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THE MORGAN MONITOR.
VOL. IV. NO. IT.
Filipinos Seek to
Surrender.
They Call Upon General Otis
For Terms of Capitulation.
A special from Manila says: As was
predicted, the capture of C»k'.rupit by
the Americans broke the backbone of
the iusurgents’ cause. And the cap¬
ture was made by such daring skill
and was such a remarkable military
achievement that Agninaldo lost no
time in hoisting a flag of truce, and
making overtures for a cessation of
hostifUies.
Colonel Manual Argueleses and
Lieutenant Joe Bernal, chief of Gen¬
eral Lima's staff, entered General Mc¬
Arthur’s line early .Friday morning,
bearing the flag of truce. They were
eii route for Manila by train to confer
with General Otis regarding the terms
of ssurrender.
Arrive at Manila.
Argueleses Arriving at Manila Colonel Mftnttel
aud Lieutenant Jose Ber-
nel, told General Otis that they weta
representatives of General Luna, who
bad been requested by Agninaldo to
a«k General Otis for a cessation of
hostilities in order to allow time for
the summoning of the Fiiipin o eoir-
gress which body Would decide wheth¬
er the people wanted peace.
General Otis replied that he did not
recognize the existence of a Filipino
government.
V> ben the flag of trace was first
raised the Filipino officers walked
down the railroad track to the Kan sas
regiment’s outpost at 9 o’clock Friday
morning. The captain in command
there ecortod them to General Wheat¬
on’s headquarters where they were
provided horses and sent to the head¬
quarters of General MaoArthur. The
hitter invited the Filipinos to sit down
at lunch with hj m and conversed with
them for Some time. He refused,
however., the subject to speak authoritatively on
of their errand.
They Iieacli Otis* Camp.
The Fillipinos were then escorted
by Major Maloney of General MaoAr-
thui’s stall to Manila, reaching that
place at 3 o’clock p. m. General Otis’
aid, Lieutenant Sladen, was awaiting
their arrival at the depot with a carri-
age ia which they were driven to Pal¬
ace entrance,
'ikey were escorted directly to the
office of General Otis. Jacob G.Schur-
nian, president of the Philippine com¬
mission, and Hon. Charles Den by, a
member of the commission, soon join¬
ed the party there. The news of the
arrival of the Filipino officers under
a flag of trace spread through the city
rapidly, and many officers gravitated
to the corridors of the palace, while a
crowd of natives gathered in the square
opposite At the palace.
5 o’clock the two Filipino offi¬
cers, escorted by Lieutenant Sladen
and Major Maloney, left the palace.
They did not look at all elated as a
result of their talk with General Otis
and members of the Philippine com-
mission.
Made a Fruitless Attempt.
At Calumpit for the first time a large
body of Filipinos attempted to face
the Americans in open ground. The
Filipinos in the trenches were dis¬
persed after making a ridiculously
feeble resistance; but General Luna’s
brigade came upon the field from
Macabeles on the double-quick, the
two regiments preserving a perfect
formation.
But when the American bullets
showered thickly among th'em, stir¬
ring clouds of dust from the sandy
soil, the Filipinos again showed that
no amount of drilling could fortify
them Ami sufficiently to make them face
tho rican rifles, and their train
puffed up the track, with its load of
dead and wounded, in plain sight of
the Americans who were entering the
town slipped so closely that tho rebels barely
out of their victors' hands.
LABOR CONVENTION HELD.
Gi 'Egla State Federation Holds First
I Meeting I„ Atlanta.
ihe first convention of the Georgia calfed
State Federation of Trades was
together b at Atlanta Thursday morning
— 01 n ”
’, -P T i b ;ir;i 7 J rrr*?r 1 f r "
Iltema'es In all them " ® r0 ^ ® ^ e ' e 8 ates
and alternates present nr at the conveu-
The feature of the convention * was
, fraud aC e on ]**^ . 7,
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’ the t n7 , ° CaCy ° f ,U ‘
el ght-hou h o t rworking r iay.
TRANSPORT S OFF F OR MANILA,
u ,*eIiGa ny Way of Honolulu and Bear
JseBatoAndOKIn I tTV. hll!|,pine, Called 0 ,* 8te S
m '
Vrnncisco Fridav Phn? ^
rm° for r th« tbe
TZr Urvnnir i 88 W tbe
ThU 'Th ,n£ rr' n -tdow e 8tates w in,witr y and
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Amhttt.mrn 4 anrtalk.lu
FOR RELIEF OF PRISONERS.
General Mae Arthur Sethis Money nnA
Provisions Under Fin* ttf Tl-Vice.
A Manila difipatttil under date of May
Ba Asi General MaeArtiiur has sent
°®p®^ Filipino 8 to General Antonio Tuna, the
truce, commander, under a flag of
fo? American carrying money and provisions hands
and asking prisoners in Ms
and the an e-xch&ng'e of prisoners
u&niek of such as he may have.
It is reported that the insurgents
have two officers and sixteen others
and it is supposed among these are
Lieutenant B. C, Gilmore and eleven
men of the crew of the United States
gunboat hands Yorktown-, who foil into the
of the Filipinos last month when
the gnnbottt Visited Baler, on the east
coast of Luzon.
Major Bell with a squid of scouts
has captured the town of Macabebe,
ab»ut four miles southwest of Calum-
pit, the people ringing bells a ndsttotit"
ing “vivas,”
The American army is now employ¬
ing nnd Macabebes, instead of Chinese,
they are delighted to get 60 cents
a day, declaring their loyalty t'o the
Americans. Major General Lawton is
of advancing. foi-ty He has organized a band
scouts to go ahead of the col¬
umn. The band, which is Under W.
M. killed Young, Filipinos an old Indifth lighter, who
five last week, includes
Diaoiid, Harrington, Somerfield and
Murphy, of the Second Oregon regi¬
ment.
The anniversary of the battle of Ma¬
nila bay was observed by the United
States fleet, the usual drills being omit-
southern progress.
List of Nfcw Industries Established the
Fast Week.
Among the more important bf the
new industries Reported during the
past Week are a box factory in Texas;
a brick and tile factory iu Kentucky;
coal mines in Kentucky, Virginia nnd
West Nirginia; a cotton mill supplies
factory in South Carolinn; a cotton
aud woolen mill in North Carolina; a
81,000,000 cotton mill in Louisiana; a
$75,000 one in South Carolina, and
two of 10,000 aud 1,200 spindles re¬
spectively in East Tennessee; and one
each in South Carolia and Texas; an
electric light and waterworks plant in
West Virginia; an electric light plant
in Mississippi; an electric light and
power plant in Georgia; a 100-barrel
flouring mill in Georgia, two of 25-
bar-el and one of 50-barrel capacity in
South Carolina, and a 100-barrel mill
(new) and a $150,000 mill (rebuilt) in
Tennessee; a foundry and machine
shop in upper East Tennessee; a
$25,000 guano factory in Alabama; an
ice factory in Arkansas; lumber mills
in Arkansas, Florida and Virginia; a
machine shop in Northern Alabama; a
$200,000 marble company in Virginia;
a mattress factory and a natural gas
and oil company in Texas; a 600-bar¬
rel sugar refinery to be built by
Memphis capitalists; a$2,000,000 iron
and steel company in Virginia; tele¬
phone companies in Arkansas, Ken¬
tucky and Virginia.—Tradesman
(Chattanooga, Teun.)
GILMORE A PRISONER.
Admiral Dewey Inform* Department of
Fate of Yorkton Crew.
The following cablegram was re¬
ceived at Washington Monday from
Admiral Dewey :
Manila, April 30.—Secretary Navy,
Washington: Apparently reliable in¬
formation, ten of the Yorktown boat
crew, including Gilmore,are prisoners
at insurgent headquarters. Am con¬
tinuiDg investigation. Dewey.
Inasmuch as there were fifteen mem¬
bers of the Yorktown party captured
by the Filipinos at Baler and as Ad¬
miral Dewey accounts for only ten of
them, it is feared that the other five
have been killed. They were proba¬
bly killed or fatally wounded in the
original assault upon the lauding par¬
ty at Baler.
The identity of the members of the
party still unaccounted for is not
known. A telegram was sent to Ad¬
miral Dewey Monday asking him to
give the department, if possible, the
names of the men known to be in the
bauds of the Filipinos. It is accepted
at the department that the reason he
has not already furnished these names,
with the exception of that of Lieuten¬
ant Gilmore, in his dispatch of Sun¬
day’s date was because he did not have
the information.
The insurgent headquarters, where
Admiral Dewey says the men are held
prisoners, is supposed to be San Fer¬
nando, but there is no assurance on
that point.
AFTER THEIR FOREMAN.
Colored Qunrrymen Make Unsuccessful
Attempt At Lynching.
A diSpat<>h fr °m Chattanooga, Tenn.,
T 3: V * neg roea ’, em '
,,loyecl , tUe *P lt, r “ furnac t ° . 1 ™ eston e
house, near the quarry, armed with
pistols f and guns, and made an effort
0 Ret ia the house, fairly riddling it
Fortunately 'I , ’ ■ the ,, , house , located , .
was
near the woods at the foot of Lookout
mountain and the foreman and his
family escaped from the rear door. •
VALUABLE PROPERTY SOLD.
Largest Transaction Jn History of City
1. Made Tn Atlanta
The lar f? est cash Kale of property
■
eTer m a ’ le I" Atlanta, Ga., was con-
SU mmate(l Thursday morning between
Colonel George W. Scott and John H.
James. The fflrmer bought from tho
latter the northeast corner of White-
,» Wtlt.lill Bt.M.aaij*
iMt ii A!.b*m» • trials
MORGAN, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 18!)!).
CUSH is Pi Id SPfilN
AMBASSADOR CAMBilX RECEIPTS
FOR fWfeNtV MILLIONS.
THE NONEY BUYS THE PHILIPPINES
Kxfehanfte Will life life Ne\v York
and Transferred td Madrid at the
fearllfest Mompiit.
Tlia U,t *.
terminating the war with Spain oc-
curred at Washington Monday, when
Secretary Hay paid to the French am¬
bassador, M. Gambon, the $20,000,000
provided by the cession of the Philip¬
pines.
The p&ythfent of $5;t)0&-,0b0 hAS tnadfe in fbiir treas¬
ury nbtes bach, and was
receipted for by M. Carabon as com¬
pletely liquidating the obligation of
the United States in this bbnnection.
The ambassador deposited the $20,-
000,000 iu the Riggs National bank of
Washington city and the cashing of
the warrants is expected to be made
later through the City National bank
of New York.
The Spanish government wbb notified
by cable of the payment, but nothing
will be done ob to forwarding the
funds to Europe until Spain directs
the The eXact course to be pursued.
form Of receipt signed by the
ambassador was follows:
“Received frbm tbfe secretary of
state of the tlnited States the sum of
$’20,000,000 in four drafts upon the
assistant treasurer of the United States
at New York, of date April 29, 1899,
each draft being for $5,000,000, the
same being in full payment of the ob¬
ligation of the government of the
United States to the government of
Spain as set forth in article 3 of the
treaty of peace between the United
States and Spain, signed at Paris,
France, on the 10th day of December,
1898, the ratification of which was ex¬
changed in the city of Washington on
the 11th day of April, 1899, the pay¬
ment being provided by the act of
congiess, approved March 2, 1899, en¬
titled an act making an appropriation
to carry out the obligation of the
treaty between the United States and
Spain, concluded December 10, 1898.
“Jules Gambon,
“Department of State, Mayl, 1899."
Will Buy Exchange.
It is expected that exchange for the
entire $20,000,000 will be purchased
by Spain’s representative in the New
York market. Dealers were of the
opinion that exchange for about three-
fourths of the amount of the indemnity
had already been gathered and that
the remainder would be obtained
without a further advance in rates.
No Photos Allowed.
The treasury department has taken
steps to prevent the photographing of
the warrants for the payment of the
$20,000,000 to Spain for the Philip¬
pines, because abuse of the privilege
might lead to the counterfeiting of
government securities.
Miss Francis E. Johnson, a well
known Washington photographer, was
called upon Monday to surrender
plates of photographs which she had
made of the w arrants in question, nnd
willingly did so on the representa¬
tions of the civil service officials.
SENT MESSAGES TO DEWEY.
Son* of Devolution Soldiers Hold Tenth
Congress In Detroit.
Enthusiasm for the heroes of 1898
and 1899 equaled, if it did not exceed,
that expressed for the heroes of ’76 at
the opening session of the tenth con¬
gress of the Sous of the American
Revolution at Detroit, Mich., Monday.
The expressions of patriotic ardor
for American fighters of today culmi¬
nated when Colonel E, S. Chittenden,
of St. Paul, proposed that May 1st,
“Dewey Day,” be celebrated by dis¬
patching the following cablegram to
Admiral Dewey at Manila:
“Congratulations and fraternal greet¬
ings to Compatriot Dewey from the
National Congress of the Sons of the
American Revolution in session at De-
troit,”
The suggestion was loudly applaud-
ed. Ex-Senator Thomas W. Palmer
moved to amend to include
Otis and all the officers aud men un-
der command of both the admiral and
tho genera 1 . The cablegram was so
amended.
THE TOLBERTS TESTIFY,
Conspiracy Case In United States Court at
Greenville, R. 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 tbe 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 tho paper notifying
him to leave town within thirty-six
hourB was served on him M.L.B.Stur-
key, and was signed by the other men
indicted.
CABINET WILL INVESTIGATE.
Anti-Imperialistic Document in Hands <>,
the Postmaster tleneral
A Washington dispatch says: The
circulation of the anti-imperialistic ;
documents admitted to have been sent
out by Edward Atkinson, of Boston,
was officially called to the attention o
Postmaster General Emory Smith
Jo .11 di.iu.skm p.ob.Ulit? 11 .III b. t.ku
up tor at a cabin** i.iiien, !
CONVENTION ADJOURNS.
Sunday School Workers Finish Their Ta¬
bors—Meet Next in Denver*
1'he iast sfegsibiis of tile ninth inter-
natiflnAl SilndaV Seliool Association at
Atlanta, which were held Saturday,
were perhaps more largely attended
than those of any former day, and the
enthusiasm displayed by the conveu-
tion at the close of the president’s
dress in the evening will be long re-
mfelitbered by ail who heard it,
More was accomplished during the
last three sessions of importance to
Srtnday And sishodl work iti the tlnited
states Canada than was concluded
with the conviction' that the ninth in¬
ternational convention had not only
been the largest in point of attend¬
ance, but the most productive of good
to the cause iu which they are labor¬
ing than any former contention;
Tli© iiflmimltitin of Hon. John Wftti-
amnker. Of Pennsylvania, as chairman
of the executive committee, was re¬
ceived with from deep approval the by the dele¬
gations every state, uihmbers
of which being familiar with the inter¬
est aud enthusiasm displayed in Sun¬
day school work by the ex-postmaster
general of the United States.
The nomination of the day that
struck a responsive chord in the heart
of every delegate was that of Mr. B.
F. Jacobs, of Chicago, the nestor of
the convention, as the chairman of the
commission to make a tour of every
country on the globe where the Bible
has been introduced,
Denver, Col., was selected as the
place of meeting of the tenth Interna¬
tional and fourth world’s convention.
It had been announced that these two
conventions would be held in the same
city, and at the same time, aud the
large audience was on the qui vive of
expectation when the chairman stated
that invitations were iu order.
Although Toronto and Indianapolis
made strong pleas for the conventions,
the speech of E. W. Halford, which
■Was one of the most eloquent nnd most
brilliant heard in the hall, carried the
different delegations by storm, and
when he concluded, it was readily
seen that the conventions would go to
Denver.
The nominating committee returned
during the day a list of vice presidents
and members of the international ex¬
ecutive committee that is an honor to
the*association.
An able address was delivered by
President Smith on the occasion of the
close of the convention aVnl the fervent
and eloquent prayer of Rev. Dr.
George, of Mississippi, brought to
end tho most successful as well as the
largest convention in the history of
the International Sunday School Asso¬
ciation.
WARRANTS ARE DRAWN
For Discharge of Treaty obligations of
United States To Spain.
At tho request of the secretary of
stato the treasury department Saturday
drew four diplomatic settlement war-
rants for $5,000,000 each in discharge
of the treaty obligations of the United
States to Spain,
The wnrraut directed the United
States treasurer to pay the several
sums to his excellency, Jules Gambon,
ambassador extraordinary and pleni¬
potentiary of France, representative
of the government of Spain.
The warrants were signed by F. A.
Vanderlip, assistant secretary of the
treasury; F. J. Tracewell, comptroller,
by O. M. Foree, chief clerk, and Ellis
H. Roberts, who directed the assistant
treasurer of the United States at Now
York to pay them.
KILLED WHILE EXPERIMENTING,
Five Men Sent Into Eternity By the Burst-
Iiir; of a Torpedo.
The powder press at Dupont powdet
mill at Carney’s Point, N.J., exploded
Saturday afternoon, killing five men
an rm I he n explosion Ul1 ?^ ?* iree occurred °thers. during
an
experiment with a government giant
torpedo. Among the killed was Capt.
Stewart, a government inspector,
SOUTHERN MAKES DEAL.
South Carolina ao<i Georgia Has Been
Placed In New Hand,.
The deal between the Southern rail-
way for the purchase of the latter rail¬
road has been consummated,
-The terms of the purchase were not
given out, but it is understood tho
Southern will enter into control at
once and probably put on a steamship
line to the West Indies.
PRESIDENT CABLES DEWEY,
Sends Thanks to Admiral on the Anni¬
versary of the Manila Hattie.
While at the navy yard in New York
Monday President McKinley sent the
following cablegram to Admiral
“Dewey, Manila—On this anniver-
8aly of y°. ,lr K reat victory the people
the United States unite in an ex-
pression of affection and gratitute to
yourself and the brave officers and
mer ? °t y° llr fleet, whose brilliant
achievements marked an epoch in his-
^ or N lin< ^ w hieli will live in the annals
of the world’s heroic dee : s.
“William McKinley,”
THREE KILLED IN WRECK.
Kxcurllon Train Leaves the Track With
t oachoa Densely Crowded.
Three persons were killed, move
than a dozen seriously injured and
fifty less re^Sundayafternoononhe seriously hurt as the result
toSnKflK oa joS ^Roche
about one-half mik north of
ih. «pV4 tl.sk \2 a wSjGH'mS.'« wrick.d-,
full and ww.
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j RAPIDLY RUSHING WIND SWEEPS
, THROUGH MISSOURI TOWN.
MANY _______ _______ VICTIMS FOUND IN DEBRIS
r«irtii Strike* Other Fifteen and Leaves
rt Death t.lst In its Wake—List of
Injured Is Kmrt-ihotiff.
The sky emptied its fur f ill. a gigan¬
tic cyclone upon Kirksville; Mb., 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, clean path,
neatly a quarter of ft mile wide, was
made through the place.
Probably 400 homes, where ah hour
before families were asking the divine
blessing upbh the evening meal, are
now scattered as fragments soffieithei'e
beyond the town in woodland and
prairie.
It is reported that a hundred people
| Thursday were killed. night The reached known list thirty-one. at 6 o’clock
A
j thousand or more were injured.
j Iu , the heavy the ,, people rain who following, , escaped . tlio
! hn , lan ?? °/ , , the ,,
calamity , turned out to rescue the in¬
jured and hunt out the bodies of the
slain, and the surgeons, professors,
ipetating staff the and students, men and
women, of 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 bunt¬
ing out the unfortunates to set frac¬
tured bones, bandage the lacerated
aud ease the pain of angnished hearts.
F'rom every locality the cry went
tip: ‘ Send surgeons. There aratneu,
women and children in agony. Send
helpers."
Rescuing corps lifted roofs and
searched the basements of houses all
along the edge of the death track, for
the forms of the bleeding, dying aud
dead. Cabs, express wagons, private
conveyances and stretchers, were all
in service, yet the supply was wholly
inadequate and many needy oues
limped out of the wreckage and made
(heir way as best they could to asy¬
lums.
Building* Taka Fire.
Half n 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, their and errand helped of the rescuers to carry
on 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 just 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 ail
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 McWard’s semi-
nary. It was just supper time 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 bouses were demolished.
Storm Strlkn* Newton.
A special from Chillicotho, Mo.,
R ay R: A tornado, probably the name
one that swept over Kirksville, struck
Newtown, in Sullivan county Thurs-
day night and caused terrible destruc-
. tion. It is reported that fifteen peo-
I pj G were killed in the city and that
m any others were killed in the conn-
try near there. A great number of
buildings were blown down. Heavy
rain followed the tornado, adding
greatly to tlie damage.
Ftt«*eH Through Iowa.
j A dispatch from Osawa, la., says:
A terrific windstorm, followed by rain
. 1 , t the Sohlior vail,,y
JJ,"* J hursday ‘f 1 ' night, R ) v (‘P leaving death and
’um m its path. Over an inch of rain
twelve f e , a "“. minutes. 11 ncavy I'our hailstorm people lasted
are re¬
ported killed.
M’KINLEY BOARDS RALEIGH.
Chief ^Executive Makes Visit to Famous
Cruiser from Manila.
At Philadelphia, Friday morning,
' Pref,ident McKinley and bis party
made a visit to the cruiser Raleigh,
which lay at anchor in the Deleware.
Mrs. McKinley aud the other ladies
j who came from Washington rode in
carriages with the president and mem-
[ bers of his cabinet. Tbe 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 re-
turned to his apartments for lunch,
and then left for New York.
INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEBT.
Monthly Statement I*niiftrl Show* Flnuri-
cial (.'olid It Ion of Treasury.
Tho monthly Btatemenfc of the pub¬
lic debt, issued Monday, the 1st of
xr u* business 7 ’ **7" i Apr,I . v 28, , ^ 1899, . o t, the T debt f , less
f 8 7 y 7°“"^ w
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THIRD DAY’S SESSION
Of the International SuflditJ* Seliool Con¬
vention In Atlanta* Ga.
Friday’s session of the Iternational
Hhhday School convention in Atlanta,
Ga., that wak feihrtrkftbls for the harmony
prevailed, the flflflniroity of ex-
pression and work and the vast amount
t)f hard work aud business that was'
transacted and given attention to.
More than a widow's mite wnB given
to the cause of Christianity a', the
morning session, and within less than
two hours 824,04)0 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¬ the
tee rendered a report atlowiug ne¬
groes an extra vioe president, a mem¬
bership at largo on the executive aud
nominating committees.
CRIME CHARGED TO HOLT.
Negro LynMu'U Sala to Have Previously
Murdered Old Coup!*'
A dispatch from Newman, G«., says:
F /°m r ?T ent ” im “ a apU ' Ta
of Tom ™ Wilkes, Alias 8am Holt, ,r u some
things have dropped out that may pos :
sibly throw some light on a foriiiiJf
crime which has heretofore remained
as mysterious be as it was revolting. It
will remembered that three or four
yoais ago an aged couple living near
Oreflwell, or Vaughn’s Station, in
Spalding county, were found dead one
morning with unmistakable evidences
of having been murdered. The nephew
of the couple was arrested on the
acquitted. chnrga and after 8u exciting trial was
Soon after Pom Wilkes, or Holt, fled
from his crimes neat Palmetto, the
statement was made by Lige Strick¬
land, with whom Wilkes worked in
the year 1897, that Wilkes had told
him that he had killed this aged
conple. The negro told Strickland
this a year or more ago, but ho said he
did not believe it and did not teli any
one about it until Wilkes had killed
Alfred Cranford and fled,
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY
Quickly Rendered In tlio Famous McCor¬
mick, 8. 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¬
ville, 8. O., Friday with a verdict of
not guilty. The jury, composed of
white men, half of theln Greenwood
county men, was out less than fifteen
minutes.
The defendants were prominent
Greenwood county men who, at tho
time of the Phoenix riot, served reso¬
lutions upon James W. Tolbert, the
republican assistant postmaster at Mc¬
Cormick, requesting him to leave and
informing him they would not lie re¬
sponsible for his life, though they
would protect him for thirty-six hours.
8ix hours after he had left a mob rode
into McCormick to kill him.
DEATH LIST GROWS.
Further New* of tho Fearful Cyclone
Whicn Struck Kirkfivilln, Mo.
The latest details of a terrific tor¬
nado that, passed over the town of
Kirkaville, Mo., Thursday night, show
that the list of known dead reaches
forty-nine in the city alone.
The same scenes of death and deso¬
lation could bo told of Newton, in
Sullivan county, which shared a like
fate at the hands of the tornado,
Dnys must pass before a complete list
of casualties can be secured, and be¬
fore the real extent of tho damage to
property can be known.
WILL ADVANCE WAGES.
Tennessee „ Coal, _ , . Iron ami . Hall „ road Com- „
„any l.saes Not.ro to that icm-et
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail-
roau , company i has issued • i notices 4 - to a
the effect that on May 1st the salaries
of all employees, exclusive of the coal
miners, will be advanced on the basis
of 10 per cent, some getting affects more than
that advance. The raise all
employees, from superintendents of
mines and furnaces nnd ofliee forces
down to the mine drivers and mine
and furnace labor.
The advance affects about 5,000 peo-
pie employed by tliis great company
which has iron furnaces or coal mines
at Birmingham, Tracy Cily and Co¬
man, Tenn., South Pittsburg, Tenu,,
and Wbitwell, Tenn.
TIRED OF WAITING.
General Brooistt Jn Ai ivloia to I*ay Off the
Cuban Troops.
A dispatch from Havana say s: Gov¬
ernor General Brooke purposes to bring
the matter of the payment of the Cu¬
ban troops to a head immediately.
Saturday he sent a request to General
Maximo Gomex that tho latter and
the junta of consulting Cuban generals
should come at once to a decision as to
whether tho Cuban muster rolls are to
stand as now made up or are to be re¬
duced, as General Gomez has been ex¬
pecting.
If he could consult his own desires
General Brooke would pay $100 per
man to such as are entitled to share.
PROSPECTIVE NEW ROAD.
Jlllnol* Central May Buy Lino Now In De¬
ceiver’* IIhikIh.
A special dispatch to The Nashville
Banner from New York says:
It is reported that the Illinois Cen¬
tral is negotiating for tlio purchase of
the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville
railroad, now in the hands of a re-
ceivar, and that before the cud of tbe
year this system will bo running trains
it 4lMt) om Chicago through Kvaatvillot In*
*1 PER YEAR.
WAS TRIED FOR MURDER OF
M’KINLEY’S BROTHER-IN-LAW.
JURY WAS OUT A LONG TIME.
Congratulations Pour lit Upon the Erst*
while Defendant on (he Awiounce-
meat of (he Verdict.
A special from Canton, O., says:
Ylie jury in the Georgo ease returned
a verdict of not guilty at 10:2? 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 cheerB
as ^he clerk read the verdict of not
guilty.”
A score of women rushed to Mrs.
Oeol 'ge and shook her hand. Con-
emulations . , wore also extended to . her
attorneys.
Silo worked her way to the jury box,
took each j urot 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 Conjsratulalions.
Mrs. Georgo 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
block from the court house, in com¬
pany with Mr. and Mrs. McElheny,
not' cousins, who had been with her
during much of the bearing.
The jury was out more than twenty-
three hours, during which time twen¬
ty-two ballots were cast. The inter¬
val between those ballots was spent iu
reviewing tlio cane and discussing its
Various phases. After the jury re¬
ported, it was said tlio first or prelim¬
inary 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 fonr jury¬
men favoring a verdict of not guilty or
acquittal.
Tlic hunt llllllatf*.
Tho sixteenth ballot was not taken
unlil 6:15 o’clock Friday morning,
when the vote stood eight for not
guilty, tliroo for manslaughter, and
one for assault and battery. At 8:45
Friday morning the seventeenth bal¬
lot was taken, Standing eight for not
i(iiilly and four for manslaughter.
Forty-five minutes later the eighteenth
ballot stood ten for not guilty and two
for manslaughter. Tlio nineteenth at
9:25 a. m. n-nulled in nine for not
guilly and three for manslaughter.
At 10 a. rn. the twentieth ballot
showed eleven for not guilty aud one
for first degree murder.
, The same result was obtained in tho
jwenty-flrst ballot. The twenty-sec¬
ond and last ballot was taken at 10:22
o'clock with a unanimous vote of the
twelve men being that of “not guilty.”
j 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
she said i-ho would go to her old home
to Hanoverton nnd visit her mother,
j Mrs. Lucy Ehrhart, for n few days.
Then she would return to Canton to
gnther 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 tho invitation.
Af MrS continuing,Mid to the
, : tei.
111 " 1 1 fqioi
Ihe verdict was F bad ex-
, , r .. . . T
f 1 ? f,,J to th e °°'" V” t 'V," ' 7 1 °[ ,, h( ‘ n,n r „. v . er .- v
for th " consideration , they have shown
me T 1 am 1,1,0 thlU1 k ! 11 to tho
Rontleme,i \, who represented 1 the press
J hey have all been very kind and
sympathetic and treated me most fair-
^ , } T , ;“ nnot , f,n „ ' . 1 , to express
m,y 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.”
Blie added that, her two boys would
remain with her.
OTIS IS CONGRATULATED
Hy Pi,-»l,lout ,M< Klnley On Keceipt at
*. ’(>.'! Now, From ftlttnlln.
Immediately upon receiving from
Washington President the dispatch of General
Otis, McKinley, who was
in Philadelphia at the time, sent the
following message of congratulations
to tho soldiers in the Philippines:
“Pirn, a okm-iit a, April 28.--Otis,
Manila: Your message announcing
the achievements of MaoArthur’s di-
vision and tlio proj oSal by the in¬
surgents (,f suspension of hostilities
most gratifying. Convey to officers
and men heartfelt congratulations and
gratitude for their signal gallantry and
triumph. William McKinley.”
WILL BE COMPLETED SOON.
Tile Bar lieu XiUHi i c-ojiie jSoiv Have
Everything Heady.
A special to the Chattanooga Ti mes
from Birmingham, Ah., says that it is
learned here that ..the organization of
the new Republic Iron and Steel com-
pany, with a capita! of $55,000,000
generally Will known as the bar iron durini trust
bs completed in New Xork *
the first three day* of nest week,