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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1906
Page
6
The article argues for immediate public reporting on campaign financing after elections and urges both major party candidates to disclose sources and uses of funds. It critiques silent refusals as a political risk and emphasizes voters have a right to know who funds presidential campaigns.
The Keep Commission uses subcommittees of experienced staff to root out anti advanced methods in government. They work in Washington and elsewhere, quietly reforming office practices, coordinating departments, and improving efficiency without broad public backlash or compulsion.
The text argues the South should nominate a candidate and not rely on the North to pick. It praises Joseph W Bailey as a constitutional lawyer and suggests he would attract votes from both North and South. It notes the solid South helped in past elections, warns of long gaps since a Southern president, and ponders 1908 implications if the party sticks to favorites.
The high pressure gravity system would maintain 180 to 200 pounds in the business district via Reno reservoir and trunk mains. It would reduce the need for costly fire engines, allow three hose wagons to supply eighteen streams, and cut insurance costs while increasing fire department efficiency. The system promises fewer breakdowns and a simplified, more effective fire protection network for Washington.
A longtime French officer Gen de Boisdeffre, linked to the Dreyfus affair, is profiled as a soldier of noble lineage. The piece traces his rise, role in Franco-Russian ties, and later notoriety amid military and political controversy.
A narrative blends a dramatic scene with the widowed Czarina and a French general amid courtship and betrayal. It follows Dreyfus era correspondences between Wham and Boisdeffre, Hannibal debates, and shifting Franco German military ties, ending in a life in retreat and a legal fight involving his son.
The article traces historic overhunting and market hunting that nearly erased many game birds and mammals. It notes a shift to game laws, renewed populations, and proposals to establish refuges like Yellowstone where hunting is banned. It cites legislation allowing protection, propagation, and scientific collection, with references to Roosevelt era conservation and international parallels.
A miscellany note highlights cheer amid gloom with a Frisco reference and a fairyland competition vignette. It includes reflections on bachelor life, poetry scraps, and humorous lines about generosity and envy from the era.
Den Describes how Hughes, a Denver reporter exhausted after seventeen hours on duty, slept on a jail basement ladder just before a condemned man’s execution. He was awakened at five thirty to retrieve the ladder and became the newspaper’s first street edition eyewitness.
Secretary Wilson, head of the Agriculture Department, claims crop failures are over and farming has become a science. He cites improvements in methods, new crops, and better crop rotation, with government support seen as yielding returns, though future productiveness remains to be demonstrated.
Louis F Payn of Chatham launches a Roosevelt renomination bid at New York Republican State headquarters. He vows to attend the next Republican National Convention as a Roosevelt delegate and to vote for renomination, calling Roosevelt the greatest president. The piece also includes stray quotes and notes from the era about politics and public figures.
John B Thayer fourth vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad spoke to the Interstate Commerce Commission about traffic associations and their purposes and abandonments He described conditions before 1895 as demoralized freight rates and press anxiety among traffic managers and said reforms within the law were sought He cited Tidewater Eastern New York All Tail Buffalo and Eastern Ohio and Pennsylvanian as organized groups and noted the Sherman law's unfamiliar reach for railroads He and Thomas FitzGerald Baltimore and Ohio general manager presented past and present road conditions and compared 1895 receivership era equipment with current facilities FitzGerald detailed capital expenditures for equipment permanent improvements since 1896 and coal shipments noting no limits on tonnage within his knowledge
Secretary Fitchcock of the Interior Department said the department seized all producing oil leases held by Guffey & Galy near Muskogee Indian Territory because the firm failed to report lease transfers. The 4800 leases, the largest single holding allowed, were allegedly sold to a St Louis trust company and later transferred to Osage and Oklahoma Oil and Gas Co for about 4.25 million dollars. Mr Galy informed the department he would travel to Washington to explain the transactions.
The United States invites nations to Jamestown events with Russia France England Cuba Costa Rica Santo Domingo Switzerland Venezuela Mexico Guatemala Haiti Belgium Japan China Austria Italy Spain Portugal Brazil Turkey Sweden Norway Ecuador Peru and Argentina listed. Switzerland notes no navy or standing army and will send a delegation. it plans to erect a building for visiting citizens at the festival grounds.
The United States dry dock Dewey bound for the Philippine Islands entered the Suez Canal in tow on April 27. Commander Hosley reported to the Bureau of Navigation that two canal tugs will guide the dock through the canal due to steering limits, while the Tacoma remains at Alexandria until the dock passes safely.
A protest is being prepared at the State Department to be submitted to Great Britain against the seizure of two American fishing ships off Newfoundland. Secretary Robt will deliver the document, asserting the Canadian government has no right to enact laws conflicting with treaties between the United States and Great Britain.
The Secretary of the Interior withdraws from entry and disposal 174000 acres in the Salt Lake district Utah and restores 75000 acres in Nevada to the public domain. Fourth class postmasters were appointed yesterday in various towns including Hampshire Alexandria Kew Jersey Pennsylvania Arcow Vermont North Carolina and Florida, with named appointees listed.
Secretary Taft extended until July 1 next the deadline for the Chicago Tunnel Company to remove or lower its tunnels beneath the Chicago River to allow time for a rehearing of its petition before the Supreme Court.
Editors Lawrence recounts Egypt trip with Nile voyage to Assouan and dam impacts, noting Cairo’s crowd of Americans and a healthful oasis hotel. Wealthy Great Falls banker W. G. Conrad reflects Montana growth and Old Dominion ties, while A. Cortes Conner, in Washington, advances Chickasaw Nation land issues. Otis S. Gage hails Ecuador’s rubber, coffee, tobacco and sugar-cane potential for enterprising Americans. climate comforts and friendly locals boost its appeal.
Executive committees of the Treasury branch of the United States Civil Service Retirement Association met at 1424 New York Avenue NW on Thursday night to outline plans for involvement in the parent association’s annual election on May 27. Dr Jordan said Congress is unlikely to act further on Treasury bills until the parent association’s bill is examined. The committee urged Treasury members to attend the May 27 meeting or send proxies.
President Roosevelt laid the first sitting for a portrait to be displayed in a Berlin university building. The New York artist Inning B Wales, or Mr Wiles, is painting the work. The portrait follows a German Emperor prompted exchange plan linking German and American reading universities. Dr John W Burgess of Columbia was named the first American professor to Berlin, a post matching Harvard's German professorship.
At request of spar ish War Veterans Assocation members President Roosevelt schedules the annual encampment for the week of October. A parade will form a battalion of Cuban troops United States troops national guardsmen Civil War and Spanish War veterans. The grounds south of the White House are proposed for the gathering.
President greeted three prominent figures en route to attend King Haakon's coronation in Norway. State Senator A. J Strade Goodnow Tor rigen and A QG Sather presented by Senator Hansbrough will be absent from America for several months. Supreme Court to Adjourn May 28. court will meet only to announce decisions and hear motions until then.
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