04 Apr 1898
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1898
Page
1
Market by wire reports in Katnan City April with Texas cattle receipts and prices. Cattle totals show natives, stockers, feeders, steers and cows with mixed prices. lambs and mutton listed. dairy items steady with creamery figures. overall market steady with several firm readings and notes of supply.
Congress debates a joint resolution to aid Cuban insurgents with 6500,000 in relief supplies and food while considering measures to empower the president, debate over belligerency, and anticipated messages on Cuba. Senate plans and House actions set around the Cuban question with warnings of possible war and mediation efforts.
The April 4 Shawneetown flood devastates the town after the levee breaks a mile above. Water reaches 15 to 20 feet, many buildings collapse, and Sheriff Galloway’s family drowns. Reports say 100 dead, with hundreds displaced and aid rushed from Evansville. Telegraph lines fail, rail service halted, and boats ferry supplies as the city braces for relief.
The Ocean Steamship Company steamer City of Macon bound from Boston to Savannah caught fire off Martin’s Inlet near Tybee. The forward hold flooded by a stream, passengers, about 85, were brought ashore at Savannah. The ship was run aground near Quarantine Station. cargo valued at substantial loss, while salvage and emergency crews assisted. A separate fire in Cuamtorre, North Carolina, destroyed 19 buildings with losses around $250,000 and $150,000 insured. cause unclear.
Mixed wartime notices from multiple towns report Governor Pingree’s stance on arming militia and potential war funding, a deadly revolver duel in Haynes Arkansas, Denver handball team beating Brooklyn champions, and other local items. Also notes about Kansas City volunteers, a Toledo teen marriage revoke claim, and stock-market shifts in Spanish bonds.
A long, dense dispatch reviews Nordic tensions with Austro-Hungarian strains. Swedes favor a joint foreign ministry for both kingdoms while Norwegians demand separate ministries and services, risking war readiness as republican leanings fracture the union. Russia looms as a potential ally for Norway against Denmark and Sweden.
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