Immense St Louis fire traced to powder blast explosion
A massive blaze gutted a large business house in St Louis caused by a powder explosion. The report notes accompanying market news from Chicago and other cities as part of a broad dispatch.
28 Sep 1898
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1898
Page
1
A massive blaze gutted a large business house in St Louis caused by a powder explosion. The report notes accompanying market news from Chicago and other cities as part of a broad dispatch.
Washington dispatch outlines Spanish position on Philippine disposition in peace talks. It notes aims to draw U S stance on Luzon and sue for Pacific coal and naval bases, with insurrectionists guaranteed fair treatment. Also reports on war investigations meeting and Philippine delegation led by Lopes awaiting guidance.
A daring early morning robbery at Flora Indiana yielded between 10 000 and 12 000 dollars in cash. Bank owner W H Lenison was fatally wounded as the gang fled under heavy fire. A 50 man posse hunted across Carrol and Cass counties aided by bloodhounds. Later reports say two suspects were captured with most of the money.
Washington reports the next treasury statement will likely show the highest per capita and total circulation in U S history with about 1 850 000 000 in money in circulation by month end. The surge reflects war spending gold imports and new bank notes while Congress may amend the war revenue law to clarify who pays the tax on express receipts and bonds stamps.
General Francis V. Green and staff arrive from Chicago with Felipe Agoncillo and Jose Lopez, delegates of Aguinaldo. They plan to press for representation on the peace commission in Paris to gain recognition of the Philippine insurgent government. They are escorted to the White House and will discuss reception at the state department. The president is expected to grant a personal audience.
Tacoma reports the North Pacific liner Columbia surviving a fierce typhoon off Foe Chow China on August 29. After twelve hours of fury the ship neared Japan’s coast, the anchor cable broke leaving the vessel near shore. The crew faced mutiny among Chinese sailors while European officers labored with few helping sailors aboard.
Dispatch from Quebec reports that U S and Canadian commissioners are near agreement on most of the twelve protocol questions. Anticipated actions include possible purchase of Canadian sealers' ships by the United States, coordinated inland fishery laws, and limited changes to Great Lakes naval building rules. Commercial reciprocity and lumber tariffs feature prominently. German warships depart Manila.
In Sydney on September 28 the Central Ohio Methodist conference voted unanimously in favor of equal lay and ministerial representation at the general conference.
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