The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-29

Ibtll hummer OF cases Ui1lleu Nv
the bureau Tor the fiscal year.. 1880
In the establishment OF postoflices il
has been the policy Of this bureau
since the beginning OF the present ad.
ministrntion to establish u new post
Office wherever II Is desired. and 1t in
shown that IL will accommodate q
reasonable number Of people, the pur-
pose being to give the people the most
convenient mail facilities possible, be-
lieving that such u policy contributes
to popular intelligence and good citi-
zcnship.
Commissions to postmastcrs of the
fourth class run for no definite time,
but expire at the will of the Post
master General. During the yea
there have been 1911 bonds given
upon the appointment Of new post
masters, and ZOO new bonds have
been required Of incumbent post
mtstcrs One thousand five hundred
and ninety-six postmasters have been
reported to the bond division by the
Auditor for delinquencics, and 4.3I5
notices have been sent sureties OF
postmasters advising them of the tard-
mess OF postmastcrs in their re-
acting postnastcrs have been desig-
mated by bondsmen during the year.
The total number OF pieces of regis
tered mail handled by the post Office
department for the fiscal year ended
| June 80. 1857. is estimated at 3 $780,
900. Four thousand two hundred and
se~veuty.Hve complaints were investi-
gated and closed. In 2,750 OF these
cases it was discovered that no actual
loss had occurred, and in 1867 eases
the full amount OF loss alleged was
recovered; leaving only ass cases In
which actual loss was sustained, OF
only one loss for every 22, $40 pieces OF
registered mail handled, which shows
q marked decrease in the percentage
of losses rs compared with the pre-
vious fiscal year. the record of tina,
year showing one loss for every iG,
2a4 pieces OF registered mail handled.
Under the head Of mail robbers, the
report says: One of the most sue
c~essful and probably the most import
ant enterprises In which our inspee
tors participated during the year wa,
the breaking up and capturing Of
band Of burglars and bank robber
who had their headquarters at Han
over. KansaA During the summe,
and fall Of 1895, the indiscriminat'
robberics of postofices, depots ant
banks, In the northern counties O
Kansas and the southern section o
Nebraska, were of such frequent oC
currcnce as to keep the law-abidinl
portion Of those communities in a stat
of perpetual excitement and terror
At Hanover. Kansas, A. A Baird, ALA
Big Al" u. j.. Fuller and Fred
Whiting were arrested for robbing
, bank Mt Davenport, Nebraska, on Nc
vembcr ~.
I, Fuller Is an all -round crook; Baird
whose real named IL Connolly, serve'
y term in the Sioux Falls penitentiar
: under the name OF Arthur Inman. 10
' the robbery OF the p~ostofice at Wen,
' worth. =. d., while Whiting, the car
tain OF the gang, is . s~aloonkeepe
y, and runs a fence at Hanover, h
dive" being the easy resort and have
of refuge for such characters ms Bair
aud Fuller, Syracuse Slim" "Jimm
Burus," "St Louis Sam and oth'
noted criminals of record. All of Il
IS parties named. with a single exec
ton, have been tried, convicted, Sc
Is fenced and imprisoned for long tern
hy the state courts, and it Ia probab
that two or more of them can be /
d dicted for the robberies OF the pos
IT Offices at Hollenberg and Bellevill
d kan and Hebron, Neb.
Is The importance of this work is Ga
r. lily seen in the fact that not a sing
p~ostofice robbery in this terrific
~ was reported for months after the
IN arrests, while they had previously u
N eragcd two a week.