The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-30
The News of Mobile

days fishing.
 T am very slad." said MT. Kennedy. who has served several years as sec retary of the Commercial Clut. ito see that Mobile people take such sensible view of the yellow fever sit- uation. The contrast between the present and 1897 Is marked. Scientists have discovsTed the cause of the vel. low fever infection beyond a doubt, It Is communicated by the sting of an fn- fected mosquito. This means that or dinary precaution will prevent a spread of the disease. I hope and I believe that Mobile people will stay at home and continue to build this dear old city. which all of us who have ever lived shere love so we'll. I do not be- lieve that commercial Mobile will be seriously impaired by the yellow fever outbreak if its people continue to ex- ercise the good sense they have dis played at the first report of the dis- ease."
 Mayor Lyons. determined to keep down surreptitious and false rumors as to conditions in Mobile, has Issued the following. with rigid instructions to the people and the police department to aid in its carrying out.\
 An Ordinances: To prevent the cir culation of false statements respecting the existence of contagious or iufec tious diseases, within the limits of the city of Mobile.
 Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and General Council of the City of Mobile. that any person who falsely and maliciously. or recklessly without reasonable cause to believe in it's truth, or honest effort to ascertain the facts, originates, circulates. or gives currency to any false statement. rumor
 ~T hnlt t4f txot fa gious or infectious disease exists or prevails in the City of Mobile. or with In the police jurisdiction thereof. must. on conviction, be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50.
 Adopted by the General Council Sep tember 14, 1897.
 Marriage licenses were issued to white couples out of the Probate Court this week to white couples, as follows:
 Reese A. Broadus to Mary Scareliff; Herman W. Hakeman to Mana Estelle Morrison; Johnnie Rebbett to Sophia Le Vandowska; Chas. A. West to Vic- toria Barkociak, Frank Nodio to Vir- ginia King La Bische. J. c. Stone to Cumbaa. Frank H. Morton. Jr.. to Ma bel R. Beale.
 Twelve licenses were issued to col ored couples.
 Three Chinese merchants from Bo- cas del Toro arrived up to Mobile with properly certified papers. The Celes- tials, however, were not allowed to come ashore.
 There are only two Gulf ports of entry for this class of people, Tampa and New Orleans, and Immigrant h. spector You SO informed the owners of the steamship Katie. who brought the merchants here. As a result the three men were sent back Co Bocas.
 Mobile Society News.
 With nothing but departures to cause a ripple in summer life, the so- ciety reporter is having a hard time filling her columns at present. The appearance of Yellow Jack in a neigh boring city has had the effect of a move on" ordinance, and though no those intending to leave are perhaps doing so a trifie earlier than planned.
 Mir Rittenhouse Moore. accompanied by Mrs Hodgson. Miss Virginia Sims and Mrs. Lynn Daugherty. enjoyed a pleasant trip to Fort Morgan on Satur- day afternoon on the new Government boat, General Bachelor.
 Col. E. L. Russell and Miss Eoline Russell. MT. R. V. Taylor. Auditor w. S. Cook and Mir H. Hatcher left last night on a private car for New York City and from there will go to Niagara Falls.
 Misses Weta and Ruth Huger will leave tomorrow (Sunday) for the North. Miss Meta goes to Canada and Miss Ruth to New York to visit her aunt, Miss Huger.
 Mir. Arthur Shirley Benn and Mir. A. F. Lubing expect to leave in the next day or two to return to London, where they now make their home.
 Messrs. E. D. Ledyard. Gross. J. A. Walters and General Whiting left this morning on the Catharine for Bon Secours. to be gone until Monday.
 MT. and Mrs. N. R. Clarke have rented the home occupied this winter by MT. and Mrs. E. M. Robinson and will take possession September 1st.
 Miss Mollie Irwin will bave shortly to spend the month of August at Sea- bright, where her cousin, MT. Crawford, owns a handsome home.
 Miss Venetia Danner will leave about the 14th with a party of friends for a visit to California. Yellow Stone Park and other places of interest
 Miss Sallie Withers expects to leave next week for Chicago, where she will take a summer educational course. later going to Waukeshau.
 Mrs. M Waring Harrison and chill dren will leave during the coming week for Chicago to visit MrA Harrison's sister. .-:.-.-..: ..
 Mrs. w. H. Monk. Jr.. and daughter. Katherine, will leave about the fst for Lake George. MT. Monk will join them later.
 Miss Maude Middleton and Miss Ethel Uodgson are weeks end guests of Miss Florence Browne at Fort Mor- gan. --.-:.-
 MT. and Mrs F. c. Hughes, Miss Vene- tia Banner and Mir c. E. Harrison are enjoying the weeks end at Little River.
 Mrs. Harry Inge will entertain a house party of young people at her home on Government Street next week
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Little are receiv- Ing congratulations on the arrival of their little daughter on Frtday.
 Rev. Harry Ettleson has returned to Fort Wayne, Ind. after a visit of some weeks to his parents.
 Mrs. Huntington has returned to the