The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-13
Advertiser Bureau,

ing a handsome new yacht, the Myak-
 ka, owned by H. K. Milner of Birmine
 ham, and which will be entereJ as one
 of the fleet of the Mobile Yacnt Cluo.
 The yacht came to this port from Fun
 ta Gorda, Fla, a distance of 600 miles.
 Her engines are 18-horse power each and she is capable of maintaining
 speed of ten miles per hourMr. Mllhtl
 Is a member of a prominent firm 'h
 Birmingham, and his acquisition as
 member of the Mobile Yacht Club was
 hailed with pleasure by the members
 here.
 On board the launch were MT H. K Miner, the owner; his father, MaJor
 Willis J. Milner, and Prof. A. D. smith
 also of Birmingham. Major Milner lett
 this afternoon for New Orleans, where
 he will join his wife and visit for some time with his daughter, after which the
 Major and Mrs. Miner will return to Birmingham. MT. H. K. Miner ana Professor Smith will remain in Mobile a few days.
 Following is a list of the grand jury for the June term of the City Court: Andrew Van Antwerp, Frederick T. Harteau, Martin J. Smith. Solomon Heidelberger, Robert E.. Wilson, Lorry
 Campbell, William M. Provost, Charles
 l.. Simmons. Thomas w. Halliday, Kearsley Carter, Jr., Jefferson D. Dem
  William s. Moore, Louis Lowenstein.
 Robert o. Perrin, Glenn E. Aunspaugh.
 James H. Glennon, James R. Hagan, Ewing McBee, Brainard Sibley, Walter Mitchell, city; William H. Newell, Charles Pollard. County.
 Following is the jury for the first
 week, civil term: Leopold Hammel,
 Mathew J. Clark, Andrew c. McCrea, James J. Deegan. August Brettel. Will liam A. Lott, Frank Fisher, Ernest Jackson. Elmer Maddox, Leonard M. Allen, William Schottgen. Alexander H.
 Jackson Co, George Stewart, Charles E. Vincent, August Streb. Robert Reid Co, Thomas A. Cosgrove. Andrew Mahler, Jefferson D. Logan. Frank H. Leavens Gel, Robert B. Morriss, Ed | ward J. Marshall. Solomon A.. spark
 man. William J. Johnson, Lewis s. Dunlap. John McNeil tc). Joseph Hol- lifeld, William F. Kenny, Joseph Cleveland. William Holder, William Easterling. Golden Newell, Frank Bur- nett, Frank Hamilton, County. Following is the jury for the second week, civil term: John J. Humphreys, John l.. Fincher, John Ryan. Edward | D. Cook, Robert J. Kapahn, James | Sowell, Edward l.. Hickey, John w. McDowell, Edward P. Murray, George | J. Clausen, Michael J. Vickers, Mark | s. Andrews, Joseph Lambrakis, Gus tave G. Menken, Ernest Nelson, Jacob l S. simon, Thomas E. Pratt, Stephen B. Forbes, Joseph A. Rafield. Eugene Mel | finger, James H. Simms, Edward s. Keincke, Peter Brown, George B. Rog- CTS. John c. Vickers. Frank lmsand, John A. Pope Co, Tudor w. Mask, city; Thomas c. Broadus, James M | Clark, Daniel Juzang, Robert Jones, | David Parsons, Irman Macon, Robert
 Lord. Charles Werneth. County. At 1:30 this afternoon fire was dis l covered in the dry kiln of the McDon- 1 aid Lumber Company at the head of Water Street. The entire fire depart | ment responded and by prompt work succeeded in stopping the blaze before
 much damage was done. The kiln Is | in close proximity to "A" elevator and the big docks of the Mobile and Ohio and had the kiln burned the flames, ow- | ing to a high wind, might have spread and caused great damage to the prop critics named and much shipping in the slips. A dry kiln on the same spot was l destroyed one year ago.
 At noon tomorrow 1t will be decided | whether the Southern Bell Telephone | Company will have control of the Home Telephone Company. The Southern | Bell Company has an option on a ma | jority stock of the Home and tho time
 
 | tomorrow.
 A large stockholder and one greatly | interested informed The Advertiser representative this afternoon that in | the event the Southern Bell secures i control Mobile will still have an op- portunity to secure an opposition com pHny. The Independent Long Distance Telephone and Telegraph Company of Alabama, with $500,000 capital, will, in event the Southern gets the Home | Company. ask the General Council for | franchise to establish an exchange in l this city.
 In the United States District Court before Hon. Harry T. Toulmin is being tried a very important case. It is ti- tied the United States ct al vs. Norma Aikens ct al. in condemnation of nearly
 200 acres of land adjoining Fort Nor
 gan in Baldwin County. The case is of more than ordinary interest because Of two reasons. The Government wishes to secure the land for extension of the reservation at Fort Morgan and
 the promoters of the Gulf. Birmingham and Northern Railroad wish to acquire the land for a town site. this being adjacent to twenty-fv acres of land fronting Mobile Bay which Is to be
 used for terminal purposes by the rail- road company. The condemnation pro- ceedings are being heard before a jury
 and large number of witnesses have been summoned.
 The remains of Captain Thomas E. Deering, whose tragic death was men tioned in yesterdays Advertiser were inferred in Magnolia Cemetery late
 this afternoon The funeral took place
 at 5 o'clock from the residence of Fred
 Malone. Very Rev. Gardner c. Tucker.
 rector of St Johns Episcopal Church
 officiated. The pallbearers were
 Messrs. l.. P. Wagner. Sr, J. F. John
 son, James McCauley. T. T. Turner,
 Fred Malone and J. T. Hawkins. Many
 handsome floral designs were placed
 on the grave, including a handsome Gates Ajar" from the Mobile Bay Bar Pilots Association.
 The remains of Senator D. D. Hall of
 Baldwin County, whose sudden and un-
 timely death was noted in The Adver-
 tiser were inferred yesterday after
 noon in the private graveyard at Canoe Station, Baldwin County. There was
 large concourse of people at the obse- quies. Rev. E. A. Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Brewton, of -