The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-31
Mosaic Templars.

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 Mosaic Tsmplars.
 The Mosaic Templars of America are in session at St. Johns Colored Metho. dist FEpiscopal Church on Third Ave nue. The convention will remain in session until Friday night. The organ. izatlan is made up of colored people and representatives are present from Ala bama, Tennessee. Georgia, Arkansas Texas, Illinois. Mississippi. Missouri Louisiana and Indian Territory. Ma tional Grand Master c. W. Keats oi Little Rock is presiding. Some six hundred delegates are in attendance At tonight's session welcome addresses were delivered by Rev. J. A. Hunter J. P. Brown, Rev. J. c. A. wilhits and Miss Rosetta Williams. Responses were made by R. g. Jenkins, State Burpheett of Poplar Bluff, Mo-; Mrs. A. J. Jackson Of Nashville and J. E. Bush of Arkansas.
 Attempt to Rob Telephone ofaee. The details of a supposed attempt to rob the Peoples Home Telephone office at Avondale and possibly attack Miss Lille Thornton, the night opera tor at that place. which occurred about 3:s0 o'clock yesterday morning leaked out today. Miss Thornton was In charge of the office and was alone al the time. The operating room was on the second story and the window was raised. She heard noise, and. looking around saw a man with his head through the window. She screamed and the man stopped for a moment on the sill of the window. Charles Falker heard her scream and came to her res cue. Falkner had a revolver and was about to shoot when the man dropped from the window thkty-five feet to the ground below. As soon as he struck. however, he sprang up and fired at Faikner, who returned the fire. The intruder escaped and so far as is known is not hurt. It appears that the man had climbed up a pole and had made his way from the pole to the window on large cable.
 Negro Found Under Bed.
 Willie Locke, Q sixt.en-year-old ne- gro. was found under the bed in the room of Mrs, Rowe, who conducts boarding house at No. 2212 Third Ave- nue. near midnight last night and after being securely tied was taken to the Police Station where he was locked up on a charge of burglary and grand larceny. For the past two nights Mrs. Rowe's house has been burgiarized, the sum of $4 being missed from her room last night. After the money had been missed a thorough search of the place was made by boarders and the negro was found under Mrs. Rowe's bed. He confessed to the burglaries. He was held to the grand jury in the Inferior Criminal Court by Judge Feagin under :, bond of S900,
 Motorman and Engineer Arrested.
 Motorman J. E. Moore of the Bir' mingham Railway. Light and Power Company and Engineer I. A. CogbilI of the Louisville and Nashville Rail road, who are held responsible by the Coroner's jury for the recent collision on a crossing of the two<oads at East Birmingham, have been arrested. Both men immediately made bond and were released. They will be tried before the Criminal Court at the fall term. The offensa charged is only a misdemeanor.
 Coal for Export.
 Some fifty cars of coal arc being shipped out of this district for export daily. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Is sending thirty i've cars a day by the way of Pensa- cola and Tampieo, Mex, for use by the Mexican Central Railroad. The Bes" semer Land and Improvement Com pany is forwarding about fifteen cars a day. to various export points. The Tennessee Company's Mexican order amounts to 100000 tons.