St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-11-16
HE OF THE AK REPORTS.
Maxwell Gives Statistics Regard
ing His Department.

Maxwell Gives Statistics Regard
ing His Department.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15-The annual
report Of K. A. Maxwell. fourth assist
ant postmaster general, has been sub
mitted to the postmaster general. There
are three divisions under his charge
appointments, bonds and commissions,
postotfice inspectors and mail depreda-
tiOns. The report covers the period for
the fiscal year ended June so, 1894.
The total number of postofficcs in oper-
alton in the United States Oh that date
was SO, sos. OF these G6,377 were fourth
class offices and 3.42S presidential, the
net increase over the previous year be-
ing ,402. During the year 3,136 post
offices were established and !, ,734 dis
continued. The total number of ap-
pointments during the year was %, ,166.
and the total number of cases acted on
1850, OF which 1866 were in cases of
removals.
The employees in the postal service
handled 15,050, ,554 pieces of domestic
registered mail during the wear. with
the in considerable loss of one piece IN
every HISS.
Gen. Maxwell, in his report, empha-
sizes the necessity that the public
should report every depreciation upon
the mail. whether it relates TO registered
or ordinary matter. and guarantees for
every complaint received the earnest
attention of the department.. During
the year 36,S77 complaints were re-
ceved affecting the ordinary mali, 81. 1S1
OF these referring to letters and 5, G96
to packages, decrease o. ], 1888 as CEN
pared with last year. The figures giyec
in the report touching upon burglaries,
burningS, wrecks, ETC., show 500 burned
and 1921 burslaries, an increase in
depredatlonS and casualties of this ma
ture as compared with the year pre-
vious. The report treats of collections
of money made through the postoffice
inspectors, and it is shown that such
collections during the year amounted to
S165. 1863. o., an increase over the previous
year.
Gen. Maxwell cautions the public
against sending valuable Enclosures in
the foreign ordinary mail, for, while the
international mail facilities afforded
under government protection have the
entire confidence of the people, the
records made of such mail in transit are
meager. and greatly diminish the pos
slbillty Of tracing articles and locating
losses.
The number of arrests for offenses
against the postal laws was zoos. The
number of postOtfice burglars arrested
was 351. and 1884 of the arrests were
persons not connected with the postal
service. Gen. Maxwell urge the neces-
sIty OF Increased appropriations for the
payment of rewards, and promising the
best results looking to the conviction Of
such criminals.
The report concludes with a brief his
Iory of several of the most important
Cases successfully prosecuted during
he year by the inspectors. among the
number being that Of the trial and con-
viction of Rev. q. F. Howard, of jack
son, Tenn; the Leroy Harris case; the
attempted robbery of the mail car on
the Kansas & Arkansas Valley railroad
at Seminole station; the apprehension
OF the letter box thieves. Titles, STRAIT
ton and Bolan; the Charles Ford case
of Port Huran, Mich; the conspiracy
case of Robert Lee, Texas. and the we'll
known organized gang of swindlers
tnat for time operated so successfully
in the northern counties Of South Caro-
lima. In addition t0 the recommenda-
tons on the subjects of rewards, Gen.
Maxwell urges the necessity of more
stringent statutes bearing upon the
green goods and obscene matter.