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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
6
The item mentions a cake on Pennsylvania Avenue near Fourteenth Street in Washington DC. No further details.
A 1906 digest surveys American politics with notes on Southern candidacy hopes for 1908, Bryan’s views on government power, and debates over federal health and labor policies. It discusses the Brownsville case, education union tensions in Chicago, and ongoing questions about State versus federal authority, all framed in a period voice.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Hitchcock is expected to resign amid a vast land graft network. A reformer is sought to lead the Interior Department as probe findings reveal millions looted from public lands across Oklahoma Utah Oregon and other states. The upheaval follows Intersta te Commerce Commission findings that tied land frauds to broader graft, with President Roosevelt seeking aggressive prosecutions.
A condensed portrait of Mrs. Percy Synge, widow of a British lord, detailing her global medical career from Edinburgh to Korea, her nursing in the South African war, and her plan to practice medicine in western Canada, highlighting her grit as breadwinner and her notable family connections.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer cites the Chicago Tribune reporting total U S embezzlements in 1906 at 314 7 million, with 10 745 percent stolen by bank officials. Despite crime, confidence in banks remains. Cleveland, Lorain, Oberlin and nearby towns weather the storm as officials warn against overgeneralizing from a few thieves.
Mark Twain recalls a staged duel with rival editor Laird near Nevada in the 1840s. A plan to shoot a barn door fails as Twain’s aim misses, a sparrow’s head is shot, and Laird declines to duel after seeing the phantom target. Providence, luck, and a second save Twain from a fatal confrontation.
In New York American a scene at Cooney's Camp on Christmas Day shows workers easing with a tree at Shanty Two and a rough Santa. Foreman Cooney and Leader Dugan argue about holiday pomp as violence flares briefly before a return to camp life. A separate interview with Senator Tillman discusses Senator Bailey, party prospects, and possible presidential candidates amid political chatter.
Col F. Bulat of London at the Ebbitt chats about U S public schools and President’s family while noting Washington’s beauty. James A Veasey of Bartlesville discusses cement and Panama Canal work backed by gas fuel advantages. W Moeller of Seattle praises Washington and envisions a grand riverfront. G Van Hook, Alaska prospect, highlights copper railroads and future openings. Do They All Ponder summarizes hotel manager takes on Marie Corelli and beauty trends in New York with fashion notes.
A San Francisco public meeting denounces the President and Secretary Metcalf over the Japanese question. It warns that continued Japanese entry, especially to California, will strain white California communities and provoke calls to exclude Japanese immigrants amid rising anti immigrant sentiment.
Lucy Warby, the final survivor of 12 transferred from Lexington asylum to Western asylum at opening, died aged 77. bedridden after a hip fracture a decade earlier, she was born at the Lexington asylum to a nursing mother. Her body rests in the asylum cemetery, having cost the State over ten dollars per capita during life.
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