The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-21
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
MEETING OF TRE MILITARY ed
.VISORY BOARD.


The Military OF the state TO be 20
Considerable Extent Remodeled-
The Alleged Sale Of the Street Car
Lines - The Experiment Station
Sleeping Car Taxation.
ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 20-Ths military
advisory board met at the capitol this
morning and worked all day with closed
doors. Admission and information was by
resolution denied the press. and it seems
impossible to get any reliable account
Of the proceedings before tomorrow.
Nineteen companies were cited TO appear
and show cause why they should
not be disbanded, and quite a number Of
officers danced attendance until called upon
by the board one by one 10 submit to a
rigid examination. No such important
meeting Of the board was ever before held.
The state military viii be 70 a great extent
remodeled. 1t has certainly been determined
70 disband several companies. Other weak
organizations viii be given another chance
70 come up 10 the standard. the members
of the board present were: j. Mcintosh
Kell, adiutant ana inspector general;
George A. Mercer, colonel First Volunteer
Regiment Of Georgia; Charles II. Olmstead,
sirartermaster general; William Garrard,
lieutenant colonel Savannah Volunteer
Guards battalion; Wilberforce Daniel, aide
de camp TO the governor; John c.. Hunt,
captain Greene Rifles; S. p. Gilbert,
captainI Columbus Guards; Rolf Simms
captain Southern Cadets; George 3.
Forbes, captain Atlanta artillery.
ATLANTA's STREET CAR LINES.
The report that the Union street car lines
have been sold II II. K. Hunter Of New
York for SsO0, 900 is denied by part Of the
stockholders. Others have been heard To
say that though the money has not been paid
and Mr.. Hunter has reserved the privilege
of consulting his associates the negOtia-
tion amounts TO a sale. II is admitted
by all that parties have been bargaining
for the purchase Of the system, but some
deny that anything like the figure quoted
has been offered.
THE EXPERIMENT STATION.
The executive committee Of the expert
mental station has just sent in its first To
port TO the governor. 1t shows that the
grounds have been laid off, plans drawn
and contracts awarded for the erection of
two dwellings at g, so each. the build
ings will be completed in sixty
days Four thousand, SIX hundred and
thirty-two dollars remains in the state
treasury 20 the credit Of the institution, and
1900 Of the amount offered by the citizens
of Spalding county for the location Of the
station is still due. and will be
paid on demand. Prior 70 July
j, the expenses were 81 ,S3, and
81, 700 was received from the governor.
Between that time and Nov. the amount
received was s., $50 and the expenses were
81, 1913. The secretary of the board Of
directors also submits financial statement,
which shows that he has drawn $3.50 and
expended nearly the same amount. Supt
Redding and Horticulturist1 Smith are
now in charge Of the work.
THE ALDERMANIC TICKET.
A mass meeting was held tonight and
the entire city ticket submitted by the com
mittee Of 100 was ratified with slight oppo-
sition.
The governor has pardonen two convicts.
Hardy Perdue, sentenced TO five years from
Pickens county last year for assault with
intent 70 murder. and James Watkins, for
larceny in Heard county, sentenced TO fif-
teen years. The pardon Of the latter will be
withheld pending an investigation, since it
appears that " atkins Is an escaped convict.
ANEW sLEEPING-cAR TAX.
The railroads in this state viii hereafter
be required by the controller general TO
pay License tax for hauling sleeping cars
belonging 70 other companies. Paragraph
10. section 10 of the tax act, ap-
proved Dec. 26, 1858, provided that
railroads pulling such cars owned
by nonresident corporations should
be subjected TO a tax Of 500 70 1890, ac-
cording to the length of the line The
recent legislature changed the wording of
the act 50 as to read sleeping cars other
than their own which amendment is sup
posed to reconcile it with the spirit of the
federal constitution which the United States
court has construed to forbid discrimination
by state taxation against foreign corpora
lions.
MAY PROVE A MURDER.
This afternoon, VIII Moore, negro,
after striking his wife with brick, beat
her nearly TO death with club. Moore
was arrested. The woman is expected TO
die.
Edward s. Englett, yardman of the
Central road, fell from the top of a car
under the Broad street bridge this morning
and was killed. He was dragged and his
remains were scattered over the ground for
fifty feet. One leg was found ten feet
away from its fellow.
K A. Humphrey, an old white man, was
found dead in the station house to-day.
lie had been picked up in drunken stupor
on the street.
ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS.
The Officers Elected at the Triennial
Conversation