Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-06
POSTAL FACILITIES.
Rural Free Delivery Proving Pop
ular Everywhere.
REGULAR OFFICERS TO Be APPOINTED
Army Oncers to Be Assigned to the New
Volunteer Regiments -Canshs's I'm
reasonable Demand In tho Alas.
kan boundary Dispute.

by the post office department. Las
week Superintendent Of Free Deliver,
Machin, who has charge Of the rura
free delivery service, called in all tn,
inspectors Of the service fol confer
ence. As result Of this conference
it was decided to form two rural fret
delivery divisions in the country ant
appoint a superintendent for each
division. The divisions will be known
as the eastern and western divisions
Francis N. Dice has been appointed
superintendent Of the western division.
He will make his headquarters
at indianapolis. Conquest Clarke
has been appointed superintendent Of
the eastern division, with headquarters
in Washington. The inspectors re-
ported that free rural delivery was
proving popular everywhere. Wherever
1t is tried there is always, at the start,
protest from the fourth-class post
masters and star route men. The
fourth-class postmasters and star
reuters have even gone 80 far, in many
instances, as to get up petitions stating
the preferences Of the signers for the
country post Office to the rural free de-
livery. Where this was done the rural
free delivery inspector made person
al canvass of the people to be
served to ascertain their real
sentiment and in no instance was
it found that over five per cent. of
them were in favor of continuing the
old system. The rural free delivery.
the inspectors report, is proving
great source of education to the farm
ing class of the country. On routes
where before the Inauguration of the
service no daily paper was taken II or
Is are now taken. The farmer would
not subscribe for 9 daily paper when
he was obliged to 60 to the post office
every day to secure it. Now that it is
delivered every day in the box at his
gate he is glad Of the opportunity to
take one when he can afford it, AS a
result thousands of farmers and their
families, who, previous to the Inaugural
ton of the rural free delivery service
gave little heed to current events, are
now fully informing themselves and
keeping abreast of the times.
REGULAR OFFICES TO BE APPOINTED.
Washington July 5.-The proposed
organization of nine volunteer regi-
ments will place number of important
military commissions at the disposal Of
the president. Although there will be
three new brigades, Adjt Gen. Corbin
says that it is not likely that more than
one additional brigadier general will
be needed, the other two being pro-
vided for by officers of that grade now
in the army, whose terms are now
about to expire, Gen. Grant, who is
now in the Philippines, is in this cate
CORY, and he will probably be
one Of the three new brigadier
generals. Another general officer
now in the Philippines is also
available for reappointment to the
army. Probably the most
point in connection with the
volunteer organization is the
declared intention to APP
point none but officers of the regular
army to the command of the nine new |
regiments. Nearly 50 regular army Of
ticers held regimental commands DUR
ing the recent war in the volunteer
establishment, and the nine colonies to
be assigned to the new regiments will
be selected from among that number.
The selections will be based entirely
upon the records of the officers during
the war, and the nine officers whose
practical work in the field was the
most efficient will receive the appoint
ments
cANADA's UNREASONABLE DEMAND.
Washington, July 5.-Canada must
recede from her latest contention in
the proposed modus vivend. The
United States will not transfer even
temporarily to the jurisdiction Of the
Dominion government the Porcupine
mining district. As this supplementary
demand is investigated, the more un-
and unbearable the Cana
1ian pretenslons appear In the ngnt
If the added information upon the sub
iect the determination of the admins
ration not to yield is strengthened. The
three main points for the temporary line
have been agreed upon. Over White pass,
Chilkoot pass and Klukwan there is
no longer any dispute. Canada insists
IN making an arbitrary gouge Of
United States territory west of Kluk-
wan. Her demand is that a block of
shall be cut out and trans
ferred to her jurisdiction. Over this
territory the United States has exer-
cised undisputed authority. The ami
mus of the Canadian claim has been
subject of considerable speculation in
diplomatic circles. 1t seems
impossible to account for the action,
except on the most unworthy of mo-
tives.
WHY CUBA WAS GIVEN UP.
Senior Montero Rios Declared That spain