Havana Fears Panic After Cable Cut and War Plans
The article describes U S actions cutting the Havana cable and discusses a looming war with Spain. It notes President McKinley to ask Congress to declare war, with Day and Griggs briefing Senators Davis and Hale. It mentions food shortages in Havana under blockade pressures and troop mobilization plans across Washington, Richmond, Atlanta, and other points.
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Havana
Produce and Stock Exchanges
Produce Exchange
Oil's Capital Soda Fountain Shipboard Tale
The Alphonso XIL from Barcelona to Havana was questioned by its captain about American warships in Jamaican waters before continuing at full steam along the coast. The vessel hugged the shoreline as it rounded the cape, then disappeared shortly thereafter.
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Alphonso Xil
Barcelona
Havana
Cape
War talk and troop mobilization spread across nation
A prominent senator urges a formal declaration of war against Spain to avenge the Maine incident. Reports describe Congress opening, the President seeking a declaration, and Spain’s ultimatum reply deemed a de facto war declaration. Missouri prepares troops as port pressure and cable censorship tighten control from Havana to Key West. A Spanish steamer pursuer is sighted near Jamaica as Sedalia liverymen promote carriage services.
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Congress
Spain
County Convention Delegates Chosen and Resolutions Passed
Pettis county Democrats selected delegates to the state convention at a morning session led by John W. Baldwin. They endorsed Joseph P. Herrington for railroad and warehouse commissioner and approved resolutions praising Free Silver Democrats while extending sympathy to Cuba and Maine victims.
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John W. Baldwin
Joseph P. Herrington
Pettis County
Cuba
Maine
Congress
Herrington Announces Candidacy for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner
A county resolution reports Joseph P. Herrington has entered the race for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner, pending Democratic State convention action in Springfield on August 10, 1898. Herrington's twenty years in Missouri railroad work and leadership among laborers are cited as qualifications, with support for Chicago 1896 platform renomination and U S president in 1900.
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Committee On
Wuerkas
Joseph P. Herrington
Ware House
Springfield
Missouri
Cuba
Chicago
United States
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Spot Cash Store
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Richard E. Guthrie
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E. G. Cassidy
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