Show 1 I 1 HOME AND ABROAD I 1 I 1 the report of postmaster post master general vilas I 1 SOCIALISM IN LONDON the obsequies of ex president arthur miscellaneous notes B watern to the charlei charles frandi adami sr bead dead BOSTON nov 21 lion iron charles francis adams sr died at to d day y il he e waa was the the ichird third eon son of john 4 quincy 1 I ney adams sincere since he waa made a victim of shar pers who took advantage tage of his weakness four years ago mr adams had bad always been accompanied by an attendant H he te had bad at no time been confined to his bed or rooms but had taken gentle outdoor exen exercise e and often enjoyed a draye in the city he ile was last out of doors about ten days ago when he came according to his custom from I 1 his homo boma in quincy to his winter resi resi dence in boston a OF 0 nis LIM a charles francis adams as the dispatch announcing his death states P was a eon son of john quincy adams sixth president of the united states 11 lie was born anin in boston in the year 1807 he spent moet of his hi boyhood in europe with his father and while there learned russian german germans and french in 1817 he entered the boston latin school schoolen in jn 1825 1823 be he graduated atIl at harvard college lie He studied law with daniel webster and was admitted to the bar in 1828 he nerved three years in ill the lower and two in the upper house of the BI massachusetts ausetts leg legislature is lattire in 1829 hassa he m married a daughter of peter C brooks and thus became a brother in law of edward everett in 1848 he lie was candidate for vice president with president ex van buren on ou the tho free soil ticket in 1858 ho he was elected to congress supported Lincoln with public addresses addressee in nc company 6 in p iny witti IV H seward in 1861 be was appointed minister nister to england and managed american affairs through the crisis of the war with much success ho he was recalled in 1868 and in 1871 was appointed V 8 arbiter on the alabama claims at the convention at geneva mr adama is well known as a writer many of his artis artil cles having appeared in the north american review and other leading magazines esi his ills main works however are the biographies of his giand father john adama ana an of hie his father john Q adams his sons son charles francis adams jr is the present incumbent of the presidency of the UP railway system eyet cm I 1 FACTS AND FIGURES an interesting maste report deport general from the NOV 21 the report oL Postmaster general filae for the year ending june say says that in immensity and the extent of means expenditures performances and add results tho postal machinery nery of the united states exceeds la in some point points far exceeds that of any other union on the globe the en ens tire length of all the railways ems aloyed by the united states nearly equals the combined extent of those ol 01 all the other countries of the world while other post routes more than quadruple the total of any single people besides and the mileage last year of our mail transportation exceeded by more than miles the service rendered to any other government of post offices no other nation has one third our number it is estimated that more letters we were re mailed in tle the united states last year than in great britain and nearly A that number more moro than were mailed in germany france and austria combined the proportion to each inhabitant ie Is estimated in the united states ht 66 great britain 57 germ germany any I 1 id 0 at the close of the fiscal year the total number of post oat offices was besides granch branch of flees ot these 2244 9 were presidential residential offices concerning the appointment the report says ahe appointments of postmasters during the last fiscal year numbered altogether of which were madeko fill vacancies occasioned by resignations lone or expired commis commissio t to 0 vacancies caused by death on the establishment of new and upon removals of the total number of appointments 1039 were made by the president ladaw vacancies aes having occurred from the following causes respectively viz by the expiration of commission ay by resignation by death 24 by removals removals or suspensions and to offices which bad had been assigned fro from in the fourth to third class 47 the work performed by carriers ie Is summarized as follows the number of pieces of mail matter counting collections and deliveries handled by the carriers during the year was en an increase oyer over tho the previous year of or per rent cent while the carriers increased but 1103 per cent in number the money order system has been extended to additional during in 1 the year while 10 were dropped f fram r 0 the list during the year there ther 0 were issued domestic orders amounting to postal notes amounting amonn amoon ting to 1718 and international orders aggregating besides the payment of foreign orders reaching a total of almost the en lire tire amount of fees received wis was I 1 I 1 lees lease by 0 than t the P previous 1 alous year the act ifil 9 a special delivery system 1 limited its privileges to post offices during the full year of its it use to september SO 30 1886 1880 letters were received for special delivery at these offices taking the full year the total amount of of fees received from thie this source was leaving a gross grois profit to the government of from the I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 enlarged system of extending the privileges of the act to all post offices gin c es and all matter the postmaster general expects great results the total revenues of the department for the year were and the excess of the cost over the revenue of the total appropriations for the year amounting to 54 the entire outlay actually made oe and estimated to be made is but 46 deavil le leaving avil g a R balance to be eventually converted into the treasury of letter sheet envelopes the report say says a have been long authorized but no real attempt was made to introduce them until last october when a contract waa was made with the th owner of the patent by which the department receives them without cost and pays for only what it cells sells so far the envelope appears to find popular favor but the postmaster general thinks a longer experiment desirable before ic commending the purchase of the patent and manufacture by the government the dead letter office during tho year handled pieces of mail matter of these foreign pieces were returned to the country of origin of those opened about one half were destroyed destro ed as undeliverable or valueless letters letters to the number of containing money aggregating 21 1 besides letters containing drafts checks or other instruments for the payment of money of a total face value of 1164 74 were delivered to the owners the revenue derived from dead letters letter 8 which h could not be restored to the owners and from the auction sale of unclaimed parcels amounted to the records of the inspectors show tho the following folio wing facts for the violation of postal laws persons were arrested of whom were in the service and were not were atmas postmasters assistants or clerks 14 railway postal clerks 24 letter carriers carriera 27 mail carriers and 11 of various employment seventy nine burglars and 81 31 former postmasters are included among the arrests outside of the service sery ice the state courts took jurisdiction of 64 54 eases and the federal courts of COO of the latter convictions followed in acquittals in 26 trial awaits and the residue were dismissed or failed of indictment the foreign postal agencies at colon and panama in the united states of colombia and at shanghai in china have been maintained the cost of the panama agency was and of the colon agency up to the end of march so far allowed the expense of the shanghai office in part reported and in part estimated was 1800 arrangements have been effected with t the panama railroad co to directly perform all the necessary service at colon and the employment of a consul there ia is dispensed with will result it is believed in relieving the interruptions and inconveniences ei s hitherto occasionally sustained a at t that the chinese government has re recently indicated ita ila te to establish a postal communication with other countries which if perfected will enable the shanghai agency to be discontinued continued die by the end of the current fiscal year the disagreement between achue of the american steamship companies aud and the department in respect to their compensation and the method of ein engaging their vessels in the service occasioned much healthy discussion THE LAST HONORS funeral ceremonies over the besaint mains of chester A arth arthur NEW nov 22 great crowds began to assemble at an early hour chiff morning on lexington avenue in the vicinity ty of the arthur resi residence where the dead body of the president ex of the united states lay in state the day dat broke with a deal eky sky presaging presa gilig a pleasant day shortly after 7 a picked body of police numbering were we posted along lexington avenue with directions to allow no vehicle top to pass 83 1 by y the houdei oo 00 people ii derv a allowed wea on the east side of the avenue fro from in to street except those who I 1 ho had tickets of adamie admission lon to the th e house carriage Carri agu began to arrive from every direction and soon the side streets were filled with them by 8 the vast throne throngs numbering r many any thousands of people had gathered gather rd on the opposite side aide of the avenue extending for a alock lock or more in every direction president cleveland and postmaster general villas arrived in a carriage direct from the train at a in and entered the house of mourning shortly after governor hill and judge william muller arrived and entered the house followed by the senate committee by this time there was a mighty throng thron of people on the avenue and the windows in of every house were filled with ead sad faces there were no services at the house the few friends looked upon the face of the dead early in the morning and the casket was closed for the last time at the black casket lovered covered with palmetto leaves sprays of 0 f violets and a wreath of white rosca roses was lifted by the undertakers der takers assistants and borne fro from in the room the silent form of chester A arthur passed through tho the door of his earthly tenement for the last time and was yas reverently placed in the funeral draped hearde lie arec aa As the casket came in view of the immense throng of people in the street every head was bowed reverently and ganv eyes filled with tears next came out of the residence silence re chester alan arthur jr son of the ex president leaning I 1 I 1 n g on his arm clad in garments of mourning g was his hi sister bliss nellie arthur they quietly to their carriage accompanied by mr and mrs mcelroy then came mrs caws mrs haynsworth Hay aud au d bliss arthur eister sister of the ex president postmaster masten and his wife of cohoes N Y with their son and daughter president cleveland postmaster general vila general martin T mcmahon and john 11 II draper secretaries bayard 11 whitney bitney and lamar lamars the he pallbearers pall bearers ex ter general gresham secretaries ex lincoln and chandler assistant ex Yost postmaster master general hatton ll atton ex at torney general brewster lieutenant general sheridan dr cornelius R agnew Cerve lidi N X bliss bobert 0 dun general genital geo sharpe charle charles L tiffany and cornelius n I 1 chief justice walte waite and justices ilar lan an and blatchford Senators Edmunda Edmund hawley ifor rill vest and german gorman benstone Gen Stone anil and governor hill the mourners filled 25 carriages but over carriages were filled with friends who had been unable to cain gain admission to the bouse house followed the procession to the church the procession passed between long lines of police through lexington avenue to street to I 1 madison avenue to street to fifth avenue arriving at the church on the corner of street and fifth avenue at a m the caria carriages g passed noiseless noiselessly nois elesely liby by the line of A artillery men and marines formed in line and the mourners alighted and entered the church all along th the 0 line were immense throngs of people who waited in respectful while the funeral train passed the exterior the church was elaborately de borated co rated the portico over the entrance and the massive pillars supporting it were covered with heavy black cloth the first six pews on each side of the renter center aisle bere were reserved for the family and pall bearers they were covered with crape the interior of the chancel was cushioned with black cloth with the except exception iori of the altar and on the altar proper and resting on each side of the cross were lighted candles i below wag was placeda placed a purple altar cross and black dra drawings drapl pings the outer chancel ce organ loft stalls lectern and pulpit alb t were draped with black cloth 11 the h baptismal font on the right side of he the church in front of the stalls was filled with lilies and ferns in the center was placed a small palm tree the branches of which drooped gracefully over the flowers the sides of the font were covered with black cloth at the portals of the church the ibe casket was met by a choir followed by the clergy wearing their collegiate hoods aa As the casket was borne into the church the c cd ed in two files and the clergymen passed between them heading the pr procession intoning the ope opening ning lines of the episcopal burial service when the procession reached the chancel chance the chorister choristers filed into their stalls and the audience took their beat seats the service began by sin singing ving part of tho the 3 and psalms lord let me know thy end the congregation standing the key rey dr read the I 1 lesson with the words now la Is christ risen from the dead the hymn I 1 Near nearer ert my god bothee to thee was Is i joined in by the large congregation tiong and the services were conc concluded lured with the benediction by the rev dr morgan the choir then filed out and land began the processional followed by tho the clergy SOCIALISM the great gathering at trafalgar square hooting Chur churchill chUl LO loydon DOX NOY 21 the socialists marched today to day from fifteen nu llyl points to trafalgar square the various bodies ware were headed by bandu of music and ibo she pa paradera par adera carried banners bearing incendiary inscriptions aan among the mo mottoes by heaven our rights are worth fighting for and work for all overwork for none some men carried phrygian caps on poles As the southern contingents crossed westminster bridge the bands played the M mar ar sel laise 11 people in the windows of the government offices were hooted booted at when the paradera par pa adera passed through downing street they hissed lord randolph churchill tho the sight of the horse guards sentries incensed the mob which fairly howled with rage an officer closed the gates and the in ob pru proceeded C ceded th the e E east a st e ead lad benr sent a full force and two bands of music when speaking began there were pre ent socialists unemployed workmen and criminals and spectators the speakers included hyndman champion and burns at each pach of tbt the five platforms a resolution was adopted calling upon the government to relieve the distress existing among the workingmen A deputation of ten proceeded to lord house they were received by a cone concierge berge who stated that lord salisbury had gone to fl atfield house and had left no orders the deputation grumbled and then retired leaving a copy cop y 0 of f the resolutions adopted by the meet I 1 ings in trafalgar square the cho cadoun ed police charged and g gradually ra dually moved the people several arrests were made mado for obstructing the streets and for stealing and |