The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
Meeting of cuoncil.

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 Meeting of Cuoncil.
 The General Council met in. regular monthly session tonight with thirteen members present, P. J. Lyons in the chair. Aside from the Mayors message submitting pay rolls and acting on minor petitions and reports of officers, the following matters were up and acted upon: .t .-.x Alderman Kirkbride asked if the an- nual reports of officers of the last ad- ministration read and filed March IS. had been printed.
 He was informed by the city clerk that they were In the hands of the Mayor. Councilman Brown called atten- ton to the fact that a resolution requir- ing same to be printed had been posted, and the clerk was instructed to request the Mayor to have some printed.
 Committee No. was. granted further time in the Brown ordinance for renum- bering houses in the city. The same com mittee submitted a substitute to the Brown ordinance, looking to placing names of streets on buildings at inter sections. The substitute ordinance was adopted.
 There are 800 Intersections. and the cost tition of the Norwegian Seaman's Mis- sion for burial lot in Magnolia ceme- tery on recommendation of Committee No. 6, was granted.
 The petition of Herbert c. Wright, ct. al. for franchises on certain streets to build and operate electric railways and protest as to Conception North from St. Francis property owners. were referred to Committees No. 2 and 3, jointly.
 A petition from J. Howard Wilson, rep resenting the Mobile Light and Railroad Company, offering a bonus per cent to the city for the franchises asked for by Wright ct al, noted apove, was receiv- ed and filed, also petition from same company for franchise to operate cleo tric street railway on Congress and Hamilton streets.
 Alderman A. s. Lyons offered a reso- luton to refer to Committee No. the separation of races and smoking ordi- nances for street railways looking to inn proving same insofar as their enforce ment is concerned.
 Negroes Have Fatal Fight.
 Jim Page tonight at Wilkinson and Canal streets. fatally stabbed Israel Fincher and escaped. Both are we'll known negroes, the latter having a mean record. Fincher was sent to the city hospital.
 Personal Mention.
 Charles Samuel infant son of J. H. and Francis Johnson, died yesterday at the family home, No. 809 Elmira Street. The remains were inferred in Magnolia Cemetery this morning.
 There were forty-nine city and three State cases on the Recorders Court docket this morning. Judge Tharp was about five hours disposing of same.
 Frank A, Hervey. Jr., and Guice Ju- hen of San Antonio, Texas, who have been visiting at Point Clear Hotel left for home tgday.
 The Independents defeated the Biloxi Baseball Club at Monroe Park yester- day afternoon by score of { to 2.
 Hon. ]. M. McAleer. Judge of the Re. corder's Court, who has been ill some time, Is out again.
 J. B. Cavanaugh of Montgomery, spent yesterday in Mobile, a guest at the Ben- vile.
 Samuel Strauss of Montgomery, was in Mobile today, en route to Biloxi, Miss. J. W. Hooks. of Selma, Is guest at the Battle House. ~-.f
 R. J. Miles of Montgomery, is regis tered at Klosky's.
 -., w. E. Brandon left today for visit to Chicago.
 H. c. Byars of Birmingham, is In Mo bile today.
 Mobile Society News.
 The Advertiser correspondent was in error the other day in announcing that Mrs. Erwin Craighead was the new TO- ciety editor of The Register. The nu.n- Der of the phone given at the head of