The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-20
LITTLE WORK DONE
 BY COMMISSION Capitol Property Has Not Been
 Condemned coy. JELKS IS IMPROVING Letter to Secretary Jackson Says He Expects to Return in the Fall
 Completely Restored to .-,.l. Health.
 
GOV. JELKS IS IMPROVING
BY HERvEY w. LAIRD.

was nothing of importance done at the meeting of the Alabama Capitol Building commission this morning, none of the members with tasks in hand being ready to report. The full commission met in the office of Acting Governor Cunning ham at 11:30 o'clock, with the exception of Treasurer J. Craig Smith, who is out of the city The governor presided, and the minutes of the last meeting were ap- proved
 Attorney General Wilson reported that he had not filed papers yet looking to con- demnation of the property on the south end of the capitol lot, as he was directed to do at the last meeting. He had been unable to secure abstracts of the prop erty anl a list of the names of the own CTS. He said he was going along in the matter about as rapidly as possible under the circumstances.
 Secretary Thomas M owen reported that he would have ready by the next meeting a summary of the needs of the various officials of the capitol, as ex- pressed in verbal and written state ment.
 Following this. the time was taken up in a general discussion of ideas of inn provements and changes, but nothing was settled upon either as policy or plan Adjournment was taken, subject to the call of the governor.
 Books All Right.
 The books of the officials of Conecuh county have been examined and reported on by Examiner J. T. German. They in- cluded the following, with time covered as indicated
 Probate Judge F. J. bean. from Septem- Der 1, 1903 to June 30. 1904; Circuit Clerk s. l.. Tisdale, same time; Sheriff w. F. Pridgen, September 1, 1908, to March Sl, 1904; Tax Assessor s. P. Dunn, for the year 1903; Superintendent of Education s. A Lowrey, September 1 to June 30. All the bookkeeping is commended by the examiner, who finds everything in cor rect shape, including all monies, which have been properly paid over. The pro- bate judge is short the hoodoo amount of B cents in his land redemptions. Taxes are given in at 70 per cent of their value, the examiner finds.
 Tayloe Appointed.
 Former Chancellor w. H. Tayloe mas been assigned to the experiment station at Uniontown by the governor, taking the place of director made vacant by the resignation of Alexander Sledge.
 Capt. A. s. Morgan, United States army, who has been assigned to duty at the brigade encampment, Alabama Ma tional guard, now on at Birmingham, re- ported to Acting Governor Cunningham this morning. He was ordered to report to Gen. L. V. Clark at Birmingham at once, and he left here on the early morn ing train to do so.
 Private Secretary to the Governor J. Iy; ir ole ald a large of the city of Montgomery has re- turned from Uniontown, where he went to bring Mrs. Jackson home. He hurried back in order to be at the meeting of the council last night. There Is no more popular man in the state capitol force than MT. Jackson, who has been with several governors at the desk he now oc- cupies, and has seen his post become one of the best paid in the service of the state.
 Hill Was on Hand.
 l. w. Hill, state superintendent of ed ucation. is back from St. Louis, where he attended the meeting of the National Education association and the demo- cratic national convention. He was In the convention hall the night Judge Par kers famous telegram was announced and says he never saw anything like 1t. He is enthusiastic over the ticket and platform and thinks the democrats have fine chance for success.
 The Rev Robert L. Bell of Dothan, pas tor of the Presbyterian congregation there, passed through the city today en route to Opelika, where he will attend meeting of the home mission committee of the East Alabama presbytery. Dr. E. P. Davis of Opelika is the chairman of the committee, which was called to meet this afternoon. The Rev. Dr. G. w. Pat terson and the Rev. Dr. Neal L. Ander- son of Montgomery also went over, be- ing themselves members.
 D. S. Wells, citizen of British Hon. duras, was in the city yesterday, en route to Tampa, Fla, having come up from Mo bile earlier in the day. From Tampa he will go to St. Louis, where he will see the exposition and look up old friends. MT. Wells lives at Wellsport, town named for him in the country of his choice. He went there a young man 21 years ago, and has made lot of money. He is a native of Missouri, raised in St. Louis. lie says Central America is a good coun- try and destined to become greater as time goes by. Now an English colony, it is growing slowly but it's trade has be- come very extensive during the last de- cade. He is engaged in the fruit bus- ness raising besides bananas several other kinds of tropical fruits. He is very brown and shows effects of his exposure to the sun.
 Fines Remitted.
 The governor has remitted the fines or Sam Wingard and Peter Pennacchio. who were convicted in Montgomery county for violating the revenue laws. and taxed with sf5 each In his endorsement on the pa pers, Acting Governor Cunningham says:
 "The solicitor agreed to recommend that the fine be remitted on condition that they pay the license to the state. This recom- mendation was made In open court. the judge, however. holding that the fine could be remitted only by the chief execu- tive of the state Therefore let said fine of $15 each be remitted.''
 New Corporations.
 The following corporations have been certified to by probate judges and notice filed with the secretary of state:
 N l.. Castlemen Mercantile company, Greensboro, capital stock 5000. Incorpor- ators, N. L. Castleman. Greensboro; A. l.. and A. c. Selden. Mobile
 Yeatman-Reynolds company, Birming- ham. capital stock 5000 J. T. Yeatman, w. H. Dickson and Robert H. Thach, in- corporators.
 White & Davis Telephone company, Co., lumbiana, Shelby county, capital stock sI00o0. Incorporators, J. R. White, w. r. Davis. w. P White and N. Davis. Lines are to be built in Shelby county.
 Birmingham Storage and Warehouse company. Birmingham. capital stock 5000 Incorporators. F. T. and c. H. Schuler