New Civil Service Orders Issued By President McKinley
President McKinley issued an amendment to civil service rules releasing about 4,000 offices from the act. Included are pension examining surgeons and Indians in the Indian service not tied to schools, plus many posts in the engineer and quartermaster departments. War Department places will follow regulations set by the secretary of war and approved by the president.
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War Department
Ric
Wasuixotox
McKinley
Civil Service
Indian Service
Indian School Service
Engineer Department
Quartermaster’s Department
Secretary of War
Navy Yard Service
Nine Burned to Death in Farm House Tragedy Near Hardeeville
Terrible blaze on the Os treicher farm, three miles from Hardeeville, killed Jacob Solomons his wife and seven children. Coroner's inquest blamed neglect for lack of a chimney. Also reported Col Fleming Gardner dies in Washington and Chinese attaché Cho Min commits suicide in Berry.
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Hardeeville
Cuarneston
Oestreicher
Jacob Solomons
Solomons
Jacob
Aimy
Rollins
Mattie
Charley
Norne
Isaac
Willie
Mamie
Fleming Gardner
Witametox
N. C
Denmark
D. C
Aljough
J. A. Early
Virginia
Ohio Republicans Meet This Week
Ohio Republicans meet in Columbus for a state convention that could reshape the ticket and influence the 1904 presidential race. With McKinley’s renomination favored and turf battles among Kurtz Bushnell and McKiss, the delegation and central committee makeup will shape future Ohio alignment and district apportionment.
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Columbus
Republiicans
Ohio
Hanna
Congress
McKinley
State Central Committee
Kurtz-Bushnell-McKiscon
Ture
George K. Nash
Fon
Harry M. Daugherty
Asa W
Albert Douglass
Chillicothe
Frank A. Durban
Zanesville, Il
W. Beall
Sandusky
W. P. Orr
Piqua
M. L. Smyser
Wooster
American Sailor Killed In Brutal River Murder
A wrecked account reports George Ryan, a sailor once linked to Hawaii’s crown jewels, found dead April 27 lashed to a raft in a river near Ma lob. The mangled body showed a crushed skull and severed arms, with earlier life as a Honolulu provisional Army member and later shipboard stowaway to Manila.
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San Francisco
Empress of China
Hong Kong
Honolulu
George Ryan
Malob
Company D
Minnesota
Ryan
Provisional Army of Hawaii
Manila
Galte
Lexington
American Dead Mutilated in Philippine Fighting
Reports from the Philippines describe brutal mutilation of American dead by Filipino forces, with ears removed and hearts torn out, challenging Aguinaldo's claim of civilized warfare. Other items note natives firing on signal corps parties, Paderewski's secret Paris marriage, and multiple regional events.
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United States
Wassinoroy
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Signal Corps
Manyina
Tilley
Escalente
Negros
General Smith
Eighty Fifth Anniversary of American Mission Union in San Francisco
The American Mission Union opens its eighty fifth anniversary in San Francisco with a Woman's Missionary Society meeting at 8 30. The 10 a m devotional forms part of the business session led by President Robert O Fuller of Massachusetts. Reports begin with the executive committee and home secretary Rev Henry C Mabie. Treasurer notes satisfactory finances while the arrangements committee is thanked for efficient work.
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American Mission Union
San Francisco
Woman's Missionary Society
Robert O. Fuller
Massachusetts
Henry C. Mabie
Mrs. Davis Gifts Confederacy Relics to Macon Library
Mrs. Jefferson Davis sent relics and mementos of the late Confederate president to the Macon public library. The collection includes clothes, a pouch, writing case, pocket compass, a Winnie Davis plaque, and various medals, with a Beauvoir House letter stating a last will and testament sentiment as her home nears sale.
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Macon
Maco
Jefferson Davis
Beauvoir House
Davis
Mr. Davis
Winnie
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