| Show DElnll OFA GllIUT EDiIOH Charles A Dana of tho New York Sun Passes Away louniort1h or Ill 11ard tile career ulI III Iuilu It 0 I I ork JoorUI I New York Oct 11Chns A Dana editor of the New Yoik Sun died at 120 oclock this aftrrnoon at his home at Olencoe Long Island ot cirrhosis of tile Ilir Mr Danas death had been expected for soural hours and his family and Physicians ncreat his bedside side vhen the end came Ula condition had bee such for several month that tile members oC his family had kept themselves In constant con-stant rectIllincii to go to his bedside at any rnome t On Saturday morning he hind a 1101 se and II was apparent lint reco ry wa Impossible Several time hllwr he rall1d hut lowolol nlht rllg be act 10 sink During tile nigh It tin rrl were feeble rl1Is but they did not last long Tills morning It was seen that the enl was but a few hours off and tin attendants remained almost al-most constinti at his btdslde The extreme hat of hostel Irldny had much to do with hastening hasten-ing death On Tlldny Mr Dana batted signs of dlstrini and everything every-thing poaslblo was done to nllce him lie had teen weakened by his long Illness and during the summer was several times thought to bo on the erge or a fatal collapse hut each t vie ro rallied He did not Implovc I much I llh Ihe coming cooler nlher and the sinking spills became more IOn I fre upnl On Friday Mr Dana was able to lake only the lightest nuurlshmnt and this condition continued lul nnnn limit hi Ialrs Mrs Draper Mrs Undiihlll nnd I Mr Draft an were 01 his horn on SOlunloy morning and wr warned lo moln there They were nt the bedside when cnlh cam Tho end came quickly On June 3lh last Jlr 1 > lIno wa ILt his office nppnnntly strung find honllll The next diy h o wn I aken In and h ie never afterward visited Nw York lie wa 78 years 01 age Pi I nrollona fur the burial have not 101 < hn npletid aob ifgend Oct 11Iho annual report or W S 8hallnb gcr second nllnnt Ioelmote genelol mod pullli tonight gives an Interesting relew of the principal > developments In the entlro postal transportation service ser-vice ot the United Stales and In connection con-nection wllh forilgn malls It shows an aggrcgnle of appropriations for this luge I port of the i oftal senlci for the lurrent > ear of 1310I1 IJS the lioballe deficiency Is I IMUUOD making the estimated ependitures this year SI5H20b This I sill be 1623015 or 314 pr cent moro than for tile fitleilt year lust closed The estimate ror the fiscal year li h I 3 3371 60 which I SI7169 1 more than the Estimated ex Indillre for thc blood I mull service In the year Just cl used which was JIS fcC2074 and for foreign mall service Jl7lil170 oUr didualng S2CS02J for Intumidlnry service to foreign coun tries trlelho summary for all classes oC service ser-vice In operation June 30th lost Is as follows Number of routes 1M91 length of routes 470032 miles annual rate of expenditures SJ5euJ074 number num-ber of tri ttueled per annum 420 8i0179 rate of cost per mile traeled 1181 cents rato of cost per mile ot length SIM OS average number of trips per week 8 fio For star mall oflce tile estimate for tho nol sear ending June 30 1899 Is I 5493000 Last year there was an In crease of 310743 miles of travel In slnr service so essential to rural district dis-trict A current year deflclenty of i3o66o Is estimated for the steamboat mRU servle The estimate for tin fiscal year of 1SOJ Included steamboat service 1470000 mall messenger sir vice S950000 transportation bj Price malic tubes or other slmlHr servlcis b > purchase or otherwise J225000 and wagon service S7KOOOO Last ylar there vias only one 111l1mall TAi tube In operation In the country that In Philadelphia States then four more oonlrels have ben exacletll < In Philadelphia New York IkHlon and between New York and rtroKUn The amount reported vlthh Id from the Pacific railroads on account of the transportation Is I 11 312 03 esllmnlo for railroad trrnsportatlon for fiscal year 1S1I9 Is S30300000 No estimate for spe ilal fast moll service Is I submitted 1 as III Is staled that the mivice In Kinerni will be I better It the special fill ap propitiation Is I discontinued The esll mate for Ielllo and cnblr service Its I 221000 and 130 oppllollllons ror ea IlIbllshnl oC nw service of Ill character are on file |
