The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-26

service. Improper methods and irregn-
lar1ties which would otherwise GO IN
knowledge OF the department ana cor
Tected.
or the total number Of complaints Of
loss of registered mail 1,349 Of the al
legged losses were recovered and collected
and the amounts returned to the owners.
The actual number of cases IN Whicn loss
was established was 355- The total num-
Der of registered pieces handled oy y. 5 5s
department during the year was ls.Ss %; ;S <s
making an average loss of but one piece
in every $3.50 pieces of registered mail
ARRESTS FOR OFFENCES AGAINST
THE POSTAL LAWS
The total number of arrests during the
fiscal year, as shown by exhibit / was
1926. Of this number 119 were postrna5-
tiers, q were assistant postmasters; 10
were clerks in postoffces, were railway
postal clerks, 80 were letter carriers, 39
were mail carriers and 10 were employed
in minor positions in the postal service
The total number of postofhce burglars
arrested was 800, and the remainder Of
914 were persons in nowise connected with
the postal service.
Of the total number arrested d,526), 81
were disposed of in United States courts.
resulting in 526 convictions Six died
awaa d F Irlal, q forteltei7a e e5 one e
quilted. In 50 cases proceedings were dis
missed, 1875 We're discharged on preliminary
the grand jury, leaving 526 cases pending
In the United States courts on july 1, 1900
In state courts, 81 cases were disposed
of, resulting in 40 convictions and z ac-
quittals, leaving Is cases awaiting trial at
The unusual conditions which existed
at Cape Nome, Alaska, during the. past
spector at that point during the entire
summer. Upwards of thirty thousand pe0-
pie were landed at Cape Nome early IN
the season, and 1t was found necessary to
increase the clerical force in the postoffice
from one to twenty-four clerks within
in the sailing of steamers, as much as
49, money-orders funds. We're RENTED
sibiIity. of this business devolved largely
upon the inspector, the postmaster being
After the arrest Of c. F. w. Nicely, late
chief of the bureau of finance, department
OF posts, Cuba, on May 5, 1900, nine post
office inspectors were detailed for special
alleged fraudulent practices IN connection
with the postal service on the island. All
on this duty under nv direction until
after the close Of the fiscal year, and
four of them are still employed with the
these inspectors deserve the highest COM
incubation They worked early and late
and endured the discomforts of OPP
accustomed, without complaint. For de-
tails as to the character of their work,
cuban postal service 20 harstofore NED. 'As
ECOMAENDATIONS
The following are the recoInm endatfons
made in the annual report of this bureau
for the fiscal year:
That provision be made for the payment
of incidental expenses incurred by local
ofhcers, or others, in the arrest deten-
rlon ana Keeping OF prisoners charged
with violations of the postal laws until
such prisoners can be transferred to the
custody of the United States marshal.
That statute be enacted authorizing
postofice inspectors to take out search
warrants whenever the same may be
necessary in the prosecution of their Of
fetal duties.
That an appropriation be made for the
purpose Of constructing lookouts where
ever, in the opinion of the postmaster gem
eral. the same may be needed.
That the interstate commerce law be
amended to prohibit common carriers, to-
any of their employees, from aiding and
abetting in the green goods or lottery
swindles, or any other scheme carried on
partly by mail and partly by common car
rier, and which is in violation of the pos
tai laws.
That, owing to the losses and delays
which are constantly occurring on account
of small pieces of mail matter slipping in
large unsealed envelopes, the loose pouch
ing Of such circulars calendars, etc. be
prohibited.