The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-14
NEWS AT THE STATE CAPITOL.
COL. HOBBS APPOINTED JUDGE OF
ALBANY CITY COURT.

Prison Commissioners to Inspect the
Prison Farm-I Trustees
to BE Named This Week-Ncw Mil
itarv Examining Board at Thorn
nsviIIc-Famine in Fertilizer Tags.
Massachusetts Man Who wanted a
RIoodhound-A New Electric Rail-
way.
Atlanta. Jan 13.-Gov. Gambler was in
his office to-day, having returned TO the
CITY last night He went to Bristol Tenn
summoned there to confer with a party
of gentlemen upon purely personal mat
ter The conference was 10 have been held
at Dalton, but the other members being
delayed, it was changed to Bristol, the
Governor continuing his journey and
meeting the party there.
The Governor said this afternoon he
would make the appointments of Univer-
sity trustees TO succeed Coils. a. r. Mac
Intyre and John Screven, sometime next
week.
one of the first acts he did to-day was
to confirm the Morning News prediction
by appointing Hon. Richard Hobbs, judge
of the City Court of Albany, to succeed
Judge c. B. Wooten, resigned.
The cause of Judge Wootens resignation
was i'll health. Although Judge Wooten's
resignation stated that 1T was TO take eff
feet Immediately upon the appointment of
a successor. the Governor recites that
Judge Hobbs commission will date from
Feb. l. And he will hold till next October
when the Governor will send in his name
for confirmation by the Senate for the en-
tire unexpired term.
The members of the prison commission
will visit the prison farm al Milledgeville
next week remaining there Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday. They will re-
turn in time to pass upon the application
of Phillip benson of Decatur county for
Communication of the death sentence, the
Governor having postponed the execution
from yesterday to next Friday.
Military Orders.
Acting Adjutant Byrd to-day issued an
order establishing a military examining
board at Thomasvlle In the conduct of
the examinations, the board will be guild
ed by the provisions and requirements of
articles V and VI of the regulations for
the government of the volunteer forces
of the state, adopted April Is, 1895
The board is composed of Lieut.. Col
Thomas N. Hopkins, Maj. L. II. Jerger
and Capt. Charles VI. Smith of the Fourth
Infantry. Lieuttenants-elect J. II. Brown
and A II. Willingham, who We're ordered
TO report to the Albany board for exam
nation, will appear before the Thomas
Vile board, the order having been changed.
Almost "a Tag Famine.
There came near being a fertilizer tag
famine in the state, and but for the quick
action of Assistant Agricultural Commits
~.
farmers, TOO, for that matter, would have
been put to serious inconvenience
The Philadelphia firm That is now sup
plying the agricultural department with
tags under contract is very slow about
turning them out. as it loses money on
every thousand it is now furnishing. Capt
Wright saw the hole he was about 20 get
into, and at once gave a state firm an
order for million tags TO be delivered at
once. The department has enough tags
on hand to answer every demand until this
evtra million can be supplied.
The orders are coming in pretty fast
now, varying in quantity from day 90 day
Wanted Blood Hound.
Somebody has been imposing upon the
eredulity of G. S. Mcfarland of 40 Bow
douin street. Cambridge, Mass McFar-
land wants to purchase a man-chasng
bloodhound, and says he is informed
that Georgia is well supplied with them
lie requested Secretary of State Cook to
put him in communication with the Geor-
gia prison authorities. Prison Commits
sioner Turner says there is not to his
knowledge a blood hound in the state
Capt. j. w. English, one of the convict
lesses, af1rms this statement There is
a pack of fox hounds a every state con-
vict camp, special trained to scent human
tracks, but neither the state nor any of its
lesses have ever owned a single blood
hound The blood-thrs1y Massachusetts,
lite was informed that he would have to go
elsewhere in quest for man hunter
New Electric Railway.
Secretary of State Cook to-day granted
charter to the Atlanta and Western Rail
way and Power Company to build an cleo
trio railway from Atlanta to AusteI and
thence TO Douglasville with branch to
Marietta, the entire distance to be about
forty-fve miles. The company is CAPT.
talized. at 100000. the incorporators being
Frank s. Mounett. NJ. b. Eampardt and
Eli West of Columbus, o.. l.. c. Lull of
Kalamazoo, Mich. A. +. Childs. w. S
Hays and S D. Collins of Troy. O.. J. S.
Lehman of Elkhardt, Ind, A. H. Cox of
Decatur, r. b. Neal +. p. Black and w
J. Northen of Atlanta, Ga. The construc-
ton of the road is to begin at once.