Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1898 — Great Britain Buying Coal. [ARTICLE]

Great Britain Buying Coal.

Kingston, Jamaica, April 19. The British authorities, although they had 6,000 tone of coal here, bought 2,900 additional tons of coal. They have options on two cargoes of vessels of the Atlas line. These purchases and cargoes are connected with the increase of the British fleet in these waters, In view of the expected war between Spain and the United States.