War clouds gather as Spain crisis nears Congress
Washington April 2 The president and cabinet expect a near inevitable clash with Spain over Cuba with a message to Congress to be sent early next week. Spain's reply is unsatisfactory and the administration leans toward hostilities while seeking a peaceful end to the Cuban question. The issue now rests with Congress and the executive’s proposed policy.
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Airbrust
United States
Wade
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War footing and state appropriations in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the Twenty-seventh General Assembly adjourned after funding war readiness totaling $500,000 for governor use in case of war with Spain. Other measures include $317,034 for state institutions, $121,498.95 for general purposes, and $40,751.87 in assorted expenses. The session passed 87 bills and multiple resolutions amid ongoing pandemic-like national tensions.
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Twenty-seventh
General Assembly
Spain
McKinley
Lee Des Moines
Towa
Die town Asylum blighted by murder case in 1890
Fragmented report covers Alice Mitchell dying in Bolivar insane asylum and a January 23 1890 murder by jealousy, with local fear and sensational claims. Included are stray notes about American safety and distant ship news from Key West and New Orleans, plus scattered disaster references.
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Alice Mitchell
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Shawneetown Flood Claims Many Lives After Levee Breach
Shawneetown in Perry County is cut off as the Ohio River flood swamps the town after the north levee failed at 4:20 PM. Estimates place fatalities from 200 to 500 with hundreds more stranded on roofs and debris. Fires break out as water lifts houses and carries people away, while rescuers race to reach survivors aboard improvised rafts amid widespread property destruction.
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Carmi
Ife
Jackson Phillips
Merehimis
Riverside Hotel Threatened By Ohio River Flooding
In Bhawneetown a town of about 2000 along the Ohio River, the levee and river bank rise to critical levels. The Riverside hotel sits on the bank and may be at risk as flood pressure mounts during high water events. Citizens recall past floods when streets flooded and fear a recurrence.
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Riverside Hotel
Henry Docher
Few Business Failures in New York Trade Review
R G Dun reports weekly trade results noting fewer business failures in three months than in any first quarter since 1886. The ratio of liabilities to payments through clearing houses is the smallest for that quarter since 1886, with per firm and per failure liabilities at record lows. War fears show little effect. new orders are largely booked, and wheat and corn prices fluctuate slightly while cotton prices rise on production expectations. Failures for the week total 2% in the U.S. and 27 in Canada, compared with last year.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Maine
Rousen
United States
Canada
San Francisco Earthquake Strikes City After Midnight Shock
A powerful quake hit San Francisco at 11 43 Wednesday night causing 35 second tremor. Buildings were shaken violently and telegraph lines broke as residents fled. In downtown hotels crowds gathered outside and fires started from toppled equipment. A second note reports Vallejo Navy Yard idle workers and about 150000 dollars in damage.
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Honors to the Dead and Billiards Championship Update
The body of Kivut Friend W. Jenkins of the Maine arrives in Pittsburgh before six am with naval reserve escort and mounted police, funeral rites at Allegheny post and Uniondale cemetery. Ives Delents Schuefer defeated Jacob Schaefer Saturday night for the championship, 600 to 241.
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Guo
Senate Debates Cuban Independence and War Resolutions
From Washington reports in late March and early April the Senate debated Cuban independence and war measures, with proposals to recognize Cuba, declare war on Spain, or intervene armed, plus a Danish West Indies coaling station plan and extensive sundry civil bills. House actions mirrored wartime Cuban sentiment and naval funding, alongside a notable Alaska civil governance vote and other appropriations.
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al Jen
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Spain
Foraker
Frye
Alaska
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Minor News Items of the Week Ending April 4
Brief items note births, conventions, deaths, and political moves. Mrs. Ford in Conkling Tenn. bore four girls. Illinois populists to meet May 17 in Springfield. Minnesota Dems June 15 in Minneapolis. Missouri populists July 7 in St. Louis. Britain seizes Chusan. Wales miners strike. Bismarck’s 80th birthday. NY legislature approves 1 million war fund. Boston banks retreat from clearinghouse. Amaza Norcross dies at 74. ex congressman from Fitchburg. Sigsbee assigned as aide in Navy. Cuban frontier troops barred by Spain. Justice Brewer’s wife dies in Washington. Nosh Naby, 126, at alms house near New Brunswick. Commodore Schley ready to sail. 50,000 troops concentrated in Florida. John L. St. John leaves cold water party for populists. Arthur Orton dies in London. Emile Zola cassation court quashed. Pope urges end to Cuban war for progress and Christianity.
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Progress at the Trans Miss Exposition in Omaha
Announcement by the chief architect states all construction will finish in time for June 1 opening. Most large buildings near completion with artistic decorations, except Vine Arts and a U S government structure still under work.
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