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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1905
Page
47
The Washington Post lists delivery options by carrier or mail with weekly and monthly rates. It notes postal prepaid rates for the Daily and Sunday editions, specifies remittance methods, and provides the New York office address at 211 Vanderbilt Building.
Washingtoniana leaving the city can have The Post follow them to stay informed about affairs at the Capital. Change of address can be made any time and the cheaper rate applies nationwide. Notify carrier or send order direct to The Post. Main 4205.
The writer argues that a world federation with a central parliament will not arrive soon. Premature hopes to hasten peace mislead and delay progress. War remains mankind’s chief interest for centuries, while redirecting energy to peace would vastly advance humanity.
A historical overview argues that the original Senate selection method has been undermined by primaries. The piece notes Senator Martin and other figures engaging directly with voters, praises direct elections in the South, and predicts a broader shift toward electing Senators by direct popular vote, potentially ending constitutional amendments.
Several states have sent formal resolutions to Congress urging a constitutional amendment to change the selection of U.S. senators from state legislatures to direct popular election. The framers feared concentrating power, yet the people now appear to have found a way around that design.
In Bugville coverage the U S Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Entomology releases a richly illustrated pamphlet outlining its fight against pests. It highlights daring methods, odd insect notes, and lighthearted anecdotes about bedbugs, kissing bugs, beetles, caterpillars, and pest control oddities in a tone blending science and satire.
The Gazette paints Japanese influence in China amid a boycott and notes Iowa political tension. It praises Senator Allison while detailing two Roosevelts cabinet members in Iowa, Gov. Cummins and Senator Dolliver, as standpatter and revisionist rhetoric spirals. The piece hints at potential political upheaval as Iowa’s pot boils.
The Toronto Mail and Empire notes September 1 1905 as Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Canadian confederation. It critiques Liberal governance while praising growth in Canada and predicts political debates over gerrymandering carpetbag governments and Ottawa influence. It surveys US relations, Japan China commerce, and assorted domestic incidents.
A jumble of sensational notes cites a Detroit city population estimate, rumors of a New York doctor with 100 wives, Panama Zone trade plans for merchants, arbitration schemes, and mixed commentary on world figures. It also mentions Prohibition era jokes, British support for Japan, and former rail service workers rising from messenger roles.
Mississippi and Alabama governors are condemned for political theater and cowardice in a harsh appraisal. The piece accuses Vardaman of nerve loss and accuses his Alabama counterpart of behavior unworthy of Southern chivalry, suggesting lasting damage to the South and warning of future political consequences.
The Baltimore American argues that Japan emerged with greater moral prestige and peace influence than Russia, noting Russia is seen as defeated and dictated terms while Japan gains moral standing. The piece stresses Christian nations failed to match Japan in sacrifices for peace and highlights Japan’s broader historical significance beyond material concessions.
An Arab sheik interviewed by Sir Rudolph Slatin Pasha laments that desert fighting has fallen into a vulgar brawl. He says fighting now risks jail among thieves, as rebellion once chic among smart circles has degraded and society now shuns revolution for gossip and leisure activities like ping pong and bicycles.
A Chicago News piece relays a playful family exchange. A boy reports Mrs Prune asks to borrow flatirons to throw at a cat, prompting a sharp maternal remark about the audacity and the cat involved.
A collection of quip style lines on fame, competence, self doubt, and relationships. It weighs on prudent judgment versus vanity, warns against self depreciation, and notes how men and women bargain, marriage, and love affect behavior. The tone mirrors humorous, moral observations from a bygone era.
Lord Minto known as Rolly has been named viceroy of India succeeding Lord Curzon He served in Simla Calcutta and frontier campaigns and might have joined Cavagnari s Afghan mission He owes his nomination to Lord Lansdowne and has ties with Canadian service Lord Minto is a soldier and occasional contributor to Edinburgh Review and has raced in steeplechases He is the first professional soldier to become India s viceroy and his tenure contrasts with Curzon s hands on rule The piece also notes press censorship in Constantinople and details on Baron Heyking Baron's marriage and a related German Russian European aristocratic intrigues
Roosevelt's victory in uniting Russia and Japan ends the war in the Far East yet questions linger about a durable peace. The open door in China and Manchuria's future under China, Russia, and Japan demand clear American leadership and an open, enforceable understanding among powers to prevent outsiders from shaping the region.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press features a short exchange about honesty and consistency. A clerk arrives late, and his employer jokes about painting the down using water colors, reflecting a satirical tone.
Euclid, deep in thought, departs uneasily to the intelligence office after his wife questions the usefulness of geometry in solving the servant problem. The vignette shows a humorous, domestic scene with a classical name.
Kansas City journals recount Col George W Warder a local pioneer whose theory the sun is a living world and magnetic solar system center. His book The Universe a Vast Electric Organism argues the sun radiates life and heat via electrical waves. Scientists eye eclipse observations for possible vindication of his claims and the sun's corona questions.
The Chicago Tribune notes amid national shock over a New York dentist’s many marriages that bigamy is not limited to men. It spotlights Miss Marion Happ of Philadelphia who, in three years, married and abandoned eight men, proving women can wield similar schemes.
A gathering at the Shoreham and Plewitt House features travelers sharing dramatic stories. W A Campbell of Natal praises Col Colinbrander and a Zulu duel, detailing a brutal 30 minute combat and lasting scars. Other speakers discuss ragweed pollen causing hay fever, Japan’s indemnity talks with Russia, and a New Orleans poker club memory with a no-lending rule during a night game.
A reader studied a new breathing system praised as a modern scheme for physical development. A professor advised a pamphlet pamphlet explains to take a deep breath after morning bath, hold it long, then slowly exhale. The inquirer chose not to adopt the system.
After twenty months of war the Russians have won their first victory. It consists in escaping the possibility of further military defeat.
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