Our relations with the States of the German Empire are in some aspects typical of a condition of things elsewhere found in countries whose productions and trade are similar to our own.

I hereby declare and make known that all of the unallotted and unreserved lands acquired from the Nez Perce' Indians by said agreement will, at and after the hour of 12 o'clock noon on the 18th day of November, 1895, and not before, be…

It is hereby ordered, That any vacancy in a consulate or commercial agency now or hereafter existing... shall be filled by a transfer or promotion from some other position under the Department of State.

Special Departmental Rule I is hereby amended by striking out from the list of places excepted from examination in all the Departments 'bookbinders.'

Hereafter compositors and pressmen will be appointed by competitive examination.

So much of Executive orders heretofore issued under General Rule III, section 2, clause (c), as provides for the appointment of compositors and pressmen by noncompetitive examination is hereby revoked.

Transfers may be made as follows:

I hereby direct the Secretary of the Interior to amend the classification of the Department of the Interior.

Professional experts and special agents employed for short periods at per diem salaries and paid only when actually employed.

Provided, That appointments to positions at pension agencies shall not be charged to the apportionment.

the President hereby makes and promulgates the following rule to cancel and be in lieu of Customs Rule V of the Revised Civil-Service Rules

To test fitness for admission to the classified service of the Government Printing Office, examinations of a practical character shall be provided by the Commission.

All vacancies, unless filled by promotion, transfer, or reappointment, shall be filled in the following manner:

I do hereby admonish all such citizens and other persons to abstain from every violation of the laws hereinbefore referred to.

I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States charged with the execution of said laws the utmost diligence in preventing violations thereof.

It is hereby ordered that the following-described tracts of country in the Territory of Oklahoma be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement and entry.

I direct that the diplomatic representatives of the United States in all foreign countries display the flags over their embassies and legations at half-mast for ten days.

On the day of the funeral the Executive Departments in the city of Washington be closed.