Anthony Godbe, V. C... Mex. Vacant, C... R. L. Oliver, C. Arthur de Cima, C.. Thomas T. Crittenden, C R. Hughes Long, C.... 1896 1,500 3,185 1893 2,500 1,759 [1895 2,500 1,972| .. 1890 Fees. 201 18 Mex. Cal. Ga. 1891 Fees. 317 32 12 88 115 Mo. Ala. 137 50 65 39 J. G. Donnelly, C. G.... Wis. John Woessner, C... Conn. Me. 2,000 1,368| 1886 Fees. 597 1893 2,000 1,360] Edward Downes, C..... P. Wiesike, C..... S. C....1894] 1,500] N. Y... 1890 Fees.1 1885 2,000 Rus. .... W. Va. 1895 R. I....[1882 Fees. Wm. Churchill, C. G... N. Y... 1896 Thomas Simpson, C.... John L. Giro, V. C.... St. D..|1885] Fees.1 123] 1895 1,500 1,097 19 590 2 191 2 361 4 Va. [1896] 6,000|17,896 3,173 a Also diplomatic agent. b Authorized to transact business. n Naturalized citizen of U. S. *Also E. E. and M. P. Also Sec'y of Legati on. Also Minister Resident. C. G., Consul-General. C., Consul. V. C., Vice-Consul. C. A., Consular Agent. The aggregate of official fees, when not exceeding $2,500, is retained by officers who are not allowed a fixed salary by law; any surplus over $2,500 is turned into the Treasury. Consuls who receive a fixed salary retain notarial fees only, and are accountable to the Government for all official fees received by them. Clerk hire, except when especially authorized by law, is not chargeable to the Government. PRINCIPAL JUDICIAL OFFICERS. Chief Justice-MELVILLE W. FULLER, Illinois. Appointed 1888. Horace Gray, Mass.. No. of 1. pointed. Circuit. Justices. When appointed. 1891 8. 9. (a) Salary of Chief Justice, $10,500; 5. Edward D. White, La... ..1894 7. John M. Harlan, Kentucky...1877 David J. Brewer, Kansas.....1889 Stephen J. Field, California..1863 of each Justice, $10,000. CIRCUIT JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1. Le Baron B. Colt, Rhode Island; Wil- 2. William J. Wallace and E, Henry Lacombe, New-York; Nathaniel Shipman, Connecticut. 3. Marcus W. Acheson and George M. Dallas, Pennsylvania. 4. Nathan Goff, West Virginia; C. H. Simonton, South Carolina. 6. William H. Taft, Ohio; Horace H. Lurton, Tennessee. 7. W. A. Woods, Indiana; James G. Jenkins, Wisconsin; John W. Showalter, Illinois. 8. Henry C. Caldwell, Arkansas; Walter H. Sanborn, Minnesota; Amos M. Thayer, Missouri. 9. Joseph McKenna, California; William B. Gilbert, Oregon; Erskine M. Ross, California. 5. Don A. Pardee, Louisiana; A. P. McCormick, Texas. The First Circuit consists of the States of Maine, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire and Rhode Island. The Second, of Connecticut, New-York and Vermont. The Third, of Delaware, New-Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Fourth, of Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. The Fifth, of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The Sixth, of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. The Seventh, of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. The Eighth, of Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. The Ninth, of California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. State. .Mobile State. DISTRICT JUDGES. ANNUAL SALARY $5,000. Name. Where employed. Alabama (N.D.)-John Bruce. Montgomery (S.D.)-Harry T. Toulmin... Ark. (E.D.)-John A. Williams. Little Rock (W.D.)-Isaac C. Parker...Fort Smith California(N.D.)-W.W.Morrow.. S. Fr'isco (S.D.)-Olin Wellborne, Los Angeles. Colorado-Moses Hallett. ..Denver Connecticut-W. K. Townsend. New-Haven Delaware-Leonard E. Wales. Wilmington Florida (N.D.)-C. Swayne...Jacksonville (S.D.)-Jas. W. Locke.. .Key West Georgia (N.D.)-W. T. Newman.. Atlanta (S.D.)-Emory Speer.. Macon Idaho-James H. Beatty.. Boise City Illinois (N.D.)-P. S. Grosscup...Chicago (S.D.)-William J. Allen....Springfield Indiana-John H. Baker. Iowa (N.D.)-Oliver P. Shiras...Dubuque (S.D.)-John S. Woolson..Mt. Pleasant Kansas-Cassius G. Foster........Topeka Kentucky-John W. Barr......Louisville Louisiana (E.D.)-Charles Parlange..N.O. (W.D.)-Aleck Boarman. ...Shreveport Maine-Nathan Webb.. . Portland Maryland-Thomas J. Morris... Baltimore Massachusetts-Thos. L. Nelson... Boston Michigan (E.D.)-Hy. H. Swan...Detroit Name. Where employed. Nevada-Thomas P. Hawley..Carson City New-Hampshire-Edgar Aldrich. Littleton New-Jersey-Edward T. Green...Trenton New-York (N.D.)-Alfred C. Coxe...Utica (S.D.)-Addison Brown.....N. Y. City (E.D.)--Chas. L. Benedict....Brooklyn N. C. (E.D.)-Aug. S. Seymour..Newbern (W.D.)-Robt. P. Dick.....Greensboro North Dakota-Charles F. Amidon..Fargo Ohio (N.D.)—Aug. J. Ricks.....Cleveland (S.D.)-George R. Sage..... Cincinnati Oregon-Charles B. Bellinger.... Portland Pennsylvania (E.D.)-Wm. Butler. Phila. Goshen (W.D.)-Henry F. Severens. Kalamazoo Minnesota--William Lochren.. .St. Paul Mississippi-Henry C. Niles.. .Oxford Missouri (E.D.)-E. B. Adams...St. Louis (W.D.)-Jos. Buffington....Kittanning (W.D.)-Eli S. Hammond....Memphis Texas (N.D.)-John B. Rector.... ..Dallas (E.D.)-David E. Bryant.....Sherman (W.D.)-Thomas S. Maxey.....Austin Utah-John A. Marshall...Salt Lake City Vermont-Hoyt H. Wheeler... Brattleboro Virginia (E.D.)-R. W. Hughes..Norfolk (W.D.)-J. Paul.. .Harrisonburg Washington-Cornelius H. Hanford. Seattle West Va.-J. J. Jackson....Parkersburg Wisc'n (E.D.)-W. H. Seaman..Sheboygan (W.D.)-R. Bunn. Madison Wyoming-John A. Riner.......Cheyenne (W. D.)-John F. Phillips. Kansas City Montana-Hiram Knowles. ..Helena Nebraska-Elmer S. Dundy........Omaha Retired District Judges-Samuel Treat, Missouri; Martin Welker, Ohio; Robert A. Hill, Mississippi; Henry W. Blodgett, Illinois. Salaries of A. R. Hill and of H. W. Blodgett, $5,000; of all the other retired judges, $3,500. UNITED STATES COURTS IN Alaska-Judge-Arthur K. Delaney, Sitka. New-Mexico-Chief Justice-Thos. Smith. Na poleon B. Laughlin, Humphrey B. Hamilton, Gideon B. Bantz, THE TERRITORIES.* Indian Territory-Judge U. S. Court(N.D.), Wm. M. Springer; (S.D.), Constantine B. Kilgore; (C.D.), Yancey Lewis. Associates-A. G. Curtin Bierer, John *Annual salary, $3.000. †Annual salary, $3,500. COURT OF CLAIMS, 1,509 PENNSYLVANIA-AVE., WASHINGTON *Chief Justice-William A. Richardson, Massachusetts. (Died Oct. 19, 1896.) *Judges-Charles C. Nott, New-York; Lawrence Weldon, Illinois; John Davis, Massachusetts; Stanton J. Peelle, Indiana. *Annual salary, $4,500 each. COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. F. Stone, Denver, *Chief Justice-Joseph R. Reed, Council Bluffs, Iowa. *Associate Justices-Henry C. Sluss, Wichita, Kan.; Wilbur Col.; William W. Murray, Huntingdon, Tenn.; Thomas C. Fuller, Raleigh, N. C. Attorney-Matthew G. Reynolds, St. Louis, Mo., $2,500. *Annual salary, $5,000 each. SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. *Chief Justice-Edward F. Bingham, Ohio. *Associate Justices-Alexander B. Hagner, Maryland; Walter S. Cox, Andrew C. Bradley, Louis E. McComas and Charles C. Cole, all of District of Columbia. *Annual salary, $5,000. Retired Associate Justices, Andrew Wylie and Charles P. James. each. COURT OF APPEALS. Chief Justice-Richard H. Alvey, Maryland, $6,500. District. Alabama, N. D... California, N. D. UNITED STATES DISTRICT-ATTORNEYS. Name. O'Neal, Emmet. .Resigned Oct. 17, 1896. Miller, Joseph N. .House, Joseph W. ..Read, James F.. Bennett, Burton E. Shutt, William E. Fullen, Charles D.. Gurley, J. Ward, jr. Seals, Charles W. Bradbury, Albert W. .Marbury. William L. Hoar, Sherman. Lyon, Alfred P. .Power, John. Stringer, E. C.. Anderson, Chapman L. Lee, Robert C.... ..Clapton, Wm. H. Walker, John R. ..Leslie, Preston H. ..Sawyer, Andrew J. ..Jones, Charles A. Branch, Oliver E.. ..Rice, J. Kearney. Childers, William B. ..Poucher, William A. ..Macfarlane, Wallace. .. Bennett, James L.. Aycock, Charles B. Glenn, Robert B.. ..Bangs, Tracy R. Dodge, Samuel D. Cleveland, H.. Brooks, Caleb R.. Murphy, Daniel R. Beck, James M.. ..Hall, Harry A. Gorman, Charles E.. Salary, $4,000 Address. Mobile, Ala. Washington, D. C. Fort Dodge, Iowa. Manchester. Portland, Ore. UNITED STATES DISTRICT-ATTORNEYS.-Continued. District. South Carolina.. South Dakota. Tennessee, E. D.. Tennessee, M. D. Tennessee, W. D. Texas, E. D... Texas, N. D. Texas, W. D.. Utah.. Vermont. Virginia, E. D... POSTAL INFORMATION. CLASSES OF MAIL MATTER. Domestic mail matter is divided into four classes: First Class-Letters, postal cards, and matter wholly or partly in writing, whether sealed or unsealed (except manuscript copy accompanying proof-sheets or corrected proof-sheets of the same), and all matter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection. Rates of postageTwo cents per ounce or fraction thereof. Postal cards, one cent each. On "drop" letters two cents per ounce or fraction thereof, when mailed at letter-carrier's office; and one cent per ounce or fraction thereof at other offices. Second Class-Newspapers and publications issued at stated intervals as often as four times a year, bearing a date of issue and numbered consecutively, issued from a known office of publication, and formed of printed sheets, without board, cloth, leather or other substantial binding. Such publications must be originated and published for the dissemination of information of a public character, or devoted to literature, the sciences, art, or some special industry. They must have a legitimate list of subscribers, and must not be designed primarily for advertising purposes, or for circulation free, or at nominal rates. Rate of postage-For publishers and news agents, one cent a pound or fraction thereof. For others than publishers and news agents, one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof. Third Class- Books, periodicals and matter wholly in print (not included in second class), proof-sheets, corrected proofsheets and manuscript copy accompanying the same. Rate of postage-One cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. Fourth Class -Merchandise-namely, all matter not embraced in the other three classes, and which is not in its form or nature liable to destroy, deface or otherwise damage the contents of the mail bag, or harm the person of any one engaged in the postal service, and not above the weight provided by law. Rate of postage-One cent per ounce or fraction thereof, but on seeds, cuttings, roots, scions and plants, one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. LIMIT OF WEIGHT.-A package must not exceed four pounds in weight, unless it be a single book. Second-class matter is not subject to the four pound limitation. Elk Point, S. D. Chattanooga, Tenn. San Antonio, Tex." PAYMENT, OF POSTAGE.-On firstclass matter the postage should be fully prepaid, but if two cents in stamps be affixed the matter will be forwarded and remainder due collected of addressee before delivery. On second-class, third-class and fourthclass matter the postage must be fully prepaid. THE REGISTRY SYSTEM. All mail matter, including drop letters, may be registered; but not matter addressed to fictitious names, initials or box numbers, or bearing vague and indefinite addresses. The registry fee is eight cents in addition to postage. It must be prepaid by stamps affixed. The rates of postage to all countries and colonies (except and Mexico) are as follows: Letters, 15 grams (1⁄2 ounce). Postal cards, each... Double postal cards, each. Packets not ounces foreign Canada 5 cents. 2 cents. 4 cents. 1 cent. in excess of 10 5 cents. 1 cent. of 4 2 cents. Packets in excess of 10 ounces, for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof Samples of merchandise: Packets not in excess ounces Packets in excess of 4 ounces, for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof 1 cent. Registration fee on letters or other articles 8 cents. Ordinary letters for any foreign country (except Canada and Mexico) must be forwarded whether any postage is prepaid on them or not. All other mailable matter must be prepaid, at least, partially. CANADA AND MEXICO. Matter mailed in the United States addressed to Canada or Mexico is subject to the same postage rates and conditions as it would be if it were addressed for delivery in the United States. MONEY ORDER SYSTEM. The following are the fees for domestic money orders: For orders not exceeding $2 50, 3c.; exceeding $2 50 and not above $5, 5c.; exceeding $5 and not above $10, 8c.; exceeding $10 and not above $20, 10c; exceeding $20 and not above $30, 12c.; ex |