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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
4
John J. Carney editor notes Aberdeen Washington post office filing as second class mail. Offers yearly subscription rates and advertising terms. Births marriages deaths printed free. Seeks county correspondence. Official paper for Chehalis County with largest circulation.
Governor Rogers is renominated by W H White and endorsed by the Post-Intelligencer in an interview published last Sunday. The piece labels the move a baited trap while praising Rogers as a capable but politically aloof leader, noting his administration’s strengths and his perceived weaknesses as a vote getter. The article forecasts a Democratic convention nominating the next governor, not White or the P I.
The National Watchman argues about trusts and party blame in the upcoming national campaign. It claims the gold standard spurs trust formation and that every U S trust will back the Republican candidate. It suggests voters must detect party responsibility for trusts to oppose them in 1900.
The text claims bankers and congressional henchmen trained in Atlantic City to perfect a plan for a vast paper money trust, implying a far larger scheme than existing trusts and portraying it as a major threat.
The article reports that the beef court kept the president’s instructions secret from General Miles and his attorney until the day before testimony ended. Miles offered 440 witnesses, 104 called, supporting his charges. 336 were not sub pened. Aguinaldo denies initiating hostilities at Manila and claims he sought peace once informed. The piece suggests American actions were aimed at pushing the peace treaty ratification in Washington. It criticizes a censored cable used by the administration linked to Hanna and Elkins.
The Hoquiam paper laments high insurance rates set by a trust despite new water works, urges local Grays Harbor insurers to form a cost base. It cites Missouri law upholding anti trust collections, Wisconsin penalties for public officials accepting rail passes, and forester Cloes’s plan to restore 100000 acres to public domain. It also critiques Dingley tariffication and hints at pressure on McKinley from bankers and a potential congressional session.
Secretary Gage states the price of reinforcing forces in the Philippines is $1000 per man.
A Kansas preacher urged women to remove hats in church. They reluctantly complied as he added the line that hair or embarrassment over physical infirmities did not apply, prompting the bats to come off metaphorically.
The report of the beet court may cause money kings and trusts to oppose Mr. McKinley as a presidential candidate in 1900. It will be impossible to elect him regardless of money spent, though politicians and office holders may force his nomination.
Among 163 witnesses called, 20 were from the Subsistence Department, 13 from the Agricultural Department, and 51 had meat industry interests. The statement argues the poor are not inherently in poverty but are plundered, and that excess riches are taken from the earnings of the poor.
In Towa a process makes maple syrup from brown sugar and hickory bark extract. Chemists cannot distinguish this imitation from the genuine product.
Members McKinley and Alger create two inquiry courses to prove subordinates and the beef trust are error free. The move aims to establish infallibility and shield from wrongdoing, reflecting political maneuvering of the era.
In the McKinley beef court the testimony of a single lawyer for the beef trust outweighs that of a score of brave American officers and soldiers.
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin eruptions and other ailments, plus Dr King’s New Life Pills for mind and body power. It also notes Northern Pacific and Burlington tourist cars offering weekly service Seattle to Kansas City with connections through Lincoln to major cities. Both items mention prices and drugstore sales.
An American newspaper ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as spring medicine to clear the blood and cure scrofula kidney and liver troubles rheumatism and related ailments. Readers claim relief and renewed strength with testimonials from Mic hael Boysk J B Emerton and Annie Ropeart.
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