The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-22
UNIFORMS SENT TO GEORGIA.
THEY WILL GO DIRECT TO CAP
TAINs OF COMPANIES.

Invoice Only. Sent 10 the AdJutaht
Generals Omce-SeveraI shipments
Made TO savannah Companies.
o'Meara Indicted for Larceny After
Trust-Cases Argued I'm supreme
Court-Kendrick VIII stop Cock
Fights on the Government HeSer-
walton.
Atlanta. March 21.-The invoice for the
first consignment of new uniforms for the
state troops was received at the Ad-
tutant Generals office to-day.
The uniforms have been shipped TO the
captains of the companies, which have
UP to this time made requisition for the
goods, and the uniforms will not be dis
tributed from the Adjutant Generals Of
fee as was expected. There are 100 uni
forms in the shipment
~ The following captains of Georgia com
panies will receive the uniforms in
few days: Capt. p f. Gleason, Savan-
nah; Capt. w. H. Tucker Columbus;
Capt. Henry P. Hure, Greensboro; Capt.
II. NJ. Dorsey, Atlanta; Capt H. w. An
derson. Atlanta; CaptW. L. Grayson Sa-
vannah; Capt A. J. Renkl, Augusta;
Capt. r. E. L. Williamson. Rome; Capt.
G. A. Gordon, Savannah; Capt, H. L.
Harrison Atlanta; Capt. NJ. A. Erskine,
Atlanta; Capt. O.. w. Griffin, Eastman;
Capt S F. Foster, Madison; Lieut.. II.
NJ Moore, Dublin; Capt. J. r. Atwater,
Thomaston; Capt. ]. H. Smith, Griffin;
Capt A. Gordon Cassels, Mcintosh; Capt.
George p. Walker, Savannah; Capt. r.
D. Fox, Darien.
The sharpshooters' certificates and
badges were received to-day by the At
lanta troops who qualified during 1899.
They were sent out from Col. George t.
Cam, inspector of rifle practice of Geor-
gia, at Savannah.
Indictment of O'Meara.
Eighteen true bills and eleven no bills
were found by the grand jury to-day
Among the true bills returned, was one
against j. B. O'Meara, who was indicted
for larceny after trust. The prosecutor in
the case was G. T. Dodd, the head of the
G. T. Dosid Grocery Company, from whom
It Is alleged OMeara took more than $1,000
The bill of indictment sets out the sums
which OMeara is said to have taken from
the various creditors of the Dodd Com
pany and appropriated to his own use.
OMeara's bond was fixed at 1925.
No bill was found against L. NJ. Talbot,
the Macon broker who was charged by
S. R. Sheldon with Incorporating $500,
which the latter had entrusted to him to
invest in cotton futures.
Supreme Court Cases.
The following cases at the heel of the
docket for the October term, 1899, were
argued to-day in the Supreme Court: Nor
ris ct al VS. Dodd, trustee; A. p. Her
rington ct al VS.. Nj. l.. Tolbert ct al;
Central of Georgia Railway Company VS..
II. L. Edwards; Savannah, Thunderbolt
and Isle of Hope Railway VS.. Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah.
No Cock Fights, Says Kendrick.
Maj. Frederick NJ. Kendrick. command
ant of the post at Mcpherson barracks,
said to-day that he knew nothing of the
cock-fghts that were brought off there.
but upon investigation he found there was
a main there Sunday He says:
II have issued orders to have the reser-
walton heavily patrolled and to arrest any
one caught fighting chickens. l will have
them turned over to the civil authorities
fer prosecution. No infraction of the state
laws will be permitted on the military re-
servation."