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oo LOOKING TO ATHE INAUGURATION OF CURRENCY REFORM. ON LINE#WITH GAGE’S VIEWS. President 1 rill Discuss the Matter Fully In H: |s Recommendations to The Congress. The ashington Evening Star says that can be stated on the highest authoritfBy that the president is going to retp. "mend a plan for currency re- form ■ yn his message; and, further, that tl fat part of the message was wntteu^B'vith ^Ebige. the co-operation of Sec¬ retary It is authoritatively stated tiwFt Secretary Gage is perfectly satisfieWfl with the president’s message in regarMtl to financial legislation, and that it Jpeets his entire views and sup¬ port. m “Fuwther than this, it was stated on the san»e Wof high authority that the sec¬ retary the treasury will submit to cougresBs in his annual report the plan for currBency reform which he submit¬ ted Frido^^, to ^he October cabinet 20th. at its meeting on “T*he secretary intends to submit this rSeport to congress almost identi¬ cally »>s it was submitted to the cabi¬ net, uSut with the exception that he will m;Mke some further recommenda¬ tions, abut these will not materially change* the plan already announced.” If Teller Expresses Doubt. A Washington special says: When asked j to give his opinion as to the probali lility of legislation affecting the curren Poy during the approaching ses¬ sion o f congress, Senator Teller said: “I do not believe there will be any legis¬ lation 1 1 ooking to substitution of bank notes for gre jmbacks and treasury notes, which appear V to be the favorite method of cur¬ rency r eform, so-oallcd, advocated by the suppor ,ters of the gold standard. I think it very dr Jmbtful whether the advocates of the cliang- f?. can agree upon the details of such legisla ition, and bankers will naturally hesi¬ tate to lnt | increase the issue of bank notes of the in sufficit quantity to take the place entire -Cjolume especially of greenbacks of the and fact treasury that the notes, in view redemj Ition of bank notes must, to satisfy the dem lands the currency reformers, be in gold.” I Semitor Teller said he considered it quite X-ertain that the president would make /some recommendation upon the currency J>f problem to congress, suggestion but he was woulid the opinion that the in his be in general terms, as inaulgural idenft message, and that the pres- would leave the details to con¬ gress. expressed doubt to Taie senator as whefther the administration would take anyf steps looking to in the their encourage- for men t of the Cabans war inde pendence. He continued: “I think that congress can settle the Cuban ques tion by recognizing the belligerent rights of tube Cubans, and that should have been done/; long since. I believe the house will pass ! the senate resolution sent to it during the befqjre fcpecial session, if that measure is brought it, but it is quite doubtful whether it wilLibe allowed to consider it at all.” METHODISTS IN ATHENS. The! North Georgia Conference Assembles In Classic City. Tfhe North Georgia Methodist con- ferjBnce was organized at Athens Wednesday of jRev. Joel morning P. Daves, by secretary, the election to suejeeed Dr. Heidt, of Atlanta, and the | appointment of the various com- mitjtees. generally known that the lit is not No rth Georgia conference has the dis- tin otion of being the largest conference in the United States, but such is tjio facit. No other in the southern or the northern church can equal its mem¬ bership of 93,000. It contributes $20,- 000 to foreign and $15,000 to home missions, and will have a large repre¬ sentation in the quadrennial general conference, which meets at Baltimore oe ikt year. .Bishop Galloway for the first time presided over this conference. Ha hap just returned from the Memphis co iference, and will go from St. Louis to the North Alabama conference wl ich meets at Florence a week bancs. HIGHBINDERS MUST GET OUT. Chinese Merchants of San Francisco Com¬ bine Against them. Tl e San Francisco Chronicle says that the Chinese merchants of that * city have combined to suppress the mur lerous highbinder’s societies. The e business men have formed a confpact not to submit to further blackmail, the and highbinders without will their proceed usual in ome, to leave the city or go to work. )ver twenty highbinders’ societies ar affected by this arrrngement and wl ile the exact membership of these so ieties is not known, it is expected do be in the neighborhood of 1,500. INCREASED WAGES. resident of Missouri Pacific Railway Adds 10 Per Cent to Pay Roll. Ot is announced that as a Thanks- pfving present, President George J. G|uld, of the Missouri Pacific railroad sj tem, has advanced salaries all along tl ! line 10 per cent. L’he advance, .which will date from 1 ivember 1st, affects 15,000 employ- e and will result in an additional , of $900,000 ■e: lenditure a year. UNltULV KKICHSItATli MEMBERS Cause Riots In Austrian Capitol—Dis¬ graceful Beenes. Advices irom Vienna state that the disorder in the lower house of the reichsrath was so accentuated Friday that a strong detachment of police had to be called in to preserve order. The disgraceful proceedings were continued Saturday. When the presi¬ dent of the house, Dr. Abrahamovics, appeared, the chorus of “Shame upon you” came from the leftists, accom¬ panied by a deafening noise of whis¬ tles and slamming of desks. Many of the leftists gathered in front of the president’s platform, shouting and blowing tin trumpets and flutes, while the president was ringing his bell for order. This scene lasted about a quarter of an hour, during which time the president quietly remained seated. Then he suspended the sitting. As President Abrahamovics was leaving the house a number of leftists pelted him with paper balls. There¬ upon the president returned and stood unmoved. After waiting ten minutes, the uproar continuing, the president left the platform. During his absence the noise was not abated. Dr. WolfT, of the German leaders, and other dep¬ uties entered the house about that time, but were forcibly ejected by the police, to which they offered violent resistance. At Grutz a band of students and other young men started to parade the streets but were prevented by the po¬ lice from carrying out their intention, and compelled them to disperse. Later in the evening a riotous crowd of workmen assembled in the business quarter of the town and began to break windows and commit other ex¬ cesses. Four companies of infantry and a squadron of cavalry disturbances. were sum¬ moned to the scene of the Upon their arrival the infantry was assailed with a shower of stones and were compelled to fire upon the mob, killing one and wounding five rioters. Of the injured four are suffering from bayonet thrusts. Several police offi¬ cers fciso were hurt. The disorder continued until shortly after midnight, when the streets were cleared and a military patrol of the town was established. On Sunday the members of the min¬ istry tendered their resignation to Em¬ peror Francis Joseph, who accepted them and intrusted Baron Gautsch, who holds the portfolio of public in¬ struction of the retiring ministry, with the task pf forming a new cabinet. Sunday piorning Emperor Francis Jo- seph addressed an autograph 1 tter to Count Badeni, desiring the adjourn¬ ment of the reichsrath until further orders. During the assembling of the reichs¬ rath, dense masses of people, for the most part workmen, thronged the Kingstrasse from the university to the outer gate of Hofburg. A charge by the mounted police, with drawn swords, failing to disperse them, a body of hussars cleared the streets at the saber’s point, many persons being wounded. BRITISH AND FRENCH FIGHT. Troops on the African Frontier Precipi¬ tate a War Cloud. A dispatch from Rome reports that a sanguinary conflict has taken place between the French and British at Nikki in the Lagos Hinterland, on the African coast. While the accuracy of the statement contained in the dispatch announcing that a conflict had taken place was at first doubted, London morning papers point out the imminent danger result¬ ing from proximity of the forces in the contested territory. Later a rumor received from the British colonial office, at London, to the' effect that there had been a col¬ lision between the British and French forces at Nikki, which is said to have been captured by the French troops. The officials at the colonial office, however, regard this report as highly improbable, as they explain the Brit¬ ish police in the Hinterland, who are in very limit jd numbers, had strict orders to avoid collision with the French. It is also understood that the French forces had been instructed not to come in conflict with the Brit¬ ish. The British forces in the Hinter¬ land, it is further stated, are being reinforced considerably. Increase of Revenue Receipts. The records of the internal revenue bureau show that the receipts for the five months of the present fiscal year will exceed those for the same period last year by about $8,000,000. SOUTHERN H AULS PACKAGES. Judge Pardee’s Decision, Seems To Have Settled the Whisky Case. The decision of Judge Pardee, of the United States court at Atlanta, seems to have settled the fight between the Southern railroad and Bluthenthal & Bickart, the Atlanta liquor dealers, in reference to original package law. The Southern is now hauling the goods of this firm into South Carolina, and bottles packed in cases and shipped in carload lots have been accepted as original packages. It is not known whether the South¬ ern will continue the fight or not. The local counsel of the road have not been requested by the officials to take any further steps in the case. THE BEAU SAILS. She Goes to the Relief of Ice Bound Whalers. A telegram received by Captain Sho- maker, chief of the revenue cutter ser¬ vice, at Washington, states that the steamer Bear left Seattle, Wash., Sat¬ urday on her trip north for the relief of the ice-bound whalers in the Arctic. The treasury officials entertain no dduts of the complete success of the expedition. WILL BE ALLOWED GERMANY IN THE LEUDERS EPISODE. PRESIDENT M’KINLEY IS WATCHFUL Instructions Given Ambassador White to Secure an Understanding In the Mat¬ ter at Once. A Berlin special says: The state de¬ partment at Washington has requested United States Ambassador White to ascertain exactly the intentions of Germany with respect to the claims of Herr Lueders, whose recent imprison¬ ment in Hayti has caused friction be¬ tween the German and Haytian gov¬ ernments. Mr. White has also been instructed, if any schemes of annexation exist, or if there is an intention to make an ex¬ cessive demonstration with a view of unduly punishing Hayti, to intimate to the German government that the United States government could not tolerate either of the courses before mentioned, though in principle having no objection to Germany obtaining satisfaction. German Ships Placed. The Reichsander, in a communication setting forth the motives which aotuate the government in its intention to pre¬ sent a naval bill at the opening of the reichstag, points out that the naval interests of the empire abroad require for their adequate protection two large cruisers for eastern Asia, one large cruiser for Central America and South America, three small cruisers for east¬ ern Asia, three small cruisers for Cen¬ tral America and South America, two for East Africa, two for the south seas, two gunboats for eastern Asia, two for west Africa and one guardship for Constantinople. is The chief feature of the naval bill its apologetic character and the press comments hardly promise it a safe passage through the reichstag. SEVEN THOUSAND PERISH. Disastrous Typhoon Sweeps Over the Philippine Islands. A San Francisco special says: The typhoon which swept over the Phil¬ ippine islands on the 6th of October was the cause of one of the worst dis¬ asters that has been heard from on the southern ocean in many years, if not in the history of that section of the world. Thousands of lives were lost, and the damage to property was something appalling. Telegraphic advices con¬ cerning the calamity have been very meager. The difficulty of getting news from the islands is great at any time, and owing to the remoteness of some of the provinces visited by the hurricane,full details did not reach Hong Kong until the 1st of November. The steamer Gaelic,from the orient, today brought letters and papers which contain accounts of the ravages of the tidal wave and the winds. Several towns were swept or blown away. Fully 500 Europeans were drowned, and it is estimated that 6,000 natives perished. The hurricane struck the island at the Bay of Santa Paula, in the prov¬ ince of Samar. It devastated the en¬ tire southern portion of the island and cut off communication with the rest of the world for two days. On the 12th the hurricane reached Levte and struck the capitol of Taelo Ban with great fury. In less than half an hour the town was a mass of rnins. The natives were panic-stricken, and tried to make their way to clear ground. Four hundred of them were buried beneath the debris of wrecked build¬ ings, and 126 corpses of Europeans were recovered from the ruins when the native authorities instituted the search for the dead. Reports from the southern coast claim that a score of small trading vessels and two Sydney traders were blown ashore and the crews drowned. The seas at Samoa swept inland nearly a mile, destroying property valued at several million dollars, and causing wholesale deaths among the natives. REWARD FOR HEROISM. A Gold Medal Presented to William S. Fangford For Saving Fives. A gold medal was presented Wednes¬ day to William S. Langford, who is a clerk in the office of the New l r ork Central and Hudson River railroad company at New York, for saving the lives of the passengers in a submerged car in the Yecent disaster at Garrisons, N. Y. The presentation was made in the presence of Dr. Chauncey M. Depew and the other railroad officials and clerks at the Grand Central station. Langford swam out in the Hudson river to the submerged car and chopped a hole in it, releasing three men. ESTRADA PALMA TALKS. Cuban Delegate Says Proposition of Au¬ tonomy Will Receive No Considertion. Tomas Estrada Palma, the Cuban del¬ egate in New York, speaking on the terms of the autonomy decrees said: “These propositions were scorned in advance of their presention. They can receive no consideration now. With Cuba, it is as it has been since the was began and will be until it ends —independence or death.” UOY. ELLERBE A CANDIDATE. He Announce, for Re-Election—Defend* Dispensary Law. A Columbia special says: Governor Ellerbe has declared his candidacy for re-election as governor of South Caro¬ lina, and in advance of his annual message to the general assembly, he has seen fit to present his views in re¬ gard to the liquor question. He also strongly expresses himself in regard to criticisms that had been made of his official acts. He gave out an in¬ terview Wednesday night in regard to a statement in a Charleston paper that he had told Newbold not to surrender, the governor says: “I nm gettiug heartily sick and tired of such dirty flings and insinua¬ It seems that a gentleman has no protection, but has to submit to such slanderous insinuations. “There seems to be a common un¬ derstanding on the part of certain peo¬ ple to destroy the dispensary law, and they take advantage of all unfortunate occurrences to use them against the law. Since I have been governor I have tried fearlessly to perform my official duties, and will not be swerved by idle clamor or senseless criticism. “The most difficult problem that confronts us today is that of the liquor traffic. The dispensary, I think, is the best solution of the question, but as the courts have decided that the dispensary is not a police regulation, I am in favor of amending the law so as to make it a police regulation by eliminating the profit feature, and, if necessary, not sell it as a beverage,but only for medicinal and sacramental purposes. “Those who advocate high license have surely not read Carefully the de¬ cisions of the courts, for in the case of Scottvs. Donald, the court advanced the view that the state could prohibit, they could inspect, but could do no more. If the dispensary is not a police regu¬ lation, and the state cannot control the liquor under the dispensary law, it certainly cannot under high license. Besides, under a high license system it would, in a few months, degenerate into the open barrooms. “I propose to go before the people on my record, and, if necessary, to ad¬ vocate the policy just outlined. Some of my enemies have said I might be re-elected because of the unwritten law to give a governor two terms. I want it understood that no one need keep out of the race on this account, and I would not have it as a mere mat¬ ter of precedent if my efforts did not warrant an indorsement. “If I cannot refute the numerous charges that have been made against me, and cannot show to the people that I have honestly and faithfully tried to discharge the duties of the office, I do not care to be re-elected. ” CHINA APPEALS. She Askg Russia to Intercede in the Trou¬ ble With Germany. According to a Washington dis¬ patch to the New York Herald, China has appealed to Russia to oust Ger¬ many from her territory, as the result of the occupation by a German force of a part of the Shan Tung peninsula. The Russian legation in Pekin is in charge of the secretary, Count Cassini, the minister having been transferred to Washington as the diplomatic rep¬ resentative of Russia. The negotia¬ tions on the subject are being conduct¬ ed in St. Petersburg. Notwithstanding the efforts of the Chinese government to get Germany to name a date when she could with¬ draw her forces, the German govern¬ ment has taken no step in the matter and the fear is expressed in the eastern and European diplomatic circles that her occupation, if not of a permanent character now, is simply a preliminary to it. WILL REMOVE FROM WACO. Baylor University May Follow Baptist Headquarters to Dallas. A special from Dallas, Texas, says: As a result of the Brann-Bavlor uni¬ versity sensations and the tragedies following them,' culminating in the deaths of the two Harris brothers, offi¬ cial announcement has been made that the managers of the state headquar¬ ters of the Baptist church for Texas have ordered the headquarters remov¬ ed from Waco to Dallas and that the business of the church will be con¬ ducted from that city, dating from December 1st. A rumor is in circulation that Baylor nniversity, probably the most impor¬ tant protestant institution of education in Texas, is to be removed from Waco. NAIL MEN COMBINE. Affection of Entire Iron Trade Will Be the Result. Information from reliable sources in Cleveland, Ohio, is to the effect than at the protracted meeting in New York city during the past week, attended by nearly all the big producers of wire, wire nails and rods in the country, an agreement to consolidate was virtually reached, only one concern remaining to be induced to go in. The combination will be the largest ever attempted, and will affect the en¬ tire iron trade. In order to avoid the fate of the old wire nail pool, the rod mills will be included as well as a num¬ ber of steel producing concerns. PLANNING FOR REUNION. Association at Atlanta Organized and Work Begun. The organization of the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion association at At¬ lanta, Ga., has been completed. The executive committee has been named, the various branches of the as¬ sociation formed and every detail of the work to be done by the organiza¬ tion outlined. — >7 IS THE MANIFESTO SENT OUT BY CUBAN ASSEMBLY. SPAIN ISSUES AUTONOMIC DECREE Both Cuba and Porto Kico Are Included In the Royal Grant—Anx¬ iety Is Allayed. The Cuban constituent assembly, which met recently at Camaguey to remodel the constitution and elect a new president, issued a manifesto which reached the office of the Cuban junta in New York Friday. The document is dated at Lahaya, October 18, 1897, and is signed by Domingo Mendez Capote, as president of the assembly. The document says that the assem¬ bly before adjourning deemed it its duty to proclaim, among other things: “No special laws, no political re¬ form or autonomy, nothing, in short, that the Spanish government may be willing to grant that means Spanish sovereignty over Cuba shall be accept¬ ed by the Cubans as a settlement of the war. “Independence or death is and shall be the unalterable and sacred motto of the Cubans. “The Cubans have not resorted to arms in order to obtain any political measures which does not once and for all solve the question. That is the reason we will accept nothing short of absolute independence. “It is our purpose to constitute an independent state, orderly, prosperous and happy, over the ruin of a worn- out colony. determined “We are firmly to carry on war until victory or death crowns our effort.” AUTONOMY GRANTED. Decrees for Cuba and Porto Rico Given Out by Spanish Government. Advices from Madrid state that the Official Gazette published Saturday morning the royal decrees granting autonomy to Q uba and Porto Rico, thus removing the anxiety that had begun to be expected on all sides as the result of the government’s reticent and un¬ explained delay. principles of Article 1 explains the the the future governments of two islands. Article 2 decrees that the govern¬ ment of each island shall be composed of an insular parliament, divided into two chambers, while a governor gener¬ al representing the home government shall exercise in its name the supreme authority. that the faculty of Article 3 declares making laws of colonial affairs rests with the insular chambers and the governor general. the insular Article 4 directs that representation shall be composed of two corporations with equal powers: A chamber of representatives and a council of administration. Article 5 provides that the council of administration shall consist of thirty-five members, of whom eight shall be elected and seventeen nom¬ inated by the government. Article 6 provides that the members of the council of administration must be Spaniards, thirty-five years of age, who were born in the island or who have resided there continuously for four years. It specifies presidents numerous officials, such as senators, of courts and of chambers of dommerce and other bodies as eligible to election to the council. Article 7 to 14 inclusive deal with nominations and the couditions of elec¬ tion to councils. Article 15 empowers the throne or the governor general to convoke, sus¬ pend or dissolve the chambers with an obligat on to reassemble them with¬ in three months. CONSTANTINOPLE THREATENED. The Powers Have Decided That Turks Must Evacuate Crete. The Rome correspondent of The London Daily Chronicle says: “The report is confirmed that the powers have decided to blockade Con¬ stantinople in case Turkey refuses to withdraw her troops from Crete and to accept a European governor of the island.” TWENTY YEARS IN THE PEN. Meiner Was One of a Party of Eight Who Assaulted Mrs. Gleason. Frank, alias “Dad” Meiner, was convicted at Newport, Ky., Wednes¬ day night, of assaulting Mrs. William Gleason October 6th and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. Claxson 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 twenty years each. The defendants belonged to a gang that insulted ladies, and then- outrage on Mrs. Gleason was such that lynch¬ ing was averted only by the transfer of the prisoners to Maysville. MUTUAL CONCESSIONS MADE. Trouble Between Illinois Miners and Operators Adjusted. . The conference at Joliet, Ill., Wed¬ nesday between the Illinois miners and operators has resulted in mutual concessions. The scale of prices was adjusted satisfactorily. The most im¬ portant demand of the strikers, that the scale be paid on the basit of gross weight alone, was not entirely settled, though the mine operators conceded a Doint. REV. (ilBSON VINDICATED. North Georgia Conference “Pas..." HI#* Character Without Trial. There lurks an interesting story be¬ hind the arrest of the character of Bev. J. T. Gibson by Rev. C. C. Carey in the North Georgia conference at Athens Friday. The charge against Bov. Gibson was that he had been imprudent with women. There was no trial, however, and Rev. Gibson was vindicated, the investigating com¬ mittee having reported a trial not nec¬ essary. According to reports, Revs. Gibson and Carey have not been on the best of terms for a number of years, Rev. Carey, it is said, has been circulating some reports about Rev. Gibson, which prompted Rev. Gibson to de¬ mand an investigation at the present conference. The alleged indisoretion which Rev. Gibson is accused of having commit¬ ted occurred in Rome three or four years ago ween he was pastor of one of the Methodist churches of that city. It developed that the reports were ab¬ solutely false. talked The matter has been much about ever since, and Rev. Carey, it is said, has been largely responsible for ilia circulation of the reports. Rev. Gibson has been very much worried on this account and finally determined that he would make Rev. Carey prove his statements. He then went to Rev. Carey, so it is said, and obtained a written statement from him to the effect he had never circulated any such rumors. It is further stated that Rev. Gibson has in his possession certain affidavits from responsible parties who swear Rev. Carey did make such statements to them concerning Rev. Gibson’s char¬ acter. WILL MYERS AGAIN. Detectives In Indian Territory Claim to Have Youthful Murderer. Requisition papers were made out at Atlanta Saturday for the return of Will Myers from the Indian Territory to Georgia. From Muscogee, Indian Territory, came the announcement that Will Myers had been located, arrested, completely identified, and that he at that moment was in the custody of detectives who had traced the fugitive murderer across the prairies, over hill and dale, until he had been brought to bay, and after an exciting piece of strategy, captured. Solic¬ The papers were made out by itor Hill and forwarded, bearing the governor’s signature. The identifica¬ tion is said to have been made by a detective who worked in Atlanta dur¬ ing the exposition who is now in the west. LEE ALLAYS SUFFERING. Consul Reports That There Are Destitute Americans In Cuba. Consul General Lee has made a re¬ port to the secretary of state in which he says there are 1,605 American citi¬ zens in Cuba dependent upon charit¬ able assistance. They have partly been provided for out of the §50,000 appropriated by congress. General Lee says that in making provision for the relief of these citi¬ zens more than §1,500 a -week must be expended. He has drawn $25,000 of the sum appropriated, of which two drafts for $5,000 each were drawn this month. He expresses the opinion that a considerable time must elapse before the indigents will be self-sus¬ taining. PARKHURST EXPRESSES REGRET. Reformer Was “Unspeakably Sad” to Find Tammany In Power In New York. The Rev. Dr. C. H. Parkhurst, who has been away since June, returned to New York Saturday on board the steamer Adriatic. He said he had fully recovered his health and his ap¬ pearance bore out the statement. He said that it made him “unspeak¬ ably sad” to come back to New York and find Tammany in power. CHIPLEY SERIOUSLY ILL. Floridian, Now In Washington, Is In a Critical Condition. A Washington special of Sunday says: Colonel W. D. Chipley, of Florida, who was operated on for a carbuncle several days ago, is in a very critical condition and it is feared will terminate fatally. Mrs. Chipley and the colonel’s son and daughter have arrived in the city. FLORIDA NEGRO LYNCHED. Mob Did Their Work and Departed With¬ out Attracting Attention. Hicks Price, a negro charged with assaulting a woman, was taken from the jail at Starke, Fla., by a mob of about 100 men and hanged to the limb of a tree. About fifty shots were fired into his body. , The mob gained entrance to the jail by pretending to have another subject to imprison, then overpowered the jailer. The work was done before the town realized the mob’s presence. SENATORS FOR RECOGNITION. Cuba Will Be Upheld By Upper Bouse of Congress. The New York World says that dis¬ patches received from many leading members of the United States senate indicate stormy times over Cuba as soon as the senate meets. Nearly a score of senators are reputed to have already written resolutions favoring either intervention by the United States or immediate recognition, of the Cuban belligerency. Mules Perish in Flames. D. R. Crawford of Laurens county, S. C., lost his barn and stables, with twelve mules, by fire Friday night.