The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-17
CAMP OF THE THIRD
BOYS HEADING GENUINE soLDfERS
 EXISTENCE.
bnrge Crowd Present to Witness Exer- efses at BFesN Pnrnde--UnveiI-
 ing of the Monument t0
 Pefham Tueaday

Anniston, June f6.-(Special )-Camp John B. Knox settled down to genuine soldier life today and all the soldiers are preparing to make the best of 1t. But one man has been in the hospital and he on account of fever. not being dangerously i'll.
 Major Hearn, Chaplain of General Clarke's staff, arrived in camp today and was well received by the officers and men. RegimentaI Chaplain Dr. E. D. MeDougal of Florence. also arrived and was assigned to quarters in the of- ficers' row.
 Lieut.. Col. Hughes, B. Kennedy com manded at dress parade tonight. He put the regiment through evolutions. There was a large crowd present and 1t enjoyed the dress parade. An order was issued appointing Captain Brown of Birmingham as Acting Major. Cap tain Long of Decatur was made officer of the day for tomorrow. Lieutenants Plowman and Watson of Talladega and Birmingham are officers of the guard for tomorrow.
 Gen. W. W. Brandon arrived this af- ternoon and is the guest of Colonel Me- Kleroy. He will probably remain in camp through Tuesday.
 On Sunday Dr. McDougar will preach at the camp and on next Tuesday the
  the monument to gallant Pelham by Camp John H. Caldwell, United Sons of Veterans.
 dance given tonight was attended by a large number of officers.
 All of the soldier boys are orderly and seem to be enjoying the eneamp- ment
 Ollie Kebaugh. an electrician em- ployed by the Southern Bell Telephone s,. 1tN Ir IaA ..f 4 o'clock this afternoon by coming fin contact with live wire. Shortly after the accident the dead man was put on a street car and brought to this city Five hundred volts of electricity passed through Kebaugh's body and |strange to say the current was felt by Lineman Pearee, who held the same wife, but was standing on the ground Kebaugh hung suspended to the wires after receiving the fatal shock and was brought to the ground by guy rope being attached to him. Mir. Kebaugh came to Anniston iron Florence, about four years ago and has been with the Southern Bell Telephone Company since then. For a while ht was with the company in Talladega. Al the time of the accident MT. Kebaugf was doing a linemans work and was on the cross arm of a pole. He was g practical Hneman ana was aIWays cautious in dangerous work. The un- fortunate man was about 23 years ol6 and married. His infant Is desperately i'll. His relatives live in Florence. H. was a brother-in-law of Carl Finch O. this city.
 The jury in the case of W. T. Owens who was tried for murder, returned { verdict of not guilty today after being out twenty-eight hours. When the jury retired Wednesday afternoon it stood seven for acquittal and five for con viction. Yesterday morning ther were only two for conviction and lat yesterday afternoon one of them joined the other forces. The remaining maI held out until this morning when ; unanimous verdict of not guilty wa rendered. owens was charged witt the murder of Tom Cobb. near Chocco locco. The plea set up by him wa self defense. The killing was done il | dispute over a land line.
 D. T. Smith has happened to two very singular and painful accident | lately While handling lumber a | Kaplans new building one of the fin gers of his left hand was crushed off Tuesday afternoon he was watching men load ice at the factory. and thought lessly rested his left hand on the ic' slide when big block of Ice cam' along and mashed off another finger O. | the same hand.