The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-01
RULES AS TO MANILA MAIL.
DOMESTIC Postage ONLY APPLIES
Tu LETTERS To SOLDIERS.
Gees at the Rate Fixed by the In
ternasional Postal tnien-Postal

S4'@csa. Dispatch 10 the E'oSF-lntElafS 1ces.
AShINNsE0N. MaFca S1.-gH a~,ier y
Insure the NEST prompt delivery os letters
ana other nail matter sent by ress3ents cf
Washing EoU 70 their relatives AID friends
| new serving with tae United States IN tie
{ Philippine islands Hon. John 4 Merritt.
| third assistant postmaster general. asks
| iaat the eIdesJ paaiieity be given 70 GER
| tain instructions which he has saas agt %
| al g's'slElastsrs ia tae state
Il 1o2S BoI appear 70 - generally ant.ssr
/ stood that mali addressed % tbs Phai2p-
/ pine is3AEsgss * divided into iva classes,
| thai which is entitled 20 be sent a. tAe
| ordinary domestic Ta.es CT postage, ami
| The oSaer Al the rates Of iossage fxesi
/ 4pou by the International Postal I nioa
/ for foreign countries. Il should be borne
carefully in mind that nsail. Ia order 10 -
| entitled 10 The domestic rates % postage
| mus De 50 addressed as - s2c@ taS par
! ocular branch OF the United States seEv-
/ Ice 10 which the person - whom II Is at
/ dressed belongs.
On the other hand. mail for this country
/ sent by soldiers or others connected with
me United States service in tae Philip
/ pines, TO be- entitled 10 the domestic rates
OF postage. mus oe ins:orsed, Soldiers
/ letter Cor maill" or Sailors letter cor
| maiib, Or in suGh other way as 20 indi-
/ cate the branch Of service 20 which the
/ writer belongs, and 20 signed ihefeGn1ers
| with his name aud official designation.
/ by a field or staff officer. pos or depart
| ment commander 20 whose command me
| soldier belongs or hy q surgeon or chap
/ lain al hospital where ne may be in the
navy or marine service by the officer in
| command OF the vessel CT surgeon on
/ pstal or deta chrnent on shore; and IN osher
/ branches OF the government service, by
iae person in charge OF the branch 10
| which the sender belongs
/ As L is sometimes irflpracticaale 20 Sc
! cure the Endorsement OF such officials, the
| postoffice department has issued iastruc-
| tons 10 all United States !s0stTnasteTs IN
| the Philippines. we'll as in Cuba, Porto
| Rico and Hawaii 10 sign such matter Of
ficiaiiy and dispatch il, provided The send
| ers are known II be connected with the
! United States service. Such letters. under
| the Law passed by the last congress, DO
no; require prepayment Of postage. The
| letter is delivered in this country.
| Mail addressed 10 or mailed BY persons
not connected with The United States serv-
| ice In the islands is subject 10 the follow
! iuE rates Of postage: Letters. , cents a
half ounce or fraction thereof; postal
| cards. cents; second and third class mat
! class matter. cent an ounce. II postage
is not prepaid in full. doahle the amount
! OF the deficiency will be collected from the
| addresses upon delivery
The postoffices al Cedarhome. snoho-
nish county: Detroit. Mason county: Lex
| ington, Cow.itz county, and Sunset. Whit
! man county. Wash, VIII jse made money
| order offices April l.
Gunder Gunderson has been commits
stoned postmaster al SAuwah. Wash.
| 4 change in the mail service between
North Yakima and Nile will ba made
| April !. The service is only once week,
| leaving North Yakima Fridays at a H.
! and arriving AZ Nile BY p ~. Return
| ing tho carrier will leave Nile Saturdays
| al : a NJ. reaching North Yakima by s
| =. n
Assistant Secretary Howell. OF the treas
uFy department. in response 10 a letter
! frCrn the collector If customs NJ Port
/ Townsend. in which be- states. IL is rea-
/ sonab!e 70 presume that importers VIII
noS claim that hey are not compelled 10
| pay duties against which they shall file
! protests until the collectors decision shall
, have been affirne1 by the board Of gen
| eraf appraisers. - says:
Il have to inform YOU thas while under
! the decision cf tae United States supreme
/ court in the GolGenherg case payment 4
he full amount Of duties ascert@ined 20
| ~ due On insrchandlss entered FOR con-
| sumption is - required 70 bee made with
/ in ten days after liquidation IN order 20
have the exaetten and classified ton "a
! viewed ON protest. s;iu. In view OF the
/ provisions 81 the closing sentence Of ser
/ ton Il Of the act Of june 70. fS@. which
/ makes payment cofeiiion precedent 20
/ the right 70 have the papers IN tn" ca 50
/ transmitted 10 the board OF general APP
! praisers for their consideration. protests
/ cannot be transmitted 10 said board until
| after payment of the full amoQnt ~ the
/ duties and charges ascer;ainet % be due"
| In recently Published statement OF
customs refunds made by The treasury de-
! par-nent during he last fiscal year APP
/ pears The sum - s. 80 p refunded ~ Joan
| Olive punSmulr. being a fine % ss>a erro-
steam tug Lorre az PERI Townsend and
| ss5s d interest ard costs.
! BY direction Of the president. Capt.
! Charles r Elliott. United States army.
I retired. on his o~n application. has been
! employed On active auty hF lhe secretary
/ % war and will proved with Capt Edwin
/ = Glenn T>wenty~Hfth United States IN
/ fantry. - Alaska FOR duty on Ire cook
! nle5 exploring expedition In Ira caPaesty
! os geos@tie surveyor and such other duty
/ nat in command ~ troops as may bs a.
+ rsseSsa 5rr Capt. Glenn
Second Lieut. EsnSlesert g. Cvarshiuc.
! Sixteenth Infantry. has been cr1eresf -
/ Hantsvi3le. Ala. fer duty as assistant;
+ ms scrlnw officer
! Th, following discharges have secn ar
5 dereS
/ second Oregon Volunteers -- Privates
I Clair Baker and VIII W Parsons. COM
! psny t: Sieve II I,one a9t George. e;
+ Noah Company n S3asa Bafkney. Fr~d
Hilbert ard Christian :. T.oSe. Company
! l. An8 fay NJ Sherman Company II.
+ ltr~i Itaao~I'ri*ate Waiter z. wright.
+ Sx,e-r,ss Irfantry-Prssa;e George Y.
/ Hess. Ccu7fany =. who was oE SICK fur
7 !90ga a. his home
I 4 picture Of he foreign corr
thn A9alst3cr cf the cg ztssssSlan 90
+ the present time Is prs seated ~ a single
f41fR VIII i-fElss- Fl l4sEA SIX sAEfr sftaftAt4E
5 issued report ~ ths chjef 81 sae oa~eaa
~ statistics T8sS tatlH shoRs sas 'rrzov
+ ard cxpsTts ard excess q Imports c~
( experss &. e&cn year sfsses fas at5p5tea
/ - tae constitution. ard see5eata fsstn met
rhand3se and ssscse. TIE sota3 igyspof .
. e merchandise ~ fn@ eHtfr" period are
- - ~ sad tas teTas exports 80 -
/ - ssH. making t~e excess % Exports ~
( r-e~erArE.s.s So - So IBe to<a3 iE1s-ar-s
- gals and silver AZ & stsaes528 ard
:r+ EXPORTS g. - 80 ~ making fhe az
{ ctss - experts - Specie & 36s sf&-st
+ Corn rtusa< tsss%*. tAe tassIe SHOWS tNe taf8E
I !rnp0T;s - gH~resen4sse ADD sse-ae in sae
entire .s.s-s.ss 50 s. 4I8.3Gis- tae experts