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I OK I MILL TIMES. VOL. X. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1902. NO. 5L BURNED IN BLAZING CARS Frightful Railway Wreck in Texas Caused by a Broken Rail, PASSENGERS WERE FAST ASLEEP The Shock Attending the DlfMttr AA'ut the l"lr?t Intimation Thoy Had of Danger?Denperate Attempt, to Eicnro u Horrible Di'itb?Train Wu? CJolnc Fust to Make Up Time. ' Snu Antonio. Texas.?A broken rail caused a frightful wreck on the Southern Pacific llnilroad near Maxon Statiou, twenty-live miles west of Sanderson. From the latest accounts fifteen people were killed outright and twentyeight injured. The dead are: Estnvon Contrabns, of Pel Illo, Texas; Andrew C. Shelly, wife and child, of Leiror, Texas; child cf I). E. Ilousen, cf Itaclne, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. White, of Manitowoc. Wis.; Engineer A. L. Mast, of El Paso, Texas; L. A. Hoone, news agent, of Ooylluc, Ka.; I Chris Neel, contractor, of San Antonio; \V. W, Price, engineer, of San Antonio. Fireman II. Bertscholst, of El Paso, j Texas, and three children of Mart Diddle, of Cbetopav, Kan. The ill-fated train left San Antonio two and a half hours late, nnd at the time of the accident was running at a high rate of speed in order to make tip time. The road at the point whore the i wreck occurred is in a rough country, I the curves being sharp and the grades \ heavy. It was when rounding a curve j that the train left the track on account ' of a broken rail. The hour was 3 a. m., fifteen hours after the train had loft San Antonio, show lag that it was still behind time. ' All the passengers were asleep, and the shock that followed was the first Intimation they had of the danger. The train was going at bucIi a rate of sp?cd that the tender nnd engine landed SCVentV-live l'eet from where they left the rails. The ears behind piled up against the engine, causing a lire, and all were consumed except the sleepers. A private ear owned by Thomas ; Iiyau, of New York City, whoso family was aboard, was attached to the rear j of the train, but it was pulled away ; before the tire reached it and no one iu it was injured. All the dead in the coaches just behind the express and baggage ea^s were cremated. The people In the sleepers were saved with the tvsslstanee of the uninjured passengersJ The wrecked train was a wcst-lpiind passenger, and consisted of on cilgine, trail car. baggage ear, one eoaohj one ! chair car, three tourist sleepers, one IT 11 man sleeper and one private car. The mull ear, the baggage car and coaches were piled together against the engine and were ablaze In a few ( seconds. It was impossible to move ' any of the coaches or the tourist cars, as they were all off the rails, and were soon consumed by the flames. So soon as it was possible to get In communication with the division headquarters, relief traius with surgeons and physicians were started for El j Paso. Del Rio and Sanderson, picking 1J " ? Atoll IT tllli Illlo nil flu. clli-.mono could be found. All the injured who wore in a condition to be moved wercvsent to El Paso, whore they are receiving careful attcn- j tion. The wreck occurred at. a remote point 200 miles oast of this place, in a rugged Mountain. The train jumped the track rn a reverse curve, which skirts a ravine. It had just descended a grade two miles in length, and was running at a high rate o.' speed when it struck the curve. MAILED MEDICINE KlLLC. tVmnun Takes It For IIearinrhe, and Dies From Strychnine Poisoning. Crand Ilaphls, Mich.?Sheriff Chapman returned from Lowell, where he | has been investigating tlie death of Mrs. William Klump, twenty years old. He found evidence that she was ' murdered. The wouian received a supposed sample headache powder by mail. She \;sed it, and died twelve Lours later. An autopsy showed that strychnine poisoning was the cause of death. The powder was sent in an envelope postmarked at Lowell. According to the police Mrs. Klump was the victim of a cold-blooded murder. Iler husband was arrested after the investigation of Sheriff Chapman and the village o dicers. He was brought here ami lodged ia the county Jail. . The developments indicate, say the of.icors, that there is another woman in the ease. Klump, it is alleged, desired to get rid of his wife so that he could marry this woman. . MAJOR WALLER TO BE TRIED. Court-Martini Orilnrcri For Alleged Atrocities In I'll ill ppint *. Manila.?A court-martini lias been ordered to try Major Littleton \V\ '1'. Waller and Lieutenant. John If. A. Ivty, of the Marine Corps, on the charge of executing natives* of the Island of Snmar without trial. One native, it is alleged, was tied to n tree find publicly shot in the thigh. The next ?"ay, the charges state, the r.inn was shot In the arms; that on the third day he was shot in the body and on the fourth day killed. Friends of the two oflieers attribute j their alleged notions to loss of mind, due to the privations which they suf- , fered in the island or Sainar. i. feoERS SEE PRESIDENT | Tlhey Appo&l For Aotion to End the \ South African War. I | Ditlr* thn IotcrTuntlon *f Our OovrrnttteBt-No Indication That Any Action \ Will Ha Taken at Waahlngton. j ^"nshington. D. C.?1The ol>Jcct of tho ( : visit *o Washington of C. II. Wossela and; D. W. Wolmarnns, tlio Special Cou^nilsslonors of tho Boor republic. wnsl ran<le plain when they called cm | President Roosevelt and laid before j him Inn appeal to take some action in the fimne of the Government of tho | Unite|d States to bring to an end the 1 I war In South Africa. Prior to their call :?t the White House the Commissioners had n Ions interview with Secretary! Hay at the State Department, 1 in wh|ch there was a full and free ex- I change^ of views over the South African ! i situation. ' | In tbtelr Interview with Secretary liny th|e Boer Commissioners made an i ' nppenl ifor some action on the part of I the Uulied States that would terminate ' hostilities. While preferring that this , action slhould take the form of inter- 1 ( , ventlon.l they did not make any specific re?imest. leaving the determination , of the diameter of whatever steps tho , Govern intent might take to the President and! the Secretary of State. In ' , other words, their nppeal was ad- , dressed to the sympathies of this Gov- , eminent t^nd Indicated that tho Boors | would bet satisfied If an arrangement conld be \ made whereby hostilities | would cease. Mr. Hay pointed out to ^ the Boer remrcscntntlves that the President was I the supremo authority in such matters, and he advised that f Messrs. Wtssels and Wolmarans lay ( their case Y>ofore him. At tho satno time he promised that consideration should be ffilven their representations and let then^V understand that the Government of tuie United States was only too willing tto see the end of the war In Ponth Africa. , President RaosovoU ifoocc Wossels audi Wolruarans In his office. Secretary Hay was present. The interview wns entirely unofficial and luf**rntal nn<l did wot last very long. The representation^ that had been lalil hefere Secretary! liny were repented to President Rooisevelt, and it is understood that he I promised to give them consideration. 1 It is generally taken for granted thilt the President will not make any rndlwal departure from the ( rule laid down! by his predecessor in ottli'o, that an mppenl must come from hotli sides heftire the United States may take any stl>ps looking to bringing about an endlngtof the South African war. Even shottkd the President determine to take s<iute action, the most that may he expected is that he will communicate to 1 the British Govern- | nieut the appeal! made by the Boer 1 Commissioners without any suggestion or recotn mendatloln. SrLENDIU ChAhOE BY ItOF.IJS. lhoy llodo Down * tUrltlaU Force In Spit? of Caniilin Fir?. London.?Telegranus received here from Klerksdorp. describing the attack upon ami capture \ by the Boors, nt ft point southwest ofl KleTkedorp, of the British soldiers whlo wero nf-tlng as convoy to an empty kvugou train, show that the third Boon attack upon thu convoy was delivered from various points and was most! determined. By sheer recklessness tl?e^ sought to ride down and uvcrwheliii the British defense. The British Runs sljollod the charging Boers, hut nothlsig stopped their onslaught, which wnA delivered with unusual Impetus. ThL> convoy mules were subjected to a hi-avy fire, and in i many cases were deselrted by the native drivers. They Ltampedcd. put many of the defenders (temporarily out of action, and caused tlhe wildest eonfusion. For two hours the British held out. They then divided aVid were over- j whelmed. A few mlautL-s of confused . tight lug and all was ovilr. The Boers galloped along the line. Siring at every man who showed the Isllghtest ten- ' dency to resist, until they reached nud captured the guns. 1 j ( By 7 o'clock In tue ml>rning all re- i slstance was at an end. Vhe dend and wounded were scattered lull over tUe Held, Broken wagons nmll panlc-strlckcn lioraes and mules madV? a scene of indescribable confusion. NLt until Gen- ! oral l>olarey came In pers[>n was anything like order restored. | ^ ISorr Wnr Very Cotlly. I.oudon.?In Introducing 1 the nrmy estimates, which will call lfor nn appro]), k.tlou of $340,000,0001 the War Secretary, Mr. BrodrtckA in the House of Commons, entered Into a long defense of the War Office, which lie contended had done Its work well, | considering that a war hadlucver t>efore been waged on such a sqale as the South African war. The War Ofllee to-dny was feeding 30O.MUO nncn end 343,000 horses in South Africa!. BOGUS RELICS OF HOHENgOLLERN SullorM on the Kalner'4 Yacht If^ve Dotao m Thriving llu*liic?ii. I New York City.-?Visitors to I the Imperial yacht llobenxollern have been buying "fake" souvenirs from lume of | the Jackies who man the (kaiser's yacht, thinking all the while tliay were getting ]>leccs of crockery and Iblts of the vessel's furnishings. Plates and beer steins bearing the name "Hob?nxollcrn" had been bought eagerly at high prices from the Rbillors. The enterprising tars obtained \ these from the passenger steamer ofl that name lying at the pier at IIoLoken | when the yacht ttrst arrived. V i \ ROYAL VISITOR A LL D. Harvard Degree Conferred Upon Prince Henry by President Eliot. CONGRATULATED BY THE KAISER Dlatincutiiheri Cnc.t Cortllully Wrlcoinrd by Mai.aohii.etli iiml lioaton OtlW-li.la ?Pre.enteil Kmperor William'* Gift to tli? Gernmnlc Mmcum of Ilurvaril? r.uiK]iirt<Ml by tlio City?Knd of Tour. Boston, Mass.?Harvard University uidod si liTj. 1). to tlio name of Prince Elenry of Prussia, when the royal traveler visited Cambridge to deliver the gifts of ids brother, the Kaiser, to the Germanic Museum. Before going to the University the Prince was welcomed as the guest of the city by (Jovernor [Jranc and Mayor Collins, and had ceremoniously returned their calls. At the Hotel Somerset, whence he was driven immediately upon his arrival, he was called upon by (lovernor Crane. The Prince then called at the State House. Afterward lie called upon the Mayor and other city dignitaries at tlie public library. After returning to the Somerset lie went to Cambridge and at City Hall was welcomed by Mayor McN'amec and given u monograph in remembrance of Ills visit. From Cambridge City Hail Prince Henry went to Harvard College. where the honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred upon him. The Prince was next escorted to the faculty room, where he met the faculty and with ills staff lunched with them. After lunch the entire party repaired to the Harvard Union, which was tilled with students and representatives of college life. Addresses were made by President Den by, of the junior class, and Mayor llenry L. Iligginsou. A third address nf welcome was made by K. C. Boiling, for the general student body. Throe cheers for she royal visitor were given, und the Prince then responded to the felicitations, in concluding his speech lie proposed three cheers f<w President llocsevelt, wuicii were given with si will. During the proceedings President Kliot handed Prince Henry si cablegram, which ho opened at once. After reading h. lie arose and read in flernmu the cablegram, si correct translation of which follows: "Henry. Prince of Prussia, Harvard University, <htmhridgc: "I congratulate >ou upon receiving to-dav the lmr.ornry degree of Harvard I'niverslty, the highest honor which America can bestow. May the copies of the examples of Herman art and Herman civilization which I transmit through you be to the professors, as well as to the young academicians, an Incentive throughout their lives and an Inspiring example in the pursuit of Herman ideals and the striving for all that exalts and is lasting. "WILLIAM." The royal visitor was taken next to the reception of the Germanic Museum Association at the residence of Professor Hugo Munsterberg. where he found many men and women of his own nationality atul decorations In the German style. Prince Henry, in a short address, said he would present a number of photographs of reproductions of monuments wldch are to be east and which will be sent to Harvard In about four months for the Germanic Museum. The heartiest par; of Itoston's formal welcome to Prince llonry was concentrated in the banquet at the Somerset in the evening, over ";M> hundred of the representative citizens of the commonwealth attended. To the sentiments expressed there ids royal highness made a formal response. The Prince and his suite then retired io their apartments, reappearing a few minutes later for departure for the residence of J. Montgomery Sears, whore a recent ion was tendered the Prince hy the Thursday Evening Club. At tliis reception, which was entirely Informal, his royal highness had the opportunity of meeting the representative literary people of P.oston. After the reception the Prince nnd his suite left for their train for Albany. ' PRINCE'S GRAND TOUR ENDED. II? Vlnltrd Thirteen Slates nnd Traveled n Dlnlanre of 4:!."SH Miles. New York City.?Prince Henry completed his grand tour after Iteing absent from this city for nine days, dining which time his special train was within the territory of thirteen States nnd logged a total distance of -IdfiN miles. He was greatly pleased with his trip and expresses himself as delighted with the cordiality with which lie was received throughout the country. His last day on tb? special train which carried him to the South. West and East, rivaled in interest any of tloot.iers spent by the Prince on the tour, for it began with a visit to Albany, Ireludcd n run in bright sunlight down the west shorn of the Hudson Itlvor, unci dosed with a reception at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Upon reaching this elty the Prince was driven to the Waldorf-Astoria. Ia t ie evening Prince Henry and his suite were entertained at dinner by the University Club. Austria to llnvn mi Km1>>m?y. The Austro-Huugarian Mission at Washington will be raised to an Embassy in 10015, as evidence of the cordial relations existing between AustriuIIungarv and the United States. 'wireless telephony I Successful Experiments by the United States Signal Corps Word* Distinctly Audible at a Distance of 4 SO Feet?Feat ltegarded a* Important? Unlng Wlrelee* Telegraphy. Washington. D. C.?The Signal Corp9 of the United States Army has sue- i ceeded in sending wireless telephone I messages n distance of 480 feet. These messages were not sent In the ' Morse code, but in words. utt??r??il In | ordinary, clear, speaking tones, such as would normally carry a distance of thirty or forty feet at most. The distances at which these mes1 sages have been clearly heard l?y the ; latest experiments exceeds the length of two ordinary city blocks. This achievement Is regarded as highly important by the Signal Corps of| tlcials. They have been conducting experiments with wireless telephone ines sages for several months, but only lately have they succeeded in getting beyond the 4CK)-foot mark. They rej gard the principle as practically dem1 onstrated now, and look confidently to doubling the distance lu the very near 1 future, with a good prospect later of placing wireless telephone messages In j the same class with iVireloss telegraphy. General Greeley has acknowledged that otllcers of the corps have been experimenting with tlie wireless telephone for some time, and, though hi- j cllued to be extremely reticent, he has admitted that they have met with what be termed "a moderate degree of success." The system by which those wireless telephone messages have been trausj niltted is very much like that em- I , ployed lu wireless telegraphy. The In- I ; struments used, however, are, if any- j ! thing, even more delicate than those used by Marconi. The main point i , of distinction Is'tweeu wireless teleplume and wireless telegraph messages Is that with the telephone messages words must be reproduced instead of dots and dashes. The Signal Corps officers regard the possibilities of wireless telephoning as of even greater value to tile Army than wireless telegraphy. The system by which these wireless telephone messages have been sent is said to he the conception of Signal Corps officers. The work will be diligently continued. The Signal Corps has been making practical use of wireless telegraphy at Sau Francisco for twenty-two months, a fact not generally known. Officials here say that the system there has worked perfectly at varying distances. REVOLT IN SERV1A FAILS. Allfjfil Relative of the l'rctcntler to tlie Throne Killed. Belgrade, Servla. ? An attempt to start a revolution was made at the frontier town of Sliabats. flftv-.?tlx mii<.? west of Belgrade, by a raid under the i | leadership of Alavantlce, an alleged rel- , atlve of ITlnee Karageorgevltch, the pretender to the Servian throne. Ala! van ties was killed and his adherents , arrested. AlaTyijtlcs, with a handful of fol, lowers, arrived at Sliabats from Ml1 trowlc, wearing the uniform of a general in the Servian army, and called to the frontier guard to follow him. The latter, not suspecting that anything was wrong, accompanied the supposed general to the town hall, where Alavantles ordered the men of the Fire I >epartment to join him. This motley procession proceeded to the Gendnrmer.v Barracks, where Alavantles paraded the gendarmes. Two of the latter, whose suspicions were moused, escaped and Informed their commander. Captain Nikolics. j The latter called on Alavantles to produce some document as authority for his actions, hereupon the latter fired a revolver at Captain Nikolics and slight| ly wounded him. Nikolics promptly shot and killed Alavantles, whose followers were arrested. Geneva. ? Frlnce Karagcorgcvitch, | the Servian pretender, specifically disclaims any connection with the revolutionary attempt made at Shabats, or relationship with Alavantles. SANTIAGO FIGHT COST S84,e64. Naval llitttlA at Manila Involved an K?ixtndllare of 9A0,()OO, Washington, I>. C.,?Rear-Admiral O'Nell, Ghief of the Ordinance Bureau I of the Navy, has compiled some interesting Information relating to the ammunition expended in the naval battles at Manila and off Santiago. Judged from the standpoint of values, the flelit with Cervern's squadron cost tills Covernment in ammunition expended $84,804. Tlio ammunition expended by Dewey's vessels at Manila cost considerably less? a little more than $50,000. The total weight of ammunition * xpended in the tight off Santiago was 104.7 tons. The total weight of metal thrown was 114..". tons. There were j 0474 rounds fired, of which 1300 were from main and S174 from the secondary battery guns. At Manila the total weight of ammunition expended, including powder, 1 was 132 tons. There were 00.0 tons ?<f metal thrown and 5858 rounds tired. Of the latter 1413 were from the main and 445 from the secondary battery guns. 8crlnu? Itrbfilllnn In Chinn. The rebellion In the province of Kwnng-Se, China, has assumed alarm* ing proportions. M INOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK WASHINGTON ITEMS. Foreign Ambassadors In Washington protested against their treatment at the McKlnley meiuorinl exercises. Government receipts for February, $41,159,739; expenditures, $39,099,290, a decrease and increase, respectively. President Roosevelt will earry out his original intention to visit Charleston. K. C, and its exposition. All :coords in private pension legis- ! latlon in the House were broken, 139 . bills being passed in three hours. flTTl* -row Merchants of Manila objected to the insular tariff, alleging that it crippled the resources of the archipelago. I.adrones in large numbers sought refuge in the Island of l.eyte, I*. 1. Kural estates in Cuba devastated during the war will continue to enjoy i a thirty-three per cent, reduction in taxation. Lieutenant Johnston, cf the Flf- i teeuth Infantry, captured the battle- j flag of Malvar, the insurgent chief in ! the Philippines, as well as his personal jewelry. , DOM KSTIC. Water In engine rooms caused live shoe factories to shut down at Brookton, Mass., and there were washouts all over the city. Life imprisonment and costs of the trial is the sentence imposed upon Vernon ltogers. at Cleveland, Ohio, for killing his sweetheart. Two men were killed and three Injured by a furnace roof falling on them at the works of the South Chicago Furnace Comi>nny. A woman's suffrage amendment to the Iowa Constitution was killed. After killing Mrs. Sarah A. Thill- I man, for whom he had a fondness, An- | thony Perry, at Detroit, Mich., committed suicide. Burglars killed Michael Slirenk and his clerk. Jacob Carter, near Savannah, ; (ja. Ten persops were hurt and live were killed In the collapse of three floors In a factory In Cleveland, Ohio. One hundred homesteads were badly flnminroil l>v- Or.. ??<>?, in.i.. Ten The I'nitcd States Suitreme Court sustained the Illinois law, whieli prohibits tradini; in futures. Fire in Canal street. New York City, caused by a match igniting celluloid. ! resulted in one death, the injury of a score and a property loss of $'joo,oo<). Edward I5ufler, St. Louis's most prominent Democratic politician, was indicted by the Grand Jury for bribery in connection with the city garbage contract. William Mullikeu, a wealthy farmer of Keokuk, Iowa, was killed by a bullet which came through the window of ills home. There is no elue to the murderer. The New Orleans Sugar Exchange decided, after an exciting meetiug, to establish a future branch. Abraham Lincoln Brick was renominated for Congress l?y the Republicans of the Thirteenth Indiana District. The dead-lock of the coal operators and minors of Illinois continued and there was little prospect that a scale would he agreed on. Bather than go to jail for embezzlement Ernest. Wedeklnd, u lawyer, of Chicago, killed himself. Creeping up behind Ids wife Alexander Ikey, of Wells. Yt? killed her by erushimr her skull with m? ?* ? For fho murder of Thomas Farmer, who was shot from nmhush, John Henry Host* was hanged at Wilson, N. C. Joseph Coolski and William Paenuh* kowskl were smothered to death in Cleveland, Ohio. by falling earth while digging elay in a brickyard. Iowa will remove the limits on fees paid by corporation^ tiling eertilleates in the State. FOKKION. Appropriate ceremonies marked the acceptance by the city of Paris, France, of the house in which Victor Hugo lived, and which was made into a museum commemorative of the i>oet. Iladlcn, the Hindoo twin wlro was severed from Iut sister, at Paris, France, was progressing favorably. Miss Stone, the released missionary, arrived in Constantinople from Salonika. The text of the convention agreed upon lry the International Sugar Conference. was made public in llrussels. Two diamond flrtus at Amsterdam, Holland, failed. An official paper regarding the remounts In South Africa issued by the Pritlsh War Office, spoke in high praise of the mules obtained in A morion. Tin* British Government pledged Itself not to adopt preferential sugar duties In favor of the colonies until the new agreement is signed by the Governments eoueerncd. The Viceroy of India sent word that the rainfall In the Peninsula was too light to be of benefit. Canadian banks will establish branches in the West Indies in an cf fort to get the trade of the Islands. A Berlin dispatch said that the Culled States Navy bought equipment there for two wireless stations in opposition to the Marconi system, and the British I'ostmaster-Gcncral refused to license slgnul stations for the Marconi com- j pony. There wns a fresh outbreak of the working people lu Spahi. Including Barcelona and the mining regions. ? i PORTO RICO'S NEW LAWS A Long Step Toward Looal SelfGovernment in the Island. Report of the Coram Union to the At* terney-Genernl?I'ropoaed Change! In the Spanish Code. Washington, P. C.?The commission to revise and compile the laws of Porto Klco, appointed by virtue of the net of April 12. 1900, has submitted its report ui me Auornoy-Ueneral. The commission consisted of Joseph F. Daly, of New York; L. S. Howe, of Pennsylvania, and Juan Hernaudez Lopez, of Porto Itico, The work undertaken was the revision and compilation ol' practically all the old Spanish laws. The commission, after an exhaustive study of the Spanish system, proceeded to make the most necessary changes, such as the reorganization of the judicial system and the system of local government, the revision of the law of marriage and divorce and wills and intestacies, and a number of other important branches of the civil and criminal law. The most important work of the commission was the revision of the organic act of I*orto Itico, commonly known as the Fornker act. The system of local government proposed by the commission includes a county, city and village organization. Under Spanish rule the island was divided into sixty-seven divisions known as "luunielplos," which were subjected to the strictest form of control by tho central government. The mayors were nppoiuted by the (lovernor-tleneral, and the members of the town council were silbject to ids will in fact. If not in law. Local self-government was unknown. The committee has taken a long step in the direction of local autouotnv. but has given sulllrlent power to tli?> insular government to guard against tho (liuigers of local Inexperience or Incompetence. Briefly stated, the system leaves the local authorities the management of local atYairs. hut prescribes a definite standard of efficiency in tho most important services, such as sanitation drainage, water supply, street cleaning, etc. If the local government fail to meet these standards, the insular government has sutlleient power to meet every emergency. The habeas corpus act is another of tlve Important changes proposed by tho commmission. The subject of marriage and divorce also is fully treated. ADOPTS A WIDOW OF FIFTY. IVcallIiy Inventor Makes a Daughter of Ills Klilerly Housekeeper. Now York City.?As a preliminary step to the adoption of Mrs. Elizabeth Holland Hlchardsou, who is about fifty years old, by William llavkness, an aged and wealthy Inventor, she has obtained leave from Justice MacLeau, of tho Supreme Court, to assume tho surname llarkness. Her husband dic<l several years ago. Harkness has been quoted as saying that he thinks so highly of Mrs. Richardson. owing to the way she has conducted his household affairs and cared for him, that he desires her to he recognized as his daughter and to havo her so understood in society, llarkness's wife died about fifteen years ago. Neither he nor Mrs. IUcluml.sou had children. ARABIAN CITY CAPTURED. Descendant of Old Ainprm Wilts u Vic? fory by Stratagem. Rombay, India. ? Abdul Aziz Ron I-Vysul. a descendant of llie old W'nhnl>i Ameers, w 1!It an army of 2000 men. has captured the city K'riad, in Central Arabia. Abdul Aziz Ren Feysul entered the city by stratagem at night, with fifty followers. These men rode to the palace and killed the Covernor of K'riad and thirty of his retainers. The garrison then surrendered. It Is believed that the Waliabi dynasty is endeavoring to regain its supremacy and overthrow Ibu Rashid, the Ameer of Neid, and conquer the later city. ACAINST THE PANAMA OFFER. Recommendation Agreed I'pnn by lh? Srniatu Sub-Committee on ('unaln. Washington. I). C. ? The sub-committee of the Committee on Interoceanlc Canals agreed to recontneud to the full cmnmittee tiiat the legal complications surrounding the Panama offer are such that the United States should not accept it. This sub-committee consists of Sena tors Morgan, Miteliell, Kitt ridge, I'ritehard, Foster (La.) and Turner. Senator Pritchard was nor at the meeting, while Senator Klttrldge said that lie reserved the right, to innke a minority report to the foil committee. The other four members united in the roc* ommcndatlon. BARCELONA STRIKERS SHOT. Indications of Widespread Plot and Ncvr Strikes Uriels red. London. It was unnouneed in a special dispatch from Madrid that a num. iter of the strikers arrested for partial, pat ion in the recent riots at Barcelona were shot tit Fort Montjuieh. A brother of General Moore, the Carlist leader, has been arrested for coin* uiielty in the Barcelona riots, and will be tried by court-mart iai. Paper* tclzed at the houses of Anarchists in Barcelona indicate that a widespread plot existed. Strikes were declared at Cadiz nud Ferrol, Sp&Iu. *