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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. , 2 , 1898-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. DECEMBER ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , FRIDAY HOTCNTNG FOR STRATEGIC EM Germany Negotiating with Spain for Purchase of Carolines. IMPORTANT MOVE FROM NAVAL STANDPO Price Set Upon the Islands is Oonsidc Somewhat Excessive. DONS EXPECT TO GET 10,000,000 , , FRAI Proviso That Deal is Contingent Upon International Complications , GERMANY GOING TO PREPARE FOR FUTI AcqnlMltlon , Reports of Which t Confirmed by * German Cloven lent OfficialConsidered Slunlll- eant Only front Nnvnl View. BERLIN , Dec. 1. A German governm official , In an Interview with the corrcspc cnt here of tbo Associated Press , conn the report that Germany Is negotiating v ' Spain for the purchase of the Caroline lands. It is understood that Spain expects to 10,000,000 francs for them , which Germ considers excessive. Germany also makes the proviso that negotiations shall be contingent upon no termvtlonal complications arising , espccl Ir/ with the United States. Prince von Arnberg , president of the lonlal society , assures the correspondent tbo Associated Press that the "acqulsl of the Carolina Islands Is important , I from the standpoint ot commerce , whlcl insignificant there , than from a n < point. " LONDON , Dec. 2. The Berlin corrcspc cnt of the Dally Telegraph expresses opinion that Germany would prefer tea a coaling station In the Philippine IsU from the United States. MflHUKHS GIUL WHO JILTHI ) II Woman Literally Cut to Piece * b French Sailor. NEW WESTMINSTER , B. C. , Dec. Don Perrler , a young Frenchman , brut murdered his former sweetheart , Jennie drows , an English girl , here last night. Bhadowed her to a place known as Greenhouse and was shown to her room , entered and locked the door. The Inm ot the house heard a piercing shriek and tempted to force the door. Perrler ca from Insl : "I've not quite done the Just a mlaute. Then the door was thr open by the Frenchman , who was cov < with blood from head to foot. Waving hand , In which he held a.drlpplng knife Invited the women to enter. Jennie Audi was lying on the bed literally cut to pit the murderer having deliberately mutil the girl's body after life was extinct. 1 aid that hoflrst met the girl In Austn 8ho discarded him and creased the o < > to nurry another wan , who refused to 1 Is reported to belong to"an arlstoci vta'mlly'ot Marseilles. CUTS OFF SMALL AMOUNT OP TIU French Decree Prohibit * Import American Tree * nnd Shrub * . PARIS , Dec. 1. The Journal Offlctclo day publishes a decree forbidding the jnlttnnco Into France of fruit and pi Irom the United States. A dispatch from Washington on Noi her 28 announced that tbo French ch d'affaires , M. Tlitobaut , called at the S department that day to advise Secrc Hay that the French government was i the point of adopting "prccautlo measures" against the Introduction France from the United States of the Jose scale , adding that decrees wouU Issued prohibiting the Importation of t uhruba and plants from the United S nnd requiring an Inspection of all fr fresh and dried , at the point ot landln France. M. Thlobaut pointed out that I measures wcro quite Immaterial as affei the general trade from the United Stati France , as the shipment of trees , plants ehrubs last year aggregated only $328 , those ot fruit $40.000. COUNT VON TIIUN MUST BETI After Jubilee KentlvltleN He 1 Probably lie Itecalled. BERLIN , Dec 1. In government cl there Is an Intense feeling against the . trlan premier , Count von Thun Hobena because ot his recent speech In the . trlan Relchsrath regarding the expulslc Austrlaus from Germany , in the coun which be threatened Germany with repr It the expulsions were continued , It Is understood that after the ju festivities Emperor Francis Joseph wll Informed from Berlin that Count von ' . Hohensteln's continuance In oftlce woul detrimental to the Intimate relations tweon the two countries. 8OUDANF.SB WILL BB EDUCAI Gordon Memorial College Will KHtabllshed at Khartonm. I LONDON , Dec. 1. William Waldorf t ! has donated $25,000 toward the fund 1 raited at the Instance ot General Kitchener to found the Gordon Mem college at Khartoum tor the purpose ot eating the Inhabitants ot the Soudan. Fortune Left to Shelter Soclt-l PARIS , Dec. 1. At the request brother of Mrs. Maxwell Heddlc , a Cant who recently died suddenly In London Fabre , the Canadian agent general , ecaled up the woman's fine residence and her villa at Cannes , owing to a dh relative to the will. The first will f lett Mrs. Heddle'a property to her s hut a later document' was discovered g her whole fortune , estimated at 10,00 francs , to a society which Is condu plgbt shelters In Paris. noyalty Officially Welcomed BERLIN , Dec. l. The emperor and prces ot Germany arrived hero from Pot I today to review the guards corps. ' majesties were loudly cheered and on arrival at the Brandenburger gate they welcomed by Burgomaster Klnachuer U fcalf of the city. Reported Wreck Untrna. LONDON , Deo. 1. There is no tound for the report circulated in the United S that a large steamer , supposed to be a I German Lloyd liner , Is ashore oft Mai fiolnv to Fight Mad Mullah. BOMBAY , Dec. 1. Two British brli have been ordered to the Swat valley o to Mad MulUh's successes over the I tribesmen. jimne ty to Le e Mujeste PrUoi VIENNA , DM. 1. Emperor FrancU a ph , % va the occasion ot the fiftieth i versary of his accession to the throne , currlng tomorrow , will grant full amni to all lese majesto prisoners and remit remainder ot the sentences of 540 ot prisoners. AHUUHTS OK NUMEROUS CAItLIS To Maintain Army Adcqnat Asralimt Them Will Cot fiOtOO : ( LONDON , Dec. 1. The Biarritz coi epondpnt of the Dally Mall says : Sovi Carl lets have been arrested at Mora Rubli In the province of Teurel , for trying to list soldiers for Carllsm. The eoldlers th < selves denounced them. Their success wo have been serious , since the whole diet Is Carllst and the garrison Is small. General Corroa , minister for war , has e a communication to the captain general the province. It Is estimated that the me tcnance on a war footing against the C lists will cost the government $3,000,000 Australian Whcnt Crop , SYDNEY , N. S. W. , Dec. 1. According the odlclal forecast for 180S the wheat c will bo 1,917,000 bushels In excess of t of 1897 and there will bo a surplus for port of 2,250,000 bushels. STORY OF GOULD BLACKM * Mm. Margaret Cody Takes Stand Her Own Behalf nnd Tell * of II < Connection ivlth. Mm. Angell. ALBANY , N. Y. , Dec. 1. The third di trial of Mrs. Margaret Cody for the allc blackmailing of the heirs of the Jay Gt estate was devoted almost exclusively the examination and cross-examination the defendant , who was placed on the st after two unimportant witnesses were ainlncd this morning and her counsel opened their elde ot the case. The cross-examination woa not conclu when the court adjourned this afternoon til tomorrow morning. In response f questions from her- attorney , Mr. Dut Mrs. Cody told a etralghtforward story a her connection with Mrs. Angell's case her cross-examination was ot a prcllmlr nature and did not weaken her story uj the corresponding points In the cross- amlnatlon. Mrs. Cody Bald that her first attention called to the cape by an Interview In Rocky Mountain News of Denver in Dec ber , 1894 , with Mr. Pierce , in which latter was quoted as saying bis wife , 1 Angell'a daughter , was the daughter of Tata Jay Gould , who had deeerted his : wife. She had on several occasions t employed to look up relationships family trees and the like and when saw this Item In the paper she began a < respondence with Mrs. Pierce concerning matter and eight months later visited 1 Angell at Rouse's Point and after tall the matter over with her she agreed try to establish the proof of relation ; of the latter to Jay Gould. The matter was then advertised in papers and later a Mr. Speer called u her and asked her If she would com < Albany to sen his cousin , William Met trio Speer. McMurtrle Specr called In i son the following day and later he ca with Amaza Parker , Jr. , of this city they entered Into a contract to act as torneys for Mrs. Cody. Bhe was to sc < the proofs ot the marriage. She told of hunt for this proof and several letter * \ read by her counsel from different pen who claimed to have knowledge of An affidavit ot Mary Ann ShealAi Champlaln was read , In which the depot swore that in April , 1853 , she saw Rev. Letghton marry Jay Gould to Mr . Ange Shortly after this she was not pic ; with the Inactivity of the firm , severed connection with them and employed ano law firm of this city. Explaining the tors on which she was Indicted for bl mall , she raid she had no Intention of bl mailing the' Gould heirs and that the lei wcrf In the Interests of her clients and herself. The case will probably be presented to Jury late tomorrow. AGREE ON EXCHANGE OF STC Union I'nclito Take * Decisive Aci on Mnttcr of Securing- Contra of Short Line and O. H. & N. NEW YORK , Nov. 1. At a meeting ol directors of the Union Pacific Ralfroad < pany hold In this city today It was dec to recommend to the stockholders , at a ; al meeting to be called for the pur ] that authorization be given for an exch of Union Pacific stock for that of the Or Short Line company. U Is proposed that In the event of stockholders ratifying this action exch ihall be made for at least tvo- thirds ol Oregon Short Line stock , while us to remaining one. third the matter of exch hall be lett to the discretion ot the U Pacific directors. By the proposed exch of stock the Union Pacific will be pfece a position whereby It will be enabled elect one-third ot the board ot dlrectoi the Oregon Railroad nnd Navigation < pany. Under the existing voting trus the latter the preferred shareholders two-thirds of the board of directors and third ot the preferred stock Is held Infer < for the benefit of the Union Pacific , C Northern and Northern Pacific roads. ownership of the Oregon Short Line e by the Union Pacific , therefore , will give Union Pacific the control of the affairs ol Oregon Navigation company and therelt the chief significance of today's actloi the Union Pacific directors. MAYO SECURES A DIVOf _ Aiicd Commodore Ohtnln * a Dei SettlnK Him Free from HI * YOUIIB Wife. FARGO , N. D. , Dec. 1. Commodore V Mayo , on the retired list ot the Ui States navy , was granted a divorce tc On December 8 , 1892 , the commodore married to Jennie Elton Stevens at Wi bury , Conn. The commodore vsas aboi years old at the time of his marriage , \ the bride was 30. After six weeks ot rled life Mrs. Mayo returned to her her Commodore Mayo Is said to be a mil atre and comes ot an old Virginia faml experience * at Omni COLUMBUS , O. , Dec. 1. ( Special ' gram. ) Governor AKX S. Bushnell Is noyed over the remarks attributed to Rosewater , editor of The Omaha Bee , w ! quoted In a Washington dispatch as ha said that Ohio did not maintain evi washstand at the Omaha Exposition , tc nothing ot a bureau. Mr. Rc ewater'i leged Insinuations that Ohio's $3.000 a ; prlatlon was squandered In a Junketing 1s resented by the governor , who says the Omaha people gave him a lunch a carriage ride and did not charge admli to the fair ; but he says he paid $2 ( rooms without meals occupied at a hot < himself and wife. Tonight Governor B nell sent a letter to Mr. Rosewater se forth Ohio's position and asking him whi he was correctly quoted or not. Vote to Aliollih Haslng. PRINCETON , N. J. , Dec. 1. At a moi mass meeting at Alexander hall tonlghl tudents ot Princeton university pi resolutions abolishing hazing. An c whelming majority prevailed and the hi question , U U believed , ha * been dispose QUAY MUST UNDERGO TRL Jndge Finletter Denies Motion to Disi Fire Indictment * . HEARING IS SET FOR DECEMBER Juda-e Say * Cniie Mont Proceed L ! Other * on Criminal Docket nn Itefnie * to Grant Defend * ant Unnannl Time. PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 1. Judge Flnle In the court of quarter sessions today o\ ruled all 'the motions ot objection entt by defendant's counsel to the five ind ments found by the grand jury aga : United States Senator M. 6. Quay , his i Richard S. Quay , and ex-State Treasi Benjamin J. Haywood. The defendants n not In court , but R. F. Shapley , their sei counsel , on announcement ot the Jud decision , moved to Instruct the clerk to el pleas of not guilty. % This being done , District Attorney C ham stated that the commonwealth ready to proceed to the trial at once aalted the court to flx an early date for trial. Shapley stated that the books accounts presented at the maglstra hearing were voluminous. These mat of evidence he and his colleague * had had. an opportunity to examine. They sired to have an expert go over these counts carefully before they would be re to combat the allegations of the comic wealth , and he asked that a date not eat than December 12 be fixed. He said thermoro that his colleague , F. L. Shle had an Important case In the United BL court on Monday next , which would pi ably occupy his time several days , would therefore be obliged to conduct trial should the date be fixed for i week. Trial Will Not De Delayed. Judge Finletter , In reply to Mr. Bhaj stated that ho would'treat this case as of any other ordinary criminal proceec on the docket , and ho could not , there ! grant the time asked for by defenda counsel. He Intended fixing Monday i as the date for trial , but in deterenci Mr. Shield's professional engagement that day ho would appoint the follov day , Tuesday , December 6 , for the opei of the trial. He stated that he conald that ample time for counsel to prepare t defense. Four ot the five blils of Indictment fc by the grand jury charged the defend with conspiracy to misuse the funds of state on deposit in the People's bank their own benefit and profit , and the Indictment charged Benjamin J. Hay\ with Illegally loaning $100,000 of the t fuuds over wMch he had control. Dei rcrs were entered by defendant's cou last week to the first four Indictments , Judge Finletter today declared these inurrcrs not sustained. A motion to qi the fifth Indictment was also overruled the judge. Judge Finletter later In the day re sldored his decision fixing the date of Quay trial for December 6 and fixed Mon December 12. as the day. INDICTS GOVERNOR TANh CliVr with Omission OtDaty and Ma" ) feasance In Vlrden Riots. ST. LOUIS , Deo. 1. A special to Republic from Carllnvtlle , III. , says : Vlrden riot grand Jury made Its formal port to Judge * B. B. Shirley at 6:30 : evening. Judge Shirley came down I Springflefd , where he was holding court , held a short half hour senalon to rec this report. The grand Jury dealt pertinently wltl affair and , as far as it was able to ascer returned true bills agalnut the prim participants In the tragedy of Octobe at Vlrden. Ten Indictments , involving f four persons , were returned. Against . R. Tanner , governor of Illinois , there three counts for palpable omission of and malfeasance In office. Fred W. Lul general manager of the Ghtcago-Vlrden company , Is charged with manalaughte two counts. With Luklns , his depu Frank Wilder , J. E. Sickles and 0. H. Sc are Indicted for the killing of Joseph terele , a Mount Olive miner. Sixteen 1 guards are held for riot. GILLETT REPORTED CAPTUF Said to Have Been Cntight In Me : vrlth flOO.OOO In Cash on HI * Peron. KANSAS CITY , Dec. 1. H was rum at the stock yards this afternoon Grant C. Glllett , the absconding cattle 1 had been captured in Mexico and $10 in cash recovered. The report is gene discredited. Charles A. Shaeffer. president of th George Holmes Commission company , s out a warrant here today charging G with having obtained $19,500 by false tenses. The warrant was placed In hands of an officer and the latter left city tonight. M. A. Flke , attorney for Holmes company , tonight made this s raent ; "Glllett is under arrest int Mexico , officer has gone for him and we will him back , we hope , at a very early dati In other quarters It is stated almos positively that Glllett Is not In Mexico , that he Is In custody on American soil , he has a large sum ot money In his session and that his captors are negotlf with his creditors here to exact a el percentage of the money as their prici turning Glllett and the funds over ta creditors. U was stated quite positively here toi that Glllett was under arrest at Chlhav Mex. , but tbo statement could not be firmed and at a late hour the Journal ceived a dlppatch from the Jefe Poll published at Chlhauhau , stating that s < as known Glllott was not in custody t MONEY WASNOT MISUJ _ _ Treasurer of Doard of Erie Cat Soldier * ' Home Explain * What Done with Inmate * ' Pensions , PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 1. In dlscui the petition presented to Governor Has yesterday by State Senator Gibson on half at the Inmates of the Soldiers' Sailors' home at Erie , Pa. , in which charge is made that a large proportlo their pension money is taken and tu over to the state board of trustees , Gei Louis Wagner , treasurer ot the board , today ; > "Some one Is trying to create a mom out of & molehill. This is an old i and like everything else of the kind it two sides. As treasurer ot the board 1 under Us Instructions and It has been cuetom for years to take the pension m of each inmate over and above $ t a tr and deposit it to the credit of the trea In banks , receiving 2 per vent Int thereon. This plan has been approve ho courts of Erie county and Also by I upreme court ot the state. "We use the money for , the purpose xlendlng relief In case * why re Inmates hi ependcnt relatives , but there are ca where relatives arc not dependent. 1 tate Is supporting the veterans and we < DO no reason for turning . .the nlbney erred to over to the sons who an" cap * of earning their own living. All the dlers' homes In the country are conduct n the e.xmo way. " MEMORIAL FROM THE CUBAf Commissioner Porter Receives n < ommendntlonM on Economic Coa dltlons In Island * . SANTIAGO , Dec. 1. Robert P. Port United States special commissioner to Ci and Porto Rico to study the economic c < dlttons In both -islands , had a long intcrvl oday with General Leonard Wood , who c orward gave him office * at the palace. This afternoon a committee ot the Chs > er of Commerce waited on Mr. Porter i iresented a memorial upon a problem > aramount importance , Imperatively nandlng the attention ot , the govcrnmt According to the memorial , the flnam situation of the country andits , very e nomlc life depends upon a reduction ot dut Sugar production , for instance , has auffc a severe blow during recent years , fall from 1,000,000 tons la 1891 to 40,000 tons 1897. 7 Meanwhile prices are lower , wid the dl culty of transportation Is 'treater ' , wl there is a deficiency of apparatus and Int osrt la all tbo time accumulating on del The chamber recommends vfreedom fi all taxes for a reasonablepuiber of yci " the abolition of duties on machinery "and f admission to the markets } ot the Unl States. 1 Regarding tobacco , the'j.ehamber desl that the importation of th * foreign leaf absolutely prohibited in order to avoid manufacture of the same , which is then abroad as the product ot the island , to prejudice of the Cuban manufacturer i igrlculture. The chamber requests , too , extension of the privileges'granted to Sp In the Cuban mining Industry " for an ad tlonal ten years , expiring "Jn 1913 , owing the fact that the warfare during the 1 three years has seri&iuly Injured the mln Industry. SUNSET LIMITED JS DITCH ! _ _ _ _ _ & Jumps the Tract ani ? the Bng Turns a , Someraault But , Mlrnci lon-lr , No Oae Is Killed. JENNINGS , La , , Dec. l. The Sur Transcontinental limited train ot the Soi ern Pacific was badly wrecked at 4:30 : < evening two miles west ot Jennings on w Is known as Grand Marias. It was mtraculous < * that there was no ! ot life. Engineer WT'ET. Ragadale ot He ton was caught In the ofcb and his left i badly mashed. Fireman F. H. Booth Houston had his back and shoulder sevei sprained. Conductor Richard'Quantroug ' Houston had Ma spins seriously Injured Chief Airbrake Instructor Cox ot Houi was caught In the engine , in which he riding , and fatally Injured. The limited carried forty-Ujre * pasi gera , none of whom wti. Inlflrea , t The , train was a en te jnure .tW ti aboutl two mllf * . cJt br - t-y WBeirt Jennings and a large -truwd-'went to scene. The train was running sixty n an hour at the time of the accident. I Impossible to tell , the exact caude of wreck , but itis surmised that an axle the locomotive gave way. The pony trt lett the rails and ran 300 feet on the I The engineer reversed his engine , butci not stop the train , which was under speed. The engine finally left the track tlrely and plunged down an embankm the forward end dropping and the en ; turning compfetely over , where It lies Its left elde over halt submerged in w and mud. VALUE OF KANSAS CRO Combined Vnlnen of Wheat , Corn i Oats Amount to 907.540,001 o fT3S,211 More Than in 18O7. TOPEKA. Kan. , Dec. l. The crop letln of the Kansas Board of Agrlcult showing the final returns of the sU crop yields , and their home value , toge with the number and value of live s for 1898 , was Issued today. The figures on yields of wheat , corn oats 'do not vary essentially from tl given out earlier In the season except the yield of corn In some of the north counties , which ordinarily have the g areas and yields , but were supposed to 1 only a very email output this year , mak much better showing than was antlcip before husking. Wheat falls slightly bi the early estimates. The winter wheat crop Is 69,674 bushels ; worth $32,431,772. Spring wt 1,116,556 bushels ; worth $505,269. C 126,999,132 bushels ; worth $30,298,098. C 21,702,537 bushels ; worth $4,268,861. The combined home values of the wt corn and oats amount to $67,540,001 , $735,211 more than In 1897. BREAKS INTO COAL MONOPO Northwestern MlnlnK Company cure * Control of Seven Thonsai Acres IIItnnilnouB Coal Land , DUBOIS , Pa. , Dec. l. The consumma ot what is without doubt the largest deal ever made in this center ot the t mlnoua coal regions was effected to The Northwestern Mining and Exchc company , which has been operating for last quarter of a century In Elk count ] tbo purchasing party and the deal ot t ( places them on an equal footing , so fa : holdings are concerned , with the Roche and Plttsburg and the Bervvlnd-Whlte c panles that have BO long held the mono ot production in this immediate vlcli The tract acquired comprises over si thousand acres ot the finest bituminous landa In the state. The exact amount w changed hands on the deal Is not obt able. The Erie railway , which is the i trolling power of the Northwestern , extend Its line to this place , thereby gl another competing line to the Great L and the east. Wins Decision Over Western XIn ST. LOUIS , Dec. 1. A special to the public from Carthage , Mo. , says : Ji Perkins rendered a decision today In case ot Senator Hobard Gray against Western Union Telegraph Company , claim was for 3 cents for stamps chai the plaintiff after the first adoption of war tax , his claim being that the defend were by law required to bear that bur The decision was in favor of the plaintlfl the amount ot claim. Advance of Miner * ' Wage * . HOUGHTON , Mich. , Dec. l. The Ol Mining company today gave Its 2,000 ployes at Ironwood and Bessemer 10 cent advance in wages. Similar advance other mines are expected January 1. A $100,000 smelter ot the Qulncy Mining c pany went into blast today. It Is expe to refine copper for halt the former coi saving of fully $50,000 annually. LOSSES REACH ONE MILLH Late Big Storm Hiti the Eastern Mar Underwriters Hard , PROVINCETOWN WRECKS REACH S510 , ( leporfu of More Missing Vessels At Bring the AnKreRate of Losses ol Life and Money Still Higher. . , , i NEW YORK , Dec. 1. The marine nd writers of this city say that the los sustained by their companies as the re : of the storm , beginning last Saturday , \ irobably amount In the aggregatoHo sot thing more than $1,000,000. Owing to the lack ot gufflcl data ot a trustworthy cha/a < t will be eome days before definite statement of the full extent ot osses can bo made. There will be , In Ikellhood , a large amount of salvage r < zed from the wrecks. Most of the vest carrying Insurance were covered to the amoilnt of their value , though some of smaller craft known to have been lost w not Insured. The premium charges .ho different vessels upon which insura will be paid varied considerably , but t were not In any case abnormally high : hls season of the year. There Is yet truth in the report that it has been elded to Increase rates as a result ot osses of the last few years. When , h ever , the full effect of the storm y marine risks shall have been ascertal : he whole matter of rates may come up fore the American Institute of Marine 1 derwrlters. Land arid Marine Losses. PnOVINCBTOWN , Mass. , Dec. 1. An tempt to flx the financial loss ot Sundi storm In and around Provlncetown , incl Ing the Portland wreck , was made today several men who have large Interests coastwisetrading. . The tabulation reac vas aa follows : Lives lost , possibly 150. Loss of property on land . 1 1 ! Loss of marine property , not includ ing steamer Portland . 20 Loss of the Portland . 23 Loss In money nnd effects of passen gers and sailors . & Total . . * 5V The Boston fishing schooner Ruth M. S tin arrived here this morning and beached. The crew was saved , ono n however , being badly hurt. The vesse breaking up. A schooner supposed to be the Grac < Calais , Me. , Is ashore two miles south > ot Wood End life saving station with m gone , cabin gutted and no signs ot life. Is believed the crew has perished. Crew of King Phillip Lost. BALTIMORE , Dec. 1. The Black-Sh dan-Wilson Coal company of this city ceived a telegram today from E. R. Nor the Boston agent of the firm , saying company's schooner King PhllllD , w ! left this port November 16 with 1,787 tor coal tor Portland , Me. , had foundered In gals Sunday night off Highland light on Massachusetts coast and that all ' were The "Ki&sf Phillip , w s a n , four-ma by Captain "A. A. Duncan of Portland , 1 which port the crew ot iwelva men hailed. BARNSTABLE , Mass. , Dec. 1. G masses of wreckage 'havo ' been coming as on the inside ot Cape. Cod since Sunday piece of a vessel marked "Emma , I adelphlo , " came ashore at Sandy Neck , Fafnstable light , land last night three be were found near there on the beach. A of the wreckage appears to be that of : Ing nchoonera. BUZZARD'S BAY , Mass. , Dec. 1. A m ber o'f the life saving crew at day H who reacticd hero this morning , reports Sunday morning the schooners Queen 1 ter , Vivian and Clara C. Baker went to pi on the rocks off Gay Head , where the of Columbus perished some years ago. life saving station crew , during forty-c hours of unceasing and unbroken off succeeded In launching their surf boat ten trips to the vessels and succeeded In cuing nineteen men ot the crews. Sev assistance c however , perished before reach'them. . PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 1. The steam Switzerland , from Antwerp , for Phlladel ] which passed In the Delaware capes morning , had In 'tow the Pollock Rip II ship , which it picked up adrift yestei RESCUE OP TUB ST. LUCIE'S CB1 Captain nnd Crew Given Up for 1 lint Are Picked Up Nearly Dei BALTIMORE , Dec. 1. Captain Henr ; Appleby and the crew of the American 1 St. Luclc , which IB now supposed to b the bottom of the Atlantic , were rescue- - the British steamship Orthta of and I Glasgow and were landed , here today. rescued are , In addition to the captain : Chief Mate William Parks , Second 1 Alfred Smith , Steward Fred Byrne and men P. Carstcn , Will Schleglemllk , W Gllraore , F. R. Rosraassen , Charles 1 drlckson , Martin Poulson and Albert Ei hart. Seaman Henry Hemeyer was drownw the capsizing ot the bark's lifeboat. The St. Lucle left New York last Fr with a general cargo for Santos , Br Sunday was a day of terror for all on b < The wind , which was blowing a gale Si day. Increased In fury and at neon the 1 sprit , jlbboom , fore and main topmasts ' by the board. To make matters worse vessel began leaking badly. Monday m ing the deck load ot lumber and rosin wa overboard and the battered wreck was tc over on its beam ends. In the afternoon a big sea broke over vessel , stove in the cabin doors and flo everything. Fearing it was about to go u at once , an attempt was made to launct single available boat and when seven ol luckless seamen leaped Into It , It capi and was smashed against the ship's sides halt-drowned men struggled back to wreck , but Hemeyer was lost. At 2 o' ( on Tuesday morning the Orthla was slg and at 8 o'clock the men were rescued. MANY WRECKS AT 1'OIIT JEPPEJR Property to Amount of flOO.OOO strayed and Lives Lost. NEW YORK , Dec. 1. Port Jefferson. 1 has just emerged from the snow embi The story ot the havoc done In Port Jc son bay by the storm came by the train. Wrecks of pleasure yachts and < merclal craft are strewn about the st or lie on the bottom. During the height of the storm the Ing schooner Hard Chance attempted make the harbor , but was driven on rocks at Oldfleld Point , where It lies br in two. It was Impossible to aid the v and Its crew of four men , who peril The body of the captain was found in hold of the schooner. Early in the gale the beautiful s yacht Halcyon , owned by Commodore S of the Stamford Yacht club , was driven on against a dock , where it crashed Intc stern of the schooner ( Mary E. Cuff. Jsteamer's port side w s crushed In. It CONDITION OF THE WEATHI Forecast for Nenrnskn Partly Cloudy ; Westerly Win Temperature at Omaha yeterdaj at the dopv. Dozens ot smaller craft w destroyru- The damage to shipping at Port Jcftor bay Is estimated at more than $100,000. , ANOTHER KATALITY ON TUB OCE. Schooner Ileebe Wrecked and All Hoard Ilroivncd. PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 1. Informal was recelj' ; afe today that the schoo Lcander V. Bccbo from Philadelphia Boston had been totally wrecked off Bl Rock , Mass. , and that all the members the crew were drowned. PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 1. A private < patch from Boston says the schooner L Bcebe , Philadelphia for Boston , with c ias been wrecked on Black Rock , n tahasaet , Mass. All hands eight In m > er perished. This vessel and cargo w valued at 135,000. It was commanded Captain Daniels , whose son was mate. ' crew was composed of Harry Arnot , W. Phlllpps , Edward Wadman and Lewi * Miller. SOULE AND AUGUSTA AUK MISSI Barge and Schooner Driven to I Not Heard From. PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 1. Nothing beonlearned by the Maritime exchange t of th'o fate of the barge Enos Soule , wt larted from its tow , the Orion , on Sunday .he schooner City ot Augusta , which pai Its hawser and was blown to sea Mom Grave fears are entertained for the sai of th crews of both craft , us neither jeen seen by Incoming vessels. The Clt ; Augusta bos a crew of eight men and Enos Soule had four men on board. GEN. SHAFTERJS ANNOY Think * that Admiral Sampson Enilenvorlnn to liaise Inne Which Have Ilecn Settled. NEW YORK , Dec. 1. General W. Shatter was today shown a copy ot Adrr Sampson's report on the operations of United States fleet at Santiago , af ter the structlon of the Spanish fleet , In which admiral denounced the suggestion whlct attributed to General Shatter , that the i was unwilling to assist the army in 1 ing at entrance to the harbor. General Shatter did not conceal the that Admiral Sampson's criticisms anni him greatly. This controversy has been fought before , " he said. "The records speak themselves. My letters and dispatches Admiral Sampson as given In his report the story. I have nothing to add to th < The general went over the newsp synopsis of the admiral's report and pol out that the correspondence given the he hag requested _ _ Adn * representative to th ' " - that ho did not lgn the terms of-surre himself. "As I did not sign them , " he said , "I talnly would not consent for Admiral Be eon to do so. " IMPORT DUTY ON TOBAC Tobacco and Clunr Exporting FI In Cuba HlKhly Pleased vrlth This Action. HAVANA , Dec. 1. A cable message ceived here yesterday by the principal bacco and cigar exporting firm In Cuba nounccs on the authority of Senor Luis & ' special commissioner of the Cuban tob manufacturers at Washington , that United States government will place a hlbltlVe Import duty on leaf tobacco ported into the island of $5 per pound ot $4.50 , plus 25 per cent , on cigars , export duties are to remain as hereto $6.30 per hundred kilos on leaf tobacco $1.35 per thousand on cigars. Although hopes had been entertained export duties would bo abolished entl the announcement that the prohibitive di will bo placed on tobacco imported into Island has been received with jubllatloi manufacturers and exporters , as gua teeing the survival and development ol tobacco industry in Cuba , which other would have been threatened with oxl tlon. NEGRO IS PROMPTLY HANC Part of Ilnce War In Mlssonrl K < Vp at a Lively Ilute I.ynclie for a Itobbery. ST. LOUIS , Dec. 1. A special to the public from New Madrid , Mo. , says ; other lynching occurred hero yesterday , victim being the second of the two neg who killed Alexander Loin In Madrid Ky. , last Friday. The negro was caugl Dyersburg , Tenn. The friends and rela ot the murdered man beard of the cap a mob was organized , the jail stormed the prisoner taken out and lynched neat scene of the crime with which ho charged. The unfortunate black man made a fesslon , saying that he killed Loin In c to get $100 which ho understood he ha bis person. The negro who aided In the robbery murder was lynched Sunday night. NEGROES WILLj OUND COU Party of Sixteen Leave for Lib Hacked by Intelligence and Money. WICHITA , Kan. , Dec. 1. A colony of teen negroes has left Oklahoma for Lib It Is headed by an Intelligent farmer m Appleberry , who recently sold his farr Fox Creek for $3,000. All have some m < fnntentnntM In Yale-Princeton Del NEW HAVEN , Conn. , Dec. 1 , These teetants have been chosen to represent In the debate with Princeton In this on December 8 ; Cornelius P. Kltchel , East Liverpool , O. ; Ashley C. Leavltt , Melrose , Mass. , and Philip C. Walcott , Rutherford , N. J. Movement * of Ocean VrnNel * , Dei At Queenstown Arrived Canada , Boston. Sailed Pennland. for Pblladeh Majestic , tor New York. At Genoa Sailed Kalter Wllhelm II New York. At Philadelphia Arrived Swltzer : from Antwerp. At New York Sailed Norge , for I burg ; Karlsruhe , for Bremen. Arrlved- vance , from Colon ; Matanzas , from Hay Lahn , from Bremen. At Boston Arrived Cherokee , from J sonvllle. At Havre Sailed Moravia , for New } At Liverpool Arrived Germanic , New York. At Bremen Arrived Trave , from York. . . . . DIGS UP THE MAINE Spain EndenTori to Place Responsibility for that Awful Tragedy. PROPOSES AN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION This Board to Inrestigate and Bender Final Decision. DONS-IF GUILTY , TO SALUTE "OLD GLORY" Otherwise America to Fey Expenses of ( he Investigation. SPANISH COMMISSION WANTS "OPEN DOOR" Ask * that It * Ships and Commerce He Granted tlic L < amc Privileges In the Ceded Islands as America I2njoys ( Copyright , 1S98 , by Press Publishing Co , ) HAWS , Dec. 1. ( Now York World Cable gram Speclaf Telegram. ) There was no ueetlng of the Joint commission today , but he Americans held two meetings. No tlmq s being lost , as the Span lards sent drafts of several articles which had to bo ex amined by the Americans. The drafts cov ered articles relating to the nationality of ho Inhabitants of the ceded territory , the unlBdlctlon of the courts and pending cases , the continuance of grants and contracts far public works , services in the coded terri tory , etc. * Ono article was to the effect that the United States and Spain appoint an Inter national commission of experts of seven. members , three to be selected by each coun try , namely one citizen of each country , one Britisher and one Frenchman , with a 3crman president ; this commission to de termine the responsibility for the Muluo disaster. If Spain Is responsible she la to send a war ship to salute the American fins at New York ; If not , the United States to ? ay the whole expense of the commission. The Spanish Idea Is that , having yielded on the main principles , they will gain Im portant advantages on details. The .com mission meets tomorrow. Spain Mnltes ncqnest * . PARIS , Dec. 1. Anxious as both arc to conclude their work , the United States ami Spanish peace commissions did not hold a joint session today. Their next meeting will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. This delay arises from the fact that the Spanish commissioners at yesterday's ses sion offered several urgent propositions which called tor special deliberation upou the part of the Americans. Spain asks the United States to grant far a term of five years to Spanish ships carryIng - Ing Spanish goods or products to Porto Rico and Cuba the same privileges as American vessels engaged In the satoe trade may have and qualifies this , request by a proviso that trade privileges be""e.xtendcd to Cuba so ' ' domineers over the island. In support of this request the Spanish commissioners as sert that1 Spain cannot , without vital harm , Immediately abandon or cut the business re lations BO long maintained between the mother country and the West Indies terri tories. They declare that family tics and social relations , added to affairs ot trade maintained through centuries , require gradual dissolution. They Invoke the terms ot the treaty of 1819 , by which the United Spates took over Florida from Spnln and In the fifteenth article of which granted Spain for twelve years the right to send lt3 goods nnd products to Florida In Spanish ships on the same terms as ships carrying hither goods and products ot the United States. The Spanish commissioners cite fur ther the fact that the treaty of 1803 with France , for the cession of Louisiana , granted French and Spanish goods and products the same terms as Americans enjoyed In Now Orleans and other ports ot the ceded terri tory. Desires an Open Door. Finally , Spain points to the American pro posed "open door" policy In the Pblllp- olj.cs , and asks a guaranty of the same ad vantages In Us West Indian colonies , until trade relations can by degrees accustom themselves to the change ot sovereignty. This proposition and the arguments by which It was supported are considered strongly stated and the American commis sioners desired time for deliberation. Thus , although they were busy until nearly 2 o'clock this afternoon , they were not fully prepared , and Judge Day sent a meesage to Senor Montcro Rlos requesting that the joint session fixed for this afternoon be postponed until tomorrow. Meanwhile the Spanish commissioners had been preparing a Hit ot subjects for negoti ations , supplemented by suggestions counter to and amendatory ot the subjects the Amer icana submitted yesterday. This came to the American commissioners today In Span ish , rendering It eyen more desirable to postpone the joint session In order to give tlmo for translation and consideration. The translation la belnst , Wade this evening and the subject will bo laid before the American commissioners tomorrow morning. Now that the first gUst ot grief and chagrin has passed thi Spanish commission ers are meeting the Americans In a frank spirit that Is helpful to an early comple tion ot the negotiation ? . Merrltt Consults Commission. General Wesley Morrltt. who arrived here yesterday from London , leaving his wlfo eonvnlctcent there , was In consultation with the American commission all morning rela tive to the conditions and necessary meas ures In the Philippine Islands. General Merrltt expects to sail for New York on December 10 , and hopes to resume hli duties In California or New York until his retire ment , eighteen moritba hence. Major Halo of General Merrill's staff , who Is now here , believes the United States , having taken the Philippine Islands , will now have no trouble In securing ttio re lease of the Spaniards who are held pris oners by Agulnaldo. Midnight From Information which comet to the correspondent ot the Associated Press from a well authenticated source It seems un likely that the commissions will finish tlielr work s soon as had been expected. It Is probable that the negotiations will last con siderably longer. Madrid has Instructed the Spanish com missioners on three points to which the Americans attach much Importance. These are the cession of an island In the Carolines , the granting of religious freedom over the wbolo of the Carolines and the cession ot a cable and coaling station at Ceuta. The Spanish government has Instructed Senor Montero Bios to grant none ot tbei and while Spain may ultimately yield to them all It is admitted that the American commlteloners have no power to nforc their demands on points not covered by the protocol. Before Spain dots yi U the