President William McKinley signed into law the federal charter for the American Red Cross.
Congress enacted a civil and judicial code for Alaska, set the capital at Juneau and created a territorial government. It also approved the 1892 Agreement with the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache and funded the reinterment of 267 Southern soldiers from Northern grounds to a special section of the Arlington National Cemetery.
A lion dragged the Superintendent of Police in British East Africa out of a rail car while he was sleeping, killed him, and ate him.
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