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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1904
Page
6
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Sir Ernest Cassel visits America to promote a Nile project introducing trolley motors to tow barges and diabeeahs along the river. The system would cut travel time, ease upstream traffic, and attract American capital with support from the Khedive and English government.
A late speculation ties Morton to a Treasury post succeeding Shaw with Hitchcock possibly out. Metcalf may shift to Interior, while Missouri Senate fights center on Kerens and Miedlinghaus. New Jersey and Massachusetts politics loom, with reciprocity and cabinet-to-Senate moves shaping the era. Names like Knox Moody Kean Crane and Hemenway surface amid a broad view of party strategy and committee assignments.
Rail clerks push for steel passenger coaches citing safety and cost factors. They argue steel reduces damage and injuries in accidents, despite higher upfront costs, with evidence from investigations and early steel car construction underway.
Briefs recount counsel for Senator Joseph R Burton of Kansas arguing for reversal of the lower court. They contend no fraud order issue, challenge jurisdiction, and claim Burton did not know of inquiries, nor perform services for the Rialto Company, with trial actions tied to St Louis and Washington.
Secretary Taft and party arrived in Pensacola aboard the Columbia from New Orleans at 7:30 am and planned a harbor tour that was cut short by his departure. He met with local officials and newspaper men, accompanied by Mrs Taft and other diplomats, and announced support for an 82000 dollar macadamized road to link the navy yard with Pensacola. He said he would return to the United States within fifteen days via Pensacola and Washington.
American Minister Barrett cables that Panama is quiet and Gen Huertas has left for his home. The Panama standing army is dissolved except for twenty five men kept to meet legal requirements. Order restored without Marines. Panama thanks American officials for advisory help. Preparations for Secretary Taft’s visit are complete.
The American German arbitration treaty was signed yesterday morning at the State Department by Secretary Hay and Baron Sternburg. The pact mirrors the American French agreement and aims to strengthen goodwill and amity between the United States and Germany. Sternburg expressed satisfaction, noting the prompt conclusion and his delayed departure for Europe to sign. The German ambassador sails for Germany mid December, unable to address a Shreveport cotton growers event, though embassy presence will suffice.
Senator Nathan M Scott of West Virginia, Republican National Committee vice chairman, visited the White House and received the President and Cabinet’s congratulations for his campaign work. He assured supporters that Republicans in the West Virginia legislature will back his Senate reappointment. Cabinet discussions focused on the President’s message as preparations for the St Louis exposition proceeded. Gov Brady slated for reappointment as Alaska governor. Fourth class postmasters named in New Hampshire New York Pennsylvania. Panama Railroad cuts wages citing coinage value shift. workers urged to accept, else replacement planned.
The State Department reported no blame on W H Ellis in the Loomis death case. Ellis had left the U S last summer with F Kent Loomis to Abyssinia to deliver a commercial treaty, and after Loomis’s death Ellis was tasked with returning the treaty to King Merelik.
The American Ambassador to Mexico reports a strong protest to the Mexican government over a light sentence for Hermanno Torres in the Fuerte district murder case. The State Department, led by Powell Chavton, says investigators are expediting the case and other foreigners fear repeats.
At the Union Club a civic meeting organized the National Merchant Marine League of the United States to restore the American flag on ships. Officers elected include Harvey D Goulder vice president Aaron Vanderbilt treasurer and Joseph Sullivan secretary. The group urges action as U S tonnage under foreign flags remains high and no shipbuilding exists locally. The Merchant Marine Commission held a Capitol meeting with senators Gallager Lodge and representatives McDermott Spightberg to plan a report due December 5 with recommendations and a subsidy bill outcome.
Bradley of the Treasury testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Judge Charles Swayne’s accounts. The judge was charged 10 dollars a day for court sessions outside his district, though the legal allowance is 3 dollars a day for actual expenses. The committee ruled that comparisons to other judges’ practices were not relevant and adjourned until today.
A Census Bureau bulletin reports Georgia counties ginned 1 246 991 running bales by November 14 this year up from 783 395 last year. Including round bales counted as half, total 1 244 741 vs 1 184 395 previously. Ginneries 3 997 this year, versus 4 993 in 1903. total cotton ginned to November 14, 1 992 655 bales and 4 913 ginneries employed in 1903.
Gen J S Clarkson reports to the President that Abyssinian animals sent as a gift will be shipped to New York. He asks to keep some at the New York Zoological Garden, but the President orders the entire collection transferred to the National Zoological Garden in New York for public display on Thanksgiving Day. The Library of Congress opens 2 PM to 10 PM on Thanksgiving. other divisions close.
In Washington discussions inside the Judiciary Committee weigh impeachment hearing evidence while a Southern stance shapes views on Democratic power and electoral fairness. Commentators from the Shoreham scene reference Senatorial succession and party strategy amid national political shifts.
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