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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1905
Page
6
Remittances should be made by drafts checks post office orders registered letters or express orders payable to The Washington Post near Fourteenth Street at Vandertilt Building Paul Black Friday May 19 1905 appears in this fragmentary notice.
Washingtonians planning moves should ensure The Post follows them to new addresses so they stay informed about Capital affairs. Notify the carrier or send the order directly to The Post. Telephone 4x6.
A dated extended editorial rails at the Panama Canal project and U.S. policy, linking it to republican decline, financial ruin of Frenchmen, and political punishment. It also previews a genuine yacht race across the sea, praising open competition, seamanship, and the noble spirit of all participants, regardless of outcome.
The Boston Globe discusses candidates for New York University Hall of Fame recalling Massachusetts literary dominance. Seventeen names are listed, sixteen Americans, with most born in New England, especially Massachusetts. Notables include Bancroft Holmes Lowell Motley Parkman Phillips Whittier Garrion Bryant and Prescott.
The piece reflects on Massachusetts historic contribution to independence, Boston as Athens of America, and contrasts tariff philosophies. It highlights Theodore Roosevelt as a decisive, independent president who challenges standpatters, urging Republican contenders to consider his approach and the evolving tariff debate between Randall Mills and Foraker.
The Southern Industrial Parliament, to convene next week in this city, seeks public attention to the Souths rising manufacturing and agricultural diversification including NC vegetables, GA peaches, SC strawberries, and abundant natural resources. It notes capital from Northern lenders shifting Southward and calls for Southern investment backed by practical experience from state-appointed delegates.
A sweeping profile of the Decazes family and allied houses, detailing Elie Decazes and the Danish dukedom, the French and Prussian branches, royal intrigues, and courtly rivalries. Includes notes on the Orleans circle, a Paris opera assassination accusation, and the fate of the American Duchess Decazes.
The St. Louis Republican argues for compensation in public office, contending no salary excludes qualified citizens and promotes lethargy and corruption. It contrasts American needs with European honor policies and urges adequate pay to attract trustworthy, capable officials and reduce corruption.
The Rochester Post-Express reports that US law sets federal funds pay reasonable expenses for judges out of district, not to exceed ten dollars daily. Some jurists billed ten dollars daily regardless of actual costs, including Tadge Swayne in impeachment coverage, prompting reform and more precise itemized expense accounts by judges like Judge Grosscup. Auditors defended uniform ten dollar charges as a judicial construction of the statute, a stance criticized by Treasury officials amid calls for reform.
A compilation of quotes on military nursing, disease in war, and the role of physicians and nurses in history. It contrasts the Spanish American War with Japanese war medicine, notes alimony anecdotes, and includes brief comic fragments about courtship and marriage.
A Harvard committee led by President Roosevelt and Bishop Lawrence urged raising the endowment to at least 1.5 million by next commencement to lift salary levels. They note deficits over seven of nine years and current average salaries of 3,570 for 27 percent of faculty and cite 327,821 total salaries, with 1.8 million already donated by alumni and friends.
President Roosevelt plans a series of articles on hunting adventures in Texas and Colorado with possible magazine publication before book form. He has not fixed a start date or outlet and may refrain from publishing during his presidency. Past efforts to suppress hunting sketches as Vice President are noted, but those writings will join the forthcoming volume.
Chinese minister Bir Cnentung Ling Cheng pressed Acting Secretary Loomis to discuss difficulties in negotiating a new exclusion treaty. He warned against stirring the issue to prevent derailing compromise between the Chinese government and the Department of Commerce and Labor. The purpose of collecting testimony from Chinese residents and deportees remains unclear, whether to press for rule changes through negotiation or to pursue habeas corpus cases to challenge the exclusion law.
Southern states will send delegates to the industrial parliament in the city next week. Gov. Cox of Tennessee named delegates, and a telegram from Montgomery stated other governors joined in the action. Senators Morgan, Carmack, and Simmons signed a message urging representation by important southern organizations. The event, to be held May 23 with cabinet officers expected, aims to ensure success and broad participation.
Senator Hemenway of Indiana called on the President to discuss federal appointments. He declined to disclose details of Mr Cannon's interview or the Panama Canal Commission's executive committee decision on par shipment supplies, saying Congress was not in session and he knew nothing of importance.
In a Panama mail report, American Minister Barrett told the State Department that Panama desires to join the International Bureau of American Republics and recommended the Panamanian foreign minister communicate with Washington on the subject.
In the New Willard lobby last evening Hon. Oscar Strauss ex Minister to Turkey and Baron Kaneko of Japan were seen among other notable figures. Strauss spoke of Roosevelt policy and open immigration while Kaneko, former justice minister, was described as highly fluent in English and influential in the Island Empire. Other attendees included Judge W F Butcher of Oregon and ex Congressman A M Bliss of New York. The gathering covered politics, agriculture losses, and labor tensions with remarks on Oregon governor Chamberlain and party feuds.
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