The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

l ty will come to BirAingham on . special train for the event while ad- vices received are to the efrect that . number of members Of the party will come to the city in wagons to attend the address. On the same evening the Parker and Davis Clubs of Jefe :son County and the Repubiicans of Aiabs. ma will have rallies In this city.
 Services as ussAsssc CS~rrA.
 A solemn high requiem mass was eel ebrated in the Catholic Church here this morning for the repose of the soul of the late Rev. Father P. A O'Reilly, who died . month ago from injuries received by being thrown from . horse at the brfgade eneampment of the Ala. bama National Guards. The congrewa- tion was large. Rev. Father 0alland of Pratt City. delivered the oration, which was strictly concerning the dead priest and his position and work for the church. There were eight priests in the chanceL The choir was made up of eight voices under the direction of Phillip Memoii.
 Will 0Rer . nevvnrA.
 Governor R. N. Cunningham while in Birmingham today. conferred with Chief Deputy Sheriff stradford in ref. erence to tho assaulting of Mrs. F. M. Hydrick at Boyies' Gap, north of the city. reward will bc offered for the arrest and conviction of the negro who committed the deed. Mrs. Hydrick has been shown four negroes arrested on suspicion already. but in each instance she declared the man to be the wrong one.
 Bob Hoskens. the negro arrested at Coalburg accused of criminaily as- saulting a 7-year-old girl of his own color. denies the accusation. He will be given a preliminary in the next few days. He says that the charge Is false. . Bey Found UAeonseiouu.
 John Lane. the 10-year-old son of Mrs. Mary Lane, a widow. who works at the Empire Laundry. and lives at 1908 Avenue B. was found unconscious this morning about II o'clock in . courtway adjoining the new Torrey building. being constructed on the northwest corner of Eighteenth Street and Second Avenue. He had been ac- |cidentalIy struck on the head and in the side by some remnant scantling or deal thrown from an upper story of the building by plasterers. He will live unless internal injuries develop. Two ribs were broken and a scalp wound was sustained just above the forehead. and it. was this latter which rendered the boy unconscious.
 Te Annui Lease.
 W. H. Woodward. owner of the Woodward building and the Metropol- itan Hotel property adjoining it. has filed bill in Chancery Court, seeking to set aside. annul and cancel the lease made by the Metropolitan Hotel Com pany to Peppageorge Brothers. who have a cafe and fruit stand in the Metropolitan Hotel building
 The ground of the action. as alleged in, the bill. is that Emil Lesser, lcssee of the Metropolitan Hotel property. was forbidden by his lease with Moore & Handley. heretofore owners of the Metropolitan Hotel property. from sub leasing any of the premises. and that w. H. Woodward. when he purchased the property some months ago. sue. ceeded to all of the rights and restric- tions contained in the lease made by Moore & Handiey to Lesser. The lat ter, 1t ise stated. violated the contract | by leasing a portion of the premises to the Pappaseorse Brothers for a pe- l riod of i've yeare.