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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1906
Page
6
The piece reviews subscription terms and delivery options for Washington Daily and Alexandria Daily newspapers. It then shifts to a lengthy editorial on secrecy, censorship, and public reaction to Maxim Gorky as well as commentary on U.S. politics, labor, tariffs, Chinese boycott, and farm seed debates. The text references officials, newspapers, and discussions of policy, with critical tones toward agitators and political maneuvers.
Remittancer should be made payable to The Washington Post Co. at Washington DC with postal and express options including drafts checks and registered letters. Offices listed in Chicago and New York provide locations with managers and dates noting Wednesday April 18 1906.
The piece argues mob violence stems from white population dynamics across Springfield towns and the South. It asserts police protection limits lynching, contrasts Northern and Southern conditions, and contends race prejudice drives mob behavior. It cites historical figures and quotes from reformers while urging Negro self-help.
In response to a general feeming throughout the cis size world a Belgian commission was formed to investigate the Congo State. It spent five months in the Congo visiting pivotal sites and concluded with facts and impartial judgment. The report faced hostile reinterpretation from critics while U S figures like Secretary Root received appeals for intervention based on sensational claims of horror.
A collage of satirical notes on taxes strikes and religion, mentioning Chicago churches policing crowds, a suicide in Indiana, labor unrest and famine in Japan, guesses about a presidential ticket, a battleship naming quip, and various political quips about Burton Spooner and La Follette.
A jumble of speeches mocks injunctions, politics, and reform. Notable voices critique courts and government while lampooning foreign ethics and press freedom, with remarks on Munich, Kansas, and a preacher’s cautionary moral lesson.
Paris society shuns Boni de Castellane amid claims the Gould marriage was a business arrangement rather than love. The aristocracy denounces his infidelity and spectacle of wealth, while Countess Anna Gould remains under scrutiny for her alliance.
A rustic lament about awaiting the circus in town. The speaker describes glowing band wagons with carved figures, a mobile pipe organ, and a bustling crowd. The scene evokes a lively, chaotic fairground atmosphere and anticipation before the show begins.
A fragmented New York Press excerpt mocks poetic pretensions and offers social commentary on money and marriage. It suggests men using harsh language to test women and notes women’s selective reactions to spouses.
Banker I N Seligman voices strong support for President Roosevelt's ideas including an income tax. He argues it will become accepted as just and beneficial, countering views of inquisitorial socialism. He endorses the president's stance on "the man with the muck rake" and future enactment.
A century ago in Congress Representative Varnum argued against increasing the militia amid fears of “fraud among the colonies” and recalled wartime unity. The record notes a bill for an $800,000 appropriation to build two frigates failed 43 to 54 in the House, and another bill to reschedule the next Congress session was rejected in the Senate.
Cable from Berth reports Col William Mayer dead from paralysis yesterday. Vienna born, Mayer published the German Herald and New Yorker Zeitung with CB Wolffram and bought all German Mergenthaler patents in 1894. He came to America in 1859 and served as a colonel in the Civil War before returning to publishing and business.
Chicago April 17 District Attorney Morrison said if government investigation finds the railroads once thought owned by J R Walsh were actually owned by the Chicago National Bank where he was president, charges of misappropriating funds may be dropped. If the bank owned the railroads and Walsh acted as bank president rather than owner, he may lack willful intent to defraud.
Lawton Oklahoma April 17 Geronimo chief of the Apache Indians is critically ill at his Fort Sill military reservation home and doctors say he may live only a few days His biographer recorded Geronimo praying to the white man’s God to spare him until his people are free and in homes He is seventy six years old and living with his eighth wife married on Christmas Day
In St Paul on April 17 Judge Sanborn of the US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $10,000,000 Missouri Electric Company merger that would unite all St Louis electric firms via a New Jersey corporation. The ruling allows the merger while barring certain challenges by minority stockholders. Also listed are fourth class postmaster appointments and the nomination of Frank H. Watson as US Attorney for the Western District of Michigan.
Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng likely to secure a second term as China’s minister to the United States. He recently sent his resignation, but advices indicate the foreign office will confirm a renewal. Possible reassignment within China’s foreign service looms after about eighteen months.
Officials yesterday dismissed substantiation of reports that Belgium and China plan ultimatums to the United States over threatened uprisings and guard installations. Rumors also linked Russia and Belgian missions in alleged irregularities and mistreatment of Congo subjects, but no official confirmation followed. developments were awaited as humanitarian concerns prompted international attention.
An American tea traders association appeals to the State Department over Canada’s 10 cent per pound tea duty on imports. Chandler Anderson is tasked with negotiating broader issues with Canada as a delegation presses the case and Canada shifts steamship subsidies to aid direct Orient routes. The aim is to influence Britain indirectly, though officials doubt Canadian influence with the new law can be swayed.
In London at the Gala Hall Police Court Franklin Everhart and Harry Sunons faced bail denial on March 8 arrests for issuing forged shares and certificates tied to Alaska Oklahoma Cripple Creek and Manitoba mining ventures. New York police reported both men are wanted for forgery with Simons also sought in Chicago for forgery and a confidence scam. Simons claimed several mining firms and gave 9 Dearborn Street as office address.
Abraham Barker of Philadelphia died after a street car accident in New York. His will, dated November 24, 1896 and addressed to Wharton Barker, leaves no personal property or real estate, bequeaths $1 to his three children Deborah Wharton Anna, and names Wharton Barker as executor. The probate petition notes the estate amounts to nothing.
John W Springer of Denver, famed financier and former mayor, attended the New Willard. Born in Jaskeoffville and educated at Depauw, he built Capital National Bank and Continental Trust, led the National Live Stock Association, and weighed a Senate bid supported by Colorado Republicans and livestock interests.
District reports favor Senate bill 4675 and House bill 148 to revise the District code on interest and usury. Commissioners praise the measures as needed to curb 10 percent loans and aggressive money lenders, noting thorough scrutiny by the corporation counsel and expected lack of legal flaws in their current form.
A wireless telegram traveled 2089 miles and was received today aboard the steamer Moltke. The message, sent Friday from the Poldhu station on the English coast, contained eighty three words. Officials at the Government Printing Office receive raises of 50 dollars annually.
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