The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-12
THE NEWS OF MOBILE
Advertiser Bureau.

MODlle, June II.
 With the municipal primary afar of (about nine months), and the Executive Committee dormant, for the time De" ing, one would hardly think that, with the thermometer registering around 92.4 that politics could prove inter- esting at this time.
 But the game has begun and in earn est, Talk of candidates for the major even already there Is q perceptible ac- tivity for positions which. under or dinary circumstances and ln ordinary cities would go begging. While E. E. members of the General Council, in the Aldermanic branch, had made avowal of their candidacy some time since. the present incumbent, while 1t was con ponents, did not shy his castor into the arena until this morning. Pat J. Lyons will ask the people to endorse aermsn afs aeaipns and ins meyor He became Mayor through the death Of Charles E. Me Lean. There is talk of Walter F. Walsh. also May2r py & accident Soi,.Id the mayoralty chip on his shoulder.
 With three In the race. one possibil- ity, and, perha ps. one or two dark horses fin the stable, the hght Tor the holding of the rsins of government of the city looks good for warm prop osition. Each of the three candidates announced has the reputation of sever Ing the cora connected Witn lIG DdCh- ing bell and never quitting.
 To go into detail as to the avowed and prospective candidates for the oth- CT municipal positions would require per would give gratis. Of the vast ar ray of talent mentioned, howevsr, 1t is sufficient to say many of the colts and old goers will not. lind jockeys when
 As to the office of Sheriff. which. by the way, will not be vacant for long time, thcre are no ltss than bakers aqzen ss.s to pc ConntIe rn IoaeS as m %on h s sr starters. while still others may get in the going.
 After being detained at Ship Island quarantine station since June ? with twenty-nino passengers, all of them refugees from the Central American Republic. and principally from Puerto arrived up to Mobile this afternoon.
 The Hiram, as announced In The Ad' vertiser at the time, arrived at the Mobile Bay quarantine plant on June 1st and because of the large list of pas sengers. and limited accommodations, she was ordered to the Government plant on Ship Island.
 Of the twenty-nine original passen- gers of the Hiram sent to Ship Island station, only twenty-seven came here. two having died at the daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Schultz of Puerto-Cortez. and formerly of New who died on the fifth. and Nor ris Sehiek, a liquor salesman. represent ing Bernheimer Brothers. and whose home was thought to be In Louisville. He died June sixth; The two bodies were inferred at Ship Island. The pas sengers who arrived here were In A health.
 Railroad men, as well as men in oth- CT vacations and professions, have their peculiar superstitions. It has been an aphcrism that tho burn- ing or sinking of one ship called for two others in rapid succession. In this staid old city the volunteer firenlen used to have a saying that one fire meant two others in twenty-four hours. With railroad men, and espe- clally engineers, the rule of three, in this section. holds equally as good
 The death of John F. Hoover yes- terday at Prichards. while on duty, re- 1 called vividly the fact that. within | sight, about three-fouTths of mile i away, and not more than a month ago. | Engineer John J. Meade was crushed 10 | death in his engine. But a short time before Engineer Fred Hein was lifted | out from under the wreckage of his | engine at Enterprise. also on the Mobile l and Ohio. The above three, with En- l uineer Thomas P Darling. who a few | weeks since dropped dead In the cab | of his engine at the round house here. | makes four good and trusted employees | to go the Long Run In the present | year and since spring began.
 Inc many friends of col, 2. R nar-