The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-05
First District Republicans.

l-hAT GhSt 0lSLIICC xscPupA1CauSs The First District Republican Conven- tion to name two delegates to the Nation | al Convention and two atlernates, to
 nominate candidate for Congress, to
 name one Presidential elector and to for mulate a new District Committee, was held in German Relief Hall at noon to- day.
 James T. Peterson was named as tenn porary chairman and H. s. Sparkman. of Choctaw county. temporary secretary. The committee on credentials filed a majority and a minority report Lea Woodruff, a clerk in the Mobile Post Office. held credentials as delegate from
 Marengo County. T. H. Hubbard of Committee, reported adversely on Wood
 ruff. In committee 1t was charged he
 was in the County Convention here and
 therefore not entitled to a seat as a dele
 favored seating Woodruff and this report
 was adopted.
 The committe on resolutions reported
 instructions to the delegates to the Ma
 tional Convention to vote for Roosevelt.
 It favored J. O. Thompson for National
 Committeeman for Alabama. This was
 a surprise in that the local county con-
 vehtion endorsed c. H. Scott of Mont
 gomery and as subsequently, developed,
 the delegates chosen were pledged to
 Scott.
 |. The resolutions recommended that the
 forthcoming District Convention select a
 candidate for Congress, also an elector
 for@t the Presidential election. The reso-
 lutions and recommendations were adopt
 ed.
 The delegates to the National Conven-
 ton named were c. B. Deans and James
 T. Peterson; Alternates George H. Will
 Hanson and A. N. McEwan.
 The impression after the convention was
 that the naming of Thompson was for
 effect and to create confusion in the
 ranks and that the movement was on the
 part of the Barker faction.
 Creditors of Rittenhouse Moore repre-
 senting claims amounting to nearly s100- O00 met today to take action for collect
 ing their dues. It seems MT. Moore
 about three years since arranged with
 the Union Surety and Guarantee Com
 pany of New York to pay off his indebt-
 edness and the local creditors having
 learned the company had failed met to
 devise means for securing what was due
 them. An attorney will be employed to
 push the claims.
 Bay Pilots Dennis Smith and Harry
 Murray this morning had a thrilling ex- perience off Fort Morgan. They were in the pilot boats yawl going out to meet an inbound vessel which Smith was to bring to the city. The waters of the Gulf were very rough and the yawi was captized. The crew of the vessel. tho Fort Gaines. succeeded after time ir picking up the two men.
 The shed in the rear of the Dairy res taurant was found to be on fire. It |: near the police station. Police Clarl | Natale. Sergeant Farmer and a reporter discovered the fire and put 1t out. Peo 1 pie at work in the kitchen knew nothing of the fire until 1t was out Joseph schiffiand alias ''Pippo." undel
 $500 bond for appearance in the United | States Court for "Crimping." has disap peared. It is thought he jumped hl' bond.
 Tn the Recorders court this morning the case against Chas. Schnipf, violating | the Sunday liquor law, was called ant 1 continued until Friday.
 William Shugrue, arrested on similar charge, was dismissed. Two negro wo | men who were arrested for being drunk claimed to have gotten the liquor d Shngrue's place.
 The remains of Mrs. McMurphy were taken from Citronelle to Danville. III. for interment this morning. Deceased was 56 years old and wife of George W McMurphy. They had been spending thu winter at Citronelle.
 William Clausen. Jr., four months olt son of William and Mrs. Annie Clausen died this morning at the family home ol Cedar, near North Cedar Street. I'm
 bereaved parents have the sympathy o many friends.
 James Rivers alias Jim Williams. a ne gro, was sent to hard labor for si, months by Recorder McAleer this morn