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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1898
Page
1
Washington reports stress the Maine investigation court of inquiry will decide its cause. Long and Roosevelt manage the Navy amid cabinet discussions. The Cuba-Paraguay incident spurred U S demand for redress with nine ships and 2500 sailors, yielding apology and $10,000 to victims.
Washington reports officials consider indemnity as a potential step if the Maine disaster is found not to be accidental. Precedents include measures from protests to naval exclusion, force displays, and reprisals. The Waterwitch case is cited as most analogous to a non accidental Maine wreck scenario.
New York reports Rear Admiral Erben casts doubt on a torpedo or spontaneous combustion as the cause of the Maine disaster. He urges raising the wreck for answers, criticizes Havana dive work, and notes the Spanish pilot’s mooring under Spanish orders.
Evansville Indiana February 26 a mandamus suit forces Mayor Akin and the city council to allow the street car company to pay its share of a street improvement cost in annual installments, $5283.80, matching rights given real estate owners under the Barrett law. The court held no distinction exists between property owners and corporations for installment payments.
Flora Indiana February 26 Burton Haslett son of James Haslett a well known northern Indiana farmer has vanished after visiting town saying he had business to transact He carried substantial cash and notes at the time raising suspicions of foul play He recently sold his stock and planned to move from his father's farm. Also mentioned are reports of Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin facing short rations and government withholding funds.
The Canadian Pacific railroad broke a world record by moving four carloads of silk from Montreal to Vancouver and then to New York in seven days aboard the steamship Empire of China. The silk was valued at $300,000.
Washington actions suspend long and short haul rules for US Lines facing Canadian Pacific traffic while barring lower rates than those of CP. Senate concedes Corbett seat dispute. debate over river and harbor funding grows as no such bill is expected this session with Moody targeting Rockland Maine items.
The Interstate Commerce Commission released a revised public directory listing about 3,500 boards of trade and other commercial societies, 4,000 agricultural associations, and 300 railway organizations with locations and leaders. Washington also reported a near unanimous House vote on a bill to add two artillery regiments amid war concerns. Other notes include vice presidential elects for the Daughters of the Revolution, a stove plant move to Indianapolis, and the death of Major J. Peck, a 65 year old internal revenue official.
Bradstreet notes a strong price situation with limited distribution decline. Cotton and wool markets show firmness while manufactured goods demand slackens. Spring trade starts early in the central west and new reports indicate only 183 business failures this week, down from prior weeks and years.
A large trust named the American Hay Company has been organized by Chicago men with headquarters in Chicago and incorporation under Michigan law. The venture includes over 100 major hay buyers and shippers across Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan and aims to buy all hay worth in the region to fix prices and control sales. Elwood Ind reports Alaska visitor Amos Gilmore crossing White's Pass and heading to the gold fields amid severe weather and a spring rush. Ann Arbor Mich notes W J Bryan would work gratis to speak on bimetallism but university rules bar political use of university hall. a $1000 fee would apply otherwise. Lansing Mich reports twelve railroad firms accounting for January Michigan earnings totaling $1,213,059, up $145,856 from 1896, with projected statewide gain around 15 percent.
One of the wealthiest young heiresses in New York society, Miss Josephine Drexel, fourth daughter of the late Joseph Drexel of Drexel, Morgan & Co, has recently made her debut. Despite wealth, she is not expected to engage heavily in society due to her deeply religious family background.
Chicago's Franklin MacVeagh says the Seventeenth Eighteenth and Nineteenth wards form the poorest districts in the world with the highest poverty and lowest means. He cites sociological comparisons to New York London and Paris and urges reform after addressing the Tiliness club to awaken public investigation and action.
A double freight wreck near Oak Park derailed seven cars and blocked the Galena division of the Chicago and North Western, suspending traffic on the line. No injuries reported. damage runs into thousands as cars lay strewn on both sides of the tracks.
Albert A Henry traveling agent for a Philadelphia cold storage firm leaped from the middle of the Eads bridge into the Mississippi and died. He removed his overcoat before the jump and a memorandum found in a coat pocket identified him as Albert A Henry of 1311 North Fifty first street Philadelphia. The note stated I am crazy and want to die and mentioned a wife and child.
In Fort Wayne Indiana on February 26 sixteen trainmen on the Fort Wayne division were discharged for violating the railroad’s orders against frequenting saloons. Report says other road divisions have seen similar dismissals in the past ten days.
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