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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.
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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.
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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
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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. ?
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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. *