The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-05
THE NEWS OF MOBILE
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Advertiser Bureau.
 Mobile. April 1.
 In Temperance Hall on Friday even- ing beginning at s o'clock. the thirty ninth annual commencement of tho Medical College of Alabama, Medical Department of the University of Ala bama, will take place.
 It promises to be an interesting oc- casion. This session was the most prosperous In the history of the insti- tuition. the roster showing ITO students enrolled. There will be thirty five graduates in medicine and seven in pharmacy. For this occasion MT. Ben- son Walker Booth of .Prattville, a member of the junior class. will de- liver the salutatory. Dr. Miles Jasper Slaughter of Activity. will deliver the valedictory address.
 Among the events to be embraced in the program are the following: Read ing of his annual report, by Dr. G. A. Ketchum, dean of the faculty: presen- tation of the Bush prize, by Dr. J. H. White. surgeon In charge of the Uni ted States Marine Hospital of Mobile: Charge of the Faculty" by pr. Chas. A. Mohr of Mobile: address to the students by Lieutenant Governor R. NJ Cunningham; awarding of diplomas Dy ETeslueHt JAH1SS W ApefCfOmDle of the University of Alabama.
 Rev. A. J. Preston. pastor of Pal metto Street Baptist Church, last night began a revival in his house of wor- ship.
 The Ladies' Confederate Memorial As sociation will meet Thursday after noon at o'clock in the Hotel Bien- vile. The purpose of the meeting Is to arrange for a fitting observance of Memorial Day, April 26. At this meet ing the members will also consider ways and means for completing the coping around soldiers Rest the Gods acre, wherein lie the remains of Confederate heroes. The coping is nearly completed and it is the desire of the Association to have 1t finished before Memorial Day.
 The Metropolitan Land Company, re- gently established in Mobile. purchased what is known as the Horner place, located directly to the rear of Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson's home on Spring Hill Avenue. This land was divided into lots with the view to es- tablishing a suburb. Yesterday an auction sale was held and thirty lots sold. The lots are on land between Olu onGll 1tOdu anu GdupnlHWhy.
 c. worden. twenty-three years old. employed by a Chicago firm and en- gagged as steeple Jack in painting a smoke stack at S. E. Cont and Royal at o'clock this afternon met a seri- ous accident. The guy rope broke and he fell thirty-five feet. breaking three ribs and sustaining internal injuries. He was taken to the city hospital. He came here from St. Louis.
 W. D. Testeriy aged thirty eight, residing at Delaware and Marine Streets. has been missing from his home since Saturday night. He is 14O pounds in weight, with dark eyes. and five feet eight inches tall. The police was notified tonight and to look out for him. He has a wife and three children.
 Paul o. Stensland. Prsident of the Avenue State Bank, MII- is in Mobile. He is seeking a site for establishing a colony of Ger mans, Poles and Swedes. He Is in con- sultation with w. L. Henderson. land and industrial agent of the Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railroads.
 Mir. James l.. Ramsey. owner of J. H. S. a handsome dapple-gray, weight 1,150 pounds, with a local track record of 2:22 in harness, has sold the fine animal to Mel. Connolly of Monroe vile. The purchase price was $500. J. H. S. is one of the handsomest horses ever seen in Mobile,
 Mrs. H. G. Donald. wife of a prom nent lumber manufacturer residing at l53 Church Street, was severely bitten twice tonight on the arm by an Eng ylish bull dog belonging to her hus- band. Policeman Lett killed the dog and a physician cauterized the wounds
 Tn Hotel Bienville. on Thursday af- ternoon. the members of Camp Raphael Semmes. No Il. U. C. ", will tender a reception to Admiral Schley One of the recently returned battle flags of the will be prominently dis played.
 Rev. l.. c. Branscomb of TalIadega, a noted young divine, arrived here last night and this morning began a series of religious revivals in St. Francis sh aet Methodist Church, of which Rev. pr. o. c. McGehee Is pastor.
 An invittation was today forwarded to Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman of Georgia, signed by representatives of fourteen churches of Mobile to come here in Oc- tober and hold a religious mission.
 Mrs. Cordelia Kennedy, long time resident of Mobile, died this afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rosie Sullivan, 153 Cont Street, after ] lingering illness.
 The revival now in progress at Gov ernment Street Methodist Church, Is resulting most satisfactorily. Rev. J. B Spain, the pastor, is in charge of the service.
 George A. Cook, l.. H. Lapiace and l.. A. Noa of Montgomery arrived here to- day and will open skating rink in the city.
 Mrs. A. c. Young. rel;ct of James Young, died today after a brief ill., ness.
 Mobile Society News.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Washington of Greenville, Ala, have an- nounced the engagement and approach ing marriage of their daughter Salome Vinsoif to Mir. Warren l.. Horton of this city. Mir Horton, who stands high in banking circles and Is very