The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-23

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 grandest night display in the history of Mobile. All secret societies. through communications. announced their parades to be of a magnitude not before seen in Mobile. Tuscahoma Tribe I. o. R. M. will parade and have four allegorical floats. This is an en- tirely new feature. News from the in formation bureau was more than satIs- factory.
 All that was mortal of the lamented Rev. Father Gardiner was inferred in the Catholic cemetery today. The at- tendance at the services in the Cathe- dral of the Immaculate Conception was unusually large and the cortege to the grave consisted of all classes and creeds. At o'clock solemn requiem mass was celebrated in the cathedral, Rt Rev. Edward F. Allen, bishop of the diocese of Mobile. being the celebrant. The officers of the mass were as fol- tier. deacon; Father Shea of St. Vim cents parish. sub-deacon; Fathers But Ter and Brislain of Spring Hill, deacons of honor :NVery Rev Father Demeurrer of Birmingham, assistant priest; Fathers Kerrigan and English, acho- iites: Father Coyle of Birmingham and Father Dennis of this city. incense bearers; Father M. S. O'Donnell of the cathedral, master of ceremonies Rev. Fatl 2 Kirwan of St. Patricks. preach negyric was eloquent and beautifully worded and included a history of the life work of Rev. Father Gardiner. His peroration was seldom equalled and never excelie6 here The funeral was a fiitting tribute to the man of God who had given his life to preaching and benefitting mankind.
 
 meeting of the joint Rivers and Harbor Committee of Mobile was held in the Chamber of Commerce at noon were e. prssent panntf 'NS W oHs, whtnT ToliS~iR Merrill. J. B. Davis, ,. B. Waterman, Saffold Berney. W. k. P. Wilson and Erwin Craighead.
 The principal subject for considera- tion was the visit to Cuba and Porto Rico of the Rivers and Harbor Com mittee of Congress, which, on the re- turn Is to land at some Southern port.
 resolution .o ,.,t was nnp,s sdSpssd asking the on the return. Other routine business was transacted.
 Mfr. Henry L. Gaines. IT.. who was one of the Caracristt expedition to Pan- anna and Colombia, and which left New Orleans several months since, return ed to Mobile this afternoon by way of New Orleans. The return of MT Gaines WHO represented the AldDAma HOtX- technic Institute. relieves the anxiety felt by friends and relatives here as to the safety of the expedition. report having gained currency here that the expedition had left Carthagena, Pan- anna, on a steamship which was report ed later as lost.
 Patrick A. McGraw is dead. To many the five words mean little some, perhaps will pass them over with a glance RNf in MnhfIa nd especially hundreds of orphans who, during the past twenty-one years have been inmates of the several orphan ages of Mobile, the news will be heard as he was familiarly known in Mobile, where he resided for many years, and whose progeny now reside in the city. died the past week in Clarksdale, Miss.
 A man of the people he was. Irish by parentage, American in all it means, and, though his means were not great hls heart overnowed with kindness for unprotected humanity. More than twenty years ago Pat McGraw was an engineer on the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad. Twenty-two years ago he was engaged in operating an engine which pulled a train between this city in progress. One day. while olllng up he saw a long line of orphans marching to the train, guests of the railroad and fair association. en route
 
 there decided that other benetactIons were due the waifs. He consulted his brother employees of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the result of this conference was the oraanization now known as the Louisville and Nash vile Employees Association. At once officers were elected and it was deter mined to run an excursion down the among the Catholic and Protestant orr phanaRes of Mobile. For twenty-one years these excursions have been run out of Mobile to coast towns on thA sands of dollars have been gained for support of these worthy charges.
 Such men a Patrick A. McGraw, seldom found in a community said a this morning, 'are an honor and a comfort, far more than many who poS- sess large wealth."
 Sheriff Powers this morning received the following letter dated Sunset Tex. Feb. 20. It reads as follows:
 There was a telegram to The Dal- las News stat'pg that A. M. Page M. or Willie L. Page? My wife has Page"
 iff ascertain the proper initials of de- atives in Texas. including his mother. sherff Powers on investigation, learn. ed that the man who was killed by Charles Taggart,, now held for man slaughter in the first degree, Is the man sought by the writer of the let ter, whose name is l.. W. Miller. He has been informed of the facts.
 Washington's Birthday, a national holiday. was generally observed by the banking institutions and commer- cial associations of Mobile. as well as the public schools of the County "Oid Glory" was Haunted to the breezes on public. and other buildings. and. as city.
 Notice has been received here that an has been perfected whereby the Y. NJ. c. A. basket bail team of Mobile will meet the Crescent nasium Saturday night.
 County Commissioner Andrews ar rived from Coden this morning. He stated that he was busily engaged in having oyster shells placed and rolled on the roads Tn and about Coden. He also said that arrangements were nak- ing for the spreading of shells on the new coast road.
 Mobile Society News.
 The visits of Mrs. Louis Canfied Par ker formerly Miss Nettie Quill to her old home, are always a signal for a series of entertainments, the most bril- liant being those given by her mother, Mrs. John Quill. Nothing in all the long line of triumphs achieved by Mrs. Quill could surpass in pleasure and artistic eTect the entertainment of to- daV. The aFfaruoOn hOura frar. 4a