The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
Advertiser Bureau,

A0YertlSer Bureau,
 Mobile. July g.
 The City Court concluded the business of the June term today, after making an excellent showing for the short term. This court convened on the first day of June when the grand jury was empanelled When the docket was sounded there were ninety-seven cases set down for trial. Of these there were, during the term ended today, fifty-one convictions, with twenty four continuances and one abatement by death. This is considered an excellent showing for the term.
 After court convened this morning for the last days session the appeal case of Charles Nelson, threats to do body harm, was called and by consent of the soli- citor, his only witness being absent, the case was dismissed.
 Judge Semmes then pronounced sen- tence on convicted persons for the week, as follows:
 Jessie Campbell (white) assault with in- tent to murder; two years hard labor.
 Julia Edwards, grand larceny; one year and one day in the penitentiary. This de- fendant being in bad health was sent to the walls instead of to hard labor.
 John Lewis. assault and battery with pistol; six months hard labor. George Mason, grand larceny; one year hard labor.
 Major Eddins. petit larceny; sixty days hard labor. | Ihe most important case before the Board of Revenue and Road Commission CTS of Mobile county, sitting as a board of equalization, to-day, was that of the Bienville Water Supply Company. This property last year was assessed at ESQ., 900, and the recommendation this year by the back tax commissioner is that the figure be placed at $2S0, 900. There was considerable testimony introduced pro and con before the board, including the re- port of the appraisers of the plant at the time its purchase was proposed by the city of Mobile. The appraisement was about $606 900, but this figure was then thought excessive by the Mayor and Gen eral Council, and the deal was not con- summated. Attorneys for the board, the back tax commissioner and the Water works Company were present and there was considerable argument during the session as to the admission of certain tes- timony The case was taken under ad- visement by the board.
 Louis M. Moragues, largely interested in the mahogany importing business, with headquarters here, returned this morning from a business trip to Cuba, by way of New York and Washington. MT. Mora eues is consul for Nicaragua, Honduras, Brazil and Spain at this port and vice. president of the American Mahogany Company. With Mir. Moragues was Miss Constanzia Corea, daughter of the Nica- raguan minister of the United States, who will spend some time in Mobile as a guest of MT. and Mrs. Moragues. With him also was M. Zumeta, one of the most noted newspaper writers of the Latin-American republics. M. Zumeta will also spend some time in Mobile. The fishing schooners Sterling and Edgar Randall, of the Mobile Fish and | Oyster Company's feet returned this morning from a cruise off the Florida coast in the gulf where they had gone in search of the ill-fated schooner Amelie Lyons which went down in a squall three weeks ago last Sunday, and in which ac- cident three of the crew were drowned. | The two vessels were out exactly one week and made a diligent drag search, but without success.
 Charley West. the notorious and much talked of demented negro, who was cap tured yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Ca Zalas, was taken back to the Insane Hos pital at Mount Vernon this morning. Dr. Searcy. in charge of the hospital, and Superintendent William Nailor accom- panied West. It is a source of great re- lief here that West is again out of the | community.
 The Grand jury for the October term of the City Court will be empanelled and charged on the first monday in October Heretofore the term began in November, but the change having been made by the Legislature the session will hereafter begin a month earlier.
 J. w. Hunter, commercial agent of the Southern Railway. with headquarters in Selma, in company with his wife, ar rived in Mobile this morning and register ed at the Bienville. They left this even ing for Biloxi Miss.
 Jerry Lynch, the special officer for the Louisville and Nashville, who some time ago shot a young negro boy on the fruit wharf, was bound over to the City Court this morning by Recorder McAleir in the sum of $50.
 William P Kyle of Washington, former ly of Mobile, with his wife, arrived in Mobile last evening to be the guest for some time at Montrose of their parents. MT. and Mrs. w. D. Kyle.
 The weather man reports that at o'clock yesterday afternoon the thermom- eter stood at 95, the highest of the sea son. The highest for the day before was 94.
 Brief mention was made this morning of the arrest here last night of Charles Elder. young white man, on a warrant charging attempted criminal assault.
 The complainant in the warrant was Della Lambert. a young white girl who