The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-22
BIG COMPANY FORMED
IMPORTING CORPORATION CARL
TALTZED AT s750,oo0.
Mobile, Montgomery and Birmingham
Men subscribe for stock--Mobiie
Elks VIII Attend Convcn-
tion In Cincfnnatf.
Advertiser Bureau.
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Mobile, June 81.
Mobile has another large fruit Inn
porting company. For several months
II l., Mcconnell. one Of the Oldest Inn
pcrters OF bananas into mobile, ana
who was the head of the Camors, Me-
Conneu Company in this city, has been
engaged in the formation of a COM
rarly He has succeeded and this
r.orning in the Probate Court articles
of incorporation Of the American Ba-
mana Company, with capital Of $780,
900 were filed. The incorporators are
Mobile and Birmingham. Among these
are p. ]. Lyons. G.. l.. and H. 7. Smith,
y. F. McGowin, Henry Piser, Frank p.
Davis, Louis Donald. H. L. Mcconnell
of Mobile, and w. l.. Murdoch, w. M t.
Cosby and John M. Cartwright of Bir-
n ingham. II II understood some of the
stock of the company has been taken
by Montgomerians.
The officers of the company are H. l..
Mcconnell, President; p. J.. Lyons.
vice-President; r. C. Horton. Secretary
and Treasurer. The Board of Directors
is Gregory l.. Smith, j.. F. McGowin,
| p. ]. Lyons, Robert Hunter. r. P, Da-
wis. Henry Piser, Phillip L. Muscat. H.
L. Mcconnell, w. NJ. Cosby, Zach L,
Nabers and w. L. Murdoch.
+ The Offices of the company will be
located in Mobile. The company has
already secured about 100000 acres of
fine lands In Panama, and planting has
begun, Vessels have been chartered
and as soon as possible the company
will have vessels built of its own.
About thirty-five members of Mobile
Lodge. No. 1os, B. p. o. e. win go to
Cincinnati, to attend the Supreme
Ledge convention of the Elks, which
Will take place next month. They will
go In a private car. Supreme Repre-
sentative Charles L, Sehweizer has
written the Grand Esquire in Cincin-
natl. requesting that the Mobile con-
tingent be assigned a position in the
great parade.
DIR. o. F. Cawthon has decided to
abide by the action of the General
Council In its decision regarding the
Building he is having erected on the
west side eff Conception Street. be-
tween DauphiH and st. Francis. A per-
NIT was issued to DR.. cawthon by the
city Engineer for three one-story brick
buildings to be erected on the site
named. The City Engineer, in court
and before the General Council, stated
that the structure was a one-story,
thfee-Foemed wooden building, with
only one brick wall. The Council or
deTed that the building should be erect
ed according to the permit This morn
ing Dr. Cawthon had the contractor
put workmen on the building to tear
cut the two wooden partition walls in
the building and states he will have
brick walls erected instead of the
wooden ones. As to the north wall he
VIII sheet both the in and outsides
with galvanized iron to conform to the
law as to the erection of buildings in
the fire limits.
A party went on an excursion to
Daphne today on the steamer Dolive.
Tonight as the crowd was going to the
pier to board the boat to return hero.
a s-year-old deaf boy, Will B. Carney,
was badly injured. A tram car ran
him down on the pier, severely injuring
his head. His suffering was very great
before he reached Mobile.
AT $3.50 o'clock tonight fire was dis
covered on the. residence of Mrs Rosa
Burke, 156 Madison Street. Box IS
was pulled and all the department ex-
cept No. and the aerial truck, re-
sponded. The three steamers also re-
sponded. 49, Notwithstanding the guage
at the aerial truck house registered SO
pounds, the natural pressure was too
weak and the steamers got to work
Mrs BHFke's house was Quilted and
three others damaged. One of the en-
gines broke down. The loss has not
been estimated. Claude Lott rescued
a child from Mrs. Kane's house, the one
next to Mrs. Burke's. The child was
overlooked in the excitement and was
in great danger. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
Chief Price stated that fourth en-
CINE would be put In service. This is
another OF the old engines of the volun-
teer days and belongs to aslocal firm.
Mrs. Mary Staples, aged "a years, died
this morning after brief illness. She
was a native of Choctaw County and
was the mother of Captain Norman
Staples. owner of the river steamer
Mary s. Blees. The remains were taken
to Bladen Springs on the Blees tonight
for interment. Her husband, son and
two daughters survive her.
Just before noon today on Clayborne
north of Government Street. a CAVERN
occurred on one of the trenches being
dug for subsurface drainage in District
No. 8. Two negroes, Ed Nichols and
Charles Webb, were caught by the fall
ing of a section ofsthe dirt yard wide
and ten feet long, and both were serl-
ously injured. The trench was about
feet deep and the negroes were almost
entirely buried. The ambulance and a
physician were summoned and both
were sent to their homes.
The first of the open air summer
night band concerts was given tonight
on BienviIIe Square. The LIST infantry
band rendered fine music.
Bertrand Pake of Demopolis, is Wis
iting Leonard Metzger, at his home on