The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
The Newr of Mobile.

daughter, Mrs. W. H. Newell. Three sons and three daughters mourn the death of their mother who was the relict of Jo-l seph U. Thompson, Sri Mrs. Thompson was q native of Mobile County. and was 7g years of age. She was ., woman of high character. devout in her religious beliefs and broad in charity. The remains will be inferred tomorrow morning in the family burying ground at Wolfe Ridge. Mobile County.
 The United States grand jury in Its re- port to Judge Toulmin this afternoon among other things. said. referring to what is called peonage: "A number of cases involving said laws have been pre-. scented to the grand jury. Much time and very careful consideration have been giv- en their examination Especially Is this true in reference to alleged peonage prac- ticed in the vicinity of Bayou la Batre. in Mobile County. The testimony tended to show very great hardships suffered by certain laborers, male and female, caused by means hereby strongly condemned" This language, used by the grand jury. tends to lead interested persons to be- lieve presentments were made by that body against the owners of the Bayou Ia Batre canning company.
 A prominent Mobilian who also owns Q home at that place, and divides his time between the two towns, said this after. noon that the alleged peonage or other practiced by the company are fabrications purely and the reports sent out came from persons not worthy q cre- dence Captain Peter F. Alba. one of the city's oldest and most widely known men made this statement.
 At the close of business yesterday af- ternoon at the cotton exchange the fol- lowing figures were posted on the boards: Receipts, 904 bales; for the week, S.025; received since September 1. i26, 465; ex- ports since September 1, T32s: stock fin hand, 4s2s7. The receipts up to the same time last year, from September 1 wers 107, ,022 bales. showing large increase over the previous year. The large stock in hand, a greater portion of winch has been sold to foreign buyers, is due to the fact that delays were occasioned in exporting the staple because of recent labor troubles.
 William Cato. a well known man of Whistler, had a very narrow escape from being burned to death at the home of a friend last night. Mir. Cato had gone to the home to assist in nursing a sick child While dozing In a chair near the fire his clothes became ignited. Fortunately he awakened in time. but had to use some of the bed covering on the cot of the child to extinguish the flames. He was burned about the hands, arms and. body.
 Orin Gibson, the negro who was arrest ed here last week, thought to be Q mur- derer, was this morning released from custody by Chief of Police Case. Gibson was thought to be the negro who killed Policeman Mullen in Birmingham in June last. and for, whom a reward of $50o had been offered. Gibson was the wrong man.
 MT. and Mrs. R. N. Schwarz, formerly of Linden. Marengo County, have re- turned to Mobile after an absence of thir- ty years and resumed their residence here. They have several sons here who are prominent in business circles. Mir. and Mrs. Schwarx came here from Linden and had previously resided at Hamburg.
 Hardly a week since Mrs. Rosie Miller, a young matron. died at the family home near Whistler. This afternoon her three months-old daughter. Annie Gertrude. passed away and tomorrow will be laid away beside her mother in the Catholic Cemetery
 Port Collector Tebbetts today forward ed live bids to the Department at Wash. ington for building $50 feet of granolithic pavement around the postoffice building. Brandon 6 Son of Mobile, were the low est bidders. The amount was not given out.
 Dora Williams, a uegreSs, was appre- hended by a policeman last night. When searched she was found to have concealed in her clothes about $90 in silver. s @ gave a good accounting to the recorder this morning and was released.
 Isabella Richardson, a negress, was tried today before Judge Afford for vio- lating the Sunday liquor law. She was fined $20i and three months in the County jail. This was his first case of the kind under the new law.
 Mobile Society News.
 A very pretty debutante luncheon was given thls afternoon by Miss May Three
 foot, herself an attractive bud of this season. Duchesse roses formed the cen ter piece of the prettily appointed table,
 with pink satin ribbons. and ferns used artisticaIly. Palms placed about the din-
 ing room completed the happy effect
 Mss Threefoot's guests were Misses Theo Williamson, Zemma Masten, Ger trude Smith, Georgia Sage, Agnes Black shear, Ida Richardson, May Robbins, Louise Vass, Kate Crawford and Hattie
 Bethea.
 Mrs. Phillip Frank of Shreveport La,
 has arrived in the city and will spend the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Ellen
 Mcdonald. She was accompanied home
 by her sister, Mss Katherine McDonald,
 who has been her guest in Shreveport.
 At the meeting of the Discards yester-
 day afternoon the first club prize, a pret-
 ty picture, was won by Miss Adele Ba- v