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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
24
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Elihu Root travels to Rio de Janeiro to address the Pan American Congress with bold initiative to reshape statecraft. He aims to win Latin American confidence for the Monroe Doctrine, earning praise for his dignified approach and prompting Brazil to rename the pavilion in his honor. The piece notes cautious optimism about lasting influence on hemispheric policy and the world stage.
A London influenced critique questions Keep Commission salary reforms and the irreversibility of pardons. It notes clerks underpaid versus private sector peers, doubts about the commission’s reach, and cites Washington state pardon revocation cases, including Knapp of Ovilo.
A Washington Post critique traces Roosevelt era strategy across states, argues the GOP thrives on expediency, and questions Mark Hanna influenced standpatism. It notes Bryan’s pending return, tariff debates, and the party battle shaping the 1908 campaign landscape with references to Hanna, Dover, and emerging policy issues.
A humorous exchange at the night school in the Chicago Tribune with a student equating government park to hogs fattening in the official sty. The dialogue mirrors political satire and the era's mistrust of officials.
A fragmentary column in a Chicago paper ridicules political and social pretensions. It contrasts color and honesty, notes the difficulty of rising from failure, and jokes about certificates printed on bond paper while praising honest leadership.
Mile Marguerite Cassini’s July 18 ceremony in Paris abandoned the Russian Orthodox rite for Roman Catholicism. Her estranged husband Count Cassini did not attend, and reports claim a breach between them over marriage life at the Russian embassy in Madrid. The piece also notes Emperor Meiji’s stance on women’s education and other court intrigues across Europe.
Porto Rico gains noted by Mr. Scott Truxtun, former Denver engineer, now commercial agent for the Porto Rico government. He praises post hurricane recovery in tobacco and sugar, outlines coffee’s hardship, and argues for tariff protection to revive coffee and other home industries under American rule. He cites export gains in sugar and tobacco and urges policy aligned with national interests and Porto Rican autonomy.
Twenty three men named to sit as Federal grand jurors in Chicago to hear testimony starting next Monday in charges against Standard Oil and several railroads. Secret Service will check each man’s history. if unsuitable, Judge Bathe will excuse them on Monday.
Fred More Tis Dearing of Musaoui was appointed second secretary of the American Legation at Havana by the President. Dearing was private secretary to Senor Quesada, Cuba’s minister to the United States. A Roosevelts Western trip rumor was denied. no visitors are expected at Sagamore Hill, and plans to lay the Sagamore building cornerstone in Chicago were canceled though a Roosevelts absence was noted.
Acting Secretary of the Interior Ryan said the recent Congressional funding of twenty nine patent examiners should help clear a growing backlog at the Patent Office. Last year there were 24 examiner changes, four by death, filled by civil service. Officials warn turnover cripples work until better pay is offered, noting top salaries reach 2300 dollars and the next 150 dollars, proposing two new intermediate grades of 2000 and 2500 to improve retention.
Judge Charles E. Magoon, Panama Canal Zone governor and American minister to Panama, may be appointed to the Philippine Commission and vice governor general with a view to becoming governor general. The change could occur in September when Gen James Smith takes office. Magoon’s transfer is questioned by Panama officials despite praise for his canal administration and high presidential confidence.
The State Department received a dispatch from United States consul general at Monterey Mexico reporting a small orderly Mexican railroad strike with ordinary conditions in the city. He denies revolution rumors and says Americans and Mexicans are well protected and not frightened.
London reports the British Association for the Advancement of Science begins in York with Edwin Ray Lankester presiding. He cites Prof Pickering of Harvard for his rapid sky charting method and its promising potential for astronomy. He notes American philanthropy aids telescopes and equipment, rare in Britain, and announces Sir David Gilm was nominated for the 1907 presidency.
Johannesburg readers welcomed Britain's plan for a constitutional Transvaal government. The House of Commons announcement was met with relief and optimism that the constitution will be accepted by all parties. The Boers and Britons split is narrowing, making the first legislature outcome uncertain.
King and Queen of Spain arrive aboard Giralda at Cowes Isle of Wight escorted by Princess de Asturias. Salutes exchanged and a grand welcome as Cowes yachting week begins with royal patrons and a plan for a racing yacht in 1907.
Logan M Bullitt of Red Rock Coal Company defends ICC investigations into coal cartels saying soft coal monopoly is broken and rail rate regulation will free markets. J B Creel of Colorado Springs extols Colorado agriculture, beet sugar and health springs at Colorado Springs and Canyon City, praising irrigation and year round outdoor recuperation.
A Manila paper published a protest against Captain Baker of the Twenty-slath Infantry being named assistant director of the Philippine constabulary. Baker is on leave in the United States. The paper, which previously defended a suit Baker filed, attacks his military record and claims he failed in campaigns against the ladrones. The protest may receive serious consideration.
Milwaukee Wisconsin August state officials plan to appoint a commission to probe the Cameron Dam dispute where John Dietz has resisted multiple posses attempting to serve civil process. Dietz is charged with assault with intent to kill a sheriff's posse member. Troops have been proposed to dislodge Dietz from his stronghold.
In Chicago on August 1 the government continued the Carter case against Oberlin M. Carter former army captain seeking about 8 million dollars. Special counsel Marion Erwin asked for the delay citing insufficient time to prepare the case ahead of the August trial. The Detroit Free Press item follows with a humor vignette about a social exchange.
A fragmented exchange shows a Mrs Newliwed questioning a 5 cent price for bears while a huckster defends his beans as freshly picked. A second fragment references a Houstons Post reader Doubtter and a devil's torture question about heat.
A partial excerpt notes that neither male nor female convicts may see a parrot during incarceration, eliciting a comic remark about punishment. The dialogue references a heated term and a teacherly Mr Tucker, set in a Chaicago-like narration with jokes about temperature and presence of children.
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