The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-04
,JODIE AGAIN PUTS
HIS FOOT In IT
Alleged to Have Betrayed "COuSin HaT'
Lamar.
THE G. : -RNOR DENOUNCED
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ReiuSee : Sign the Commissions Of
IS amar and Dreysprins.
He : , NOW REALIZED HIS ERROR
But Lamar Refuses to Be Appeased
nd
THE G. : -RNOR DENOUNCED
He 8 !; NOW REALIZED HIS ERROR
But Lamar Refuses to Be Appeased
And Continues to Cuss-Birming.
ham Boys Defeated by the
Montgomery Team.

Ags-Herald Bureau, Hotel MADISON, Mont.
gomery, April 3.-(Specal )-The appointive
power Of the governor again has him IN
hot water" There has been q heated con-
test on for members of the BOARD Of rove.
nue. of Montgomery county.
Saturday the governor named the board
as follows: James @. Gilchrist, Charles A.
Allen, Hal Lamar, A. T. Dreyspring and
John Carter. Much dissatisfaction was ex-
pressed with the appointees, but the sem
sation was created by 'Cousin Hal La
mar. According to Cousin Hale state
ment, that gentleman was to have been
made clerk of the board. The appoint
ments announced, he found Allen would be
reelected. The language In which Cousin
Hal "cussed" the governor for this be.
trayal was most emphatic. The chief exec
utive was denounced as a traitor to his
friends. This morning the governors
friends informed him Of Lamar's action.
while cousin Hal" continued to cuss. But
the governor attempted to get even.
When the commissions for the board were
brought him, he refused to sign those OF
Messrs. Lamar and Dreyspring The other
members held meeting, only to adjourn
AAti tOihOiAOWJ WiSH iuty expect INC OtucI
members to join them. 1t is said tonight
that the governor has realized his error.
and is trying to appease matters. Lamar
tells him that nothing less than the clerk
ship Is satisfactory. Three or the member
ars pledged to support Allen. In case of
Aliens election Lamar will resign and II is
expected he will reveal his betrayal by the
governor. The matter is the one topic of
discussion here tonight. No action will be
taken before tomorrow.
Supreme Court In Session
The supreme court convened this morning
for the regular spring term. Cases from
The first division, composed of the counties
of Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe and
Washington, were called. AS is the usual
custom, no decisions were rendered today.
Very few attorneys have arrived in the
city to attend the court. large delegation
is expected on the early train tomorrow.
Among those who are here today are ex-
Chief Justice r. G. Brickweil. of Hunts
Vile; Messrs. Bramberg, Torrey and Harry
Smith. Of Mobile; Henry Pitts and L. e.
Jeffries, of Dallas. and Thomas Smith, of
Clarke.
Two ConvIcts Escape
Two white convcts escaped from prison
No. I at Wetumpka Sunday night They
were Freeman Lewis and Pink Livingston
both from Jefferson county. Lewis was
convicted in the criminal court at the Au-
gust term. 1896. of grand larceny. He was
given sentence of six years. Livingston
was convicted of manslaughter having kill
ed his father. John Livingston His SEN
tence was for one year and one day. He
had but one more day to serve when he es-
capped, having been received at the prison
April 1, 1898. There Is an indictment against
him In Blount county.
Birmingham Defeated
Montgomery had it's first experience In
Cnn hoc ahoD
financial standpoint it was a great success.
There were about 500 people in attendance.
The game was between team from the
Birmingham City League and Ted Suli-
vans professionals. Sullivan has a fast
team, and they won over the birmingham
amateurs by a scorc of u to L.
The first six innings of the game were as
smooth and interesting as any professional
game; but in the sixth Alexander OF Mont
gomery. ran into Grievie, of Birmingham,
on second, disabling him. Grievie's face
was badly scratched and his lip torn open.
The Birmingham boys made a good show
ing.
Scrambling For Once
No appointment which the governor has
had to make has probably caused him more
worry than the Elmore probate Judgeship.
The Elmore democrats seem to have a
greed for office. There are about a dozen
applicants, and each of them send over del
returned from Birmingham this morning
there were a half dozen delegations await
ing him, and they kept him very busy all
day. The appointment seems to be between
Lancaster and Justice.
The Cieburnc Copper Fields
Percy Clarke, of Selma, was in the city
yesterday and furnished an Age-Herald
representative a very interesting story
about the recent DEAL whereby a rich SYM
dicate has become owner of the splendid
copper mines in Cleburne county. Mr..
Clarke is one of the heirs of the Walker
estate, half owners of the property. He
had just returned from New York where
the deal was consummated.
Speaking OF the sale, he said:
"Yes, Stone Hill, one of the most valu-
able mines in this country, has been sold
to Lewsohn Brothers Of New York f0e
fifty thousand dollars. The Walker estate
and r. II. Wilson of New York were the
owners. Tho new owners are among the
strongest of men in the great copper inter-
ests of the world.
For twenty years the former owners
have held 1t, and two or three times have
made sales of 1t at one hundred thousand
dollars. Always something intervened to
spoil the trade. William @. Vivian, the
copper king of Cornwall England, came
to this country, inspected the property and
agreed to buy 1t; parties set up a shadowy
claim, the courts were called in and be-
fore the title was cleared Vivian died
"Deitrct and others opened up the mlnce
for prospecting and sale; one car of ore
hauled twenty miles by wagons over the
mountains and shipped to Newark, N. j.,
smelted near one thousand dollars OF gold,
silver and copper.
at will take half a million dollars to
prospect fully, build railroad some twen-
ty-odd miles and erect smelter.