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The United States Naval Court of Inquiry finds no reason for the battleship Maine to have combusted of its own accord, leaving a torpedo attack from Spain as the only answer.

In the National House, “a net Republican gain of 5” districts” is being gained for Republicans.

President Theodore Roosevelt issues an executive order “prohibiting the employment of convict labor on government works,” despite the protests of officials in the war department.

African American soldiers state that they prefer their own commanders to new White commanders.

President Storey claims that President Roosevelt did not have the right to interfere with Cuban independence, and that he acted as a “menace of the future independence.”

The Jim Crow Car laws are declared unconstitutional after a black man brings the case to court.

During his speech at Cooper Union in New York, Secretary of War William H. Taft “respectfully declines” answering a question regarding the Brownsville affray.

The Republican Convention in New Jersey votes against Secretary Taft and supports the renomination of President Roosevelt, posing delegations that are “uninstructed” by The Planet.

Judge Waddill attempts to block John Mitchell’s bid appear at the Republican convention.

In a surprise, the Democratic party is defeated in elections in Norfolk, leading to a pickup of Republican seats in Norfolk.