The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-14
At LAST HE Is FREE.
Mr. Atkinson No Longer Post
master at Newcastle.
THE DOOM or HIS SUCCESSOR.
He No sooner Escapes the TanrIe or
Red Tape Than a New Man l.
Caught In It's Endless Tolls,

The man who would rot he postr,,as-
ter has a. las been released fron TIE
bonds Or red tape that have for SO long
held him captive IN their enlargement.
The man Is J. NJ Z. Atkinson. now city
treasurer, who for seven years has been
trying % lay aside the cares OF public Office.
As postmaster al Newcastle but whose
efforts 20 be relieved % the burden nave
been crowned With naughi bar the prickly
thorHs % failure untn now
And now he 5 once again a happy man:
happy because no longer Tae unwilling ser
want of the republic. which be Is ready 20
serve. Il need ~. but not az postnast
az Newcastle. The first information Of the
welcome holiday gift was given 70 Mr
Atkinson on yesterday by a Post-Intell.-
gencer reporter. who showed him q tele-
gram from Washington City stating that
the name Of the postoffice at New Castle.
King county. had been changed 70 one
word. Newcastle. and that Cyrus F. Yea
ton had been appointed postmaster al that
pace
Well. I'm mighty glad Of e." said the
city treasure. bit I am sorry for Yeaton.,
FOR he is now In the same position that
was placed N for so long. Yeaton has
already been displaced at Newcastle BY r.
II. Irwin. stOrekeeper for che Oregon
Improvement Company. and suppose Yea
ton viii have 20 90 on through the years
/
done, until fate, in the form OF the post
office department, shall give him his re-
lease"
Mr., Atkinson was appointed postmaster
az Newcasile in September. ISIS. He was
also agent for the oregon Improvement
Company at that place. the duties OF agent
and postmaster going together on Oc-
tober I, ISIS ne resigned his position with
the Oregon Improvement Company 10 &C.
cept one with the Seattle Coal and Iron
Company, as manager. He began his ef-
forts 70 get rid Of the postmastership in
August the same year. his resignation be-
ing accompanied by a petition for the ap-
pointment as postmaster OF l.. ]. HeaCock.
who succeeded him as agent for the or
egon Improvement Company. Before
Heacocks appointment as postmaster got
around he also left the service of the ore
gon Improvement Company, and since
that time there has been a continuous
succession of appointments. none Od them
taking effect because Of the frequent
changes in the position OF storekeeper at
that place. and from the time MIR. AtkIn-
poStoffice department, in August. ISIS. I'M
I'll now. he has been foiied by continued
story" of accidents and forced to keep the
position of postmaster until hope had al
most fOrsaken him and he had begun 10
look forward with calmness TO a green old
AXE anu hlaAaA a i4Ut On 4 iuiiiifStofit Nh4Au
would say. "He lived and died postmaster
at Newcastle
The story Of Mr.. Atknson's long-defeat-
ed attempt to resign the position has been
told in nearly every newspaper in the
country. First told by the Post-Intelli-
gencer several months ago. IL was reprint
ed all over the country. II was then taken
up by the newspaper syndicates. which
secured his picture and furnished the
story with the picture 10 hundreds of their
constituent papers. This has brought Mr..
tiers.