The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 08, 1898, Image 3
THE PORTLAND
A TOTAL WRECK
The Steamer Sank Off Cape Cod
On Her Way From Boston to
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roruaiia in a furious uaie,
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*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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.