The Atlanta cruiser project and civil service row unfold
A May cabinet session approves civil service regulations with minor wording changes. Key figures Dorman Eaton and Thoman clash over Keim's nomination while Pendleton's influence is disputed. The piece also notes new navy cruiser basing in Boston Atlanta and Chicago and a treaty update with Spain.
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Dorman B. [Aton
Eaton
Keim
Commissioner Thomen
George H. Pendleton
Thoman
Mr. Keim
Gregory
Kevm
Thom
Ohio
Bia
Pendleton
Tere
Leis
Whethher
Pew Civil Service
Cabinet
Dorman B. Eaton
Civil Service Commission
Associated Press
National Board of Health
Eld
Norfolk
Rupelo Sound
Ship Island
Miss
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Boston
Atlanta
Chicago
Dispatch
Eagle
Hiawatha
Rowan
Naval Observatory
Shufeldt
Thit
Shafeldt
Calloun
William J. Woods
Indiana
Walter Q. Gresham
Woods
Spain
Waamsgrox
Arthur
United States
Span
European tensions and political shifts across Europe May 2
Reports from Paris Berlin and Marseille outline signs of discontent in Germany and Italy. Foreign Minister Mancini and Hungarian Premier Tussi are cited as denying aggression toward France while the Italian and Hungarian alliances are discussed. In Berlin a Reichstag motion opposes private orders in military workshops as Admiral Berger resigns over navy leadership changes. Ex-Empress Eugenie renounces a Chateau gift to Napoleon and in Mabini’s Peru a ministerial crisis rumors grow with Herrera possibly forming a cabinet of monarchical democrats and dynastic left.
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Iever
Italy
Germany
Galletael Lacour
Senate
Duc de Broglie
Signor Mancini
Herr Tussi
France
Erlin
Herr'Richter
Prince Bismarck
Reichstag
Admiral Berger
Thacy
Mapset Lucs
Eugenie
Marseilles
Napoleon
Mabini
Herrera
Chamber of Deputies
Strikes Hit Coal Mines and Trades Across Regions
Reports from May 2 describe coal miners in multiple districts striking for higher wages and resisting reductions. Belleville and surrounding districts saw actions with demands for two to two and a half cents per bushel, while stone cutters and plasterers pressed from 3.50 to 4.00 dollars daily. Bricklayers plan to strike for a 59 cent increase, with unions seeking uniform pay rules.
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W. C. Read & Co
Cherry Hill Coal Company
Pirrsauna
Flannery
Cit
Iron Manufacturers and Amalgamated Association
St. Louis
Belleville
Illinois
Louis
Twelve Year Old Girl Arrested For Fire At Hotel Glendon
In May at the Glendon hotel, Hattie Thornton a 12 year old girl living with her parents set fire to the building five times. She shows little grasp of the offense and appears obsessed with a patent fire escape once exhibited at the hotel. Separately in Barney s Harpur a fire destroyed William Jackson’s residence and his daughters Olive 7 and Bertha 12 died in the home.
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Bosros
Hattie Thornton
Glendon
Barney
Wiz
William Jackson
Olive
Bertha
Louisville
Conein
Tomlinson
Shim
Nores
America
Corydon
Ind
Stanley
Cordon
Mississippi
Memphis
Memphis Avalanche
Cleveland
Drummondville
Canada
Tomlinsons
Tom Ansons
Phil Miss Buckner
Willemlingen
Illinois
Dakota Territory
Sinmog
Kentucky's Scandal and the Buckner-Davis Tale
Louisville correspondent recounts Jessie Buckner detailing a Cincinnati scandal involving Phil Thompson Jr., Mollie Thompson, Walter Davis, and others. Buckner narrates meetings at the Thompson home, alleged drinking, theater outings, and a fatal aftermath, with Mollie Thompson’s later claims and Davis’s death amid a bitter family feud and public scandal.
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Il Trovatore
Walter
Harrodsburg
Mr. Roth
Phil
Jessie
Mollie
Washington
Shuuitting
Davis
Cousin Phil
Cincinnati
St. Clair
Gibson House
Marion County
Miss Herring
Walter Davis
Miss Buckner
Thompson
Dr. Price
Min
Jessie Buckner
Maine
State Sunday school convention meets at St John ME Church
The tenth annual state Sunday school convention opens at St John Methodist, Augusta, with about five hundred delegates. Leaders praise attendance, elect officers, and approve redistricting for Sunday school work while reporting large increases in schools, teachers, and scholars across multiple districts.
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Avavera
St.John ME
T. Lockhart
Augusta
J. C. C. Black
Reppard
Savannah
Gourtney
Atlanta
John.w. S Green
John
Wysiglsere
Waycross
Richmond
Banner County
DeKalb
Milton A. Candler
Mont Nagle
Tennessee
Georgia
Tallulah
Rey
EL Cromplers
Grigsiy
Cdinga
Athens
Courteyias
B. M. Zettler
W. B. Barnewell
Dr. Mell
Barrow
W.H. Baker
R.A. Ryder
Mell
W. R. Higher
The
Colored Baptist Convention
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Ivan
Ken
Civil Berstol Commission
Acopa
Kermine Worker of
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Capito
Phanix Park
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Cavendieh
Dufus
Fatrick DeLaney
Thomas Cuaffrey
Lord Frederick Cavendish
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Phenix Park
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Green Street
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Caffrey
DeLaney
Frederick
Cavendish
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Keavanaugh
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John E. Brady
Timothy Kelly
Judge Lawson
Mullett
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Lawson
Ireland
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Ven
Kentucky
Walter H. Davia
Deento Bucker
Irland
LouisiDle Courier Donmeal
Hannopenora
Phil B. Thompson
Buckner
Grand Jury
Philip B. Thompson, Jr
Gincinnati
Con Pees
St. Clair Hotel
Mr. Thompson
Mrs. Thompson
Mermory
Colonel Thompson
Coriyn Phils
Mr. Davis
Waller
Wuen
St. Nicholas
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Leslie
Mentary
TNCE
Tios
William HB
Nazareth Academy
Scrayton
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James McGrath
Forest City
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Carbondale
Scranton
McGrath
Susquehanna County
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Ile
Orie
Fiswarck
Dakota
William A. Wilson
Mouse River
Bailey
Battler
Wilson
Woodruff
Moose River
New Onpeane
Summit
Isaiah Cain
Little Spring
Franklin County
James Bailey
Cain
Bt. Louis
Vincennes
Win. B. Searight
Yeater
Henry Goidery
Opelousas
London
Statistica of
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Pablia
the Teachers OF Georgia
Charles F. Freeman
Barne, Stable
Danvers
Insane Asylum
Pardlank McCloaker
New York
Cardinal McCloskey
Tony
Alexander Sulliven
Irish National League of America
Corrigan
J. T. Hecker
Father Farrell
C. A. Handy
Philadelphia Catholic Quarterly Review
Philadelphia
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Burden Blast Furnace
Edward McCabe
William Scott
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Fitty Deere
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