The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-16
THE NEWS OF MOBILE
SESSION OF THE GENERAL
 COUNCIL.
Negro Placed Under Arrest on the
 Charge of Assaulting a Mem s ber of His Own Race-Work of Highwaymen.
Advertiser Bureau,

Mobile, Sept. 15.
 The General Council met in regular monthly session tonight, Alderman Kirk bride in the chair and the following present: Alderman Berney, Butt, 1nge; Councilmen Smith. Hale, Michael, Brown, Holt and O. Berhaus.
 The principal business aside from the passing of bills to payment and monthly pay rolls, amounting to $1S,255. was grant, ing further time to the Joint Committee on Franchise for the new street railroad, appropriating money for needed buildings in Magnolia Cemetery and amending the cemetery ordinance, referring of petitions for franchises to lay gas mains and pipes in streets and alleys to Adam Glass, M. J. McDermott and others, and Mobile Oil Company to Joint Committee Nos. and .. N
 The petition of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company for a franchise to build an electric car line on Congress from Commerce to Davis Avenue, also Hamilton to Davis Avenue for thirty years. was referred to same Joint Com mittees.
 The resolution of Councilman Brown requesting the Board of Public Works to make quarterly reports to the General Council according to charter provisions. was unanimously adopted.
 Raymore Coleman, negro. aged 15. was captured tonight at o'clock at his home in Coleman's Lane by Detective Davis and Sergeant Gilroy and sent to police head quarters, where the charge of rape was docketed against him. The victim was Cora Duke, a 13-year-old negro girl, who as a servant of a well known physician living in the western part of the city. The girl stated to Lieutenant Rondeau that she was going home from work when the negro overlook her after running her bome distance. He threw her down, tear ing her clothes. The mother of the girl, who had gode to meet her. came upon them and the boy ran off. When the of hcers went to Coleman's home he tried to run but was caught. He acknowledged part or what the girl had said.
 The Mrs. Dover referred to in this mornings Advertiser in connection with the action of Governor Jelks in allowing her husband, a prisoner at Speigners S. to come home and see his child who was said to be dying here, resides in Oakdale a suburb of Mobile. The little child has been in the infirpary for some time and receiving the best of attention. The mother is well thought of in her neigh borhood. Governor Jelks, in allowing the father to come home, has received the highest commendation.
 The Board of Revenue and Road Com xnissioners of Mobile County met in ad- 5ourned session at noon today for the transaction of business. One of the i'm portant matters was the passing to pay Ynent of the monthly bills. Commissioner JOhn T. Bauer, who has been absent from &he city on an extended trip for pleasure to California and the Northwest. returned today. but not in time to be present at Ghe session.
 Along Royal Street the contractors are rapidly completing the work of asphalt ang. From Church to St. Francis Streets on the west side of Royal has been com pieted, and the transformation is won derful when compared with the unfinished aide of that thoroughfare.
 A small blaze occurred at 7:45 o'clock &his morning in the kitchen on the prem ases of c. A. Cunningham, Ill Georgia Avenue. The damage was about $50, fully Insured. The origin of the fire is a mys- tery.
 News was received here today of the
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