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mm 10 an pljui . - i " " " LOOKING TO THE INAUGURATION V: OF CURRENCY REFORM; ON LINE WITH GAGE'S VIEWS. President Will Discuss the Matter Fully I Hi Recommendations to Tho Congress. Tie Washington Evening Star says that x "it can be stated on the highest authority that tho president is going to recommend a plan for currency re form in his message j and, further, that that part of the message ' was written -with the co-operation of Sec retary Gage. It' is authoritatively stated that Secretary Gage is perfectly satisfied with the president' message in regard to financial legislation, and that it meets his entire views and sup port, j - "Further than thin, it VM atat ail rtrt the sme high authority that the sec retary of the treasury will submit to congress in his annual report the plan for currency reform which he submit ted to the cabinet at its meeting on Friday, October 20th. "The secretary intends to submit this report to congress almost identi cally as it was submitted to the cabi net, but with tho exception that he will make some further recommenda tions, but these will not ' materially change tho plan already announced." Teller Kxpresses Doubt. A "Washington special says: When asked to give his opinion as to the probability of legislation affecting the currency during the approachiug ses sion of congresft, Senator Teller said: 'I do not believe there will Uo any legis lation looking to substitution of bank notc3 for greenbacks and treasury notes, which appears to be the favorite method of cur rency reform, so-called, advocated by the supporters of tho gold standard. I think it very doubtful whether the advocates rt tho change can agree upon the details of such legislation, and bankers will naturally hesi tate to increase the issue of bank notes In sufficient quantity to tako tho place of tho entire volume of greenbacks and treasury notes, especially in view of the fact that the redemption of bank notes must, to satisfy ine demands the currency reformers, bo in goJd." Senator Teller said he' considered it make some recommendation upon the currency problem to congress, but h was of the opinion that the suggestion would be in general terms, as in his inaugural message, and that the pres ident would leave the. details to con -gross. The senator expressed doubt as to whether the administration would take any steps looking to the encourage ment of the Cubans in their war for independence. , He continued: "I think that congress can settle the Cuban question by recognizing the belligerent rights of the Cubans, and that should have been done long since, I believe the house will pass the senate resolution sent to it during the special session, If that measuro is brought before it, but it is quite doubtful whether it will be allowed to consider it at all.' METHODISTS IN ATHENS. The North Georgia Conference Assembles In Classic City. The North Georgia Methodist con ference was . organized at Athens Wednesday morning by the election of Rev. Joel P. Daves, secretary, to succeed Dr. Heidt, of Atlanta, and the appointment of the various com mittees. It is not generally known that the North Georgia conference has the dis tinction of being the largest conference in the United States, but such is the fact. No other in tho 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 e - - v . 1 l- -I T 1 ? GUmcreucci wiiicu meets u u .uui mjuui next year. Bishop Galloway for the first time presided over this conference. He has just returned from the Memphis - ji mi t o t : conierence, auu win go iruuou uuma to the North Alabama .conference which meets fat Florence a week hence. TWENTY YEARS IN THE FEN. Melner Was One of a Party of Eight Whit Assaulted Airs. Gleason. Frank, alias "Dad" Meiner, wa convicted at Newport, Ky., Wednes day nicrhL of assaulting Mrs. William Gleason October 6th and sentenced to twftntr rears in the penitentiary. : r.laxann 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 nn dnnbt receive twenty years each. The defendants belonged to a gang that insulted ladies, and their outrage on Mrs. Gleason was such that lynch ing was averted only by the transfer of the prisoners to Maysviue. ( ESTRADA TALMA TALKS. Cuban Delegate Says Proposition of Au tonomy HIH eeiW novonMni.. rnA ... T!afrndn Palm a. the Cuban del AUUW m J ' i Ks York, sneakini? on the terms of the. autonomy decrees said: , "These propositions were scored 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." GOT, ELLEBBE A CANDIDATE. Ho AunKw for Re-Kleetlom Befendi Dispensary Law. A Columbia special say: Governor Ellerbe has declared hia 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 am getting heartily sick and tired of such dirty flings and insinua tions. It seems that a gentleman has no protection, but has to submit to such slanderous insinuations. "There seems to' be a enmnmi nn. dptanding on the part of certain peo ple, to destroy the dispensary lawt and mej iae auvantage oi ail unfortunate occurrences to nse 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 haye surely not read carefully the de cisions of the courts, for in the case of Scott vs. Donald, the court advanced the view that the state could prohibit, they could inspect, but could do no more. If tho dispensary is not a police regu lation, and the state cannot control tho 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. -t "If I cannot refute the numerous charges that have been made against me, and Cannot show to the people that I havo honestly and faithfully tried to discharge zthe duties-pf -the"i office, I ao not or- o v x-iMt&.s CHINA APPEALS. She Asks Russia to Intercede In the Trou ,' bio 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 Fekin 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 etep 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 REMOTE FROM WACO. Baylor University May Follow Baptist Headquarters to Dallas. A special from Dallas, Texas, says: As a result of the Brann-Baylor uni versity sensations -and the tragedies following them, culminating a 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 university, probably the most impor tant protestant institution of education m Texas, is to be removed from Waco. HIGHBINDERS MUST (JET OUT. Chinese Merchants of San Francisco Com bine Against them. . The San Francisco Chronicle savs that the Chinese merchants of that city have combined to suppress the murderous hiehbinder's societies. These business men have formed a compact not to submit to further blackmail, and without their usual income, the highbinders will proceed . s to leave tne city or go to wotk. Over twenty hichbinders societies . - w j - are affected by this arrrnzemcnt and m w - while the . exact membership of these societies is not known, it is expected . m baa to be in tne neigh ooinooa ot l.ouu. MISS WILLARD STILL WITH US. After Becnriajj Her Passage She Did Not laT Windy City. A.Chicaco dispatch states that Miss Frances W. Willard did not sail for Enirlaud on the 24th. although her passage had been engaged on the steamer St. Louis. The chancre made. in her plans at Buffalo will keep her in Chicago for some time, lhe Chicago Woman s Club gave a reception in her honor Saturday. f) I ICI IS TIIE MANIFESTO SENT OUT BY CUBAN ASSEABLY. SPAIN ISSUES AUTONOMIC DECREE Both Cuba and Porto Rleo Are Iaeladed Ia the Boyal Graat Anx V lety 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. , t The document is dated at Lfthaya, 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 accepU ed by the Cubans as a settlement of the war. "Independence or death is and shall be the unalterable and eacred motto of the Cubans. "Tho 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 rum of a worn out colony. ' "We are firmly determined to carry on war until victory oi 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 Cuba and Porto Rico, thus removing tho anxiety that had begun to be expected on all sides as the result of the government's reticent and un explained delay. Article 1 explains the principles of the future governments of the two islands. vf-ij . "Article 2 decrees that"th' govern-- ment of each island sli&ll tin AnnHwuiA two chambers, while a governor gener al representing the home government shall exerciso in its nnme the supreme aathority. Article 3 declares that the faculty of making laws of colonial affairs rests with the insular chambers and the governor general. Article 4 directs that the insular representation shall bo compored 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. Articlo 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 numerous officials, such as senators, presidents of courts and of chambers of commerce and other bodies as eligible to ebction to tne council. Article 7 to 14 inclusive deal with nominations and the conditions of elec tion to councils. Article 15 empowers the throne or the governor general to convoke, sus pend or dissolve the chambers with an obhgat on to reassemble tnem wun- in three months. CONSTANTINOPLE THREATENED. The Powers Have Decided That Tnrka 1Tnt K vani&t a 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 Turfcey refuses to withdraw her troops from Crete and to accept a European governor of the isianu. EX-AUDITOR FOUND GUILTY. Nebraska Official will Be Sentenced For F.mbexslement. Eucrene Moore, ex-auditor of Ne- braska, charged with the embezzle ment of $23,000, was declared guilty at Lincoln. Monday afternoon, as .charced. Sentence was deferred. Moore and his attorneys, admitted , the chortage, but contended that it was not embezzlement, inasmuch as the money taken, consisting of insurance fees, should have been paid, accord ing to law, to the state treasurer in stead of himself and that he was re sponsible only to the insurance com panies. Judge Cornish overruled this technical defense and committed him. AIKEN WANTS REWARD. Claims That ne Knows Mnrderer of Hon. John M. Clavtoa. Governor Jones, of Arkansas. - has received another letter from Luther Aiken, of Pitts, Ga., the prisoner guard, who claims to know who mur dered Hon. John M. Clayton in Plnm mersville, Ark., eicrht years aero. Aiken incloses a copy of an alleged confession by a prisoner in which the confessor tells how he committed the murder. ii V nnu nn nrimi UK UK WH O NITROGLYCERIN CAUSES DISASTER For of tho Explosion' Ia Felt For Ten Miles AronndU " An explosion of nitroglycerin oc curred half a mile - west of Chester field, Ind., at late hour Thursday. night - r - Persons one mile" away were lifted from their feet by the concussion, and the jar was perceptibly felt for ten miles. Fire followed-the explosion, but the flames were quickly extin guished. "Is- Sixty quarts of nitroglycerin had been haul d there for the purpose of shooting a gas .well,. The explosive was placed in a large zi no tub, located at the end of the steam exhaust pipe, for the purpose of thawing out . the mixture. It is the theory that the tub became heated. A hole ten feet long and several in depth;, was torn in the earth, and the engine "was" blown to pieces. Two drillers had V remarkable es cape. They were" .standing within thirty feet of the scene of the accident. and were hurled : twenty feet' by the force of the explosion, but with the exception of a few bruises they escaped unhurt.. MINERS RESUME WORK. Twelve Thousand Diggers in Illinois En ter the Fits Again. The coal mining strike in the north ern Illinois district ended Friday. Twelve thousand men have gone back to work in the Coal pity, Braidwood, Carbon Hill. Sprintf Valley. Bodia, Seatonville, La Salle and Ogiesby nelds. T I One thousand men remain out at Streator, the only point where miners and operators have not agreed. A settlement thero is expected within a short time. The victory is with the miners. although they have not won all they asked for. 4 The strike had been on tince July 4th. It started as a part of the gen- eral strike ordered byhe United Mine Workers of America! . The Pennsyl vania and Ohio miners Settled their differences early in ? September. In Indiana work was resumed about the same time. Tho 30,000 miners of Illinois refused to ratify the terms of the agreement made at Columbus. O., and continued the strike. TO GEORGIA FARMERS. Commissioner of Agricalttire Nesbitt Ad dresses a Timely tetteri After carefully" summing tip the oit- uationj Commissioner Nesbitt of G6oK gia has decided that the farmers of the south must vary .from the rule of old and change their planftLf farming so Commissioner Nenbitt ay tho f arm- cotton at 5 cents amv expo . psr the exDenses of the farm alone from the sale of the cotton crop. He tells the farmers they must plow deeper and depend more upon nature a bouU . . . . .... i 'i tiful hand and buy less ieriiuzeis. Instead of devoting all their acres to cotton, they should sow other crops which will sustain the stock as well as brine: in ready cash to the market. He warns the farmers of the south of the evil results of a burdensome cotton crop, and advises them to plant fewer acres in cotton and to plant more corn, peas and similar rotating crops. WOMEN BARRED OUT. i Methodist Minister Did Not Approve of - Female Preaching. ; A Chattanooga dispatch states that a female revivalist, Mrs. Harris, has concluded a revival at Hillsboro, Ala., a few miles east of Courtland, on the Memphis and Charleston railroad. Large congregations attended the ser vices, including many of the adjacent counties, going forty and hfty miles to hear her. . The meeting was commenced in the Methodist Episcopal church, south, by authority of the board of stewards, but Rev. Anson West, presiding elder of the Decatur district, learning of the use of this church by a female revival ist, went to Hillsboro and overruled the action of the board, interrupted the proceedings and caused a consid erable flurry by officially closing the doors of the church to women preach ers. T The affair has created great con sternation among the Methodists and it will be taken to the district confer ence. - Mrs. Harris is the widow of the late Robert Lee Harris, a noted evangelist of his time. BIG FIRM FAILS. Ashland, Ky., Improvement Company Makes An Assijrnment. A general deed of assignment was made Monday by the Ashland Im provement Company- at Ashland, Kentucky, to its general manager. The assets are $119,583 in lands and tots; $105,285. in stock and $6,250 in notes and accounts, making a total of 1231,118. The liabilities in notes and accounts are $140,702. The old town site corporation known as Kentucky Iron, Coal and Manufac turing Company, and the Ashland ahd Catlettsburg street railway, also thus held, will not be embraced in the fail ure. LUETGERT'S SECOND TRIAL. Chicago Sansasemaker Again Faces a Judge aad Jnrj. i The second trial of Adolph L. Luet igert for the murder of his wife was called before Judge Gary, at Chicago, Monday. The big sausage manufact urer was represented by ex-Judge Lawrence Harmon and Attorney Max Biese, Attorney Phelan having with drawn from the case after a heated in terview with Luetgert and the new lawyers, 1 NOT 1 WILL BE ALLOWED GERMANY IN THE LEADERS EPISODE. PRESIDENT M'KINLEY IS WATCHFUL Instructions Given Ambassador White to Secure an Understanding' In the Mat ter at Onee." - A Berlin special fiats! 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 Hay ti 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,td 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 actuate the government in its intention to pre sent a haval bill at the opening of th reichstag, points out that the" nftval interests of the empire abroad require for their adequate protection two large cruisers for eastern Asia, one larcre cruiser for Central America and South America, three small cruisers for east ern Asia, three small cruisers for Cen tral America And Sftnth Amrla. twn for East AfricttjtwO for tne South seSs, two gunboats for eastern Asiaj two for west Africa and one guardship for' Constantinople. " The chief feature of the naval bill is its apologetic character and the press comments hardly promise it a safe passage through the reichstag. SEVEN THOUSAND PERISH. Disastrous Typhoon . Sweep . Over tho . yr' Philippine Islands. A San Franciseo fihecial &. . Ttin typhoon which swept nvnr fliA -Phil ippine islands on the 6 th of ' October twaa the- cause of one of . the r or st dis asters that has been heard from on the world,- " - Thottsands of lives were lost, and the damage to property wfts something appalling. Telegraphic advices Con cerning the calamity have been very meager. The difficulty of getting news if am 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 tho winds. Several towns were swept or blown away. Fully 500 Europeans were drowned, and it is estimated that 6,000 native! 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 hurricafee reached Levte and struck the capitol of Taclo Ban with great fury. In less than half an hour the town was a mass of ruins. 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. ' : SOUTHERN HAULS PACKAGES. Jndse Pardee's Decision Seems To Have . Settled the Whisky Case. The decision of J1 udge 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 lee Boand Whalers. A telegram received by Captain Sho- maker, chief of tho 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 mtno Arctic. The treasury officials entertain no douts of the complete snccess of the expedition. UNRULY REICHSRATH MEMBERS Cans RloU In. Austrian Capitol Die gracefal Scene. Advices from Vienna state that the disorder in the lower house of the reich&rath was bo accentuated Friday that a strong detachment of. police Lad to be called in to preserve order. The disgraceful proceedings were continued Saturday. When the presi dent of the house, Dr. Abfahamovics, appeared, the chorus of "Shame upon yon 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 find stood unmoved. After waiting ten minutes, the uproar continuing, the president left the platform. During his absence the noise was not abated. Df Wolff, 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 Gratz a band of students and other young men started to parade the streets but were prevented bythe 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 were sum moned to the scene of the disturbances. UpOii their arrival the infantry was assailed with a showe? Of stones and were compelled to fire upon the mob, killing one and wounding five rioters. Of the injured four are suffering from bryonet thrusts. Several police offi cers also were hurt. 1 The disorder continued until shortly afl-jr midnight, when lhe 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 tttsk of forming a new -cabinet. Sunday morning Emperor Francis Jo seph addressed an autograph 1 tier to Count Badeni, - desiring the adjourn ment of the riehrath until further orders. - . - " During the aBRemblinsr of the reichs- rath, dense" masses of:peoplcrfor "the most -. part workm6af throfred - tho t.??,ZZ?S''S7T?Lt 1" nMiT-ereity to tho the mounted police, with-rwj. 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 j Frontier Precipi tate a War Cloud. A diRTsatch 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 dancer result ing from proximity of the forces in tne contested territory, j Later a rnmor received from the British colonial office, at London, to the effect that there hart been a col lision between the British and French forces at Nikki, which is said to have rantured by the French troops, The officials at the colonial office, however, regard this report as highly l'mnrnhahle. as thev explain the Brit ish police in the Hinterland, wno are in very limited numbers, had strict orders to avoid collision with the French. It is also i understood that the French forces had been instructed not to come in conflict with the Brit ish. The British forces in the Hmter 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 eiceed those for the same period last year by about $8,000,000. BIG STREET RAILROAD SOLD. Syndicate Gets Possession of Stock of tho Pi tuba rg- System. Messrs. Alexander Brown k Sons, tcpresenting a syndicate of Baltimore, London, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg capitalists, have consum mated the purchase of all the stock of the United Traction Company or Pittsbnrg, Pa,, amounting to $20,000,. 000. This will give them control of the largest street railway system in Pitts- burtr and Allegheny, owning and op erating over 117 miles of electric lines. PENSACOLA HAS BIG FIRE. Firebars Destroy X-nmber Yard aad Two - - . a . Freight Hoawi ana ineir vw-v it.Ti inn mo worth of properly Xa. kJKf IA ay.wvfwvw " - -m w was burned at Pensacola, Fla., Thurs ,i ,,;t,t Viv a fire that was started UBT XAvr. n by an incendiary in the old compress building, nsea oy several uxm M warehouse for the storage of hay and atnfTa All of the contents of both freight depotswere destroyed, together with (rn frpicht rars and two horses. w O.. . . . L Twenty or thirty nouses were auro at I . . m m Ml . .- . -m. A one time, Dutmoec oi inem were UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAINST HER. THE OLD WOMAN MUST HANG. Her Only IIopo Mow 1.1 ee In 8 access of Her Canse Before Governor - Atkinson. A Washington special says: The United States supreme court Monday reviewed the decision of the -Georgia supreme court in the case of Mrs. No bles, convicted of the murder of her . husband. She claimed the process of law had been denied her. The decis ion is that the old woman must hang. There is no hope Jeft unless he cause may be successfully advanced before Governor Atkinson. The ' case has- been argued in its varied ramifications before all of tho courts from the superior court of the. county where the murder was com mitted to the ; United States supremo court. There is nothing left it is thought by the attorneys but 4o take the case before the governor, where it has already been once before. A Heinous Crime. The crime for which Mrs. Nobles must hang was committed nearly two years ago, in June, 2895. The Nobles place was about twelve miles below Jeffersonville. Here the family, con sisting of Mr. and Mrs. Nobles and their two children Debby aged 18, and Jack, about 10, lived. They were typ ical Ueorgia crackers, knowing ana caring nothing about the world out- ' side. rm r M ; i i jlu lit uiii j i no uivlj or may uvv uava been harmonious. Opinions on that point are widely at variance, as Mrs. Nobles claims that her husband cruelly mistreated her, while the neighbors maintain that exactly jne reverse was true. .. ' x 1.1 l r ii " ii ojiring uu iuu piace m me capacity of farm hands were Gas Fambles, a former Macon hackman, his wife, Mary Fambles, and Dalton Joiner, all negroes. These were the participants in the " horrible tragedy of that June morning. " Mrs. Nobles was accustomed to labor in the fields as a common "hand." One day, while working-byrthe side of uub x amines, sue oegau to ouiuyiaii most bitterly of he ; husband's ill n r l v i x i treatment, ' when Gus, with a - brutal frankness, asked why " she didn't get rid of Jher trouble by rmttintf tho old man out of tho way. When JVrrs.Tfo- mm A n M F i 1 i Wff Ii li . nMMtfrin step towards the comuuaoion of the crime was taken Durincr the three weeks which fol-. lowed, the plans for killing old man Nobles were developed, and it is sur mised that in the making of those UiaUD JkSWJJ W.W, j i r the wife ol Uus,? and uaiton loiner materially assisted the two chief con spirators. At the trial of the case which oc curred a few weeks after the murder a verdict of "guilty" was " brought in without any. recommendation to the mercy of the court, and Mrs. .wooies and Gus Fambles were sentenced to be hanged August 16, 1895. . Just why suspicion enouid nave pointed from the very beginning to Mrs. Nobles is not known, out sne was arrested, together with Gus Fam- Uaa and in' a wife MMV. Dalton Joiner and Debby Nobles. , The excitement was intense, the un usual heinousness of lhe crime, and the unique character of the criminal made it a remarkable case. Dalton was successful in proving an alibi, was acquitted and immediately, left the state. Debby Nobles was ac quitted. Mary Fambles was. sen tenced to life imprisonment, and so far she is the only one of the five im plicated who has as yet paid any pen alty for the crime, she having been at work in the coal mines since her sen- -tence. . " Whether or not Mrs. Nobles will go to tne gauows is a mauer ox mucu i 1 1 ii . 1 1 m L speculation. Her weird case is full of interest to the general public, due not only to the extraordinary story behind 31 1 A - 1 L . J . i I m amT ii, uuv aiBO to iuo repeavcu iriaia auu continued publicity it has been in dulged. ARBITRATION 50T WASTED. Irishmen Send a Long- Petition to th United States Senate. ' A petition to the .senators of the TTn W 1 Ktofp wm issned from the vitva nMvw - Lnn1inorrAPS rf tTia TrlftK NsVLlOllafcl AI- liance in Jiew lorK irnaay agamsi mo adoption of the proposed general treaty of arbitration with England. The petition will be circulated by the various councils of the alliance - - m w f a. it. throughout this country, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and other Irish- American socieweo. . - . - The petition says that the advocates of the arbitration treaty here are the modern American tories, descendants of the men who would have nan gea "Washington. INCREASED WAGES. President of Missouri Pacific Hallway Adds lO Per Cent to Pay Kolh It is announced that as a Thanks- giving present, President George J. Gould, of the Missouri Pacific railroad system, has advanced salaries all along the line 10 per cent The advance, which will date from November 1st; affects 15,000 employ ees, and will result in an additional expenditure of $900,000 a year.
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Dec. 1, 1897, edition 1
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