The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-11
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Mobile. Nov 10-<s pecial.) )--Gsovernor Jelks passed through tiie city this after noon en route to New Orleans. He tele- graphed to Colonel Dun 1ont commanding the 1st regiment, Alabama National Guard, to be ready, to .a sspond to the call of Sheriff Powers if tn necessity arose to protect the jail in whi ch is incarerated Louis Wyatt the negre who yesterday attempted criminal asSa ult on tine little Konstanzer girl, and to meet him with Sheriff Powers at the del ,ot.
 Colonel Dumont replie that all was quiet here but that he would meet the Governor. Sheriff Pows rs and Colonel Dumont met Governor Je iks and after a consultation by the advice of the Gov ernor. Sheriff Powers called on Colonel Dumont to have one com pany in the ar- mory ready to respond if aid is needed to defend the jail. Colonel Dumont there- upon issued orders for Company B, Lomax Rifles, to assemble at the armory. and other companies were warned to be ready for a call.
 A petition is being circ, Hated among the citizens asking Judge Ser nmes of the City Court to place the case of Wyatt first on the docket of the Move. nber term. The petition Is being generally signed, and at last accounts bore the signatures Of some three hundred citizens. In this way a more speedy trial can be secured than if a special term of the court was called as the grand jury will sit next week and the case can thus be tried by the first Of the month whereas it will require at least thirty days to call a special term or the court under the, law.
 A mob gathered about the central police station last night with the intention of lynching Wyatt The child's father head ed the mob The chief of police assured the crowd that the negro would be pun- ished, but told them they must let the law take its course. At midnight compar- ative quiet had been restored. although many people were still i n front of the station, clamoring for the negro.
 City Attorney B. B. Boone, Capt. W. C.. Fitts and Col. E. L. Russell General Su- perintendent of the Mobile and Ohio Rail- road. left this afternoon in the latter's s private car. Messrs. Boone and Fitts go to Montgomery and Colonel Russell will continue his journey to Washington.
 H. Parker of this city will shortly begin the construction of a hardwood mill on Chicasabogue Creek with a capacity of 20,O0O feet a day. The site has not yet heen selected. but he has several under CCnSlQeratlOns
 The fire department was called to the home of Henry Gaines on Broad Street tonight to extinguish a chimney fire. The damage was small.
 The figures from the custom house show that the total imports for the month of October at this port reached valuation | of $260, ,S26 The total trade of the port for the month of October compared with the same month last year was as follows
 Exports, $1.216S93, against sl, ,43s,9l4 same month last year; imports, $26o, ,S26; against | 5,219 last year.
 | Quite a number of the members of the | Mobile bar left this afternoon for Mont
 gcmery to attend the meeting of the Su- preme Court.
 The Nettie Quill left tonight for Mont | gomery with barges, and carried out the largest freight of the season.
 The Mallory Line steamer Colorado sail | ed this morning for New York heavily