The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-16

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formed him that it was roseo'a. 1t
proved to be so. Then again one
of your honorable body was treat
ing case of genuine smallpox
about the same time. AT the same
time DR.. Streeter was treating four
cases of smallp ox and nearly at the
same time there were two cases of
diphtheria. To this charge | plead
not guilty. As proof of this l will
take any case Of the present dis
ease and If am allowed to treat 1t
for roseola will succeed as we'll as
any body else.
To the third charge insult to the
board of health. In reply to this
charge, there is not member of
the board of health but what |
respect and venerate, one Of whom
is my family physician and another
of them my superior officer. do
not believe he conscientiously be-
lieves that | would disobey his
orders for my office. have too
much respect for him. believe if
he had his way he would have pro-
nounced it roseola. To this charge
| plead not guilty.
remain your obedient servant,
j. =. BLEsslNGToN,
Sanitary Inspector.
Alderman King said he had no
personal feeling in the matter. He
thought his explanation was worse
than the article published before.
Alderman Tibbs agreed with al
dermad King.
Alderman Lacy said that if Mr..
B.essington did not want to be
heard further, he was in favor of
action on the matter
Alderman Herbert said: 'FThere
is no one that regrets this more than
/. | have known him twenty. five
years, and he is a man of some abil-
ity, but he has been indiscreet. " But
his action in publishing the card
was very important action, and
he hoped it would be lesson to
him.
Alderman Poage defended MIR.
Blessington.
The question was put on the
original motion to grant the request
of the board of health, and 1t was
carried by the following vote:
Ayes-1ibbs, Lacy, Slaughter,
Waters, King, Deaton and Her.
bert.
Noes-Poage.
Alderman Brinkerhotf rendered
his resignation as alderman of the
Third ward, which was accepted
A petition of q number of citizens
for the city to purchase the Female
College grounds for site upon
which to erect the Cotton Palace
was read.
Judge Clark, one of the signers
Of the petition, addressed the coun.
Gil, stating that the city had power,
under the charter, to grant the re.
quest of the directors of the Texas
Cotton Palace. He did not speak
in favor of any particular locality,
but only in a general way for the
directors. He hoped that the mat
ter would be referred to the finance
committee, and that it would ulti
mately result in favorable action by
the city council. He hoped that
the committee would be able to re-
port at a called session of the city
council tonight.
Mr.. higgins also made few re-
marks, and stated that he hoped
speedy action would be taken. For
that reason he hoped the council
would meet with the board of
directors.
A motion by Alderman Herbert
to refer the matter to the finance
committee, public improvement
committee, mayor and city attorney,
was adopted.
Permission was granted Judge
Clark, for the Cotton Belt railway,
to address the council relative to
the ordinance requiring the railway
companies to station tlagmen at
various street crossings. He said
business was dull at present, and it
cost money to employ flagmen. AS
far az the Cotton Belt was con-