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The News and Observer. VOL. XLIII. NO. 134. Leads all Other North Carolina Dailies in Both News and GiMation. THE TRIAL OF M, ZOLA Senational Scenes in the Paris Court. NOVELIST IS HOOTED CROWD VEHEMENTLY SHOUT: “SPIT UPON HIM.” TYPICAL MOCK-HEROIC SPECTACLE Witnesses Are Summoned But Pay no Atten tion to Summons. A Series of Excitable French Spats and the Court Ad* journs Until Today. Paris, Feb. T.—The trial of M. Emil Zola and M. Perreux, manager of the Aurore, who are being prosecuted by the government as the result of a letter which tihe novelist caused to be publish ed in the Aurore in December last, strongly reflecting upon high officials connected with the Dreyfus case, open ed to-day in the Assize court of the Seine. M. Zola, was represented by M. Laborie and M. Perreux was de fended by M. Olemenceau. •Great public interest was manifested in the case. The police measure** taken to insure order were rigorous. Zola, who arrived in a carriage, was greeted with vehement shouts of: “Gon spu<*z Zola” (Spit upon Zola.) An individual who shouted “Vivo Zohi” was promptly suppressed. The proceedings commenced at 1 p. m. under the presidency of M. Delerogue, who announced that the court would be cleared if there was any demonstration. Although the court was thronged, quiet was maintained owing to the knowledge that a company of Reinibli can guards had been placed at the dis -I>cshl of the judge, to preserve order. While the jury was being selected M. Zola entered the dock. He was pale. A few cries of “Vive Zola” were promptly suppressed by the vigorous protests of the majority in the audience. After the reading of the indictment, the advocate general explained that the charge was strictly limited to the pas sage in M. Zola’s letter denouncing the Esterbazy court martial. Continuing, the advocate general said it was imperative to prevent the pro ceedings from wandering and “thus playing into the hands of the accused, whose aim is to get a revision of the Dreyfus affair by a circuitous route.” In regard to the limitation of the scope of the trial, the court decided to allow the accused to call evidence in support of the other charges contained in his letter, including the accusations which he made against Col. Paty Du Plain, and Generals Mercier, Boisdefre. Billot and Pellieux. After reading the names of the wit nesses summoned, M. Delerogue read a number of letters of excuses ineluding one from the Minister of Justice, M. Harlan, announcing that the Minister for War, Gen. Billot, had not received tilt l authority of the Cabinet to testify. M. Delorogue also read a letter from ex-President Casimir-Perier, saying he could not testify except as to facts sub sequent to his presidency. Col. Paty Du Clam was then called ami refused to testify. M. Laborie urge the importance of his testimony, adding, that unless the court ordered the witness to testify, he might be compelled to demand an ad journment until the next session. Coun sel also said he was not prepared to op pose a secret trial, if it was absolutely necessary. But, continued M. Laborie, the allegation that the matter they were discussing was connected with State secrets and the National defense was a. mere joke. The advocate general thereupon pro tested against the National defense be ing called a joke, to which M. Laborie hotly replied that he would permit no one, not even the advocate general, to east suspicion upon his patriotism. (Obeeis.) Addressing the jury M. Laborie said: “The oroof we wish to show you is so striking that our opponents are making efforts to prevent its becoming known. Nevertheless, if it is necessary, I will declare it alone, without witnesses. If 1 fail, Dreyfus will remain in the, gal leys, where lie was placed by a law ♦ex pressly made for him.” (\ iolout pro tests.) M. Lalwrie insisted that the judges of Dreyfus should give evidence and that Madame Doulancy, whom Zola hud summoned but who has declined to ap l**ar on the ground of ill (health, should also testify, urging that she lie ordered to appear <if necessary. Counsel added that Madame Boulaucy, in addition to the notorious Uhlan letter, .possessed others from Major Esterhuzy, outrage ously insulting the French army, which had not been published. M. Laljorie further contended that Major Esterhazy was persecuting Madame Boulaucy in order to prevent her from surrendering the letters. Counsel for the Aurore supported M. Laborio’s request for the appearance of Madame Boulancy. and urging the court to obtain u verification of her alleged ill health. Later oil M. Laborie insisted that the depositions made 'before the examining magistrate be read in court. This win opposed by the attorney general on the ground that the examination was not concluded. M. Laborio then vehemently protest ed against tike absence of the sub- poenned witnesses, and referring to the non-appearance of General Mercier, said: “When he was Minister of War he submitted to the judges of Dreyfus, behind the back of the prisoner and his counsel, a secret document,.which, how ever, be said was unimportant. '“lf this document, as lie declared, was unimportant, the incident is ended and there is no further need for General Mercier’s testimony but if as alleged, the secret document did not exist, let General Mercier come and tell the court so, and our side will lie well satisfied.” is attempt to drag the former Min ister ot Mar into the witness stand caus ed much commotion in court, which was increased when, on several members of the Dreyfus court martial refusing to testify, M. Zola rose up in the dock and indignantly cried: “We must know if these persons are acting under ttte orders of the Minister of War or of their own volition.” General Boisdeffre was then called and claimed exemption on the ground of professional secrecy, whereupon M. Laborie shouted: “One would really- think all these of ficers imagined they form a separate caste, above all rights, and that they are totally exempt from the laws and the respect due to justice.” lae court then ordered a, short ad journment, until 4:30 p. in., in order to allow M. Laborie to draft his argument. On the resumption of the hearing M. Laborie made a speech demanding that the witness be ordered to attend and testify. The court postponed decision until to morrow and the case was adjourned. HOW CAN DIE ONE, MOTIONLESS WHILE FLESH FALLS OFF IN FLAMES. Tvto Burned at the Stake, and They Stood the Burning Without Flickering, Inhaling Fire. Washington, Feb. 7. —Tlie Attorney General sent to the Senate to-day a let ter written by assistant United States Attorney McMeehan, giving the results of his investigation into the recent burning of two Seminole Indians in Oklahoma by a mob. He says that the sentiment in the neighborhood of the crime is all with the mob and he was infornuxl that it would not Ik- well for him or any other persons to go into that locality if it was? known that the object was to locate the conspirators. Mr. McMcehan’s letter tells in the, main an oh! story but he gives some new details. MeGfey, was, he says, the first of the Indians to move a muscle after the torch was applied and hi* did not move until the flesh was beginning to drop from his limits and the fire was begin ning to touch his ears. “He then gave a loud whoop and bent over as far as the chain would allow him, and sucking in the leaping flame, sank down and ex pired without showing any more signs of pain. Not so with Palmer Sampson. He did not move until after MeGisy had inhaled the flames. Then he commenced to kick with both feet, throwing burn ing pieces of wood twenty-five or fifty feet away. It was with difficulty that (hey succeeded in getting him burned.” Mr. McMeehan says that a baptist minister named Hiram Holt prayed for the two Indians before their execution and that as he knelt in prayer he held n rifle iu his hand. FOR REFORMING BOYS. Virginia’s House Cbnlmittee Recom mends Cages Instead of Shackles. •Richmond. Ya., Feb. 7.—The House Committee which lias Ix'en investigating the .Laurel Reformatory for Boys, to day agreed on a. report which exoner ates the Prison Association of Virginia, the organization conducting the institu tion, from charges of mismanagement. The report recommends, however, that on account of the broadness of the low ers conferred upon the association, “the control of the association should lie in the hands of the State.” The report further says, among other things: “It is the judgment of « majority of your eermnitt<*e that tlhere has been no cruelty practiced toward auy of the in mates by any of the officers of the said association, but the majority of yom committee are constrained to think that the punishment in some cases has been unnecessarily severe, particularly in re ference to tihe application of the system in lengthening the time of detention of the 'boys in the -custody of the Prison Association. “Tihe use of shackles at the association does not meet with tile approval of a majority of your committee, and we feel ■that other means could tie pursued to bring incorrigible lioys under proper con trol, which would lie less grating to the public, and less calculated to carry with it a feelhng of a. sense of degradation, and would at the tsutme time be equally as efficacious. And in this connection, would suggest: that it would iierbajis Is; well to prepare a few cages to he use 1 as a substitute for shackles.” TO FORM A PEANUT TRUST. Ait Indiana Man Visits Norfolk for That Purpose. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 7.—\V. 11. Small, an Evansville, Iml., peanut cleaner, has been lien- endeavoring to form a trust of all peanut factories, eighteen in Virgiuia and seven in tlm West. He also contem plates, if successful, the closing up of those factories not paying, or unneces sary. No steps have been taken by the Norfolk operators, and Mr. (Small has gone to New York, for the purpose, it is stated, of securing some firm there to undertake the work of attempting to ef fect the organization. RALEIGH, N. C., 'jUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY S, 1898. TIL OF DEPUTIES Judge Delivers a Sharp Re buke to the Press. BAIL WAS $402,000 IN ALL * GIVEN BY PHILADELPHIA SURE TY CO. $6,000 EACH. STATE TRYING TO PROVE MALICE The Defense Mixes Up a Witness Who Makes Wrong Identification-Damaging Remarks of Deputies Sworn to, Threatening to Shoot Down Miners. Wilkosbarre, l’a., Feb. 7.—-When the trial of Sheriff Martin and h:s deputies opened this morning Judge Woodward, alluding to the outbreak on Saturday be tween Attorneys (Jarman and Lenaban, state! that a repetition of .the offense would cause the offenders to be punish ed for contempt of court. Then came a severe denunciation of the sensationalism of certain newspa pers in, as the court said, “endeavoring to present justice by an exaggeration of the facts of the trial in print and pictori ally.” He would, he said, not mention any names at present, “but if tile as tounding falpsi hoods and misrepresenta tives continue, the representatives of the paper will find the door of the court house closed to them.” “This is a court of justice,” continued the judge, “engage! in the trial of a east dealing with the life or death of a number of men, and is not a concert, or a political convention. The dignity of the court must, and will be preserved.” But two witnesses were examined du ring the morning session and they brought out no new facet. Just before the noon adjournment the court accepted lciil for all the accused deputies and the sheriff in rhe amount of $0,600 in each case, making $402,000 in all. Bail was furnished by the Phila delphia (Surety Company. At the afternoon session George Yea ger described the meeting with the sheriff and said the sheriff drew bis revolver and pointed it at the strikers. He crabbed one and pulled him out from the others, all the time holding the pistol at his breast. Then some one shouted to shoot and they sliot. The witness then pointed out. the deputies whom he saw. shooting,. The men Yeager pointed out as doing the shooting wen* John Zeirlt. Harry Zeirdt, Schuyler Ridgway and Thomau Hall. The witness could not remember any more. “After the first few shots.” said the witness, “there was a volley and then a number of separate shots and eleven men were killed in five minutes and lots wounded. He said that during the course of the examination that he could point out any deputy who wtg present at the shooting, and the defense Immediately scored a strong point by calling in front of the witness stand John Hampton. Chief of the Coal and Iron police. Yeager was asked if he had seen Hampton with the deputes. “Yes,” be exclaimed, “be was in the line and was holding his rifle this way,” and he illustrated. The defense when its time comes, will prove that Hampton was not on the scene „t all, but was in Hazleton at the time. Thomas Hall, clerk of the Valley Hotel in Hazleton, testified to a remark lie bad heard on tin* Sunday following the sliooting from Deputy John Turner. Turner was in tin* hotel talking to some friends, and lie said, speaking of the shooting: “M'o all marched out to Lattiiuer and as the strikers came up I heard a shot. It. seemed to come from the ranks of the strikers, and then we opened up. 1 idiot nine of them, and killed five.” The next witness was Christopher Bre hen, a miner of Cranberry. Drollen said lie was at M’est Hazleton when the strikers arrived and that be talked with Bcrnheiser, one of -the deputies, who wanted him (to join the deputies. Boruheiser said “every one of the d d strikers ought to Is* shot.” “They have as good a right to strike ♦is anybody,” the witness replied, “and 1 would not stop them.” “You’re d d coward,” Bornbeiser id, “or else you would get a. gun and go out with us to shout, them.” (A. few days tliefore the shooting, the witness had a talk with a deputy named Dodson, who said: "We ought to get so much a bead for shooting down these strikers. I would do it for a cent a bead and make money at it.” On orosK-oxatiniiiatioii the witness ad mitted lie bad boon, in jail for a week on tin* charge of burglary, but that he bad been bailed out and acquitted. His orl- Vinal story was not altered. 'Flic last witness was John Costello, who said (he was helping 'a wounded mam when Deputy A. E. Hess approach ed him. .He was about to detail the conversation which ensued and by which the (Common weal till hoped to prove malice on the deputy when the defense objected. There was a long argument conducted by attorney Palmer and Lenahan for the defense, amid attorney Scarlet, McGahren, Carman and Martin for the Commonwealth. The court will decide the question in the morning. LEE'S STORY OF RUIZ Gives Particulars of Execu tion of Spanish Officer. REPORT SENT TO HOUSE ARANGUREN WAS ACTING UN DER ORDERS OF GOMEZ. RU‘Z WENT IN A PRIVATE CAPACITY General Lee Interposed in Behalf of Emissary, But His Note Reached Insurgent's Camp Tco Late--Rirz and Aranguret Had Been Friends. Washington, I>. C., Feb. 7. —The Presi dent to-day transmitted to the House the r< , iiort'S from Consul General Lee rela tive to the execution of Col. Ruiz, which the House called for by resolution. These reports consist of two dispatches to tile State Department front General Lee. The first, under date of I lecomber 21st, is in the form of a narrative account of the circumstances attending the execu tion. • “As .a matter of public interest,” says General Lee, “ 1 have the honor to (inform the Department that on Monday, December 13th, Lieutenant Colonel Don Joaquin Ruiz, of the Spanish »onps of engin«*eiis, and aide de camp of the Captain General, an officer well and favorably known in the city, visited Col. Aninguren, am active and enterprising insurgent chief with whom he had lieen formerly well acquainted as the latter had been in his employment when Ruiz had charge of the water works of this city. Col. Ruiz left, here at six a. m. Monday, December 13th, alighting at Camp Florida, 21 miles from this city, where he breakfasted with the Spanish commander and in company with frac tious (guides), a white man and a negro, he rode on horseback in the direction of A langur on's camp. After lie had pro ceeded two leagues *ie was met by Arauguren. who was mounted and had an escort of 14 calvary, Col. Ruiz, j •After ew'aange of salutations. lieguin a , (speech to Arauguren and his party, set ting forth the prospective glories of j automatic rule, and I nan advised made offers upon the part of tin* authorities here for -the surrender of his command, whereupon Arauguren, acting under the instructions of h.s general in chief, Maximo Gomez, .mu tClol. (Ruiz and his two men, executed. “It will lx* remembered that in Novem ber last t.oiuez fawned a, proclamation ordering Ibis officers to put, to death any person or persons that should approach them with the effort to make them trai tors to their comrades or cause, or to induce them to accept autonomy under Spanish rule. Arauguren, previous to the war, lived iu Havana with his moth er. but has since been a bold and active officer of the insurgent ranks. “Iu accordance with a request made to me by the Russian Consul and other friends of 001. lvuiz. and with the knowl edge, consent and approval of General Blanco, I made the attempt to save the lift* of the Spanish officer by sending to 001. Arauguren Mr. Ernesto Tosco, as my representative here, with the? fol lowing note: “Ilabana, December 16, 1897. "Mr. Nestor Arauguren. “My Dear Sir: I am informed that a Spanish officer named Col. Joaquin Ruiz is your prisoner. I write to say that the said officer is a personal friend of mine and lias shown me kindness and courtesy since my arrival in Habaua. I therefore request you as a special favor to me to release 001. Ruiz and to allow him to return to this capital. The lx»ar or of this note, Mr. Ernesto Tosca, is my personal representative and I com mend him to you. “I am, etc., (Signed) “FITZHUGH LEE.” "I regret to say,” continues General Lee. “that my representative did not reach tlw* insurgent camp in time to de liver said ncx* before Col. Ruiz’s execu tion which had taken place on the day of Ruiz’s arrival.” On December 30. General Lee wrote as follows: “Referring to m.v previous despatch, I desire to say further that the note to Arangureu contained therein was not delivered, lieeause when my representa tive reached his camp this insurgent chief was temporarily absent therefrom, but the next ranking officer, then in command, gave to Mr. Tosca the fol lowing statement: “Oainp of Cuba. “Details of tin* death of Lieutenant. Colonel Joaquin Ruiz: ‘This gentleman came to these fields dressed in the uniform of a Spanish mil itary officer and Indore the Cuban forces made to Col. Nestor Arauguren proixtsi t ions of anotonomy for Culm. Col Aran gtiren resecting the orders of our army, made Ruiz prisoner and he was executed later, after a court martial had been held and in tin: name of tlw* organiza tion of our army. -And that it may lx* known. 1 furnish this information to Mr Ernesto Tosca, who came commis sioned 'by the American Consul at llu baoa. . , r , “(F' Y. LJ, (Country and Liberty.) \nm of Cuba. I>ooctinl**r 18, 1897. (Signed). "MAJ. ALFREDO LIMA.” “It now appears that Col. Rusz visited the insurgent camp in his private and unofficial capacity and that with the of one or two of tihe authori ties of the iwhiee and possibly a few others, no one knew of his ermnd, or de parture. fit would seem, therefore, that lie went, into the insurgent camp in an unofficial or private character, and not, under a Hag of truce, or other official protection in war, a procedure always hazardous >to the life of any one who at tempts it.” Both these despatches are addressed to Assist a nit -Secretary of State Day, and not to Secretary Sherman. BIG RAILROAD DEAL CLOSED. A Syndicate of Bankers Take the Entire Issue of Charleston and Western North Carolina Ist Mortgage Bonds. Baltimore. Md.. Feb. 7.—A syndicate compose*d of Baltimore, New York and Richmond, Virginia, bankers, has been formed by tin* Maryland Trust Company to take the entire issue of first mortgage bonds of tlw* Charleston and Western North Carolina railroad. This road has become part of the At lantic Coast Line, which purchased it’s entire capital stock and an issue of in come bonds. The coast, terminal of the AVestern North Carolina road is at Port Royal, S. O. MRS. HUNTER APPOINTED. She Wins the Fight Over the Kinston Postoffice. Washington, Feb. 7. —The President to-day nominated the following ixistmas tens: North Carolina—Ada Hunter, Kinston. Virginia—Win. L. Mustard. Pocahon tas: C. L. Dillon, Pulaski; Clias. T. Holtzman, Luray. OFFICERS GIVE ALMS MEN OF THE MONTGOMERY RELIEVE CHIL DREN IN MATANZAS. Insurgents Dynamite Train, Killing Five Pas sengers and Wounding 27--An Action in Sar.ta Clara, Havana, Feb. 7.—On Saturday several officers of the United States cruiser Montgomery, then at Matanzas, visited Cascorro, Matanzas, the residence of a majority of the reconeeutrades, distrib uting a considerable amount of aims, while other officers of the cruiser distrib uted alms in the streets of Matanzas, in j this case a majority of those relieved ! being children. A considerable number j of reconeentrados, of all ages and sexes. I invaded the United Staten Consulate, j Later iu the day Saturday, the Mont gomery sailed for Santiago tie Cuba, to wliibh port the Spanish gun boat An tonio I>opez has also gone. lai Union, of Mazanillo, furnishes another contradiction of the report that j Juan Masso, the insurgent leader who recently surrendered, was related to j President of the Cuban republic, Barto lonio Masso. About nix hundred sick and invalided soldiers sailed for Spain to-day. 'lbe insurgents have dynamited a train between Boniato and San Vicente, province of Santiago de Cuba, destroy ing a first class jiassenger car and another car loaded with cattle. Five passengers were killed and twenty seven wounded. The Spanish version of the affair adds that the insurgents after ward attacked the train but were repuls ed by the fire of the escort, until the arrival of reinforcements. According to information from Span ish sources a column of troops command ed by Lieutenant Colonel Harvas, (has been engaged with an insurgent force at Canada La Yieja, province of Santa Clara. After inflicting some loss on the army, tihe Spaniards followed the insur | gent*? in the direction of arroyo Hondo, | and later became engaged with six hun j died insurgent infantry and sixty iuaur j gent cavalrymen, who occupied an en i trenched position. i The Spaniards, it is claimed, after some lively firing, dislodged the insur gents who retreated with a loss of twenty seven men and leaving one wounded prisoner and twenty eight tin* arms, a quantity of ammunition and medicines, one dynamite cannon, two boxes of dynamite cartridges and a num ber of important documents in the hands of the troore. The loss of the Spaniards is said to ihnve been insignificant. General Linares reports that during six days’ operations undertaken in order to reconnoitre tin* Camaron route to Taeajo and the mountain heights as far as Lao, in the Holguin district, he lias been engaged at Laorlands with an in surgent force commanded by Torres and others. The enemy, the general adds, were coming from tihe direction of Santiago do Cuba and were well supplied with ammunition. They continuously opposed the advance of the Spanish tixxips, attacking the advance guard and flanks of flic government force, but were, it is asserted, conqielled to give way. The troops, the Spanish report says, lost four men killed and had two officers and thirty seven soldiers wound ed. A .TEALOU'S SPED-MOTHER. Kills Her Step-daughter, Outs Her Hus band, and Then Asphyxiates Herself With Gas. New York, Feb. 7.The wife of Win. W. Place, an insurance adjuster in tlie employ of the London Fire Insurance Conqiany. residing at .”>B9 Hancock street. Brooklyn, to-day killed her step daughter by burning her face ami Ixxly with acids, attacked her husband with a hatchet and cut him so badly about the head that he may ♦lie. and then locked herself in a- room and turned on two gas jets. by an am bulance surgeon she Was Hnciniseious but it is Ixdieved that six* will recover. She was insanely jealous. V LAST EDITION. FF o£, FIVE CENTS. OBJECTS TO EWAHT Butler Will Not State His Charges, if Any. JUDGE EWART’S CHANCES A MEMBER OF JUDICIARY COM MITTEE PRAISES IIIM. SAYS ENDORSEMENTS ARE EXCEPTIONAL A Fifty Thousand Dollars Public Building for Winston on Paper and a Fish Cultural Station, Also, Keeps Time in a Sort of Runic Ryhme. Washington, Feb. 7. —(Special)—Sena- tor Pritchard to-day introduced a bill ap propriating one hundred and fifty thou sand dollars. for a public building at Winston. The bill was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. The Senator will see to it that the bill passes the Eeuate at this session. Again at the request of Senator But ler, the Senate Judiciary committee 1-ostponed action on Judge Ewart’s nom ination until next Monday. The Sena tor made the request, it is* said, ou the ground that he desired to further look into tlie matter thus intimating that charges might lie preferred against the judge. When asked by the News and Observer correspondent to state what his charges were against Judge Ewart, Sen ator Butler said he did not care to make any detailed statements, but he coivsid erad that Judge Ewart was not judicial ly qualified for the office, that he did not have a judicial temperament and was not a gixxl enough lawyer. The informa tion in jxissession of tire Judiciary com mittee, however, tends to disprove this statement. A member of the committee is quoted as saying this evening that not in a Jong time Inis any apjrointeo for a judicial ixisition lteen so highly on t Horsed ankl recommended as Judge Ewart, and furthermore. Ills nomina tion will lx* favorably reixutod to the Senate. Judge Ewart ex,x*cts to return to North Carolina on Wednesday. For the past few days be has been suffer ing from a severe cold. As predicted in these dispatches, Mrs. Ida Hunter was to-day appointed post master at Kinston. Congressman White, it will he remembered endorsed a color ed man by the name of Hargett, but owing to the sentiment in the South a gainst colored postmasters, the Presi dent could not six* his way clear to ap point Mr. White’s candidate and com promised on Mrs. Hunter, who, it is said, had the endorsement of both the North Carolina Senators. Senator Butler has introduced the fol lowing which will be offered as an n meiulnient to tin* Sundry Civil Appro priation bill. For the establishment of a fish cultural station in the State of North Carolina, the purchase of site, construction of buildings, and ponds and equipment, at some suitable place to lx* determined by the United States Com missioner of Fish and Fisheries. $25,000, or so much thereof as may lx* necessary. The above was referred to tin* Commit tee on Fisheries and by that commit tee referrixl to the Fish Commissioner who has returned it with a favorable endorsement. Senator Butler will now go before tie Appropriations committee and see to it that his amendment is incorporat ed in the Sundry Civil bill. HIS ABILITY QUESTIONED. Washington, Feb. 7.—Senator Butler, of North Carolina, went before tin* Sen ate Committee on Judiciary to-day with a request for the postponement of final consideration of the nomination of Hon. Hamilton G. Ewart, to lx* judge of the Western District of that State, until lie could have opportunity for tire formula tion of charges he will make against Mr. Ewart. He did not make known tlie character of the charges stating that Mr. Ewart was not of judicial tempera ment and mat be was not a lawyer of sufficient standing to entitle him to the distinction sought to be confer ml upon him. In obedience to this request the consideration of the uomimation was postponed a week. TO LYNCH A DOCTOR. Ohio Constable Drives Back a Mob and lainds his Prisoner in Jail. Ohillcothe, Ohio, Feb. 7. —Great ex citement prevails at Laurelvillc, a vil lage iu Pickaway, over the alleged mur der of Pb-Ksie Neff, the daughter of a farmer residing at Adelphi, and the probability of the alleged murderer be ing lynched before morning. laite last night the Coroner rendered a verdict that the girl’s death was the result of some drug administered by Dr. Samson, a local physician, for the purpose of per forming a criminal ♦qierat-iou. As soon as the verdict was announced a mob of about 300 men surrounded Kamsou’s house for the purimse of lynch ing him, but the constable with tut arm ed guai*l finally succeeded in driving the mob back and placing Samson ib the jail at Laurelville. A large crowd is hanging about the jail where (lie pris oner is confined, ami the jail is strongly guarded. Washington, Feb. 7.—Fourth class postmasters have Ihxmi a planted in North Carolina as follows: Glen Ayrc, Stokes BuelMviHltr, Kilchin, M. E. Martin; Triplett, Phincas Hamby,
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