The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-10
Advertiser Bureau.
 NohtIa Mo rch a

been a champion of deep water for Mo- bile Bay, and the rivers tributary thereto. spoke with zest of the pros poets for consummation of the hopes of Mobile and all Alabama.
 He was greatly depressed when he learned of the very serious illness of his esteemed friend. Captain George Cooke. one of the oldest and best speaking of Captain Cooke, MT. Wal Ter said he held him as one of his dearest friends.
 Mir. Tunstall. with Mir. Waller. ex- pressed pleasure at the marks of im- provement noticeable in Mobile
 The four local infantry companies and the battery are making extensive preparations for the coming inspection. Adiutant General W. W. Brandon and Captain D. W. McIver are expected here on March 20, and with the com manding officers of the several detach- ments, will constitute a board of sur yey for each company and the battery. The entire equipment will be inspected and such as Is not fit for service Will be condemned and reauisition made for other equipment to supplant this. William Young. negro. was appre- hended last night at the passenger de- pot by Deputy sherin Phil Fatch. Young is wanted in Marengo County on a warrant charging assault to murder. Sad was the death of Miss Bridget Annie McGrath. which occurred last night at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ed. P, White, No. 206 Beauregard Street, after a brief illness. Miss White was a daughter of the late James and Margaret McGrath of Mo- bile. For thirteen years she had been in St. Louis in the capacity Of a 1 trained nurse. Early in the winter she came home to visit relatives, was taken i'll and gradually failed until the dissolution. She was a consistent and I lifelong member of St. Patrick Church, this city, and was greatly | loved by a large circle of friends here. Three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Collins. Mrs. E. P. White and Mrs. Arthur Saunders and one brother, MT. Edward McGrath, survive and mourn the death of Miss McGrath. The bereaved fami- | ly have the sympathy of a large circle
 of friends here.
 l
 rated the past week, has already grown in favor here and, with the added rail
 road facilities provided by the Mobile
 and Ohio, is drawing many people from this city. On Saturday Colonel E. l. Russell Vice-President of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, will deliver an ad- dress at the Chautauqua and it is ex' pected a very large crowd will attend from this city to hear Mobiles favor
 ite son.
 1 In the City Court, Hon. O. J Semmes presiding, prisoners convicted
 at this term of court were sentenced
 as follows:
 Columbus Scruggs, burglary and grand larceny. five years in the peni'
 tentiary.
 Sam Scott, assault and battery, sis
 months hard labor.
 Charlie Jackson. burglary, two years hard labor.
 Walter Holly. Helen Green. Ben Eos. ter, grand larceny. each one year harc labor.
 l William Sager, grand larceny, one
 year and one day in the penitentiary. Dave Howard. concealed weapons
 twenty-seven days hard labor. Same
 assault and battery (two cases). each one day hard labor. Same. abusive language. one day hard labor. l Will Hudson. burglary and grand larceny, two years hard labor. John Brown. grand larceny three years in the penitentiary. Barbara Chatham. grand larceny. one year hard labor.
 Jesse Meese, petit larceny, three months hard labor.
 Minor Garrett, grand larceny, one year hard labor.
 Jim Howard, assault and battery with a bottle. thirty days hard labor. The call for tomorrow is Walter Ned, under indictment for murder. Mrs. Bridget Clancy. aged 80, died today at her home In this city. De- ceased was one of the oldest and among the last of a clan of Irish people who came to Mobile in the ship Erin Go- braugh" in 1S49. One son and eight grandchildren survive her. Mrs. Mamie Macon. wife of Armor Macon, IS years old, and a native of Vicksburg, Miss. died at her home, Ce- dar and Augusta Streets. after brief illness.
 On the night of January 30, Jack | Wilson. white. employed as watchman
 
 disappeared. After a vigorous search | nope of finding the man was aban- | doned by friends and family. This morning Mir. Wilson's body was found
 In the river along side the Mobile
 Jackson and Kansas City Railroad | pier.
 W. J. Turner. a white lad about
 twenty, became raving mad on Com merce Street near St. Michael Street. He began running beside a fast nov
 ing engine yelling and trying to jump
 on it. He was taken to police head quarters and held for safety. Turner's mother went to headquarters and rec ognized him. The family lives at
 Bond, Miss. The led had previously
 been confined in the asylum at Merid-
 ian, Miss, but had been released as
 cured. The father is a merchant at
 Bond and mas requested the lad be held until he comes to Mobile. fifteen year old girl named Vic toria Smith. claiming Brewton. Ala,
 as her home was arrested by detec-
 tives this afternoon. The girl was en-
 tering house of III repute when ap-
 prehended. She stated that she was
 bent on visiting her sister, who Is an