The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-08
The News of Mobile

President Wilson of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company furnished trans portation on electric cars from the or. phanage to Blenville Square. where about thirty autos were in waiting. Sister Mary and q trained nurse were in charge of che Episcopal orphans. while Mrs. Malone and Misses Krassin and Wickes looked after those of the Protestant Homo.
 Tn passing the National Biscuit Com pany's store each orphan was given a box of fruit, candies and cakes and these with the good things at Freder- ick's added to the pleasure of the lit- tie ones. President M. J. McDermott of the Bank of Mobile contributed S25 toward the refreshments. Next Fri day afternoon the Catholic orphans will be given a similar treat
 Recently 1.600-ton dredge. the Gal. weston. arrived here from the Texas coast for repairs. preparatory to going across the ocean to German waters. The dredge has a German bottom. though flying the American flag She was built at Bremen and registered in Germany. She came across with a German crew, but when she took con- tracts here had to change her flag. When she arrived here she had Amerl- can engineers.
 Two German .stokers were employed here as assistant engineers and the en- gineers complained to the Government officials here. This caused some kind of legal complications. which will have to be settled in Washington before the dredge can leave port.
 At o'clock this morning at his home No. 462 South Broad Street. after an illness of fourteen days. Randolph Crenshaw Evans died. MT. Evans was native of Mobile. born April 1, 1858, and was well known in this city to a large number of friends.
 He is survived by his wife. one daughter. Miss Augusta Evans. and one four sisters. Mrs. Augusta Evans Will son and Mrs. Virginia Bragg. of Mobile: Mrs. J. W. Bush. of Birmingham, and Mrs. Leo Carlton of New York One brother. Howard Evans. also mourns his death. H.
 As token of respect to the memory of Clerk B. F. Jackson, Hon. Samuel B. Browne this morning ordered the Circuit Court adjourned. Prior to ad- Journment. however, Judge Browne ap- pointed Capt Sextus H. Smith, grand nephew of MT Jackson, and his deputy clerk for several years. to the office va cated by the death of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
 The action of Judge Browne was com mended by the bench and bar of the city.
 President J. Howard Wilson. of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company, this morning closed a contract with Hobson and Muths of this city to build grade from a point on the Whistler line to Magazine Point. a distance Of three miles.
 Work is to begin at once and com pleted in sixty days.
 The new bay steamer Pleasure Bay, owned locally. which arrived here Wednesday. Is in trouble She was fined $10o by Collector of Customs Teb- betts for failing to comply with a navigation law. in not entering for record within twenty-four hours The fine was imposed today.
 On Monday night a bowling league will be organized here, after which application will be made for admittance into the National League.
 Mobile Society News,
 News was received in the city yes- terday of the death of Mrs. Sarah Light foot of Baltimore. sister of the late Major William H. Ross. Mrs. Light foot lived many years in Mobile. and has relatives and friends here to re- gret her loss.
 MT. and Mrs. G M. Rosensrant have gone to New Orleans where they will sail shortly for Liverpool and spend the summer abroad
 
 Mrs. Violet Bidgood left last night for Washington. where her sister. Mrs. Nor well, of St. Louis, will join her and they will go to Atlantic City to spend six weeks.
 Mrs. George Dunlap and Mrs Henry Wylie and son are spending the week at Point Clear.
 Miss Florence Browne came up from Fort Morgan to attend the Morgan Crawford wedding and is the guest ot Miss Ethel Hodgson.
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