The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-15
The News of Mobile

Bids were opened in the United States engineers office today for inn provement of Mobile River channel. There were three bidders, the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company; Southern Gulf, and Pacific: Southern, and Na- tional Dredging Companies, the latter being the lowest. The bids were for warded tonight to Washington.
 Local lovers of sea sports, especially yacht racing, are anticipating a great time tomorrow and Sunday on the oc scasion of the annual regatta of the Mobile Yacht Club.
 This organization being a member of the Southern Yachting Association many boats from Gulfport, Biloxi Scranton. Pascagoula and New Orleans are expected to participate. Already the bay in front of Point Clear Hotel is dotted with natty craft and racing machines and the Point hotel is filling up. Commodore Merrill of the Mobile Yacht Club stated today that this would be the banner year for the organization.
 Rev. Claude E. Hill, pastor of the First Christian Church. left this morn ing for St. Louis, thence to Kansas City and other places. He will be absent several weeks, during which time he is scheduled for several ad- dresses.
 He will return in time to make all arrangements for the dedication of his new church, now nearing completion at the southwest corner of Dearborn and Government Streets.
 The city court jury in the case of the State vs. John Ellis, murder was an cd ha ,terh n. tonight, they having failed to reach verdict. This was the beginning of the fourth night and the ending of | the third day of the jury in its delib- erations.
 The court will not. under the law, discharge the jury until the attorneys for the defense consent. This they have so far not done.
 Isaben Murphy, thirteen years old. the daughter of Thomas E. Murphy, was seriously If not fatally burned late this afternoon by the explosion of an oil can. The young girl at | tempted to start up blaze in n stove by pouring oil from a can. The oil ignited and the flame, going into the can. caused the explosion. The girls clothes were badly burned and she was burned about the face and body. Mrs. Ann Lynch, aged seventy. a na- tive of Waterford County, Ireland. and fifty years a resident here. the relict of John J. Lynch, died at her home here today. She is survived by two daughters. Mesdames Mollie Duffie and Annie Graham. and one son. John | Lynch. Miss Ellen Moore Jones, daughter of Mir estimable young lady. died at the ] family home. St. Francis near Joachim Street, at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon. She enjoyed a large circle of friends here. Besides her parents, two broth- CTS survive her, and other relatives here and in Camden.
 On Monday the inmates of the Boys Industrial School will go to Spring Hill | College for an outing. | This Is St. Alexis day and the birth l day of the president of the school | Brother Alexis of the Order of the
 Sacred Heart. His birthday. therefore
 will be appropriately celebrated by the
 little fellows In his charge. #= Last night on Maple and Hercules | Streets, in the northwest part of the | city, a basket was found. In 1t was
 negro babe, about one week old. The
 babe was taken in charge by a negress Sheriff Powers was notified and will | endeavor to have the heartless person
 who deserted the babe arrested and
 brought to justice.
 MT. and Mrs Robert J. Pearson and
 family have gone to Grand Bay. where
 they will reside permanently.
 detachment of colonel duMont's stafi
 will leave at midnight tomorrow night
 and the Mobile battalion in n special -