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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
2
In Washington the evening edition highlights Representative Capron as one of the new witty figures in the House of Representatives amid spirited debate. The column notes outspoken voices by Fe Uomo No and Davis in coverage of Capitol happenings.
In a flashback, Senator Bailey recalls opposing formal evening wear while a Navy of jokes and anecdotes marks his Capitol days. The tale contrasts with Davis of Arkansas praising family life while pressing Roosevelt on a 3rd term. Capron’s Rhode Island humor lightens sessions as Cannon warns against yarns during a key bill.
Mrs. Anne Weightman Walker, reputed America’s richest woman besides Hetty Green, will wed Frederic Courtland Penfield at St Patrick’s Cathedral. Archbishop Farley expected to officiate after her largesse to the Catholic Church. Walker inherited about 60 million from William Weightman and faced a famous will contest by sister‑in‑law Mrs Owen Wister, which ended when a scrap of yellow paper was produced.
The new Portuguese monarch Manuel II, age eighteen, inherits a throne after King Carlos and Crown Prince Luis were killed in an attempted assassination. The article notes his birth in Lisbon in 1889, his education, navy service, and his support by Queen Amelie. It also describes Lisbon’s landscape and the royal mausoleum where royal remains are interred.
A column notes two new Massachusetts congressmen Andrew J. Peters and Joseph F. O Connell both born 1872 in Boston and Harvard Law graduates. It also recalls Senator Porter McCumber and Curtis Guild Jr mispronunciation anecdotes revealing Hatch era politicking and a running gag about names.
President Roosevelt urges Congress to adopt a national inland waterways policy. The Inland Waterways Commission report argues railroads drove commerce off the Mississippi and calls for coordinated federal action, forest protection, and funding to develop power, irrigation, and navigation for national benefit.
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