Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-08

ing.
A Rad Post once.
WAsHISaToS, Ang. THE special
commission which has been investiQa-
ting the condition and management of
the New Orlesns Post Office, submitted
a report to the Postmaster General to-
dav. The commissioners say in their
report that they found the facilities of
the office ample bat the forc- employ ed
insufficient through lack of proper train
ing or discipline. uhish, they say, does
not exist IN the Office, nor does any sys-
tenn OF promotion based on individual
merit; and, they add, that they found
everything apparently for the person Al
convenience of the clerks rather than
for the necessities of business. Thew
say the Postmaster Possesses iimited
knowledge of the actual work of the
office and makes little or no effort to in
form himself of necessities of the ser.
vice. merely visiting the working hoor
nd seldom consulting with his snbordi-
mates. Also that while too much ought
not to be expected of the Assistant
postmaster In view Of his comparative
~ recent appointment. that thew fesI
constrained to say that his selection for
the piace was unwise because of Fin
ferlor Judgment and lack Of ability To
maintain discipline in the office" The
mailing division is without organization
or discipline, mail matter, especiaIlv
newspapers, being badly DELAYED. No
account has been kept of mail sacks.
Whien latter In many cases being used
by persons other than employees, they
1.-THE commissioners having found 40
OF them In jank shop and Others made
lEto hainmocks. They express the opin.
Ion that the want Of energy Oh the o ,rt
OF the chief of this division is in part
owing TO the failure of his superiors to
support him.
They say also that the office of Col
lection Clerk. with salary of $500, has
been held for some time past by Geo. NJ.
Merchant, son of the Postmaster, whe
has rendered very little service, his
work having been done by the cashier:
they add that this Office Is very unneces-
sary, and should be abolished. They
report having found an employee car
risd on the rolls as a porter, detailed
as n detective" who rendered no assist
aIce himself, but who had hired an old
colored man at s. per month, to do a
little sweeping, that being the service
that called for porter; and they re-
commended that the Office, as we'll az
that of chief porter, be abolished. They
also recommend that the title of the
official now known as Secretary and
Auditor" be changed to "Officiai Sea-
rotary" and the salary Of the officials
be reduced from $500 to $500 per an
mum. They recommend an increase in
the salaries of certain clerks, aggregat-
ing xllOO per annum, and reductions
aRgreRating $3.50. They also report
having made inquiries relative to depre-
dations on mails at this Office, and the
failure OF the postmaster TO report
them. and say with respect to this
branch of their investigation that il was
found that just before their visit Is let
tiers addressed 90 nj. A. Dauphin. had
been abstracted from the mails in the
Office, and that circumstanc q pointed
almost conclusively to the son of the
postmaster. who took them; that when
the facts we're reported to the postmas-
ter, he obtained possession of aud
burned certain fragments of the missing
letters, thereby destroying important
evidence against the guilty person, but
he afterwards promised to exclude his
son permanently from the Office.
The stock List.
NEW YORK. Aug. t. U. 4. Three's,
1905; as, liz; as, 1873; Pacific SIS
l22; American Express 81. Canada Pa
oific 454. Canada Southern 36ll, Gen.
trail Pacific 80. Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy ll81S, Denver q BIO Grande
l2l4. Erie l59s, Hannibal and st. Joe
3S1S, Kansas and Texas 1884, Lake
Shore SlR, Louisville and Nashville
344, Michigan Central 68, Northern
Pacific q. Northern Pacific preferred
50L, Northwestern 1l1x, New York
Central 1854 Oregon Railway and Nav
iRation 50. Oregon Transcontinental
Is, Oregon Improvement u, Pacific
Mail 49A, Panama IS, Rock Island
1924. st. Paul 1924, Texas Pacific 121S,
Union Pacific 43as, United States Ex-
press 80. Wells Fargo l04, Western
Union 6i;f, Lackawana nv. Petroio
um quiet At 801sc.
The English Cattle Law.
CHICAGO. Aug. THE BREEDERS Ga
sette IL authority for the following !:
The Contagious Diseases Act of Great
Britain has been recently amended so
that the Privy Council may exempt por-
tions Of a country from the prohibitory
orders. This. it ~ said, was intended
especially for cattle from the Western
States and Territories of the United
States bat the Privy Council has, we
believe, taken no action as yet ia the
premises.
Military Store Keepers.
WASHINGTON, Aug. TN accordance
with the act OF Congress authorizing
the appointment of eighty quartermas-
ter sergeants to perform the duties of
store keepers aud clerks in place of citi
zen employees, n general order has been
issued by the War Department previd
ing that said sergeants shall DO selected
by examination from the most compe-
tent in the army who have ssrved at
least four years and whose characters
and education will enable them to take
charge Of public property.
Never said %.
CHgYxsSs, Aug. 7.-Secretary Sturgis,
of the wyoming Stock Growers Asso-
citation, denies the report crediting him
with sayine that infected Texas cattle
are in Wyoming on their way to Mon
tanA. To the best knowledge and be-
lief of the association. there Is no infect
cd Texas cattle ia Wyoming. Texas
cattle are excluded from the Territory,
but are bound through Nebraska for
Montana.
Depression On the Iron Trade.
Prrrssuao. Aug. THE depression
ia the iron business in this city Is said
to be greater at present than for nam
Der of years. Many mills that contin-
ued through the panic of 1878 are nov
closed.
sentenced 60 the Penitentiary.
LITTLE Rock, Aug. TN the Circuit
Court of Faikner county, Wa. Flynn
vas convicted Of shooting with intent
60 kill Robert Pruett, in this city last
March, and was sentenced TO three
wears In the penitentiary. A change of
venue had been granted 10 Fslkner from
this (Pulaskil county. The shooting
grew oat OF q bloody street fight In Hot
Springs last February, between the
FLYNN and Doren parties. IN which
FLYNN and Pruett were engaged.
Saratoga Races.
sARArooA, Aug. First race. for all
ages, one mile, won by Jim Rem sick ;
Richard L. second. Mate third. Time,
1,t5.
Cleveland Greeted.
ALBANY. N. Y, Aua. TAT White
Hall a large crowd assembled at the
depot 10 greet Governor Cleveland on
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