Waterfront Gossip Ships and Ships Docked In Mobile
Liner Lovlands sails to Progreso Mexico with general cargo and lumber after loading at pier 2. Hartney W shifts to pier 7 for Cuba lumber loading. Fort Gaines hauled out for painting and to join United Fruit banana trade. Fort Morgan to be docked for fruit cargo contract decision pending. Pendleton Satisfaction to load paving blocks for Brooklyn from Manzanillo Cuba. Lizzie E Dennison en route to city to load lumber for Cuba. Captain Erb recovers, resumes command of Maud B Krum as she sails to Pensacola for lumber. Laura Sprague to sail soon under Captain Marcial. Bodden moves to Sofa. Athena to convert from barkentine to schooner after Havana tow. Sunny South arrives with record cotton cargo and supplies from Selma.
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Lovlands
Progreso
Mexico
Pier 8
Pier 2
Mobile
Hartney W
Mobile and
Ohio
Pier 7
Sagua la Grande
Cuba
Fort Gaines
Marine Ways
Pinto Island
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Dock Company
Gaines
United Fruit Company
Bocas del Toro
Panama
Fort Morgan
Watson
Ollinger-Bruce Company
Pendleton
Manzanillo
Brooklyn
Turner-Hartwell
Hieronymus
Lizzie E. Dennison
Erb
Maud B. Krum
West Indies
Crooks
Krum
Pensacola
Sprague
Marcial
Méxican Gulf
Laura Sprague
Bodden
Sofa
Scott
C. W. Mills
Barkentine Athena
Santa Cruz
Havana
Shippers Forecast and River Conditions Update
Shippers forecast 84 degrees for 36 hours on westbound shipments and 90 degrees east with moderate temperatures to the north. Tombigbee River and branches remain nearly stationary over the next two days with a fall at Demopolis. Alabama River expected to fall by night.
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Tombigbee
Demopolis
Alabama
Texas Man Seeks Forgiveness For Beating Railroad Fare
J. B. Smith of Quinlan Texas writes to Chicago and Alton Railroad president B A Worthington asking forgiveness for riding 283 miles in 1898 without paying. He says he believes God forgives him and he will pay what he owes when able. Worthington absolves Smith in his reply.
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Chicago
B. A. Worthington
Chicago and Alton Railroad
J. B. Smith
Quinlan
Texas
Worthington
Smith
Two British Steamships Arrive To Load Cargo At Mobile
Two large tramp steamers Dorisbrook and Land borough have docked at Mobile to load cargoes of lumber cotton and resin for Havre and Hamburg. Dorisbrook from Madeira is 1814 net tons and familiar at this port.
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Dorisbrook
Madeira
Turner-Uartwell Docks
Havre
France
Maritime Register
New York
Mobile
Europea Lumber Company
Hamburg
Germany
Londesborough
City Court Civil Settings Listing for Mobile
City of Mobile civil dockets show daily sessions from October 15 to October 25 listing numerous case numbers and defendants including George Strachan Emile Brunnier and Stella Jackson. Inferior Criminal Court session notes mention specific vagrancy and assault cases with penalties and continuances.
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City of Mobile
Fred Bacho
Willie H. Walker
George Strachan
T. H. Mullen
Bernard Fischer
A. G
George Howie
Ed Mosely
Emile A. Brunnier
William Browning
Walter Pernell
Joe Simonson
Wk. Woodruff
Charles W. Steiner
John Shearer
Johnnie Burden
Henry Berry
Dauphin Auction Co
Stella Jackson
J. Berbeze
Clover Creamery Co
H. M. Cochran
N. Jones
Joe Rohmer
Jim Rodgers
State of Alabama
Oliver Bell
Oscar Mims
R. C. Ludlow
Mary Q. Ford
M. G. Stagg
Almon Cotton
Henrietta Huntington
Inferior Criminal Court
Henry Chamberlain
Joh Banks
Tom Jones
Oreon Sims
Mary Williams
John James
Will Batiste
White prisoner escapes sheriff by corridor privilege
Norton a white man held on stabbing charges escaped the parish jail in Monroe Louisiana after being allowed to occupy the corridor with no locks for blacks. He dug out through an unguarded jail due to the building being off and sent a note to the sheriff reading excuse haste and bad pen.
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Monroe
Tom Norton
Hattiesburg
Miss
East End
Norton
Parker
Cotton market closes steady with modest gains
Today's trading saw futures up 12 to 14 points with the front months higher at noon and afternoon. Spot cotton held firm with middling at 10 1 2 cents and sales on the spot around 950 bales, 1 700 to arrive.
Cotton futures open steady then dip on South selling
New York Oct 10 cotton futures opened steady with a 2.8 point decline and slid about 7 points below yesterday's close due to overnight selling from the South liquidation and good weather. Liverpool houses moved early, then prices firmed after a colder western forecast. by midday dull but steady within a point or two of the night’s final. Spot closed quiet with middling up to date 11.10 and gulf 11.35, sales 200 bales.
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NEW Yopx
New York
Liverpool
Wall Street Opens Weak Then Turns Up on Crop Report
Stocks opened lower on fears from the foreign situation with declines in Southern Pacific Great Northern Ore Missouri Pacific and Canadian Pacific. Reading rose a point as steel hit 79 after the September tonnage record. reading 177 and Lehigh Valley Union Pacific advanced while Europe selling pressured bonds. overall close was irregular despite midday strength.
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Wall Street Review
New York
Exchange
Southern Pacific
Great Northern
Missouri Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Union Pacific
Europe
Weather Update From Cotton Region Bulletin
The Mo bile cotton district saw no rain in the past 24 hours up to 8 am. Four stations reported cloud cover and two reported partly cloudy skies. Average temperatures were high 89 and low 61, with generally seasonable warmth along the Atlantic coast and higher readings elsewhere. Rain occurred in three locations within the Oklahoma and Houston districts.
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Mobile
Atlantic Coast
Oklahoma
Houston
Grain and Provisions Market News Chicago Oct 10
Wheat futures fell after the government crop report with December at 92 1 2 cents. Corn also weakened with December opening fractional to half a cent down and oats slipping from 382 3 4 to 32 1 4 cents. Provisions weakened with January pork near 9.75 to 19.80, lard around 11.22 to 11.26, and ribs about 10.40.
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Chicago
Avi Bse
Texas
Essicinaes Sivereani
Michigan
Wisconsi
Wilvey
London Stock Market Opens Higher Then Dips On Paris Selling Fears
The London stock market opened a shade higher but soon eased as Paris selling of American securities dampened activity. Berlin selling orders appeared in the first hour and continued to push the list lower led by Canadian Pacific. By noon prices were from a fraction to ibs lower than yesterday's close.
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London
Paris
Beriin
Canadian Pacific
Money Market Commentary From New York Trading Session
Money on call remains firm at 4 1/4 percent with a ruling rate near 5 percent. Time loans show 60 days 6 1/2 percent, 90 days 5 5/6 percent. Prime mercantile paper quoted 5 to 6 percent. Sterling exchange steady at 4.82 for 69 day bills and 4.8560 for demand. Commercial bills 4814. Bar silver 63 1/2 percent. Mexican dollars 4 1/2 percent. Government and railroad bonds steady.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cotton Prices Ease As Market Quietly Steady
Oct. 16 report notes American middling fair at around 6.1 cents with steady tones. Trading showed 500 exports and 11 sales, while overall volume included 9,800 bales, reflecting a balanced, quiet market with prices holding firm.
Portrait of James Gordon Bennett Arrives in New York
World famous publisher James Gordon Bennett owner of the New York Herald and Parish edition arrives on the Kronprinzess Cecilia on a frequent American visit. He is seventy one years old and the photo shows him as he now appears. Bennett has often entered New York unannounced and has not been photographed in years.
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James Gordon Bennett
The
New York Herald
Parish Editon
Kronprinzess
Ceciliem
America
Mr. Bennett
Bennett
New York
Boys at Lake Arthur Scene Report
Lake Arthur report notes two young boys playing when an incident occurred. Details are fragmentary with limited names or locations remaining readable. Further context about the event or outcome is not provided in the available fragment.
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Lake Arthur
Child of O Weekley Killed In Accidental Lake Event
A gun discharged accidentally across the lake yesterday evening, killing O Weekley’s two year old son. Police said it appears to be a tragic accident with no foul play suspected.
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O. Weekley
Bulgaria Reluctant to Declare War on Turkey
Sofia Oct 10 Bulgarian premier I E Guechoff said war avoidance was not yet secured and a ministerial council had not decided. Talks with Belgrade and Athens continued while Montenegro fought Turkey, with Bulgaria's position to be announced soon.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Guechoff
Council of Ministers
Belgrade
Athens
Montenegro
Turkey
Caid
Greek Premier Seeks Peace as Balkan Tensions Rise
Constantinople reports intensified efforts by major powers to curb hostilities among Bulgaria Serbia and Greece and seek a war’s end. Turkish and Bulgarian troops exchange fire on near Timrush and Kissura frontier as Venizelos in Athens reiterates hope for peace and allied restraint while crowds chant for war.
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Constantinople
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Timrush
Kissura
August J Ledreyt Located By The Item
A report states August J Ledreyt, sought after by his sister in New Orleans, was located by The Item at 40712 Dauphin Street. The sister, Mrs F Gleeson, says he left New Orleans around September 18 and had not heard from him. he has since found work in the city and is doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August J. Ledregt
New Orleans
Crenshew
Dauphin Street
F. Gleeson
Chrenshew
Ledreyt
Houston and Bulloc Convicted on Alaska Coal Fraud Case
Tacoma authorities report C. E. and John H. Bulloc convicted by a federal court on a conspiracy to defraud the government. The trial centered on coal contracts in Alaska and resulted in a guilty verdict for both defendants.
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Houston and
Bulloc
Tacoma
Wash
C. EB
John H. Bulloc
Alaska
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Loviand Ouwnree
Nor Too
Mimmi Horn
Sanaetatt Seceedewes
Sortori Inglefingen
GEE. A Vsn DE Afton
Maresfield Wee Dente
Senne
Setae Ee
Risbrook
T.-H. Docks
T.-H
Pinto Docks
Marine Port
Hunter-Benn
Marjorie A. Spencer
Laura L. Sprague
Somo Wico
Keeda -T.H. Decks
GW. Mills
Kihe-Es
Bartholdi Ee
Hartney
la Grand Ee Pier
Porto Rico N
Lope Se Cepaeesas
Cartagena
Guantanamo
Glenafton
Barbara
Boston
Barrentines
Owen Daisy Read
Turner- Hartwell
Mary Barry
St. Andrew’s Bay
Frimto Island
Moses H. Grenell
T.H
Nor Oseeee
N. C
Hudson Seat
Bea
Nor
Buenos Aires
Dae
Sunny South
Selma
Peerless
Man
Railroad
Dorisbrook and
Docks Company
Gulf Dry Docks Company
United States
Margaret
J. J. Barry, JR
Mart
Springhill Avenue
Bell
Uch
Lani Iy Close
Cotton Region Bulletin
London Stock Market
Halet
Ice Cream Company
Dauphin St
Mobile, Ala
M. Venize Qsa
Bese Ahaleaa
Pease
Ottoman Empire
M. Venizelos
Alrrady
August J. Ledreyt
Ala
Confederate Veterans
City Ticket Office
S. Royal Street
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