Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-15
NEW POSTAL ORDERS.
Several Changes in the Depart.
ment Laws Are
Noted.
STILL AFTER LOTTERY MEN.
Mandatory Instructions as to the
Return of UncaIIed for
Letters.
STILL AFTER LOTTERY MEN.

| government is still after the lottery
men, and that about as fast as one
promoter of chance is bulletined an
other springs up. Orders have been
issued against one Pierre Longtin, of
Quebec; Carl Farnow, of Ham booech,
Germany, and ODER 5. Sarkauy and Ar
mold Martony, of Budapesth, Hun
| gary. The instructions to Eostmast-
ers are that they shall not certify any
postal money orders to these parties,
| and they are directed to inform the
remitter that payment thereon will
| be forbidden and that the amount
will be returned on presentation of a
duplicate money order applied for
and obtained under the postal regula
tions. They are further instructed
| to return all letters, whether regis
| tered or otherwise, and other mail
| matter which shall arrive at the Office
at which they were originally mailed,
| to be delivered TO the senders thereof,
| with the word fraudulent" plainly
written or stamped on the outside of
such letters. The dead letter Office is
TO get the letters that have no return
card.
Mandatory instructions are issued
to postmasters to return promptly all
letters uncalled for at the expiration
Of the time requested on the return
card. If there is no time mentioned
they should not be held longer than
30 days with an Endorsement of the
reasons for non-delivery.
The government has established
postal station at Paris during the ex-
position. Patrons may draw domes-
tic orders payable at the above sta
ton, and it will issue orders on the
United States.
1t has brought to the notice of the
department that in numerous in
stances payees of international money
orders have presented for payment
the receipt in coupon form instead of
the money order, the presentation of
the coupon would show that the
wrong form was delivered to the re-
mitter. Such errors delay payment
and cause dissatisfaction with the
money order service, as payment has
issue of which a fee is frequently |
charged. Care is enjoined.
AS to Small Keys.
In regard to the issue of small keys.
the Guide says: The department in !
issuing mail keys to postmasters and |
those authorized by law to use them,
endeavors to impress upon their at
tention the Importance of the truss |
committed to their care. Therefore,
when a key is lost through negligence
or carelessness, or permitted to be
stolen by failure to use the safeguards
which the regulations enjoin, an Of
Tense is committed which may be pro-
ductive of grave consequences to the
public service.
I'm order to prevent this as far as
possible. and secure the careful hand
ling of mail keys, notice is hereby
given that in all future cases where
such losses occur, rigid investiga-
ton will be ordered and the postoffice
inspector detailed to the case be di-
rected TO make a recommendation
for the removal or the delinquent, if
the facts justify such action"
Liquids may now be sent to for
eign countries, and may be received
therefrom. The method of packing
is to use thick glass bottle, herme-
tically sealed and containing a liquid
or fatty substance, and placed in a
cavity made in solid block of wood,
the cavity being covered by a lid
which can be removed without with
drawing nails or screws, and the bot
tie being tightly surrounded by spongy
matter sufficient to absorb all the
liquid if the bottle should break. The
block need not be enclosed in a sec
ond case in order to be admitted to
mails at the postage
rate applicable to samples in the
mails.