The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-22

taxes place IOTnOrTOW dt noon. IL IS SalQ
 that the present incumbent of the presi- dency. Mir. William Holcombe. who has
 occupied the position during the past four years, will he succeeded by another mem
 Der, and that there will be other changes. The only change in the personnel of the Board will be the occupancy of the chair formerly occupied by Mir. John Cowley by Mir. James Garrity, who led the ticket in the general election, but who defeated the retiring member in the primary by a very narrow margin.
 George Gaines. colored, was tried in the Inferior Criminal Court this afternoon on the charge of assault to murder, and was shot Emma Williams, negro woman, last Saturday night at Delchamps.
 Thomas Ashwood, coiored, was tried in similar charge and was held in $250 bond. He shot little negro boy in the leg at Plateau. Both assaults were proved to be the result of recklessness engendered by bad whiskey.
 The hydraulic dredge. which has been chartered by the National Dredging Com pany Tor use in the harbor work, in ac- cordance with the specification which re- auired certain per centage of the whole work to be done by hydraulig. dredge, has been shifted to the east side of the river and extensive alterations and re- pairs begun. Besides general overhaul ing to the machinery, and entire house and cabin will be constructed.
 The hull of the burned tug Lena Mo- bray, which was burned to the water 8 edge at Stockton. Ala, some time ago and brought to this city to be docked and rebuilt, was found to be beyond repair and so the McMillan Lumber Company, owners of the boat have awarded a con- tract to the East Side Rocking Company for the building of an entirely new tug to replace tht old one, whose machinery and boilers will be used.
 Fred Morse, a white tramp, who ack- knowledged his occupation be that of a professional tramp, was fined the limit, $50 or sixty days, by the Recorder this morning, on the charge of disorderly con duet. Morse was begging along Royal Street and when refused, cursed the peo- pie who refused him. He even used in- sulting language to two ladies who re- fused him aid.
 The tug Monarch has arrived here and Is now at the Ollinger and Bruce dry docks, where she will be given a com plets overhauling. The Monarch met with an accident recently in New Orleans by the explosion of fuel oil gas in one of her tanks.
 The United States District Court be- gins next Monday and Colonel M. D. Wickersham, District Attorney, express
 
 busily engaged this session. among the cases being several of very grave im- portance.
 The new Bigbee River steamer Liberty has been let oh the ways and Is receiving her finishing touches at the foot of Pal metto Street. She twill come up to the St. Francis Street wharf Monday and be- gin loading for hr first trip up the Big bee.
 E. R. Stewart of the Auditors Depart ment of the Mobile, Jackson and Kan sas City Railroad, lost the end of his right great toe this morning by Jumping caught by the wheels.
 The hull of the new side-wheel steamer building at Three Mile Creek for the Bay pieted and will be launched one day next week. when work on the upper structure will begin.
 W. E. England. Soliciting Freight Agent of the Mobile and Ohio, returned this morning from Selma. accompanied by his wife, where they had been to at tend the Mallory-Melvin wedding.
 Rev. Gardiner L. Tucker, assistant at been spending his vacation here with his parents Rev. and Mrs. Gardner c. Tucker returned home this afternoon.
 F. R. Owen of Washington, who has been visiting relatives here, left this after noon for Texarkana, Ark, where he goes to join a surveying corps of the coast and geodetic survey of the government
 Mrs. J. T. Mclean and little daughter left this afternon for Bay City. Mich. whither Mrs. Mclean has been, called oy the death of her brother. She will return home in about week.
 Colonel E. L. Russell left last night for Jackson. Miss. where he goes to look after business in connection with the egal business of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
 Mrs Frank Stone and her handsome lit- .le son. Frank Jr, arrived in the city his afternoon from their home in Bay Minette and will visit relatives here
 The big new American schooner Edgar | ". Murdock sailed yesterday on her ini- ial voyage from this port for New York, | with e full cargo of erossties Colonel Frank E. Merrill and w. D. ;tratton left this afternoon in the form | ITS private car over the Louisville and | Nashville for Washington.
 Mrs. T. c. Bush and Mir. T. c: Bush, IT,, of Birmingham, arrived Tn the clty | his morning and will be the guests of | elatives for some time.
 Mrs. George E. Stone, wife of the pop liar young County Treasurer, who has | ,een quite i'll for some time. is rapidly | 
 The hull of Joseph Walshs new tug. which is under copstruction at Codina's vays. will be completed next week and aunched
 Three river boats due today did not ar i've. and the reasons assigned by the gents is low water and foggy weather. Roseberry & Roberts have awarded cntract to Francis Codina for the con- truction of a new seventy-foot tug The Norwegian steamship Mount Yer on sailed this morning for Bocas del orc with a partial cargo of lumber. The British schooner Three Cheers ar wed yesterday morning from Cayman rae. with 26,000 cocoanuts.
 The Norwegian steamship Fort Morgan ailed this afternoon for Bocas del Toro Mir. R. J. Schuster, a prominent mer- aant of Selma Is in the city