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is* 111 nil ?--- - *-?? ? ? \ rs in Russia Assume a Threatening Aspect KS OF BLOOD MAY FLOW ?/?* > anient Decides to Reject Uul tal Suffrage in Favor of Old feet and Enters Upon an Ag itiTe Policy of Repression in e of Fracticaty Unanimous lie Qpiniofl, j Petersburg, By Cable. ? It is <1 on high authority that the iment has > finally decided >t universal. suttrage and practi in fayor of the old project of )rkui4ti representatives and the *ion of J he ballots to the* small layers, fuerehunts and the cdu clnsses. "How-rvrr, tlm law must ,)?ss the Council of the Knipire receive imperial approval. If cci'sion is upheld, it is apt to end uestirin of the support of the le railroad claim that they have 'informed that several sections of Southwestern systems have al ^ responded to the appeal for a ral strike. Cooler heffds, how fare advising against precipitate 11, which might result in failure, are urging a postponment of ac J. until the organizations ighout the count ry have ho?>n <*on d. is believed thaL.it' the aUviup.t at ion is persisted in, (he moderate lals, who are-disgusted with the os of the revolutionarists, {'earing ehv, an<V are inclined to support royernmcnt, will surely be driven into the vamp *>f the extremists, le situation is exceedingly omin Public opinion is practically un ious that the government linn en il upon the fatal path of reaction that the Witle's ministry must Reaction and revolution con t each other in a death struggle. 1 General Trepoff* a.ud General nt Igiiatieff, according to the-pop impression, are being; held in re e to execute the programme of re sion. It is again said that the re 4.'ossack strength , of 400,000 he moblized i'1 n supreme effort rush the revolutionary fon-cs. eneral Trepofr said: "1 think we coming to livers of blood in which revolutionary par, ty will lose its ie and RuRssia her liberty." Revolting Students Quiet. Washington, Special, ? Apparent er was restored at Howard Univer ' following the ? stormy revolt of .] dents. A number of students $ht to post placards about the up pity Renouncing President Gor but they were dissuaded by the fp cool-lieaded; leaders. An oppon of President Gordon declared that f resident Had endeavored to nitro tho * * lily white'* , methods of e of tjie Sotf thorn States into the phngecnfiiit, of 1 t lie institution, and t revolt was tho result ? ' > ? ? ? / - For Fresh Cotton Estimate. Washington, 8peoial.<?Representa ? Lovcring* of Massachusetts, in duced n resoltitiofi directing the oretavy of Agi'icullnre to "Inuned ily colle^ such dntii nfc M#)\ in his Inion, be necessary' for a wore cor t estimate of t h^season 'i cotton >p nivl the *iawio ou Jan ry 10,/l90^ :tagothei' with * full d complete statement of the method 'which tho estimate is carried out d of the details of the various ro rts comprising said estimate." orgia Policy Holders to Organise. Atlanta, Ga., Speojal. ? The Georgia licy holders of tho New York Life surance Companion will meet liere on to organise and prepare t# pro ct their interests at the next annual eetings ot the two companies. A attendance of policy holders is pected froirP all parts, of the State Edward Atkinson Dead. Ik>ston', Special. ? Edward Atkinson le well-known social and political onomist of this city, died suddenly ter ah attach of acute. indigestion, lectins tho Mart. He was 78 years -age. Mr. was appoiuted ! Pre*idrnfJ~< Icveland ill }$87 -as 1 comtfofesiohoi1 on tbc status of JSaTin Europe- He was a r of the Cofcden CluJ>, of Great k- globoid the honorary degree >? South Carolina Ool THE WEEK IN CONGRESS mmm H* What Our National Law Maker* Arc Doing Day by Day. The Senate wuk ip session for ul mo$t tlnee bouriTTuKday and gave praetieially all of its time to listen ing to the reading of the President '? animal message. There wan a large attendance of Senator# and the gal leries ware well tilled, most of the tune with representatives of the gen eral public. The document reeeivcd close attention from both classes, Mutators following the reading from beginning to end with printed copies in their hands. Wednesday in the House. With an opportunity for unlimited debate on the subject of the Panama Canal, the House exhausted its ora tory on that subject in a session of four and three-quarter boms W^lnes day . The bill appropriating $J(j, SM^ OOO for the canal work, which was the Bubjtiot of discussion, will bo vt?ad for amendment and placed on its dual passage a- The feature of the debate i\as the criticism indulged in bv both Republics nstand Democrats regarding the incompleteness of the statement of expenditures and estimates furnished by the canal commission. Mv. Hepburn (Iowa) reviewed the canal work, staling that $10,000,000 liad. beeu *x.pimded ami that particu l?i attention had been paid, to hous ing employes on the isthmus and in rehabitating the machinery the French company had left thewjfc' In ilio Senate. Senator Latimer re-introduced his ^ood roads bill. Senator Simmons in* troduce'd a bill providing for a per manent. commission to investigate the executive deprtViments. Senator Over man presented a bill providing lor a commission whose duty it shall be to enlarge the foreign market for Amer ican cotton. Senator Culberson introduced a bill making it ""Vi felony for an insurance company or any other corporation to 6ontribule money or anything of val ue toward the elect ion of a President or a Vice-President of the United States. ?To Apportion Direct Tax. Mf. William Kilchiu has introduced tlia following joint resolution, propos ing an amendment lo the Constitution relating to direct taxes: Resolved by the Senate and House of the Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as sembled ( Uvo-thirdc of cach Hous<? concurring .therein), thai the follow*-.: ing amendment be proposed to the. Legislatures of (he several Stated which when ratified by the Legisla tures of three-fourths of the several States "shall become, and be a part of, the Constitution, to wit: ' -Direct tuxes shall be apportioned among the several Slates according to the real and personal property, as assessed for taxation, situated in cach State not belonging to each State or to tho United States." For Public Buildings. ? . Congressman Block bunt has intro duced a bill appropriating $100,000 for tho erection of a public building at Salisbury, and a bill appropriating $50,000 for a public building at Airy. Representative W. Kitchin has introduced a bill appropriating $50,* for a public building at High Point, Rate BUI By Tillman. With spirited debates on the sub jects of railroad rate legislation, aris ing through the introduction of a bill by Mr. Tillman to authorize tire inter* statfr comerce commission to/flx max imum-*#te8, and the Panania Canal, due to a controversy over the refer ence of the ejrtergenoy appropriation bill to u TOmmitteo Monday 's session of the Hennto continuously piH>ved iu to res ting for more thai) fftui" hours. An adjournment was taken without a mention ol! tha lpte Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, and ?o for' tho first time the death of a member was permitted to pass unnoliced by the BontUe, After more than a score of Senators had dUoussed the Panama Canal bill was re fere d to the appropriations committee by a vote of 40 to 23^ House Committees. The addition of a Republican mem ber Jo all of the important committee? of rl.c House has enabled SjKiaker Cannon lo solve the difficult prohlem of committee assignments in n mattet which apepars most satisfactory to, both parties in the House. Only two important chairmanships were vacant, appropriations And public buildings Mid grounds. In filling tbo former, j the Speaker followed precedent and looked the whole House for the avail able material. James A. Tnwney/ ?1 Minn., was chosen chairman of appro- 1 K nations, a'nd Richard Barlholdt, of ' IihsouH, chairman of public build ings aud grounds. 44 The minority committee placot we txs decided on by Mr. Williams, the ^iiioi^y "Tfie rbanRr* xtf note ?re the transfer of Shackelford, ( Mo.) *tid. Lamar, (Flu.) fiom (4u> inter State and foreign commerce commit tee and the substitution to theirVlace* of Bart lew. (Ga.) end Russell. (T?x.) Messrs. Underwood, (Ala.) and Granger, (B. I.) wer named for the pemoc ratio vacaniciee on ways and means. ~ 4 Columbia CMa OaraegU Lib ra^ Columbia, Special? The mayor andj aldermen of' Columbia bare decided to aeeepi the fropn?li*? of t* *rre the town a library fa be MalntaiiMd by Ne&)3 r/ie Weelo WASHINGTON. The Secretary of (he Interior gave (he pension roll at* ift*8,4H. Secretary Taft reported that the iruiy numbers 60,814 and the militia 121,008. Senator Tilluian at the Navy l)e oartment objected to the proposition lo make tlio old frlgttte Constitution a target for sallow to shoot at. He believes the vessel should he kept in tact as a lesson In history. Senator Piatt, of New York, had Ui extended mnteiuuce with Lhe Preai-.. Sent at the White IIcuso. A compromise la b?lng arranged hy which Arizona and New Mexico will he admitted as one State and Okla noma and the Indian Territory as an* Cither. t " ? ? Thirty 6eed dealers of the country have protested to the President aguiust the free seed distribution by members of Con press. The twenty -second annual report of Ihe United States Civil Service Com mission whk made public. Ueeeipis from Internal revenue for (he year ending June 30 were ?'234, 178,070, an excess of ?1, 28 1,103 over Inst year. The Washington Typothetae posted notice in all their shops announcing that a^ter January 1, 1000, (Tlf>fV busi ness would be conducted as "open shops," Orders have been issued to the tug Potomac to aacoinpany the Glacier on her cruise to the Philippines, and ns <ist that vessel and the colliers Brutus and Caesar in towing the drydoek DeW^y from Solomon's Islands to OtongftpQ, ? OUR ADOPTKD ISLANDS. General iatke E. Wrlglit. Governor of the Philippines, 'said the Islands were prosperous. <t ? The, Sugar Planters' Association >t Honolulu, P. I.. *ieHried to send to the Azores for 1000 families to labor on the plantations. Secretary Atkinson will personally superintend Ihe trans fer of the laborers- -The Japanese la borers are leaving and Chinese can't be imported. , , Owing to the recent murder of Clar ence Allen, principal of the public school at ?)rmoe, P. !., by a fifteen year-old filipiuo 1k>,v, and the wound ing of Mrs. Allen by the same youth, the American teachers have been with drawn from that place. DOMESTIC. An overdose of moraine taken be cause she was tired of life killed Made lino Vlcks. at Norfolk, V?. Robert H. McCurdy. Ron of the for mer President of the Mutual Life, has resigned as General Manager. The pfatlonal Ginnery' , Association reports a cotton crop of 9.023,000 bales, with 8,480,000 ginned up-^o Decem ber 1. An apparent shortage of $970 in Ad jutant General John R. Ward's ac counts has caused his resignation from the Indiana militia. A canvass of the holding of bonds by American banking institutions shows that 4000 of them have $1,770, 000,000 exclusive of Government bonds. '? ? A monument lia? been unveiled in the cemetery at Terence Bay, N. S., to t bo 400 lives lost by the finking of the White Star Liner Atlantic in 1873. The Illinois Steel Company,, a branch of the United States Steel Corporation, sustained a los's of $1,000,000 by ,ilre, which destroyed a building in Chicago, The fourth competition for the J. H. Lazarus scholarship for mural painting, has been awarded to Phul Cbalfont, of Boston, Masfe. The Plttabiu'fc Steapiafclp Company's W, K. utrjuiacd during the rev cent storm oft Gull island, Lake Supo? rior, has been released. lilfopjwaUoiv wa? received at ^Itoona, Pa., by John Simonton, that j)t? broth er, Samuel T, Himonton, his wife and sou, And been waylaid, murdered nnd robbed of $2000 in Mealco, ; Oris Morey, of Rupert, YU onpintn And pltoher of Belolt's baseball team, wai drowned in Rock -Biter while ftkatlng, Harry Rowe, of Sidney, Town, eigh teen yctira old, died from Internal rup tures received in a football game tljree weeks ago. ?. ./ ? FOftfc* GN. hebellioiis troops were reported m killing their officers at Harbin, which was act on fire. More mutinies and ?trikes are reported from Russia. Sir Alfred Charles Harmsworlb was elevated to the British peerage with the rank of viscount. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, discussing the British crisis, says tha country has passed into the bands of home rulers 4rtTd Little Englanders. According to. a special cable des patch from Caracas the ^New York and Bermudez Company is likely to effect an amicablo settlement with Venezuela. ^ i Count R?ventlow. an eminent naval expert, in! a rpfrclfll Berlin . despatch, Ip quoted .f u haying that the Oernoan programme Is Inadequate for the needs of Germany. The Order of the Iron Crown hav been bestowed on Hen- Gonreid. direc tor of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company, by Auatrla. It is proDossd to build a coafptflcsnt union station for the use of all the lallroada t Mea r ; ' ftt, rsaft-t+f resignation of Oounl Wltte as Premier Was deaML .. 1000 Chinese who are usee duito ia [ ? anSn way, at Slnfaporo, ruftlinllitf O0 Uns e( tK? ten scSoMtirra drivw out of *t. ***?* I ml I ?- ? t **- ?*-' . Z . m fc M i .1 ^ I -fc- ? ? A| ; rNPVSs WW thioi saocma o? A. .1 ? *?- ? ? -J " 'J v ? ,~~y BOHAPARIE HAKES REPOBI Secretary of the Navy Issues HI* First Annual Message. HEAVY BATTERIES AfiE UPHELD L?nr?n-?? by |||? lt?c*n? War Ho. I Ivreen l(u>?U himI J*p?n front h N?. V.il y l??pulnl-' i citation of lite Hfv. er?l Bureau* of il.? Drp.rlimnl U?.|,.r III* HuyvrvUloo, Washington, 1). C.? Ill fifiy-two cUuwly iiiiuuuj p^igea Bonaparte. ' Secretory of tUe Navy, submitted li its Urst ti ii in!. 1 I report to (he President* and Congress. He said ho had not ro./in to recount in Uotull the opera. Hons of his department in the past )eai, but limited 'himself to pointing out ijuost Ioiim Of special interest de manding the attention of Congress. He advocates tho consolidation of the Bureau* oj V?vds and Dock*, 4 *<??? *t UK-lion and Hopair, Eouiumenl and Steam Jhtgltjm'Uisr. H(> insjsts"th?a. arter nil, tl:t .<?> tour bureaus <leai nil. niariiy with tho shjpw of.ibo nnvv, and thav they ought to constitute now division* in one great bureau. In like manner lie JjoUIh that tho Hu roans of Navigation. Mcdfciuo and ? urgery, the Marine <*orps, the office of tho Judge Advocate Oeurrnl and me .Naval Academy are all concerned with the same general subject, nanioh the personnel of the Navy, and that they ought to ho consolidated under one head. Ho finds that the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts is practi cally in four departments, currving with it the Uurcajj of Ordinance, 'and hjs Jie thinks ought to become 0110 departmental organization. In the higher grade of the Navv ser vice lie thinks tlie expansion ??f ihc service ought to-be recognized bv the creation ot-\J.\vo admiral*. < of whom rite. s(>fr8r^<vouli| command 1he Atlantic fleet and the junior the ships in Asiatic waters. In taking notice of the age question, in promoting offi cers to rank, lie does not a woo with fhc apprehPTiKlon expressed that a man of sixty in the Navy is not as good as a man of forty to command, when an emergency arises: that, while his physical strength may. he livened a man of sixty, fitted for the service. ' has probe lily led a healthful life and ?Wju niuch less tendency t?> nervous exhaustion than one of the same ag* in commercial pursuit. * He concedes, however, that If is a hardship under existing circumstances that certain well-fitted men cannot reasonably expect to bncome captains until a comparatively well advanced age, and as a measure of relief l;e suggests the re-establishment of the grade of commodore and the promo tion of from twelve to sixteen of the .oldest captains to this rank. This would lead to the prfimdtion Of a like number of commanders to captains: of lieutenant commanders "to be com manders and of lieutenants to be lieu tenant commanders. The disinter to the United Slates steamship Bennington, he admits, has led to many suggestions for more com petent engineer officers In tho Navy. The provisions of the personnel will are based upon the theory that a line officer of the Navy must be n com petent machinist just as in the days of sailing vessels. He "Would Of ef como the present difficulty by organ I-/, ing a aeryjfe; of marine' engineers for shore duty only, corresponding to flie civil jphgineers now employed at navfti stations.*, From thesu could be re crulted graduates from the b??t schools of engineering in the country., and after a brief ? np'nrentlcefhin in navy yards they would be qualified to rephico officers retired, and prevent any alarming scarcity of comi>eteut men In #the Engineering Bureau. On the increase in the Navy he points out that within the last' two years Impressive lesions have,. been learned from the War-between Russia nnd Junta and that the^ubstanco of this lesson Is that morale ;ind nun nery being.. equal. \i<.,ory will fall tc the. heavier baiterv; tbaf toupedo .craft and mines have a real, although some what restricted. IJejd of usefulness: that superior speed is of value in a fleet not merely bpeanse It enables the avoidance of battle, but because it is a source of strength hi aetnal conflict: that while there may be some dlffef ence of opinion as to tho value or armored cruiser* tlint there can b? t.one ns to the value of battleships except in respect of size. The depart ment, he says, is in conflict as to the valne of 1?.(K)0 and 18.000 ton battle ships and after carefully weighing the divergent views he is not clear that any sufficiency can be obtained which much more money waist -be exp-mdod in Increasing the :<?/.<? of battleships beyond the plans hud out for the con struction of the South Carolina and Michigan. They ttill cost ?7. 1500,000 each, while taose suggested by the general Koard of increased size, would cost $8,230,0<>j^ach. POLICY OF WfcYLER VAILS. New Spanish Ministry to Deal Wltb j "* Catnloulans. ? > Madrid, Spain.- -Tue formation of a .flew MlnJstrj In pl>ve of tbeMontero Rlos Cabinet, wbo&e fesljcnntiou was" accepted. Is designed to overcome the separatist movement" ;n Catatonia, an Oeneral Werler's Tolt^y of repression baa toot satlstled c(tb?r element. Re ports from Barcelona show that tbe agitation it still anion*. Four of tbe feeding newsptper* have been seized end the Coventor of Barcelona bat ml * - * , - ? - -x .-r:? r i_- ? ' | , EIGHT WEKKS TO SECURE JURY. Five Tbowsam! Veulwuoeta- Used in I-abor Union Slugging Caee. Chicago, UK?After eight weeks end tbe examination of 8000 ?ewlremw? a Jnrywaseeen red to try Charles 4211 bootjr.wbdU farced wltb cnaetngtbe death of a nonunion workmen iuflm a strike. :.?Htmdreda ot ve?ire?a*n hata de ettved ttoHMfiree jwS(M ? ,V..Zn.'.V - - r./ji., .. ? ?a DEATH OF ALTAMONT MOSES Tht Death of a Prominent Legislator and Citizen. Sumter, S|>eeial. ? Mr. Altmont Moses died at -1 o'ehjrfi Krida.f morn ing at the Sumter hospital, lie wa? taken there over two week* ago. For two mon t lis In* lias been in declining health and ihosw near him saw the end approaching. All that medical science an?l skill, ampllf attention of loved ones could do could not stay the hand of death. It is said that the immed iate came of. hi* death was pneu monia. A commit te from the house of rep resentatives has been appointed to at tend the funeral by Speaker L. Smith. \ Altmont Moses was born ill Sum ter, in 1847, the son of Montgomery Moses, Judge of seventh judicial cir cuit of South Carolina from .1-S7 |r to 1 S7 "?. Attended schools of Supito* i when a boy. In 18(52 attended #tau> ' Military Acadamy, Columbia, ahd a few months later learned teloavaphy. He was in the telegraphic, hrOueh of tho Confederate service i|t North Carolina. In IStiti he eont/ivued this business, after that g'ung' into mer cantile business as clerk, yhen prtner, finally by himself. In connection with mercantile business he added life and lire insurance ayenev i4e was elected member of eitv council iu 1 SS.'{ and twice reelected, serving three terms. In 1 880 he was elected to tl.e house of representatives and reelected iu 18X8 and 1Q!H). lie was a^ain sent to the legislatWo iu 10?*-?' ' * ' *'H <?ver since. He whs delegate to National Democrat ie coiv venticn in 1888 *^>jd IDIM and many times delegate to State convention^, the (jrst time when he had^jnst reach ed aire of majority. Mr. Moses married in January, 1571 Oetavia- C. Cohen, daughter of Marx K. Cohen of Charlestons and grand daughter of Isaac Hf.ibv, deceased, olrfo of Charleston. Seven children were born to them, six of whom are living:' Kntherine C? Herbert A. ICiuile P.. Armida A. and Henry M, Mr. Moses was a devoted husband and loving father. As a citizen he fullilled every obligation, as a public servant bis record is above reproach, as a . j'rietid generous and true, bis , deeds of charity are remembered by every ono who loves a noble heoit and an unselfish nature. Father Kills His Son. Anderson, Special. ? h, J, Jordan, a negro who lives on South Kant street, killed his son, West ley Jordan, a yofath about 10 years old, with a broom stick. The bov had been un ruly and tWe father started to chastise him using a broom stick for that pur pose. He struck the boy a sharp blow across the head and the boy sankint^ aehair and soon bccamoun mnscious and died in a few minfttes. Jordan sent, for a physician and was working over his son's Ivody, trying to revive him wlien the physician ar rived: The physician says that death resulted from a. horoorrahage of the brain, which was causcd by the blow. Notorious Blind Tiger Killed. Greer, Special.-? JjYiduy morning: at 10 oVlock Chief of Police M. D. Littlefieldshot and killed Lewis Brew ton, colored, suspected of selling blind tiger Hquoi'. Chief Little field went to Green town, a negro settlement, to ar< rest Brewton, lie found 'him in a negro houser prt'ested him and wh? leading him out of ih^housu whei) the negro brevr his gun. The ehiof vyas quick enough for him and lioth began firing about the game time. Five shots wore exchanged, Brewton tirijig three of thewk Thtf negro ran out, firing an lie wenPand fell deud within 100 yard* of iho bonne, A Bam Burned. Darlluwtui), Special. ? A barn ow ued by Mr. Albert Parrot t, elerk of court of this county, was burned here last week. At the 'time Lt was burned the building was rented by another party and was filled with bay and some ooni.i Tho building itself was worth $200 and there was $100 insurance. Nenr by buildings were saved from the flames only by a hard effort. New Railroad in Horry Comity. The Eddy Lake and Northern Rail road company has been chartered. The capitalization . i# $200,000. Directors:. Norman Vf. Jones, president ; W. M. Burgan, treasurer; J. W, Little, Vicfy president vjtieew O0i?er??^eret?sy ; B. B. Kcafboro, cptiiisrtr"'The road w?u be of Atnudard gauge, 33 mile4* in length, with Marion au Kddy Lake' as the terminal points. Some time ago another road was started Ky independent people to connect Marion and Conwav. .but .there in some talk as 4o-tb* ?fteet-tbat the road .vrUl uoTbs Irailr. - ? ? - ... - - - . ?; The Blecticn in Edfe field. - Edgefield* BpeciaJ.? -Thirteen iwl uf 19 boxes to the ?ouutyw heard from FOR 10REP0S1AL REFORMS l 4 Postmaster-General Corte'you Issues His First Annual Report. HI'S PLANS FOR NFW YORK CM Y The I* 1***1 ii ic of III* OpeiMtliiic ? Hicme of (lie Kntlre llcpKrlmml Upon u Flriutr IIuiIki'M lUtli I* llin Kcjrnol* of lltk M?iiik? ? Ailionlrt Uurrnnneutiil Control ol Uia M?ll Tube*. Washington, I). I '.--The ruling pur po mo of l\)stnm$ler general Cortolynu to centralize tho control of the great department over which he preside* ap pear* In lit* first annual report. I la v inn organised the Deportment of Com mere? and Labor from tin* ground up on thi*' principle (lie tiifck which he lias during ttoe last eight months essnyedij has been wujer for hini than it would have b.een fovytny of his predecessors. Y Th? Poidolrfe? Department, end v*W* ing n< iU'iyv?<X),0(V) employe*. had for many yeava 5ten i?;\)?nged under a hc; erogonons aiMFT?WP^tlV<? process of sk' mintstintlvft growth until by U? mm wicldllneas and manifold repetition of routine fprmx of busino>s the condi tions wore Absolutely intolerable to u clean cut business man like Mr. Cor* Iclyou With the llrst of the present month' tho depart mont. under iv general older from (he Fostmaster-(?enernl, realigned Itself on a logical distribution of the various bureaus. The division* liud bureaus (hat were akin in- their func* tions and subject matter were assent hied together under the control of (he Postmaster-General and his four as sistants. Mr. Cortelyou outlines in Ills report the acute need now of comprehensive organisation no that (hero siiall l)e simple and direct control frjny Wash ington of (he whole postal Atfrvlce of the country. He proposes tliflt there shall lie a sharp field supervision fronr here of (he whole service. The plan under which he hopes to accomplish (his is not perfected, and he says It is nt ill under consideration. He siiys that while a <pelf-suslnlning condition of the Postoflice Department would he gratifying, he is less con* cerned alioiit (he deficit (han (he ef ficiency of administration. " For thn fiscal year 1005 the, total re* ceipts from all sources were tfi ">2,820, - C8."?, and total expenditures S107.181. 050, leaving rf deficit of S 14,872,38 4. In connection with these >tlgares tho Postuinster-General direc t attention to t ho increased amount of free matter handled, which he says averaged 12.58 per cent, of thg ...entire weight carried, or a loss- in revenue of f 10.822,000. As a remedy for the franking evil of; which ho complains, the Postmaster-. General suggests (hat there are gfljand administrative reasons why It would he he iter business' policy for each de* partment to pay postage upon its mail matter accovdjnjj t<? Its class (han to retuun toTno practice of requiring Gov ernment free matter to be prepaid by postage stamps In the same way as similar matter mailed by the public. Mi*. Cortelyou sppflks of New York City as the metropolis of the' country and the great dlstrlbutlng'point for the international mall service. '?'With Its rapid iu crease In popula tion and extension of business." he says, "it malces unusual demands upon 'the postal service, furnishing at the same time a proportionately large share of receipts. , ' "Several months ago there was sub mitted to me 'for approval a draft of a proposed ^Jeed for tho ncqulsitiOu by the Government for PostofHee pur pose?, in ufeordnnce with, the recom mendation of a commission appointed by Congress, of certain ground adjoin ing the site of ths new terminal station , to be erected by the Pennsylvania Hull* road Company in New York City, "I have thus far withheld my np-4 proval 'of the proposed deed for this property, for tho acquisition of >vBTch nn appropriation was made, wishing to frmlllarhc.e myself more fully with the postal problem presented filid to con sider the advisability of pertain modi? flcattons of the original plan >vith tho object of providing in the beet possible manner for the fnturo needs of New York's postal service, A definite plan Is now being devised for the solution of this problem, and it Is hoped that the matter can be satisfactorily settled In. the near f tflure." Mr. Cortelyou takes ground agaln?t putting Postotticcs In -Federal build* Ings, The work of purifying the malls Is not routined to the suppression of frauds and lotteries, but includes as well the exclusion- therefrom of ob-_ scene, ludecent, nnfl scurrilous matter, nnd the punishment of tho?c found to have deposited such mat tor for trans mission. The work of the FostofflceJuspectors Is- praised. Government control of the pneumatic tube service and mail wagon service is recommended. He thiuks worthy of serious consid eration a suggestion that a substantial saving wonld be effected In railway mall transportation by forwarding bulky periodicals and mailabio rner-' chandise by fast freight. Kill*. Wife and Her Mother. Albert I. FreIIgT>7 drugtffrKOT Brooklyn, N. Y., o?t of employment; ?U*t and killed bis wif? end mother* in-law and the? cave himself. up. j-* Skip* Biff Bail Baud. Edward Milan, accused of attempted bribery of voters in Brooklyn, -N- 1\, fWHW fnW baU whea called Cor xmt ... Negro ttudeaf BtrUte. ? . students of thm Howard Uni st Wnrtitoctw, 0> C*t ~mmt :? after hoottaf at tbe FreeMan* Mdvaralty. NEW OUTBREAK IN KIEFP ? r Slaughter in Odessa Goes 'On Day and Night Unceasingly, j FIFTEEN HUNDRED BUTCHERED^ Dorjmt in ? l ?ni !-*? k'f Are Hurch" liiz nil I I'ltl.iztliT ? Noulli lluitlktil Merchant* ^urrlllrn Their rro)i?4rtjr. 1? mui (?'Ift'-NoUlo Wonteii ol HI. ? ? bur* Aro .11 it It Olrrlti, t ' ? ? T" fct. Peter?bura (via l<)ydtkunnen,*tu)j-* s In). A inn **??<>)?<? nt Kleff la reported;, Iioro, ,t)Ut without fnrrtier rtrtntts lhnrr? that 150.) persons have been slain. \ i" The situation there and gtaewhCror^ throughout fjotlth ItusKiii Ik Known t<ft be extremely serious, but the tioveiiw incut 1* paralyzed by strikes of wuyk-l iugrucn and mutinies among tho troops! mutinies are constantly repotted/ aU^^tiwlsKfjiieiie Vi inerensJnjj tbrougli,1 put the country. \ Nl j Mui < tfjged life lUKennl nl F.k &? terinodur rnd riTiircd riii >>?,;? which lutvc been <li*.ti*il?**v**U ?t Kicn* telinodllV II ntl NoVorOsnd}>k. A revolt is reported from ? Klizabet^h POJ. ? ; Insurgent. troops aro master of (boj siiiMtilcu rt XovoroHWysk. A t l\h:ivilt)fV HOldW?V? bftV?| it.e??*c?l not t?v liro <m the At Hos?ofi**on-Don tho Third (Irena-I diet* Artillery, i<X) men, met and fonuu-! ' In ted demand*. Similar action linn been taken, it Isi reported, by tlu? military engineers nt! Odessa and by troop? in. several placv?| in tlm Halt ii? province?. * j The troojm at fjod?, Hussion Poland,! nre holding meetings at the barracks every day and many eases of Insubor dination are reported. Martial law It a 8 been declared lit Lt?[ roii In, chiefly because of . tlio peasant! riots. I .urge hands of peasants are1 marching and pillaging. Yurlef or |>orp&', a city of 00,000/ people. 2i>:> miles . southwest ot . HgZI Petereburg, was /reported to be In! (in me*. It is onj^f the principal seatsj of learning in Uitffia, and Im&the cfitstfj st'liool for the Protestant clergy in ill?} Km pi re. ? All hough neither the Government noi'i tho general public can g<?t new#, byf wife or even by mail, tlio strlHjn;w re-?_ eelve messages front the Interior. W?*T patches printed In the newspaper* were raid to liavo come to the .Work'* inurmen's Council. , ! The employes of tho Kharkoff und! Kursk, Kharkoff and F.knterluQSinyi and lUploFtok and Klcff Railroads! struck to show sympathy with the post! and telegraph strike. ' ,| 'Che only break In the. ranks of ihej telegrapher* wits reported from \Koratv Middlo Russia. Klrewherc all tire (Iot-{ <?rnment's attempts to resume tele-} graphic communication have been Utt-j successful. h 1 Tn this city there has been n partial resumption of mail delivery by raeknai of voiiVitteeiv, but- Jt rep aires turd poV licemeu] or two soldiers to escort ererjp carrier,' M?ll C!?rk?. In flia pcMoltttfG the ofticlnls who eti (>c spared nre working in other depart ments with volunteer*, Kome of wi are Of high rank. Princess Oboleul I'rlnccss Kof hubey, Counteaa Mdryll and Countess O^erof? aye sorting le ters in the mr fling rotfurf.,,*tais Stno jelf, drtUghtY r of rt former Minister the Interior, carries letters. At one mail station the striker* it., n inn it'll on t ho military. The guard f> soldiers htfd gone to <liun?r, learlai their rifles stacked outside. Tb?. strife cr* .'raided *he station and hammer* off the brefchlocks of the rifles befor tli ?\v were jliscoverert. At Moscow more' than twenty car*1 londs Sf letters lay undistributed. It now aupesr* thatthe comrade* ot Poffoioff, tho rallroair engineer of Bk jnara. whose condemnation to deatl threatened tho counter with a genera railroad sirflie, independently organ-1/ ized the ir.'rike on the Transcasplari line from Alexandrovsk to Tasbkend: The (>ovpi'nov-GeRevel of - Kursbksi who exerolsei plenary power! on tbd. Afgbou ? frontier wlthbut oonwltln* with tht ft, Petersburg authorities; eonvene4 # pout^martlftl And SMk kneed ft flout j?, ' ; ' SENATOR MITCKBkk PJ8AP* Hemorrhage FoljQtrlDg Denttit'l wH Kills Oregon Leader. Fori In ml. Ore.-Uuited States'! John II. Mitiheil died nt tha Gf Samaritan | Hospital, in this etty, a< 11.40 o'elofA iu the forenoon. Ms was Bevpjiiy years old. Death resultr' Trom ooinplleatlons which followed tl removal of four teeth at a dental ofBcei A hemorrhage of unusual severity on j sued, apd.. despite the application the most powerful st dental science, could not be Physicians - were summoned, bt combined ecleotiflc knowledge of tt dentists ^and physicians , wae unayal in*. . - i I ? ? ' - ? : / tvi Train Jump* Tjracks. The Troy speclftkon the New C?htral Railroad was partially by two cars jumping a at * nearlng the Grand Central New York City. Depaw Resigns as. I) Suited ptates Senator .CI fWewreslgned:*!- ~ BQnKabls X4fe JHmn Twfutjtwo MuUieer* 1 ?3 JM WK, "&> .32 f