The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-13

father knock down and stamp the boy.
 Coroner Tice and a physician examined the body. They reported that death had
 been caused by an inhuman beating. Cole man and his wife deny the charges in
 full. ..t, -,-..'
 A. IT. ;HILLER. special examiner of the Civil Service Commission, has been con-
 ductipgs an examination in the United
 States Court room in Montgomery the
 past two days for departmental clerks
 and railway mail clerks. He has been
 assisted by the local board which con sists of W. l.. Campbell. Chief Clerk in
 the United States Engineers office: F. P.
 Chaffee. chief of the local Weather Blu reau. and United States Commissioner
 L. J. Dawson. There were about forty
 applicants. a large percentage of them
 being women.
 THE MONTGOMERY GREYs have do.
 mated $l5 toward the building of, the Home
 for Confederate Soldiers at Mountain Creek. At the last meeting of the Greys. a resolution appropriating $i5 from the company funds to Camp Jeff Falkner.
 which Is building the Home. was unani-
 mously carried. The Greys were first of all military companies in the State to lead of In giving material assistance to the helpless soldiers of tho Lost Cause. The famous organization took active and patriotic part in the great struggle be- tween the States. It furnished its quota of brave men to the army of the South. Tho record of the company in time of war Is remembered and treasured by tho younger men who now make up the Greys r...
 SECRETARY VIRGIL GRIFFIN of the Alabama Railroad Commission. received a telegram yesterday telling him of the serious illness of his grand mother. Mrs. W. A. Hodges. at Wetumpka- He left with Mrs. Grimm for Wetumpka yester- oldest residents of Elmore County. She is now N years of age and nas enjoyed very good health until this last spell of sickness. She Is greatly esteemed in Wetumpka. Mr. Griffin's news was that Ter condition was regarded as being very dangerous. She Is a sister of Dr. Joshua Foster. for many years a member of the faculty of the University of Alabama.
 BY RECOMMENDATION of Colonel Harvey E.. Jones. State Tax .Commis- sioner. Governor Jelks has appointed A. s. Mcleod of Troy to be Tax Commis- sioner of Pike County. The Governor yesterday appointed F. E. St. John of Cullman Notary Public.
 J.. P. JORDAN the Montgomery negro who is charged with pension frauds was bound over yesterday by United States John A. Elmore to await tho action of tse federal grand jury. His bond was iixed at 1900 which Jordon promptly made. The hearing vas con cluded yesterday morning.
 THE ALABAMA Supreme Court will
 ok osA H. and adjourn until Tuesday morning when cases from the Fifth Judicial Division will be called. This division consists of the counties of Chambers, Cbilton, Coosa, | Lee, Macon, Russell and Tal- | lapoosa.
 MOUNTED OFFICERS Graham and | Smith last night at l:30 o'clock made | a large haul of small negro crap shoot | CTS The crap game was discovered near | the shops of the Plant System. The of | fcers succeeded in bagging six of the par ncipants. They ranged in age from F To 2S. The crowd which was locked up gave the following names: Gus Peining, | win Anglin. P. J. CIfttenden, Hebert | Foster. Collie McGee. Oliver Watson.
 AT A REGENT meeting of the Execu- tive Committee of the Alabama StaIe Bar Association, Captdln F. \. Grdnam and George W. Jones were appointed committee to look after matteTS relating to the transportation of delegates and | members of the Association to its annual meeting to be held in Huntsville on the ith of July.
 THE CASE of Jerome w stephens through his guardian against the Mont | xomcry Transfer Company was tried yes | terday in the civil division ct the City | Court Jerome stephens who lis q lad