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i, ir-,i ,'nn hit ..j rnri lrftYim-t-"-w ""h---" r'1 J ' - - - life THE TIMES : Prints the News Nothing but the News." ; '. THE TIMES Knows All AlikeWishes to Please Its Readers. RALEIGH, N: (SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1898. No. 184. TUI. 1. nnr? irrm STftTE T 1 w The National Government Complaint from Promi Sends Orders Here. nent Raleigh People. ; IT CAUSES MALARIA M n w ran RDBPS I I .3. 1 J WALNUT CREEK SEWER rjLL 0E OiEF AND 0QIL10US MORTON IS NOTIFIED THE VALUE OF HOMES DECREASED BY SPREAD OF DISEASE. AND WILL BE BASED ON VJAR THE NAVAL RESERVES AND STATE GUARD TO MOBILIZE HERE. THE REPORT OF WOODFORD'S RECALL IS DISCREDITED The Senate Report Means Straight Business and mo Further Foolishness It Will Recom- mend Recognition of Cuba With Peace or War as Necessary City Sewer Terminus, it Is Claimed; Causes the Trouble-The Complaint Signed by Prominent Men. And how complaint comes from the Smith lEost extremity of the corporate limits, stilting that the health of the community below the sewer termiuus is threatened and owners of property are compelled to take their families else where to lire. The complaint 5 made :by some of Wakcf iranty'a most prominent; men, and among those signing a formal let ter to the Board or Aldermen are Moswrs. Bart M (iatling. W. T. Howie, George K. Catling, M. T. "Leach, Fred W.'MahleiyA. II. Green, S. W. Rowland, William Taylor, ,T. H.: Jtolc binS and others. ' The above luimes are nttaclied to the following, which hu lioen presented: "To the Honorable The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the city of Raleigh: "The undenigned parties make com plaint against the city of Raleigh - and respectfully ."call the attention of the Board aud the 'Board of Health of the said city to the facts herein set forth. "The undersigned are residents .of Wake county and owners of laud lying along Walnut creek', just' outside and southeast of the corporate limits of the city. "' . . "The Tofuse from several of the city sewers da emptied into Walnut creek just south of the city and a-bove the lnnds.of the undersigned. On account of the insufficient drainage and slight fall of said creek the filth and refuse front the newer is deposited and sprpnd over the. swamps 'and low place, alonj I j-.(alraittel". to Congress for consider- 4, sajd creek, awt tuoro -left exposed to the heat of thi sun. , This ever increasing collection of the filth and sewerage in the said swamps liecoming a serious source of danger and has already caused in jury to the health of your undersigned petitioners nnd families, one of whom has been compiled to abandon his resi dence on his farm and to move his fami ly from the place on account of malaria. Should the same condition of things continue other will bo compelled to fijllow the same course. One of your petitioners was born and raised where he is now residing, yet since 1 ho city sotVcrs have emptied iuto the said creek malarial diseases have so continii ed to' increase as to threaten to drive him from his home. It will be clei to your board that this is aNo a great injury to the property of nil who are af fected by such diseases, because it ren- , ders the property less salable and use less for residences. Another of youi petitioners has ibeen compelled to move his overseer ami his family from, his plantation for the same reason and to put himself to the consequent trouble nnd expense that this necessarily entails. "Moreover it. is probably known to your Board, that the whole southern and southeastern portion of the city has been greatly subject to malarial dis eases within the last few- years. "If the city sewers are in any way re sponsible for hi state of things, it is I By Telegraph to The Times plainly the duty of the city to remedy I MONTREAL, April 2. flow, Black, the trouble, if possible; It is neither jiwt I of ; New York, passed through on a OFFICERS SVY GUNS WlliL BE BOOMING WITHIN A WEEK ..-V -'.'' V' '.';-.' . ' .'- ' V ,' :'"; ' . , . ' . ' ' "'.'" The Diplomatic Issue Has Been Made Up and the Case Will Now be Submitted to Con gress The President Says he is Sanguine but Not Hopeful that There GULLUM NOTIFIED MRy Telegraph to The Times. WASHINGTON. D; ., April 2 McKinley will Mend hi answer to Spain to-day. : It will be brief and ominous, stating by interference that the only course left to the United States is war. The President informed Min ister flu-lion'-' through Minister Woodford that the reply of the Spanish government Info been received '-'and will is Another Chance of Peace. PRESIDENT -STILL SANflUIXB. WASHINGTON', April -''Congress lias recovered -. somewhat, from the ex citemoni which almost parried that' -body off it feet. The diplomatic issue has been made up. The President will now submit-the whole Cuban case to Con gress. It seems improbable that the ill ation. The President will devote to day and. to-morrow to the preparation of his message which way -not be sent before Tuesday or Wednesday. SAYS M'KIXLKY DIDN'T ASK FOB OrBA'S FltEEDOM. MADRID, April 2. A semVotticial notice states that President McKinley ddd not insist on the freedom of Cuba. aud tlint no proisisul containing the slightest allusion to Cuban independence, with or without indemnity, was made to Spain; that. Spain would reject such a proiosal immediately. That there is no party nor politician in Spain that would favor such a olution. El Imparcial likens our war ship to sham soldier.-of. comedy, .-.' . '';' CHEAT BRITAIN'S DEMANDS. By Telegraph to The Times. PEKIN. Airil 2. The British min ister to-day conferred Avith Tsung-Li-Yameu, demanding important. comp'n satory concessions far the pniimse ot maintaining the balance of power-, in the far east. BLAOK RECALLED BY WIRE. SPB-COMMITTEITS REPORT. WASIIINflTOX, D. ('.. April 2. - The Sub-Committee- of the Senate com mittee on .foreign AlTaws, wmch was appointed to draft a report and prepare formal resolutions outlining the course of action which this , government shall puwue with " reference, to Cuba, have come to ii conclusion, and will report to the full committee jto-day. They will reevmmend the. adoption of a reso lution declaring for peace and for re cognition of the Culwiu. republic: second, for intervention by the -.Tinted States with her army and navy for the pur pose of nssi-sting Cubans 1o secure inde pemlence in case 'Spain rofiisi to con cede :it. '..".: ' f i The committee will treat the reseind- ing order for the concentration cf Cuban non-coinbattants as a subterfuge aud will dwell uK)ii the past if not the present treatment of the unfortunates. It will describe the Maine disaster and will represent, it as a sufficient cause for ilecJaring war. if this country is desir ous of making it such. . It will also touch upon the injury to Americnu in terests caused 'by the1 Cnlian struggle, as full justification for our .interference. timarum will go to Spain, as the Presi ' 'I ' "V denti h:is not given up hope of peace. el . , ; .- .' Leailt'-r who are in consultation with the President say he is .'hopeful.' but iiot sanguine that there is another - chance of peace. 1'IiOCTOU FOR RECOGXITIOX. NEW YORK, April 2. Senator Proc tor. ' who recently told in a speech i (Jongress'.tbe wretched condition of Hi rei-nneentrndos is here, says that Cn liiin independence should be immediately recogniwsl, ami thai our coa.st defence is strong and our navy better than spam. ;.. Careful Inspection to Be Made of Ves sels that Can Be Utilized for a Mosquito Fleet. The (iovernor Tuesday received orders from the National government to get the State, troops in readiness to mobilize in this city at a moments' notice. Yesterday afternoon the Adjutant. fleneral sent the following dispatch to Commander Oeorge L. Morton, of the Naval Reserves, at Wilmington: 'The Commander-in-Chief directs that you will immediately recruit your divi sions to the maximum strength sixty officers and men and make careful i'l- spection of all naval vessels in port where your divisions are located that. can be utilized for a Mosquito Hect, nnd reitort as soon as practicable to tliis of fice the result of your iavestication." An answer is expected soon from Com mander Morton. The following was also transmitted to (Vnnmaiider Morton: 'The Department requests that you will immediately proceed to put 'the naval militia of your Shite in thorough condition to meet services by the Presi dent of tlie United States. "The divisions should bo recruited to Ambassador will protect their full strength and thoroughly drill ed. A careful inspection lionld he niitsle of all vessels in the ports of your State that can be utilized for a Mosquito fleet, in accordance with -instruction and blanks sent to the Adjutant Gen eral."' WHEN WOOl M-'ORD LEAVES WASHINGTON, D. C, April 2 It its understood that in the event of war the French Spain's intoresls here and the French Ambassador at Madrid will protect American interests. YIZCAYA AT AND OQTHXDO PORTO RICA. By Telegraph to The Tipies, . KEY AYES'LY FLA., April: 2.-Th despatch boats thai followed the Yizeuya ami Oquondo reMirt that they go to join the llotilla at Porto Riya. MRS. O, PasstMl. II.-' FOSTER DEAIV. Johns Away Liist Niht at H(lknis Hospital. SIX MORE VESSELS ROTOIIT, By Telegraph to The Times. WASIMXOTON. i). ('.; April additional 'vessels for naval service j REPORT ACCEPTED. WASIIINflTOX, 1). C, April 2. The full Senate committee practically agreed to accept, the 'recommendation of the sub-commit tec. nor lawful for the city to injure the health-or property of any person in this manner; nnd that the Hewers are respon sible for the trouble or the greater jiart ot It is highly probable from the fact that malarial disease injjie locality re fered to hn,vc greatly increased since special train th'. morning enroutea to Albany, ihaving been '.-recalled' by telegraph. ICOAL MiINERS STRIKE. By Telegraph to The Times. LAItflH, IWVDER SHIPMENTS. BROOKLYN.. X. Y., April 2. Ship ments of ammunition, jiowdor. projectiles and shells from the navy yard are the largest in the history of the station. They are nil consigned south, pre sumably to the flying squadron at, Hamil ton Roads and Key West. The infor mation concerning consignments is deni ed, lexas is now paintcdi slate color, is repaired and ready for service to day. ." AVHEELINfl. W ' Va.. Am-il 2- Ihe construction of the city wwer and mrc im. illdiettUolw nf general strike also from the further fact that resi dent along Walnut creek both above and below the place where traces of 111th and sewerage are dweernable, are much freer from malaria than those re siding in the neighborhood of the v wwer's mouth. A view of the places referred to will lie the best evidence of it nnhealthiiiess. It i very easy for your Board to establish the correctness or incorrectness of the . facts set out . herein and a fair examination .is rc- quetel of tlie condition of the creek And ita gnrrouudingfi from the "mouths of the ewerg to the dam at Katmnn' ' - mill. '- ." ! .' :.:', "By the expenditure of a very reag , enable sum of money the fall of the creek csn lie so increased a to drain mony of the worst places along dt . banks and to allow of their cultivation, among the miners' of West Virginia on account of the refusal of oiierators to agree to the Chicago scale of wages, aud hoiw, none ore wtrfoing to-day. STRIKB TO BE SETTLEIX By Telegraph to The Thill's. . (CLEVELAND, Oliiio, Aril 2.- Utmawt fonlidenee that the miners' strike will lie straightened out by the middle of next week. SPANISH OUTBREAK FEARED. BERLIN. April 2,-The flcrnian Am bassador Radowitz reports that the Spanish' royal family fears an outbreak unless the difference with the United States) is adjusted. WASHINGTON. I). C-, April 2. "Pejiee at any price" politicians arc wir ing Congressmen and Senators that eontirnents wish to avoid war. NO ULTIMATUM ISSUED. WASHINGTON.- D. C. April 2.- Presjdent .McKinley. has issued no ulti matum;", he has simply'- notified Spain that her answer is unsatisfactory. FLOTILLA AT DE VERDA IS LANDS. MADRID, April 2. -The Spanish llotilla ut the Cape Do Verde Islands and not Porto Rica. MUSTER ROLLS ORDERED. WASHINGTON," April 2.-Captain Jacob Miller, commander of the 'State naval reserves conferred with Assi:sitant Secretary Roosvelt, regarding signal service on the coiist. ' The War Depnrt incii't has just ordered from the govern ment printing office muster rolls-. It hi rumored that the first troops to be mustered hi will iie the National Guards along the coaijt. The navy yards' are closed to visitors. FLOTILLA AT PORTO RICO. LONDON, April 2 Official cables an uounce the arrival of the Spanish flotilla at Porto Rica. WOODFORD NOT HHCALLED. By Telegraph to The Time. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 2.- The report d current that Woodford has beeii recalled, but no Cabinet, of fleer known anything up to ten o'ejoek . thl uwirning, the report in discredited. ANNAltLIS, April 2. Member of whith In itself will lie a protection fl. . . .... tho Naval Aeailemy who agninst whatever filth accumnlatea , on p, groduatedi in June were wich place. Thia fall can lie obtaineo to.,,BT dotBched and ordered t ahipa In Continued on fourth page.) I the varhnw fleeta, PRESIDENT IN CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, April 2,-Three memlioM of the Cabinet, Secretaries Long and Gage, and Assistant Secretary Day are in consultation with "the Presi dent and various purty leaders. They have been dn 'conference two houii. . (il'ASHED THE ZOLA VERDICT PARilS, April -'-The Court of Ap IK'als has finally quashed the Zola ver dict. : ; A telegriuu received here to-day nn- nounces tho death of Mis. Oiinega II. Foster, of this cit.v, at Johns Hopkins Hospital, shortly after clev.i o'clock last night. Last week Mrs. Foster was taken to Johns Hopkins lor treatment and 'the fact was not generally known in Ral- eigli. lesterday it was announced Hint her condition was critical but it was hoped that she would rally and cover. .Mrs. Foster was a daughter Of Cot. J. N. .; Williamson, and her 'brother, Mr. W. II. Williamson, ronides here as presi dent ot the Pi lift Cotton Mills -Pimi. INiuy. Her husband. Jlr. Omega. H. Foster, is well known in Raleigh, and with his wife, has made many homes happy. Mrs. Foster was n member of Ai'.u nuth, .xpru x-rroimuem (;i,rist. Epis,-opal t-hnrch and bclonce.1' to lectricians say the government has pur- numerous social and other organizntono based the insulated wire market to on-1 ;n jM (.jtVi am wire to -complete urgent, work. IJf i- IhhI.v will reach Raleigh to-mor- Large quantities have been sent to war row inoming ut, 2:lt5. and the hour for vessels of the seaeoast fortifications, and tlie funeral will lie iiniioiiiK-erl Inter more Is used in .-connecting sub-niarniel Six .ave been benight 'up arr.-ingeineins made ir their purchase by the Xuvy Depart ment out of the htt.v ni.lbou emergency fund. mines and torpedoes. WAR WITHIN A WEEK. WASHINGTON. D. C. April 2.-The Navy Deuiirtinent went on a work foot ing today. Orders have been issued that no information of the movcnients of Spain's offcnisive or defensive operations be given to the public. Officers not in active, service will lie in readiness. Offi cers in private conversation say -they ex pect the guns to be ..'-booming, within a week. . CUTTERS AT NORFOLK. WASHINGTON. D. C. April 2.-The Navy Department today issued order to the revenue cutters to rendezvous at Norfolk by Monday, joining the Window nnd Manning. The two cutters of 1he great lakes are ordered to proceed via St. liwrence canal and report, at Nor folk.-- : A SUIT FOR .r( UHNU Ml. suit has been -.entered in the Su perior i-ourt here against the Southern tail way' by - L. .1. Andrews, adminis trator for v r. AAnrtrews, for m) damage. It will In- rcmcmlx'rcd that im De cember 241 h, 18!t7, C. M. Andrews was tin on the train between Chapel Hill nd University' Station, from which it is claimed that In- died on January .'lith. 'l,S!)S. Boone A: -Bryant represent. tlu plain- lilt and the case is exis-tii to come up at. the October term of court. -Durham Sun, - ' SPAIN FEELS INSULTED. MADRID, April 2.-A seini-offieial notice was published in to-day' paper to the effect that one of the most immoral device that could lie put in Operation was the presumption that Spaiu would lie disposed to recognize Cuba in return for indemnity. THE MAINE EXPLOSION. Spaniards .Trying to Hatch' ap a Story ..Putting the Crime on Cubans. .WASHINGTON, April : : .2.-rltc Spanish Minister has given out- the statement of a purport which connect! Culinn with the Maine disaster. - THAT SPANISH FLOTILLA. WASHINGTON, April 2.-Afc a hast! ly called meeting of the naval board of strategy was held this morning to con sider, the arrival of the Spanish flotil la at Porto .Rico. George Stevens, the famous Universi ty boll twirler, was here today on his way to Wake Forest. GERMAN AT TARBORO. Invitations have liecu received ' 'here to a gcrniau to lie. given ut T.itIhwo, Tuesday evening. April lltlh, by tin Bachelor's Cotillion Club. TO WAKE FOREST. TUe University North Carolina team. sixecu strong, passed through at 11:3." eiron tf to Wake I'Virest. Those with the 'Varsity tiarty were Cimch, Reynolds. liHton, Beldeu, Ilines, Woislnrd, Inme, Williams, MeKee, llogers, Iiw- n, Tate,' Graves, Gwaltney, .Buxton Vke, Professor Collier Colm; Collins. - - -; Private Sejavtfffy . Boylaa Cade has gone to - Franklinton to spend Snndny with his family. MAYOR'S COURT. This morning Mayor ICiisn had only two -offend-s lief ore- hi in. The first aas 4". A. Allison, avIiomc conduct on Fayetteville street, in front of Dughi'w estmblislnneut. was quite disorderly. The fine liniitosod was $7.2o Yiwterday nvorn(iiig, J!oek KVContior, was in court for lieing drunk and down oil the streets. Mfeiyor Rusa warnwl him nlmut repeating the offense and then discharged him. This morning Jock was up again and aw a ooroeo, nonce to pay a $4.75 fine. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching at. 11 n. m. by the pastor. The doors of the church will be opened at tho morning service. Communion at 8. p ni. Rev. W. G. Clement, of iMorrisville, will preach. The public is cordially in-, vited to attend all these aervices. MR. DUGIHI FOR WAH, Mr. ; A. IMigbl has been laying hw as to hi position on the war quewtimi but tfukay the said, "I don't intend to volunteer, tout it there in a call for men I nhal lie among tho first to respond."
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