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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
REprItIANs OF THE PRESS.
'Th6 Trial of German Editors will Work
 Grand Results.

Berlin, Dec. 6.-The best journalists of Germany, those whose probity can not be impeached, are hopeful that the grandest result from the revelations of the trial of the five editors, Baron von Luetzow and Herren Ploetz, Foellmar. Leckert and Berger, for libelling Bar on Marschal von Rieberstein. Prince Alexander von Hohenlohe and Count August von Gutenberg will be the ex- tipction of the gang of members of the German press who are feeding upon doubtful official information.
 If larger latitude were allowed to press criticism less corruption would be practiced, the independence of the press would be greater and the posi- tion of earnest and self-respecting journalists would be enhanced. While the foreign office or any other of the government departments continues to influence the newspapers, melting them to publish this, that or the other. bribing newspaper men by giving them information which is sometimes true
 
 terests of the department furnishing it, there is little hope of reform of the ex- isting abuses.
 The leading public men who are get ting their names smirched by the rev. citations of the present trial may be led to recognize the fact that their support of the reptilians of the press endangers themselves more than it hurts any, body else.
 A protracte6 conference was held last evening at the chancellery between the imperial chancellor, Prince von Hohen- lohe, Baron Marschal von Rieberstein. minister of foreign affairs; pr. Schoen- stedt, minister of justice, and Friherr von Derricke von der Host, minister of the interior The conference was held at the command of the kaiser for the purpose of arranging a limit to the de- velopments of the trial of Baron von Luetzow and his associate defendants. as for reasons of state it is regarded by the emperor as desirable that the revel- ations shall not be pursued much, if any further.
 It is whispered that Baron von Tanussch, chief of the political police, who will probably be accused of being accessory to the forgeries and frauds committed by Baron von Luetzow, had packers of the highest influences i'll connection with the part he took in the scandalous acts, and it is rumored that this fact furnishes one of the strongest reasons for a desire to suppress fur ther revelations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
VENEZUELA IS sAmsrIED
With the Terms of Arbitration in the
 Boundary Dispute.

Washington, Dec. 6,-The probable assent of Venezuela to the proposed treaty of arbitration of the British Guiana boundary dispute through the good offices of the United States and the practical conclusion of a general arbitration convention between Great Britain and the United States, it is stated, will form two of the most im- portant diplomatic announcements in the presidents message to congress. What is understood to be in nearly es- sential particulars, copy of the pre- liminary agreemnt entered into some weeks ago between Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote on the Vene- zuelan matter was made public this morning.
 The draft of the proposed treaty itself which the Venezuelan minister, M. Andrade, carried with him to Caracas to lay before his government is more elaborate. It starts with a preamble of considerable length and in that por- tion which refers to the fifty years occupation of territory embodies other points than those of mere occupancy and political control mentioned in the preliminary agreement, which will be taken into consideration by the trib- unal. These are expressed in technical terms which international lawyers will understand, but which would not be readily comprehended by others.
 Advices received from Caracas do not bear out the impression that the Vene- zuelan cabinet is dissatisfied with the treaty, or that Minister Andrade, who will shortly return to the United States, will bring With him the draft of a new treaty as modified by the>V Venezuelan authorities. On the contrary there are grounds for the belief that President Crespo and his cons tituional advisors have given their full adhesion to the proposed treaty
 Under these circumstances it will be signed by Minister, ,Andrade, represent ing the South American republic, and by Sir Julian Pauncefot, on the part of Great Britain, after which the United States will drop out of the matter well satisfied to have been the medium of bringing the two countries together and of effecting a settlement of their long dispute through the peaceful channel of an international board of arbitrators.
 While it is entirely true that the rati4 fication of the treaty must still depend upon the will of the Venezuelan con- gress, no doubt is felt that that body will indorse President Crespo's action. In regard to a general treaty of ar bitration between the United States and Great Britain, it is stated that the pres iden's message will show negotiations are practically concluded and it will be the presidents pleasure in few weeks at the utmost to lay the treaty before the senate for its consideration It is substantially finished now, except ting few matters of detail that are still the subject of correspondence, but respecting which there will be little, if any, additional delay.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
MEN VILE NOT RE LAID OFF.
New Patrolmen Will be Retained on the
 Force.


 Eighteen patrolmen were recently
 appointed by the police commissioners,
 and an extra appropriation of $14,000
 was asked of the board of finance with
 which to pay the salaries of the new
 officers. The board of finance finished
 it's consideration of the estimates on
 Friday, and it has leaked out, despite efforts to suppress the fact, that the extra appropriation asked for the po- lice department would not be allowed.
 It was said in police circles that this Iactionmight cause the suspension of the
 eighteen recent appointees. One of the commissioners, speaking on the sub ject last evening, said: Not one of the
 eighteen recently appointed men will
 be laid off. We need the men and ask
 ed for the appropriation. The recruits
 are young and active men. They have been carefully examined and they are
 men who will with experience, make efficient officers
 "The board had an intimation that something like what has been suggest ed would be done, and we have talked the matter over. There are two ways by which we may retain the new men. The first is by removing the less effi- | cient patrolmen from the different pre- cincts, selecting the best men for each of the precincts and letting the worst slide. This is the thing most likely to | happen. Another way out of the di- lemma will be to lay off each man a | certain number of days in the year. In ! this way the burden of the cheese-par- ing economy would fall on all the men. There is no disposition on the part of the board to part with the newly appointed officers, but the action of the board of finance opens up a way for the wedding out of poor material This
 may not be done, however, fer the de- partment needs about so many men in case of emergency
 | In reference to the reports current | that the board of finance had refused the extra police and fire appropriations. | there was considerable indignation ex-
 pressed among those members who would not violate the understanding | that nothing was to be made public
 until the meeting.
 | Several members were seen last even- ing, but they would neither deny nor affirm the report. They reiterated the statement that nothing would be au- | thentic until the official report was | made tonight at the aldermanic meet | ing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
Stabbinp Affair on Union Street.

Charles Roberts, colored, and Joseph P. White, got into an altercation in the Bungalow on Union street last even- ing, Roberts stabbed White in the groin with pocketknife he was using when White entered the room. Roberts said that he was sitting in the room manicuring his nails. White entered the room and said he was "nigger " The two men clinched, with serious re- suits to White. Both men were arrest ed by Patrolman Coonan. Whites wound was attended by Police Surgeon Louis J. Gaynor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
sIx-DAY BICYCLE RAGE.
The Big Event Started at 12:O6 This Morn-
 ing-Large Number of Contestants.

New York, Dec. 1.-The six-day bicy- cle race at Madison Square Garden was started at 12:06 o'clock this morning in the presence of big crowd of specta- tors. Much interest is taken in the event, owing to the international char acter lent by the presence of the long distance foreign riders, of whom Tom Linton the Welsh champion, and Char ley Chapel, the English long distance crack, are the stars. The foreigners all look to be in fine condition and ex- pressed good deal of confidence that final honors will come their way But the American contingent were equally hopeful of victory and Albert Sheck, winner of the last six day race in the Garden, and Charley fishing carry the hopes of the home contingent.
 The Garden was handsomely decorat- ed, and from o'clock last night until midnight the band of the Sixty-rlinth regiment kept the waiting crowd in good humor until the men were sent off. The track, which is ten laps to the mile, was fairly we'll banked, but the surface looked rather slippery, while the corners were scarcely high enough. But as sprinting will not be a feature of the race the starters were fairly we'll satisfied, although Hummer, the for eigner's manager, thought the banking might have been better.
 Just at midnight Starter A. A. Zim- merman got the riders under control as follows: Albert Shock of New York, Frank Wallace of Germany. Tom Lin ton of Wales, William Lumsden of Scotland, c. Chapple of England, Teddy Hale of Ireland. Peter Golden and H. H. Maddox of America, A. A. Hanson of Denmark, George Cartwright of England, Frederick Foster of Germany. E. c. Moore, George Vanemb, J. w. Conkling and Ned Reading of America, Ed Won Steege of Germany, Burns w. Pierce of Canada, S. L. Cassidy, Tay- Tor, J. Wilson of England, J. R. Gam non, F. c. Smith. c. W. Ashfnger and W. A. Bikes of England, J. A. Click of America, H. Maddox of America.
 Six minutes later the twenty-eight men were started off The first mile was made in three minutes by Tom Linton.
 Taylor has no initials.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
SECURITIES IN LONDON
Mining Stock Depression Affects Other
 Sliares-RaiIroads Firm.

Mining Stock Depression Affects Other
 SIares-RaiIroads Firm.
 London, Dec. 6.-The rate of discount during the past week for three months bills were 3 per cent, and for thirty day bills 21a. At the stock exchange the de- pression in mining securities dampened other shares. No revival is expected until the new year. Consols advanced &. The tone in the market for Amer ican railroad securities was favorable in expectation of President Cleveland's message. The advances were made about as follows: Lake Shore 2, Den- yer and Rio Grande preferred and Louisville and Nashville 2A, Atchison common and preferred, Denver and Rio Grande common each F, and Union Pacific A.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
Ambassador. Bayard Declines.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Infornation has been received here that Ambassador the proposed testimonial which the London Telegraph suggested should be raised by popular subscription in Eng land as a mark of appreciation of his efforts to preserve good will between the two countries. MT. Bayard takes the ground that his position as ani- bassador would prevent his accepting any gift of the kind proposed. This is in accord with the views which the de- partment held of MT. Bayard's proba- ble action in the matter
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07

| Colonel Fellows was born in 1852 on farm a few miles from Mechanics vile. Saratoga county, and close to the
 old Yellow Meeting House" which is still standing. He went to the local
 school. Among his classmates was El- mer Ellsworth, who was afterward the colonel of zouave fame who was killed at Marshall House, at Alexandria, Va.
 In 1850 Colonel Fellows went to Can- den, Ark on the invitation of his un- cle, Daniel Fellows, who was mer- chant there and who got him place in the law office of Judge Abner A. Smith, where he studied law. When he
 was twenty three years old he passed an examination before Justice Scott of the supreme court and was admitted to the bar. Shortly after this he form ed partnership with Walter l.. Bragg,
 who was afterward a commissioner url-
 der the interstate commerce law.
 In 1860 the colonel was an elector-at- large on the Bell and Everett ticket. Among his associates were A. H. Gar land and Hugh F. Thompson. All
 were strong Unionists, but after the ex- citement attendant upon Lincolns elec-
 tion and in the war feeling that spread over the south after the firing upon
 Sumter, Colonel Fellows enlisted in the
 First Arkansas regiment under Colonel James J. Pagan He served through the war with distinction on the confed- crate side. He was a colonel on the staff of General Buell. and was in many | important engagements. He returned to Camden after the war and resumed the practice of law.
 | In 1866 he was elected a state sen-
 ator and served until the military bill abolished civil government in the state, when he became a member of the law firm of Brown, Carleton & Fellows. He
 was delegate to the national demo- cratic convention held in this city in | 1868, which nominated Seymour and
 Blair. A week before the convention he made a speech in the Cooper Union which impressed Governor Seymour so much that he induced the colonel to re- | main here after the convention and take part in the canvass. Afterward
 he prevailed upon the colonel to settle | in the north.
 In New York city Colonel Fellows practiced law until he was appointed an
 assistant under District Attorney Gar
 win. He served five years. until Ben- | jamin K. Phelps, a republican, was elected district attorney, when he re- turned to private practice. Between | this time and 1881, when John Mckeon
 was elected district attorney, he served a term of two years as counsel to the
 excise board. He was reappointed an
 assistant by District Attorney McKeon, | and was retained in the office during the terms of Peter B. Olney and Ran- dolph B. Maritime.
 Colonel Fellows has figured conspicu- ously in the democratic national con- ventions of the last twenty-eight years | and achieved a national reputation as an orator.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
ComInoner Pease Dead,

London, Dec. 6.-Henry Fell Pease. M. P. for the Cleveland division of the North Riding of Yorkshire, died at Darlington yesterday. MT. Pease was a liberal He was born in 1888. He was a member of the firm of Pease & Partners, limited, colliery owners, and a director of numerous commercial and industrial enterprises. In 1S74-5 he was mayor of Darlington and at one time was president of the National Liberal Federation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
REJECTED SUIT0R'S CRIME
4 NEW HAVEN NAN ATTEMPTS MUR.
 DER AND COMMITS SUICIDE,

The Deed Committed in Montreal-Left
 This City Last Saturday Ostensibly to
 Visit His Sick Mother-Worked in tho
 New Haven Rolling MiIl-was Young,
 Quiet and Industrious.
 Montreal, Dec. 6. John H. Howell, the rejected suitor Of Miss Annie Sims. returned from New Haven, Conn.,, yes- terday and this morning called at the Sims residence on St. Martin street. The family left the couple together. and in short time the report of pis- tol was heard. On rushing to the scene Miss Sims was found unconscious in a chair. having been shot twice in the head. She will probably die Howell lay dead at her feet having shot him. self with a revolver. Howell was twen- ty-seven years of age, a moulder of steady habits. Miss Sims is twenty two years old. Both are of respectable families.
 lISilACA 1LoWcll was 6IIlIylOyGu Saturday morning at the New Haven rolling mill in Fair Haven and lived at 352 Grand avenue He was about thir- ty years old and came to this city about two years ago, securing work as a moulder at the rolling mill, where he had been employed ever since
 About the first of last week he told his landlady that his mother, who lived in Montreal, was very i'll. He said that he would like to see her before she died and that he would get a leave of ab- sence. On Friday Howell said that he had received a letter that his mother was growing worse every day. and that he must come on immediately if he wished to see her.
 Howell said that he had obtained per- mission from the superintendent to go home. He made preparations to go on Saturday. Howell told the landlady that he had received telegram Sat- urday morning. He was exceedingly nervous and expressed the fear that his mother would not live until he arrived.
 Howell was of quiet disposition, stay- ing at his boarding house when not at work. He bore an excellent reputation among the hands and the officers at the rolling mill His friends here were shocked to learn of the tragic deed he had committed, as he was not given to displays of anger nor to melancholy fits. He was cheerful about his home and always punctual at his work. The lady with whom he had boarded ever since his arrival in this city said that he was model young man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
TENNESSEE LECTION FRA ups.
Republican Editors Meet and Denounce
 the Outrage.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Dec. 6.--At a meeting to-day of the State Republican Editors association ex-Representative Evans, ex- United States Senator War ner and Colonel H. B. Case, state de- partment commander of the G. A. R.. delivered incendiary speeches, taking as their theme alleged election frauds in Tennessee in November last and the pending gubernatorial contest Evans charged that scoundrels, who, if they had their deserts, would be hung to tel egraph poles, were appointed officers of election.
 Commander Case was loudly ap- plauded when he said: "We will get our rights only at the point of our guns"
 The incorporate utterances have aroused many bitter comments.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
GENERAL wEyLER's CAMPAIGN.
No News From Him for Three Days-More
 Troops Arrive.

Troops Arrive.
 Havana, Dec. 6.-Three days have now elapsed since any news was receiv- ed from Captain General Weyler. It is not known in what part of the province of Pinar del Rio he is or what he is do- ing towards carrying out the plan of campaign on which the loyalists have built high hopes, but which has thus far resulted in no signal success Heavy rains have been prevailing lately, and it is probable that the condition of the country has put a temporary check on the operations of the Spanish forces. Officials here state that there is nothing surprising in no dispatches being re- ceived from General Weyler, as he is a man of action rather than of words and is waiting to meet the rebels before he devotes any time to the writing of dis patches.
 General Melguiso reports that his command surprised a rebel hospital in the Valle Hills, province of Pinar del Rio. Six insurgents, whether wounded or not is not stated, were killed and the dwellings and all the camp parapher- nalia were destroyed. The first contin- gent of the new endorsements, num- being 2.5OO men, arrived to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
Fatal Accident at Providence.

Providence, R. l., Dec. Civilian Brayton, aged fifty-four was killed shortly before Il o'clock this morning by falling down a high bank and frac- turing his skull on a tree in Davis Park. The deceased had been fore man in the Brastow Thread company for the last twenty-nine years and was we'll known in Valley Falls, where he owned considerable property.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
Powers to Confer on Turkish Question.

Berlin, Dec. 6-M. Nelidoff, Russian ambassador to Turkey, who has been in St Petersburg for some time, will leave the Russian capital on Monday on his return to Constantinople. It is reported that he has the authority of the czar to propose a conference of the powers upon the questions of the Tur- kish financial reforms and the opening of the Dardanelles The conference, it is understood, will not touch upon the Egyptian question:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
CONTRITE BAD BOYS,
Fugitive Naval Apprentices Are Back at
 the Newport Station.

Newport, R. l., Dec. 6.-All of the ap- prentices who escaped from the naval training station yesterday afternoon had either been brought back or return brig, as are about a dozen others who smashed windows to let off their sur plus excitement. The whole affair was apparently a boyish escapade to show disapproval of the way things have been managed in regard to liberty granting. The fact that the boys after getting free made no attempt to get away from the city shows that they did not intend to desert
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
England Advances Egypt $500. 900.

Cairo, Dec. 6.-Great Britain has ad- vanced and the Egyptian government has accepted the sum of 500,0O0 pounds to be repaid into the treasury in pur- suance of the judgment of the court of appeals, which decided that the Cais- SC de la Lette Publique had no right to advance that or any other sum to meet the expenses of the Soudan campaign.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
Two Young Lads Drowned.

Worcester, Dec. 6-Alphar Gendron, aged six, and Joseph Bernard, aged seven, who have been missing from home since Saturday morning, were found to-day in Bell Pond. The bodies were about 150 feet apart and thirty feet from the short, where there. were several holes in the ice.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
HARVARD'S 'V4RSTTY EIGHT.
The Aquatic Champions of the Crimson
 Have Been Selected.

Cambridge, Mass, Dec 6.-Captain D. M. Goodrich of the Harvard crew has announced the selection of the fol- lowing men for the varsity eight: Bull, Goodrich, J. F. Perkins, Hollister, c. Thompson J. H. Perkins, A. A. Sprague and Boardman
 The selection is based upon the work of the men in Saturdays race The first five of the above named were in the winning boat, the Oneida. All of them except Bull, J. F. Perkins, Board man and Thompson were in last year. S varsity crew. The order in the boat has not been determined upon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
Drowned in the Connecticut.

Holyoke, Mass, Dec. 6.-Anton Ma joon. aged eighteen, was drowned in the Connecticut river, this afternoon. He was skating in company with a large party and broke through the ice and sank before aid could reach him. His body was recovered.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
NEW BICYCLE RECORDS,
Sager and Swanbrough Make New Pro-
 fessionaI Marks.

Denver, Dec. 6-Sager and Swan brough, on g. tandem, unpaced, flying start, broke the following professional tandem records yesterday at the Dem yer Wheel club park Three-quarters mile, 1:25, 1 2-5 seconds better than the time of Evans and Hatton. San Jose, Cal, last May; six miles, 1922 2-5; seven miles, 15:36 4-5; eight miles, 1851 S-5; nine miles, 2O:O6; ten miles, 22:16 2-5.
 Two weeks ago the team broke the worlds records for two, three and five miles, and now holds all records up to ten miles except the one and four miles,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
Suicide at Norwich.

Norwich, Dec. 6.-John Frink of Franklin, widower,a aged seventy, shot himself Sunday morning and was found dead by his son, who went to call him to breakfast. He was in good health and well-to-do and nothing explains his act, except a note which he left. stating he was tired of life and anxious to end it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-07
New Worlds Tandem Record.

San Francisco, Dec. 6.-At the Vel drome yesterday George Dixon and Charles Kraft of the Hay City Wheel men, lowered the world amateur tan- dem record for five miles to 11:Os. cut of 20 seconds. They were unpaced with 6 flying start.