Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-18
DEATH OF A GREAT EDITOR.
Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun Passes
Away.
-Four Months of Illness Closed the Career
of the Eminent New York
Journalist.

New York, Oct. 17.-Chas. A. Dana,
editor of the New York sun, died at
1:2O o'clock this afternoon at his home
at Glencove, Long Island, Of cirrhosls
of the liver Mr.. Dana's death had been
expected for several hours, and his
family and physicians wereat his bed
side when the end came.
His condition had been such for
several months that the members Of
his family had kept themselves in con-
slant readiness to 20 to his bedside at
any moment. ON Saturday morning he
had q relapse and It was apparent that
recovery was impossible. Several times,
however, he rallied, but toward night
began to sink During the night
there were feeble rallies, but they did
not last long. This morning it was
seen that the end was but a few hours
Off, and the attendants remained al
most constantly at his bedside.
The extreme hsat of Saturday ana
Friday had much to do with hasten
ing death on Friday Mr.. Dana
showed signs of distress and every
thing possible was done to relieve
him. He had been weakened by his
long Illness, and during the summer
was several times thought to be on the
verge of a fatal collapse, but each
time rallied. He did not improve much
with the coming cooler weather, and
the sinking spells became more fire.
quent.
on Friday Mr. Dana was able to
take only the lightest nourishment and
this condition continued
Paul Dana and his sisters, Mrs.
! Draper Mrs. Underhill and Mrs. Bran
| an, We're at his home on Saturday
morning. and Were warned to remain
| there. They were at the bedside when
/ Il. 'ha
! on June 9Th last Mr.. Dana was at
| his Office apparently strong and
healthy. The next day he was taken
| III and he never afterward visited New
| York. He was rs years of age. Prep
arations for the burial nave not YET
WASHINGTON. oct. 1.-THE annual
report of w. S. Shallenberger, second
assistant postmaster general, made
public tonight, gives an interesting
reiew of the principal developments in
the entire postal transportation SER
vice of the United States and in con
nection with foreign mails. 1t shows
an aggregate of appropriations for
this large part of the postal service for
the current year of S5l,Oil 23Si the
probable deficiency is 100000 making
the estimated expenditures this year
SOL, 5li, 23S This will be l,G23,Oi5. or
| 3A per cent more than for the fiscal
year Just closed. The estimate for the
fiscal year 1893 Is Sj3,33126O, which is
Sl7g6921 more than the estimated eN-
! pendture for the inland mail service In
the year just closed, which was Sl9,
500, 014, and for foreign mail service
s.. Tgi 10, after deduCting S25S,029 for
intermediary service to foreign coun-
tries.
The summary for all classes Of SER
vice in operation June 30th last is rs
follows: Number of routes, 32,i9l;
length of routes, i7OO32 miles; annual
rate of expenditures, i9,e62, Ol4; num-
her Of miles travelled per annum, Az,
S50,i79; rate of cost per mile Travelled
1l.sI cents; rate OF cost per mile OF
length $l0G.0S; average number oil
trips per week, $50.
For star mail service the estimate foi
the fiscal year ending June 80 1882 is
S. 495, COO Last year there was an IN
crease of $3.50, 7i9 miles of travel In
star service, so essential to rural DIS
tricts 4 current year deficiency OF
100000 Is estimated for the steamboat
mail service. The estimate for TN
fiscal year of 1893 included steamboat
service, S4I0,000; mail messenger SER
vice, S95O000; transportation by pnue'
matte tubes or other similar services
by purchase or otherwise, $22j,Oo0, ane
wagon service, S7S0,O00. Last yaal
there was only one pneumatic postu
tube in operation In the country, thu'
in Philadelphia. Since then -four more
contrcts have been executed, "
Philadelphia, New York, boston, and
between New York and Brooklyn.
The amount reported withheld IRON
the Pacific railroads on account OF th'
transportation is S1.3l2, O23, estimate foi
railroad transportation for fiscal yeal
, 1899 is $50, $50. 600. No estimate for spe'
cial fast mail service Is submitted n'
1t Is stated that the service In genera
will be better II the special facility ap'
preparation is discontinued. The est
, mate for electric and ctble-car service
Is 1927 600, and 100 applications for es
adjustment OF new service OF thl'
| character are on file.