The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14
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Mobile. Dec. 13.-(Special. .)-John K. Evans takes charge of The Advertiser s city circulation in Mobile beginning Sun day, December 14th. Mir. Evans has for some years been the superintendent of circulation of The New Orleans Times Democrat, in Mobile. but owing to The Advertisers recent advent into this city and the popularity with which 1t has met amongst the newspaper readers, MT Evans has concluded to resign his posi- similar place with thesster growing Advertiser. Mir. Evans will take great care in looking after the delivery of his paper to regular spbscriPgs in all parts of the city. Orders for deiivery,' news items or complaints may be, left at The Advertisers new heAdquarters. 116 North Royal Street, corner St. Louis Street or telephone Bell 4T or Home telephone Ss6: Call up MT. Evans and ask about special inducements to new subscrioers. Ine Daily and Sunday edition for only 6 cents per month delivered anywhere.
 Colonel S. M. Mills, commander of the coast defense district, comprising Pensa- cola, Key West, Fort Morgan and New Ol1eAfis, arrived here yesterday and was ffet b the commanding officer of Fort Morgan and Gaines and escorted to the United States Government steamer Foe on which the run to Fort Morgan was made in short order and an lnspection
 
 Western cost of the entrance to Mobile Bay was visited. The work of rehabili- tating this one-time important fortif1ca- ton is fast being pushed to completion and the visit there was to note the pro- gross of the work.
 Colonel Mills returned to Mobile last night and left at once for Fort Jackson, near New Orleans, to inspect that inn portant coast defense station.
 l. l. GroN NfR at al n mel Mills to Fort Morgan, he having only recently been assigned to this district. Colonel kenzie, who was trans ferred to a northern district.
 Fort Morgan, as perhaps known to a majority of readers of The Advertiser, is located on a sand plot at the extreme southwestern corner of Baldwin County, Alabama, and thirty miles distant from Mobile by the bay channel route. At the fort is full complement of Uncle Sam's s blue coats. and the humdrum daily rou- tine of military life is seldom disturbed. On the night of the 18th of March, last however, there occurred an incident of either officers or privates. Jcseph Steward, a private of Company g.. coast artillery, in a disturbance, killed Emile Kuhn who, only few days pre- vious, had received an honorable dis charge and was arranging to leave for his home in the North
 The killing created unusual excitement in and about the fort. The grand jury of Baldwin County indicted Steward for murder He was secured by the civil and taken to safe quarters, for fear of summary punishment.
 At the November term of the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Steward was arraigned and tried and a verdict was rendered, the penalty against the pris- oner being ten years in the penitentiary.
 The verdict was not at all to the liking of many of the former comrades of Kuhn. who was held in very high esteem at the fort. and it was then discussed very free ly. This discontent, it is learned, grew stronger when 1t became known that the court had set aside the verdict of the jury on a motion by the defense It is understood the latter action of the court was due to prior ruling as to a charge submitted for presentation to the jury.
 The case Is to come up again at the April term of the Baldwin Circuit Court, and your correspondent Is informed that there will be detail of soldiers from the fort, aside from the witnesses present at the hearing. It Is undrstood that tht.; detail will be present for the specific purpose In event an acquittal is brought in. of taking charge of Steward in the rame of the Government, to appear be- fore a courtmartial, The forthcoming trial is one of the principal topics among the soldiers at the fort.
 German Relief Hall last night was the scene of fine entertainment by local talent given for the benefit of the Hall fund of Camp Raphael Semmes No II