation in North Dakota. He plans to organize YMCA groups and football teams, expects Carlisle to dominate next season, and hints at a Chicago game and Northwestern contest.
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Northwestern
Huntington gift to Metropolitan Museum of Art
BP Huntington writes from New York gifting the Washington portrait by C. W. Peale to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He notes it is exhibition at the Gallery of 8. P. Avery and hopes it will be enjoyed by the people, saying its transfer to a public institution is wise and gratifying. The gift has been accepted.
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C. FP. Huntington
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Washington
C. W. Peale
Avery
Museum of Art
Far Away Algiers Romance Ends in Death Aboard
An American girl in a World’s Fair romance ends tragically with the death of Ferdinand Albanese in Algiers where he served as electrical display superintendent for Thomson-Houston. Minnie Kitzun of this city was guest of honor, their plan to wed in Europe thwarted by his death. Albanese’s Albanian family in Havre is being notified as authorities seek to inform the wife who left for home. The tale closes with news of a sea voyage and a travel schedule to California via the Santa Fe route.
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Albanese
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Albanes
Their New Home in Princeton Praises Mrs Cleveland’s Taste
When Mrs. Cleveland moved into the Princeton residence, she found a newly redecorated colonial style mansion prepared by Grace Temple. The interior features light warm yellows, Nile green wall tinting, colonial white woodwork, and open fireplaces in most rooms. Furniture is antique mahogany, with two marble mantels, a grand father clock, and a library with white shelves.
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Gurie Berray Gables
New York
White House
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Til
Private Colonial Furniture Collection Highlighted in SME
A catalog notes one of the finest private collections featuring colonial furniture. It includes beds and bureaus with fronts, corner cupboards with finely crafted inlays, low-footed tables, side chairs, and other period pieces.
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Mieitlied Fepsien
Western Bean Trust Sets Uniform Bean Price Across Regions
Western Bean Trust with Southern Pacific Milling and Dutard Porter, Wolf and Lehman, J. K. Armsby of Chicago, and Delafield McGovern of New York, announces an agreement setting the selling price for the past season at 1.80 per 100 pounds with a 30 day guaranty against decline after each price change, amid costs near production level.
Self-Propelled Bicycle Legend From Prison Release
Columbus reports William Bridges a famed horse thief released from the penitentiary claims invention of a bicycle that moves himself. He says the rider's weight powers propulsion and the machine can run away once mounted. He notes difficulty stopping it and that braking has no effect in full career.
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Presbyterian Church Service Society Formed in New York
At Brick Presbyterian Church Rev Dr Henry Van Dyke hosts a gathering of clergymen and lay leaders who organize the Church Service Society of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. The group grows from discussions at the last General Assembly and aims to address inconsistencies in worship and service. The plan unfolds from a meeting in October and the vestry event marks the formal start of the society.
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Henry van Dyke
Brick Presbyterian Church
Church Service Society
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
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Mrs Belmont Sells City Residence for 260000 Dollars
New York March 5. Mrs C H P Belmont has sold her city residence at the southwest corner of Madison Avenue and Seventy second Street for 260000 dollars to W Bard Cutting. Belmont is negotiating for a corner plot on Fifth Avenue opposite Central Park to erect a mansion with a grand ballroom for entertaining.
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Engineer William Halle to Study Water Plans in Africa
San Francisco report says William Hammond Hall ex engineer of the state and Golden Gate Park designer sailed to Johannesburg at Cecil Rhodes request. Rhodes pays 2500 dollars for a scientific water condition survey to aid mining ventures and a vast reservoir plan. Hall, regarded as a premier engineer, will stay about three quarters of a year before returning to London to finalize designs.
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South Afric
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Barnato
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Africa
Bills Signed by President Cleveland
Washington March 6 President Cleveland signed several acts including establishing an additional land office in Montana granting a life annuity to Dasiel Lyon of Port Huron Michigan providing for the removal of the International tank from Kansas City to Kansas City Missouri vacating Surat Locf reservation in Colorado restoring lands to entry preventing adulterated tea shipments defining forest lands in the territories and prohibiting trespass on national military parks. The bill to create a mining court in Utah became law without his signature.
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Monster Grain Elevator at Buffalo to Hold 3.5 Million Bushels
Northern railway plans a 2504 bin steel grain elevator at Buffalo with 20 bins of about 1000 bushels each. The 00 ton steel order should be placed soon. Elevators claim lower cost and insurance with this method compared to old designs. Russell Sage to move offices to Bank of Commerce Building in New York after Arcade building vacancy.
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Dangers of the Grip and a Preventive Claim
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the sure preventive and quicker curative treatment for grippe. It asserts the remedy prevents pneumonia and cites tens of thousands of users with no known cases of ensuing pneumonia, noting 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by Wessen Coat Co. and druggists in Pennsylvania.
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Chamberlain
Flame tipped in his awful exertation of Grover Cleveland
Washington dispatch from March 2 attacks Grover Cleveland as a dishonorable leader who corrupted policy and finances. It asserts his diplomacy harmed the nation, cites economic strain, and predicts political reckoning while noting a vast personal fortune. The piece lambasts his administration and compares it to earlier political eras.
Miners Accept Arbitration Report From Legislature
Denver March 5 The joint session unanimously adopts the arbitration report on the Leadville strike. Cloud City Mines union No 22 telegram endorses the measure and notes March 3 meeting resolutions. Mine owners have not yet indicated willingness to arbitrate.
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