Government Salaries and Perks Spark Washington Grumble
In Washington clerks and workers in government offices press for higher pay amid rising living costs. They note cabinet salaries rose from 8000 to 12600, while President Roosevelt earns 50000 and Vice President Bain receives 12000. Senators and representatives pull 7100, diplomats vary by post, and officials question the fairness of compensation across federal service.
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Tasuington
Uwheule Sampe
James
Sara
Preston
Byosey
Hoosevelt
Wairbanks
Cannon
House of Representatives
Congress
Austria-hungary
Kanil
Range
Cariung
Great Britain
Taly
Japan
Mexia
Russia
Turkey
Salaries of U S Consuls and Other Officials Across Posts
The article lists varying government salaries for consuls general in London and Paris, Canton and Shanghai, Berlin, Havana, Athens, Tokyo, Mexico City, St. Petersburg, Cairo, and other posts. It notes a former practice of higher fee-based pay, now replaced by government-designated salaries, and compares chief justice and associate justice pay at the Supreme Court. It also covers salaries for U S circuit and district court judges, United States attorneys, marshals, public printers, Smithsonian secretary, civil service and interstate commerce commissioners, and other high offices, with figures ranging from about 1,500 to 13,000 dollars annually.
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London
Paris
Cath
Canton
China
Shanghai
Erlin
Muruna
Cuba
New York
Luston
Portland
Pittsburg
United
Boston
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Secretary of the Smithsonian Rightu
Civil Service
Interstate Commerce
Jirceioy
International Purea of American Requiries
William Loeb, Jr
Senate
Grim Reaper Decreasing Pension Roll In US
A 1908 report from the commission of pensions notes a steady decline in U S pensioners with 951,687 in 1908 and an expected drop toward 900,000 within a year. The piece traces long-term growth then decline since 1900, cites figures from 1904 to 1908, and notes total pension payments amounting to about 140 million dollars, surpassing navy annual expenses. Two Revolutionary War pensioners remain on the rolls, ages 90 and 87.
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United States
Commissioner of Pensions
Walter
DRO
Pone Sioners
Eielnfold
Sam
Sarah GC. Martbutt
Eirjah Weeks
Massachusetts
Washington
Phoebs M. Pelmeter
Jonathan Wooley
New Hampshire
Atlantic Fleet Votes Suppressed in Manila Bay Election Day
The Atlantic fleet, with about 1800 potential voters, will be in Manila Bay on election day as Philippine law bars U S troops from citizenship. New York contributes the most missing ballots, followed by Massachusetts and Pennsylvania with 1200 each. Other states and territories have varying representation while many soldiers and sailors cannot vote due to residency laws or absence on active duty.
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Manila Bay
United States
New York
Empire State
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Aru
New England
Ilinois
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Oklahoma
Alaska
Arizona
New Mexico
District of Columbia
Faw
War Department
Navy creates Woman's Nurse corps head by Miss Hassan
The last congress authorized a Navy nurse corps similar to the Spanish American War unit. Miss Hassan of Washington will head the new division in the Navy Department and Naval Medical School. Twenty candidates begin six month training, with plans to expand to about 150 nurses stationed at U.S. and overseas hospitals. Hassan, Baltimore born, trained at Connecticut School for Nurses, served in Cuban and Puerto Rican theaters, the Philippines, and on the hospital ship Relief. Her genealogy includes veterans from Braddock to the Civil War.
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Iit
Mather V
Hassan
Washington
Woman's Nurse Corps
Navy
Naval Medical Hospital School
Naval
United States
United States Naval
Yokohama
Philippines
Miss Hasgon
War Department
New York
Itelict
Cuba
Porto Rico
Manila
Luzon
Navy Department
Miss Hassan
Braddock
Spain
McKinley Heroism At Antietam Revealed In War Tablet
A McKinley Memorial tablet unveiling in Delaware honors his Antietam heroism. Gen Botsford recalls Young McKinley at 20 driving coffee and hardtack through heavy fighting to boost hungry troops, earning praise from officers and soldiers alike. The anecdote highlights McKinley’s early courage and service.
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J. 7. Dossford
Youngstown
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry
McKinley
Molsin
Antietam
Botsford
Scammon
Maurmured
McKkinley
New Commander of G A R Toledo Elected In Encampment
Col Henry M Nevins of Red Bank New Jersey was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic on the first ballot at Toledo Ohio encampment. Nevins led with 464 votes over Minnesota governor Van Sant 264 and Tu T Dickason 195. He joined the Lincoln cavalry, served in the Seventh Michigan and Twenty fifth New York regiments, losing an arm at Fort Stevens. He has twice led New Jersey as department commander and served as a judge and president of the state senate.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Nevins
Gov
van Sant
Minnesota
Tu. T. Dickason
Tinos
Cat
Nevius
New Jersey
Hus Ber
Michigan
New York Cavalry
Fort Stevens
Barry
Aonate
Life of Mrs Morris Tisborn After White House Expulsion
Mrs Morris Tisborn, expelled from the White House on January 4, 1906, faces multiple legal and personal troubles as she travels from Washington to Albany and New Jersey seeking support and funds. She claims persecution, escapes Missouri asylum, and plans to appeal to courts for relief while asserting normality and blaming others for her plight.
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Itra
Gawie EC Movihs
Minor Wowsis
Washinston
White House
BA Tieden Mit
National Nadal
I Tong
Aince Ney Deparhira
Mra
Morris Tisborn
Morris
Tere
Woods
Koovenal
Witt
Toosevelt
Morel
Tplendon Hospital
Missouri Asylum
Albany
Ghalysian
New Jersey
Wallington
Eye At Boy Who Is Now General in Army
A young Frederic Dent Grant recounts his first battle experiences during the Civil War. He describes missing a boat, wandering toward Port Gibson, witnessing battlefield chaos, hospital scenes with amputations, and finally reuniting with his father on a gunboat.
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Eldnat
Oatyil Yar Comiandar
Philadelphia
Memphis
Father
Mississippi River
Deal
Lorenzo Thamas
Port Gibson
Gen. Thomas
Thomas
Walker
Charles A. Dana
War Department
New York Sun
Ridder Succeeds Haskell as National Democratic Treasurer
Tromman Ridder was appointed treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, replacing Charles Haskell who resigned. Ridder said Mack offered the post after a talk about tariff reform, stressing the party’s aim to lower tariffs and curb extortion while restoring popular trust.
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Democratic National Committee
Treasury
New York
Tromman Ridder
New York Stair Gietine
Democratic Fassional Committee
Chelan Mack
National Committee
la Suenced
Charles XII
Haskell
Oklahams
Tia
Ridder
Mack
Independence Party Plans Iowa Ticket Prospects
Independence Party candidates are under discussion as petitions circulate to nominate a statewide ticket. Party organizers claim to have Welet in view for a field, with last day for nominating papers approaching next Saturday.
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Independence Party
Des Maines
Tih
Bent
Ti Ds
Independance Party
Welet
Independence
Statue of Gen Spinner to be Erected in Herkimer New York
A statue honoring Gen Francis J. Spinner will be erected opposite the Spinner home in Herkimer New York by an association of government women employees. Spinner, treasurer from 1861 to 1875, urged hiring women when clerks resigned to enlist. He also created a distinctive signature on national currency and inspired women to self support during the Civil War era.
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Gen. Spinner
Francis JB. Spinner
Spinner
Herkimer
N. Y
United States
Treasury Department
Humorista
Looking Out for Number One Dewey Quotation on War Bravery
Admiral Dewey praises bravery on both sides and among recruits in the St Louis Republic. A Connecticut recruit story illustrates nerves in battle as a fellow soldier in front dodges. The trembling recruit shouts for his friend not to duck as bullets fly.
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Admiral Dewey
St. Louis Republic
Connecticut
Jim
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