The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08
JOHN r.. FELLOWS DEAD.
The Eloquent Tammany Orators
Voice SiIenced Forever.

New York, Dec. 7.--Dlstrict Attorney
John r. Fellows died this afternoon at
o'clock at his home in this city. He COM
planned of illness, resulting from cold
on Tuesday. but he continued his duties
until Wednesday, when his condition be-
came serious, and he was advised by his
physician to go to his bed. A cancerous
tumor of the stomach developed which
caused his death.
Col. Fellows contracted a cold while
speaking in the western and southern
states for Palmer and Buckner, and his
hard work in the campaign, it is believed.
weakened his system.
All the members of Col. Fellows fam
lily, excepting his Oldest son, John r., Jr.,
who had been summoned and was on the
way, being expected this afternoon a
O'Clock, were at his bedside when he died.
District Attorney John r. Eel
lows was still alive at 10 o'clock this
morning, but steadily growing weaker.
During moments of consciousness this
morning he asked nstantly for John r.,
Jr., on his way from the west, and ex-
pected to arrive this afternoon. The dy-
ing mans physicians hoped to keep him
alive till the son arrived, but their hope
was in vain.
The funeral services will be held at DR..
Jones church, the Church of the Interces-
, sion, Western Boulevard and One Hun
dred and Fifteenth street. 1t win be a
public funeral. but the day has not yet
been set.
Col Fellows death is likely to bring
about certain changes in the district sat
torney's Office, as Gov Morton will un-
doubtedly appoint a republican as his sue
| cessor. Nearly all of the attaches of the
district attorneys office are members of
Tammany Hall. The staff includes eight
I assu usefs O sAA 4
nine deputy assistants at from $1,000 to
5000 year. In addition, there is a Sec
retary at 81 800; a chief clerk at $1,000;
two deputy chief clerks at s., 900 and $4,000.
and forty-five other clerks, subposnae
servers and messengers with salaries from
81 500 down.
| But few of the assistant district attor-
neys are likely to be removed at least for
some time, as they have cases in hand
which outsiders could not handle.
The messengers, subpoenae-servers and
minor clerks will probably have to walk
! the plank as soon as a republican district
attorney takes charge.
Assistant District Attorney Mcintyre,
the public prosecutor at the trial of Marie
Barberi, announced the death of Col. Fell
| lows in the court room this afternoon.
| Judge Gildersleeve announced that on the
day of the funeral he would adjourn
court so that al might attend.
| Assistant llStTlCl Attorney MClulytS
and Counsellor House made brief addresses
in eulogy of Col Fellows.
John r. Fellows was born In 1882 on a
| farm a few. miles from Meehanicsville,
Saratoga county, N. Y, He went to the
! local school. Among his classmates was
| Elmer Ellsworth, who was afterwards the
colonel of zouave fame who was killed at
| the Marshall house, at Alexandria, Wa.
| In 1850 Col. Fellows went to Camden Ark,
and entered the law office of Judge Abner
| A. Stith where he studied law. When
| he was % years old he passed an exam
| ination before the supreme court and was
| admitted to the bar Shortly after this
he formed a partnership with Walter
| l.. Bragg, who was afterwards a COM
missioner under the inter state commerce
| law. In 1860 the colonel was an elector
at-large on the Bell and Everett ticket.
| Col. Fellows enlisted in the First Arkan-
sas Regiment under Col. James j. Pagan.
! He served through the war with distinc-
ton on the confederate side. He was a
colonel on the staff of Gen. Beale and
! was in many important engagements. He
! returned to Camden after the war and re-
4 sumed the practice of law. In 1866 he was
| elected a state senator and served until
! the military bill abolished civil govern
ment in the state, when he became a MEM
| Der of the law firm of Brown, Carleton
| & Fellows. lie was delegate to the ma
| tional democratic convention held in New
| York in 1S6S, which nominated Seymour
and Blair. A week before the convention
he made a speech in the Cooper Union
which impressed Gov. Seymour so much
that he induced the colonel to settle in
the north. He removed to New York,
| where he practiced law until he was ap-
/ pointed assistant under District At
torney Garvin. He served five years,
until BENJAMIN X, Phelps, republicans
was elected district attorney, when he
! returned to private practice. Between
this time and 1881, when John McKeon
was elected district attorney, he served
term of two years as counsel to the
excise board. He was reappointed an as
sistant by District Attorney McKeon, and
was retained in the Office during the term
| Of Peter b. Olney and Randolph b. Mar
tine
Col. Fellows figured conspicuously in the
democratic national conventions of the
last twenty-eight years. In the conyen-
ton Of 1884, which first nominated Grover
| Cleveland, he shared honors with Bourke
Cochran as a leader Of Tammany hail.
He made a sound money speech at Chi
cago in convention week this year and
played prominent part at the Indianapo-
| lis convention. He was the Spokesman n
for the committee that notified Gen. Buck
ner at Louisville Of his nomination for
Vice President by the national democracy.
| IN 1901 COl, rellOWS received the deTnOCRat-
ic nomination for district attorney OF
New York, and was elected At the ex-
piration OF his term he was elected TO con-
gress from the Sixth district. In 1893 he
was the Tammany candidate for district
attorney, and was again elected. Record
er Goff was his opponent.
Col Fellows was one of the great ora
tors Of Tammany, and held the chief Mace
after the departure Of W. Bourke Cock
ran.