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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
2
An engagement left eight men killed and two mortally wounded with sixty six captured. Boers reported one captain wounded and one man killed. In Kernersville a drunken brawl led to a black Harris killing one black man and wounding two others before escaping. authorities pursue the suspect.
Warship captures from the conflict will join the navy for coastal surveying. One vessel has been ordered to Norfolk for docking before starting surveys along North Carolina’s shore.
J Frank Claiborne aged 25 traveled to Elmwood cemetery in Columbia DC on Saturday and shot himself through the heart in the Confederate soldiers enclosure. He was the son of the late Colonel Claiborne of Lancaster who led the Twelfth South Carolina volunteers.
The list of attendees from this state for the Epworth League convention in San Francisco includes Reve C F Sherrill S B Tarrentine T N Ivey J B Harley A W Plyler W M Curtis T J Dailey K F Bumpass R C Beaman Dr and Mrs W H Nicholson Miss Susie Tucker Haywood Edmundson Miss Lily Edmundson F A Woodard and wife T M Washington Miss Lucy Riston and C H Lambeth.
The Charlotte Observer notes strong support for rural delivery but reports opposition in North Osroliia from country merchants who are postmasters and run storefront post offices. They fear loss of trade that the rural routes would divert.
A Neotahala murder story from the Charlotte Observer describes Oscar Pierce, a laborer with a bad reputation, stabbing Sandy Lowry on a Southern Railway train near Nantahala after a dispute over fare and destination. Trainmen report Pierce drew a knife and attacked when Lowry answered Murphy was twenty miles away. Authorities seek swift legal action.
Heavy flooding wrecks coke plants near Pocahontas and floods passenger lines. A train stalled as water rose, passengers rescued from car tops. Ten miles of track between Elkhorn and Vivian washed clean with many cars lost. Eighteen miles of main line double track reduced to one mile, bridges destroyed. At least several miners drowned.
Secretary Hay reports the United States tariff laws only, while Russia presses for relief on sugar imports. The Russian ambassador has the note and Cassini will review the issue in St. Petersburg with officials. No immediate moves expected for weeks or months.
At a blaze in a multi story building panic and heroism collide. Firemen rush victims to safety while flames rage and the upper floors collapse burying Captain Allen and two sailors. Twenty people carried down by firemen as others cling to nets and windows.
A powerful tornado crossed the Keys Paha river near Omaha on Thursday evening destroying homes and killing or injuring several in two families. One family of seven was killed or fatally injured and in another family of six two died while others, including the father, were seriously harmed. Communication is cut off and damage along the river is unknown. Debris and furniture from the homes were scattered, with a trunk and table found a half mile away.
Report notes pockets of continued Filipino resistance despite surrender trends. Describes movements of the U S Philipine commission, Cebu rebel Maxilon retaining a regiment, Leyte disruption by Mojican, Samar uprisings around Catbalogan, and unrest in Bohol as the so called Republic of Bohol forms. General Lakber's feared retribution cited.
Atlanta police mark another murder as three Negroes are arrested after Recorder Broyles reports a threat naming Officers Hollingworth Cowan and Hollis. City rewards total 700 dollars for the killer of Patrolman DeBray amid a spate of anti officer violence and an unsettled murder case.
Fragmentary notes discuss civil government in the Philippine Islands. Mentions an executive or ruling authority and the administration of native lands and duties.
Roanoke reports a historic storm in Tazewell County with crop damage and flooded homes along the Clinch River. Three children of Paris Dyke drowned in the west end while trains on the Clinch Valley division halted due to slides and rising waters. The Southern railway in Bristol also suspended service as rivers continue to rise and threaten bridges.
Reports from Tucson describe a brilliant meteor seen over Sonora on June 11 at 10 am, falling between Los Molinas and Altar about twenty miles from Altar. The shock was strong. locals fear an impact site, and an exploration party will search the area. Also includes an unrelated ad for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Reports say 400 to 800 miners have joined a strike causing a near shutdown of the town. Guards fired on strikers injuring Superintendent Lambert as Sheriff Hatfield and federal authorities monitor a tense situation. The miners insist they seek no trouble and claim to control the situation.
The church board met in Nashville to review mission work and set foreign allocations totaling 170457 dollars. Christian, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Mexican, and China missions receive specified sums plus ongoing mission activity in Shanghai and Soo-chow.
The Wilmington Star cites authorities from Asheville and Edgecombe, noting 1100 bushels of Irish potatoes per acre and 350 to 400 bushels of sweet potatoes claimed by experts. It also recalls cotton yields of two and a half bales per twenty acres and references Judge Farman’s five-bale dream, with speculation on potential per-acre success.
A Boston man who recently married a gravely ill rich young woman is said to be rewarded by Jr. King's New Life Pills restoring her to health. The rustic advertisement claims cures for jaundice biliousness malaria fever and ague and all liver and stomach troubles. Sold by Dr W S Taylors drug store at 25 cents.
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