The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-20
COLONY OF ITALIANS
LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN
 NEAR MOBILE.
Substantial Immigrants Who Will Engage in Truck Farming and Fruit Raising Between Nal
 colm and Macintosh.
Advertiser Bureau,


 | Mobile, Jan. 19. The Italian colony to be located on the Southern Railway, between Malcolm and Macintosh, Is now a certainty. T. r Costello. local representative of the New York Company whici: purchased the lands and brought the first installment of Italian colonists here. sad this lnoIn- l ing that five houses had been completed and as many families installed in them. These people, said MT. Costello, are un- like what many thought they were. All are fairly well off from monetary standpoint have paid for their lands | and will at once engage in gardening and planting fruit trees. They are, as class, educated and will prove good citi- l zens.
 Mir. Cornelia, who has charge of the immigration of the company, will leave tomorrow for New York to secure a party of twenty-five who have already negotiated for lands in the colony These he will bring to Mobile and for ward to Malcolm within ten days. | MT. Costello said that his company has | nearly completed a deal with a Massa- chusetts cotton manufacturing company whereby the latter is to remove it's plant to a. point near Macintosh and in, close proximity to the river. This company, he said now employs about 400 hands,
 
 prove of great benefit in building up the now thinly settled section.
 Henry Rondeau, a white man. escaped | from the city prison some time early | this morning. He effected his escape by the use of large file with which he | dug a hole through the south wall of the prison. This wall is three-brick | thick. How the man secured the file a m n m ly nfln Nro1 placed in the bull ring during the night and he, like all other prisoners, was searched before being locked up and with thirteen other white men. was found inside the cage by the turnkey this morn ing. It is thought Rondeau concealed himself on top of the cage when the turnkey locked up the prisoners in that ward last might.
 Turnkey Burgess said this morning that after locking up for the night he walk ed around the cage and saw no one He thought Rondeau was already in side the cage when he rounded up the others.
 Rondeau. it will be recalled. with an- other man named John Gavin, several months ago. assaulted and severely beat Policeman Charles Haggerty, who was recently murdered on Royal street by an unknown person. Rondeau was then in confinement. He was doing 1SO days for his share in the assault on the po- liceman. and had served about sixty days of his time.
 Chief Case says he is determined to. capture Rondeau, and will use every en- deaVor in effecting his apprehension. The lieutenant of police, who Is in charge at night. Is an uncle of the es- cape He expressed regret at the escape and said he woulddo everything possible to capture and have the man punished
 Th0 latest acquisition to the Munson Mobile Havana Steamship Line is the Acquilla, a fast sailer and Well-equpped for carrying freight and passengers.
 The Mary s. Blees, which arrived down last night from Demopolis. had 135 bales cotton. PSI sacks of seed and a good sun- dry list. She left late tonight >for Demop- olis and way points on the Bigbee, with a good freight
 The Annie D. arrived down last night from Stockton. light. After having her pumps repaired, she left tonight with a fair cargo.
 The Nettie Quill left tonight for Selma and way points on the Alabama River with several passengers and a large freight list.
 The remains of Policeman Benjamin P. Clonan were inferred in the Catholic cemetery this morning The funeral ser vices were held in the Cathedral. with mass. Rev. Father Dunn officiating. An escort of thirty policemen, in charge of Lieutenant Rondeau, accompanied the re- mains to the grave. handsome floral policeman's badge. with the dead patrol mans number, 'S2,' in violets, was the tribute of his comrades. The paIl-bearers were Richard Cullen and Thomas Myers of the Fire Department; George Maxwell and John J. Leonard of the Police De. partment; John Dignan and w H Ram croft. Capt. John Marquis of Fire Comnanv No. z. Is suffering from blood poison. 4 pimple appeared on his right hand ahont | two weeks ago. and he used A rnstv needle in opening 1t.
 The Shippers Press property on Wafer Street was purchased today by D. R. Rur- gess for the Magnolia Compress Comnanr The purchase price was s7O,OOO w Jr | Gordon sold siX-elevenths of the pronart,, and James K. Glennon & Co. ive-eIav- enthS. This property, in former days