The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
Interstate Commerce C0mnis- sioner Clements Is Also
 In the Party
MATTERS DISCUSSED
 ARE NOT GIVEN OUT
While the Southern Has Accepted the New Laws the Officials Are Said to Be Anxious About Results
 of the Extra Session.

Montgomery, October 11-(special.)- The presence in the city today of the head officers of the Southern railway and Judson c. Clements, member of the inter state commerce commission, and the fact that they called on and held lengthy conference with Governor Conner, led many to believe that something was about to happen with reference to the call for an extra session of the legislature. Pres i1ent Finley and his assistant, J. s. B. Thompson, and Vice President J. M. Culp made up the railroad party.
 MT. Clements, who is a Georgia man, is here, he says, on a regular trip over the state, and for the purpose of look ing into some complaints made by theN shippers of the state. Nothing was made public of the object of the visit of the railroad men. The Southern is the road which first accepted the new state rate laws, and has always been rather in line with the wishes of the lawmakers. The three officials had a long talk with the governor, but would have nothing to say. However, it is thought that they dis cussed the extra session of the legislature
 
 something of an idea of what the gover- nor had in mind for further control of tAe railroads. Mir. Clements saw the gov ernor for short time only. It is thought that he paid no more than social visit.
 Pardons Granted.
 The following have been pardoned by the governor: Jim Golson, Autauga coun- ty, sent up in 1903 for 15 years for mur- der; Emmett Parham Lawrence county, 20 years for murder, and Dee Golson, Autauga county, 10 years for man. slaughter. It was shown that Golson made model prisoner, ana. that he com mitted the offense in self-defense, also that many good citizens asked for his release There seems to have been doubt of the guilt of Parham and the solicitor and judge ndorse his papers while Dee Golson had been paroed by Governor Jelzs and only had his rights restored. The Furnace Hot Pot and Lining com pany of Birmingham has been incorporated by J. w. Bush and others The capital stock is $5OOO0.
 Notes at Capitol.
 Gov. E. B. Conner left tonight for Tus- ealoosa, where he will attend meeting of the building committee of the uni- yersity.
 Private Secretary W. F. Fort to the Governor, has gone to Blakely Ga., to visit his parents He will bring his mother to Montgomery.
 Holm Gamble was elected senator of the Twenty-fifth district to succeed Lucien Gardner. practically without opposition. ]. S. Carroll of Coffee county who was not in the race, received six votes.
 JuIian's Report.
 Secretary of State Frank N. Julian has filed his report with Governor Conner for the last fiscal year. It was made LID by Chief Clerk Cyrus Brown and shows that the collections were S9493.12. Of this amount the new license on corporations provided the sum of $2130. It was one of these licenses that the Southern railway forfeited when it took a case from state to a federal court. Commissions brought in s1759, and supreme court reports, $3s27 50.
 c. B. Brown. chief clerk to Secretary of State Frank Julian. made up the an- nual report, showing that the office took fin s949312 from October 1, 1906 to Sep tember 30 1907 This is an increase over the year before of s4357 97, as the amount taken in last year was s5lSo.15.
 Work for School.
 Rev. J. M Dannelly, secretary of the Womens College commission, left for Birmingham last night where he goes to interest Methodists of that section in the movement
 Nothing has been done in Montgom- cry as to material developments of the prospective college, besides the securing of an architect, because of the failure to collect the funds necessary. The com mission was guaranteed an amount suffi- cient to begin operations by subscrip- tions but the subscribers have failed to pay the amounts, and so the work lan- gushes, the commission being determine to wait until the money is at hand, rather than start and make failure of the transaction.
 Procrastination seems to have been rife among many connected with the proposi- tion and it is likely that the Alabama conference will at it's next meeting In the early winter. take a firm hold on the affair and begin operations
 Plans for Library.
 At q meeting of the building committee of inc Alabama Polytechnic institute at Auburn held in the office of the Governor this afternoon. plans were accepted for the new Carnegie library building which will cost s30000 and hold 500O0 books. It will be handsome two-story structure and modern in every way.
 An Operator Arrested.
 St Joseph D., October 11.-Joseph Powers. a rail d telegraph operator of Waldron. Mo-, has been arrested by c4o+o, .,tba,ftiae ol,or1o1 ,,,;+,.