President McKinley's physicians told reporters, "Good news, good news, nothing but good news. We have washed and fed the President, and moved him to another bed" and "that a count of his blood shows that it is in a normal condition, and we feel that we can announce definitely that there is not the least indication of blood poisoning."
The Director-General of the Pan-American Exposition announced plans for "a day of special thanksgiving, a day of national jubilee over the escape of President McKinley from death".
Clergymen attending a national conference in Chicago proposed a second Thanksgiving Day in honor of McKinley's escaping death.
Cousins Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and Czar Nicholas of Russia met on the Kaiser's yacht, SMY Hohenzollern, which made a rendezvous with the Tsar's yacht off of the German coast. The Czar was ferried to the location on his yacht, the Standart.
The U.S. Circuit Court for New York ordered a refund of $490,139.09 to the American Sugar Refining Company for improper tariffs. The tax was imposed on sugar from Puerto Rico, which was except.
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