Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-10
SlO7,74O,2 O,2S7.99
Details of ministratiOn.

During the year total OF 5,324 0S7, ,9l4
pieces OF stamped paper was issued to post
ssvas nf asge sus or Of
over the preceding year.
The recent innovation of selling stamps
bound In small books, suitable for carria xe
in the pocket. has proved exceedingly popn-
lar with the people and the sales are grow
Ing with each month. During one month
recently 421 $50 of these books were sold.
=, An issue OF stamps In comnemoration OF
the Panamerican Exposition, to be held in
Buffalo next wear. will be made and ap-
methods of transportation have been
adopted for them.
8O?s,7ls official Qree) and 1889 esG for the
puSSs paSc Bs Sum ON ,hSss sess,srsd 1Hr the
as registry fees, showing an Increase of
H7 per cent. nearly double the per cent
Of e. Increase for & the previous year, that being
the number of articles registered during the
year n4.59 Is nearly Ave times that for
average yearly rate Of Increase during tho
last preceding twenty years by l,54l 16j
pieces or S49.7 per cent.
There were 7,l29 800, 2O2 pieces OF mail mat
ter of all kinds handled in our postofices
during the year. These were divided as
follows: Letters. paid and free. 5000. 75i, ,6O7
postal cards 5S7sl5,250; newspapers and
periodicals, known as second-class matter,
2356 ,6sS.377; third and fourth-class matter,
S75, III ,96S.
Second class matter was mailed by pub
lishers and news agents to the extent Of
rs: s 5Ss 500 pounds and =, the s ,o postage paid
class OF matter mailed annually the weight
of that which is mailed free in counties Of
publication should be added This gives n
total or 45O,Oi5,SSl pounds. which represents
the gross weight of second-class matter
carried In the mails last year at the rate
Of ! cent pound. Mailings OF matter OF
q Ter W. af
an increase of 179.
Special delivery stamps were used to the
service sn1 to ss Fd Afer %! 'hps de
Quoting the cost Of manufacturing and Incl
dental expenses 1t Is shown that 1 the gov
the special delivery service.
Changes In Omces.
There were $500 postoffices established
during the year, being an increase of 6s5,
and discontinuences were made to the
6grIhs number ,Sl Of isi2 which is to1 more than
large increase in the number of offices dis
continued, i may be said that owing TO the
many fourth-class offices were found an
necessary and were, therefore, diacon-
dispensed with amounting to sl2 259. With
In the same period 15l42 postmasters were
appointed. Of which 707 were OF the presi-
Al the close OF the fiscal year there were
16.GS postofces in the United states. The
number OF hrst-class offices was l9i; second
class. S52; third-class, 3ls7, and fourth
on June 80, 1900, the aggregate amount
si2lsei, $40 The amount lost to the govern ne
mcnt through insufficient bonds was only
N9,5lS7s, which IL decided decrease as
In the course of the year a total OF 1926
arrests were made for violations of the
% OF ss.nn ahs n9er s wers posts
Cerks In postoffices. railway postal clerks
20 letter carriers, 80 mail carriers, 10 en-
were. not connected in any way with the
CONVICTIONS were secured and SEC cases were
tried IN the United States courts; In 52s
pending at the close of the year. In the
state courts Gl cases were disposed OF, con-
yict9ns resulting in 40, and 2S were left
During the last fiscal year sS4 claims of
pt,suIa. p0stmIasterrs rs for losses resulting from
the amount of sS0,23o,SO, OF this number,
previously disalowed' but i Which NV We're oGSn re
rs 1S s$$ pr ,ss"" A.
year, 9s8 had been filed in previous years,
and "ere ,cne pending at the close OF the fiscal
June 30, 1900, and "a total OF 422 remained un.
settled at It's close 0f e. the total amount al
funds. SIS sS2sS for r. postage post, stamps pos and
stamped paper and sli 'ias IS for money order
funds. The sum OF sl7,l 2G9 was allowed for
losses by fire, s5s, ,0fS 7s by burglary. So 07G SO
by robbery and larceny. 81, 693 while In
transit from postoflice TO depository Offices
and $3.50 % by miscellaneous causes
on july l. 1899. the Bertillon system for
the Identification of criminals was added as
an auxiliary to the inspector service. Even
a. thls early stage the system has conclI-
siNely demonstrated its worth and II will be
made a permanent feature of the work for
the suppression Of crimes against the pos
tai laws.
LeEisIatiOn Needed.
The following recommendations for legis-
lation by congress were included In my
last annual report and are now renewed:
That an act he passed to punish persons
who by force attempt To enter car or
apartment In a car used for the distribu-