The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

| looking over the field quietly and to your
 correspondent he stated that 1t Is more than likely branch plant will be brought
 to Mobile. Owing to the great number | of saw mills in Mobile and in close proximity he thinks the field fine one and has so informed the people he rep
 resents Mir. Gidden has been most
 favorably impressed with Mobile and sees | a bright prospect for new industris here. | He will make an earnest endeavor to | secure the branch factory for Mobile.
 MT. Glidden left yesterday for New Or
 leans to be the guest of his friend. | Special Agent Donovan in that city and | on his return here expects to be able to give some assurance of success to his
 objective visit.
 A telegram from Washington on Friday
 night stated that the battleship Alabama | would go to New Orleans for the Mardi
 Gras carnival. Chairman Max Ham | burg, Jr., of the Alabama Battleship | Commission, in charge of the silver ser
 vice to be presented the ship which
 carries the name of the State of Here | We Rest" on noting the announcement,
 wired Hon. G. W. Taylor. Congressman from this district. to impress upon the
 Secretary of the Navy the fact that the l Commission Is most desirous of having 1 the Alabama come to Fort Morgan for | Mardi Gras to receive the silver service. 1 An answer has been very promptly re- l ceived by Mir. Hamburger from Congress-
 man Taylor stating that he had con- | formed to the wishes expressed In the
 telegram and he felt, with strong
 chances of being successful.
 The general council met in regular ses-
 sion tonight. Only routine matters were | disposed of.
 News was received here of an accident
 to the river steamer Mary en route to
 Mobile from Montgomery. Tug and barges | were sent to Mount Vernon landing to
 two Mary to Mobile
 Mobile had an unusual heavy rain fall | tonight. Royal Street was flooded to | depth of from two to three inches for a 1 couple of hours.
 l Yesterday was an important day with
 the local divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. State President William | Grady of Pratt City. State Secretary | Hugh Gallagher of the Grand Division of | Alabama, were here on an official visit | and during their stay a session was held l in Cathedral Hall. where several candi- dates were initiated. The two visiting gentlemen were the guests of former | State President George J. Sullivan. MT. l Gallagher left last night for Montgom-
 cry and Mir. Grady left for Birmingham
 tonight.
 Mrs. Lizzie G. Miller. relict of Fred 1 erick J. Miller. died yesterday at the | home of her brother-in-law, James H. Hayes No. 10 North Claiborne Street. l Deceased was a native of New York and l hod in She
 leaves two children and other relatives here The remains were inferred in the l Catholic Cemetery this afternoon. ] Hilma L., infant daughter of H. and I Marie Tollefson. died yesterday at the | family home. North Florida. five west of | Marine Street.
 | Annie May, infant daughter of Theo
 and Agnes Gebhard. died yesterday after
 noon at the family home, East Wilkinson.
 between Selma and Elmira Streets. l A suit has been filed In the Circuit Court by the Southern Coal Company | against the Southern Railway for S,00O | for converting 1,603 tons of coal consign- | ed to complainant, to the use of the rail-
 road company. They further sue for $5O,- 1 900 damages for alleged serious results to
 their business in the loss of patronage
 and disappointment due to not having | coal to fill orders because of the conver- | sion of the coal.
 | Kettle F. Gentry, the 7-yeAr-old daugh-
 ter of an employe of the Mobile Light and | Railroad Company, was struck under and | over the left eye yesterday afternoon with
 piece of glass by a e-year-old negro boy
 named Moses Glenn. The loss of the eye
 sight is feared. Glenn was surrendered to
 police headquarters.
 Sam Brown, COW thief: R. NJ Faison
 a ninety-day prisoner and George Morse
 a notorious criminal, all negroes. made a bold attempt to escape from the city prison, but were apprehended in time. | They had it seems. found a weak spot in
 the tin sheathing of the ceiling over the | bull ring. and during the night and day previous had gotten on top of the pen
 and dug a hole through to the top of the
 ceiling. From here they had gone along
 under the room to that part of the prison
 over the Recorders Court room. It was | dark place, and when their presence
 was missed Chief Soost and Detectives | Brown and Lacey crawled up after them | They were secured and very promptly
 locked In a dungeon. The charge of break ing prison was entered against them
 Brown and Morse are already awaiting l trial on State charges
 Notwithstanding the fact that Mobile
 enjoyed the pleasures the past week of a
 street fair and carnival the police de- 1 partment found little to do in the way of
 arresting disturbers and violators of the
 laws. Saturday night and yesterday
 however, proved the reverse. in that twen-
 ty-nine cases were docketed up to o'clock
 this morning.
 Alice Hawkins. a negroes, +O years old
 died very suddenly yesterday morning
 in the Orange Grove district of the city
 Her sudden collapse and demise created