The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-17
NEWS OF GULF CITY
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR
 THE WEEK.
So Far the Payment of Poll Taxes is Greatly Behind That of Previous Years-Residence Enter
 ed and Robbed.
Advertiser Bureau,

not as good as that of the week before as indicated by the following entries at the ofiice of the Collector of Customs: Norwegian steamship Fort Gaines. from Bocas del Toro. 17.0O0 punches bananas.
 Norwegian steamship Fort Morgan, from Bocas del Toro. 16.570 punches ba- nanas.
 American steamship Sabine, from New York. 9,100 packages general merchandise.
 Cuban steamship Mobila from Havana, 692 crates vegetables.
 Norwegian steamship Mount Vernon, from Port Limon. 17.o00 punches bananas.
 Norwegian steamship Alm from Pro- gresso. l.O60 bales sisal grass.
 Norwegian steamship Bralten from Puerto Cortez. 7,5O0 punches bananas.
 Norwegian steamship Taunton. from Bocas del Toro. 10000 punches bananas. l Exports for the week were as follows: , American brig John H. Crandoh for Havana, S20.615 feet pine lumber; value. $3, ,626.
 tiago. 365.3 feet of pine lumber: value. A4s1.
 Norwegian steamship Mercator for Ha- vana, io7.oss feet pine lumber. general merchandise; value. $26,652.
 Norwegian steamship Trumn for Cien- fuegos. 2ss.952 feet pine lumber and gen. eral merchandise: value. $36,07S.
 British schooner Helen E. Kenney. for Havana. 2sl.262 feet pine lumber; value. ssS59.
 British steamship Alamere. for Aber- deen, 124 96s feet pine lumber; for St. Na- 4 zarre. 337. .756 feet pine lumber. 572.2SS feet pine timber; value. $ls.SsS.
 American steamship Sabine. for New York. 2.500 cross ties. 10000 feet pine lum- Der. $500 bales cotton, 50 cases cedar slats. 265 packages merchandise. I AIa f~~ N.lP | 1.S60.l20 feet sawn pine timber. 6S.5l3 feet pine deals 41597 feet pine lumber; for Lisbon, 476.2So feet pine timber; value, $So.- ss4
 German steamship Horta, for Amster- dam, sss.599 feet pine lumber. i6.5S1 feet pine timber; for Hamburg, 5G,l62 feet pine lumber: value, $ls,S60. American barkentine Arlington, for Bos- ton. 42S,00O feet cypress lumber. | Norwegian steamship Fort Morgan, for Bocas del Toro. 5000 feet pine lumber, 305 barrels flour, general merchandise. l American schooner Martha, for Laguna del Carmen, 25,704 feet pine timber, 9,556 feet pine lumber and general cargo.
 Norwegian steamship Bralten for Puer- to Cortez, 40.000 pounds flour; value. $742. | Norwegian steamship Taunton. for Bo- cas del Toro. general merchandise.
 British steamship Evergham, for Bre- men, S75O bales (4,S5o.0OO pounds) cotton, 5S,596 feet pine lumber; value, $6l5.597. | Cuban steamship Mobila, for Havana, general merchandise; value, $S7,9H. l test of a new steam turbine to be used for sending blast into the new gas generators being installed at the Mobile Gas Light and Coke Company's plant, was made this morning. With ninety-five pounds pressure the turbine made 24.0O0 revolutions per minute. This invention is considered by experts who witnessed the test, to be one of the greatest in the his tory of steam.
 Suit was filed in the Circuit Court this afternoon by Steve Williams, administra- tor of estate of Charles Williams, against J. F. Barnes and Company, contractors. for $10,000 damages for the death of the deceased.
 l Charles Williams was employed in tear ing down the walls of a building on St. | Emmanuel Street, opposite the police sta wall and injured to the extent that he died December 4, last. The suit Is to re- cover damages from the contractors for death of Charles Williams.
 Frank Thompson. young white man. employed by the electric lightning com pany of Mobile. had a close call for his life late this afternoon. Thompson went into the bath room at his residence, Il St. Emanuel Street, to take bath. A charcoal furnace was ignited to furnish the heat in the bathroom. Thompson was overcome by the fumes from the burning charcoal and 1t required the utmost efforts of physician to revive him. l News was received here tonight of the extreme illness of Mrs. Lena Lawhead, nee Grotz, of this city Her mother, Mrs. NJ. Grotz. and sister. Mrs. Godfrey Mertz, left at once for Cincinnati. Mrs. Daniel V. Murphy died this morn- ing at o'clock at the residence of her mother. Mrs. B. MuntE. 157 George Street after brief illness. She was a native of this city and besides her mother and hus- band leaves four children and two sisters and three brothers.
 William Moore, a Confederate veteran, aged 65 years. died today at Pritchard Station. this County. He was a member of Camp Raphael Semmes, U. c. V.
 Marriage licenses were issued during the week out of the Probate Court to white couples as follows Lafayette H. Newell and Miss Alice Taylor: Eugene r. Sulli- van and Miss Nette c. Jordan; Joseph Watson and Miss Bathy Huen: Andrew Henson and Miss Emma Peterson; s. A. Sparkman and Mrs. Alice F.. Fitzgerald Licenses were issued to six colored couples during the week.
 Among the permits for Improvements issued out of the City Engineers office for the week were the following: E. M. Tyler, owner. two one-story frame build ings. west Hamilton. between Maryland and New Jersey Streets, 800 each; Mrs. Ellen Burns owner, two one-story frames, Cedar, south of Monroe Street, S00; Mrs. J. G. Clausen owner. repairs. sos Scott Street, s20O; Mrs. Rosalie Gomez, repairs 114 North Water Street $2O0.
 The total number of poll tax receipts issued by Tax Collector Dorlon up to the close of business last night was TT. This is against 1893 last year and $500 the year previous. The figures Indicate a lethargy among voters who are eligible to pay the poll tax The taxfn collections for the three months ending January 1st, were $226,00O.
 Mrs. l.. Fleischman of Columbus, Miss, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Aaron Hahn, No. $50 Government Street.
 Rev. Father O'Grady, diocesan mis- sionary for the Catholic Diocese of Mobile spent the morning here. en route to Greenville, from the south end of Mobile County. Father O'Grady is well and favorably known here and was cordially greeted on all sides.