The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-30
sTnIcT WITH THE SOLDIERS.
All Must Keep in MCPHERSON Com
fines Hereafter.

sued at F'ori Mcpherson to-day that viii
change The status of army life in a man
ner likely TO make many a recruit home
sick and to entirely revolutionize their
! ideas of what war is. IL was ordered
! to-day by Maj. Bubb, the commanding Of
hcer of the fort, that hereafter no soldier
either private or officer, will be allowed
! TO leave the barracks enclosure except on
; strictly official business, and then he must
he armed with permit allowing him to
/ leave and return,
A good many OF the recruits and some
/ of the regulars, who have been stationed
at this post have spent most of their time
| in Atlanta, and war 10 them under this
! system has been one prOtTacted froic.
Patriotism has been running high here,
| and the soldiers have been allowed con
siderable license, but recently they have
/ abused their privileges TO such an extent
| as TO make their conduct a source of gen
| eral complaint A number of complaints
/ have been made TO Maj. Bubb about petty
annoyances from soldiers getting into DIFF
! iculty and improperly behaving them
selves
The major was very much averse to
| Furnishing the whole enCampment for the
disorder of a few and so threw out num-
! Der of restrictions which had some effect
| but did not stop the complaints. While
| the commander Of the fort is a man of
| very kind heart, he is a soldier and loves
discipline He has not been satisfied with
the discipline at the fort, but has made
| allowances, knowing the men to be I'M
| trained and inexperienced. There are
! some things, however, beyond endurance
and when it was reported to him this
morning that a poor negro farmer had
| been robbed of his WatermelOns by sol
! dlers within sight of the fort entrance he
| decided 10 take steps so effective as to
| prevent a repetition of such an occurrence
|
| GERS and privates alike of some Of the
| privileges. The officers have been shield
! ing the men, so it is said, and hereafter
guard duty will be doubled and the roll
| called every night at il o'clock to see az
all the soldiers are on hand.
Two more soldiers died at Fort McPher-
son last night of typhoid fever. They
were DeopOrd Ray of Company NJ Fifth
| Missouri and Edward j. Wrinkle of Com
! pany +, Fifty-second Iowa.
News was received to-day of the death
| of Maj. John A. FIFTEEN in sanitarium
near Wernersville, Pa. Mai. FIFTEEN was one
of the most successful merchants and
prominent citizens of Atlanta He was well
! known all over the state. He was born in
| Augusta and served in the Confederate
army with the cadets from the old military
academy located at Marietta, where he was
| at school when the war started. He was
| man of the most attractive social accom-
y
| he came in contact with. He leaves a wife
and four grown children. He also leaves
! a handsome fortune.
Local posts b and F. of the Travellers
| Protective Association will run their sec
| ond annual excursion to Tybee Island on
Saturday night, Aug. IS. special train
consisting of several coaches, has beer
chartered for the trip, and it is thought
that several hundred people will go down
with the drummers.
Mrs. Hobson received the following tele-
gram from her son to-day. ana is delighted
at the prospect of his early visit. Wash
ington, ID. c., July 29.--Mrs. Sallie C. Hob.
son, Lithia Springs, Ga: will be with vol
in a few days. win telegraph later de.
tinitely. Duty has caused uncertainty unit
now. Richmond p. Hobson"
The Supreme Court to-day handed dowr
an elaborate set of rules for the admission
of prospective lawyers to the bar Under
the act of 1897 a portion of the rules ar,
as follows: The Supreme Court shall, be
fore the 18th day of November in eacf
year, prepare a series of questions consec
utvely numbered and covering the top
les now provided by law upon which APP
| picants for admission to the bar are L
be examined and the clerk of said cour
| shah cause 500 copies of said question!
to be printed. He shall exercise the great
est possible care 10 prevent a single copy
| of these questions being filed in the hand.
J J nOfLT
ed 10 select, or from falling into the hand;
of any persons whomsoeVer except as here
matter provided"
! This section is followed by rules FOL
printing and transmitting through the Su
perior Court officers the questions to b
asked applicants
Chief Justice simmons files with the rule.
the following interesting opinion touchinl
the consttutonality of the act uude
which the rules are promulgated, Simmons
chief justice dissenting. Under th'
constitution of this state th'
Supreme Court has no orgina
, jurisdiction It's jurisdiction Is ia terms
restricted TO the correction of errors OF
wrlts of error from certain courts men
toned in the constitution. The general as
sembly has no authority TO confer addt
tional jurisdiction upon the Supreme Cour
q or diminish the jurisdiction conferred by
the constitution. The act of 1897 confer,
original jurisdiction upon this court 10y
, requiring It TO adopt rules for the admis
sion of attorneys to practice in the Su
perlor Courts, to determine the topic!
upon which examinations are to be had
and the time al which they are 10 b,
had, to pass upon the merits of the eN
aminations and the admission of the ap
f plicants, aud TO issue orders or certificates
for the admission OF the applicants
| therefore think this act is unconstitutional
and void. and that for this reason aul
order of tnis court requiring the Supero
Court TO admit or deny admission TO an,
applicant would be unauthorized and o
no effect. If the act dealt with matte
| TO which tho members OF the court as in
dViduals could attend I would cheerf6ll
| comply with tho expressed wishes of tn
| general assembly, but as 1t requires tn
services therein specified 10 be performc
{ ! 10y the Supreme Court and as such ser
y vices are in their nature judicial, I canuo
- | give my assent to the above order and at,