The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-31
JUDGE I. t. JONES
 ADJOURNS COURT
As Mark of Respect to Gen.
 s. D. Lee
MILITARY ENCAMPMENT
Campaign Expense Account of Con- gressman Underwood Is $162e.37, Negro Is Rewarded for Say.
 ing Life of E. w. Bliss.

| Montgomery, May 90-(Speeial)-As a.
 mark of respect for the memory of Gen.
 stephen D. Lee. who was buried today.
 and also on account of national memorial l day, Judge Thomas G. Jones adjourned 1 me United States court for the Middle
 district. In doing so he paid high com l pliment to the dead leader and also talked of the sublime spectacle of members of the northern armies paying tribute to
 the dead leader of the south, as many of them are doing. The judge said
 "Gentlemen:-The court will not trans act any business today. It is the day uf
 the burial of Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee. He was a commander of great
 ability and a soldier of dauntless courage l and stainless life. He did great things
 for his people in the days of peace as we'll
 as in the time of strife He followed
 in the footsteps of Robert E. Lee and
 devoted some of the best years of his fife
 to the training of the youth of the coun-
 try, and instilling into their minds high
 ideals of civic duty and broad and eu- frightened standards of patriotism.
 ''rhe sweetness of his life, as well as his glorious career as a soldier made his
 old comrades instinctively turn to him to take the place of the beloved Gordon
 as commander-in-chief of the United
 Confederate Veterans. His life and serv- ices common heritage of the Amer ican people, and it is fitting that all of US should pay homage to his memory. This is also the day set apart by statute, and a beautiful custom of the
 country, to pay honor to the memory Of
 those who fell in the armies of the Unit sd States during the Civil War. All now realize, no matter to which side his heart went out in that struggle, that it was one beQueathed to the generation of that day by the generations which preceded l it, and grew out of compromised, but nor l settled differences, relating to the princi- ples as to where the ultimate sovereignty | ct the people lay. That struggle has long 1 since passed into history. It brought forth l sacrifices and herosm and a spirit of | conservation to duty on both sides, which | will forever honor the American name. | It is meet, therefore, that court of common country should pause in it's ordi- nary duties. Throughout this land wa | will today witness the sublime moral | spectacle of tributes by the veterans who | fought on the other side, and who have
 met to honor their own dead, paid to | the memory of great southern leader
 who is this day borne to the tomb. In | 10 country but our own could such things happen. They give assurance of the sta- | bility of institutions, and the reign l of broad and enlightened patriotism. | The court will now stand adjourned until | 10 o'clock Monday morning"
 Military Enoampment.
 | On his return from Washington today l Gen. Bibb Graves of the Alabama Ma l tional Guard announced that the three infantry regiments and the artillery bat talion would go into camp with the regu- | lars at Chickamauga on July 23, for 10 days The cost of such a movement will be not far from s50,000, as, under the new regulations the railroad fare is the mala item of expense.
 | The fact that the Alabama troops are | Chickamauga means much for the better l to go to camp with the regulars ar
 n.ent of the forces of the state. The as- | signment of the three infantry regiments and the battalion of artillery will take in all the state troops for such practice this year, save the cavalry squadron The coast artillery was in camp week With the regulars at Fort Morgan.
 The brigade will be under the manage
 ment of Gen. Louis V. Clarke of Birming-
 ham, who IS the active head of the forces of the state in service. Gen. Bibb Graves
 being the adjutant general and chief of
 staff. Col. R. B. DuMont of Mobile will command the first infantry, Col. c. R.
 Bricken of Montgomery the third, and Col. w. H. McElroy of Anniston the third.
 With the exception of a few companies,
 which must either come up or get out of the service, the Alabama troops are in
 fine shape. General Graves has found hat ha n Q build and as a rule fully up to the stan
 dard of any state socially and intellec- tualy.
 Railroad Commission.
 | The Alabama railroad commission will have very little to hear Monday when it meets in regular session. The members have a few things yet undecided, among them the shipping charge troubles on the Birmingham Southern railway, long a part of the docket on motion of the Wood -Dickerson Lumber company. The only cases docketed are these Gen. | trsl of Georgla, depot at Fitzpatrick; Louisville and Nashville, Sunday train | from Opp to Florala; Frisco to close | agencies at Crews and Uniontown. AS th9 l Central has made plans for the depot at
 Fitzpatrick that will be taken off. Underwood's Expenses.
 | The expense account of o. w. Under ] wood. who was nominated for Congress l in the Ninth district, has been filed with | the Secretary of States, and strange to
 say, without opposition he spent over l S16OO0 The items are given as follows: | Assessment $175, railroad and hotel, l sl6s5O; printing and advertising in every l way, s659.s7; clerk hire, $625; total, N62sS1. i William w. Brandon, auditor is back | from Mobile, where on Thursday he de- l liyered an address before the High school. | yuban Q aLed for an expressiOn with regard