The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-04
GENERAL ROssER ILL.
Will Not Re Able to Deliver Expected
 Speech at AnnistOn.

SReGCn RN AmMhBtOHs
 Anniston, June 3.-(Speciai. .)-The unveiling of the Pelham monument promises to be a notable occasion In Anniston. An invitation from the Commercial Club to the people of the whole State to be present was decided upon at this mornings meeting. The 3rd Regiment, A. N. G., will te :n camp here. and will participate in the ceremonies, and 1t Is expected that Governor Jelks will be present. Es- pecially is an urgent invitation to the people of Calhoun and adjoining coun- ties extended, and hundreds are ex- pected Dr. c. J. owens of the Camp of Sons is in receipt of the following letter from Mrs. Thomas l.. Rosser:
 Rugby Hall, May 26. 1905. President c. J. owens:
 My dear Dr. Owens-Your letter to Geieral Rosser asking him to deliver the oratlon at the unveiling of mon- ument to the Gallant Pelham on June 5. was received. but my own illness for two weeks has prevented me from re- plying It grieves me beyond all measure to tell you that General Ros- ser had an attack of apoplexy on the 31st of March, and Is not yet able to write or speak. The doctors assure me that he will recover his speech. Few things could have come into my hus- bands life that would have given him more pleasure and qualification than to have participated in the unveiling, and to have had the opportunity of ex- pressing, in unqualified terms his high estimate and esteem for the Gallant Pelham. Please assure Mrs. Judge Pelham of General Rosser's apprecia- tion of her kind invitation. Yours very cordially,
 "Elizabeth Winston Rosser."
 General Rosser was lifetime com panion of Pelham's They were class mates and room mates at West Point, and when Lincoln issued his proclama- ton, both at the same time resigned their positions in the Federal army. coming on the same train 70 Mont gomery. where they received their commissions as lieutenants in the Con- federate artillery General Rosser was wounded in the battle Tn which Pelham was killed. and both were ta- ken from the field in the same ambu- lance. General and Mrs. Rosser have a son whom they have named John Pelham in honor of the young Major. General Rosser's successor as orator at the unveiling. which has been post poned to the goth, has not been named.
 The election to fill the vacancies caused by the promotion of Captains w. F. Johnston. Jr.. and Arthur WeH- born to stan positions, with Colonel McKleroy, was held last night, result ing in the election of First Sergeant Chivers Woodruff as First Lieutenant and Sergeant James P. Palmer as Sec ond Lieutenant. There were sorty-five members of the organization who par ticipated in the election.
 Jim Eason, a white man, was cap- tured by Deputy Marshal M W. Car den yesterday morning at Tecumseh after he had been a fugitive for nine months. During these months the of- ficers of Georgia and Alabama have been after him but without the sennb- lance of even being SO that could be called close. Eason is wanted for the violation of Section 3242 of the reve- nue law, which is selling whiskey without license near Munford. :n Tal- ladega County. There is also an in- dlctment out for him for a similar of- fense at the same place in ralladega County.
 The KiIby Locomotive and Machine Works, w. w. Stringfellow and oth- CTS of Anniston have incorporated the Birmingham Iron and Casting Works of Birmingham. The capital stock of the concern is $6O.000.
 At a meeting of the Commercial Club yesterday morning 1t was decided to invite President Roosevelt to visit An niston during his trip South next fall.
 On yesterday the final settlements of all accounts of the Ltve-Love Drug Company, defunct, were made by Trus- tee c. Fl. Young. The settlement was made at ratio of IT cents on the dol lar, failure much worse than at first expected.