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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1898
Page
6
A report notes a memory message urging discretionary authority to intervene in Cuba as the only solution to the problem. It states opposition to recognizing the present government and calls for decisive action.
President MelXinsey proposes authority to terminate hostilities in Cuba while opposing recognition of its government. He details reconcentration horrors, relief efforts, and the Maine disaster as arguments for US intervention to end the war and protect citizens and interests.
A preliminary report by EB W Parker of the US Geological Survey states total US coal output in 1897 at about 198.26 million short tons valued at roughly 198.1 million dollars, up 6.27 million tons and 1.7 million dollars from 1896. The average price fell to 8.1 cents per ton nationwide, with Pennsylvania leading production at 106 million tons, Illinois second with over 20 million, West Virginia third, and Ohio fourth. Maryland and Indiana each produced about 4.4 and 4.0 million tons respectively.
France urges control of four Chinese provinces south of the Yangtze valley, a vast area totaling 378,000 square miles with about 53 million people. Paris expects the ministry may not win all concessions, while England already holds substantial interests in the region and an agreement restricting further alienation.
A cable has been laid between Key West and Dry Tortugas. The Missouri State Board of Equalization fixes 1898 state property values at 959,206,007. Bishop Hartzel, in New York, predicts Europe will divide Africa within a year. The British Board of Agriculture plans to bar a shipment of American apples rejected by Germany over alleged San Jose scale. California frost reports confirm severe damage to fruit, especially apricots and nectarines, with some crops entirely destroyed.
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