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tVAS TRIED FOR MURDER OF M'K IN LEY’S BROTHER-IN-LAW. JURY WAS OUT A LONG TIME. Congratulations Four In Upon the Erst while Defendant on the Announce ment of the Verdict. A special from Canton, O., says: The jury in the George case returned fl verdict of not guilty at 10:27 o’clock Friday morning. Before the verdict was read the court cautioned the audience that there must be no demonstration. In spite of that, there were loud cheers as the clerk read the verdict of “not guilty.” A score of women rushed to Mrs. George and shook her hand. Con gratulations were also extended to her attorneys. She worked her way to the jury box, took each j uror by the hand and gave them a word and a nod of thanks. Then the court said she was discharged and released the jury. Receive Congratulations. Mrs George remained in the court- , room for some time after the verdict was announced, acknowledging the congratulations of her friends. She then went to the Hotel Conrad, a bbek frmn the courthouse iu com pany with Mr and Mrs. McElheny, her cousins who had been with her during much of the hearing. The jury was out more than twenty three hours, during which time twen ty-two ballots were cast. The inter val between l these ballots was spent in reviewing the case and discussing its various phases. After the jury ported, it was said the first or prelim iuary ballot was taken at 12:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon or a half hour af ter they had been closeted in the jury room. This ballot showed four jury men favoring a verdict of not guilty or acquittal. The East Ballots. The sixteenth ballot was not taken until 6:15 o’clock Friday morning, wken , the vote , stood eight for not , guilty, three for manslaughter, and one for assault and battery. At 8:45 Friday morning the seventeenth bal lot was taken, standing eight for not guilty and four for manslaughter. Forty-five minutes later the eighteenth ballot stood ten for not guilty and two for manslaughter. The nineteenth at 9:25 a. m. resulted in nine for not ; guilty and three for manslaughter. I At 10 a. m. the twentieth ballot showed eleven for not guilty and one ; for first degree murder. I The same result was obtained in the twenty-first ballot. The twenty-sec- ! ond and last ballot was taken at 10:22 I o’clock with a unanimous vote of the twelve men being that of “not guilty. ” A number of women friends and acquaintances called on Mrs. George in the parlor of the Conrad hotel. A number of congratulatory tele grams were delivered to Mrs. George. ; To a reporter of the Associated Press j she said she would go to her old home to Hanoverton and visit her mother, Mrs. Lucy Ehrhart, for a few days. Then she would return to Canton to gather up her belongings and arrange for the future. As to the future she said she had no definite plans as yet. She had been invited to go to the sea side for an extended vacation during the summer and she said she would probably accept the invitation. Mrs. George, continuing,said to the Associated Press reporter: “The verdict was what I had ex pected from the start. I am very grateful to the court and other officials for the consideration they have shown me. I am also very thankful to the gentlemen who represented the press. They have all been very kind and sympathetic and treated me most fair ly. I cannot find words to express my feelings towards my attorneys. Their work was beyond all praise. They left nothing undone in my be half and I shall remember them and appreciate them as long as I live.” • She added that her titfo boys would remain with her. JAPAN’S DELEGATES UNDECIDED. That Country May Oppose Establishment of Universal Peace. A dispatch from Vancouver, B. C.* states that Colonel Uyehara, Captain Sakamo and N. Ariga, delegates on behalf of Japan to the peace confer ence at The Hague, were interviewed there Wednesday. “It is by no moans a foregone con clusion that we will advocate universal peace,” said Ariga. “It seems that we are living in martial times. Great issues are at stake, particularly in the •orient and the Japanese emperor will not at this critical stage wish to give voice to any sentiment thereon which might afterwards embarrass him. ” TRANSPORTS OFF FOR MANILA. Vessels Go By Way of Honolulu and Bear Recruits For Philippines. ! The United States transport sailed from steam- San j ers Senator and Ohio , Francisco Friday for the Philippines via Honolulu. The vessels bear the Thirteenth United States infantry and several hundred recruits for service in the Philippines, besides carrying hun dreds of tons of machinery and sup plies for the army and navy in the far Pacific. THIRD DAY’S SESSION Of the International Sunday School Con vention In Atlanta, Ga. Sunday Friday s sessii n of the Iternational Scliool convention in Atlanta, On., was remarkable for the harmony that prevailed, the unanimity of ex pression and work and the vast amount of hard work and business that was transacted and given attention to. More than a widow’s mite was given to the cause of Christianity a 1 : the morning session, and within lets than two hours $24,000 was secured. The money was subscribed by state associations and individual contribu tions. The controversy Thursday growing out of the question of negro represen tation in the convention was amica bly settled. The executive commit tee rendered a report allowing the ne groes an extra vice president, a mem bership at large on the executive and nominating committees, CRIME CHARGED TO HOLT. Negro L.yjiched Said to Have Previously Murdered Old Couple, A dispatch from Newnan, Ga., says: From tli# recent crimes and capture of Tom Wilkes, alias Sam Holt, some things have dropped out that may pos sibly throw some light on a former crime which has heretofore remained as mysterious as it was revolting. It will be remembered that three or four yeara ag0 an aged COU pi 0 living near Creswell, or Vaughn’s Station, in Spalding county, were found dead one morning with unmistakable evidences of having B been murdered. The nephew of the l , e wa8 arrested the eha and –iter au exc iting trial waa acou ' itted Soon after Tom Wilkes, or Holt,fled from hjg crime8 near PaImetto> t he stateme nt was made by Lige Strick , and with whom Wi ( ke8 worke d in t]l0 1897 thftt Wilke8 had told him that he had killed this aged ]e> ^ b 0 told Strickland £ or mor e ag0 , but he said bo m no believe it and did not te n any oneaboutit unt il Wilkes had killed Alfre d Cranford and fled. VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY - Quickly Rendered in the Famous McCor mick, s. c„ conspiracy Case. The trial of the famous McCormick conspiracy case, growing out of the Phoenix election riot and lynching in Greenwood county last November, ended in the federal court at Green viI!e > S - C -> Frida Y with a verdic ‘ °* not guilty. b J The jury, composed of white men ; balf of them Greenwood conI1 ty men, was out less than fifteen m i n utes. T be defendants were prominent Greenwood county men who, at the ti me of the Phoenix riot, served reso l u ti 0 ns upon James W. Tolbert, the re pu.Dliea,n assistant postmaster at Me Cormick, requesting him to leave and informing Dim tbiey wonld not be re sponsible for his life, though they woub l protect him for thirty-six hours, g ix hours after he had left a mob rode into McCormick to kill him. DEATH LIST GROWS. Further News of the Fearful Cyclone IVliicn Struck Kirksville, Mo. The latest details of a terrific tor nado tbat passed over the town of Kirksville, Mo., Thursday night, show tbat tbe bst ot - kn own dead reaches f or ty. n i n e in the city alone. Tbe game scenes of death and deso lation could be told of Newton, in s u ui van county, whiek shared a like fftte at the bands 0 f the tornado, Dayg mngt pasg be f ore a complete list of casiaa lties can be secured, and be forQ tbe real extent of the damage to proper ty can be known. WILL ADVANCE WAGES. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com pany Issues Notice to that Effect. The Tennessee Coal, Iron aDd Rail road , lias issued . , notices ,. , o company 1st the the effect that on May sa aries of all employees, exclusive of the coal miners, will be advanced on the msis of 10 per cent, some getting more than j that advance. The raise a ec s a employees, from superintendents of mines and furnaces and office forces down to the mine drivers and mine and furnace labor. The advance affeots about 5,000 peo ple employed by this great company which has iron furnaces or coal mines at Birmingham, Tracy City and Co man, Tenn., South Pittsburg, Tenn., and Whitwell, Tenn. JPKINLEY BOARDS RALEIGH. CHief Executive Make* VUit to Famous Cruifter from Manila. At Philadelphia, Friday morning, President McKinley 1 and hiR party made a visit to the cruiser Raleigh, which lay at anchor in the Deleware. Mrs. McKinley and the other ladies who came from Washington rode in carriages with the president and niem bers of his cabinet. The president expressed his delight at the prospect of inspecting the ship that fired the first gun at Manila. After spending an hour or two on the famous cruiser, the president lunch, re turned to his apartments for and then left for New York. PROSPECT^ new ROAD. Illinois Central May Buy T.ir.e N»« In I* e ceiver s “ m * dispatch to Eke . ... A special i as Banner from i _ew • Cen It is reported that B ms f t the ral Peoria, is negotiating;for Decatur th«» and PW*a»e E a , jf now in the hands ol a rc ceiver and that before the end of the !nr this system will be Evansville, running trains In from Chicago 8 through I diaS» ~ ' CONFERENCE WITH FILIPINOS SO FAR FRUITLESS. AMNESTY ONLY WILL BE GIVEN. General Otis Informs the Envoys That Filipino Government Will Not lie Recognized. A second conference was held Satur day at Manila between General Otis and Colonel Manuel Arguelesses and Lieutenant Jose Bernal, who came from General Luna under a flag of truce Friday to ask for a cessation of hostilities. The meeting was fruitless. It is understood that the Filipino com missioners were given terms upon which the Americans will consent to negotiate. ! The Filipinos admit that they have been defeated, and it is expected that they will return with fresh proposals from General Luna. The envoys from General Luna were hospitably treated by General Otis, who provided them with a house and with a guard and permitted them to visit their friends. Returning to the palace Saturday morning the envoys saw an illustration of American re sources. A long train of wagons and pack mules was just starting with pro visions for General Lawton, who has reached Marnnco. Tho conference at the palace lasted three hours Jacob G Schurmau, of the United States Phi ippme commis ) sum, attending and Admiral Dewey dropping m for an hour. The discussion was mostly between o General Otis and Colonel Argueleses, who had been selected for the mission *>7 General Luna because he had known General Otis. Colonel Argueleses had served on the Filipino commission which met the the American authorities before W ar in an endeavor to smooth over the impending troubles. Mr. Schur man emerged from the palace between the two shock-haired, savage-looking natives and drove unattended to the office of the United States Philippine commission, where they talked infor | mally for about an hour. Manila is divided between two opin ions-the majority believing that the Filipinos desire peace, while others think they are sparring for time in which to rehabilitate their demoralized army. gained color The latter opinion from the fact that re-enforcements , ’ have been sent to the south, opposite the American lines. Colonel Argueleses, who is a lawyer, splendidly illustrated the Malay sub tlety at words. While he declared with apparent frankness that the Fili j pino leader wanted a chance to give ! up the struggle gracefully, through the congress, instead of surrendering ignominiously, he asked for a fort , night’s armistice so that the congress might be summoned on May 1st, and endeavored to commit the Americans to greater concessions and wanted terms guaranteed by treaty. He was told that recognition of the Filipino government was impossible, and he was given to understand that a written guarantee of amnesty for all insurgents was the utmost that could be given. Otu Will Be Cautious. A Manila dispatch of Sunday states while it is generally expected among Americans that the Filipino emissaries will return with f-evised proposals from General Antonio Luna, General Otis is not letting this prospect inter fere with his preparations for pushing the war. He has ordered Major Gen erol Lawton to return to ADgat, a few m j| eg northwest of Norzogaray, and nofc to advauce aggressively while the tintionH are pen diug. General MacArthur is apparently acting Qn th(J game policy> but be is repairing the bridges and strengthen . the line8 of his forc0) whiob ia stretched out with a f our -mile front, aad w qj.j 1 j n a q Uar ter of a mile of the enemy. The possibilities of peace are grati fying to a great majority of the army who have regarded the war as an un pleasant duty that must be performed according to American traditions. LABOR CONTENTION HELD. Storcla State Federation Hold* First Meeting In Atlanta, The first convention of the Georgia State Federation of Trades was called together at Atlanta Thursday morning in the council chamber of the city hall at 10:30 o’clock. The business of tbe convention was disposed of with dispatch and har mony. In all there were 110 delegates and alternates present at the conven tion. The feature of the convention was the vigorous attack made on child labor and the general advocacy of an eight-hour working day. THREE KILLED IN WRECK. Excursion Train Lethe Track With Coaches Ilensely Crowded. Three persons were killed, more than a dozen seriously injured and fifty leas seriously hurt, as the result of a wreck Sunday afternoon on the Rochester and Lake Ontario railroad, about one-half mile north of Roches ter, N. Y., when two cars on an excur sipn traiD, filled with passengers, left the track while rounding a curve at ful1 8peea ’ and Were wrecked - THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ASSEMBLES AT ATLANTA, GA. THE WHOLE WORLD REPRESENTED. Lesson Committee, Field Workers and the Georgia Slate Sunday School Convention Hold Sessions. The ninth International (fourteenth national) Sunday School Convention met iu Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday. Attending the convention were many of the most prominent Sunday school workers in the United States and the old world, and while there were only about 1,500 authorized delegates, there were thousands of visitors in the city. The first session of the convention was held iu the Grand opera house Wednesday night and was one of the most notable gatherings in the history of the south. The magnificent audi torium was packed from pit to domo with probably the largest audience that ever filled it. The exercises were of an unusually interesting and impressive character. The first session was given over to the addresses of welcome and responses, all,of which were eloquent and appro priate. Governor Allen D. Candler wel comed the delegates on the part of the state, and ex-Govornor Northen in be half the churches and Sunday schools of Atlanta. Dr. A. E. Dunning made a happy response for the north for R. A. Beard, of Massachusetts, who was unable to attend; Rev. Elsin I. Rexford, of Mon treal, responded for Hon. S. H. Blake, of Ontario, who was also ab sent; S. H. Atwater responded for the west; Dr. James I. Vance, of Tennes see, echoed the sentiments of the south, and Professor N. W. Collier, of Florida, spoke for the colored people. All the speeches were enthusiastically received, and the large audionce man ifested much interest in the proceed ings from beginning to end. The music was one of the most en joyable features of the session. The Lesson Committee. The International Sunday School Lesson Committee met Tuesday after noon in the parlors of the Aragon hotel, and was in session nearly all day Wednesday, making out the schedule of lessons to be embodied in the international literature for the year 1902. ► The committee is composed of the following Sunday school workers of national reputation: Rev. John Potts, D. D., chairman, Toronto, Out. Rev. A. E. Dunning, D. D., secre tary, Boston, Mass. Rev. Warren Randolph, D. D.,New port, R. I. B. F. Jacobs, Chicago, III. Prof. J. I. D. Hinds, Ph. D., Leb anon, Tenn. Rev. B. B. Tyler, D. D., Decatur, Ill. Prof. J. R. Sarupey, D. D., Louis ville, Ky. Rev. J. S. Staur,I). D.,Lancaster, Pa. Rev. A. E. Schaeffler, D. D., New York City, N. Y. Rev. E. B. Kephart, D. D., Balti more, Md. John R. Pepper, Memphis, Tenn. Rev. Mosheim Rhodes, D. D., St. Louis, Mo. Rev. II. W. Warren, D. D., Denver, Col. Prof. W. W. Moore, D. D., Hamp den-Sidney, Ya. Principal E. I. Rexford, A. B., Mon treal, Quebec. The lessons which are arranged by this committee are taught throughout the world where Sunday schools have been established, and in every school on every Sabbath the same lesson is read, the same questions, practically, asked, and the same thoughts and ideas are impressed upon youthful minds. It was decided that the next annual meeting of the lesson committee will be held in St. Louis, April 18, 1900. Tlie Field Workers Meet. The Field Workers’ conference open ed Wednesday morning at the First Methodist church, a large number of the states and Canada being repre sented. E. M. Mayo, of Louisiana, led the devotioual exercises. State Convention Held. The Georgia Sunday school conven tion assembled in the basement of the First Baptist church at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Mr. W. S. Witkara, president, called the conven tion to order, And presided. The meeting opened with devotional exercises led by the Rev. Dr. Cofer.of Elberton. The enrollment of the delegates present was effected through a com mittee appointed to list the names. Mr. C. G. Goodrich, of Augusta, was chairman. A committee was then appointed to nominate delegates from the state convention to the International con vention opening at 8 o’clock Wednes niglit at the Grand Opera house. DECLINED PROMOTION. Col. Colton Declares Nebraska Regiment Is Retired From Firimc Cine. A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says: Lieutenant Colonel Colton, who was appointed colonel of the First Ne braska regiment at Manila, cabled Governor Poynter Wednesday declin ing the appointment because he is in charge of the customs service. He says the First Nebraska has probably been permanently retired from the flt-iug line. MILES IS CRITICISED. Work of "Beef” Inquiry Hoard Ended and Report Is Signed. The Wade court of inquiry conclud ed its work at Washington Saturday iu connection with the allegation of General Miles concerning the beef supplied to tbe army during the war with Spain. The report was signed at 2:30 o’clock p. m. by every member of the board, and soon afterwards the members of the court left the Lemon building, where all the meetings in Washington have been held. Colonel Davis, the recorder of the court, carried the official copy of the findings to the war department, and, in the absence of Secretary Alger, de livered it to Acting Secretary Meikle john. Mr. Meiklejobn immediately deposited tbe document in an envelope and forwarded it to the president iu New York. The report is of about 30, 000 words, and goes fully into the questions which have been raised in connection with the army beef. The text has not been made public, aud will not be until after tbe presi dent shall have read it. It will then rest with iiim to say whether the re port shall bo given to tho public. The verdict, however, is known to be tliat tbe charges whioh General Miles made before the war investiga tion commission are not sustained in reference to the refrigerated beef, al though his contention that the canned roast beef was not a suitable continu ous ratiou is admitted. There is di rect criticism of General Miles for failing to promptly bring to the atten tion of the war department the reports made to him concerning bad beef, and “several individuals” are censured for failing to obserye the proprieties of their position as commanding officers in this and other respects. The forecast of tho report as made by the Associated Press on the 18th instant was an accurate one. As was then stated, the court takes tho posi tion that the testimony is conclusive that both the refrigerated beef and the canned beef were in good condition when delivered to the government, and continued so until issued to the troops, except iu especial instances where the deterioration was due to ac cidental conditions in transportation or to the influence of the trepieal cli mate. OTIS’ ACTION ENDORSED, Term# Given Filippino Representatives Approved By IVaslilligton OtHcials. A Washington special says: War department officials are very much gratified with the tone of the reply of General Otis to the Filippino delega tion. It is considered as comporting with the dignity of the United States. It would not be possible for the United States to recognize tho existence of the Filippino congress or a Filippino government. It is believed that when General Otis’ reply is communicated to the Filippino commanders they will ask another conference with the expecta tion of arranging favorable terms of peace. that It is said at tbe war department it is not likely that any further con cessions than that of general amnesty will be made. Peace and freedom, it is believed, will appeal more strongly to the Filipino army than any argu ment Aguinaldo and his officers may make. Meanwhile it is the belief of the offi cials of the war department that any further hostilities on a large scale are not probable, MOB WRECKS MILL. Strikers Destroy Valuable Property By Use of Giant Powder. Wardner, Idaho, was the scene Saturday of the worst riots since the deadly labor war of 1892. One man is dead, another is thought to be mortally wounded and property valued at $250,000 has been destroyed by giant powder and fire. The damage was done by union men and sympa thizers on Canyon creek, two miles from Wardner. The strikers took possession of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill, which they found deserted, the manager hav ing directed his employes not to risk their lives by battling with the mob. Powder was called for and placed under the mill. Fuses leading to the charges were lighted and the “mill blown to fragments. The loss to the company is estimated at from $250,000 to $300, 000 . THE TOLBERTS TESTIFY. Conspiracy Case In United States Court at Greenville* S. C. The trial of nine citizens of McCor mick, 8. C.-, charged by James W. Tolbert with conspiracy, was be gun in the United States court in Greenville Thursday afternoon. This is the outcome of the Phoenix election riots and the banishment of James W. Tolbert from McCormick. Tolbert, his brother and wife were placed on the witness stand. Tolbert said the paper notifying hint to leave town within thirty-six hours was served on him M.L.B.Stur key, and was signed by the other men iudicted. VALUABLE FROFERTY SOLD. Largest Transaction In History of City Is Made In Atlanta. The largest cash sale of property ever made in Atlanta, Ga., was con summated Thursday morning between Colonel George W. Scott and John H. James. The former bought from the latter the northeast corner of White hall and Alabama streets for $150,000 cash. Tbe property extends seventy four feet on Whitehall street and 124 feet on Alabama street. RAPIDLY RUSHING WIND SWEEPS THROUGH MISSOURI TOWN. MANY VICTIMS FOUND IN DEBRIS tor m Strike! Other Place* and Leave# a Death Lint In It# Wake—Ll»t of Injured Is Enormous. Tko sky emptied its fury in a gigan-, tic cyclone upon Kirksville, Mo., the town made famous by osteopathy, at 6:20 o’clock Thursday night, when the east side of the town was eliminated from the map. A broad, dean path, nearly a quarter of a mile wide, was made through the place. Probably 400 homes, where an hour before families were asking the divine blessing upon the evening meal, are now scattered as fragments somewhere beyond the town in woodland and prairie. It is reported that a hundred people were killed. The known list at 6 o’clock Thursday night reached thirty-one. A thousand or more were injured. the In the heavy rain following, balance of the people who escaped the calamity turned out to rescue the in jured and hunt out the bodies of tbe slain, and the surgeons, professors, operating staff and students, men and women, of the American School of Osteopathy, together with all the drug doctors resident in the town, formed rescue and hospital corps, and in the darkness and rain began hunt ing out the unfortunates to set frac tured bones, bandage the lacerated ami ease the pain of anguished hearts. From every locality the cry went up: “Send surgeons. There are men, women and children in agony. Send helpers.” lifted roofs and Rescuing corps houses all searched the basements of along the edge of the death track, for the forms of the bleeding, dying and dead. Cabs, express wagons, private conveyances and stretchers, were all in service, yet the supply was wholly Inadequate and many needy ones limped out of the wreckage and made their way as best they could to asy lums. Buildings Take Fire. Half a dozen wrecked dwellings took fire immediately after the cyclone had passed. The fire bells rang out a call of help to Kirksville’s needy, but there were none with time to stop these isolated fires. They were left to their own resources, Lurid lights from these bonfires illuminated death’s wake, and helped the rescuers to carry on their errand of mercy. An undertaking establishment was used as the charnel house and a score of the dead are now there, some of them unidentified. The homes jnst outside of the death path were opened to refugees. On both sides of the storm path the debris was piled high and when the fire started it burned fiercely. In all probability a number of bodies have been incinerated. The storm first struck the eastern partion of the city near that part occupied by the board ing houses of the students of the American School of Osteopathy, State Normal school and MoWard’s semi nary. It was just supper tune for the students, and it is thought very proba ble the list of dead will be filled with students, as a large number of these boarding houses were demolished. Storm Strikes Newton. A special from Chillicothe, Mo., says: A tornado, probably the same one that swept over Kirksville, struck Newtown, in Sullivan county Thurs day night and caused terrible destruc tion. It is reported that fifteen peo ple were killed in the city and that many others wore killed in the coun try near there. A great number of buildings were blown down. Heavy rain followed the tornado, adding greatly to the damage. Pauses Through Iowa. A dispatch from Osawa, la., says: A terrific windstorm, followed by rain and hail, swept the Soldier valley Thursday night, leaving death and ruin in its path. Over an inch of ram fell and a heavy hailstorm lasted twelve minutes. Four people are re ported killed. A ITER THEIR FOREMAN. Colored Quarrymen Make Unsuccessful Attempt: At Lynching. A dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn., says: A crowd of forty negroes, em ployed at the Citico furnace limestone quarry, near tho Georgia state line, at a late honr Saturday night attempted to lynch their foreman. The men went to the foreman’s bonse, near the quarry, armed with pistols and guns, and made an effort to get in the house, fairly riddling it with bullets. Fortunately the house was located near the woods at the foot of Lookout mountain and the foreman and hia family escaped from the rear door. ______ A CHOKER OFF FOR EUROPE. Tammany Chief Leaven New York For Bon Voyage Abroad. Richard Croker sailed Wednesday from New York for Europe. When the Tammany chief reached the pier half an hour before the big liner pulled out of ber berth, he was met .by a party of friends, who had come down to say “bon voyage.” Mr. Croker was all smiles, and he nodded, pleasantly to as many as caught hia eye.