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Show POSTMASTER IN CUBA. FIRST AMERICAN POSTOFFICE AT SANTIAGO. freelded (Her liy Major .linet F. laerl, l.ntr Inepeelor of Hi thlras.i Dill. Ion try of III. life Fereonal Charaeterlttlre, ,., -; p 111- new postmns- V 'it ,tr at Santiago, V'V , I ' Jam! i:. 8tu- ' '' : 1 . ' art. la a Scotch- &&" J mn IV blrth-ln -(SrfJfill nil else. It might 1 -l"-' - b rcm"kr,1 " ' JJaTjOJi-- an Inlenso Amcrl- ('tleO&r 1 cn- "" h" lh9 VrMK dominant trait ot "umm ihc Scot; he Is dls- creel, persevering and honest, qualities which aro demanded de-manded ot any man who aspires tn fill the plsce of an Inspector In the post-oRle post-oRle department. He cam to thla country In 1861, when he was 10 ytars old, and as soon as he could comprehend compre-hend the meaning of legal terms he be-gsn be-gsn In study law He waa a aludent when the war of the rebellion broke out, but he dropped his books for lh muikel and went to the front as a sergeant In the Twenty-first Wisconsin volunteers. The battle of Blone river made him a second lieutenant, Chtrk-amauga Chtrk-amauga added a bar to hla ehouldcr traps, and Atlanta made him a captain, cap-tain, General Harrison C. Hobart then mad him on ot his ataff, and lie remained a stall officer until the cloaa ot th war. Major flluart entered th railway postal service In I8C6, when that branch ot the postoffle department depart-ment was in Its Infancy. He gained promotion rapidly, and tn 1871 waa chief clerk In the railway mnll service for Jowa. He could havo been superintendent super-intendent ot the service, but declined tht plsce because It would necessitate his removal to another part ot the country. The work of the Inspector's department attracted htm, and he w.ui appointed thereto upon application Thla was (be beginning of Major flluart' fllu-art' real career. He soon demonstrated demon-strated to the government that he waa especially qualified for tho peculiar dtloctlv work required ot an Inspector, Inspec-tor, and the department soon showed Its appreciation by Intrusting some ot Its biggest and most Important case to hU handling. He Invariably succeeded suc-ceeded In what he went about. Ills splendid wotk In ferreting out the famous fa-mous alar route frauds In the west secured hla appointment aa Inspector la charge ot the northwest division In 1870, and thla enlarged Major Stuart's Stu-art's opportunities for fine achievements. achieve-ments. Through his efforts and by hi suggestions the postomro department succeeded In driving the Louisiana lottery out of the United Slates, Major Ptuart advising changes In the law which would enable prosecution of lottery lot-tery companies at the point where their mslt waa delivered. Hla most famous achievement wa hla successful prosecution pros-ecution ot the principals In the noted "Fund W" and the Guarantee Inveat-neat Inveat-neat Company, two fraudulent con-cerna con-cerna which robbed thousands ot persons per-sons by the use of the mall. In th "Fund W" case Major Stuart exceeded tils authority In lilaxealtn capturo the promoters. He held the mall of the concern, and a It piled up, th conspirators con-spirators were frantic to secure II. Their buslneas was being ruined. Stuart Stu-art refused to yield. They offered him SM.OOO If he would simply keep bis hands oft property he had no right to hold, but Stuart smiled blandly and (old them (o save lh money for their defense. After the Iniquity had bn crushed the government thanked Stuart Stu-art aid Indorsed everything he bad done. It is one of Major Stuart's proud boasta he rarely boaats, however-thai however-thai he never went after a thief and failed to get him. Although Inspector In charge, he takea Immense satisfaction satisfac-tion at time In handling a difficult cat personally, and soma ot his experiences ex-periences havo been of a thrilling aort. The postal division In charge ot Major Btuart embracea within ita limit Illinois, Illi-nois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. While not the largest In area, one-sixth of all tho money-order offices ar located In Lhls division, and about that per cent ot the general poet-office poet-office buelnesw la transacted within tht division. MAJ. JAMU3 K. BTUAHT. |