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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
CHARGES AGAINST B. y. METERS.
Amateur Athletic Union Exonerates Him and John Cosgrove, Also.


 New York, Nov. 15.-The Amateur Athletic union of the United States was in session here to-day behind closed doors. A short recess was taken in the afternoon and a statement was giv- en out to the effect that charges by a weekly paper of high merit and stand ing, having been brought against the union, accusing it of allowing profess sionalism to pervate it's organization, a committee had held public trial of Wefers and Cosgrove, the athletes &C., cused.
 The committee reported that the pa- per in question (Harper's Weekly) re- fused to allow the use or inspection of any evidence in its possession. The statement then goes on to say that B. J. Wefers appeared in person and de- nied each and every statement made in the charges both in letter and print. The statement of J. &. Aborn of Wor- | cester, Mass, so far as 1t pertained to Wefers brother, was denied by J. A. Wefers in person. In conclusion the committee says it deems it just to re- turn the charges not proved against B. J. Wefers. In the case of John Cos grove of Albany the statement said that it was proved conclusively to the committee that he is innocent and it returned a verdict of not guilty.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
DUTY OF STREET 1sA1nRoADs.
First to Stockholders and Employees, Then
 to the Public.


 Boston, Nov. 15.-The special commit tee appointed to investigate the rela- tions between the street railroads and the municipalities of the commonwealth to-day gave the representatives of the railroads opportunity to present their side of the question. Prentiss Cum- mings, vice president of the West End, was the principal speaker. He said that he considered per cent. a fair return for investors when they place their money in any undertaking, run all bus mess risk and the risk of hostile legis- lation.
 Concerning reasonable hours and wages, he said the matter was depend ent on the state of the market West End conductors, he said, get $2.25 a day. That mare than the average income of the people who ride in our cars. Now, I hold that there is noth- ing due to the public in the way of financial return until the directors of a street railroad have done their full duty to the stockholders and the en- ployes. If after that full duty is done, and the road has been kept up as it should be and there is any surplus, believe it should go to the public in some form. do not know of any rail- road in Massachusetts that has any such surplus"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
.ANOTHER MAN THAN DREYFUS.
A Vice-President of French Senate Pub
 fishes an Exciting Letter.


 Paris, Nov. 15.-M. Schurer- Kestner, one of the vice presidents of the sen- ate who has been agitating for a re- opening of the case of Alfred Dreyfus, the former captain of artillery now un- dergoing sentence of imprisonment for life for selling important French military plans to agents of a foreign power, has written letter to the news papers in which he asserts that on Oc- tober 30 he presented to the French minister of war, General Billet, docu- nents proving the prisoners innocence. He adds that the minister promised to make an inquiry into the matter and also undertook to communicate to M Schurer-Kestner the result within a fortnight, pledging the latter to silence in the meanwhile.
 Continuing, he explains that this is the reason of his misunderstood silence, but as the fortnight has elapsed with out the minister for war communicating with him he now repeats, without fear of contradiction. that he showed the minister documents which easily estab- fish the culpability of another than Dreyfus. The letter of M. Kestnel caused considerable excitement in the Hobbies of the chamber of deputies and 1t is expected the cabinet will discuss the situation tomorrow and issue a pronouncement on the subject.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
DEPRITED OF VARSITY "If."
The Men That Played in the Yale-Harvard
 Game.


 Cambridge Mass, Nov. 15.-With the sting of general disapprobation up- on them the Harvard rootball squad went out on Soldiers field this after noon and went through the hardest. fastest, fiercest practice that has been seen on the field this season. Wheeler Shaw, Parker and Mills, the substitutes in Saturdays game and had, conse- ouently less than their share of that days work, were the only regulars in the first eleven's line up. All the other Varsity men were out in their football clothes, except Dibblees and Swain, who did not appear on the field. Cabot was out on crutches and Warren looked on with his arm In sling.
 If the Yale game showed anything, 1t was that Harvard could afford to rest her defensive strength where it is in order to develop her offensive This seemed to be the idea upon which the coachers went to work this afternoon. Every man who played in Saturdays game has been deprived of the Var sity "H" on his uniform and has been given to understand that he will not get it again until the humiliation of Saturday has been wiped out This measure is hard on the men who did their share of the work, but is general ly approved.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
ELECTED BY POPULAR TOTE.
Ex-Congressman Langston, First Colored
 Man So Honored, Dead.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Ex-Congress- man John M. Langston of Virginia, one fthe prominent colored men of the country, died here tonight. He was born in 1928, emancipated at the age of six, and was educated at Oberlin, where he graduated from the theological de- partment in 1854. He afterward stud jed law and practiced his profession un- til 1869, during which time he held sev- eral township offices In Ohio, being the first colored man elected to office in the United States by popular vote. From 1877 to 1885 he was United States minister and consul-general to Hayti. Upon his return to this country he be- came president of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate institute at Petersburg, Va, where he remained for three years, when he was elected to the Fifty-frst congress and was given his seat on a contest. Since 1891 MT. Lanston had been prominent in politics, but did not hold office.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
IYNCHED STRIPES WITNESSES.
Now There is No Possibility of Convicting
 Surviving Murder Suspects.

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 15.-An in
 teresting legal question is presented by yesterdays lynching of the Spicer murderers. Two of the men, Holy Track and Ireland, were the States witnesses and without their testimony the State has no case against two surviving suspects, Black Hawk and Defender. There is therefore, now, no possibility of convicting them before any tribunal, for the reason that the States witnesses, self-confessed &C., complices of the murderer, are dead.
 At the coming term of court, when the two men are arraigned for trial, they must be dismissed. The feeling against Black Hawk has been intensi- fled by the report that Coudot con- fessed before his hanging that Black Hawk and Defender were concerned in the crime. It has been the opinion of a large number of people in Emmons that Black Hawk was the instigator of the crime It is claimed that the ma jority of the lynchers were from Wi nona, where the crime was commit ted, but nothing certain is known.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
SAVED FROM SOCIAL FAILURE.
The First Night of the Annual Horse Show
 in New York.

New York, Nov 1.-The entertain ment on the first night of the thirteenth annual exhibition of the New York horse show opened with parade of stallions, which was witnessed by very few of the society folks. While the an- imals were being led to their quarters the boxes began to fill with late corners and there were about 300 people in the first tier Of boxes when the saddle horses began their performances. The gentler sex were represented by Mrs. Beach and Miss Belle Beach. They were the center of attraction as they gracefully mounted their brown pacers.
 AS the night advanced, however, and despite the inclemency of the weather, the garden finally took on horse show aspect-that is of the traditional kind, and the show of 1897 was saved from g social failure. At 10 D. m. the boxes were a sight upon which all artist might feast his eyes with profit; the magnificent gowns, the wonderful milli- nery creations, the smiling, flushed faces, all exquisitely set off by the shirt front and sombre black and even ing dress, the myriad of lights and one glorious color burst in which happiness seemed to predominate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
THE POLICE INTERFERED,
Mccoy Had Australian Billy Smith Going in Second Round

Chicago, Nov. 15.-The six-round con- test between Kid Mccoy and Austral- ian Billy Smith, in which George Siler was referee, was stopped by the police in the first half of the second round to- night. The fight could not have lasted over two rounds anyway as Mccoy knocked Smith down twice in the first round, four times in the second and had him nearly out before the police inter- fered.
 Mccoy opened the first round with a rush, planting left squarely in Smiths face and right on his ribs. Smith managed to land two blows on the shoulder, but they were light and did no damage. Mccoy then went at him with rights and lefts, and sent Smith to the floor with right on the jaw. Smith was not groggy, but took his nine seconds, Mccoy waiting for him with a smile on his face. The gong rang as Smith rose. The second round, until the police interfered, was all in Mccoy s favor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
ALIEN LABOnEHs ARRESTED.
Will be Deported at Expense of a Steam-
 ship Company.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Commissioner- General Powderly of the immigration bureau to-day received telegram from Special Inspector Baldwin at Memphis, Tenn, that he had arrested twenty eight alien stavecutters illegally brought into this country under con- tract, and would go to Mississippi to- night to arrest the remaining twenty two. It is stated at the immigration bureau that fifty Austrian immigrants arrived in Baltimore on the North Ger man steamer Roland on September 29 last and were taken to Mississippi to work in the stave camps. As soon as all are secured they will be deported at the expense of the steamship company bringing them over. Up to this the ev- idence against the contracting firm who brought the Austrians into this country is not deemed sufficient to justify crim- inal proceeding.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
A BIG STRIKE THREATENED
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND
 WORKERS AT EADS.

President k. H. Hood of tho Workers
 Association Has Issued Demand for
 General Increase of Wages and He Has
 Been Informed That It Cannot bc Made
 Results Cannot be Foreseen.
 New York, Nov. 15.-The relations be- tween the Electrical Contractors asso- citation of this city and the Electric Workers have reached a crisis. The president of the latter association, R. H. Hood, has notified the former that after January 1 the electric workers would demand an increase of wages. He was promptly notified that such a demand would have to be denied, as the condition of business would not justify an increase. The question has been a subject of constant negotiation between the parties, neither showing any disposition to recede from the posi- tion.
 Two other cases of citation have aris- en. One in particular has called forth much protest from the employers. This is the refusal of the journeymen to ad- init into their union a sufficient num- Der of men to supply the demand in this city and vicinity. Although the employers say that their business has been widely extending all the while, the men have kept their union up to about eight hundred members all the time, An ultimatum has been issued to the brotherhood. In part it says:
 "Our members have not engaged non- union employees, but if by reason of your action they cannot secure compe- tent union help they will have no alter native but to do so They do not wish to do it without notice to you which will give you the opportunity of reme- dying the difficulty, and therefore at the meeting of this association held Mo- vember g, 1897, it was resolved that your union be notified of this complaint and requested to promptly remove the trouble by such effective action as the situation seems to call for. Failing to receive due notice from you of such action by Monday, November 15 1897, you are informed that the members of this association will be compelled, in order to carry out their contracts to lllt SdlloldClioll ol tlioii SdoIOtAiSAS, " call to their assistance the services of such workmen as they may need with out requiring that they shall be mem- bers of the union"
 No one can foresee the results likely to follow the strike of the Electrical Workers, if, as seems almost certain they should insist upon striking. It would prevent the completion of some of the most important buildings now in course of construction, and, what is even more feared, may lead to a gener- al sympathetic strike. The outlook for peace in the labor world at the opening of the new year is regarded as exceed ingly ominous.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
EMBEzzLED FROM 4 FRIEND.
Tracy E. Bunnell Langishes in ths
 Lookup.


 Lookup.
 Tracy E. Bunnell of 119 Grown street, employed at sargent's factory, was ar- rested last evening by Detectives Daly and McGrath for embezzlement of $20 from George Eaton, who also lives at 119 Crown street and works in the rail- road freight office. Eaton claims that he gave Bunnell $20 to keep for him some time ago. Bunnell was to put the money in his trunk and keep it until Eaton called for it. Instead he went to New York, took the $20 along and spent it.
 Last evening Bunnell returned and began packing up his things as if to de- part for good. Eaton tried to get into the room to see about his money but the door was locked and he was unable to enter, He then reported the matter to Captain Cowles and the arrest fol- lowed. Bunnell will be charged with embezzIement by bailee.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
BOTH FEEL INTO THE BROOK,
A Peculiar Accident to Fireman Winn and
 an Engineer,

Worcester, Mass, Nov. 15.-L. H. Vim of Northampton, fireman on an extra engine which was to take a freight train from Oakdale to Nashua on the Nashua division of the Boston and Maine railroad, stepped off the engine about 6:S0 this evening to oil up. The night was dark and very misty and as he stepped from the engine he fell nearly fifty feet into Oakdale brook.
 The engineer hearing him disappear in the darkness stepped off to see where he was and also fell to the brook below. The engine after coming out of the roundhouse had stopped on an open bridge directly over the brook The engineer was badly shaken up, and the fireman received a fracture of the left arm and many bad bruiss. The water in the brook saved both men from fatal injuries. They were brought to this city. The engineer was taken home and the fireman was taken to the city hospital
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
"SMUGGLERv STILL BURNING.
A Suspension of Work in Mountains May
 be Necessary.

Aspen, Col, Nov. 15.-The Smuggler is burning to-day with greater force than ever and gas is penetrating Snug gler mountain to the north with re- markable rapidity. About 150 men were forced to quit work this morning in the Della s. and Old Johnson work ings, and the deadly fumes are still working north towards the Park Re gent, Bushwhacker and Altamont. Un- less the fire is soon subdued it is feared that every mine of the Smuggler and Aspen mountains will become so foul as to compel a suspension of work In this event the entire district will be flooded.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
PORTER NOT 4 CANDIDATE.
Secretary to the President Not Looking
 for Senatorship.

Washington, Nov. 15.-There is no truth in the statement recently pub lished to the effect that Secretary to the President John Addison Porter will be g. candidate for the United States senate at next years election in Con- necticut. Secretary Porter declines to be interviewed on the subject, but is emphatic in the assertion that under no circumstances shall the use of his name be allowed in this connection. MT. Porter was 8 strong candidate for governor in last years campaign in Connecticut. Many of his former ad- herents have urged him to enter the ranks again, but he will not consent to to this.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
q WILL GET DRUNK To-NIGHT."
William II. Stendman Elated Over Suicide
 of His Divorced Wife.


 New York. Nov. 15.-The identity of Mrs. Katherine Steadman, who killed herself at the house of Mrs. Best in East S4th street, was cleared up to- day. It was learned that she came from Syracuse. where her husband is driver employed by an express com- pany and that her father, Peter Kel- sen, also lives there.
 Peter Kelsen, the father of Mrs. Stead man, the New York suicide, said this afternoon that his daughter had left Syracuse some five or six years ago with man who had more money than her husband. "She lived an imprudent life in New York, and was on the vau- deville stage" William H. Steadman says he married the woman who com mitted suicide, nine years ago. Seven years ago she left him. He says he procured divorce from her some years ago. When he read the story of the woman's death he exclaimed: "I'm the happiest man in the world. I will get drunk tonight
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
JESUS GUERRA, REVOLUTIoNIST
United States Will Not Surrender Him to
 Mexican Government.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The state de- partment has finally refused the appli- cation of the Mexican government for the surrender to it under extradition proceedings of Jesus Guerra, who was one of Garza's lieutenants in his at tempted revolution some years ago. The case has figured largely in the state and United States courts and finally came to the state department in such shape as to permit of the exercise ,of the largest discretion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
AN INSURANCE MAN SUICIDES.
A. l.. Davis Shoots Himself Through the
 Head at Hetel Bfxby.

Boston, Nov. 15.-A. l.. Davis, an agent of the Boston office of a life in- surance company of New York, com mitted suicide this afternoon at Hotel Bixby on Fremont street by shooting himself through the head. Davis left a number of messages directing that ing the cause of his act as despond- ency. Among the papers found on his person were a number of letters from and for Mrs. William Marsh, 3213 Dia- mond street, Philadelphia, and it is thought that the latter is relative of the deceased.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
JONES CONDEMNS FOOTBALL
GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS FIRST MAGISTRATElTO DISAPPROyE IT.

Takes the Recent Game Between Ford
 ham and State University Teams as a
 Text and Says: "I Think the Game of
 Football as Now Played is Brutal
 Sport"
 Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 15.-The gov- ernor of Arkansas is the first magis- trate to disapprove of the game of foot ball. In letter to J. l.. Buchanan of the state university at Fayetteville, Governor Jones takes the recent game between the Fordham and state uni versity teams as a text and strongly condemns the sport as brutal and rec ommends there be a stop altogether to the playing of the game by the stu dents of the state university The gov ernor is ex-officio president of the state university board of trustees. In his letter to MT. Buchanan, Governor Jones says:
 T think the game of football as now played is a brutal sport, fraught with liuSll u lllOSS plety lllS II, anu altogether out Of harmony with a proper educational system. In fact it has been so notoriously rough that bills have been introduced in the legis- lature of several states and passed by at least one of them to make it un- lawful.
 My opinion of higher civilization which we profess is entirely inconSist- ent with the toleration of such game and, therefore, 1t being inexpedient to call a meeting of the board of trustees l deem it my duty to call your attention to this matter and respectfully sug- gest that you put stop altogether to the playing of this game by students of the state university. The best inter- ests of the university clearly demand this and I hope you will take this mat ter at once into serious consideration"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16

Philadelphia, Nov. 15.-Mrs. William Marsh of this city, to whom two let ters found on A. LA Davis, the Boston suicide, were addressed, Is a sister of the dead man and lives at 3213 Dia- mond street. Davis was 34 years of age and was a graduate of Girard college, this city. He was unmarried Mrs
 Marsh says her brother was very much interested in the study of psychology and that she believes this overbur- dened his mind and made him insane.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
CAPTAIN GATHERS CASE.
Referred to Judge Advocate General of Army by Secretary Alger.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Secretary AL ger has decided to refer to the judge advocate general of the army the rec ord of the court of inquiry in the case of Captain Carter, corps of engineers, who is alleged to have been guilty of irregularities in the Savannah harbor improvement works. Nothing concern ing the nature of the courts findings has been given out for publication by the war department, but the action talk en by Secretary Alger, in referring the papers, gives rise to belief that further proceedings are to be had in the case.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
MARTIAL LAW IN BRAzIn.
Although Not Confirmed in Washington
 the Report is Credited.


 Washington, Nov. 15.---No official in- formation has. been received confirma- tory of the report from Rio Janeiro to the effect that President Moraes has issued a decree declaring martial law for a period of thirty days. Neverthe- less the report is credited in diplomatic circles. If there were evidence of the existence of a political conspiracy in connection with the recent attempt on the life of the president of the Brazilian republic, a suspension of civil rights would be necessary to accomplish the arrest of any members of the house of deputies or senate who might be inn plicated in the conspiracy. The consti- tuition of Brazil gives the members of congress immunity from arrest during the sessions except by the direction of the branch of the legislature of which they may be members.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
GERM4N MARINES LAND.
Will Compel China to Make Amends for
 Murdering Missionaries.

Cologne, Nov 15.-A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette from Berlin says that the sailors and marines belonging to the German cruiser Division, off the coast of China, have made landing in force at Kiaochan, Bay, the nearest port to Yen-Chu-Fu, in the southern part of the Chinese province of Shan Tun, where the German missionaries were recently murdered, with the view of forcing the government of China to completely satisfy the demands of Ger many.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-16
SERIOUS PENSION EXIS4S.
Japanese Ministers Urge Strong Measures
 Dealing With Russia

London, Nov. 15-A special dispatch from Shanghai says that serious ten- sion exists between Japan and Russia owing to the latter's efforts to control the Corean customs, and that some of the leading Japanese ministers are urg- ing the adoption of strong measures, even to the extent of war with Russia But, it is added, the Marquis Ito dis countenances this step and urges in- stead that Great Britain, the United States and Japan make joint represent ations to Russia on the subject of Co., req,