Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1898 — WILL FIGHT CANAL PROJECT. [ARTICLE]

WILL FIGHT CANAL PROJECT.

Pacific Kail roods Closely Watching, Moves Made. A Washington correspondent says that the administration party is giving the most earnest attention to the subject of the Nicaragua canal. It is certain that the presence of President Inglesias of Costa lUca in Washington is fraught with, importance. He is receiving the most distinguished consideration at the hands of the United States Government. The State Department is worried over the alleged concession granted by Nicaragua to the Euyre-Cragin syndicate to construct the canal. Stockholders who have, invested in the Pacific railroads and their feeders will not see their property impaired by the influence of a ship canal without a fight.