The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-02

| being together for twenty.four days. | Captain Murphy stated that in seventeen days his vessel made only 119 miles. The occasion for thisg most remarkable and decidedly overlong voyage on the part of the two sailing vessels was the calm | weather experienced. He said that dur ing his many years at sea this is hls greatest xperience in slow sailing. Vital Statistics.
 The following are the vital statistics for the week in Mobile: White Deaths. White Deaths:
 July 18th, Emma Pickett, age B years; Scranton, Miss.
 July H, Josephine Piilichody, age 69 years; No. 10S s. Jackson. July 27th. Annie McNellage, age 75 years; city hospital
 July 18th, Augustus Haas, age 62 years; Providence Infirmary.
 July 31st, Rosa l.. Newbold, age S4 years: 507 S. Jefferson Street. July 31st James Frederick Kopf. age 10 | years: Mobile River.
 | July slst Edward T. Sykes. Jr.. age 1, 2s years; Water between Dauphin and St. Francis.
 White Births. White Births:
 Frank A. and Annie E. Tremer, boy. Mathew and F. s. Mallon. boy James and Norma E. Gibboney, boy. William A. and Gertrude E. Scott. boy. is
 Elisha H. and Georgia H. Lindiey. a girl.
 Ashley P. and Margaret Killiams. a girl.
 H. c. and Ella Russell. a girl. and Nellie Condnn afrf William F. and Nellie B. Volz. girl. James E. and Katie A. Mccormick, a girl.
 Ready for Camp.
 Colonel R. B. duMont of the 1st in- fantry, Alabama National Guard, this morning announced that everything was in readiness at camp for the regulars and State troops. The Mobile battalion, Major E. M. Robinson. will assemble at the ar mory tomorrow at 3 o'clock and proceed at once to camp. The company of regu- lars. Johnson commanding. will arrive from Atlanta at a. m., Monday and go to camp at o'clock. Five companies from up State will arrive at 115 p. m. Monday and three companies at AIS p. m., the same day, going at once to camp.
 At a special session of the Quarantine
 
 report was read from the Quarantine Committee from Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston relative to their trip to Havana and matters pertaining to the existing regulations. The report as to Havana's condition was very satisfactory. The committee recommended a further conference of the boards of the cities named to be held before August F.
 -R At. zR Works this afternoon, Mayor Mclean, one of the members, expressed his desire to be placed on record as positively op- posed to that body taking any further contracts for filing up private property with dirt from the streets. This action was brought about by Mayor Mclean be- cause of certain contracts having been made before he came into office.
 Leopold Dolz, Cuban consul in this city, today received a telegram from the Gu ban minister at Washington giving off, cial notification of the total untruthful- ness of the Associated Press report of an uprising in Southern Cuba. MT. Dolz stated that he was satisfied there was nothing in the report. when it first came out.
 Mrs. P. H Frank, residing on the upper
  corner of Dauphin and Claiborne Streets. reported to Chief of Police Chase this afternoon that while she was at din ner today some one entered a room and store two diamond rings and diamond brooch. The detectives are Investigating.
 In the United States Court this after noon Judge Toulmin rendered a decision in the riparian case of the city of Mobile ha GY,lif ing the defendant an order restraining the plaintiff from interference. An appeal to the Court of Appeals was filed by the attorney for the city,
 The remains of E. T. Sykes, Jr., the young man who rashy ended his own existence yesterday at noon, as noted in this mornings Advertiser. were taken to Columbus, Miss, this morning for in- terment. Several young men, friends of deceased accompanied the body.
 News was received today from Karvers, this county. that John Shelton. a brother of City Court Clerk Shelton, had been stricken with paralysis MT. Shelton Is one of the best known men in the county.
 Miss Virginia Norwood of Montgom- cry arrived in Mobile last evening and registered at the Battle House leacing this morning for Point Clear where she will visit with friends for some time.
 J. H. Dunwoody and nieces of Selma, are guests at the Bienville.
 Mobile Society News.
 The Mallory steamer with large list l of passengers left today for New York | Among those who wil enjoy a pleasant | voyage over summeh seas are Mrs. Rich | ard Mellett and daughter, MT. and Mrs. | H. G. Doualds and four children, Mrs. | A. F. Roseberry. Miss M. F.. Roseberry, | Mrs. F. B. Merrett and iss Ogarita er- | Till, Mrs F. A. Happer. Miss Pi.lans, Mrs. | Horace Clarke and mother MT. c. T. | Fields, J. J. Worthington. Misses Sarah | and Mary McGill and MT Felix McGnl. | MT. and Mrs J. H. Jackson, Mir. Slater and MT. and Mrs. c. D. Bridges of