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[WORTHY. J per that leads— \j desses of people J lotion to adrer- F tome Tribune. S ESTABLISHED 1887. HOBART IS HOPEFDL Thinks Congress Will Settle Money Question THE VICE PRESIDENT Repeats Tbit Legislative Expedition is tbe Hope ol the Country. in FOR NEW CURRENCY LAW .He Means Filibustering Will Not Be Allowed. UF - REPUBLICANS - II AVE~ M AJORIIY Monetary Reformers if They Hare Ma jority Will Not Permit Any Dila tory Tac les in the Senate. Washington. Not. 25—Vice Presi .dent Hobart has joined the senators and who believe that con gress will pat through some monetary legislation thia winter. The vice presi dent said: “The people demand currency reform 'in this country, and that at once. I "believe the representatives will pass a -currency law that will meet the temper, the tone, the requirements of the peo- Sle of the United States. I know not ow it will be evolved, but I believe .'Such a bill will be passed to harmonise the existing financial difficulties.” Mr. Hobart added something more which is significant It was to this -gffect: “When I was inducted into office I said a few words which are just as true now as they were then. On March 4 last I said to the senate that legislative expedition was the hope of the country. ‘All the interests of good government and the advancement of a better and higher condition of things call for prompt and positive legislation at your hands. To obstruct the regular course of wise and provident legislative action, after the fullest and freest discussion, is neither consistent with true senato rtal courtesy, conducive to the welfare -of the people nor in compliance with their just expectations.’ ” This seems to mean that if the votes are in the senate for monetary reform, -dilatory speeohmaking and filibuster ing will not defeat the will of the ma- Jority. MR. M’KINLEY ON ALASKA. The President Will Devote Considerable Attention to the Big Territory. Washington, Nov. 25.—The presi -dent in his message will, it is expected, devote more attention to Alaska than has been given to the big territory here tofore since its purchase. It is known that the executive will recommend speedy* legislation to secure the best possible government for Alaska, and he will also take occasion to point out the -difficulties which the people are under and will urge that something -hould also be done to protect tue property of the government. In this connection he will allude to the fact that the government has lost large sums because there is no way of protecting timber from indiscriminate use. Oomniissioner Herman of the gen eral laud office has submitted informa tion on this point to the president and has also taken occasion to recommend some radical changes in the laws relat ing to the permit system for cutting timber in other sections. At present large companies and corporations are putting timber under the permit system, supposedly for use in the mines, but the commissioner has information that trainload after trainload of lumber has been take-i from the forest and placed in the lumber .yards in various cities and towns and never used for mining purposes at all. A better system of permits for cutting and inspection of timber, not only for the mineral states of the west, but also for Alaska, has been presented to the president, and the government officials will endeavor to have legislation speed ily enacted for the better protection of •the forest. A Posfoffles I. Robbed. Winston,’N. U., Nov. 35.—The post office at Leaks villa, Rockingham county, was broken open and robbed during the Right; the offioe safe was blown open *nd robbed of all the money and itamps in it, which amounted to sev eral hundred dollars. Four strange men who were in the town during ths day are snep-o ted of being the guiUy parties. THE ROHE TRIBUNE. IN GORDON COUNTY Negro Man Kii led By Accident al Discharge of Pistol. Deputy Marshal Crawford Stum bles and Falls—Both Marshal and Moonshiner Jailed- Atlanta, Nov. 25.—A United States marshal and a moonshiner were taken to tbe Fulton county jail last night at 7:30 o’clock. The charge against the one was blockading, while that against the marshal was murder. The prisoners were in custody of Sheriff D. M. Durham, of Gordon county. Day before yesterday W. L. Roach, Albert Quinn, and several others were engaged in selling blockade whiskey from a wagon on a road about a half a mile from Calhoun, in Gordon county. Two or three ne groes were standing around buying the liquor. W. L. Roach, who is the moonshiner now in jail, was standing at the side of the wagon in the act of picking up a corn cob to make a stop per for a jug when United States Deputy Marshal John W. Crawford ran up with a pistol in hand. Just before reaching the crowd he stum bled. The weapon was discharged and struck one of the negroes in the side. The darkey fell. The marshal immediately seized the wagon and its contents, arrested Roach and drove to Calhoun. Tbe next morning he took his prisoner to Dalton. Tbe prisoner was committed to Fulton county jaiL On the same night that the shoot ing the wounded negro died. Accordingly the sheriff of Whitfield went to Dalton and arrested Crawford on tbe charge of murder, it having been started by some of those present at the time the negro was shot that the shooting was not an accident. Crawford and Roach were taken back to Calhoun and there placed in charge of Sheriff D. M. Durham, of Gordon county. Last night Sheriff Durham brought Roach and Deputy Marshal Crawford to Fulton County jail. Roach was locked up, but Crawford was taken back to Cal houn, where he will be tried on the charge of murder. Roach says that in his opinion the shooting was an accident, as the marshal stumbled just before reaching the wagon and involuntarily discharged hia pistol. The shooting created a big stir in Cal houn. MILLER WON. He Rode 294 Mlles in Twelve Hours Yesterday. Atlanta, Nov. 25.—Miller won the twelve hour bicycle race at the coli seum today. He rode 224 miles. BUTLER - IS VERY 3ITTER. Senator Denounces Reports Made of HU Kooky Mount Speeclu Raleigh, Nov. 25. —Senator Butler has a two-column signed editorial in his paper. Concerning his speech at Rocky Mount, the reports of it and the affidavits by a clergyman, physician and citizen that he said in effect that Democrats would hire negroes to com mit outrage, he said: , “If they meant by their affidavits to say the strictures which we did use were directed against any save the agents and hirelings of shylock and mo nopoly, or that we used language, when taken in connection with the remain der of the speech, that could in any way be construed as a charge that even the scoundrels who help monopolies to rob the people, could stoop so low as to hire negroes to commit rape, then we brand such a statement as a base, ma licious and perjured falsehood. The undersigned is personally responsible for this statement ” Fatally InJ ti rad Hia Father. Shelbyville, Ind., Nov. 25. —At Fairland, this county. Charles Smith, 1 aged 20, quarreled with his father, Fletcher Smith, and knocked him down with a spade, after which he stabbed him in the abdomen. The father will die. The son is in custody. The President** Thaaksgivi.ff. Washington, Nov. 25.—The presi dent spent a quiet Thanksgiving. At dinner he and Mrs. McKinley enter tained Vice President and Mrs. Hobart, Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKinley, Mrs. Smith, nee Hayes, and Miss Barber. Seheol Geee Up In hmolte. Oakland, OaL, Nov. 25.—A fire at Tomerat, a suburb of this city, destroyed the school of the Sacred Heart, the olergy house and all adjoining outbuild ings. Father Serges had a narrow es cape while trying to save some school furniture. Cyeloae In Hrltieh India. Mamas, British India, Nov. 3&—At terrible cyclone is raging hero. .as' »wa7vz' izxtwri aMim win SOME, GA., FBI DAY. NOVEMBER 2t», 1897. GOMEZ TO GET GOLD Captain Blanco Tries to Bribe |Him, “OLD FOX” WONT GO He Spurned Offers and Threatened to to Kill Hext Messenger, INDUCEMENTS TO LEAVE ISLAND What Has Been Promised to' the Rebel Leader. LIFE PENSION-PLACE Os REFUGE He is Not a Caban, But is From Santo Domingo—He is 73 Years Old and His Health is Failing. Washington, Nov. 25—A proposi tion has been made to Gomez to retire from Cuba. Weyler on several occa sions tried to induce “the old fox,’* as the Spaniards call the insurgent leader, with bribes to leave the island. Each time the overture was spurned. At length Gomez sent word that if any body came with a like suggestion he would forfeit his life. Information has reached Washington through Spanish channels that Blanco has sent to Gomez a personal induce ment as part of the plan of autonomy. Blanco takes it for granted that Gomes will not want to remain on the island if autonomy is carried out. He, there fore, offers a life pension and suggests a place of refuge. In Spanish circles there is some confidence that the propo sition will be entertained. Gomez is not a Cuban. His home is in Santa Domingo. Save as a soldier, fighting for freedom, he has no particu lar- interest in Cuba. He is now 73 years old. During the rainy season, which is just ending, the commander’s heretofore rugged health failed some what. Lung trouble developed. It is said that a climate will be necessary to prolong existence. Conditions have changed since the attempts of Weyler to bribe failed utterly, The result of this latest approach is awaited in Washington with much in terest. It is claimed that there has been received here a copy of a letter written by Gomez in October, in which he says that he may feel obliged to give up the command of the insurgent army. SAGASTA CABINET SPLITS. The New Spanish Ministry Is Now Ke** ported to Be Tottering St. Louis, Nov. 25.—A dispatch to The Globe-Democrat from Madrid says: The cabinet is disrupted and in danger of going to pieces. In spite of the offi cial report of its meetings, which en deavors to convey the idea that unity prevails among the ministers, there have been dissensions at almost every meet ing that has taken place. Senor Moret, the minister of the col onies, has announced that unless he can get his colleagues co accept his views he will insist on resigi niug. The trouble is in connection with the Cuban tariff. Moret insists that the Cubaus are to be permitted to establish their own tariff, declaring that other wise the much vaunted autonomy will be but a mere farce. Ou the other hand, his colleagues declare that if Cuba is permitted to establish her tariff she is certain to tax Spanish goods, and likely to favor those of the United States, a course which would entail ruin upon the only ports and inland cities of the kingdom which enjoy any degree of prosperity, and where indus try may be said to flourish. The views of that portion of the cabi net which is opposed to Senor Moret are those of the vast majority of the people here, all the commercial element, the manufacturing classes and the la boring masses realizing full well that their business and means of livelihood will go to the dogs if Cuba is allowed to tax Spanish products, or if the latter are to be exposed iu Cuba to American competition on a basis of tariff equality. Georgia Entitled to More Jobs. Washington, Nov. 25. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip’s poll of the treas ury department shows that of 3,509 E arsons employed in Uncle Sam’s store ouse only 40 of them are Georgians, M lose than the state is entitled to have. Some of the states are away in excess of the number apportioned to them. * • » SAM JONES SPEAKS Appeal to Methodist Conference For Payne Institute. One of His Happiest and Wittiest Speeches- Colored Bishop Who Was Once a Slave Speaks. Athens. Nov. 25.—The preachers spent thanksgiving day profitably and devoutly. The thanksgiving sermon by Bishop Galloway was the feature of the day’s" session. It was a magnificent effort. This morning’s session of the confers ence was a love feast in decided contrast with the beginning of yesterday’s session. After half an hour of routine work Bishop Holsey, of the Colored American Methodist Episcopal church, was intro duced by Bishop Galloway, and made a striking and eloquent address. As a slave he belonged to Richard Malcom Johnson, and his wife belonged to Bishop George F. Pierce. After ths war Bishop Pierce organ, ized the Colored American church with the negroes ip the Southern Methodist church, and Bishop Holsey rose to eminence in the new organiza tion. He appeared before the confer ence in the interest of the Payne insti tute, a negro college at Augusta, and spoke of his friendly relations with the North Georgia conference. He said among other things: I am not sorry that this slavery ex isted. I used to be, but I realize that in the mysterious providence of God it brought the negro in contact with civilization and led to his salva tion. America and Europe are the repositories of the word of God, and they are the dynamoes that send the electric currents of civilization and regeneration through the world, and will send them until Ethiopia reaches out her hand to God. The negro is here to stay. ‘ He felled the forest, cleared your fields and reached the oracles of yonr race. He is the mudsill of this civiliz ation, a part of the body politic, and can no more be cut off or eliminated than you can dispense with your hands or your feet. Rev. Sam Jones followed in one of his happiest and wittiest speeches, making a strong appeal for Payne in stitute and incidentally hitting free schools, free silver, free boarding houses and paternalism- He took up a collection and the conference gave the colored college SI,BOO. ■** Heiner Sent Up Twenty Years. Cincinnati, Nov. 24—Frank, alias 1 “Dad” Meiner, has been convicted at , Newport, Ky., of assaulting Mrs. Wil- I liam Gleason on Oct. 6 and sentenced tc 20 years in the penitentiary. Ciax son and Greer have previously received the same sentence for the same offense. There are five others to be tried for this offense and all will no doubt receive 20 ■ years each. The defendants belonged i to a gang that insulted ladies aud their outrage on Mrs. Gleason was such that lynching was averted only by the trans fer of the prisoners to-Maysville. Dr. Quinn's Keaignetion Is In. Washington, Nov. 25.—Dr. Daniel Quinn, at the head of the Greek depart ment of the Catholic university, and one of the most eminent Greek scholars iu this cou'itry, has tendered his resig nation. No reason is assigned for this action and both Dr. Quinn and Mgr. Oouaty refuse to make any statement regarding it, but it is said that the re cent controversy over the Schroeder case hastened Dr. Quinn’s determina tion to resign. The matter has been re ferred to a committee of the trustees. Heater In a Coach Ex pl odes. Paducah, Ky., Nov. 25.—As a pas senger train over the Evansville divis ion of the Illinois Central railroad was leaving DeKoven, Ky., without warn ing a steam heater in a crowded coach exploded, scattering pieces of bursted pipes in all directions. The disaster is unprecedented. Nearly every occupant was injured. Double Suicide In Faria. Paris, Nov. 25.—Francois Mons, a playwright and translator of French plays into English, for production in the United States, has committed sui cide with his mistress by inhaling char coal fumes. Mons latterly had been in financial straits. Joan Evans Gets a Respite. Raleigh, Nov. 25.—John Evans, a negro, sentenced to -be hanged Friday for criminal assault, was ret pi ted by Governor Russell until Jan. IS. Much pressure was brought to bear on the governor to secure a respite upon ths claim that the evidence was not suffi cient to convict. Ellerbe Far Ba-BleoMaa. Columbia, K 0., Nov. 9&—Govcrnca ■Ucrtec bx declared bis otedidaey tea s»-election as governor of tec state THE PALACE ATTACKED Patriots Make it Hot For Havana. BULLETS FOR BLANCO Big Volley Find Across Marrow Harbor From Casa Blanco. CAUSES STIR AT COBAN CAPITOL Home ot New Captain General Was Hit- AUTHORITIES TRY TO BELITTLE IT How the Attack Was Made—Fifty Rebels Participated—Wanted to Release Gen. Rivera. New York, Nov. 25.—0 n Sunday morning, for the first time in the his tory of the Ouban war, rebel bullets sought the palace in Havana, says a dispatch to The Herald from Havana. The shots came from Casa Blanca, 600 yards across the entrance to the harbor, and while nobody was hurt, the palace. With its electric lights, was a shining mark and must have been hit. The Spanish authorities attempt to make light of the affair, but at the same time a reporter for La Lucha, who wrote up and attempted to publish the facts iu the case, was arrested and is still in communicado. The attack on Oasa Blanca was made by Brigadier General Rafeal De Carde nas and 50 rebels. They entered tne town shortly before midnight on horse back and at the end of four hours each man led out of town a horse with one 1 extra he had appropriated, laden with j clothing, provisions, silver plate aud considerable money. Before they left they fired two volleys across the narrow harbor entrance at the palace and then coolly retired to a friend’s house inside the Spanish lines and took sapper, previously ordered. All this was qnder the guns of Cabanas 1 and Mora I It is learned from an inside source i that the object of the rebels was to effect the release of General Rius Ri- 1 vera and hang a citizeu named Fu -1 miero. who is known as a spy. They ; failed in the first only because of some misconception regarding the appointed time on the part of the confederates within the prison, with whom arrange ments had been made to admit the raiders into the fortress. Fumiero man* aged to escape across the harbor. The whole affair was well planned. General Oardenas came in early in the evening with two colonels along the seashore, and at 10 o’clock the men fol lowed. The first visit was to Cabanas. 1 When they saw that the arrangements had failed, the rebels went after Fu- I miero. He fled across the harbor and , the rebels did not dare to follow. Then ! the rebels went to Casa de los Frails, to I the priest’s house where they took ' blankets, silver plate and money. This ; house is close to Moro Castle. The ■ priest made a great outcry, but no sol- I diers came. The rebels then sacked the store of Fumiero, securing some gold. They also looted three other stores. The authorities made every effort to suppress the details of the raid, though an official report admitted that six of the rebels entered the town. The reb els approached and fired upon Mariano Wednesday. There was great excite ment. The volunteers were called out, "Mud along with the troops, returned the rebel fire. The rebels did not succeed in entering the town. The lines have been strengthened all about Havana, THEY DENOUNCED THIEVES And While Ministers Kobbers Carried Horses Away. Osmond, Neb., Nov. 25.—The Rev. Horace Payne, who has been conduct ing a series of revivals here, was as sisted in a big meeting bv all the min isters of the county. The subject ot the sermou was: “The sin of greed aud the certain damnation of him who ap propriates that which is another's.” Farmers from all over the county at tended and many of them hitched flue team to the surrounding trees. All of the ministers referred to horse stealing and the evil of horse trading practised by sharpers as among the wont evils of the west. After the meeting was over it was discovered that an organized raid had been made that two bnggiee and 16 of tin moot valuable horses in the county had been stolen. $ TELLS ALL THE NEWS. J x Th. best evidence that Th. T X Tribune Is appreciated by the Y F people the way its subscrip- W w tlon list Increases daily, S PRICE FIVE CENTS HOUSE HAS HOLIDAY Lawmakers Adjourn a Few Minutes After Meeting. Peculiar Parliamentary Affair Whieh Hade Them Meet on Thanksgiving Day. Atlanta, Nov. 25. The house met shortly after 9 o’clock and adjourned a few moments afterward. No business was transacted. There were only 56 members present. The senate did not meet. The circumstances which led the i Georgia legislators to meet on Thanks giving day are somewhat peculiar. They did not want to meet. In fact, a roll call early in Wednesday’s session would have shown that moat of them wanted to adjourn over until Monday. But Representative Pace moved for an ad journment until Friday morning, and when this was beaten a resolution pre vailed making the only order of busi nees for the afternoon the considera tion of the disputed election in Jefferson county. When this question was settled Rep resentative Meldrim tried to propose an adjournment until Friday, but he was manifestly out of order, and he Jook bis seat in much confusion. The house, therefore, held a brief session Thursday morning. PLIMP HODGE IS ON TRIAL, j Charged With Murdering His Ueele at a M D.moeratlo Primary Last Year. Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 35. Plimp Hodge la on trial in Lowndes superior court for the murder of hie uncle, Sam uel Hodge, on Aug. 25, 1896. Colonel W. M. Hammond of Thomasville and Colonel G. A. Whittaker of Valdosta are the defendant’s attorneys. Solicitor W. E. Thomas represents the state. The circumstances of the killing are familiar to most newspaper readers. It occurred at a Democratic primary elec tion for oounty officers at one of the county precincts on the above date There was bad blood between the mon, and the tragedy waa precipitated by Sam Hodge, a justice of the peace and one of tne managers of the election, challenging the vote of Plimp Hodge. Some words passed between them, when the latter stabbed the former in the breast as he wae in the act of aris ing from hia seat. The blow resulted In his death in a few minutes. Plimp Hodge escaped and went to Arkansas, where he was captured about six weeks ago* HIS NECK MAY BE SAVED, Indian Confesses to the Marder For Which a Hoy Was Condemned. Washington, Nov. 25.—The killing of a herdsman named Hoover in Mon* tana, near the northern Oheyenne reser vation, which caused intense excite ment at the time and led to hasty action by the government to avert an appre hended outbreak, was recalled by a re quest which Secretary Bliss received from the Indian Rights association. The latter desires to secure funds to Say the expenses of au appeal to the - iontana supreme court in the case of an Indian boy. Spotted Hawk, con demned to death for Hoover’s murder. Captain Stouch, agent of the Tongue River agency, believes the evidence on which the boy was convicted to be false and that an innocent person has been Condemned. The association asks for some action to stay proceedings and se cure an appeal. Secretary Bliss, however, has taken the necessary steps for securing the boy’s rights on information previously received. An Indian named Stanley has confessed to the murder and impli cated Spotted Hawk, but it is alleged there was only one Indian connected, with the crime. • IN SEARCH OF TREASURE. Sixteen Men Go to the South Seas, and ■ Now Friends Are Uneasy. San Francisco, Nov. 25.—A story comes from Honolulu that has caused much anxiety among the friends of the 16 youug men who recently sailed from this port on the schooner Sophia Suth erland in search of treasure on the Solo mon islands. The trading master of the little craft, now presumably cruis ing iu the South seas, is Captain Sor renson, who, according to ex-Consul Churchill of Apia, has a black record as a pirate and despoiler of the natives in the islands of the central Pacific. When the Sophia Sutherland reached Apia she was Subjected to a searching scrutiny, during which Sorreuson was identified as the man who handled a similar treasure seeking expedition from Melbourne on the schooner Albert, which he soon transformed into a regu lar pirate. Iu 1884 he was captured by the Brit ish warship Dart aud sent to prison for ten years. Since then he has not been heard from, aud uow is in virtual com mand of a company of Californians, who put faith iu his stories ot the fabu lous wealth of the Solomon islands. .-..1 - ... - , *,• - A Clow Vote In Attlees. Athena, Ga.. Nov. 25.—1 n the mu nicipal primary here Mr. Edward I. Smith defeated Mayor J. J. C. McMa han for niayor by a majority of four votes. Aidermen Oeuwr, Lov«, Bar row and Foster wor. re- elected. '