The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-27
Advertiser Bureau,


 Mobile, June 26.
 Secretary J. Paul Wilson of the Com mercfa1 Club, is in receipt, from D. w. Ross, Washington, D. C., general pur- chasing agent. of the Isthmian Canal Commission, of circulars calling Tor bids for eleven steel barges for use or the Commission and to be delivered at Colon.
 The circulars contain all necessary instructions, and as the Commercial Club of Mobile has been made an offl- ciaI distributing agency for all such information, Secretary Wilson will, on application, furnish the circular pam phlets.
 Recently in the United States Dis trict Court. Hon. H. T. Toulmin presid- ing, the jury in the case of Malvina A: Bodden versus Ancient Order United Workmen. to recover on life insur- ance policy, issued to her husband. re- turned verdict for the plaintiff for s2.1S5.3o. The policy was for s2,oo0 and the jury allowed interest. As will be recalled by readers of The Advertiser, Captain Bodden was lost in his vessel in a storm two years ago in | the lower Mexican Gulf. He was | member of the Ancient Order United Workmen. and carried a policy, as noted.
 HIS morning attorneys TUT LHo oH- | fense appeared in court and moved to | set aside the verdict of the jury. The defense offered to set up that plaintih anticipated going to the Grand Caymen Islands, thereby forfeiting her citizen ship. The court overruled. holding that l the evidence was not sufficient, in its | mind, to oust the jurisdiction of the court; that the evidence showed she was a citizen of Alabama and insuffi- cient evidence was adduced to show an | intention on her part to abandon her domicile and citizenship in Alabama. Mobiles municipal campaign has been fairly inaugurated and, like the pre- vailing weather, is already hot propo- sition. From indications. and if all who have been mention ed. together with those in prospective, go to the post, 1t will require a ballot as large as a page of The Advertiser to accommodate them. Champions of this and that candidate. and the candidates themselves, are out greeting the dear people and intimating this that and the other. All are win ners, of course, if one choses to listen, but it will take time to tell the ulti- mate result It Is safe to say, however, that this campaign will be warm proposition and several barrels will be opened up before the campaign Is over. The Executive Committee is expected to meet shortly and take up the ques- tion of the primary. The consensus of opinion Is that the primary should be held early in January. As to the coun- ty offices, only candidates. for sheriff are being talked of just now.
 J. K. Elwell. President of the Ei- we'll Mercantile Company, New fork and Santiago de Cuba, and an exten- sive dealer in lumber, is in Mobile on business and pleasure.
 MT. Elweli is an American, though having resided in Cuba for eighteen years. During the SpanishsAmerican war he was secretary to Miss Clara Barton, head of the Red Cross Associa- tion. MT. Elwell witnessed the de- struction of the Maine in Havana har- bor and was one of the few laymen who witnessed the naval battle of Sam tiago. Yesterday MT. E1well spent with President N. E. Turner of the Vinegar Bend Lumber Company at Vinegar Bend, which company has numbering interests in Cuba and the adjacent islands.
 A gentleman in position to know. stated to The Advertiser representative today that the truck farmers of Mobile County, who have engaged extensively in raising vegetables this year, will be heavy losers at the end of the year. He said. however, that this has been an eX- ceptionally hard year on truck growers.
 Mir and Mrs. Edward J. Huet of Toul- minville have the sympathy of many friends here in the loss of their H. months old daughter. Mabel Ann. The remains were inferred in the Catholic Cemetery, Rev. Father English of St. Xavier Church officiating.
 The City Court, Hon. 0. J. Semmes presiding, at 10 o'clock organized for the criminal end of the June term, sAHEaM MMMwMmM FRHu