The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
The News of Mobile

i meeting on November IS. and the re-
 turns are to be counted on December
 2. The law governing primaries was
 the basis of the report.
 The Committee on Assessment re- ported as follows:
 | Mayor, $50; City Clerk, Tax Collec- 1 tor, SAC each; City Attorney, City Re- 1 corder, $30 each; City Engineer Mem | Der Board of Public Works, S20 each; | Councilmen and Aldermen, s10 each. On suggestion of a committeeman the l chair announced that the members from the eight wards are made committees to secure polling places in their respective wards.
 | Hon. Jcbn H. Bankhesd. Congress ! man from the Sixth Alabama District arrived in Mobile this morning for the 1 purpose of conferring with Major Will liam E. Craighill of the United States Engineer Corps relative tc the latter s report on Improvements in the Tombig- bee and Alabama Rivers and Mobile Bay channel. He was especially inter ested in the Tombigbee between De- mopolis and Columbus. Miss, and the Improvements provided for in the re- cent appropriation in the rivers and harbor bill of Congress. The work, he said, is progressing nicely and as soon as frost appears the corps of engineers on that river will get busy with sur veys for further improvements in the shape of locks, etc.
 Colonel Bankhead was in the pink of condition and when asked about his next tilt for Congressional honors said he felt assured he would be returned d from his district. Asked if he desired to go to the Senate, he said that should the opportunity be given him he would not refuse it. He left tonight for the North on the Southern train.
 James O Dickens. President of the English Manumacturing Company, shortly after o'clock this afternoon was stricken with paralysis in hls of flee, Dauphin and Water Streets. His entire left side is affected, he being unable to utter a sound. He was when examined found to be helpless from the waist down. He was unconscious for long period.
 His wife was in the office at the time MT. Dickens was stricken. He was taken to his home in an ambulance and Is reported in a desperate condition.
 Fairhope's single tax colony has again been disturbed. Three officers of this Baldwin County colony have by referendum vote been removed and their places filled by other members. w. A. Baldwin, Treasurer; c. K. Brown, member of the Council, and Mrs. Annie B. Hall, Trustee, were the deposed of ficers and their places were filled re- spectively by William Call, s. V. Tar nell and c. E. L. Littlefield.
 The removal of the officers named was not because of disturbance in the family affars of the colony, but because of desire to change the policy to agree with advanced ideas formulated 6Ur Nf member 1t was learned that the call for the meeting was signed by thirty three of the fifty members of the coun- ell who signed the petition. On the vote for removal of the officers named the vote stood 36 to II. At this meet ing the position of superintendent of health, vacated through the resigna- tion of Mir. Watros, was filled by the election of E. S Ross. MT. Watros re- signed because of pressure of other business.
 The Fairhops single tax colony is thriving beyond the fondest expecta- tions of the members and Fairhope Is now one of the most prosperous towns in Baldwin County.
 For time this afternoon it looked as if Noble would be visited by an old fashioned equinoctial storm. From a velocity of five miles at II o'clock this morning the wind rose to twenty-four miles per hour at 1:45 and continued at this rate until nightfall A steady rain fell during the entire day and the wind was steady from the east. The indica- tions tonight are that 1t will shift to the southeast before morning and should the same speed continue fears are entertained that the river will get out of its banks on this side.
 Mariners were warned not to put to sea. The storm signal is flying tonight The temperature dropped very materi- ally during the day.
 The Swedish bark Alfhild, Captain Swanson, cleared for Buenos Ayres Is ashore on the west bank in the lower bay just inside Fort Gaines The bark was timber and lumber laden, and load ed at this port. She was lowed down Sunday afternoon and owing to condi- tions the anchors were let go and the vessel laid in the channel. This morn ing she was found to have dragged her anchors and gone ashore and was to- night reported s lying in seventeen feet of water When cleared the vessel was drawing twenty-one feet. Large tugs have been pulling on the vessel all day with no apparent results
 The Alfhild Is reported as not in dangerous position, but may require lightering to get out of her present position.
 Mobile Society News.
 Mrs Georgia Gage has gone for a