The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-01
NEWS OF GULF CITY
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF PAST
 WEEK.
Marriage License Issued From Pro- bate ofice- Sailor Edmundson Bound Over in $1 ,o00 for
 Mutiny.
Advertiser Bureau,

Mobile, Aprff 30. The export business for the week vas good considering the fact that many of the mills in this section are running short time on lumber. The exports were: Norwegian steamship Espana, for Puer- to Cortex 62o0 pounds flour, 14.0o0 feet lumber. Value, ss6S. American steamship Sabine. for New York. $500 crossties. 5000 feet pine lum- her. 70 cases cedar slats. 100 bales domes- tic 50 cases merchandise. Value not given. Norwegian steamship Telefon, for Pro- Kresso. 4759 feet pine lumber, 27.376 feet dressed pine lumber 2132s9 pounds hay. Value s2.s1s. Norwegian steamship Fort Morgan. for Bocas del Toro. general cargo Value 800. Italian bark Due serello B.. for River Tyne. 2ss9 cubic feet hewn poplar timber. S5.160 feet sawn pine timber, 14,s9S feet sawn oak timber. s2.si4 feet pine lumber. Value s1sS57. American schooner Alexander M. Law renee. for Iriona. 1000 feet pine lumber. Value $20.
 Norwegian steamship Condor for Blue fields, 2S00o pine lumber. Value s414 Italian bark lila. for La Ciotot. France. 5000 shingles. bales cotton cloth. 52i.5e feet sawn pine timber. s.ss5 deals. Value s7.5s5.
 British bark Persia, for Havana, sss,isi feet pine timber. Value not given.
 British bark Alexander Black, for Ha- vana, 47o,ol6 feet pine lumber. Value $5.- SIS
 Cuban steamship Mobila, for Havana. general cargo. Value s45. .50.
 Imports for the week were somewhat improved this week as follows.
 American steamship Sabine. from New York, $500 packages merchandise and premium exhibits for St. Louis.
 American schooner Alexander M. Law renee. from Iriona, Honduras, 2,500 bunch es bananas. 5000 punches plantains, 1000 cocoanuts, 1,2O0 pounds rubber. six boxes lemons
 Norwegian steamship Belize, from Liv- ingston, 2l,000 punches bananas, 2i,oo0 CO., coanuts.
 Norwegian steamship Habil from Puerto Cortez, 15,000 punches bananas
 Cuban steamship Mobila, from Havana, ls34S crates pineapples, 4Ss crates toma- toes. 1u crates miscellaneous vegetables. Norwegian steamship Houma, from San tiago, 1.358.00o pounds manganese ore.
 Norwegian steamship Hispania. from Bocas del Toro, 1900 punches bananas. Norwegian steamship Fort Morgan, from Bocas del Toro, 22,5S1 punches bananas.
 German steamship Bradford from Bocas del Toro; 19.o00 punches ba- nanas
 Norwegian steamship Helen, from Puerto cortez; 10000 punches bana- mas.
 Norwegian steamship Candor. from BIuefields; 1s.0o0 punches bananas.
 Vessels up in ballast for cargoes for the week were:
 American schooner Belle O'Neill, 394 tons. from Havana.
 American schooner Emma Knowlton, sos tons. from Matanzas
 Italian Bark Giovanni T.. S56 tons, from Palermo.
 American schooner M. A. Achorn, 2S9 tons. from Havana.
 American schooner Edith and May. l03 tons, from Tuxpam, Mex.
 Between 3 and { o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the roof of a house owned by Cornelius Davis, occu- pied by John Willis, on New Jersey, be- tween Bayou and Scott Streets. Box 63 was pulled. The roof was burned off. Origin unknown.
 At the conclusion of the inspection last night of Mobile battalion. 1st in- fantry, by Ad15tant-General Brandon, A. N. C., and Captain Morgan. U. s. A., the Mobile Rifles competed for a hand some medal, to be awarded to the most efficient soldier in the company. Capt. John Cahallan lined up the men and put them through rigid drill. The competition was sharp and the honors finally feil to Bugler K. M. Zink He proved to be almost perfect in the manual. Sergeant Adams was Bugler Zink's closest competitor.
 Considerable interest is being man. ifested in the matter of successor to Major-General Edward M. Robinson. < Mobile battalion. 1st infantry, A. N. G., resigned. The only ones mentioned in connection with the honor. to date, are Adjutant Howard Gaillard and Capt. Thad Partridge of Col R. B. du Mont's stan Both are able officers and either would make an excellent official and worthy successorc to Major Robinson, who was conceded to be one of the best the Mobile battalion ever had. q
 Marriage licenses were issued to white couples for the week as follows: Winfield Simmons and Fannie J. Lam bert, William Felix Dumas and Katie A. Orr. Flornoy Johnson and Maggie Nessa, Charles F. Pollard and Beulah FerneIl. William Hultz and Vena Ha- gems, Michael F. Terrell and Matte
 
 Aurelia Catherine Henley. J. Lewis l.. Eastburn and Bertha F. Russell, Eman- uel Dan Leavitt and Mary E. Sheehan, Joseph E. Clinton and Mary s. Shep- herd, Claude Leslie Lott and Beulah So- phie Vernenille.
 Sixteen licenses were issued to col Ored couples.
 The men aren't the only ones to have prizes given them. Mrs G. M. Luce with characteristic generosity has put up cup for ladies, the lowest average for four games to be 'it" The games will begin next Saturday.
 MT. c. T. Hearns name will likewise be called blessed by some fair dame in the near future for he is to donate a cup to be played for by the bowling enthus- lasts. Those who have kept watch over the different bowling clubs have already picked the winner for this contest.
 Today was a festive occasion at the Country Club, the second game for .the Wheeler Cup absorbing all interest. Tea was served by Mrs. E. D. Ledyard and Mrs. c. A. Hall assisted by Mrs. Rhett Goode, Mrs. C. T. Hearn, Mrs. G. M Luce. Mrs. N. R. Clarke, Mrs. Shelton Sims. Misses Margaret and Saida Billups, Ruth and Marie Bush, Ruth Huger and Etbel Hodgson.
 Horace Edmundson, a sailor on the fishing smack Iride, tried before Unit 4 COr,uaicofOpar