Interior Secretary Reports Vast Land Wins and Pending Entries
Secretary John W. Noble details the year’s land transfers totaling tens of millions of acres, patents issued, and railroad land curtailments, along with irrigation plans, timber protection, and Indian affairs. He warns Congress to enact comprehensive water policies and cites fiscal results, pensions, and school enrollment across the Bureau.
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Huron
California
Moe
Congress
Civil Service Report Shows Reform in Removals
The Civil Service Commission annual report notes the classified service now exceeds 30 000 employees and cites removals politics as minimal. It argues that in Washington the law has largely eliminated partisan removals, with 5 percent of appointees removed by a new administration being a safe benchmark, and contrasts classified versus unclassified job removals to show the law’s benefits.
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Civil Serice Commission
Washington
Publc
Civil service reform gains mixed support across parties
A historical report praises civil service exams for reducing patronage and improving efficiency, noting substantial numbers of applicants from different political faiths. It criticizes evasion tactics like letters to government workers and urges tightening rules to ban outsider solicitation at any time or place.
Navy Yearly Report Highlights Armament Delays and Cost Cuts
Secretary Tracy details armor delays from Bethlehem Iron and Carnegie deliveries, with July 1891 target and 300 tons monthly thereafter. Notes experiments with nickel steel plate, limited purchases at $30,000, and pending exhaustive tests. Reports cost cuts in gun and carriage manufacturing at Washington gun factory from $8,500 per gun to $2,772, plus new torpedo contracts with Whitehead and Horchkige, and emphasizes coast defense needing battleships distributed in fields for protection.
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Bethlehem Iron Company
Carnegie
Washington
Nitherto
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Whitehead Company
Horchkige
Patrick
Fie
Ordered to the Front From Fort Wingate Telegram
A telegram to the Associated Press from Fort Wingate New Mexico via Cooledge reports 1 30 p m on the 2d instant the Sixth cavalry ordered to move to Fort Meade with dispatch. General Carr supervises the mobilization as lanterns glow and wagons load through the night for what appears to be a Sioux engagement.
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Associated Press
Fort Wingate
Cooledge
N. M
Carr
War Department
Sixth Cavalry
Fort Meade
Geo. Carr
Bas
Cavalry Regiment Accelerates Frontbound Move to Denver
Troops hurriedly embark to the front as an Arizona New Mexico campaign history ends. Lieut. Col. Morrow with Troop G, Sixth Cavalry, will join the command at Watrous station New Mexico, bringing seven Sixth Cavalry troops to headquarters. They were due in Denver on the 3rd inst.
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New Mexico
Morrow
Sixth Cavalry
Watrous Station
N.M
Denver
Pickpocket Tales From a Confessed Raider
A former pickpocket details methods and profits of theft on trains and crowds. He explains teams, traps, and disguises, noting profits decline due to risk, nerves, and guards. He recounts specific techniques for lifting watches and wallets, and reflects on ethics, deception, and personal temptations.
Brave Policeman Saves Family From Incendiary Fire
Chicago officer Farry risked life at 389 Jefferson Street to halt a deliberate blaze set with kerosene and rope locks. Herman Kurzey, his wife and children escaped as a two story frame building burned. Parry burst doors and battled fumes, sustaining injuries. Fire risk endangered adjacent homes as evidence showed deliberate confinement and ignition attempts.
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Herman Kurzey
Chicago
Farry
Jefferson Street
Kacney
Katay
Oliver Parry
Alabama Governor Addresses Education and Suffrage Limits
Gov Jones of Alabama states opposition to making property or literacy a qualification for suffrage or office. He argues many white voters cannot read yet should not lose rights to educate blacks, asserts emancipation was not the Negro’s fault, and rejects deportation as a policy.
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Gov. Jones
Alabama
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