The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
Advertiser Bureau,

The Norwegian steamer Fort Morgan | from Bocas del Toro, with 20.00o punches of bananas. arrived this morn- l ing.
 The steamer Nettie Quill left this ! evening for Selma and way landings l with heavy freight of general mer- | chandise. The City of Mobile, which | arrived yesterday afternoon from Sell ma in place of the Quill. will leave for 1 Montgomery Saturday after receiving | slight repairs.
 The w. J. Bethea for Gays Landing with barge in tow, left this afternoon with a cargo of general merchandise A slight rise is reported in the Upper | Bigbee. and hopes are entertained that boats will be running through to De-
 mopolis by the latter part of next l week.
 l The steamer Ouachita for Selma and
 Alabama River points. left this after noon with a big miscellaneous freight :, and number of passengers. This will be the Bethea's last trip for a shor: period Next week the steamer will | be hauled out on the marine ways to | undergo an annual overhauling. Nn 1 steamer will take her place in the | trade.
 The combining of several river steam 1 boat employees. young cotton broker- age clerk and a wellknown stevedore, | to purchase a Mississippi River steamer 1 to be placed in the Alabama River trade | as an independent packet, is creating considerable comment in steamboat l circles The new company has not l been formed yet, but 1t Is positively
 known that early in September opera
 tions will begin.
 Men representing the Demopolls
 Cooperage Company have visited Mo bile several times lately for the pur- pose of purchasing a small steamboat l to ply between that city and Columbus l Miss They inspected the rebuilt Coo l sada. but found her too large for the trade. Columbus. Ga, merchants have l also inspected the same boat looking I toward her purchase for use on the | Chattahoochee River.
 | The Norwegian steamer Harald ar rived this forenoon from Port Limon, l with 12,000 punches of bananas.
 The steamer Preston, one of the fin- est of the United Fruit Company fleet. will arrive here Friday rom chianganola. United States of Colom- bia, with a cargo of 26.000 punches of bananas The Preston Is named after l the president of the company and this will be her first trip to this port. | Chianganola is new banana field
 being developed by the company and | is said to produce. the finest of fruit. | Considerable interest is being mani l fested locally in the St. Louis Dem-
 ocratic. Convention. which will as- | semble tomorrow There are many
 leaders fin the party who openly pre- dict the nomination of Grover Cleve- | land by the Convention while there are l a few who hold that the New York | iurist will take the Convention by storm There seems, however, to be more interest in the Vice-Presidential
 nomination. John Sharp Williams of l Mississippi is the sole topic along those lines and the leaders here say that he will win out when the Vice-Pres- | idential nomination comes to ballot | in the Convention. The results of the | Convention as to the selection of can didates are eagerly awaited by the people of Mobile.
 l By virtue of his office Captain Pat
 rick J. Lyons. President of the Gen. eral Council. assumed charge of the
 municipal government this morning | owing to the disability of Mayor Charles F. Mclean. Acting Mayor Lyons was at the municipal building l early this morning and at once began the duties of the office. At this par 1 ticular time there is considerable city business to receive attention and for
 a while Mayor Lyons will have his