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THE PORTLAND A TOTAL WRECK The Steamer Sank Off Cape Cod On Her Way From Boston to it i ? n n.i. roruaiia in a furious uaie, Ik *ALL ON BOARD LOST. Captain Blanc'nard of the !i!-Fated Vessel Sailed Contrary to His Orders. The Big Coastwise Vessel Portland That ICan From Boston to Maine Totally Wrecked In an Awful Hurricane The Ship Went Down With All on Board n? r...... r l c ... ? ?, Rn,lls>i covered Partial List of the Passengers on the Vessel The Ship and Cargo Were Insured The Captain's Error The Portland's Owners Had Told Him Not to Sail The Shore Strewn With Wreckage The Ship Went to Pieces Off Highland Light. Boston. Mass. (Special). Bodies ivies on the sands, fragments of wood, part of a I steamer's wheel, trunks, barrels, ahd the flotsam and jetsam of a miscellaneous cargo, scattered along the coast near Highland light, told the tale of the worst disaster Cape Cod has known in many a year. The steamer Portland, which left Boston for Portland Saturday evening, is a total wreck. Of the hundred or more who com posed the passengers and crew, all were lost. Following is a partial list of the passengers who were on board the Portland when ?he sailed from Boston: Miss Allen, Mrs. Theodore Allen, Miss Burns, Mrs. J. A. Carroll, Lowell; Master Philip Chase, 'William L. Chase, Mrs. George 0. Chickering, G. \Y. Cole, Miss Cole. Mrs. Kate Coy, Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis, Miss Jennie Edmunds, F. Dudley Freeman, Isaiah Frye, Miss Ruth Frye, D. O. Getchell, Arthur F. Heersom, Mrs. Arthur F. Heersom, Miss Sophie Holmes, N. True Hooper, Oren Hooper, Miss Jennie C. Hoyt, M. C. Hutchinson, Miss Hutchinson. Perry Jackson, wife and child; Seorge R. Kennison. Jr.. Miss Helen Lang'.horne, Miss Edna McCrillis, Mrs. CorneliaS. Mitchell, Mr. Pierce, Miss Emma L. Plyinpton, Miss Ross, Mrs. Anna Rounds, Mrs. Daniel Rounds. M. L. Sewell, Frederick Sherwood, Harry Smith, Frederick Stevens. Mrs. Alice Swift, Miss Mau^i Sykes, Charles H. Thompson and child, Mrs. Charles H. Thompson, Mrs. Wheeler. Charles Wiggin, C. F. Wilson. crew of the ill-fated steamer is as i k. frthrrva-;- Wniliq \\ Rlanchard. eantain: It. I Blake, watchman; Matthew Barroa, deck and; Mrs. Marginal Berry.stewardness; D. m ffri ?1? ckhand:H. Carter, firemen; PPjttlln. waiter; Peter Coliins, deckhand: Comer, barber; John Daly, deckhand; Tames Davidson, deckhand; Edward Deeraojr, mate: J. A. Dillon, oiler; W. J. Doughtv, Sreman; Ansel Dyer, quartermaster; T. E. Fennell, fireman; Lee Forman, waiter; J. E. Gately, fireman; George Graham, waiter; Morris Graham, deckhand; Mrs. Carrie M. Harris, stewardess; Richard Hartley, deckland: Eben Houston, second steward; F. A. ingraliam, purser: Arthur Jonnsou, waiter; Lewis Johnson, waiter; Latiner, head saloonaian; F. W. Leigh:on, electrician; J. McNeal, oiler; 'ieorge McGilvary. dockhand; John McKay, tecond mate; Thomas Merrill, first englseer; M. Merriraan. fireman; A. V. Matthews. steward: Horace Moore, clerk; Nelson, second pilot; Cornelius O'Brien, deckhand; F. Peterson, quarter\v ft Rohiehaw. baggage master. H. Rollison, tireman: George C. Roplev. leckhand; T. Sewell, watchman; Arthur Sloan, deckhand; Samuel Smith, waiter: Lewis Strout, first pilot; C. Verrill, third engineer; John Walton, second engineer; J. Whitten, watchman; Williams, watchman. That the vessel must have been disabled and then driven far out of her course by the ?ale is shown by thp fact that the shores itrewn with her wreckac" are <?ir to the *outh of her customary y ?er captain erred in judgment, sail.-* ,u the face of wplicit directions to the contrary from the Boston and Portland Steam Packet Company. He paid for his error with his own life and those of all on board. The top of the Portland was thrown high on the beach near Peaked Hill station. It was split into pieces almost as line as kindling wood. Pieces of the wheel and other parts of the steamer were strewn about. The hull was not to be seen. The whole shore presented a most tragic appearance. A score or more dead bodies were lying on the sands and more were coming. In one place the bodies of two women, one about forty years old and the other about twenty, came ashore in quick joocession, followed by the body of a colored man. The bodies came in "all the way from Peaked Hill bars to Highland Station. It is impossible to tell in just what manner the steamer had been lost. It is the opinion that, blown out of her course, she had attempted to make Provincetown Harbor, failed, and had gone ashore off the Peaked Hill bar, one of the most dangerous places on that part of the coast. The bodies that have been recovered have been cared for by the residents of Truro and other places, and held for identification by relative^ or friends. On some of the bodies were life preservers. The Portland carried a miscellaneous cargo of 100 tons of merchandise. The vessel was built in Bath in 1890, and was a side-wheel steamer of 1517 tons net burden. Her length is 230 ieet, beam 42, depth 15 feet. She was valued at $250,000, and is fully insured. The insurance upon the hull of the Portland was placed in Boston, partly in the Boston Marine Insurance Company and partly through the Boston office of Johnson A Higgins. It was valued at about $200,000. The insurance upon the cargo of the steamer, which consisted of dry goods, boots and shoes, flour, etc., was placed in New York and amounted to $45,000. koo Chineie Leave San Francisco. The steamer Coptic sailed from San F ncisco, Cal., a few days ago, and took 50* Chinese away, several of whom were i?red deported by the c6urts. Many of th^Chinese were wealthy residents, who visit their own country to celebrc*-* the New Year. Troublesome Filipinos. The Philippine insurgents opposed to Asuinaldo have captured San Ignaoio, on the Island of Luzon, and in other islands hostilities are in progress between rival republics. F * K WRECKED IX THE STORM'S FUKT. Many Ships and Fives Tost Alone the >'?w England Coast. Boston (Special). In addition to the wreck of the steamer Portland, beside which all the other disasters of the storm pale, it appears that at least thirty schooners have been wrecked at different points froni Eastport, Me., to New Haven, Conn. Tfr ia Ai-oti , <*? fmnAficiKIa trt f?I - m q n " *> ? ? jv. .u, -- -> ? exact list of the disasters, but it is u conservative estimate to schedule eighty schooners driven ashore, fourteen barges, loaded or empty, agrouud, besides a large number of smaller craft. This liot does not include the thirty vessels either wholly or patinlly wrecked in Boston Harbor, nor half a dozen or more craft in more or Jess danger, including the big Wilson Line freighter Ohio, which went ashore on Spectacle Isltnd in this harbor; the steamer John J. Hill, which is ashore at Atlantic: the Merchants and Miners' Transportation steamer Fairfax, on Sow and Pig's Ledge, off Cuttyhunk. and the small steamer George A. Chaffee, foundered at Rockport, Mass. When these are added the aggregate list will certainly exceed 170 craft wrecked, disabled aDd missing. The storm claimed at least forty victims in and near Boston. These men are known to have perished, and twenty-nine other lives were lost. With the exception of three all were seafaring men. and went tc their watery graves while in the performance of their duty. Two were gunners, and were caught by a tidal wave in a shooting-box at Duxbury. They were drowned like rats in a barrel. A Fishing Fleet Wrecked. Providence, R. I. (Special). Captain Dodge, of the steamer George W. Danielson, just arrived from B'.ock Island, reports the worst storm in the island's history, the wind blowing 100 miles an hour when it tho roi'firdiTiir artnaratus. Of a fleet of twenty-five coasting and fishing vessels which had sought refuge in the Block Island harbors, only one now remains afloat, the others baviDg been driven ashore. The only vessel saved was a schooner which had auxiliary steam power i and tour anchors, and she would have ashore had not the gale moderated. j HAWAII TO BE A TERRITORY. Commissioner* in Favor of Starting 'the New Order of Things on July 4 Next. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Hawaii will become a full-fledged Territory of the United States on July 4, 1899, if Congress follows the recommendation of the Legislative Commission. The Congressional members of thac body, Senators Cullom and Morgan and Representatives Hitt, with Mr. Justice Frear, of the Hawaiian Supreme Court, who. with President Dole, represented the islands ei th? commission, have been meeting in a semiformal manner at the Capitol, putting the flnishing touches upon their report. Their conclusions will be embodied in a bill establishing a Territorial form of government for the islands, with a Delegate in Congress, a local Legislature, and other features of Territorial organization such as have pertained to those in the United The laws of this country generally will apply to the new Territory, but there may be an exception so far as the navigation laws apply to the coastwise trade. That is, traffic between the islands and the mainland may not, at present, be construed to be coastwise traffic, and be restricted to American and Hawaiian ships. The suffrage franchise will not be extended to the Japanese and Chinese contract laborers on the island, but the Portuguese who declare an intention of becoming citizens will be permitted, with the other citizens, to vote for members of the Legislature. TO RAISE SPANISH SHIPS. Contract 'With a Hone Kong Firm to Raise Three and Put Them in Repair. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn has received a letter from Constructor Capps at Manila, giving an encouraging account of the prospect of raising three of the Spanish vessels sunk bv Dewey in Manila Bay. These are the cruiser Don Juan de Austria and the modern gunboats Isla de Cuba and Isle de Luzon. Mr. Capps says that a contract has been made "with the Hong Kong and Thompson Dock Company of Hong Kong to raise and put the three ves- % sels in thorough repair, even to the installation of an electrical plant. The contract price is $477,000 Mexican money, or $220,000 American gold. This is considered a verv reasonable amount to pay for the work. ELECTIONS OF CONGRESSMEN. Successor* Chosen to Colonel W. A. Stone and the Late F. W. Love. Pittsbcbg, Penn. (Special).?When Colonel W. A. Stone was elected Governor of this Stato at the recent election he resigned his seat as Representative of the Twentythird District in Congress, thus leaving the unexpired term vacant. By special election a few itoys ago W. H. Graham, who had been elected to succeed Colonel Stone, was without opposition elected to fill the unexpired term. Jacksox, Miss. (Special).?The Congressional election in tho Sixth District to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Hon. F. W. Love passed off very quietly. F. A. McLain, Congressman-elecJ for the regular term, was elected without opposition. OKLAHOMA PRAIRIES AFIRE. Lives Lost, Home* Burned, and a Good Deal ot Property Destroyed. Perkv, Oklahoma, (Special).?Frairie fires have played havoc in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory for the last few days. One farmer lost 1000 acres of fine hay in the field, several hundred bales of cotton, and 500 head of cattle and hops. He estimates his loss at $20,000. Millions of tons of hay In bale aud bulk have been burned in other sections, and no less than 100 re^dences have been destroyed. Several lives have been lost in these prairie fires. In the Kiowa Indian reservation a strip of land thirty by seventy-five miles was burned, causing great damage. r White Cap* Shot in Arkansa*. While a band of White Caps at Clack Rock, Ark., had Henry White, a negro, in custody, accused of hog stealing, they were fired upon by the negro's friends. A hundred shots were exchanged. Henry Hale was shot and killed, Chubby Spades mortally, and George Warner dangerously wounded. AU are white. The casualties clilo ui-n nnf L'nnwn Thtt UU lur UCglVW aiuo uvk u. alleged thief escaped. A Coroner's jury charges him with murder. Many negroes in the vicinity have been whipped by White Oaps recently. Dreyfus Kejoices. Mme. Dreylus, the wife of ex-Captain Dreyfus, who is now living in Paris, France, has received the following telegram from her husband: "I rejoice with you all. My health, morally and physically, is good." A Boy Hero Save* a Train. Ned Anthony, ten years old, of Philadelphia, Penn. flagged a New York and Susquehanna trait, with his sister's red petticoat a few davs ago. A big rock had fallen on the track, and many passengers were in peril. I INDICTMENT FOETANNER I j Governor of Illinois Held Criminally Respons:b!e For the Virden Riots. thr:e counts against him. The Grand .lurv of Macoupin County Investigates tiie I.abor Riots Over Fifty IVr*on* Indicted Mine Owner* Included Governor Tanner Accused of l'atpahle Omission of Duty. Caklinville, III. (Special). The Macoupin Count}* Grand Jury has made its formal report to Judge R. E. Shirley concerning the Virdeu riot investigation. Us labors were arduous and comprehensive, i As was expected, the Grand Jury dealt pertinently with the affair, and, a.s far as it was able to ascertain, returned true bills against the principal participants in the tragedy of October 12. It returned ten indictments, involving fifty-four persons. Against John R. Tanner, Governor ol Illinois, there are three counts for palpable omission of duty and malfeasance in office, Fred W. Lukens, General Manager of the Chicago-Yirden Coal Company, is charged with manslaughter on two counts. With Lukens, his deputies, Frank Wilder, J. E, Sickles, and J. H. Smith are indicted foi the killing of Joseph Gitterle, a Mount Olive miner. BfJ. Foley, John Murphy, Pat McCranor, Richard Peak, Ed. Cahill and Dick Evans " < ? nrifhnafpffivAF. C. Gan, LUhcus, nnu^v.w... ney, Nelson Isaacson, B. B. Burton, John McKinney and J. E. Sickles are indicted foi manslaughter for the killing of Ellis Smith, a miner. Minor indictments are also returned. In the indictments against Governor Tanner, charging him with palpable omission of duty and malfeasance in office, complaining witnesses are John Graham, William Mitchell, William Wilson, Clarence Ross and Charles Stewart, employes of the Chicago-Virden Coal Company. They testified that they wer? intimidated * and prevented from following their legitimate employment by an armed body of men who unlawfully and feloniously were assembled in Virden: that the Governor had been notified by the Sheriff of Maooupin County and Manager Lukens that there was no protection to be had from the county, and that he was earnestly importuned for State assistance. Judge Shirley fixed Governor Tanner'j bond at $500. Manager Lukens and the deputies charged with manslaughter were held iu bonds of $1000 each. In the minoi cases bail was fixed at nominal amounts. UNION OF REPUBLICS ENDS. Collapse Due to Failure to Suppress the Revolt in Salvador Against Federation. Maxaoua, Nicaragua (By Cable).?The attempt to affect a coalition between the States of Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador, to be conducted under a common administration and known as the United States of Central America, has completely failed. The Federal Organizers have formally declared the union dissolved, the three States resuming respectively absolute sovereignty. The collapse is due to the failure of the troops of Honduras, acting in behalf of the Federal Organizers, to suppress the outbreak in Salvador against the proposed federation and to force Salvador into the union. The prospects are peaceful. The Central American coalition lasted nominally just one month. The new regime was ushered in by elaborate celebrations al Ainapaia on jovcmueri, BLANCO EN ROUTE TO SPAIN. Ex-Captain General'a Departure Attended With Little Ceremony. Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?The Spanisl mail steamer Yillaverde, with Marsha Blanco, the former Captain-General ol Cuba, Generals Bernal and Tejeda, Colonels Cevallos, Paglierv, Tusser and Domenicio, an<i several other officers of lessej rank, left this port a few days ago. The Marshal's departure was not marked by the pomp and ceremony which characterized similar events in previous years. An affectionate leavetaking occurred or the wharf between Marshal Blanco and a number of his friends, and he warmly em braced General Ruberter, his old com pauion in arms. Only personal friendi and a few officers accompanied Genera Blanco, none of the crowds usual on such occasions waiting to see him for the lasl time. A body of troops, however, ren dered military honors. CONFESSES DOUBLE MURDER. Hancock Says He and Winifred Myeri Slew Two Men in a Nevada Desert. Los Anoeles, Cal. (Special).?John Han cock, who has just been taken to Sai Quentln to serve a ten ygars' sentence foi burglary, has confessed that*he and Winl fred Myers murdered Dr. Engelke and Pete Edmiston on the desert in Southern Nevade over a year ago. Hancock says the crime was planned bj the woman with the object of securing the horses attached to the wagons belonging to their victims in order that they might continue their journey to Salt Lake, theii own horses being fagged out. Miss Myers, now Mrs. Gross, recentlj made a statement accusing Hancock o! both murders and asserting her own innocence. Two Laborers Killed. Two laborers were killed and four seriously injured by the caving in of the side of an excavation for a sewer in New York City a few days ago. The victims of the accident are:" Michael Cosses, forty years old, shanty: Robert Tucker, thirty years old, shanty. The injured: Michael .uuranuo, imriy-seven years oiu, uroKeu arm, shanty; Thomas King, internal injuries; Domenico Marigo, fifty years old, right leg broken; Sextis, twenty-eight years old, left leg brpken. Private Holt to Be Shot. Private Lindsay T. Holt, Troop F, Tenth Cavalry, at Huntsville, Ala., was sentenced to death for murdering Private Twisby, ol the same regiment. The crime for which Holt will pav ^ ^uimittea one u?_Jay morning at Montank Point, L. I., just after the cavalry division returned from Santiago. Our War Thwarted a Conspiracy. The Contemporary Review of London Has published an article daclaring that a conspiracy between Russia, France and Germany was forming against Great. Britain in the Far East, which was thwarted by the sudden Spanish-American war and the subsequent drawing together of the United States and Great Britain. Twenty-nine Drowned in Russia. A ferryboat full of workmen capsized while crossing the Volga at Kinossma, Russia, drowning twenty-nine of the passea,' gers. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Washington Item*. j It has been decided by the Navy Department officials to sell the monitor Wyandotte, now ab the League Island Navt Yard. Constructor Hobson will go to Annapoli; to take charge of the course of naval con struction there. The Navy Department authorized tin loan to the Governor of North Carolina for the use of the state Naval Militia, o the converted gunboat Uornet. The Secretary of War has approved t'u j regulations prepared by the Ludlow board i for a special army transport service. By permission of the Navy Department | Captain Cook, of the Brooklyn, has dividoc j the flag which hung at the'masthead dur i ing the Santiago iiirht among the crew u? souvenirs. Domefttlc. Isaac Schultes, Grand Rapid? and In liana station agent at Martin. Mich., ant his assistant. Marshal Wickes, had a battlwith robbers in the station. Wickes ant one of the burglars were wounded. Afte an exciting chase two robbers were cap i tured. ? The clerk of the United States Circui Court of Appeals at Richmond, Va., ra ceived a letter from counsel of the John: Hopkins University, asking that the univer sity suit against the Baltimore and Ohi? i Railroad be dismissed. The case had beet argued. 1 The estate of the late John Robinson, o i Cincinnati. Ohio, a pioneer in the circui i business of the West, is to figure in lititration. He left his fortune to his sons. Hif widow, Frankie Bailey, a New Ycrl: burlesque actress, claims a share of the estate and through a lawyer has begun suit to ol> > tain it. ' The Court of Errors and Appeals, al Trenton N, J., have affirmed the sentence \ of Wiliiam Reid, who was convicted in Jersey City, on July 29, of the murder of An1 drew Henry in Hobcken on May 14 last Reid was originally sentenced by Supreme Court Justice Lippincott to be hanged on ^eotember 15. >itt Gravath, a well-known Democratic leader of White Water, Wis., is dead froir laudanum poisoning and gas inhrling. II is supposed despondency at the death oi his wife was the cause of his act. > The office of the United States Express Company at Almadea. Kan., has beer : robbed. The safe was opened and its val uable contents taken. It is known that the robbers got a package containing ?300C in greenbacks. It is believed the robbery I was committed by ccwboys. An muicimenr was iouuu vy iu? xjriiu>i Jury at Bedford City, Va.. against Jame* Webster, a negro, for an assault committed on November 19 on Miss Mary Aunspaugh, J an aged white lady. The man was found J guilty and sentenced to death. Henry Besch. City Register of St. Louis, Mo., was indicted on four counts by the Grand Jury, charged with fraudulently manipulating the cftv pay rolls and accepting bribes. G. W*. Reichman, a Supert intendent of Street Sprinkling, was also ' indicted for connection with the case. William Cato. who killed Charles Askew 1 on September 19, 1397, was hanged at i Eddyville, Ky. Fire almost completely destroyed the , four-storv brick building of the Medical College of Indiana, at Indianapolis, Ind., a few days ago. l)r. Norman Shobo, of Ligonier. Ind., who slept in the building, Was fatally burned, and Dr. Ralph Morgan, r of riaintleld, Ind., suffered sllgki injuries. 1 An explosion in the furnace was the cause. Harry Leonard, thirty-five years of age, ( a well-known resident ot Maywood, N. J., , was struck and instantly killed by a train . near Maywood. He was one of the officers L of the Hackensaek Lodge, I. O.O. F. He , leaves a widow and two children. By an order of the Probate Court, by T-. - ? rhtnonn XT-e PTnttia I UU^n Auuinaai, at vnita^v, I>AAO. [ S. Pullman, widow of George M. Pullman, > will receive $0000 a month as her share of : the estate. A Plttsfleld and New York express train was wrecked near Georgetown. Conn. Two persons, Baggagemaster George Fitzgerald. of Pittsfleld. Mass., and Herbert Bennett, a brakeman, of New York, were seriously injured, the latter fatally, and several passengers were painfully bruised j or rendered unconscious by the shock. [ Governor Hastings, of Pennsvlvania, has appointed Henry B. McCarthy (Democrat), c of Philadelphia, to succeed James Gay - Gordon. Judge of the Common Pleas Court . of Philadelphia, whose resignation created r a sensation throughout Pennsylvania. John Stewart, of Brooklyn, committed I suicide by shooting himself in the head. He left a letter in which be asked his wife not to marry again too soon. ' Aged Mrs. Wvnn, the richest resident of 1 Brooklyn, 111., was murdered by robbers, " who cut ?her throat and left h^$ dead in " the front yard,after ransacking the house. } The murderer or murderers left no clue. ' It is not known how much money thoyob' tained, but the amount was considerable. Fire burned the building at 6 and 8 Br^tle street. Cambridge, Mass., causing a loss of $30,000. The building was occupied by more than a dosen tenants, prominent among them being the famous Dickey Club of Harvard University. The club lost 1 everything in its apartments. The Milton B. Hopkins University Building was burned at Kokomo, Ind. Loss, $45,000; insurance. $11,000. It was a threestory brick building, erected forty-five years ago. Frank Rhoner, lumber salesman, sixty* eicht vears old. of Brooklyn, shot and fatal i ly wounded his wife, Frieda, fifty-four years old, and then inflicted fatal wounds upon r himself. Both died in the hospital n few > hours after receiving the wounds. > The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, pastor ol ; Plymouth C lurch, Brooklyn, announced r from the pulpit on Sunday that failing health com: elled him to resign the pastor| ate of the famous church. Mrs. Mancy Staley and Minnie France niece, were burned to death bv a fire in their dwelling at Huntington, W. Va. Forelsrn. I A bomb containing 140 prams of powde: ' and nails, capable of doing considerabU ' damage, w is found in the Course, at Mar; seilles, France. The fuse had been lighted, | but it'had not burned. t Lord Ki -'hener appeals to the British and American public for funds with which to found and maintain the proposed Gordon Memorial College at Khartoum, Soudan. The Frmch Premier. M. Dupuy, declared in the Senate that the Court oi ! Cessation was all-powerful, and that all the dooa oents required in the Dreyfus case wout i be communicated to the court. A severe earthquake shock occurred at 1 Patras, Greece, causing tho inhabitants to 1 become i?jinic-stricken. Later a second shock \v :s experienced. No fatalities, however, re.-ulted Capta.n Hickey, Military Attache of the United states Legation, at Lima, Peru,.has been recalled and will leave to join his regiment in Cuba. Eleven more of the victims of the ex plosion in Havana. Cuba, succumbed tc tht ir injuries. The owner of the explosives has been arrested. The French Cabinet has authorized a loan of $32,000,000 to establish an IndoChina railway system. George S. Willets, of Chicago, President of tiie ilrst Colonial Club in Porto Rice and the promoter and part owner of the San Juan Railway, running to Rio Pedras, died at San Juan of lockjaw, superinduced by -m injection of morphine admintr*?red by . native doctor. SPAIN YIELDS ALL TO US.! Her Decision Announced as a Mere Surrendering to Superior Force. THE PHILIPPINE GROUP CEDED. | Spain Takf. the 520,000,000 Oflered by i the United States Relinquishes Cuba' and Cedes Porto Rico, Guam and the Philippine* Secretaries Instructed to ! Bezln a Draft of the Treaty. Paris, France (By Cable). Spain has accepted the United States' offer of $20,000,000, and at a joint session of the Peace Commissions held Monday afternoon con' sented to relinquish Cuba and to cede Porto Kico, Guam, and the Philippines. The document presenting this acceptance contained only 300 words. It opened with a ireference to the final terms of the United jStates and said that the Spanish Commissioners, after having taken cognizance of the terms proposed by the Americans, had tried to give as equitable an answer as possible, but that they were not prepared to commit their Government to the accep tance of the principles embodied in the American argument. Spain rejects these 1 principles, the note continues, "as she has l always rejected them." I I Basing her attitude upon the justice of u her cause, the note then says, she still adheres to those princioles "which she has j heretofore invariably formulated." r However, the note adds, in her desire 1 for peace she has gone so far as to propose i certain compromises, which the Americans i have always rejected. She has also at- I tempted, it is further asserted, to ha7e ad- e mitted to arbitration some of the material t points upon which the two Governments e differed, but these proposals the Ameri- p cans have equally rejected. The United States, the reply continues t : In substance, has offered, as a kind of com- c I pensation to Spain, something very inj adequate to the sacrifices that country v | makes at this moment, and she reels j a j therefore that the United States' proposals v cannot be considered just and equitable. Spain has, however, exhausted ill the re- i> Bources of diplomacy in an attempt to jus- n tify her attitude. Seeing that an acceptance of the proposals is a necessary condition to a continuance of negotiations, and j seeing that the resources of Spain are not ! such as to enable her to re-enter upon war. , she is prepared, in her desire to avoid 1 bloodshed and from considerations of gl i humanity and patriotism, to submit to the conditions of the conquering nation, howI ever harsh they may be. She is, there- n j fore, ready to accept the proposals of the o American Commission, as presented at the tl | last sitting. ti | The allusions in the reply to attempted a : arbitration refer to Spain's proposal to ar. bitrate the questions of the construction of n I the third article of the protocol, the Span- 0 i ish colonial debt of Cuba, and of the Phil- p Ippines. h The reading and the translation of the t< dooument occupied less than five minutes, n At the conclusion of the translation the t! Commissioners empowered Senor Ojeda. Secretary of the Spanish Commission, and a Secretary Moore of the American Commis- * sion to draw up articles which are to em- g bodv the relinquishment of Cuba by Spain tl and the cession Porto Rico and of the Phil- n ippines. tl Having embodied in the treaty articles all the protocol questions, the two com- ^ missions will now enter upon friendly b negotiations regarding the matters sug- c gested in the Americnn ultimatum pre- ^ sented at the previous meeting, matters ij subsidiary and incidental to the principa i provisions, which must form part of the peace treaty as finally signed. These include the religious freedom o the Caroline Islands, as agreed to twelv< years ago; the release of political prisoner? now held by Spain in connection with tin insurrections in Cuba and the Philippines, the taking over of the Island of Kusale, or Ualan, in the Carolines, for a telegraphic and naval station; cable station rights at other points in Spain's jurisdiction, and the n renewal of certain treaties, previously in t force'between the United States and Spain, which may have lapsed or been vitiated by war. v y WHAT WE GAIN. p I The Territorial Loss to Spain as the Re- n .11 It- nf the War. S Spain had the satisfaction of blowing up " the Maine and killing 2GC American sailors. . It has cost her: Twenty-one warships; ' two armies defeated and captured. Porto Rico and outlying small islands, area 3500 square miles; population. 806,708. Philip- ^ pine Islands; area. 114.326 square miles; 5 population, 8,000,000. Sulu Islands; area, ^ 950 square miles; population, 75,000. Guam, largest of the Ladrone Islands; area, 120 square miles; population. 8561. Isle of e Pines; area, 1214 square miles; population, ? 2500. Total square miles of territory annexed, 120,110. This does not Include n Cuba; area, 119,240 square miles; population, 1,631,619, of which the United States J has possession, pending the establishment of a stable government there. The money losses of the war are estimated as follows: Spain Cuba, $300,000,000; ? Philippines, $450,000,000; Porto Rico, $150,- ? 000,000; cost of war. $125,000,000, loss of 1 commerce, $20,000,000; thirty ships lost, $30,000,000; total, ? 1,075,000.000. United States Maine, $2,500,000; cost of war, i $200,000,000; indemnity to Spain, $20,000,090; total, $222,500,000. 1UB lives lust ill iue mii aic. uuuuu States About 253 men killed and about 1324 h wounded and about 2000 men died in camp, s These figures do not include the 265 sailors j lost on the Maine or the men who have died of fever after being mustered out. ? Spain About 2500killed and 3000 wounded. * No official statement of Spain's losses has 1 been made. jf Madrid Takes It Calmly. t Madrid, Spain (By Cable). There have t been no disturbances resulting from the ( announcement of Spain's acceptance of a the American conditions. The papers, however, publish gloomy articles, sadly 1 reminding the country that the day is one c long to be remembered as marking "the t closing scene of a glorious colonial his- 1 tory." All agree that the Government has 1 adopted the only possible policy, though i much bitterness is displayed toward the i United States. I The Sutherland Jewel* Kecovered. A man who gives the name4of Her.ry Williams was arrested at Fulham, England, for the robbery of the Dowager Duchess of ' J Sutherland's jewels, valued at $15,000, in f i Paris about the middle of October. Aquan- f j tity of the stolen property was found in his 1 possession. Another man has been arrest- ?' . /xr, aiiar><?ir>n nf hi? cnmnlicitv * | William?. * t Coinage For November, *7,845,910. The monthly statement of the Director of the Mint at Washington shows the total coinage of the United States mints daring November, 1898, was ?7,845,910. of which ?5,606.700 was gold, ?2,755,250 silver and minor coins. The standard dollars coined amounted to ?1,402,000. The Attitude of the Filipinos. The independent party of the Filipinos say that they will decline to accept the re. suit of the peace deliberations at Paris, France, and will light for their independence t REV. LYMAN ABBOTT RESIGNS. Ketircs From the Ministry of Plymouth Church on Account of 111 Health. New York Cite (Special). The Rev. Dr, Lyman Abbott has tendered his resignation, and his connection with historic Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, will probably end with the close ol the year. ' ' REV.' $K. LYMAX ABBOTT. Dr. Abbott ha8 been failins: physically for the past year. His doctor has told him rankly that the work he was doing as Treacher and editor was too much for him,' md thfit he must do less. On Sunday before his congregation Dr. ibbott referred with gratitude to the manlAr in whifh hA hftfi hAAn trpAtArl tinrlnv. ' lis ten years' pastorate, and said that noth-l ng but his growing sense of physical weak-1 less and his physician's mandate would' rave caused him to take this step. "I have' 10 option," he said, "but to withdraw from 1 he pastoral work and devote myself to the; quolly responsible but quieter work of the) >en. It is not necessary that my work with ; he church should immediately cease, i hough it will not be possible for roe to' ontinue it beyond the present season." Dr. Abbott is sixty-three years old. He ras born in Boston, reared in Maine and ducated in New York, being one of the oungest men ever graduated at the New 1 ork University. IJe was admitted to the ar before taking up the profession of the ninlstry. HOUSE BLOWN UP IN HAVANA. 'liree Persons Killed and Thlrtv-five In-1 fured by a Gunpowder Explosion. Havaxa, Cuba (By Cable).?Three per-; cms are dead, fifteen are fatally injured, j xpected to die, and twenty others are1 lore or less seriously injured as the result i f an explosion which blew up a house on! tie Avenue Infanta, near the ReinaBat-' &ry, a few days ago. Most of the victims re boys and girls. It appears that a man known as Seroni-1 10 Smith had acquired several hundreds! f thousands of cartridges, many of an old nttern, at the various artillery depots1 ere, fer a mere song, and was arranging! o turn his investment to account by re-1 loving the gunpowder from each projec-! ile, with a view to selling it. When the explosion occurred, shortly; fter eight o'clock, more than forty! rorkers were emptying the cartridges, everal tons of gunpowder already lay In tie main rooms of the house, while other ooms were literally packed with more tian 600,000 cartridges. The explosion was awful in its effects, | rrecking the building and mangling and1 urning the workers. In some cases! lothing was set on Are; in others the flesh' ras frightfully torn. Although there liadj een only a partial explosion of the con-: mts of the building, the fear that the] utire stock of explosives would go off dded to the panic. Fortunately, how-' ver, there was no second explosion. A LARGE COLD COINAGE. lie Annual Report of the Director of the' Mint Made Public. Washington*, D. C. (Special).?In his an-i ual report George B. Roberts, the Direc-1 or of the Mint, says in part: TK? imr.Aefnnf nwontc C\t fhn flS/1A1 i x UO iUUSb lUi^Vitaui, V4. ( ear in the world of government finance: ave been the consummation of the long-! lanned resumption of specie payments by! tussia in gold, the reorganization of the1 lonetary system of Japan with gold as the: tandard and the refusal of the Govern-; [lent of India to co-operate with the Govrnments of the United States and France a an effort to establish bimetallism by inernational agreement. The gold coinage of the world in 18*7 ras the largest recorded, amounting to1 [437,419,342, against $195,899,517 in 1896. 'he principal coinage was by the United1 tates, Great Britain, Russia, Germany, mstria-Hungary, France and Japan. The xtraordinary coinage of the year is acounted for by the preparations of Russia, mstria-Hungary and Japan for their lonetary reforms. Reviewing the efforts of the Wolcott Inernational Bimetallic Commission, the, Mrector says that the sentiment in favor , bimetallic monetary standard supported , y international agreement had found ex-acolnn nnt nntu hv +hn legislative bodies! f France and' Germanyr but of Great iritain. EXPLOSION WRECKS STEAMER. fills Six and Injures Many on a California.River Boat. Stockton*, Cal. (8pecial).?The most disatrous river accident in the history of tockton occurred a few days ago near 'ourteen Mile Slough, whenia part of one f the boilers of the river reamers T. C. Valker, which left San Francisco about 6i >. m., was blown out, killing six and dan;eronsly wounding eleven persons, while rom fifteen; to twenty were more or less. >adly hurt. The T. C. Walker is owned by he California Navigation and Improvement kinmanvand ran between San Francisco .nd Stockton. The dead are John Tulan, captain of the, C. C. Walker; T. C. Blunt, the agent in ihargeof the shipping of sugar beets from he Moss tract to the Crocker factory; iVatson Henry, engineer of the T. C. Waller; Mrs. Henry, wife of the* chief entineer; Jerry Daly, a fireman, and Ferdlland Law, a passenger, who died, dost of those wounded are deckhands, dthough a few are passengers. National Bank Safe Robbed. The safe of the national bank in Wrenham, Mass., was blown open by robbers ind cash to the amount of $2000 and notes or 865,000 stoien. The explosion was leard by Edward Brown, who at once iroused the citizens in the neighborhood. rVuen they arrived at the bank no trace of he robbers could be found. Drowned by a Tidal Wave. Trieste, Austria, and the surrounding country were flooded a few days ago by a tremendous tidal wave, which did'much damage to property and ships and caused the loss of many lives. There was a violent earthquake throughout the southern proinces of Austria. From various causes no fewer than twenty-eight lives, it is reported, were lost. The Insurance Companies' Loss. The marine underwriters in New York City say that the losses of the insurance companies as the result of the storm will be more than $1,000,000.