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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1910
Page
1
Albany leader Barnes warns against political agitation harming business and warns people want a rest. Roosevelt Isaac declares bossism as the real New York issue, aligning with progressives amid unrest.
Frequent callers at the summer White House quote the President’s sensitivity to a false statement from Oyster Bay and New York. Taft is defended from underhand charges while business interests urge calm to avoid political chaos and protect economic stability. Roosevelt and Barnes push against bossism for genuine popular rule.
Beverly reports indicate President Taft will withdraw from New York partisan battles and leave candidates and platform to Roosevelt and other party leaders. He urged amicable settlement before the state convention, then declared he will refrain from further comment, while Griscom and Woodruff trade statements amid roiling NY GOP tensions.
The piece recalls Emperor William’s divine right doctrine amid German press reactions and recounts Admiral Coghlan’s Dewey era toast poem Hoch der Kaiser. It mocks Prussia’s excesses and shows the era’s tense attitudes toward monarchic power and Europe’s balance of forces.
In May 1890 and again in September 1894 Emperor William spoke of divine right, prompting worry at home and abroad over its influence on prices and trading. The Times praises the echoed moral stance, noting similar directness between William and Col. Sadpevelt in urging simple obligations.
Aug 26 Korea Beoul report that sovereignty has ended and Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan will rule Korea next Monday after the August 22 accord between Emperor Yi Syek of Korea and Matsuhito is promulgated. Yi Syek and abdicated Yi Heul consented to Japan's generous terms.
The workmen's federation proclaims a general strike across Spain to start Monday August 29. Government fears labor hour reductions for miners and strong military precautions are ordered. Vatican envoy seeks audience with King Alfonso as Spain Vatican tensions escalate.
An association in Washington plans a major outdoor horse show on October 19 and 20 at or near the American League baseball park. Melvin C. Hazen leads efforts with prominent backers including Larz Anderson Clarence Moore and William P. Eno. The event aims to become a premier national display, with support from the Chamber of Commerce railroads and local patrons offering cups and trophies.
Mrs May Jeffers wife of H J Jeffers of the Savoy apartment house Northwest Washington was among eight killed in the Grand Trunk wreck at Durand Michigan. Her husband reached the scene and later identified her body after confusion over initial identifications and a Purss bearing his name. She is survived by two sons Percy and William.
In Yuma district a poor Indian tribe cremated Jose Escalate, a government school teacher, after a rejected romance with white girls. The act prompted a Bureau of Indian Affairs ban on burning money on reservations. Also mentions an excursion via Baltimore and Ohio with train fares and a return day.
Taft resents charges amid an index of today’s issue listing stories on Kaiser's Berlin reaction Washington horse show plans Mrs. Jeffers cremation in train old guard plan against Roosevelt Roosevelt warmly greeted and other briefs across pages 1 to 14 including sports and finance updates
A New York Sun preview details Barnes and Woodruff pushing to nominate Roosevelt for governor by acclamation at Saratoga, aiming to pin a defeat on him and derail direct primaries. Old guard leaders fear small majorities and prefer losing state control to protect the primaries plan, while Gaynor is expected to win nationally. The Washington Post teases serial fiction in its Monthly Magazine, The Man in Black, with installments planned through August.
Former President Roosevelt travels through Iowa and Nebraska to West Coast stops, greeted with cheers, bells and crowds. he speaks on honesty in public life, defends farm interests, and resists photographers in pajamas while the train tours include Marshalltown Ames Grand Island Carroll and Denver connections with Pinchot Garfiled and Ade among party.
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