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They Are to Be Nominated by Patrons
and VIII BE Given the Simplest
Kind of Examination.
CUBAN SUGAR LEGISLATION
1T PROBABLY WILL CREATE MUCH
DISCUSSION IN CONGRESS.
Senators Lodge and AIdrich in Favor
of Reducing Duties, Against Wishes
of Beet-Sugar Interests.
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Special TO the Indiana polls Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-Regulations
governing the appointment Of carriers In
the rural free delivery service were to-day
approved by Postmaster General Smith
and the Civil-service Commission. They
are issued under the order promulgated by
President Roosevelt, classifying the rural
free delivery service, and they will become
effective Feb. l. The carriers will be nom
mated by the patrons proposed routes
and the number of nominations will not
be limited. Anyone living on a route may
recommend a candidate for consideration,
and the selection of carriers will be made
by central examining board to be COM
posed OF postal officials, whose acts shall
be subject to the approval of the Civil-serv-
ice Commission. The regulations approved
to-day are the result of conferences be-
tween members of the Civil-service Com
mission and Postmaster General Smith
and General superintendent Machin.
After Feb. 1, when the regulations go
into effect, all petitions for the establish
ment of rural free delivery must be sub
mitted on blanks provided by the POST
office Department. The special agent who
reports on a service will examine the ap-
plicants nominated by the petitioners and
any others who may apply. The examina-
tions will be simple and practical-only
sufficient TO test the applicants ability to
read and write and TO properly fill out
money orders Only those residing on or
in the immediate vicinity of a proposed
route will be examined, and only those who
can furnish the necessary equipment Will
be appointed. The qualifications Will hrst
be determined by the special agent and aft
erward considered by the central examining
board. The regulations conclude as fol-
lows: Political or religious affiliations of
applicants cannot be considered, nor will
political Endorsements be received or en-
tertained. Persons under seventeen, or
be examined. The age limit does not ap-
ply to honorably discharged soldiers of the
civil or Spanish wars.
Rural free delivery service has been or
dered established in Indiana, 10 begin Feb
1. as follows:
Crown Point, Lake County-Length Of
route, % miles; population served. 730; num-
ber Of houses on route, LAG; carrier, Henry
w. Wise. Postoffice at Merrillville to be
supplied by rural carrier. Mail TO Crown
Point Ind
Delong Fulton County-Length of route
2S miles; population served, 6S5; number
CT houses on route, 1S7; carrier Jacob %.
Ginther.
Delphi. Carroll County-Length OF routes,
As miles; population served, 1,155; number
OF houses on routes. PAS; carriers, J. II. b.
Whistler and b. II. Montgomery.
Elkhart, Elkhart County-Length of
route, p miles; population served, 715; num-
ber of houses on route, 143; carrier, Will
liam NJ Kaufman.
Greensburg. Decatur County-Length of
routes. 55 miles; population served 1885,
number OF houses on routes, 1868; carriers
Paul Perry and p. l.. DolOs.
New Carlisle, St Joseph County-Length
OF route, q miles: population served, $685.
number OF houses on route, Z73; carrier,
Charles ~. Whitaker.