The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-11-29
REPORT OF Departments.
Report Of the Several Departments Submitted
to the Public,
POsimasteF-GeneFal Wilson Has Some Rec
concentrations as to SeeOnd-ClaBs Mat
ter-Fsets About the Railway Mall
serVice-PensiOn Report.

ter-Fsets About the Railway Mail
service-PensiOn Report.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2G-Postmaster-
General Wilson has made his first an
nual report to the president. The re-
ceipts Of the post Office department for
the year ended June 80 were SIG, III
900 and the expenditures $50, 700, 172.
Mr. Wilson estimates the revenue for
the year ending June 80, 1896, at $780,
795, 100 and the expenditures at S94, :
$4,000 The postmaster-general re-
feFs to the growth of the free delivery
service, and says; 81 believe it is good
policy for congress and for this de-
partment to foster the extension Of
this service by judicious appropriations
and judicious administration.
Concerning the abuses Of second-class
mail matter, Mr.. Wilson says; Il can
add little to the reasons given by Post
master-General Bissel and Postmaster
General Wanamaker for amendments
to the law as to second-class matter,
imperatively needed to save the postal
service from the enormous abuses and
consequent enormous loss of revenue,
which no regulation of the department
or watchfulness of its officials can
guard against. 1 respectfully and
earnestly recommend to congress a
careful scrutiny into this abuse and
such remedial legislation as shall be
deemed necessary and effective for it's
correction"
Upon another feature of the second
class matter the postmaster-general
says; 1.-THE volume of seeond-class
matter passing through the mails in
creases rapidly, and has reached such
proportions as to seriously retard the
distributions of mails in the larger
post Offices and railroad post Offices
The department, through its local rep
resentatives, has repeatedly urged pub
fishers to separate their publications
by states and routes where the quanti-
ty for any one state or territory is suf-
icient to justify it, before sending
them to the mailing offices, and has
endeavored to show them that their
own interests would be subserved
thereby"
Railway Mail Service,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The report
of James White, superintendent of the
railway mail service, shows that dur
ing the year 497 accidents occurred, in
which seven clerks were killed and IT'S
injured while on duty, an increase over
last year of 1877 accidents and twenty
seven clerks killed and injured.
It is shown that the service
is becoming more aud more eff
cient each year. Of the 1887, S75, =
900 pieces distributed and redistrib-
uted, but /, 1866, 682 errors occurred, be-
ing one error for each 1896 pieces
handled correctly, as compared with
one for each 1884 pieces in 1890, one
for each 8, 1854 in 1892, and one for each
1881 pieces in 1894 The patrons of
the department deposited in the mails
during the year 1O,OO7,f ISL pieces
which were not addressed to any
post office, or so insufficient
ly, incorrectly or illegibly ad-
dressed as to render their delivery i'm
possible until information as to the in
tention of the senders was secured,
and of these 4, pa, SAG could not be for
warded to the addresses because the
intention of the senders could not be
ascertained,
Pensions.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-Judge Rey'
nolds, assistant secretary of the in.
terror, in his annual report recon-
mends legislation which will define
with more certainty the pensionable
right of minor children under the act
of June 27, 1890, in those cases where
the soldier dies leaving no widow sur
viving the construction of the act on
this point now resting in much doubt
and the title Of such children being
sustained only by implication. The
! ouE SoSAOA h4ttNAO OclA " Az . A-AS@ y
uniform rule for proof of marriage in
pension cases is renewed.
Stress is again laid upon the recon-
mendation of the previous year for
legislation which will secure for their
maintenance to the wives and chill
dren of pensioners who unlawfully
abandoned those dependent upon them
a portion of the bounty paid such pen
siouer, and also for legislation which
will remedy the evils arising from the
manner of making the quarterly pay
ments by checks direct to the agencies
to certain weak and incompetent per-
sons, who on such occasions are sub
ject to schemes of the dissOlute and
induced to squander their pension
money. During the year the assist
ant secretary has brought practically
up to date the work of his Office IN re-
viewing pension cases appealed from
the decision of the commissioner oil
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