The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
The News of Mobile

| value, $1,000.
 American schooner sallIe ron for New York. 42s.6sI feet pine lumber. Italian bark Aldo for. Buenos Ayres, l 632,970 feet pine lumber, 23,280 feet sawn pine timber; value, $4.9S5.
 Norwegian bark Lief for Capetown, s. A.. 340.620 feet sawn pine timber. S56.s35 feet pine lumber; value, $1S.- IFS.
 Cuban steamship Cubana, for Man zanillo, Santiago and Cienfuegos. gem eral cargo; value, S53,S25. American steamship Saratoga for Havana, general cargo; valued at STA s61.
 British schooner Georgiana for Neu.. va Gerona, Isle of Pines, general car- go; valued at 32,275.
 Imports were as follows
 Norwegian steamship Beacon, from Boeas del .Toro, 1s,0O0 punches bana- mas.
 American steamship Rio Grande from New York: 1000 packages merchandise.
 American steamship Saratoga from Havana. three bales leaf tobacco, 1T bales sponges, IT barrels stripped to- bacco, 1S1 crates pineapples, S37 crates tomatoes, 742 crates potatoes.
 Norwegian steamship Harold from Belize, 10000 punches bananas, l5,OOO cocoanuts.
 southbound extra freight on the Mobile and Ohio Railway was wrecked' near DeSoto, Miss. about 100 miles north of Mobile this morning, due to g. weakened culvert. Engineer Fred Helm of Shubuta, Miss, was reported as buried under the wreck and thought to be killed. Joseph Arata of Mobile. who was learning the road, was re- ported as seriously injured. Vice. President Russell gave orders for the removal of Arata to Mobile at once and vigorous search for Helm. Traf- fic was considerably delayed by the wreck.
 number of the old employees of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad have been dismissed recently from the shops in this city. The why or wherefore is not given out. It was learned today that six of the old employees had been discharged during the past week.
 News was received here this after noon of the death at Ocean Springs. Miss, of Mrs. Mary McGowan, an aged and highly respected citizen of this city. She was the relict of Dennis Me- GoWan and is survived by one son, Will liam E. McGowan of Mobile, and two daughters, Mrs. Wm. Johnson of Oceun Springs. and Mrs. Anna Muth of Louis vile, Ky. The body will be brought to Mobile for interment.
 Philip Gum, aged 61 years, a native of County Heath, Ireland, for a long time a resident of Mobile, died today at his home in this city. MT. Gunn's death was due to illness of a short time and was totally unexpected to his host of friends here Mir. Gum was veteran of the Confederacy, enlistine at this place and serving on the gum boat Huntsville, of which crew he was the last surviving member, and the last to receive an honorable discharge. Three children, Mary ". Joseph A. and David M. Gum, survive him. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Kate Glacken, In Ireland. Deceased was Q member of St. Johns branch of the Catholic Knights of America.
 Miss Etta E Bolton, the only female rural mail delivery agent in Alabama had an experience today while on her route which came near resulting in her death and the loss of her horse. vehi- cle and mail. In crossing the bridge over Bolton Creek, four miles west of this city, on Halls Mill road. the bridge collapsed. precipltating her and her outfit into the stream, which had been much swollen by the recent rains. The young lady struggled bravely and