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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
M1RSH4EI NEWELL KILLED,
Well Known Harvard Football Player and
 Assistant Railroad Superintendent.


 Springfield Mass, Dec. 24,-Marshall Newell, the well known Harvard foot-' ball player, for the past year employed in this city as assistant division su- perintendent of the Boston and Albany railroad, was instantly killed in the freight yards here tonight at 5:30 o'clock. How the accident occurred is not known, but it is supposed that he was walking along the track toward his office, with his coat collar turned up to protect himself from the severe wind when he was struck by a switched or yard engine. He was horribly bruised and mangled, and it was with some diff ticulty that his features could be recog- nized. The body was found by two trainmen. His watch stopped at 5:35 This fact probably establishes the time of the accident beyond a doubt. The body had lain there unnoticed for over an hour.
 NeWell's movements during the day have not been traced later than about 5 o'clock, when he was seen in West Springfield. Newell was born in Great Harrington, the son of Samuel Newell prominent lawyer of that town. Young Newell was unusually athletic and in his younger days was one of the greatest football tackles the world ever produced. He graduated from Har- var college in 1894 and during his col lege life was a prominent member Of the football team and leader in ath- letics. He leaves a mother, sister, Lizzie, and two brothers, Samuel and Gerrish, all of Grent Harrington.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
ARE RAPIDLY ARRANGING.
PreIiminaries for the Relief Expedition t'
 Sufferers in Klondike.

Washington Dec. 24.-The prelimin- aries of the Klondke relief expedition are being rapidly arranged by the war department. Lieutenant Devore and Dr. Jackson to-day made final prepara- tions for their trip to Lapland. Lieu tenants Pearson and Ryan will take charge of the pack trains which are to be gathered up from points in Wyoming and convey them to Vancouver bar racks. It is hoped that by use of these trains a large amount of food can be gotten through White Pass and placed in a camp to be established there, which will afterwards be used as the starting point for reindeer trains. Captain Brainard, who is now in Chicago, has been telegraphed to remain there until advised of the results of the depart ment's efforts to get food supplies through public advertisement.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
Year. old Dan Hufnagle Instantly
 Killed,

fatal runaway accident, resulting
 in the almost instantaneous death of Dan Hufnagle boy fifteen years of age, occurred on State street, near the corner of Lawrence, about 4 D. m. yes terday Hufnagle was riding on one of Malley, Nicely 6 Co.'S delivery wagons
 with the driver, Henry Friedman. A horse belonging to the Fremont stables, which had been left standing unhitched
 by the driver, drummer named Smith,
 took fright and dashed down the street at tremendous pace. The heavy bus
 mess wagon to which the runaway
 horse was attached, locked wheels with the Malley, Nicely & Co.'S delivery team, which was going in the same direction, and both wagons were overturned. Huff nagle was hurled a considerable dis tance and striking an electric light pole his chest was crushed and several ribs broken. His death as stated above was almost instantaneous. Driver Friedman | escaped with a severe shaking up, while both wagons were a good deal damaged.
 The runaway horse was taken in hand
 by Police officers Cooper, O'Conner and
 McKeon, and later taken back to the Fremont stables. Neither of the horses
 was injured by the collision. Every eff fort was made to restore the boy to consciousness. Restoratives were pro- cured from George A. Whittemore's s drug store near by and applied. Drs. 0'Connor and Stanford, who were close | by, also went to his aid, but to no pur- | pose. Life was extinct, and death had come almost instantaneously. The body | was at first taken to the dye works
 near by. and later to Lewis x May | cocks rooms, where it was identified l about o'clock by the boys father, who
 is hostler living at 163 Hamilton | street. It was not known at first who | the boy was. For two or three years
 he had been in the habit of hanging
 around the delivery department of the | store during the holidays, and was of ten taken out by the drivers on their 1 wagons. He was known as Dan and
 nothing further was known of him. He was not employed at the store. It was
 not till his father identified the body | that his full name and residence were
 known to the authorities. 1 The drummer who hired the team ut
 the Fremont stables left shortly after
 wards, saying that he had to catch the
 train for Providence He gave the
 name of Smith and hired the team for
 the purpose of delivering some orders | about 1 o'clock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
ANOTHER STAMP MEETING
Will be Held in Warner Hall Monday
 Night Next,

It has been definitely decided to hold the meeting of all the merchants in the city in Warner hall next Monday night at S:3O to discuss trading stamps. The committee which has the matter in charge is composed of P. J. Kelly, Clarence M. Parker and M. Frank Bris- tol One of the members of the com mittee will call the meeting to order and a chairman and secretary will then be elected. A resolution embody- ing the agreement that all signers will refuse to continue giving trading stamps and trading coupons will be in- troduced and the signerS of all present and all other New Haven merchants will be solicited There has been talk of testing the law in a polite manner, but a number of the leading merchants do not believe that it is necessary to proceed in polite manner. By signing this agreement to refuse to continue giving the stamps and coupons, many of the merchants will thus break their
 
 This is precisely what many of the mer- chants want. They want the stamp companies to bring the suits for breach of contract, and consider that this will be strictly business and the only proper way in which the law can be tested. A suit of this kind will show the proper position of both parties in the matter, whether the merchant giv. ing the stamps or the companies sell ing them, or both, are doing an illegal business.
 This plan was suggested at one of the first meetings held by the Retail Merchants association, but was not then considered feasible. It was ob- jected to on the ground that many of the merchants who are now giving stamps and consider them a good thing and paying investment, will be unwill- ing to sign such contract and conse- quently lose the patronage which they are now enjoying.
 Monday nights meeting is not one confined to those merchants who are giving stamps, but Is for all merchants of the city, regardless of business.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
RELIEF TO SUFFERING CUBANs.
Appeal Issued From the Department of
 State at Washington.

Washington Dec. 24.-The following appeal to the American people has been issued from the department of state at Washington, D. C.: By direction of the president the public is informed that in deference to the earnest desire of the government to contribute by ef- fective action toward the relief of the suffering people in the island of Cuba, arrangements have been perfected by which charitable contributions, in mon ey or in kind, can be sent to the island by the benevolently disposed people of the United States.
 Money, provisions, clothing, medi- cines and the like, articles of prime ne- cessity can be forwarded to General Fitzhugh Lee, the consul general of the United States at Havana, and all arti- cles now dutiabe by law so consigned will be admitted into Cuba free of duty. The consul general has been instructed to receive the same and to cooperate with the local authorities apd the char table boards for the distribution of such relief among the destitute and the needy people of Cuba.
 "The president is confident that the people of the United States, who have on many occasions in the past respond ed most generously to the cry for bread from people stricken by famine or sore calamity, and who have beheld no less generous action on the part of foreign communities when their own country men have suffered from fire and flood, will heed the appeal for aid that comes from the destitute at their own thresh- old, and especially at this season of good will and rejoicing give of their abundance to this humane end"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
uRS. BANKS GETS DIVORCE.
Judge Banks of Fairfield Treated Her CruelIy-Story of "A Hat.

truelly-otory ol
 Chicago, Dec 24.-Judge Ewing to- day granted a decree of divorce to Jen- nie w. Banks, the wife of Judge Elmer S. Banks, who presides in the probate court of Fairfield, Conn. The divorce was granted on the ground of cruelty. The couple were married in February, 1S89 Mrs Banks left her husband in 1893, and took up her residence in Chi cago. According to the evidence given by the complainant, her husband struck her within two weeks after the marriage.
 Quarrels were frequent and seven years ago the complainant testified, the heated jurist after a quarrel struck her The trouble arose from the fact, accord ing to the complainant. that she had purchased hat with large plumes Judge Banks, his wife said. expressed his displeasure when he saw the hat and objected to the plumes being worn by his wife. The complainant said that words led to blows and finally to the use of firearms. The complainant told the court that "She dropped the hat and broke the plumes" when she was shot, but failed to give the effect of the shooting upon her. Upon another oc- casion the husband became displeased at her at a card party given at their home. the complainant said She as- serted that her husband struck her in the face. About two weeks before she left her husband, she testified, he push ed her down the stairs, and after that she determined to leave him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
NEW YORK CENTRAL BALKED
MOTION FOR INJUNCTION TO STOP
 BOND ISSUE.

The Issue Which the Road Is Endeavoring
 to Garry Out is Under Its S1OO,OO0. .OOO
 Mortgage to the Central Trust Company
 and is in Connection With the Refund
 ing Scheme-The Plaintiffs.
 New York, Dec 24.-A motion for an injunction was made to-day to stop the issue of bonds by the New York Gen. tral railroad under it's $100, ,000, 900 mort gage to the Central Trust company, which is in connection with the refund ing scheme. The petitioner Is Charles DeNeufville, a stockholder of the New York and Northern railroad. Other stockholders of the same road are asso- ciated with him in the suit.
 The litigation, of which the applica- tion is the outcome, has been pending since 1895, when a suit was begun by DeNeufville to recover property which was conveyed under foreclosue to the New York and Putnam company and subsequently, lO lle NGW IOIh COIL pany. The complainants allege that the New York Central has obtained a controlling interest in the New York and Northern by irregular means. The United States circuit court found in fla Vor of the defendant, but this decision was reversed a short time ago by the United States circuit court of appeals. A trial of the original suit was then or dered and is still pending Similar pro- ceedings in the supreme court resulted in decree making the foreclosure and sale of the property of the New York and Northern legal, but this decision was reversed by the state court of ap- peals..
 On June 1, 1897, the New York Gen. tral delivered to the Central Trust com- pany the $100, 100000, conveying the in- terest of the New York Central com pany in the New York Central and Put nam railroad to the mortgagee. It is the issue of the bonds that the motion The New York and Northern railroad the New York Central and Drexel Mor- gan & Go. are named as defendants The motion was made before Judge La combe in the United States circuit court. Simon Stein appeared for the motion, and in opposition C. H. Simpson and c. T. Barnum for Drexel, Morgan & Co, and Frank Loomis for the New York Central. Decision reserved.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
CHRISTMIS CdLLERS.
Visitors at Police Headquarters Last
 Evening-Policy Dealers Arrested.

EveninE-Policy Dealers Arrested.
 Christmas eve at police headquarters was lively if not an especially merry one. During the evening several old timers dropped in to pay their respects to Sergeant Cook and were duly assign ed to lodgings in the Cooler" As the evening progressed the list of recalcit- rant citizens on the sergeant's slate heightened out rapidly and it became quite evident that every one was not spending the sacred. eve in the cultiva- tion of the virtues.
 Among early callers were John J.. Durkin, charged with keeping a policy shop, and Andrew Trumpet, James Soprano, Antonio Reynolds, Gharles H.. Ball, George T. Clark and John G.. Avons, charged with policy playing. They were brought in by Detectives Donnelly, Daley and Spang, They gave bonds of $2OO each as guarantee of their appearance before Judge Dow's bar of justice this morning.
 Daniel Moriarty and John, his broth CT, chips of the same block by virtue of said brotherhood. came to town from Stony Creek to celebrate. Desire of conquest led them to voluntarily as sume the task of trying to run Polls Wonderland. They run up against Of fcers Moore and Sessler and this morn ing they are wondering why they did it.
 Bernard Mitchell and John F. How ard were brought in by Officer Dennehy and Special Officer Coleman and charg- ed with breach of the peace.
 William Clancy, alias John Frye, was arrested and brought to headquarters, charged with burglarizing the shop of Nathan SchWartzman on Thursday night. Several pieces of ribbon and buttons were taken, and some of the stolen property was found on his per son.
 John H. Ladd was arrested in Sey- mour yesterday afternoon by officers on a warrant charging him with theft of $56 from one of the employees of John Tyler's Elm house in Westville. Ladd, whose family are all sick, had been | lodged and fed for ten days or so by MT. Ladd gratuitously, as Ladd did not | have a cent to his name One night it | is said, he went into the room of an en- | ploye and took the money from his | clothes. Officers have been looking for | him for some time and it was not until | yesterday that he was located in Sey- 1 mour.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
FIGHT IN EPISCOPAL DIOCESE.
It is Over Recent Election of Bishop Co.,
 adjutOr of Arkansas

Cleveland, Dec. 24.-A faction fight has broken out in the Protestant Epis- cent election of a bishop coadjutor. Archdeacon William M. Brown of the diocese of Ohio was elected and accept ed the office. It now seems that the leading churchmen of Arkansas have split into two parties and one of them is attempting to prevent the consecra- tion of the bishop coadiutor., He can not be consecrated without the consent of q majority of the bishops and dio- cesan committee, and one faction has sent to them protests against the con- secration.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
POPE ISSUES AN ENCYCLICAL
IT DEALS WITH THE MANITOBA
 SCHOOL QUESTION.

After Reciting Religious History of Canada
 His Holiness Points Out the Rights of
 Catholics Condemns School System
 Based on Religious Neutrality-Exhorts
 Catholics to Persist in Their Rights.
 Rome, Dec. 24.-The pope's encyclical on the Manitoba school question is pub lished here this evening. After reciting the religious history of Canada and eulogizing it's scholastic institutions, his holiness expresses regret at the direc- tions taken several years ago relative to the Catholic schools and points out the rights of Catholics, according to the federal agreement.
 Continuing, the pope condemns school system based on religious neu- trality, praises the zeal the bishops have displayed on the question, regrets that the Catholics are not united owing to political passion and admits that the authorities have done something to dim finish the inconvenience of Manitoba school legislation, but his holiness de- clares this to be inadequate and eXhorts Catholics to persist in claiming all their rights though they must not refuse any partial separations obtainable, With the view to reduce the perils of the educa- tion of youth.
 In conclusion the pope says that in the event of these being unobtainable, Catholics should provide their own schools and adopt, under the guidance of their bishops, a programme of study, reconciling it with their religion in all literary and scientific progress.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
GREAT ATHLETIC ETENT.
University of Pennsylvania Team to Meet
 Cambridge in England.


 Cambridge in England.
 Milwaukee, Dec. 24.-The first intim- ati0n of what will be the greatest ath- letic event of 1898 was given out to-day by Alvin c. Kraenzlein, who is attend ing the University of Pennsylvania and came to Milwaukee to spend the holi- days. MT. Kraenzlein says that the University of Pennsylvania will send a team to England to meet Cambridge university in a dual track contest to be held in London next year. The two universities have been corresponding for some time and everything has been arranged except the details.
 Pennsylvania has never been repre- scented in an athletic contest in Eng land The team will be a strong one, made up from a number of the promi- nent winners in the intercollegiate championship teams of this year. The makeup of the team will be as follows; Captain, James Winsor, broad jump; Tewksbury and Caldwell, sprints; Hoff- man. 440 yards dash; Grant, mile run; Lane half mile run; Kraenzlein, hurdle and high and broad jumps; Fetterman, mile walk; McCracken, throwing weights. Kraenzlein was the star per former this year in hurdles and in the high and broad Jumps. WinsOr will handle the team
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25

New York, Dec. 24-W. D. Pownal, a vice president of the Herring Hall-Mar- win Safe company, and eX-State Treas urer Gray of New Jersey, were appoint ed receivers in this state for the corpor- ation by Justice Smyth in the supreme court this afternoon The receivers bonds were fixed at $25,000. The liabili- ties of the concern are placed at $350,- GOO, The application for receivers was made by Stephen A. Jenks, the presi- dent of the safe company, in proceed ings in dissolution of the corporation. The Herring -Hall-Marvin Safe compa- ny was incorporated under the laws of the state of New Jersey in 1892 with a capitar of S3,300000 Messrs. Pownal and Gray were also appointed receiv- CTS in the state of New Jersey. Ac- cordng to Peter Fucker, attorney for the Mosler Safe company, the first step towards making the appointment of a receiver necessary was taken by the Mosler Safe company yesterday, when an attachment for SS,000 was obtained against the Herring Haii- Marvin com pany. This attachment was on a note advanced by Moses Moser, which went to protest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
yholesale Hardware House Closes.

Syracuse, N. Y. Dec. 24.-The whole sale hardware establishment Of Brad ford, Kennedy Son & Co. was closed to- day by the sheriff on five judgments by compromise amounting to s40,626 The firms liabilities at from s85,000 to $100 GOO The assets are $120,000. Mayor MacDuff, former partner of the firm, retired last Monday. The causes are said to be long continued business on a shrinking market, a large bank in- debtedness and difficult collections.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
MRS. REED VINDICATED.
Receives Letter from Lloyds and a Medal
 Famous Oalses' Case.


 Haverhill, Mass, Dec. 24.-The closing chapter in the celebrated case of the ship T. F. Oakes, of which Captain E. w. Reed of this city was the com manding officer, ends with honor to Mrs. Reed who, when her husband was i'll together with the largest part of the crew steered the vessel safely into port, there to meet charges which the crew preferred against her and her hus- band, and of which they both were hon. orably acquitted after legal fight that lasted ten weeks
 The final story is that of the follow ing letter, which Mrs. Reed has just received: ''Lloyds of London have be- slowed Lloyds medal for meritorious service upon Mrs. Reed as an honorary acknowledgement of her extraordinary exertion on the occasion of the dis ablement by sickness of the crew of the United States ship T. F. Oakes on a voyage from China to New York in 1896, and in 1897. By order of commit tee of Lloyds H. M. Hozier, secre- tary."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
A Sad Drowning.

Gloucester, Mass, Dec. 24.-A partic- ularly sad drowning accident occurred in the harbor this afternoon. AS the schooner Dora A. Lawson, bound for Newfoundland on frozen-herring trip, was at the mouth of the harbor her sail caught on the taffrail. Captain flag berg attempted to release it, when his foot slipped and he fell overheard. A dorv was quickly lowered and the crew attempted to save him, but without sue cess
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
REMOVED HUMAN STOMACH
RECENT SURGICAL HISTORIES MOST BRILLIANT AND DARING FEAT.

Operation Performed in Zurich, Switxer-
 land, by pr. Carl schlatter and Is Re-
 ported as Being Most Successful-Tbe
 Patient Is Woman and She ia Now Eat
 irg and Working.
 New York, Dec. 24.-The Medical Rec- ord will tomorrow publish an account of the first successful removal of h,l- man stomach. The feat is the most brilliant and daring attempt in recent surgical history. but the attendant dis covery that the stomach is not vital organ is even more important Hith- erto it has been discovered impossible for person to live without a stomach.
 The operation was performed in Zu- rich, Switzerland, by Dr. Carl Schlatter on September last. The subject was ffty-six years old, who had complained Of stomach trouble. Dr. Schlatter found that she was suffering from an exceptionally large oval tunlor in her stomach. Laparatonly was performed and Dr. Schlatter found that the wo- mans entire stomach presented a hard mass. Seeing that the organ was use- less Dr. Schlatter freed 1t from its deu- cate attachments, cutting, twisting and clamping among the most vital organs with the utmost coolness. When he had excised the entire stomach, firmly united small coil of intestine to the esophagus, thus making a direct connection between the alimentary canal and the bowels. The work of joining the intestine and the esophagus was most delicate. They were bound together with sutures. The organs were allowed to drop back into their positions, the abdominal wound was sewed up and all there was to show that the woman had lost her stomach was slight retraction toward the dia- phragm. The operation lasted two and one half hours. The loss of blood was slight.
 The period following proved that the sterilization had been perfect. The pa- tient exhibited but few of the serious symptoms that usually follow a vital operation Minute quantities of liquid food were given to her at short inter- vals With the exception of occasional vomiting this food seemed to be assinn- Hated. In the second week after the operation she was given solid food. It was retained and digested without dis comfort. On October Il the woman left her bed. By November 25 she was feel ing perfectly well and was walking about. Her weight increased and ap- parently she was in far better health than before the operation
 Dr. Edmund Charles Wendt of New Yorks~fcity the correspondent of the Medical Record, who obtained Dr. Schlatter's personal account of the feat states that on the ninth of this month he saw the woman and that to all in tents and purposes she is perfectly we'll She was still under observation at the Zurich county hospital, but was able to do her full share of work in. the wards. She had had many medical wis., itors from all quarters of the globe. Dr. Wendt concludes from the success ful removal of the stomach that the di- gestive capacity of the stomach has been considerably overrated and that the chemical functions of the, human stomach can be satisfactorily performed by the other divisions of the alimentary canal.