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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1908
Page
8
Despite cabinet raises from 8000 to 12000 per year, government clerks and many officials argue for higher pay as living costs rise. Presidents, ambassadors, and lawmakers receive salaries ranging from 7500 to 50000 annually, with critics noting foreign rulers earn far more.
The text lists salaries for consuls general in London and Paris at $12,000, with historical peaks of $20,000 and $30,000. It details post salaries in Canton, Shanghai, Berlin, Havana, Athens, Rome, Yokohama, Mexico City, St. Petersburg, and Cairo, plus salaries for chief justices, circuit and district judges, district attorneys in New York and Boston, other federal district attorneys, U.S. marshals, public printer, Smithsonian secretary, civil service commissioner, interstate and isthmian canal commissioners, district commissioners, director of the international bureau of American republics, and White House staff salaries including William Loeb Jr. as secretary to the president.
A new commission report shows the United States pension rolls are at their lowest in decades, with 1908 totaling 951,687 and a forecast down to 900,000 within a year. Since 1866 total payments amount to 8.6 billion dollars, far above the nation’s interest debt, while only two Revolutionary War pensioners remain.
Article notes thousands of U S military personnel abroad will not vote due to Philippine citizenship restrictions and state residency rules. It cites exact regional counts of enlistees by state and territory, with Oklahoma and Alaska among contributors, and discusses ballot practices and War Department observations on soldiers’ use of voting rights.
Frankfort Kentucky reports William Rousey, an escaped convict serving 21 years for manslaughter in Boyle County, twice eluded detectives but was finally captured after ignoring a third hunch. The case ties to a notable Rousey family with multiple members killed or imprisoned in related feuds.
After appealing his case to the court of appeals, Rousey escaped from Danville jail with a companion. Pursued by chief Tom Helm and jailer Walter Fitzgerald across multiple states, he avoided capture for over a year. A last warning spurred him to seek a Canada pass, but he stayed to finish the week and was captured at the penitentiary.
Springfield, Massachusetts resident Joe Abis was ejected from 26 Liberty Street after snoring and late night speech. Landlord Stephen Hello caused a scene by throwing Abis and his belongings into the street as fights broke out. Abis slept in the kitchen and played a loud organ, waking neighbors who protested before Hello and Abis clashed outside. Abis sought a new boarding place before noon.
Following Alfred G Vanderbilt's Newport dance, society guests learned from the elite what they missed. At a recent Vanderbilt party Worthington Whitehouse led the cotillion and was thrown into a pool by the host. Whitehouse swam to shore in new evening attire while about a hundred guests cheered.
South Boston man files a 42 page appeal to the department of justice asking help to manage his temper and a wife described as an amazonian witch. He recounts a strenuous marriage with four alleged trumped up arrests, a perjury conviction, jail experiences, and reports of domestic strife including a disobedient son and a pleasure-loving daughter.
In New York at No 7 West Twenty sixth street a dusty mantel clock, useless as a timepiece but valued by antiquarians at about $50, escaped detection until 28 year old Frank Williams took it. The clock then allegedly triggered a noisy escape before police nabbed him with the artifact.
Washington reports show average hourly wages in U S industries up 3.7 percent in 1907 from 1906 while retail food prices rise 4.2 percent. Regular weekly hours drop slightly, employment rises 1 percent, and purchasing power of wages falls by about 0.5 percent. Compared with 1890–1899, wages are 28.8 percent higher and employment 444 percent greater, with food costs also climbing.
B Swan offerings include drawn and probated wills reports for administrators and guardians with appointments secured. General law business transacted in Atlanta with probate practice emphasized.
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