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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
2
Brief foreign dispatches report varied events from across continents. Diplomatic chatter and market rubrics hint at unsettled tides and growing trade shifts. Local readers glimpse distant happenings through concise telegraph briefs.
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes uncertainty in foreign affairs cooled general trade outlook nationwide. Demand shows modest rise for seasonal staples in the West and Northwest aided by better weather, while the East and Gulf coasts see sharper business interruptions. Overall, buyers avoid new ventures until a foreign settlement is reached, with the Central West reporting only seasonal distributive demand and higher money rates.
An order issued Friday afternoon directs the regular army to assemble off the coast. The First, Second, Third, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and light batteries move to Chickamaqua and nearby ports, while Infantry units including the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Thirteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Twenty-first head to Tampa and New Orleans. The move signals possible large naval and military demonstrations near Cuba, aiming to support Congress action to end Cuba turmoil.
Reports from Madrid reflect inevitable excitement after dispatches from Washington. Spaniards protest the idea that Spanish officers caused the Maine disaster, with claims that no torpedoes were laid in Havana harbor. Official Gazette announces decree for a national fundraiser to bolster defenses.
No Iowa state fair this year as lawmakers failed to fund the society. Local sentiment against the fair grows amid opposition to the Yamaha exposition. Businesses support a Maine carnival feature depicting its destruction as the main attraction.
A fragment from Indianapolis notes claims that powers in Washington may seek a second joint note to govern between the United States and Spain. It mentions a Vatican appointment of Rev. Alexander Christie of St Stephens Minneapolis to preside in Vancouver.
Shanghai dispatch notes that the neutral parties discussed mediation by the League of Nations but were rebuffed. The United States turned down a mediation proposal, and China reportedly refused to sell concessions to the parties involved.
A statement attacking any move to recognize the insurgent Cuban government, calling for continued non-recognition and pressuring policy makers to withhold formal acknowledgment of the regime.
President McKinley asks Congress for authority to end hostilities in Cuba using Army and Navy if needed. He cites reconcentration horrors, Maine disaster, and humanitarian duty, seeks a peaceful but firm path to a stable Cuban government and continued relief for starving sufferers.
A preliminary statement by E W Parker of the United States Geological Survey reports US coal output for 1897 at about 198 250 000 short tons with value near 198 100 600 dollars. Tonnage rose 6 270 000 tons from 1896 and value up about 1 7 million. Pennsylvania tops production with 106 000 000 tons, Illinois second, West Virginia third.
Reports from the interior indicate California fruit reports show apricots and nectarines have suffered most severely. In many places the crop has been entirely destroyed.
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