Roosevelt Adds 15488 Postmasters to Civil Service Reach
President Roosevelt extends Civil Service to 15,488 fourth class postmasters, covering every eastern post office north of the Ohio River. The plan aims to standardize examinations and appointments, with signatures from patrons required before testing. Regions and counts by state are listed, signaling a broad shift in post office hiring away from patronage toward civil service norms.
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Connecticut
New York
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
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Will Surrender as Counterfeiter, Telegraph Says
A Wisconsin man telegraphed Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service that he will surrender Thursday night at 9 oclock after giving up his counterfeiting scheme. He names where he will surrender and asks for officers to meet him and receive his plates. Authorities are skeptical, noting a potential change of heart but time could bring a serious fifteen year sentence if proven.
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Sleuth Department
Chicago
Pilates
Keefe Named Immigration Commissioner as Crum and Knapp Reappointed
President Roosevelt appoints Daniel J. Keefe of Detroit as Commissioner General of Immigration to succeed the late Frank P. Sargent. The President also confirms reappointment of W. D. Crum as Collector of Charleston and Martin A. Knapp as chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, noting Crum’s contested past and Knapp’s eighteen year record.
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Frank P. Sargent
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Charleston
S. C
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Keefe
International Association of Longshoremen
American Federation of Labor
Straus
Crum
Senate
Knapp
Commission
Cotton Tariff Debate Shows Divided Cotton Interests
Washington hearing before the Ways and Means Committee pits growers from Florida Georgia and other Southern states against Northern and Southern manufacturers over duties on raw cotton Egyptian cotton and finished goods. Leaders say no decision yet as testimony outlines rising Southern mill efficiency potential New England competition and calls for protections.
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New York
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Sea Island
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Providence
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Sai Samuel Ross
New Bedford
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International Association of
South
Albert Hubert
United Textile Workers of America
America
England
Germany
Underwood
National finances show rising receipts but larger expenditures
Washington reports November 1908 receipts at 48.0 million dollars up from 45.5 million a year earlier, while expenditures reach 57.9 million, up from 42.4 million. The seven month deficit is estimated between 112 and 115.6 million, with notable increases in War, Navy, pensions, and Panama Canal spending. The public debt cash in the Treasury falls by 12.66 million to 989,433,561.
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Cattle Disease Costs Rise in Federal Fight
Washington reports costly battle against foot and mouth disease across New York Pennsylvania Michigan and Maryland. Secretary Wilson seeks emergency $590 thousand Congress aid while government covers two thirds of cattle values and disinfection costs. One thousand animals killed. quarantines extend to New Hampshire Rhode Island Wisconsin and Virginia.
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Taft to hear Cannon harmony assurances
Representative William B. McKinley will visit President-elect Taft in Hot Spring Virginia to deliver assurances from Speaker Cannon. Taft favors tariff revision and is encouraged by prospects of harmony without friction. Colonel Robert M. Thompson denied Navy Secretary rumors. Washington reports show Mann says Illinois delegation will back Cannon for Speaker. some new members still weighing.
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William B. McKinley
Ilinois
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
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Taft
McKinley
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Robert M. Thompson
New York
Annapolis
Thompson
Bourne
Messrs
Borden and
Perley
Straus Sees Industrie Cooperation in National Progress
Secretary Oscar S Straus releases the sixth annual Commerce and Labor report outlining interdependent labor and industry. He urges positive corporate supervision, immigration reform, and stronger employers liability while detailing naturalization, deportations, and labor enforcement efforts.
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Tobacco, Steel and Lumber Industries
Inland Waterwars
International Harvester Company
Bureau of Labor
Resources Commission In Session Washington
The conservation commission formed last spring with forty eight members including many lawmakers met at the Congressional Library for sessions aimed at compiling a work report for the President. The four sections water land forests minerals discussed with J A Holmes detailing a long mineral report and Gifford Pinchot presiding. The land section is set to report tomorrow.
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Geological Survey
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United States Forester
Bolivian Railway Deal Closed
President Montes signed the new Bolivian railway concession law requested by the American syndicate led by Speyer & Co and National City Bank of New York. The move openings the way for an agreement with the Antofagasta Railway of Chile and Bolivia, unifying Bolivia's railway system.
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Montes To Dey
Speyer & Co
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New York
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Antofagasta
Taft Declines California Visit For Augusta Winter
President-elect Taft rejects the San Diego Chamber of Commerce invitation and says he will spend most of the winter in Augusta Georgia, staying there until near his inauguration.
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Woodruff Denies Ambassadorship Aiming to Boost New York Mayor Bid
Washington, Dec 1 Timothy L Woodruff visited the White House and the President today but said he has no ambition for any diplomatic post. He declared his sole aim is to strengthen the Republican organization to elect a Republican Mayor of greater New York. He declined to name a candidate or discuss a Senatorship, and will return to New York tomorrow.
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White House
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Greater New York
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Packers Deny Plan for Holding Company in Chicago
Official denial issued yesterday in Chicago refutes a report that Armour & Co. Swift & Co. and Nelson Morris & Co. intended to form a holding company to control their packing concerns. Despite the denial, trade circles persist in believing the firms seek to organize such a company in time.
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Official county vote tally in New York County
The Board of Canvassers report shows Nathan Straus leading Bryan electors by 5,318 votes over Taft electors. Socialist electors total 16,815 vs Alfred J. Boulton's 14,125 Independence League electors. Governor results give Chanler 181,225. Hughes 132,091. Wanhope 17,919. Socialist 142. Socialist Labor 1,114. Prohibition 223. Armstrong 1 vote for Governor. Chanler's plurality 49,231. Dix leads White for Lieutenant Governor by 39,017. Koenig earns 141,78 for Secretary of State.
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Wanhope
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Prohibition
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Horace White
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Non-Partisan Tariff Commission Urged by Chicago Group
Chicago Dec 1 The Chicago Association of Commerce adopted resolutions urging Congress to authorize a non partisan commission to instigate and recommend tariff schedule changes. Commercial organizations nationwide will be asked to take similar action.
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Bids Opened For New Gallery to Inspect Clerks at Postoffice
Bids were opened yesterday for a gallery in the main Postoffice Building. The bridge will hang from the ceiling to give inspectors a clear view of clerks at work. Several small holes will let inspectors scrutinize activity, mirroring a Breekyton postoffice setup where nearly a dozen dishonest clerks were caught rifling the mail.
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Mrs Sage Gifts Cottages in Sag Harbor
Telegraph report from Sag Harbor notes Mrs Nusse Sage gave away cottages as gifts. She recently presented one to Mrs Peter Silver, previously gifting a cottage to a schoolgirl. The cottages were bought as part of land purchases for her largess in Sag Harbor.
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