The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-21
TRANSPORTATION OF MAILS.
Annual Report Of the Second Assist
ant ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Owing to the illness Of Second
Assistant Postmaster-General Nelson
the report Of MS Office is made
by George f. Stone, who is acting in
his stead. The report deals with that
branch Of the postal service which looks
after mail transportation. For the star
service it is shown that there are 49, 3T5
routes with an aggregate length of 251,jS7
miles. and the total miles travelled is 113,
570,33S at an expense Of S5,S46, $50;
estimate for next year $5S75000
Consideration is now being given to the
feasibility of utilizing electric and other
rapid motor street car lines TO facilitate
the transportation Of mails in the Import
ant cities between the main postOffices
and branch offices, and to and from the
railway stations. A plan of this kind
would probably include the running Of a
special car over the several street lines
for the exclusive use OF. the mail service,
not only for carrying locked pouches, but
In which a certain amount of distribution
would be possible. of course such an
agreement could be effected by the hearty
cooperation Of the street car companies
with the department for the Improvement
of the service. This office hopes to ac-
cOmp,ish some substantial results in the
direction indicated within the next year.
The cost of railroad mail cars was 49,
211 $50. and the estimate for next year
SO 2O5OOO Railway postal Clerks cost
sc, SIS 1874 and the estimate for next year
is 81 4l3OO The total number of pieces
Of mail handled was 1882, 234, 255 in which
but !. PSI, O94 errors were made.
The foreign mail service cost 81, 239, 1862;
estimate for next year, $l.919, 400.
Appointments.
The president today appointed Theodore
w. Richards as assistant surgeon Of the
navy. also the following postmasters: S.
T. Padgett, at Groesbeck, Tex; Charles
z. Roetinger New Richmond o.; James
T. Lewis, Appleton, Mimi; w. +. Mont
gOmery, Apalachicola, Fla; Frank r.
Leeper, Angels Camp, Cal; Job Mills,
Lodi, Wis
The president has appointed John b.
Jackson of New Jersey secretary Of the
embassy at Berlin and Herbert G. Squires
Of New York second secretary of the
embassy at the same place. Mr.. jackson
is at present second secretary and takes
the place of Chapman Coleman Of Ken
lucky. who has been for twenty years
in the diplomatic service.
The New Cabinet of Brazil.
Brazilian officials here give interesting
details of the new cabinet of Brazil as
briefly announced by cable The list is
said to contain errors in the names, due
TO transmission, and the list corrected, as
far as possible here. is as follows
Minister Of finance, Roderigues Alver;
interior and justice Uval Dino Do Armal !;
foreign affairs, Rosae Silva; industry,
Santos Pieres; war. Gen. Bernardo Var
ques; marine, Vice-Admiral Joaquin Fran
cisco de Abreu.
The significant feature of the new cabi-
net is that it discloses the cordiality be-
tween the retiring president, Pelxoto, and
the new president, Moraes, who will be
inauguarted tomorrow.
Interpreting the Tariff Act.
Secretary Carlisle today approved regu-
lations under sec. 9 of the new tariff act
This section provides that articles may be
manufactured in whole or in part of inn
ported materials, or Of materials subject
20 internal revenue tax and intended for
expectation, provided the same is done
in a bonded warehouse and under regu-
latiOns to be prescribed by the secretary
of the treasury The regulations cover
over sixty typewriter pages, and pre-
scribe in detail all requirements as 10
applications, bonds, etc, thought neces-
sary to protect the government from loss
or imposition of any character. The regu-
lations were sent to the public printer to-
day.
British Honduras DemOnetiEes Silver.
The secretary of the treasury has been
informed that the present currency OF
British Honduras was demonetized Oct.
Is, 1894 The demonetlzed coins will be
redeemed at the rate Of 80 cents of the
new currency for each dollar of the de
monetized currency. The gold dollar Of
the United States will hereafter be the
standard coin of Honduras. Hitherto the
currency has been silver coins of Central
action. therefore, is the decentralization Of
silver.