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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
MACON. GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1895.
Single Copy, a Cents.
The Me* State Waits for
the Crisis of a
Lite.
CONDITION IS CRITICAL.
Tliysicians Look Grave, but Aro Still
Hopeful That tbe Governor
May Lire.
•RESULT OF TUltEK CONFERENCES
Th«» Changes Yesterday Were Not fer
the Better—lie Is Vonictons, but Is
„ Too Weak to Speak—About
the Bfdside— Anxiety
Is Great.
IK
Atlanta, June 18.—(Special.)—The life
of Georgia's governor hangs upon a
most slender thread.
It may snap at any moment. Yet,
there Is still hope that hts life may
be spared, and the change may be
for the better Instead of the worse
when the crisis Is reached.
The physicians, who have held two
long consultations today—one at 8
o'clock this morning, and another at
5 this afternoon, refuse to commit
themselves In their official bulletins,
though Individually they express hope.
They chn do nothing further, how
ever, but must watt on nature.
Medical science has done all that it
Is possible to do. The chief executive
has had the very flower of the med'
leal profession of the city at his bed
side, and in the face of the most ad
verse conditions they have performed
what Is In itself a splendid surgical
operation.
The crisis lies in the aftermath, in
the collapse of the patient from the
* terrible shock of the scalpel. '
THE BULLETINS.
The latest bulletin, Issued at 6 o'clock
this afternoon, In the light of con
stant observations during the day. Is
not regarded as at all favorable. In
fact, the words of the physicians fell
almost like a knell upon-the assembled
watchers, who awaited the result of
the consultation at the mansion. Their
bulletin was as follows:
"6 p. m.—We have just left the gov
ernor's room. He has passed a reason
ably comfortable day, though his con
dition is still very critical. His pulse
Is 92, and temperature 101.”
The bulletin of the first consultation
at 8 o'clock this morning was:
"9 a. m.—We have Just examined
Governor Atkinson and held consulta
tion over his condition. He rallied well
from the operations; has slept con
siderably since 4 o'clock, has a good
' pulse, no fever, and his condition at
this hour Is as good as we could rea
sonably expect.
The bulletins are signed by Drs,
Homlcs, Harris, Nlcolson, Cooper and
Westmoreland.
HOPE DASHED.
The governor was regarded In a very
hopeful condition during the morning
when the first bulletin was issued, and
everybody felt that he would master
the disease; but as the day grew on
. It became apparent that his condition
grew more unfavorable.
Fever set in, and his temperature
\rose, until the greatest anxiety is felt
-for him since the 6 o'clock bulctln.
_ .(le is very weak, the terrible pain
Which he suffered on Sunday having
almost exhausted him.
There Is now no doubt that the op
eration was unwisely delayed, but the
physicians hesitated to take such a
course.
Peritonitis had already set In and
the appendix was found perforated
and discharging pus when the opera
tion was performed last night This
Is what .Increases the gravity of the
case.
The governor could not possibly have
' - lived had the operation not been per
formed, and the fact that Inflamma
tion had already begun before the
operation robs the operation of much
of Its certain efficacy.
BY THE BEDSIDE.
Mrs. Atkinson has been constantly
beside the governor since the opera
tion last night. He has been fully con
scious since the ether lost Its effect,
and while too weak to talk, neverthe
less feels hopeful and determined.
The physicians put great dependence
on the governor's strong constitution
and his Iron will In their prognosis of
the Anar result.
The crisis will probably be reached
tonight or tomorrow morning.
Until tomorrow the physicians can
give no positive scientific opinion.
All day long there has been a con
stant stream of callers at the mansion,
and Inquiries for the patient’s condi
tion have been In everyone's mouth.
Fully WO telegrams of Inquiry and
sympathy have been received at the
mansion today, showing the profound
feeling of the people for their stricken
governor.
DOUBT AT MIDNIGHT.
At 10 o'clock tonight the ' physi
cians held another consultation, mak
ing the third for the day.
Tomorrow morning at 8:30 the
physicians will meet again In consulta
tion as a result of the consultation
tonight. *"
Dr. Holmes made a statement to
your correspondent tonight at 11
o’clock In which he said that while the
governor's condition Is still critical,
yet In some slight respects there was
an Improvement over his condition
when the 6 o’clock bulletin was Issued.
While the doctors are hopeful, they
cannot yet say that he will recover.
It has now been nearly twenty-four
hours since the operation, and the
patient's condition, Dr. Holmes says.
Is as good he could have been expected.
He has not lost anything for the
day, taking his condition tonight os
compared "with what It was this morn
ing, but In his statement Dr. Holmes
said his condition is so critical that
an hour or two might make a great
change.
The symptoms of peritonitis have
been more marked tonight than dur
ing the day.
A close watch Is being kept on the
patient tonight to note the slightest
change In his condition. , '
18.
Good Old Kentucky Stands as Firm
as a Hock Against Free
Silver.
AN EMPHATIC REBUKE
Administered to the Free Silver Crate
by One of the Mott staunch Demo*
emtio States In the Union—
Hal the True itlng.
TOLD IT ALL AGAIN.
The Evidence In the Meyers Murder
Case Being Rehashed.
Atlanta, June 18. (—Special.)—'The
Jury In the Meyers murder trial was
completed and examination of wit
nesses for the state was begun at this
morning's session of the court, the case
being now well under way, but no new
or startling developments having been
made.
The line of the prosecution Is about
the same as It was on the former trial.
Is the defense that Is looked to
for new matter In the case, when the
Introduction of their witnesses begin.
Meyers sat through the day with the
half Insolent Independence that char
acterized him on the former trial. His
self possession and determination to
put on a bold front Is wonderful.
The first witnesses for the state were
County Physician Gilbert and Detect
ive Mike Boland of Cincinnati. Dr.
Gilbert testified as to Crawley’s
wounds and the condition of his body
when found In the sage grass at West-
wood park.
Boland described the arrest of Mey
ers in Cincinnati, telling of his ef
forts to escape detection by having
his hair dyed and using other dis
guises.
At the afternoon session the wit
nesses examined were Mrs. Crawley,
wife of the murdered man, who told
of the jewelry he had on when he left
home, identifying that pawned by
Meyers and Seaborn Crawley, the
father, who described the negotiations
of the sale of three mules between
Meyers and ills son and the trip to
Atlanta, when Forest Crawley was led
into the trap at Westwood park and
murdered.
While the father declared solemnly
that he would not throw a straw in
the way of Meyers attorneys, he told
the) story In such a straightforward
way' and brought out so much cir
cumstantial evidence that It was Im
possible to see the prisoner In any
other than the light of his son's' mur
derer.
Mr. Crawley told of meeting Meyers
on the street after his son disappeared,
Meyers once telling him that he had
gone out of town, and at a second
meeting contradicted himself by Bay
ing that young Crawley was around
at Stewart & Bowden's stables,
described Meyers' flight to the depot
In a hack. The witness catching sight
of him as he dashed down the street,
and concluding, made a deep Impres
sion upon the crowd by reciting the
details of the night search of the
woods and the Anal discovery of his
son's dead body:.
Several other witnesses were exam
ined. Including Detective William Mey
ers of Cincinnati, who -arrested Meyers
climbing over the transom of his room
to effect an entrance. Meyers at first
denied hla Identity, but declared then
that Brown Allen was the murderer.
KILLED BY THE SWITCH.
Louisville, Ky„ June 18.—It Is still
an open question who will win the
Democratic nomination for governor,
but It lBnotnn open question an to what
the Democrat state convention will do
about free silver.
The voice of the Kentucky Democ
racy has emphatically rebuked the free
silver craze.
Nearly half of the delegates selected
are either Instructed to vote against
free silver or are known to be opposed
to It. Many others, friendly to silver,
are Individually and as representatives
of the conventions which chose them,
opposed to the policy of making any
declaration for free silver In the state
platform.
Neither Gen. P. W. Hardin nor Cas
sius M. Clay has anything like enough
Instructed votes to win on the first
ballot.
There are 878 votes, and 440 neces
sary to a choice. One hundred and
fourteen out of 119 counties give Har
din for governor 269; Clay, 201; Alford,
2; Buckner, 8. '
The instructed vote la 364. The
counties not heard from have only
thirteen votes.
. AGAINST FREE SILVER,
Revolting Details of the Massacres
and Atrocities in Eastern
Turkey,
THE REFINEMENT OF ATROCITT
Fiend* Thru Stopped at Nothing Thnt
their Hldeon, Deviltry Could Im
agine—Ueba, and Women
Tortured to Denth.
A Truck Farmer Near Atlanta Horri
bly Mutilated.
Atlanta, June 18.(—Special.)—W, J.
Mathis, a truck farmer, was run down
and killed by a switch engine on the
Southern at the Capital avenue cross
ing early this morning. Mathis was on
his way to town with a load of truck.
He left home at a very early hour, and
It was still dark when he reached the
railroad crossing.
The engine that ran him down was
moving backward without a light.
The farmer did not see It until It
was too late to get out of the way.
Another man who was driving a wag
on behind Mathis narrowly escaped the
death trap.
Both of Mathis' legs were crushed
off at the hip. anjl he waa otherwise
horribly mutilated.
This afternoon the coroner held an
inquest, the verdict returned censuring
the railroad company. The engine that
killed the man had been disabled and
waa returning to the round house.
COLIN CAMPBELL.
The Man Who Figured In a Divorce
Caw In High Life.
Bombay,, June 18.—Lord Colin Camp
bell, fourth Son of the Duke of Argyll,
a captain in the Bombay Rifle Volun
teer Corps, is dead at the age of 43
years. The cauw of his death was
pneumonia.
Lord Colin Campbell came promi
nently before the public as the defend
ant In a suit tor Judicial separation
Instituted by his wife In 1889, after
three years of married life. The evi
dence In the case was of a highly sen
satlonal character, and attracted all
the more attention becauw the defend
ant was the brother of the Marquis of
Lome, husband of PrincesS'Loulse. La
dy Colin Campbell was the daughter
of the late Edmond Haghlln Blood,
Preponderance of Opinion Among
Many Southern Newspapers.
Baltimore, June 18.—Today’s News
contains letters from many prominent
Southern editors giving their opinions
on the silver question,, and the drft
of sentiment In their respective sec
tions.
J. P. Caldwell of the Charlotte Ob
server: "I am opposed to the unlim
ited coinage of silver by this country
Independently of. International agree
ment. The next national Democratic
convention should declare for sound
money, In such terms as to leave no
doubt that it Is opposed to the free
coinage of silver; The sentiment of
this section Is In favor of free coinage.
ThlB is the almost unanimous senti
ment of the agricultural districts,
while the majority of the sentiment
of the towns, perhaps, favors sound
money."
R. M. Johnson, the Houston Dally
Post: "The last national Democratic
platrorm about expresses my Idea of
the silver question. I am In favor of
the coinage of both gold and silver
without a discrimination against
either, but with legislative safeguards
to the extent of preserving the parl-
lty of the two."
H. J. Hearsey, the Dally States, New
Orleans: "I agree with the president
and Secretary Carlisle, and I am for
sound money. In my opinion the right
thing would be the plank in the Chi
cago platform of 1892, with the addi
tion of a more specific and ringing dec
laration In favor of the repeal of the
10 per cent, taxes on state bank Issues
under proper safeguards, or an amend
ment to the national banking law
that will enable farmers and other
owners of unincumbered estates to be
able to get banking privileges at a
reasonable rate of Interest. Such a
declaration would do more to check
the silver craze In this portion of the
South than all things else combined.
A large majority of the business men
of New Orleans and the larger interi
or cities are for 'sound money.’ In
the rural districts of the state, the free
and unlimited coinage craze largely
preponderates. I think there has been
little change during the time speci
fied."
Raleigh (N. C.) News and Observer:
I am In favor of unlimited coinage of
silver bjr this country Independently of
International agreement. The money
plank In the next Democratic
national platform so.uld declare for bi
metallism, embracing free coinage at
16 to 1. The sentiment of my section
of this question Is for silver. Whatev
er change has taken place has been
Increasing the sentiment In favor of
free coinage of sliver. 1
G. A. Baskette, the Nashville Ban
ner: ”1 cm opposed to the unlimited
coinage of sliver Independently of In
ternational agreement. There should
be no straddling o( the Issue. The
Democracy Bhould adhere to the gold
standard, but express its desire for
international co-operation to make the
most of the white metal. Public senti
ment In this section Is divided. Doubt
less at this time the majority of the
people would vote for free sliver coin
age, but I think there has been ap
preciable weakening In the free sil
ver sentiment In this state In the last
few months.”
A. B. Pickett, the Evening Bclmetar:
Memphis: “I am opposed to the unlim
ited coinage of sliver by this country
Independently, and regard hl-metallism
as an Iridescent dream. The govern
ment should retire from the bank
ing business. Until lately the masses
of the people had given very little at
tention to the subject, and compara
tively few had any fixed convictions.
I am Inclined to believe the tide has
already begun to turn and that the
free sliver cry will not be anything
like as vociferous when the next Dem
ocratlc convention meets as It Is a<
present.” i
J. E. McGowan of the Chattanoogi
Times: "The Chattanooga Times o[i
poses the unlimited coinage of sllv^
by this country Independent ot lntev
national agreement. The money
ot the next Democratic convent!
should be a repetition of the one ado;
ed in Chicago In 1892. The Sc
sentiment for free silver Is
It Is not as strong as It was
months ago. There has been a
erable modification toward souit mon
ey since congress adjoi
Boston, Mass., June 18.—A rehearsal
of the Sassoun massacre has been
made by the refugees.
The story has been taken In detail
and forwarded for publication In the
United States.
Parish of Davorlg region, Totink vil
lage, of some thirty-five houses, says:
"We were eleven souls In our hoiisc,
but three were killed by soldiers. My
husband, Boghas, was shot through
the head. His brother, Harten, they
killed with two bayonet wounds on
the head and ten on the body. After
thus mangling his body they hung It
from a tree exposed to the sun, to be
food for rapacious birds. Khanadall
Kurdaghs plead with the soldiers,
falling at their feet and so we women
and children, for the most part, were
allowed to escape though other. Not
mandle Kourds from the south plun
dered the village, stripping us of our
clothing, burning the houses, etc. At
Aghplg, near the village, Maro was
burned In his house. Turros' small
children were hacked to pieces by the
soldiers and a woman's head found
and recognized."
Shammeh, a woman of the above vil
lage. a Ay a: "There were twenty-four
In tho house nnd twenty killed. My
son, Apkar, some seventeen years bid,
and a little daughter were killed/ My
father Is Chalo of Gellguzan and from,
that house were killed Salmg Mardo,
Mlgro, Sarkis, Donch and Ohazar."
Her testimony also confirms what Is
given elsewhere by others' ns to how
a Gellguzan woman, Ilapscli by name,
her owfl aunt, led on her four sons
In the defence, calling out: “Come on,
my sons, I am ready to sacrifice you
to the isue." In the end she was killed
when thyy were discouraged nnd fled.
"1 also'saw another Hapsch by name
native of Dalvorlg, ripped up by the
soldiers and the child put on her breast
and the,! two bayoneted after that.”
Der (priest) Hohanncs of Sommal,
and Dor’ Bedrasse of Gellguzan, were
her uncles and she, like others, says
'The eyt/s of Der Bedrase were dug out
and forty bayonet wounds Inflicted.
Her Hqtannes of-..the forty, bayoneted
In the" ciACh’ by the soldiers asked for
a few mlnutas to pray and was told
that If ho would not change faith he
would be kilted. T can't,’ ho said,' 'hut
my people, (many drawn up before
him) are free to to do as they please.'
As they, too, refused to change their
faith they were bayoneted Into tho
long ditch grave they had been forced
to dig.
The soldiers took out Den Hohanncs
eyes, selezed his hands and compelled
him to dance. Not only was he de
prived of his beard—the InBlgnla of
his prkstly office—but tho cruel creat
ures took along with the razor some
of the skin nnd flesh as well. Having
pierced his throat they forced him to
drink wxter, when It flowed from the
ghastly cut down on either side. His
head wts kicked this way and that,
as if a football. Human flesh taken
from sone of the mangled people was
put lntt his mouth. He, too, . was
pitched n the ditch, where there were
more thin two score men that had the
promise of safety if they would cease
resistanie and surrender.”
Manoig of Zlmmel says: "Tabo did
not belay Tamaln. as has been re
ported, )ut the Kourds, under the lead
ther Dervish chief, took him,
thoughas Tabo was present and chief
of the 4llagc, some charged It on him.
Tabo lad two brothers .Khache nnd
Boghoi pitched into the ditch. Ma-
nong's companion, Steppho, 17 years
old, Ids how his father, Sherro, and
hts uttlc, Glragoa, and his ld-ycar-old
sister, Hhuhan, were killed. These
both relate how Kale’s wife, Torrl,
was ippod up and her child flung
Into Oo air on a bayonet."
Khao of Shonk, 20 years of age, who
has p babe In her arms 4 months old,
tells how her husband, Boglios, and
his bother, Chazr, were killed: also
three others of the family. Tatter,
Khao and Mlsag; her mother, Mem-
mo, lacked and bayonted all out of
shap and left unburlod. She was of
Gellfizan, and the Kourds did this In
ange because she pushed on her sons
In tb fight. Her son, Glragas, was
kllle; but Slepan escaped and Is now
In Ussla.
Mosl Krikorehouse-Bcdros, 20 years
old, law bis father, Hcbbo, and his
broters. Boghos, Marten, Surko and
Mlsg, with his little sister, Yeovon,
kllle. His aunt. Oeorres, while serv
ing s transport, carrying ammunition
on hr back, was run through with a
baynet from the rear. Khazo saw the
solders rip up Elhar of Semma), take
out the child, put In on her breast
and bayonet them together. Urko
(Arael) of Gellguzan had fifteen souls
In is house and ten were killed, his
fathr, mother, two cousins and oth
ers.
"iogop of this village reports forty-
twoin their house; nine were killed,
twomen and the others children. He
warteft for dead from twelve bayonet
wouds.
"sdoun, also of this village, has
elgt ghastly scars from the cruel
wenons and was left for dead, but
mae his escape from the heap of dead
bodes, as did Hogop, with twelve
seas.
•\zos of Bltlls, his nephew, Murad,
wih the latter’s sister, report how a
4-sear-otl girl was choked to prevent
her making a noise that would betray
the etdltg among tho rocks of scores
-of others; that she died In a cave.
"Kang< of Dalvorlg tells how his
brother, Ilummo, was bayonetted to
death by soldiers, and another broth
er's wife ripped up with the usual
mangling process. Afdo was thrust
Into the house end burned alive. Bur
ro ®f Bltlls tells a thrilling atory. Her
husoAed, LUtoj we? literally fcscKed jo
pieces, the remains of which she could
only gather -up for some sort of burial
after twelve days. Her 2-year-old baby
boy was snatched from her armB to bo
stabbed to death; her daughter of 10
years, Aghrout by name, fell down
dead from fright, while she (Burfo)
made her escape. Her husband's
brother was also killed.
Nearly a hundred terrorized ones,
nnd among them- twelve able-bodied
men, decided to go to their Kourl-
chagas in a not distant village. En
route they were surrounded by hun
dreds of tho tribe, who drove them
like cattle Into a valley. They took
the only weapons, their knives, from
the men, and bound them and sent
them to the camp of^ the regular sol
diers ,as sheep to tho slaughter. The
women were stripped of their clothing,
a few of every rag, counted, as If
sheep for tho yarding, and kept under
guard for the night. After shivering
In the cold, the next morning they
were again asked to deny their faith,
but not succeeding In this, the Kourds
began to disband and the poor fright
ened ones were allowed to make their
escape. The wives were ready to fol
low their husbands to their fate, but
were not allowed. .
Bedroa of Gellguzan, with wounded
head and dissevered ears, tells how for
two days he shouldered his aged fath
er, carrying this way nnd that to save
him, but In the end .but at the plea of
Ills father to savo nt least himself, put
him down and ran, only to look back
and see them haclitng the old man to
Pieces
Gorngos of Bltlls tells how his fath
er was mangled with the sword nnd
how his aunt was disemboweled, with
the usual ghastly work.
LAUGHED TOO SOON.
Discovery of a Horrible Murder Done
In a Pennsylvania Mine.
Wllkosbarre, Pa., Juno 18.—A most
remarkable murder has been discover
ed here Just as the remains of tho
murdered man were being borne to tho
grave. The suspected murderer and
the wife of tho victim are now In Jail.
The dead man Is Andrew Yocksta, a
boarding boss of this city, and tho sus
pect is Anthony Glmltz, ono of the
boarders. Glmltz, It appears, Is In love
with Yocksta's wife. Annie, nnd It Is
believed by tho police that they plan
ned the murder, which was executed
with fiendish skill.
Tho men were miners In the Black-
shaft nnd worked in adjoining open
ings. The police believe that on Fri
day afternoon Glmltlz went to Yock-
sta's chamber and shot him twice In
the breast nnd once in tho forehead.
Death was Instant. In order to cover
up his crime and prevent detection the
murderer burned the dead man's lace
and hands with hlB mine lamp so that
hardly a feature was recognizable.
This was to glvo the Impression that
an exploslpn had occurred. ’
Then he plied a mass ot cool upon
the body.
It In known that Glmltlz ran from
tho mine shouting that his friend had
been killed by an explosion and fall of
coal. The body was dug out and sent
home, where the widow received It
with hysterical grief.
Undertaker Roman, who had dressed
the body Friday night, thought at the
tlmo It was strange there were so few
bruises Rlnce death had been caused by
a fall of coal. This morning h|s sus
picions Increased when he saw Glmltlz
nnd the widow laughing together and
apparently as happy as It was possible
to be.
These suspicions warned him, and he
went to sec Dr. Vornargls, a friend of
the murdered man, who advised him to
postpone the funeral. Thu two went
to tho house, and the undertaker said
It would be Impossible to bury the
body until a doctor had examined It.
Tho widow and Glmltlz objected. They
Bald It was time for the funeral, and
the pall bearers were Just preparing to
carry the body to the hearse. The un
dertaker, however, Insisted, and at last
they allowed the doctor to look at the
’body alone. He soon discovered that
a murder had been committed. But,
not to give warning to Glmltlz, ho an
nounced that the funeral could not
take place until he prepared some pa
pers.
Then he sent word to the police and
soon Glmltlz wan In custody. He broke
down when arrested, and between his
sobs said he was innocent. It was not
until afterward tlmt the wife was ar
rested, suspicion being aroused by
what the undertaker naw and some
words dropped by Glmltlz. The police
have found cartridges In his trunk, but
cannot find the pistol.
FROM MEXICO.
Important News of the Day In That
Country.
Mexico City, June 18.—Tho cabinet Is
discussing the question ot transferring
the control of the navy department to
tho treasury department.
The report re-publlshed that Gen.
Scully of Scully'n army, with members
of tho T. P. A., forced their way past
resident Diaz’s aides and secured an
audience with the president, who was
attending a cabinet meeting, Is un
true.
Col. Julian Castillo has been appoint
ed governor of Han Juan de Ulloa mili
tary prison.
The warship Saragosa under com
mand of Capt. Manuel Azula, has
gone to be docketed at San Francisco.
Gen. Oronlmo Trovlno has arrived
here for the purpose of arranging for
the transfer of the Monterey and Gulf
ralway to the Belgian stockholders.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES.
Peoria, III.. June 18.—It Is stated
here that Important discoveries have
been made from the examination of
President Oreenhut's letters and tele
grams, and that startling disclosures
may be expected. A Peoria distiller
said today that he thought the attack
on Schufeldt’s distillery was a feint
designed to Influence the court, and he
did not believe the former owners of
the plant had anything to do with
It.
SPRINGS A LEAK.
Charleston, June 18.—The schooner
William H. Schubert. Capt Sloan,
bound from Pascagohla, Miss., to New
York wth a cargo of lumber, put Into
port this morning Into a leaky con
dition with fourteen Inches of water
In her bold.
Against tlia Wliolesalo Removals From
Presidential Po3t-0ffices of
; tha Country.
GROWTH OF THE CIVIL SERVICE
A Long Array of lntercitlng Figures on
tbe Subject— A Report Tllut Does
io Show the Working! of
Civil Service Reform.
Washington, June 18—The forthcom
ing annual report of the United States
civil service commission will show that
the whole number of persons regularly
employed In the civil service of this
country Is about 200,000.
Of these approximately one-fourth
are In the classified service subject to
competitive examinations under the
civil service rules. Of these the un
classified service 22,000 are laborers,
6,000 are appointed by the president
subject to confirmation by the senate,
1,500 are In the legislative branch of
the government, and 2,700 are In tho
Judicial branch. The civil service, act
excludes these classes from classlfi-
catlon.
The total number of positions af
fected by the extension of civil ser
vice rules from March 4. 1894, to Jan
uary 3, 1895, was 8.184. Ot these 6,537
Were added to the classified service
by original classification but excepted
from examination to list of places sub
ject to competitive examination.
Since January 3, all employes ot the
agricultural department have been
brought lptb the classified service ex
cept the-secretary and assistant sec
retary of agriculture, a private secre
tary, to each, the chief of tho weather
bureau and his private secretary, tho
chief clerk of department and his pri
vate Secretary and laborers.
A comparative statement shows that
nt the end of President Arthu’s admin
istration tho approximate number of
positions classified was 15,573; at the
end of president Cleveland's first term
there were 27,330 and at the end ot
President Harrison's administration
there were 42,927 places classified. Ex
ecutive acts brought 29,873 of tho lat
ter number Into the service, while tho
13,055 others, principally in postoffices,
hccamo classified by reason of growth
(or small offices.
The Investigations made at the re
quest at the commission show thnt the
salaries Of government clerks In th
principal foreign countries are lower
than those paid by thlB government,
but the pay Of higher officials In
generally more than here. In nil ot
the principal countries ah entrance ex
amination,, both physical ai)d mental.
Is required^(>cfore appointment to tho
service, -fi; 1)6 tenufo of olllce Is per-
mane))K Or during good behavior and
after tho employe has. become Inca
pacitated by reason ot age, length ol
service or physical Infirmity, hd Is re
tired with a pension, the amount of
which varies vln proportion to tho
length of service from one-sixth to
.four-fifths -of actual salary. In some
countries it Is optional with the em
ploye to retire after fifteen years of
service. In other countries from thirty
to thirty-live years of service are re
quired before retirement.
Females aro not employed at all by'
some governments, while by others
their employment 1s limited to tho
work of teachers, telegraph operators
and positions In the pastel service. In
northern as well as In the tropical
and semi-tropical countries, the hour*
of labor are short. In nearly all, In
cluding the United States, the hours
of labor ot postul employes arc longer
thnn Ihoso of other government em
ployes. The time allowed for lunch,
the amount or annual leave with pay
and the amount of sick leave with pay
vary in the different countries. In
some the time for lunch or rest or an
nual leave Is fixed according to the
grade of the employe, the higher grade
of employes being allowed more time
than thoso of Inferior rank, Many
countries are more liberal In regard to
sick leave than tho United States.
An undsutlly large number of holi
days Is allowed, especially In the ori
ental countries. They are, as a rule,
religious ones, Christmas and Now
Year’s Day being generally ’ observed
In the European countries, and somo
national events aro also celebrated.
Tho report gives an exhaustive re
view of the Investigations of violations
of tho civil service laws. Among the
postofflees In whoso Investigation tho
commission Is still engaged Is that at
Rutland, Vt. Postmaster Ilanrahan
charges that the Republican employes
of his office aro conspiring against
him, while they In turn charge him
with making political removals. The
case has been under consideration
since last November. The commission
ulso lately called the attention of the
postoffice department to the condition
of many Indiana postnffiecs which it
regards, on the whole, worse than
those of the other states except pos
sibly Mississippi. In tho complaint
tho commission stated Ite position as
follows:
‘The commission holds that where a
postmuster makes sweeping removals
of employes of one party and fills tho
vacancies by the appointment of per
sons of the opposite party, there Is a
presumption that he Is controlled In
the matter by political considerations
and Is to be so Judged unless he shows
to the contrary, the burden of proof
retting upon him. Undoubtedly there
are cases where such presumption will
be overcome by a disclosure of the
facts, showing that there was a Justi
fiable cause for every removal, and
that selections for appointment were
made In strict conformity to the civil
service rules. Hut even In some of
these case, although the record Is
technically correct the law has never
theless been evaded. Many cases have
come to the notice «f the commission
where employes of one political party
were frequently dismissed for offenses
which perhaps justified the action,
but which passed unnoticed when
committed by employes of tho opposite
political parties. Moreover, when he
finds It necessary to make sweeping
removals of employes apposed to him
In political faith. It Is his duty to
make the public understand that he Is
not atcuated by political bias by tak
ing such affirmative action as will pre
vent the necessity of making appoint
ments from registers on which all the
names are members of his own polit
ical Rartjr.” -• -