Friday, September 11, 2026

Wednesday, September 11, 1901. McKinley doing well.

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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Tuesday, September 10, 1901. Goldman arrested.

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