The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-16
The NATIONA,n CAPITAL.
ORDSR BY T. Ale POSTMASTER
GENERAL AMENDING THE
HOstai La Es-PeRsIOns for Tennee
seer .hs-The Railway 1ail
Service.
lsPKoIAL TO THE APPEAL.I

WASH KdToN, October Is. - Post
master General Villas has issued thu
( following order: Section 437 Of tb'
postal laws and regulations is amend
ed ss follow6: Whenever any Letter
prepaid at less than one full rate G.
postage, or any third class matter, not
fully prepaid, of obvious valu4, such
as mfgazines, music, pictures, pamph'
les, book, scient fc or otherwise
likely to be OF permanent use to the
addressed; or parcel of fourth class
matter not being fully prepaid and
being otherwise mallable, is deposited
in any postoffice and addressed to any
other postoffiCe within the United
Siates, it must be ptstmarked with
the date OF IFS receipt, indC rsed "held
for postage" and, except in the c0ses
mentioned below, the addressee mott.
fed by the next mail by an oflic al
postal card (form 1543), containing
notes of detention aGd request to
remit sufficient postage to fully prepay
it to destination. Such matter should
then be held two weeks for reply, and
if at the expiration OF that time the re.
quired portage has not been received,
It should be marked unclaimed
and sent TO the d ad Lstter Office
as unavailable. Matter directed to
places 80 remote from the mailing
office that the notice cannot bs re-
turned by the addresaee within two
weeks, and may be held no. longer
than four weeks. But upon the re-
ceipt OF the proper amount OF postage
the stamps should be fixed upon the
matter so as to cover but portion OF
the words, "Held for posage," and
properly Cancelled before forwarding
the same. When held for postage,
matter bearing the card or address of a
sender from within the delivery OF the
mailing Office should be immedi.
ately returned to such sender for
proper postage. Notice OF Diet 3ntion
must not be sent to the sddres:ee OF
matter properly held for postage
which is directed to foreign countries,
but if the name Of the sender be un-
known it should at once be sent to
the dead letter office. If the sender
himself pays the pos age before the
addressee, the letter will be iDdorsed,
postage subsequently paid by the
writer" and the additional stamps a.
fixed. Should the postage be after
ward received from the addressse, it
will be promptly returned to him.
And also tie following: "a reward
of 5000 will be paid by this depart
ment, upon conviction in the United
States Cour 8, for any person who may
have besn engaged in robbing or at
tempting TO rob the United States
mails by attack while the mails are in
transit upon any post route"
This offer is appl cable to offences
committed during the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1887, aud the reward will
be paid upon "a isfactory evidence to
the person causing arrest and conv,c-
tion.
PENSIONS.
The following pensions wsrs al
lowed today to people in Tennessee:
Alice, widow Of j. II. Tabor, Blanche;
Julia A., widow Of w. G. HopsoD,
Shelton's Ford; 4. O. Cannon, r &C.
Vile; B. M. Posey, SpriDgdale; Geo.
W. Haley, Difficult; W. Inman, New
port; Greenbury Presley, Choptsck;
John Fletcher, Butler.
Pensions were reissued to N. Bry-
ant, Greenville, and John Swiney,
Ducktown; pension restored to John
d. Dormap, Winfield; pension in
creased TO Marshall Gregg, Benton.
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
General Superintendent Jameson, OF
the Railway Mail Service, issued The
following order:
PosToFFIoE DEPARTMENT, /
OFFICE OF GEN'L, SUIT. II. M. s.
The continued violation of various
sections Of the instructions to railway
postal clerks, notably 749, ISL, 754,
759 and 76l, has compelled the
department to take decisive action to
the end that clerks may understand
that these sections must be complied
with in every instance.
Within the last few days the sala-
lies of five clerks in the Sixth Di-
vision have been reduced from $1,000
to 5000 per snnum for the months of
October, November and December for
failing to perform services over the en-
tire length of their lines and properly
recording their arrivals and de-
pa lures. The ealaries of two clerks
have been reduced from 5000 to 5000
for the same period for like offenses.
Another clerk has been reduced from
5000 to 5000 per annum for the month
of October for signing the record of
arrivals and departures for fellow
clers, and being a party to the carry
ing OF en- Unauthorized person in a
mail car. Another clerk has
been reduced from $1,000 to
5000 per arnum for three months
for carrying an Unauthorized person
in his car; also, for carrying liquor in
his car { nd using II to excess. Several
clerks have been suspended from the
service for from two to six days for
careless handling of registered mat
ter, and in this connection / deeire to
again impress upon all employees in
this service the necessity for using the
utmost caution in handling this valu.
able matter. Clerks should never re-
ceipt for registered packages, pouches
or sacks without carefully comparing
them to see that these received are
the ones signed for, and that they are
addressed. They should
never depend upon a memorandum
or list furnished by the dispa.ching
and If it can be proven
that any clerk is guilty Of carelessness
in this respect his removal from the
service viii speedily follow. The de-
partment can not and will not allow
the property Of its patrons to be jeop-
ardizsd by the csrelessness and mat
tention Of its employees.
Gone Fishing.
WASHINGTON, October Is The
President, accompanied by Col La
mont Mr. Miller Gonn,iueionar Of In.