The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-24
Advertiser Bureau.

\
 The river steamer ouachita arrived down from Selma this mogning st [ o'clock with q small cargo She left to- night with a heavy cargo. The Nettie Quili arrived down from Selma at a iats hour last night with six bales of cotton, s47 sacks of cotton seed and sundrfes She took on a good cargo for the return trip and got away late to- night.
 The Mary s. Biees has changed her dates. In future she win leave for De-. mopolis on Wednesday night. returning on Sunday.
 The Mallory liner Sabine. from New York. with a large cargo. in coming up the river this morning. swerved in the channel opposite Cont Street and went aground. She was gotten of after a couple of hours hard work. W | The Munson liner Oiinda, from Havana. coming up the channel last night. went aground about twenty miles below the city and was delayed until high tide be- Tore getting off.l She arrived up this morning.
 Charles Stuart, one of Mobiles wsii citizens and former business man died | today at his home on Dauphin. near I4a- | fayette street The deceased was na- l tive of County Tyrone Ireland. and was | nearly sixty years of age. He came tO Mobile in 1887 and engaged in business. re- tiring a short time ago because of ii health. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the St. Vincent Le Paul society. He leaves a wife and ono brother in Hartford. Conn, February Hon. Jules E. Afford, Judge of the Inferior Criminal Court. was taken III and forced to go to bed. Much solici- tation was manifested at his illness, be- cause of reports from his bedside that he was in critical condition. Today, for the first time. he was able to come to the city. He rode down in his buggy. accom- panied by Mrs. Afford. Though able to be out he Is yet by no means we'll man. Rev. Edmonds Bennett, rector of Trim ity Episcopal Church. at tonight's service, preached most able sermon. his text be- ing ''Temptations of Christ" The elo- Quent and learned divine, it was conceded by members of the congregation, deliv- cred the greatest sermon since his oc- cupancy of the pulpit of Trinity. | Tn the United States District Court oli- yer Brame of Dayton. Marengo County, filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. Assets nothing. liabilities, $.700. John E. Frame of Dayton also filed petition In voluntary bankruptcy, with no assets and S620 liabilities.
 Tom Diamond, a negro from Blacks Bend. was the victim of a highwayman | in the business district tonight. At the | point of a pistol he was relieved of his roll of money. the proceeds of the sale of raft. Detectives are investigating.
 The Board of Revenue and Road Com mlssioners of Mobile County. met in special session at noon today to take up the matter of a stock law in the district south and west of the city. Action wss deferred to the regular meeting in May. Mrs. Adelaide FiqIet, @ native of New York, 76 years of age and wife of J. B. F1quet, died last evening at the residence of her son-in-law, H. P. Watson, No. & South Street. The remains were inferred in Magnolia Cemetery this afternoon. Lionel D. Mouchett il years of age son of J. T. Mouchett, died early this morn- ing at the residence of his uncle. Dr. Rutherford, on St. Francis and Franklin Streets. after a brief illness. Gen. J. W. Whiting. who was serious ly injured yesterday and Herdon re. Rollings. the newspaper man, are getting along tonight as well as could be. r
 Col W. D. Mann, proprietor and editor of Town Topics. is visiting in the c,tv. He declares himself for Cleveland for president.
 F. A Baldwin. a prominent iron manu- | facturer of Grand Rapids, Mich, Is in the city. en route home from trip to Cuba. W. T. Hieronymous, a local lumber l manufacturer, returned this morning | from a successful business trip to Cuba. 1 Captain W. F. Tebbetts, collector of | customs, has gone to Anniston to attend | a Republican convention. | Colonel Frank B. Merrill left this after
 noon for the Louisiana Sugar Belt on a
 business trip.
 Mrs E. D. Laurendine and Mrs. J. H.
 Locke. are reported critically i'll.
 Terry F. erlel and Myer Gerson, Jr., of Montgomery, are in the city.
 Mobile Society News. @
 The fourteenth anniversary ball of the | Continental Mystic Crewe took place this | evening at Temperance Hall beginning with some beautiful tableaux. The first
 three dances were reserved for the
 maskers who wore unusually fresh and handsome costumes. The committees | were:
 | M. c. Forcheimer. general chairman.
 Floor (red badge)-E. J. Schwartz,
 chairman; R. G. Richard. A. Cramer H. M. Friedenthal, E. V. Brown, W. W. l Michael.
 Reception (white badge)-E. H. Frolich-
 stein. chairman: B. E. Bernheimer, H.
 W. Leinkaut, A. H. spira. A. G. Levy,
 Henry Hess.
 Society (blue badge)-Julius Hammel,
 chairman: J, Pollock. pr. H. P Hirsch-
 field, J. D. Bloch, Leopold Zimmern, H. l Piser. Richard Rosenfield, I. Dahlheimer.
 Sidney Rosenbaum.
 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schwartz entertain
 ed at a dinner yesterday in honor of their
 brother, Mir. Noah Schwartz whose
 birthday fell on the same day as Wash
 ingtpn's. The decorations were entirely
 in patriotic colors. and the guests were
 Mrs Kacotch of Demopolis, MT. and
 Mrs. Elkan of Jefferson. Mrs. Amelia
 H. Eksteln of New York and Mrs and
 Mrs. R. Schwartz.
 The handicap golf contest was small
 In numbers yesterday, but mighty in en-
 deavors. Mir. N. R. Clarke and MT.
 James Gray divided the golf balls which
 were the first prize with a score of s3