The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-17
Advertiser Bureau.

l With the burning of the Battle House and dismantling of the Commercial Ho- tel on Monday morning. fears were en- tertained here by many, and, in fact, the news went forth that Mobile would fbe unable to accommodate a sufficient humber of people during the coming Mardi Gras festivities. Such reports" said Chairman A. s. Lyons, of the Car ! nival Association, to The Advertiser | this morning, "are needless and with out warrant The Hotels and Accom- modations Committee has been assured that. aside from the hotels and private boarding houses now operating, addi- tionai facilities are being provided by | these. to say nothing of the private l homes which will be thrown open to guests. Tn fact" continued Chairman Lyons. ''all the available vacant places have been secured and are being fitted up and, within the week, ample facili- 1 ties will be afforded all who wish to i visit Mobile during the coming festiv- tiles"
 Referring to the attractions to be l presented during the two days of fes- 1 tivities, Chairman Lyons said the sev- eral committees have made most en- couraging reports, and, best of all. ann pie finances have been subscribed to meet all requirements. The parades VIII be finer than ever before and or such a nature as to give all corners to Mobile an opportunity for full enjoy ment. With Montgomery's famous | band and the Drago combination of this city, with other bands in prospective, the musical feature will be fine. said Mir. Lyons. Then. too, the day and night parades and other attractions. including the coronation and balls will \ be features conducted on a high plane. 
 In maritime circles but little has been done the present week, due en- ! tirely to we tther conditions. Much preparation, however, is making local ly, for an extension of the trade of Mobile to the tropics, as well as other foreign countries. Much interest is manifested in commercial circles over the proposed new line of steamships by the Munson Line, from Mobile to Colon. Already business men here have invaded the Canal Zone with com potent men and vigorous efforts will be made to wrest from New Orleans and Galveston the supremacy they have attained in the Zone.
 As an evidence of the increase of ex- port trade to Cuba. the Isle of Pines, the South American republics and isles of the Antilles, one instance now at Eand Is worth noting. The Vinegar
 
 own sailing vessels out of Mobile to the islands of the South, has six other vessels under charter and now in port awaiting cargoes. Two four-masted sehooners are here taking on cargoes of iron pipe for the Canal Zone.
 The tug Mary Louise, owned by, the Rittenhouse Moore Dredging Company. which was recently partially burned and sunk, and subsequently, raised, was hoo ord Ju ing for necessary repairs The Norwe- gian steamship Habel, under new char ter of Joh B. Cefalu & Bro, filed yes- teTday. is being gotten ready for ser vice in the Mobile-South American trade. The Norwegian steamship Man agua will at once undergo overhauling and, after some time out of commits sion. will be put in service in the same trade.
 At 12:30 this afternoon a joint meet ing of the Boards of Public Works and Revenue and Road Commissioners was held in the office of the former. The purpose of the meeting was to take dn a petition from citizens on Davis Avenue, with reference to improving that thoroughfare, which Is the prin- cipal driveway to the Catholic Ceme- tery, ToulminYille and Pritchards. It
 
 that the roadway should at once be put into substantial condition. The ex- pense of the improvement, from the be- ginning of Davis Avenue to One Mile Creek, at the foot of the hill near the cemetery, will be shared by the city and county. The work will be under the supervision of the Chief Engineer of the Board of Public Works.
 At 1 o'clock this afternoon after a long illness. John Levy, a well known grocer, died at his home on Conception and Poe Streets, Deceased was a na- tive of London, England. and had resid- ed in Mobile three years. He is sur vived by his wife and two children, who have the sympathy of a large cir cle of friends Mir. Levy was a mem- Der of Beth Eur Lodge, Independent Order B'Nai BRith.
 This afternoon a we'll dressed young woman arrived here on the northbound 1 l.. and N. train. She went to a board Ing house. She stated she was from | New Orleans and asked for and paid for room. She placed her babe on a bed ard requested that it be looked ae- ter until she could make some pur- chases. Late this afternoon she had , failed to return. The babe began cry:
 
 amining the child a paper was found pinned on it's breast, the word Mar tia" written thereon A piece of wrap ping paper on the bed showed the name Hattiesburg. Miss. The woman is thought to have left the city. The police departme was notified and a search for the woman was made to no avail.
 Mir. John Hurley, a son of the late Charles Hurley. and a popular enl- ploye of the Southern Railway, met with a serious accident at Calvert. Ala, on the Mobile Selma Division yester- day. While walking on top of freight car he fell. breaking his right knee cap, By a miracle he remained on top of the car until he was able to signal and have the train stop. He was brought to Mobile last night, given at tention, and taken to an infirmary. His injury is serious and painful. Joseph McGipnis, a young white man, a railroad employs. in jumping on the outgoing Southern Railway passenger train, slipped and fell. When the train was stopped and the man pulled from the track 1t was found a leg had been crushed off.
 MT. John R. Nutter. some time con nected with the Mobile and Ohio Rail road Company. and now representing the Colonial Sugar Company of New