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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
FINE WORK OF BOERS
Large Force Swoops Down Upon
Col. Benson's Rear Guard.
RED COATS SUFFER SEVERELY
Several Officers and Fifty-Four Men
Were Killed, While One Hum
dred and Sixty Were Wound
ed-At Close Quarters.

Lord Kitchener has reported TO
the London war office a disaster to the
British near Bethel, eastern Transvaal'
in which two guns were lost several
officers killed or wounded and nifty
four men killed and 1e0 wounded.
The following is the text OF LORD
Kitchener's dispatch, dated Pretoria
November /:
81 have just heard OF a severe at
tack made on the rear guard OF Colonel
Benson's column when about 70 miles
northwest of Bethel, near Broken
laagte, during thick mist
"The strength Of the enemy IS re-
ported to have been thousand. Iney
rushed two guns with the rear guard,
but it is uncertain whether they were
able to remove them.
81 fear our casualties were heaVy'
Colonel Benson was wounded, out not
severely. A relieving column Will
reach him this morning.
Later Lord Kitchener telegraphed as
follows:
Colonel Barter, who marched from
the constabulary line yesterday, reach
ed Bensons column early this (Frl-
day. morning unopposed. He reports
that Colonel Benson died of his
wounds.
"The other casualties are as follows:
.'Killed-Colonel S. Guinness, Major
F. D. Murray, Captains M. W. Lindsay
and FIT. Thorould, Lieu.enants e. vi
Brooks and R. E. Shepherd and Second
Lieutenant A. J. Corlett.
Died of wounds, Captain Eyre
Loud"
Lord Kitchener then gives the names
of thirteen other officers who were
wounded, most Of them severely, and
announces that ffty-four non-commis-
stoned officers and men were killed and
1eo wounded, adding that four OF the
latter have since died Of their wounds.
The dispatch then says:
81 assume that the two guns have
been recovered and the enemy has
withdrawn, but I have no further de-
tails.
Il deeply regret the loss OF Colonel
Benson and the other officers and men
who fell with him. In Benson the SER
vice loses most gallant and capable
officer, who invariably led his column
with marked success and judgment.
The fighting was st very close quar-
ters and maintained with determina-
ton on both sides The enemy suffered
heavily, but have not yet received a
reliable estimate.
"The Beers retired east"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
Sicned With Reluctance.

A motion was made in the federal
court at Charleston a day or two ago
to set aside the verdict of non-suit
in the case of J. H. Parker & Co., cot
ton brokers of New York, against w.
A. Moore, a farmer Of Spartanburg
county. Moore losts4,O0o speculating
in cotton and refused to pay. Suit was
entered by the brokers and Moore's an
swer was that dealing in futures was
ambling and, therefore, the contract
was void. The state supreme court re-
Gently made that decision and, In fol-
lowing the state court, Judge SbRonton
stated he would have to sign the order
of non-suit with reluctance. Moore had
won considerable money speculating in
cotton, but would not meet his losses
when the market went against him.
The court took the motion under ad-
visement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
A FRATERNlzING MOVEMENT.

Northern and Southern Methodists
May Be Again In Friendly Union.
The decision of the board Of bishops
OF the Methodist Episcopal church, in
session In Cincinnati, to hold the next
meeting in Chattanooga, Tenn, marks
an epoch in the history Of the Metho-
dist church. 1t will be the first time
northern Methodist bishops have met
on southern soil since the sectional d.
vision of the church. 1t is said q
strong effort will be made at the meet
ing of the bishops in Chattanooga to
effect a union Of northern and south
ern MethoGists.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT FIGURES.

More Than One Hundred and Forty
Millions Required Tor Pensions.
The estimates for the expenditure OF
the interior department during the fis-
cal year beginning next July, to be
sent to congress this session, aggre-
gate $170,000,000. OF this amount q
total of s142,161,200 is asked for pen
slons and the administrative work Of
the pension bureau. In addition to the
s13,516,210 already appropriated for
the twelfth census, an additional ap-
proprlation Of s1,s72,12O for next year
is asked. Other items call for ST.
100000 for the Indian service, $685.
956 for the general land office, $1,Oe9,-
207 for the geological survey, and
$4,000 for the patent Office.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
OLD WOMEN IN DEMAND.

II Is Reported From Salonica that
Brigands Have Made Another Haul.
1T is reported from Salonica," says
the Vienna correspondent Of The Lon
don Daily Express, that brigands have
carried off the mother Of the chief of
poliSe of Seres, in Macedonia, about so
miles northeast of Salonica, to the
same spot where Miss Stone is de-
tained."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
HOT FIGHT OVER KOESTER.

APPOINTMENT Creates Political Stir In
South Carolina.
A Charleston dispatch says: While
the bitter fight which is being waged
against George R. Rooster, recently sp-
pointed collector of internal revenue,
will hardly prevail, the facts which
have been brought forth are. highly
sensational and politicians are using
the incident as a means Of injur1nS
the McLaurin cause.
The publication Of the story eharg-
ing Koester with having been impli-
Gated in a negro lynching has created
a tremendous stir in political circles In
this state.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
FIVE THOUSAND FOR A "JIT."

Street Car Company Pays Dearly For
Demanding Second Fare.
At New York Thursday Eugene Lez-
easki, OF l.. and S. Lezenski, San Fran
cisco and New York dry goods COM
mission merchants, obtained in the su.
pxeme court under Judge Fursman q
verdict for $4,000 against the Metropol-
iau Street Railway Company because
he refused to pay a scent fare twice
and was elected from the ear. During
a blockade on Broadway Mr.. LeseHsh
was transferred frsm one ear to an
other. the conductor afterwards refus-
inx the transfer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
SILVER BULLION DISAPPEARS.

Ton Of Base" Metal Taken From the
Court Room at Omaha, Neb.
At Omaha, Neb., Thursday ton of
"base" silver bullion, worth some
thing over $1,000, mystcriously disap'
peared from the criminal court room
The silver a few days ago figured as
an exhibit in junk stealing case, and
had been left in the court room await
ing such time as the proper owners
should claim IT. The junk dealers
were tried and acquitted on a charge
OF having bought stolen property. The
s1nelter, TO whom the bullion is said TO
have belonged, had taken no steps 10
recover It's possession.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
CENSUS BUREAU STATISTICS.
Interesting Figures Relating to School,
Militia ard Voting Ages.

Interesting Figures Relating to School,
Militia ard Voting Ages.
The census report on school, militia
and voting ages for all states and ter
ritories shows the following summary
for the country as whole:
Persons of school age, 5 to 20 years
26,11O,7S9, Of whom 24,897,130 are ma
tive born, 22,4so,211 are white and 49,
OS6,1e0 are males. Males Of militia
age, 16,36O,36a of whom 13,132,2S0 are
native born and 14,495.3s6 are white;
and males of voting age 21,32s,S1s, OF
whom 16,227,zoo are native born and
19,036,143 are white. OF the total
number OF males 21 years Of age and
over, 2,426,2So are illiterate. OF the
16.227,2s5 native born males 21 years
old and over, 1,7Oe,29S are illiterate,
and of the 5,102,6S4 foreign born, &c.
002 are illlterate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
TRAINS IN COLLISION.

Fireman Killed and Engineer and
Brakeman Sustain Serious Injuries.
A southbound freight train on the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more ran into work train at Clay
mont. Del, Monday afternoon. James
Middleton, fireman Of the freight,
was instantly killed, and Engineer
Frank Gallagher and Brakeman ]. j.
Deyine. also Of the freight train, were
seriously injured. Five freight cars
were derailed and set on fire by the
collision,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
THE IRISH ARE HERE.

Nationalist Members Of Parliament
Receive Glad Welcome In New York.
John E. Redmond, Patrick A. Nc
Hugh and Thomas O'Donnell, national
lst members Of the British parliament,
who came over in behalf Of the Irish
cause, landed at New York Thursday
from the steamship Majestic. They
were enthusiastically welcomed on the
pier by q large delegation Of Irish
Americans.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
TREATY DENOUNCED
Nicaragua Termihtes Provisions
Allowing Bulldingef Canal.
OFFICIALS TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Motive For Action Unknown to OFi.
cialsas Yet-Desire Is Expressed
For Conclusion of New
Treaty.

A Washington special says: The
government Of Nicaragua has termi-
mated the treaty under which the
United States wa empowered to con-
struct an inter-oceanic canal across the
territory of Nicaragua. This action
has been notified to the state depart
ment by the Nicaragua minister for
foreign affairs. That officer says that
the denunciation in NO wise effects the
friendly relations between the two
countries, and the Nicaraguan govern
mept desires the conclusion of new
treaties.
Beside the treaty Of friendship, COM
merce and navigation of 1867, thus de-
nounced, the same note conveys the
denunciation of the sxtradition treaty
of 1870 between the United States and
Nicaragua. Under the terms Of the de-
nunciaticn the first named treaty, COW
ering the right to construct and guar
g.
1902, which is one year from the date
the notice was received at the state
department.. The extradition treaty
will terminate May "a, next, as provid-
ed in the convention.
The Nicaraguan minister's note con-
veys absolutely no information as to
the motives which inspired the Mica
raguan government to denounce these
two treaties, nor has Mr.. Merry, the
United States minister to Nicaragua,
thrown any light upon the subject. 1t
may be recalled, as affecting the treaty
Of 1857, that before submitting the
Hay-Pauncefcte treaty to congress last
year, Secretary Hay drew up set OF
protocols with the minister OF Nlcara-
qua, whereby these officers bound their
governments to negotiate treaties with
the United States for the necessary
concessions under which to construct
and control canals in the event that
congress should authorize the begin
Ming Of such work.
The first Official statement OF any
kind made for month in relation to
the Nicaraguan canal has been OBJ
tanned by the Associated press at
London. 1t confirms the fact that
Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassa-
dor to the United States, has with him
the draft of a new treaty, abrogating
the Clayton Bulwer treaty, which is in
every particular satisfactory to Lord
Salisbury's cabinet.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
1~1c1CS1~10S61
|, SOUTH CAROLINA
|; STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Officers Raid Distilleries.
S~~1e1e1SSSeS,

Revenue Collector Aiken and Dep
uty Marshal Corbin returned to Green
vile a few days ago after a raid on
moonshine stills in Oconee county
They destroyed two stills near Whet'
sote, each of seventy-fve gallon capa'
city, with thirty-eight fermenters and
$500 gallons Of beer. They captured
Robt and Benjamin Holmes at work in
one of the stills. Robert Holmes was
placed in pail at Walhalla, uut 8enja'
min was dismissed, as he was too
young to prosecute.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
GENERAL BULLtk LlONiZED.

Discharged Army Officer Is Immensely
Popular With the common Herd"
General Butler threatens to blossom
into a British Boulanger. He does not
appear to court privacy or to counte-
nance demonstration. He attended {
theatre in London Thursday evening
and when he was recognized an
cheered, he arose to his feet and bowta
his acknowledgements. Outside tie
building General Butler was mobp>;
by cheering crowds, and the police E":l
TO be called IN to clear the street.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
nock safeIv Passes the Jetties.

Dock Safely Passes the Jetties.
The New Orleans dock is on her way
up the river, having passed through
the jetties about noon Monday. The
dock will be at New Orleans on Wed
nesday morning and the reception will
take place.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
MANY WITNESS EXECUTION.

Will jackson Pays Penalty For Assault
at Gainesville, Ga.
Will Jackson, a negro, was legally
hanged at Gainesville, Ca, Friday for
assault. Nearly two thousand peo-
pie black and white witnessed
the execution. To comply with the
law the sheriff enclosed the scaffold
with cotton bagging. No soon~r was
his back turned than the flimsy bar
rier was torn down and the immense
crowd had an unobstrueted View OF
this scene:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
ALBANIAN STRIKES OIL.

Plug Taken From Old Well and Good
Sample of Fluid Found.
Robert R. Zell, president of the
Southern Industrial company, has tap
ped an oil we'll near Reid's Gap, Ala,
and secured samples of oil. This we'll
was driven 1900 feet several years
ago. but the promoters died and the
we'll has since been plugged up.
The samples secured by Mr.. Zell af-
ter the plug was removed are said to
be excellent speeimens Of very good
grade Of oil.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
Statue Offends Negroes.

Sculptor Lcpez's heroic sized group
of figures typifying negro life in the
south. which is to stand before the ne
ero bnildng of the South Carolina In
terstate aud West India nexposition,
has glen ohense to many Of the col
ored people of Charleston. and they
have made a violent protest to the
bard of directors which is headed by
Looker T. Washington. and which
numbers among its members leading
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
BRYAN SPEAKS IN OMAHA.
He Champions Cause Of Fusionists In
State of Nebraska.

he Champions Cause Of Fusionists In
State of Nebraska.
William J. Bryan closed the cam
paign in Nebraska for the fusionists
with four speeches in Omaha and
South Omaha Monday night. At each
place Me-. Bryan was greeted with en-
thusiastic crowds, Notwithstanding a
snow storm. The principal speech was
at Franck hall, where he spoke on ma
tional issues.
Mr.. Bryan said that he expected that
Nebraska fusionists would elect their
state ticket by fair majority, but re-
fused to make an estimate on other
states.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER.

Two Killed and Dozen Injured In
Smash-Up on Pennsylvania Road.
Two men were instantly killed and a
dozen injured Friday night in coils
ion between the local freight on the
Pennsylvania road and the work train
of the Clifford Construction Company
of Valparaiso, Indiana.
The dead and mangled men were
buried in the mass of wreckage.
Not a man in the crew escaped un-
injured, and it is feared several Of
them are so badly wounded that death
is inevitable.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
TRYING TO SMlRCH ScHLEY.

LemIy Calls Witnesses to Rebut Tes-
timony Given BY Admiral.
In the Schley court Of inquiry Thurs
day a number of witnesses were intro
dueed by Judge Advocate Lemly to
testify in rebuttal Of the evidence Civ.
en- in Admiral Schley's behalf. The
court decided early in the day that no
witnesses could be introduced at this
stage Of the proceeding to give testi-
7nony on raterial points and only re-
Duttal testimony can now be admissi'
lle
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
DEWEY SEES PRESIDENT.

He incidentally Touches upon the
sehley Investigation Case.
Admiral Dewey called upon Presl-
dent Roosevelt Saturday but did not
discuss with him the Schley court OF
inquiry. except to tell the president
that the public sessions Of the court
would be concluded in few days. Al
terwards he said the court would prob
ably take up each charge in the pre-
cept, review the testimony and then
give the facts as they find them and
give such an opinion as they called for
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
BUSINESS BLOCKS BURNED.
Town Of Jennings, Louisiana, Suffers
Heavily From confagration.

At an early hour Monday morning
fire broke out in a restaurant at Jen-
nings, La. The wind was blowing a
heavy gale, and by o'clock five blocks
Of the main business part Of the town
were in smoldering embers and ashes.
The heaviest individual loser is A. D.
McFarlan, $4,000. The houses Destroy
ed were not of substantial character,
and the fire spread so quickly that
there was small chance to save any
thing. Loss, s16O,OO0; insurance, $780,
600.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
Bank Quits Business.

The National Bank Of Commerce OF
Omaha, Neb., has decided to close up
its affairs and has turned over S22O,0ov
In cash to the Omaha National bank to
pay its depesitors,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07

TIVE Blocks of Buildings Burn.
A IRE in Uniontown Pa, Friday
morning destroyed ten buildings, COW
ering two blocks. One life is reported
to have been lost and the property
damage Is estimated at $250,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
PLATE GLASS PLANT

Orqanized at Chattanooga and Will
Manufacture on a Large Scale.
A company has been organized at
Chattanooga, Tenn, to manufacture
plate glass on an extensive scale. An
extensive deposit Of glass sand has
been discovered near the city. A bot
tie glass factory is almost completed.
Northern capitalists are interested and
plants will probably be erected soon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
MAsso TO OPPOSE PALMA.

Announces For President OF Cuba and
Makes Bid For Black Vote.
4 Havana dispatch says: General
Bartolme Maso Thursday surprised
Senor Estrada Palma and the latter's
supporters by coming out with mani
festo declaring himself candidate for
the presidency Of Cuba. He makes
strong bid for the autonomist, Spanish
and negro vote.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
CONDEMNED MURDERER CAUGHT.

Ianier Must Return % mIssIssIppI duo
Expiate Crime.
Governor Longino, Of Mississippi
has issued a requisition on the cover.
nor of Georgia for Will Lanier, one OF
Mississlppi's most desperate criminals,
who was captured few days since at
Newman, Ca, by the town authorities.
Lanier was to have been hanged at
Aberdeen on April Is last, but he broke
iail three days before the day OF exc.
cutieu and made his escapei
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
Cattle Breeders Turned Down.

CdltIt 6TetueTS TUTHeu DU"11s
A New ork Herald dispatch from
Buenos Ayes says the government has
informed the American minister that
it cannot allow the importation Of
American cattle for breeding purposes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
a RoyaI "kidIinu" Makes Debut.

A Royal "KidIing" Makes Debut.
Princess Elizabeth, who was mar
ried October 2, 1900, to Prince Albert,
heir presumptive to the throne OF Bel
gium, has given birth to son who will
be christened Leopold.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
Heavy Penalties Demanded.

Suits filed by State Attorney General
Bell, against the corporations accused
OF violating the Texas antitrust law,
call for penalties approximating $685..
100000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
EDS CORRECTED coGNoMEN.
King of England Perfects His New and
Extensive Title.

Extensive Tue.
King Edward. at meeting OF the
privy council in London, Monday,
signed the proclamation giving him his
new title as follows:
Edward the Seventh, by the grace
of God Of the United Kingdom OF Great
Britain and Ireland and of the British
domains beyond the sea, king. defend
or OF the faith and emperor Of India" -"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07

Seventh National Reinstated.
New York clearing houses Monday
reinstated the reorganized Seventh ma
tional bank tc full membership
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
NOTED POWDER MONKEY" DEAD

Man Who Fought With Nelson at Ira.
fa!gar Passes Away.
John O'Brien. 108 years old, prom
inent citizen for many years, is dead
at Middlesworth, Illinois, twenty miles
west of Hatoon. lie was born in Ire
land went to sea at and served in
Nelson's feet as powder monkey at the
battle OF Trafalgar.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
SWUNG TO TELEGRAPH POLE.

Negro Who Attempted Assault on Leg.
islator's Wife Promptly Lynehed.
Early Friday morning, at Allentown,
Ca, Theo Booth, colored, who, on Mon
day last, attempted 10 assault Mrs. G..
o. A. Daughtry, wife Of the member OF
the legislature from Wilkinson county,
paid the penalty Of his crime with his
life. He was strung up to telephone
pole near the Allentown depot and rtd-
died with bullets.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
President Accepts Invitation.


Advices received in Charleston from
Washington convey the very crafty.
ing intelligence that the president has
accepted the invitation Of the South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian
Exposition to attend the exposition on
Wednesday, February ~, Lincoln's
birthday. and preparations will be
made to celebrate the event with She
most imposing ceremonies. At the
meeting of the cabinet the president
mentioned the fact that the invitation
had been extended, and the matter was
fully discussed, the members OF the
cabinet agreeing with the president
that the date suggested for the presi-
deEt's visit was exceptionally appro-
pirate for a presidential visit. Before
leaving Washington the special COM
mittee from the exposition called on
the members of the cabinet and ex-
tended to each Of them personal invi
tation to accompany the president to
Charleston. 1t is understood that Mrs
Roosevelt and all the ladies Of the cab
met will attend the exposition with the
presidential party, and it is hoped that
the condition Of the public business
will be such as to permit the president
and his party to spend some days at
the exposition.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
MERCER HAS THE "DoUGH."

Rockefeller Can Now Come Across
With His $4,000 Donation.
President Pollock, of Mercer univer.
sity, at Macon, the leading Baptist ed.
ucational institution Of Georgia, an
nounces that he thinks the amount of
$50,000 for the endowment fund has
been subscribed by the friends of the
university, thereby securing the dona-
tion of $4,000 from John D. Rookie
feller predicated upon the former
amount being raised by November 1.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-11-07
Ensor Gets Reappointment.

President Roosevelt has reappointed
C. S. Ensor postmaster at Columbia,
S. G..
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-11-22
WHAT THEY SAY.

The appointment Of Robinson as
deruty IN the sherill's Office who was
deputy under Patterson, seems to
please number of the Mottcr faction
of the Republican party. The appoint
ment of Shaw as turnkey, who held
the same place under Mcbride, also
causes smile among the regulars.
They say il was nonsense for Derr to
think that he had any claim TO be ap-
pointed. Mr. Harp wants to b. attor-
ney to the commissioners but the reg
ulars smileat this and say that he had
u twelve hundred dollar snap under
the Census Department, that he was n
clerk at Annapolis and that he got his
brother n place in the Register office.
Willard, they say, must Ice taken care
of and it is said that he is slated for the
place. Albaugh wants to be clerk to
the commissioners, but it is said that
he is out in the cold, as he has no in-
huence whatever. So say the Motter
people. DR. Long is said to be slated
for physician Mt the Jail. 1t is said
that he was promised the position.