The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-06
The New.r of Mobile.

were:
 British schooner F. w. Pickles sss tons. from Santiago, Cuba.
 British schooner Margaret May Riley. 2A tons, from Havana
 American schooner Ada F. Brown. 1,2sA Indies.
 Norwegian steamship Thrift. 1859 tons, from Vera Cruz
 300 tons from Havana.
 Marriage licenses were issued for the week out of the Probate Court to whits couples as follows: Howard l.. Ada'r and Ella c. Rose. J. T. Byrd and Mag gle D. Mason, Henry C. Williams and Clara May Bangs, Marcus J. Crooms a.ld Katie R. Pearce. Seven negro couplss were granted licenses also.
 The murder of Lavina Williams, about midnight, on North Royal Street, oy EoWard Hudson, is said by local au- theratles to have been the coldest- -bloodcu ever recorded in Mobile County. The man, after being in custody. stated thai he went to the house, found another man talking to the woman and got mad. A. ter the other man left he took the woman m ms arms and caressed her. and wh:.e so doing plunged a knife blade. three inches in length, into her back five times. He held the woman in his arms for a time. then laid her on the floor and stood over her, watching the death pallor come over her brow. He said he killed her to gain peace for his mind. The neSco when seen this morning in a cell at oo- Ice headquarters. showed no remorse. and was still feeling that he had done what was right
 Emma Williams, the negress. who was Apprehended Thursday morning for rob- ping Captain Peter Forbes, a tugbo;.t captain, of $s5. was tried by Recorder McAleer this morning, and sent to the City Court in $500 bond
 ihere was an important meeting in Mo- bile to-day attended by Judge William G' Cochrane, c. P. Duke, Samuel l.. Cox. Sohn T. Cochrane and William c. Fitts. TOT the purpose of organizing the TombiR- pee valley Railroad Company. These gem thn een nave purchased from the owners 'he railroad in Washington county for merly operated under the name of ,royn- Digoee and Northern Railway.
 For some object which thev dacHros eo give out, they are forming a pau ' SOE poratoh With more extensive novars The papers were completed this a,tas noon and sent to the probate indSa oe w Washlngton county. and to the Secretarv or state The general course of tbe na,y road as indicated by the charter is w be northward through the Western oo,,'. .o ties of the State. 'ouii- John T. Cochrane was made nras,do.. and general manager of the comnan+, He was instructed and means mt at hy. disposal with which to standardiza as, extend the old road. anu It will be recalled that MT. Fitts v,,t, J. M Wolfolk conceived and bronsht about the building of the road fron, Montgomery through Tuscaloosa to co. lumbus, Miss, and that MT. Cochran no constructed and practically owns, the Carrollton short line extending througE Pickens county, To-day's movement msI mean more than Is indicated on the fac, of the papers sent to St. Stephens anf Montgomery.
 | Post c, Travellers Protective Assoc,a ton of Alabama, held it's annual sessio, to elect officers tonight Hardy M. Hon per, who for four years was President refused to allow his name to be used | George A. Robbins was unanImousl elected to the position. Henry Hess wa reelected Secretary and Treasurer am the same Board of Directors, ChaplaII