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CLINCH COUNTY NEWS VOL. II. THEY ARE IN NO HURRY TO IUT DOWN THEIR ARMS. GOMEZ EXPLAINS THE SITUATION. Says Cuban Soldiers Should Bo Compen¬ sated and That Inland Is Not Yet Free. ^^peoial Bfltfi of Tuesday from Havana eneral Maximo Gomez, from 200 miles westward, near W, has addressed a proclama- IK the Cuban army advising ? V disbanding until the proceed- Ift Washington regarding the pay :surgent troops have been com¬ pleted. It is dated December 29th, and is in part as follows: “The moment has arrived to give a public explanation of my conduct and my purposes, which are always in ac- • cord with my sense of duty to the country I serve. The Americans, tnc- itiy our allies, have terminated the war with Spain and signed a treaty of peace. “I believed it was my duty not to move, for any political or other oh- ject, from ihe spot where I had drawn my sword so long as tho enemies of the army had completely evacuated the island. “My presence elsewhere would have disturbed the repose and calmness necessary to consolidate peace; nor ought I to have caused the Cubans trouble by unnecessary manifestations during Ihe jubilee. "Calm Is Not Yot Free.” “The period of transition is termi¬ nated; the army of the enemy is aban- douing the country; the sovereignty ef the Great * . United .„ States , begin- . is mug, as stipulated in the protocol, ovar al 1 Y he ls ! an<1 -, ll ., But . Cuba . is not yet , free . or inde- . . pendent feel government is not yet trJZ t disappearance of tho cause for Ameri- ran iutervertion above'everythin:/ “Blit But above everything else else, in in the the spirit of justice to the Cuban army, it is necessary that before the liberators of the people can dissolve, as a guar¬ antee of order the debt which the country owes to its soldiers should be satisfied. Awaiting this result, 1 re- main in my present position, always ready to help the Cubans finish the work to which I have dedicated my life.” Mnjor General Brooke had a long conference Tuesday with Generals But- ler, Wade and Clous regarding Cuban administration. The judiciary of the island is in a state of confusion. Many judges have resigned and others are about to do so. The new provincial governors are notable to fill vacancies quickly, he- cause they do not know the character of the applicants. As a result, the trials of persons under criminal accn- sations will be necessarily delayed. A deputation from the municipal military governor of the department council called upon Mnj.-Gen. Ludlow, of Havana, to Gdtieral offer the resignation of the council. Ludlow asked its members to retain their positions, as existing condition y. tired the a«- sistance of all, without distinction of nationality., MINT COIN STATISTICS. Metals Coin!'"I I)urine t > rast Year and Their Aggregate Value A statement of the coinage of the United States mint in Philadelphia for the year l:-98 shows that the ont- put for the year just ended was the largest since 1890. The total number of coins made was 100,258,433, valued at 827,054,452. The gold coined was 170,440 double eagles, 612,197 eagles, 633,495 half¬ eagles and 24,165 quarter-eagles, with a total valuation ot $14,709, Zb f. 'jfcjtai silver coinage was 5,884,735 dollars, 2.956,735 half dollars, 11,100,- 735 quarters and 16,730,350 dimes, a total valuation of 811,770,395. There Tver 12,532,087 nickels and 49,823,079 cents coined, a grand total of 827,654,452 for the year. There were also coined 511,8,3 pezos for the government of San Domingo, and orders for 200,000 more of those coins have been received. Tlao Official Organ of Olincli County. HOMKRV1LLE. GA-, FRIDAY. JANUARY 6. 189*). TRANQUIL IN HA YANA. Cubans Forgot Resentment and Aro In a Joyful Mood. According to advices the people of Havana were in a joyful mood Monday in spite of the disappointment expe¬ rienced over the fact that the project¬ ed festivities have been postponed. The resentment quickly subsided and gave place to composure. Major General Brooke’s impressions of Cuba are pleasant. He regards the people as being emotional, mild and orderly. Americans are now conducting the customs, postoffice and telegraph and, in fact, all public businesses,with Spanish and Cuban employees. Colonel Bliss, the American collec¬ tor of customs, has been instructed by the authorities at Washington not to appoint Americans to subordinate places in Havana or the other customs houses. Only Cubans are to be ap¬ pointed. After General Brooke takes up his headquarters in the palace Mrs. Brooke will arrange for a series oif social func- tions. The headquarters tor the pres- ! sent will he at the general’s hotel, ’ General Brooke and Ludlow see ’ many of the prominent Cubans. They 1 permit easy to themselves, access I it is their wish to make a wide per- ! eonal and official acquaintance, J the As American the civil troops police is slowly formed, will be sent into I the country, ! Ten batteries of the Second artillery have beeu lauded from the United States transport Chester. One b"V tery was sent to Morro castle, another 1 is garrisoned at Cabanas fortress, a third is stationed near tho palace and the other batteries are camped at Yedado. The United States transport Sarato¬ ga arrived Monday from Charleston, S. O.-f with the Third-Nebraska regi¬ ment on hoard. Two Cuban soldiers, carrying rifles, I were stopped by a patrol of the Tenth j ’ United lano street States Sunday regular night infantry on Gal- ; J and were re¬ ir0(1 to ive their weapo „ 8 . T , (lj(1 SO) nfte * r an argument. The blue jackets, from the Texas, rowed to the wreck of tho Maine and . hoi tert , fita and stripes to the „ rs 1 <)f 1,10 T1 ' e "as - lll ^ d ! >y the Rh 'PP lD . « 1,1 the harbor. hoisted 4 n immeuse top American of the 200-foot flag was shears also on I ft{ , hf . naval floek wll ere it can he seen for mileg around . TKNh ESSEE LEGISLATI RE Convenes Ar Nashville and Organizes. Caucus Nominees Fleeted. The fifty-first general assembly of Tennessee met at Nashville Monday. The state democratic caucus nomi- sated Mr.Waddell, of Ohio, for speak- er; James A. Kirby, of Robertson, for chief clerk; W. L. Morris, of Benton, assistant clerk; W. B. Morgan, of Cof- j fee, sergeant at arms; Miss Flora Kuhn, of Davidson, engrossing clerk. Tho house democratic caucus nomi- nnted Mr. Byrns, of Davidson, for speaker; R. E. Folk, of Davidson, for chief clerk; E. E. Adams, of Wilson, assistant, clerk; G. J. Adams, of Gib- son, sergeant at arms, The senate and house, upoh assem- ling, elected the caucus nominees. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. Treasury Iteeords Show 1.Hugest Income 1 n XIt I rly-T wo Year*. The statement of the government receipts and expenditures will show that during the half year ending Sun- day the receipts aggregated 8245,961,- 890, against $207,769,574 for the same period of last year. According to the treasury records these receipts are the largest since 1866, when they reached $558,032,620 for the entire fiscal year and $490,634,- 010 in 1867. With the exception of these two years the receipts have nev¬ er before, in the history of the coun¬ try, exceeded $490,000,000, and only seven times have they ever reachod $400,000,000. SOCIALIST MAYOR INSTALLED. Town of HftVerliUl, M, To lie (lov- ernrnt on New Sdiedsil-. John C. Chase, elected on a social* , ietic platform, took the oath of office ns mayor of Haverhill, Mass., Mon- day. In his inaugural speech Mr Chase assured the members of the city , government of power” and the possessed people that “every j atom by the I mayor will be "exercised on the de- feuse and support of the principles of i socialism insofar as they may be ap¬ plicable to the municipality.” ROBBERS LOOT TRAIN. Express Tar on Kansas, CUy, Ft. Scott and Memphis Bli»wn Up. A special to The Memphis, Teim., Commercial-Appeal Mo,, from Mansfield, says: The ninth and first successful at¬ tempt. at, train robbery on the lino of the Kansas City, Fort Hoott and Mem¬ phis occurred Tuesday night at 8:56 o’clock near Macomb, a snail station five miles east of Memphis. Macomb being a flag station, one of the robbers got aboard the westbound train at Norwood, the first station east of Macomb, paying bis faro to Macomb and compelling the train to stop there. It was immediately boarded by five or six masked men, who, covering all members of the train crew with win¬ chesters and revolvers, compelled the engineer and fireman to cut loose from the remainder of the train. The mail, baggage and express cars were then run up the line about two miles and stopped in a lonely cut, whore Engineer Callender was placed in front of the robbers and forced to break open the door of the express car, after which he was placed in front of the foremost robber and together they entered the express car, cover¬ ing Southern Express Messenger New¬ ton, and Baggage Master Steben with their pistols, forcing them to adjourn to the outside of the car. They then proceeded to dynamite the through safe. .Two charges of dynamite were used, completely de¬ molishing the burglar-proof safe of the Southern Express Company and play¬ ing liovoe with the car and its con¬ tents. It is not known how much money and valuables were secured, as the safe blown open was a through safe, being opened only at a few of the most important towns along the line, between Memphis and Kansas City. Everything was taken it and it is safe to say that they wore well paid for their trouble. The local safe, which contained all local money pick¬ ed up, w as not molested. Special Agent Chester, of the Mem¬ phis route, was aboard the train and followed the robbers. He got close enough to get a good view of them at work and has a fairly good description of one of them. It.is thought that one of the party ; was a railroad man, be being able to j handle the engine with all the ease of j an 0 ld engineer, and also the other members were well acquainted with the fact that the through safe was car¬ ried in the rear car, »b no attention was paid to forward cars other than to keep all hands in them closely guarded. No attempt wns made to molest the passengers, and it did not seem to ex¬ cite them very much. The robbers are supposed to have take a southerly direction. CUBANS HAVE GRIEVANCE. They Object to Order For Sendlnif All Col¬ lections to Havana. A Washington dispatch says: The objection of tho citizens of Santiago to the execution of the war department’s program requiring the Customs collec¬ tions at that port and at all other Cu¬ ban ports to bo sent to Havana has brought, the war department face to face with another of the many prob¬ lems connected with the Idiuinistra- tion of affairs in Cuba that require speedy settlement. The order is felt to he absolutely necessary, tho inter¬ ests of good government requiring that there should be but one responsi¬ ble head to the customs service in Cuba. It was pointed out at the war depart¬ ment Tuesday that if Santiago, at one end of the island, and Havana, near the other, were allowed to keep their customs receipts,'hitch provinces as Puerto Principe and Pinar del Rio would be without funds to ,make any public improvements. The officials are disposed to allow each of tho mili¬ tary commanders of the seven depart¬ ments into which Cuba is nftsv divided to submit requisitions based upon es¬ timates of cost of such public works as sanitation, harbor improvements and road and bridge building as it is deemed desirable to undertake. The cabinet which- General Brooke is about, to call to his assistance in the administration of the island probably will examine into these necessities and propose an allotment of the total customs collections and internal rev¬ enue taxation in proportion to tho needs of the communities nod in no- eordnneo with principles of justice and .good government. In all likelihood these allotments will require the ap- proval of the secretary of war. ALGER MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT Designating Roglments Now In Camp to Bo M ustered Out. day Secretary Alger made public Tues¬ other a partial list of the regiments and of organizations which, as a result the finding of the Paris peace treaty, it has been decided to muster °'G of the service. The list includes twelve full regiments and two inde¬ pendent companies and three heavy batteries of artillery, approximating 1(5,000 or more men, which with their present location are as follows: In Alabama— Sixty-ninth New York, Third Florida, both at Huntsville; Third Tennessee, at Anniston. In Georgia—Companies A and 15, Indiana colored infantry, at Chicka- nnvuga; Third North Carolina and Sixth Virginia, at, Macon; Third New Jersey and Fifteenth Pennsylvania, at Athens. In South Carolina-—South Carolina heavy battery, at Sullivan’s islani: Fourth Missouri, at Greensville; Sec¬ ond Tennessee, at Columbia; Ninth Ohio, at Summerville. In Tty as—Third Texas, at Fort Clark. " In California—Eighth California, at Benicia barracks; heavy batteries B and C, California artillery. QUAY IVON IN CAUCUS. Old Mail Nominated to Succeed Himself In the Senate. A special from Harrisburg, Pa., says: Despite the efforts of the oppo¬ nents of Senator Quay to secure a postponement of the senatorial caucus until a later date, the adherents of the senior senator carried their j>oint Tuesday night and secured the in¬ dorsement of their favorite by 109 of the 1(14 republican members of the Pennsylvania legislature. This is nittet-'u less than the immber to elect a Unified States senator on joint ballot, the total membership being 254, of which 128 is a majority. The auti-Quay leaders are jubilant over the result of the caucus, and claim that the man they are fighting can never succeed himself in the sen¬ ate. On the other hand, the Quay followers and Banator Quay himself express confidence of ultimate victory. GEORGIANS GET ORDERS. Troops at flavamiak Warned to Get In Henri inns* to Move, The Third Georgia regiment en¬ camped at Savannah, was sent a warn¬ ing order from the war department Tuesday. That means that the regi¬ ment is to he ready for moving orders, which will come within a very fov» days at most. It is explained at the war depart¬ ment that the regiment has been de¬ tained at Savannah not because of any doubt that it would eventually go. Troops were needed at Havana and other points in that vicinity more than they were needed at Nouvitas, consequently every available trans¬ port at the disposal of tho war de¬ partment has been utilized in sending troops to Havana and points to be oc¬ cupied by the beginning of the now year. SENATOR BATE RENOMINATED. Tennesseean II No Opposition Before Democratle Cam us, A Nashville dispatch says: The dem¬ ocratic caucus Tuesday afternoon re¬ nominated William B. Bate for United States senator by acclamation. There was no candidate against Sen¬ ator Bate. The election wili come up two weeks hence. This will he Senator Bate’s third term. WOMEN ONLY SPARED. All Spaniard* At Balfcoae, In Philippine*, Killed By Native*. General Rios cables Madrid from Manila confirming tho report that all the Spaniards at Balabac, an island of the miles Philippine group, situated thirty south of Palawan, have been as- sasinated with the exception of the women, whose release is being asked for. FOUR CHILDREN POISONED. They Ate Sard In ok and Three are Dead While One Will Recover. At Walnut Ridge, Ark., Tuesday, tho four small children of W. T. Vooper ate n can of sardines while playing “housekeeping. ” All were soon seized with spasms, presumably from poisoning. Alegro, Robbie and Pearl are dead. The other child will recover. NO. 10. GIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT mrs. McKinley. THE WHITE HOUSE WAS CROWDED. Wan a Brilliant Function and Was At¬ tended By all the Notables at the . National Capitol, A Washington special says: The president and Mrs. McKinley received the season’s greetings Monday from a great throng of callers representing every branch of public life, who at¬ tended the white house reception. It was the first time since the pres¬ ent administration bewail that circum¬ stances permitted the observance of custom, and this, as well as the happy and propitious circumstances under -which the year begins, added to the interest and enjoymeut surrounding the event. The executive mansion was elabor¬ ately decorated for the event, a wealth of cut flowers, palms, potted plants and ferns transforming the apartments into bowers of shrubbery and bloom. Tn the receiving line with the presi¬ dent and Mrs. McKinley were the members of the cabinet and the cab¬ inet ladies, while back of the lino stood many Indies from the army, navy, congressional and judicial cir¬ cles. Among the m.ost notable figures in the line of callers were the foreign ambassadors and ministers in their rich diplomatic uniforms. Officers of the army and navy also were in full uniform,.giving a brilliancy an J,'itash to the occasion. The army group which attracted most attention was one made up of Major Generals Miles, Shnfter and Lawton and Brigadier General Corbin, who, after greeting the presidential party, were invited to join the receiving party. The recep¬ tion lasted something over two hours and was in every wav a successful and happy ushering in of the new year. Hhortly after half-past 10 o’clock the members of the cabinet with their families began to arrive, and closely following them were the ladies who had been selected to assist Mrs. Mc¬ Kinley in the reception. They were shown into the private reception room, where they left, their wraps, and then they ascended the stairway to the library, where they were met by the president and Mrs. McKinley. Following the members of the cabi¬ net, came the ladies invited behind the receiving line. Then came the diplomatic corps, ambassadors,ministers and their suites, in the gorgeous uniforms and decora¬ tions characteristic of the foreign rep¬ resentatives. At their head was the British ambassador, Sir Julian Paunce- fote.with Lady Pauueefoto, the Misses Pauncefote, and the numerous staff - of the embassy. The ambassador greeted the president and Mrs. McKinley most cordially, pausing a momeut for an exchange of Anglo- American greetings. Sir Julian showed the effect of his re¬ cent serious attack of the grip, and moved about with some effort. Then came the German ambassador, Dr. Von Holleben, in the German diplomatic uniform of the highest rank, with its abundance of gold lace and medals of distinction. With him walked Baron Speck Von Sternberg, first secretary of tho German embassy. In the absence of M. Gambon, the French ambassador, the French em¬ bassy was represented by a trio of richly decorated officials—Mm. Thie- baut, Taignay and Boeufve. There was one very notable feature of tho French party, in that on the breast of each showed, for the first time at an official function, the superb dec¬ orations conferred on them by the queen regent, of Spain for their services in re-establishing peace. BLEW UP FOURTEEN FORTS. Spanish Commander K!o«, Who Surren¬ dered Iloilo, It ruche# Manila- General Rios, the Spanish^com- mandcr, cables Madrid, that he has arrived at Manila on hoard the Leon XIII after having completed the evac¬ uation of Visayas and the northern part of the island of Mindanao and after blowing up fourteen forts and the fleet of gunboats ou Lake Lauo,