The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-13
H, ]. GILLIAN DIES IN ALEXANDER CITY Was Nominee for Chancellor in Southeastern Division SAYRE REFUSES DIVORCE Court Decree States That Neither Party In Randolph Case Has
 Proved Cause for Legal
 Separation.
SAYRE REFUSES DIVORCE

Montgomery, August 12-(speeial)- News was received in the city today of the sudden death at Alexander City, of the Hon. Harry J. Gilam democratic nominee for chancellor of the southeast ern chaneery division. The end came very unexpectedly this morning. Mir. Gillian lives at Wetumpka. but was attending coArt at Alexander City. The funeral will take I,ace at Wetumpka no doubt. It is not known what the cause of death was. MT. G'llam was nominated for chancel- Tor at the democratic primary in April last, ever five other applicants. He re- oeived a good vote and was arranging hIs business to take up his new work as soon as the election had been held
 The death of Mr. Gillian will make 1t necessary to nominate another man ahead of the election on November 8. The oth- CT candidates at the April primary were Waiter W. Whiteslde of Annston, B. B. Bridges Goodwater; R. A. D. Dunlap, Gadsden. and E. W. Oliver Lafayette Chairman ". P Acker of the democratic committee of the division, will no doubt call the committee together in few days and make arrangements to fill the vacancy. This may be done either by the committee or by calling a primary to make the selection.
 Sketch of Mir. Gillian.
 Hally Johnson Gillian was born Jan 1 uary 4' lSo2, near Dadeville, in Talla- poosa county, and was son of Harry l Gillian and Mary A Johnson Gillam. He l was educated in the common schools with one year at the Virginia Military insti- l ute and one year at the state univer- slty and ''eeaa the practice of law in le'o at padeville and Alexander City He moved to Wetumpka in 1903 He was mayor of Dadeville for seven l or eight terms, and member of the legislature from Tallapoosa county in l9OO-Ol. He was a member of the Meth odist church and was married In Coosa county March 22, 1879. to Miss Pamelia ] Newton Parker He leaves a wife and six children four of whom are prac- tically grown.
 Reward Is Offered. The governor has offered a reward of $20O for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of J. c. Bull in Choctaw county. MT Bull had been to a funeral and was riding along the road on his return. Just as he reached a bunch of trees some one fired on him from blind and killed him. It has been impossible to locate the parties who com
  sought the help of the state. After shoot ing MT Bull the murderers crushed in his skull with a club.
 Judge J. P. Hubbard of the Twelfth circuit is i'll at his home in Troy. and the governor has appointed H. H. Black man of the Enterprise bar to hold the circuit court. which convenes at Enter prise August 22.
 School Tructees.
 The chairman of boards ot school trus- tees in the various counties of the state will meet tomorrow to select county boards of education for the counties This applies to every county in the state save Baldwin, Mobile and Escambia, which have special laws. The county boards, of which the county superintendents are members, have control of the schools in l every detail. Chief Clerk Harry c. Gun nells of the state superintendent of edu- | cation, will attend the meeting in Jef- | ferson, where there will be something over 100 chairmen. He will make speech | on the school laws.
 Divorce Is Denied.
 Judge A. D. Sayre of the Mont | gomery court of equity has refused | to grant a divorce to Mrs. Salla N. Ran dolph, wife of Francis c. Randolph, for | mer probate judge of Montgomery county. | Judge Randolr.. it will be remembered | became involved in the conduct of his office and left the country, going to Co., lombia. While there he inherited a large | fortune from an uncle in Philadelphia. | Before he returned Mrs. Randolph enter l ed suit for divorce and also. later on, asked for alimony.
 Judge Randolph filed a cross bill and | asked an accounting of the residue of his | inheritance from his uncle. This residue | amounted to $10,000 and is on deposit with | the register In his decree the judge says | that the court is of the opinion that neith- CT party has proved a cause for divorce. | He reserved his decision regarding the | money held by the register.
 Mrs. Randolph filed her bill while the | judge was prisoner In Colombia and one | of the reasons for divorce was that he | had been convicted of a crime, which, un- | der the laws in certain cases is ground | for divorce It was contended, and Judge l Sayre evidently agrees with it. that the | 7 conviction of the judge was secured in Q | foreign country, where there is lax ad- | minstration of law and inadequa<e un- | derstanding of responsibility, and that l such conviction is not conviction in the | eyes of the law of this country. The impression has gotten out that | Judge Randolph and his attorneys were | not willing to go to trial last Monday | when the cases charging embezzlement | l against him were called in the criminal | court. This is not the case. They were | } ready and anxious to go into hearing at | once so that the matter may be gotten i | off the books They thought the cases , should be mol pressed and Congressman Wiley so argued. but they were ready for trial if they were not dismissed
 May Have Gone to Panama. It Is reported that Virgil Griffin, for 1 many years secretary of the Alabama railroad commission. and now holding the position. has gone to Panama to secure, if possible, the clerkship of the new court established there. . It will be remembered that the president l appointed Judge Osceola Kyle judge of the court, and he sailed for Panama July 19. Mr. Griffin has not been in his office , since that time and it is said that he went along with Judge Kyle. There is no one to affirm the report as MT Grif- fms family is out of the city Judge Kyle is very fond of Mir Griffin, having been member of the railroad commission and closely associated with him for some time It is well known that he would , favor MT. Griffin in any way possible.
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