The age-herald., 1901-10-24
IS MAKING READY
 FOR STREET FAIR Large Crowds Expected in Montgomery Next Week GOVERNOR GOES HUNTING Elections Held to Fill Vacancies In the Second ReoIment-John
 MorrelI Dles-Runaway
 Girl Arrested.
GOVERNOR GOES HUNTING

Preparations for Montgomery's great free fall festival are well under way. The decorators are fast at work, and already the city has on It's gala attire.
 The festival will begin Monday and continue throughout next week. The plan is on the order of the past street fairs except that the lower class, or fake at fractions, are not to be permitted. Each day will have its special event. Regatta Day will possibly be most interesting, the two crack crews of the United States making a race for the championship. This race will take place on the Ala bama river fronting the union passenger station. Another day to be made espe- cially attractive will be the raising of the flag poles presented the State by Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson.
 It is expected that larger crowds will attend the fair this year than ever be- fore.
 Governor Jelks returned to the city last night from Eufaula, where he spent couple of days with his family. The Gov ernor was entertaining his two brothers, Dr. Jelks of Hot Springs and MT. R. c. Jelks of Birmingham. The Governor tells that on Monday the three brothers went bird hunting but not quail was found until late in the afternoon, when he alone was left in marshy cane patch to bang away at two fine oovies. "The cane was just up to my neck, said the Governor, land I banged away time after time. but never a quail could touch.''
 The Governor was kept busy with his official duties today.
 An election was held by the Second regiment Alabama National Guard today to fill the vacancy caused by the promo tion of Major B. H. Graves to colonel and the promotion of Major H. B. May to lieutenant colonel. Four candidates are trying for the vacancies. These are Cap tain 0. F. Anderson of Montgomery; Cap tain Ernest Carter of Selma, Captain w. A. Collier of Tuscaloosa and Captain J. P. Marchant of Phoenix City. The most &C., tive campaign among the officers has been waged by Captain Anderson and Captain Carter. Captain Marchant has been in Florida, where he has large lum- Der interests, and has taken no part in the campaign beyond his announcement. The officers of the Montgomery com pany unite in the prediction that the win ners will be Anderson of Montgomery and Carter of Selma.
 John Morrill,, an, aged and influential citizen of Montgomery, died in the city inhrmary this afternoon. ae He was born in New York in 1S23 but came South when merely a boy. He re- mafned in Montgomery until he was 16 years of age, when he went to New Or leans, where he secured a position on the police force of that city At the age of 21 MT. Morrill, was appointed chief of po- lice of New Orleans, and made an ideal officer in that capacity. During Cleve- lands administration he was appointed keeper of the navy yard at Pensacola He served there until the Mckinley ad- ministration, when he moved back to this city.
 From that time on he has been resid- ing with his son at IA whitman street Abount three months ago he was seized with the illness which yesterday proved fatal
 He Is survived by two sons, one an L. and N. railroad conductor and the other Methodist evangelist.
 The police arrested a girl aged about 15 years last night upon receipt of tele- gram from the girls father at Georgiana. The girl gave her name as Willie Miller From the facts obtained at police head quarters it seems that the girl ran away l II Oihi ehO hoAAiO OA noT parents ana came to Montgomery Monday night. She at once went to hotel and secured apart ments there. Yesterday the police offi- cials were notified of the fact that she was in the city, and her father sent in- structions to have her held until his ar rival.
 The police at once made the arrest and the girl remained last night at the city guardhouse. This morning her father ar- rived and the police officials turned the girl over to him. They left on the first train for Georgiana.
 A young white barber giving his name as J. H. Conoway was arrested by the police this morning on charge of seduc- tfon. The warrant of arrest was sent from Escambia County, where the young woman in the case is said to reside. Her name was withheld, Conoway was car ried to Brewton today. The Montgomery Ratification Club held an enthusiastic meeting in the courthouse tonight Speeches by Hon. J. Thomas Hefiin and Gen. George P. Harrison were the main features, both orators making strong speeches in favor of the ratification of the new constsitution. The Montgomery Ratification Club begins with membership of about fifteen hun dred electors, representing one-half of the entire white voting population of the citv