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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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| January 6. Secretary Gage of the Treasury resigned; was succeeded by Ex-Governor Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa. | |
| January 20. The President transmitted to Congress report of Canal Commission, recommending buying of rights for $40,000,000. | |
| February 10. Serious sickness of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. President in attendance at Groton, Massachusetts, several days. | |
| February 24. Reception to Prince Henry of Prussia. | |
| February 25. Launching of German Emperor's yacht, which was christened by Miss Alice Roosevelt. | |
| March 7. President signed a bill creating a permanent pension bureau. | |
| May 12. Beginning of the great coal strike; largest in the history of the United States. | |
| May 21. President unveiled a monument at Arlington Cemetery, erected in memory of those who fell in the Spanish-American War. | |
| June 9. President reviewed West Point cadets at the centennial celebration of that institution. | |
| July 4. Addressed a great gathering at Pittsburg. | |
| July 5. Removed his business offices to Oyster Bay for the summer. | |
| August 11. Retirement of Justice Gray of the Supreme Court; the President named Oliver Wendell Holmes as his successor. |
