Boston Welcomes General Wheeler With Warm Hospitality
Boston extends a hearty reception to General Joseph Wheeler highlighting his wartime service for the Confederacy and his later loyalty to the Union. The crowd honors his gallantry and patriotism as he yields no lingering animosity and leads troops in defense of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Joseph Wheeler
Commonwealth
General Wheeler
Joe’ Wheeler
Republic
Wheeler
Union of the States
Public duty over personal jests on officer trip to Italy
The piece defends Chief Inspector Watts and Lieutenant Rosatto for their official mission to Italy after Inspector Ellis was killed. It argues the pursuit of a fugitive murderer by authorities is essential, costly, and serious, not a matter for ridicule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watts
Rosatto
Italy
Ellis
Boston
Abolish Free Passes for City Officials and Tax Franchises
The article urges ending free transportation for all Aldermen and City Hall officials by the New Haven lines and others. It argues the practice is an abuse and proposes railroads pay franchise taxes and obey more laws, citing Governor Roosevelt's New York act as a model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Board of Aldermen
New York
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Backward Step in Civil Service Reform
Editorial laments McKinley’s order expanding exemptions from merit rules and arming department heads to pack the service via transfers. The piece criticizes the bypass of the Civil Service Commission and calls it a ruinous setback likely requiring years and a Democratic win to recover. It warns the Republican party bears blame for crippling merit protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Merit System in The Federal Civil Service
A brief outline of how the merit system governs federal civil service employment. It discusses appointment and promotion based on qualifications and performance rather than political factors, aiming for fairness and effective public service delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Civil Service
Patriotism over Personal Valor Marks Civil War Memorial Day
The piece reflects on generations past and present honoring Civil War heroes and the flag. It notes the enduring lesson of patriotism over individual valor and honors those who fought in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, uniting North and South in tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Medford Notes From August Pastimes And Local News
Medford residents embark on a ten days trip to Megantic Club reserve in Canada for fishing. Captain Martin J. White returns to duty after a brief illness. Dr Lorimer attracts large SF audience. Colonel Bill Olin to open Brooks Grammar School in West Medford. Miss Rhoda Gruber foils a thief at 6 Parkman Street. A Paris cable tale on a dog swallowing jewelry ends with a topaz joke. Theatre stars plan summer travel and performances across Europe and America. Continue reading for local society, weather and cultural notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Olin
Brooks Grammar School
West Medford
Popular melodies and theater stars in new songs
Miss Smith has written two songs to be published by a New York house and used as vaudeville features this opening theater season. One song, Forged by the Glitter of Gold, is illustrated by the publishers and a prior work appeared in the Sunday Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miss Smith
Sunday Post
Taps in Gods Camp On Fields Far and Near
Christine Wood Bullwinkle writes in Army and Navy Journal that soldiers sleep apart yet united in peaceful rest. The poem honors the fallen from Cuba and Manila Bay, pledging guard and guidance as names flow into History's long scroll.
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Cuba
Manila Bay
Christine Wood Bullwinkle
Army and Navy Journal
Daily Charade from Boston Charades
Riddle verse from a 19th century periodical printed by Lee and Shepard. It presents a two part wordplay with clues describing a kingly command and a chase across desert sands. The piece signals an answer and invites readers to guess the charade for a prior and a next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lee & Shepard
Northern Beauty and Southern Pride Resolve on Memorial Day
Philip Lowe brings his wife Amy to his father Major Lowe's home. A rift grows as the Major, a Southern veteran, clashes with the Northerner bride. A fire endangers the Major. Amy rescues him, saving his memory of his wife. The Major reconciles, declaring Independence Day a memorial for family graves.
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Philip Lowe
Phil Lowe
Henry Lowe
Philip
Amy Carroll
Lowe
Phil
South
Amy
Major Lowe
Garrett
Jone
Jowe
Waifs And Wiles Of The Chicago Record
A collage of quips from the Chicago Record on domestic life humor and social sayings. It riffs on house cleaning, secrecy, generosity, and the foibles of men and women with witty exchanges and village remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emeline
Chicago Record
William
McKinley Exempts Civil Service Posts Across Agencies
Washington May 29 President McKinley issued a rule amending civil service to exempt about four hundred offices from competitive exams. The move is seen as a blow to reform and would allow filling departments with outside appointees during political emergencies. Boston figures like Daniel S. Knowlton and others are listed among those affected. The Navy and State Departments appear notably excluded. An outside list of exemptions covers many federal positions and clerical roles, sparking criticism from reformers including Richard H. Dana.
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Boston
M’kinley
Daniel S. Knowlton
Colonel Rivers
Charlies H. Amsden
Edward M. Harding
William J. Brandt
L. H. Collier
Charles H. Winn
Daniel S. Millerick
Washington
McKinley
Navy Department
John D. Long
State Department
Richard
Dana Crays
Richard H. Dana
The
Smithsonian Institution
Long
Internal Revenue
Customs and Internal Revenue
Alaska
Customs
the Treasury Bureau of Staff
Mint
Pension
Indian Service
Agricultural Department
Raiding Indian Service Changes Highlight Key Reforms
A brisk review outlines major rule changes affecting the Indian service. It notes extensions of time for eligible list members and equal footing provisions for Spanish War and Civil War veterans. It also allows reinstatement of dismissed employees without regard to the one year limit if the appointing officer certifies a thorough investigation and falsity of charges.
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Civil Service Act
Civ! Service Commission
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Currency
Treasury
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Army
Ordnance
Record and Pension Office
The
General Land Office
Indian Affairs
Patents
Education
Interior Department
Geologic Survey
Labor
Fish Commission
Smithsonian Institution
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Boston
New York
Phila
Memorial Day Programme With Parades And Rites
Memorial Day observances feature twofold events by the Grand Army of the Republic and affiliated groups. Activities include grave flowers for Union soldiers, care for Spanish War heroes, church services, parades, orations, and a late afternoon banquet for General Wheeler plus citywide athletic events and races.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Spain
Charlestown
St. John's Episcopal Church
G. Monroe
Robert A. Bell
Rainsford Island
Shaw Tableton Common
Thomas G. Stevenson
Forest Hills
W. Hamilton
Dahlgren
EF Street
Boston
Emerson Street
Calvary Cemeteries
Post Hall
Woodlawn
Charles Russel Lowell
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Mt. Auburn
John A. Andrew
Union Station
Forest Dale Cemetery
Stephen H. Roblin
Kearsarge Association
Sailors’ and Soldiers
Joseph A. Conry
American Touse
T. F. Meagher
U. V.A
Wells Memorial A. A
Franklin Field
Woburn
Lynn Y. M
Harlem
New York
Readville
Byers
Bonner
Providence
Rosenberg
Dinsdale
Hartford
South Boston
Yecht Club
Chicago
Cleveland
Southnd Grounds
South End Grounds
Cornell
Trarvard
Soldiers Field
Cambridge
Holy Cross
Worcester
Williams-Amherst
Williamstown
Georgetown
Orange A. C
Orange
A. C
Yale
New Haven
Columbia-Wesleyan
Middletown
Lehigh
University of Pennsylvania
Loethlehem
Comer's College
Newton High
Newton Centre
Poston University
Philips Academy
Exeter
Exeter-Somersworth
Fixeter
English High
Somerville High
Tufts Oval
Lowell
Salem High
Salem
Spy Pond
Arlington
An Entirely New Tule Adds Civil Service Class Rules
The text outlines Rule 13 defining classified service grades A to 6 with salary ranges for officers and employees. It excludes Senate-confirmed offices and laborers unless pre-1896 assignments match the classification, and prohibits unexamined laborers from equaling classified grades.
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Senate
Civil Service
Notable Scientific Figures and Historical Notices Feature
Professor Albert A. Michelson, head of physics at Chicago since 1892, newly elected honorary member of the Royal Institution. He was born in Strelna in 1852 and has invented key instruments measuring light waves including an interferometer. Also noted is Mrs. Jeb Stuart resigning as principal of the Virginia Female Institute and Dr Daniel Brinton donating his library on indigenous languages. Colonel Ashton Ramsey recalls Admiral Schley and the Merrimac.
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Garret
Ocoor
Chicago
Huh
Chicago Record
Hoskins
Mve
Albert A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Royal Institution of Great Britain
Strelna
Poland
Tle
Paris
Colone Ashton Ramsey
Baltimore
Admiral Schley
Niagara
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Boston Post
Representative Democratic Paper
New England
Lewis H. Lovering
Josiah R. Teel
Charles R. Drew
George Rock- Well
Medford
Megantic Club Reservation
Canada
Martin J. White
Captain White
Dr. Lorimer
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Alhambra Theatre
Miss Gruber
Vieezensaec
France
Mme. P
William Faversham
Kingland
Nantucket
Maude Adams
Long Island
Viola Allen
Swiss
Francis Wilson
New Rochelle
DeWolf Hopper
England
Nat Goodwin
Maxine Isliot
E. N. Sothern
Virginia Harned
Richard Mansfield
Ta NG Kas
May Irwin
Thousand Islands
Leslie Carter
Bar Harbor
Julia Marlowe
Switzerland
John Drew
Germany
Adah Rehan
Cumberland
Augustin Daly
Denman Thompson
Bbb
George W. Peck
Wisconsin
Peck
Sun
Milwaukee
John 1D
Buckingham
Frank F. Morse
Steinert Hall
Sears
Julia Smith
Syxaputy McClellan
McClellan
Mamie Harnish
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Miss Hilamish
Bobob
Thomas A. Mullen
City Law Department
Sandwich
Cape
Mr. Mullen
Donovan
Ninth
Cullinane
Lawrence
Raber
Jerry McCarthy
Beacon Hill
Stone Fort
Daniel F. Buckley
State House
Jack Adams
Mazer
Babe
Mother
Flylma
Farina
Portland
Duncansol
Iwaposia Street
Auburndale
Mass
Marion Quinn
Boyston Street
Malden, Mass
al Civil Service
Delphia
Navy
Naval Brigade
Lynward French
Fall River
Brigham
Bittnes
Park Square Station
the Prairie
Seventh United States Infantry
Causitars
Lorimer Hall
Tremont Temple
Matef
Miss Dunbar
Georgia Chipman Merchant
Lie W. Weeks
A. Politski
Golo
Mrs. Pearl
Miss Porter
Kate Belle Walton
William McFarlane
Asbeila Brothers
Madge Conly
Boston Letter Carriers
Memorial Day Sports
Harvard
Arlington Boat Club
Attleboro-New Bedford
New Bedford
Carters-Everett A. C
Everett
Jubilee
Beverly
Atlantic
N. Y
East Gloucester
Newport Club
Taunton
Brooklyn
West End
Detroit
Norwalk
Harles River Park
Charles River Park
A. W
Waltham
Daniel G. Brinton
North
South America
Ida K. Duwehey
Admiral Dewey
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