The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-26
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Advertiser Bureau.
 Mobile, Sept. 25.

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 Advertiser Bureau.
 Mobile. Sept. 25.
 With one large cement manufacturing plant already establishsd near the head. quarters of the Tombiebee river in Ala bama. another is In prospective for the very near future. same to be located eith- CT at a point in Clarke county. about eighty miles north of Mobile. or near Three-Mile Creek, just above the city.
 Several months since . member of the firm of washburn q Washburn, a con- trActing concern of New York. came to Mobile. and made his way up the Mobile river. thence up the Tombigbee. he hav- ing learned of the immense deposits of limestone on the two rivers. He found, adjoining the ouarries of Hobeon 6 Smith, now in operation ahove Jackson Ala. untold quantities of the stone, of such nature as to be very easily ham dled. There was some hitch, 1t seems, as to securing these lands. and the pros pector was about to leave, MT. Hobson. however. who makes his headquarters at his nrm's quarry, gave the man some tips which he used with the result that a deal for the outright purchase of 5000 acres of land was consummated.
 MT. washburn, the gentleman referred to. learned a few things at the time which proved an added inducement to him to make the purchase. From these lands, which lie adjacent to the river, he learn cd that all the year round at least 915 feet of water is in the river. thus afford- ing an excellent means of transportation either for the material or finished cement. With the material here his company would have access to any market, local or foreign, both by rail and water. Af- ter concluding this purchase in Clarke county. Mir. Washburn came here and closed deal for sixteen acres of land near the mouth of Thrae-Mile Creek. just above Mobile. Here. 1t is expected. he will recommence the erection of the ce- ment works. Your representative has 1t from a reliable source that the cement works proper will be located on the last named location which works will be built also on the Clarke county purchase. The company has a vast capital and. it is learned that the company will make a bid for some of the State lands, made available by an act of the present Legis- lature.
 Messrs. Harry L. and l.. D. bowman. well known contractors. now engaged in constructing three large locks on Black Warrior river. north of Demopolis. ar rived in Mobile this morning. MT. H. L.. Lewman stated that all of the material for the work of constructing the first lock was on hand and immense cable ways for handling the heavy materials had already been placed over the lock sites. The locks will be built of con- crete instead of brick and stone. as in the past, and the gates will be of massive steel. He stated that the locks would be the equal, when completed, of any in the United States, and. being erected by the government, would be most carefully scrutinized during construction. Asked if labor was a scarce object Mir Lew man said he had experienced no trouble in this direction and had plenty of skilled and other labor at hand. Work on the locks will begin at once. The two gentle- men left to-night for pemopolis. after having made extensive purchases here.
 At 6 o'clock tonight, fire was discovered in the residence East Hamilton, between Church and Government, owned by Mrs. Graham Stone and occupied by Miss Jen- nIe Hutchinson. She ran two blocks to Hose Company house No. and gave an alarm. The company ran a lead of hose and got water on the building, but some how or other 1t was full ten minutes be- fore a box was pulled. The smoke and flames by that time could be seen from nearly every hose company's house. The building, q handsome one, was gutted. Miss Hutchinson's mother, an invalid and bed-ridden for nine years. was safely got ten out.
 Next door lived Frank Henile. whose daughter had been i'll six weeks with typhoid fever. She was brought from her sick room, though 1t was not necessary to remove her from her home. Houses on three sides of the burned one were scorched. The loss could not be learn ed. Cause of fire. gasoline stove.
 William Burden, white. about three weeks ago, escaped from the city chain gang while working in Magnolia oeme- tery. He made his way to Semmes sta- ton on>the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad. Yesterday he had fuss with his brother-in-law named Morgan. This morning he went to the station, stole gun out of the telegraph operators s office. went after Morgan and emptied a charge of No. 6 shot into him and escap- ed. Deputy William Murphy brought news of the affair to Mobile this after noon. Morgan is not fatally wounded. Engine s23 of the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad killed Sterling Thrower yes- terday afternoon. very nearly had another victim this afternoon. Toney Kelly, white, a switchman attempted to get on the front running-board, His feet slipped and he fell in front of the engine. He struggled against the monster engine and succeeded in rolling to one side, but not until his scalp wos torn in many places to the skull. He was otherwise badly injured, though not very seriously. Those who saw 1t said 1t was a close call.
 Miss Mamie Russell returned yesterday from Colorado Springs and Denver, where she had gone in company with her aunt, Mrs. Matt Sloan. wife of the late fire chief of Mobile. Mrs. Sloan had been in bad health for some time and had gone to Colorado Springs with the hope of being benefited. Mrs. Sloan stopped at Corinth. Miss., and will go to Galbriath Springs for a few weeks before return, ing to Mobile. Miss Russell reports Mrs. Sloan as being somewhat improved.
 A report had gained circulation that the public schools of Mobile would not be opened on the first of October Seen by your representative. Assistant Superin- tendent Baker stated that this report was absolutely without foundation as no such | statement had eminated from he super | intendents office. Unless something, not yet known. occurs the schools will be op- ened on that date.
 John Hildebrandt, one of The Items | carrier boys, while going out Cont Street on pony late yesterday afternoon was l badly injured by his animal falling on the paved street and catching the boy be- al