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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
2
Grand Lodge of Washington rules that wives widows and liquor dealers cannot join the Masonic order within the state. Members now in the liquor trade must exit the business or resign from the fraternity. The measure was issued Friday and quotes the action as a statewide policy.
Reports from Che Foo and London describe Chinese forts at Taku opening fire on allied warships. Bombardment, torpedo boats seized, and several ships damaged as international forces advance on Pekin legations. Chinese casualties and foreign fatalities are cited amid mounting tensions.
The Republican National Convention in Philadelphia renominated William McKinley of Ohio for President. With Garret A. Hobart dead, Theodore Roosevelt of New York was likely nominated for Vice President.
Local reports from Surry and Stokes praise the Democratic slate as strong candidates. Party supporters claim a solid majority for the full ticket, trusting elected officials to serve the public faithfully and well.
The text argues the money power of the North caused the 1903 panic and accuses Republicans of closing plants via trusts while denying Democrats power. It contends Democrats bear no blame for the Philippine War and asserts Republicans and McKinley deserve responsibility instead.
A historical review shows presidents defeated by their four year challengers in prior cycles and predicts a repeat in 1900. It argues William McKinley cannot win without vast sums from trusts and financier Hanna, suggesting continued manipulation and eventual outcome remains to be seen.
A letter dated June 15 from D Daavoun of White Plains acknowledges a nomination for the North Carolina Senate to represent Surry and Stokes counties. He expresses gratitude for the Democratic nomination at Pilot Mountain and pledges to campaign vigorously, serving the party and state in a time of crisis.
Dispatches from London and Shanghai describe Pekin unrest as foreign legations burn and refugees flood Wa Chow. Rebels mass at Kwei Li Sien while Canton troops move via Wu Chow. churches and American missions attacked. Osaka and Shanghai reports warn of broader conflict and potential international intervention.
An advertisement presents a medical pamphlet by Dr J Newton Hathaway claiming a proprietary method cures rheumatism weak back and sexual weakness. It touts at home treatment without pain and offers free consultation with promises of restoring vitality and strength.
The News and Observer endorses a revised constitutional amendment claiming it makes the suffrage plan indivisible and removes fears that poll taxes would hurt schooling funds. It argues the amendment protects white voters while eradicating gains by Black voters, urging broad support and denouncing opponents as revenue schemers.
Yellow fever has broken out at Quemados eight miles from Havana where US troops are stationed. Fourteen cases have occurred with three deaths and six still under treatment. two soldiers who married Cuban women recovered. A sergeant of the signal service died and Major Edmunds and Mrs Edmunds were stricken. Captain Ives is under detention hospital suspicion. General Lee orders precautions to prevent spread. Dr Havard says fever at Quemados is under check. The outbreak had been several years since then.
Washington reports authoritative circles say talks on the Chinese crisis have expanded to a broader effort to harmonize the interests of major powers. French officials press for preserving balance among Eastern powers to prevent a single nation from using overwhelming force and risking wider conflict.
The Plainfield New Jersey gathering of 400 delegates, mainly colored ministers, condemns President McKinley and Washington for neglecting negro protection at Lake City and denounces the Philippine war as an unjust struggle against a people seeking independence, also condemning treatment of colored soldiers.
A novel trade scheme proposed by city merchants involves buying six automobiles to operate into adjoining counties to boost sales. Officials estimate sales could reach 100,000 with buyers on auto routes eligible for rebates. The plan has backing from substantial local firms and appears poised for success.
In Lenoir Caldwell county last Wednesday Mr J A Crisp a town postmaster and Republican allied with white rule challenged Chas Aycock by demanding an affidavit that Aycock would vote for the grandfather clause if his amendment failed. The affidavit was drawn sworn and signed by Aycock making his pledge public and undermining Aycock posture. The Wilmington Star notes the incident as a setback to Aycock and a constraint on Republican figures opposing the measure.
The piece surveys topics for voter scrutiny including the Alger embalmed beef scandal tariff oppression in Puerto Rico postoffice corruption in Cuba thefts murders and mismanagement in the Philippines financial ties between John D Rockefeller and Secretary Crage Army outrages at Coeur d Alene miners authorized by President McKinley and the Hay-Herrán Foster treaty with Britain on the isthmian canal.
The Amended Amendment appears on the newspaper’s first page described as exactly what the people wanted. It is presented as a decisive measure to stand or fall by public judgment and reflects a pivotal political moment.
A letter chain reports dramatic recovery after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Gunter describes prior illness and bed confinement, credits four bottles plus liver pills and Wash, weight gain from 113 to 166, and endorses the remedy to friends. Plus testimonials from Mrs Gowren and Mrs Banohner praising renewed health after childbirth and menstrual issues.
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