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THE MORNING NEWS. )
Established 1850. - - Incorporated tSBB. v
J. H. ESTILL, President. J
PLAN OF AUTONOMY PRAISED.
SENOR DIPI Y DE LOME EXPLAINS
THE NEW SCHEME.
Points Out That It Is For Mope Lib
eral Than Thnt Enjoyed by Cana
da—The Minister Even Claims Thnt
Cuba Is Granted More Privileges
Than Are Enjoyed by the Individ
ual States of the United States—He
Says It Is a Complete Revolution
of the Old Plan of Autonomy.
Washington. Nov. 29.—Senor Dupuy de
Lome, the Spanish ambassador, ,has re
ceived long dispatches from Madrid show
ing in detail the plan of autonomy which
Spain is about to apply to Cuba. While
these do not give the text of the new law,
they explain all the important features,
and clear up doubts which had arisen from
the unofficial reports which have come
from Madrid.
Speaking of the new law, the minister to
day said: "I regret that much apprehen
sion has arisen over the new law owing
to the very meager reports heretofore re
ceived concerning it. I must admit also
that I have been astonished at the dispo
sition in some quarters to criticise small
technical features without looking at the
broad, general character of the new re
form law. It is a measure which will
stand the closest scrutiny, and I am very
desirous that the American people should
look into it with care, studying it, and
comparing it with other constitutional
methods of governing colonies. Such
6tudy, I am sure, will fully vindicate the
law and commend it to the people of this
country, outside of those irreconcilables,
who are always to bo met with.
“One of the recent criticisms is that this
plan of autonomy is the same as the old
plan, with some change of detail. Asa
matter of fact, the new plan is a com
plete revolution of the policy and plat
forms of the autonomist party during the
last tw'enty years. The old plan of auton
omy gave to Cuba an advisory body. It
did not have final authority in making
laws, but merely advised as to those laws.
Now, however, the new law proposes to
give Cuba a parliamentary body of full
iaw-making power. The completeness of
this legislative power is as great, if not
greater, than that enjqjed by Canada or
by any state of the United States. This
is readily demonstrated by comparing the
plan of the new law with that of the
British North American act of 1867, which
establishes the present parliamentary sys
tem of Canada. According to the Cana
dian law, the Canadian parliament consists
of two bodies. The upper house is made
up of members appointed by the crown,
each member holding a life tenure with a
qualification that no member is eligible
unless "he has an income of $4,000. The
provision for the new Cuban upper house
is along the same general line, but is far
less stringent. Instead of the crown ap
pointing all of the upper house, as in the
case of Canada, the Spanish crown is to
appoint only one-haif the member of the
npper house of Cuba. The other half are
to be elected by the people of Cuba every
live years. There is a SI,OOO property
qualification for. membership of the upper
house of Cuba, which is the same as that
In Canada. The same comparison holds
good between the proposed lower house In
Cuba and the lower house in Canada.
There is a $2,500 property qualification for
members of the lower house in Canada
and also a qualification as to those who
may vote for such members. But in the
new plan for Cuba there is no property
qualification as to the electors. It is one
man, one vote, the same be he black or
white.
“If the new home rule law is compared
with the systems prevailing in the several
states of the United States it will bo
found that Cuba is to have a greater
measure of control of her own affairs than
do the several states in this country. For
instance, she is given control of her pos
tal affairs, control of her banking and cur
rency, control of her customs. < This last
feature is the most important, and accord
ing to dispatches I have received from
Madrid, it is as follows: ‘The insular par
liament will form its own tariff, fixing both
import and export duties. The home gov
ernment, together with the insular govern
ment, will make a schedule of such penin
sular and insular products as by common
agreement shall enjoy a preferential duty
over similar foreign products, which, in
no case, shall exceed 35 per cent. In case
of disagreement, in the preparation of said
schedule the point in dispute shall be sub
mitted to a committee of members of
ihe cortes consisting of an equal number
of peninsulars and Cubans.’
“It will be observed that this gives to
ihe Cuban parliament entire control of the
tariff with the provision that there shall
he preferential duties for Spain, not ex
ceeding 35 per cent. It should be under
stood that these preferential duties ure not
an unusual feature. Even under the last
reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Cuba, which is conceded to
have been the most satisfactory reciproc
ity treaty made by the United States, there
was u preferential duty of 30 per cent,
made to Spain. Under the new law this
is cut down to 35 per cent. Moreover, it
should be understood the preferential du
ties do not cover all the tariff schedules,
as they did when the United States and
Canada had a reciprocity treaty, but cover
only a limited number of articles. These
articles doubtlesp will lie so chosen as not
to affect the trade between the United
States nnd Cuba, so that while Spain en
joys the preference from her colony it will
t'ot be a preference as against the United
Slates.”
When it was suggested to the minister
that among certain classes rio plan of au
tonomy was acceptable, he said: “Cer
tainly; there are irreconcilables on both
sides—Spanish irreconcilables and Cuban
irreconcilables. But they are not the ones
to be considered. It Is (he people at large
:, nd the material interests of Cuba that
me to be considered. The Cuban irre
concilable says he will not accept this new
*w. He does not point out its defects or
Jggest remedies. He simply declines to
accept It. Such men are out of court.
They are not open to argument or reason.
“There is another feature which should
V|p noted. For the first time the govern
ment lias said officially that Spain will
assume a part of the debt of Cuba. The
Payment of this debt Is to be arranged by
1 ae cortes, but it Is to be on a basis sat
' factory to both parties.”
Recurring to the legislative powers
v !| f h Cuba would enjoy, the minister was
"bed if this was not qualified to some
' v!p nt by the right of approval reserved
1 " 'he governor general In certain cases.
“It will be found in examining the new
argued tiio minister, “that the gov.
“"•or genera! has the reserved right only
111 three specific cases, while the general
ffij }t . JSitfmng
rule Is that the laws go Into effect with
out reserve. Furthermore, these three
reservations are the same as those given
to the governor general of Canada, or to
any other colonial executive. This will
be found to be the ease by examining the
British-Ameriean act of 1867. In short,
there is nothing unusual in these reserva
tions in a few specific cases of a national
character, but it is the universal princi
ple in the constitutional government ot
colonies. That honest investigation of the
new law will show its broad scope • and
liberal provisions is shown by a dispatch
I have just received from a friend at Mad
rid.”
The dispatch to the minister is as fol
lows: “The Liberal prints a statement of
Giberga, expressing his satisfaction in the
new rule and his confidence in Us success.
In his statement he makes a review of ail
the reforms: finds complete and satisfac
tory the tariff reform, whose period of
transition established in the fortieth arti
cle, does not affect the principle of auton
omous tariff. He says that all those re
forms commend themselves to the sym
pathy of every good autonomitt, and that
no thinking person can doubt that Cuba
enters in anew life of right and dignity
that assures to her political liberty and
economical prosperity.”
DON CARLOS DANGEROUS.
Fresh Agitation on Autonomy to Re
Promoted in Spnin.
Madrid, Nov. 29.—1 tis stated here that
Don Carlos, the pretender, has summoned
to Venice, where he is now residing, the
Marquis Cerralbe, his representative in
Spain, with a view of promoting a fresh
agitation on the subject of the autonomy
decrees. \
The Marquis Cerralbe recently tried to
negotiate a loan in the Carlist interest, but
the attempt was a failure.
FERNANDO PO A GRAVEYARD.
Exiles Front Cuba Dying by Scores
From Neglect ml Bad Treatment.
Liverpool, Nov. 29.—Letters were receiv
ed here to-day in the West African mail
bringing terrible news concerning the Cu
ban exiles on the island of Fernando Po,
the Spanish penal colony. It is said that
150 out of 250 exiles sent there are already
dead and the exiles complain bitterly of
the treatment they have received. Some
of the exiles were transported from Cuba
without trial,and were landed at Fernando
Po to live as best they could. The dead
were buried without coffins.
DAUNTLESS VERY DARING.
Tug Reported to Have Landed An
other Filibustering Expedition.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 29.—1 tis ru
mored here that the steamer Dauntless
has succeded in landing another expedition
in Cuba, but no positive information has
been received tp that effect. The steamer
was to have iantWi on Cuban shores last
night, but it will be a day or two at least
before authentic information will be at
hand.
Printers Jailed at Havana.
Havana, Nov. 29.—The foreman, ma
chinist and two compositors of the print
ing office of El Commercio have been ar
rested for trying to publish clandestinely
an editorial of El Correo of Madrid, the
publication or circulation of which had
been prohibited.
GERMANY’S DEMAND ON CHINA.
Occupation of Kino Clin nay as a
* Coaling Station One of Them.
Pekin, Nov. 29.—Inquiries made here in
Chinese official circles confirm the state
ments contained In dispatches from Shang
hai, giving the substance of the demands
made by Baron von Heyking, the Ger
man minister substitute, as a result of the
murder recently of German missionaries
and the destruction of German mission
property. Germany, through her Minister,
asks for the discovery and execution of
the murderers of the missionaries Nies
and H-rnnle; the punishment of the im
plicated officials, including the governor of
the Shan-Tung province, in which part
of China the mission was situated; the re
construction of the missionary buildings;
the payment of an indemnity of 600,C00
taels to the relatives of the victims; the
payment of a heavy indemnity to cover
the expenses of the German naval expedi
tion and the maintenance of the German
force at Kiao Chu bay; the railroad mo
nopoly of the Shan Tung ( province, and
the occupation of Kiao Chu bay as a Ger
man coaling station.
China will refuse the demands of Ger
many, but will express willingness to make
ample reparation for the murder of the
missionaries and for the damage done to
the mission property.
Russia, it is understood, is not yet help
ing China, but the latter country has de
cided not to provoke hostilities, and to
trust to diplomacy for a settlement of the
difficulties which have arisen in connec
tion with the mission outrages.
ARCHBISHOP KEANE AT HOME.
Pope Congratulates the I’rclnte on
Two o£ His Acts.
Rome, Nov. 29.—Archbishop Keane,
former rector of the Catholic University
at Washington, was received by the pope
to-day. His holiness congratulated the
bishop upon the abnegation with which
in a letter to the pope he renounced his
claim to be included in the list of candi
dates for appointment to the archbishopric
of New Orleans.
The pope also congratulated Archbishop
ICcane on the occasion of the advent serv
ices at the Church of St. Silvestro Incn
peta, a venerable church of Rome, erected
in honor of John the Baptist, a piece of
whose head is still preserved there. The
church is now in possession of the English
Roman Catholics. The subject of Arch
bishop Keane Whs the incarnation.
OLIVE BRANCH IN AUSTRIA.
Huron von Gnultseli to Try to Har
monise the DHTerenrvs.
Vienna, Nov* 29.— 1 t Is stated here that
as soon as the new cabinet is formed Bar
on von Gaultsch von Frankenthurn, the
former minister of public instruction and
ecclesiastical affairs, who has been in
trusted with the task of forming a minis,
try to succeed that of Count Badeni, who
resigned yesterday, will enter into negoti
ations with the leaders of the Germans
and Czechs with a view to bringing about
a modification of the laws making the
Czech language co-ordinate with the Ger
man.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1807.
THORN’S AWFUL STORY TOLD.
THE CASE EXPECTED TO GO TO THE
JURY TO-NIGHT.
The Lawyers to Make Tlielr Closlag
Arguments During the Day and
None of Them to He Long—The
Judge's Charge Also Likely to He
C'onelNe—Thorn's Testimony to the
Effect Thnt Mrs. Nnck llnd Commit
ted the Murder Before He Entered
the House.
New York, Nov. 29.—The trial of Martin
Thorn for the murdet of Guldensuppe was
closed to-night, so far as the taking of evi
dence was concerned. To-morrow the
lawyers for the defendant and thp peo
ple will sum up, and it is expected that
Justice Maddox will charge the jury early
in the afternoon. Mr. Howe will begin
his final appeal in Thorn’s behalf at 9:30
o’clock, and he expects to conclude before
noon.
District Attorney Youngs then will have
his say for the prosecution and expects
to finish within two hours. It is not ex
pected that the charge of Justice Maddox
will be very lengthy, so that by 3 o'clock
in the afternoon the case may be with
the Jury.
Opinions, both lay and legal, differ very
materially as to the probable result. Many
look for a conviction, but a greater num
ber anticipate a disagreement. A few of
Thorn's former employers were called by
the defense to-day, and they all gave the
accused barber ait excellent character,
dating back some ten years.
Thorn himself was the only other wit
ness called for the defense. From the mo
ment he was led to the witness chair until
he left it some hours later, the prisoner
conducted himself in a cool and impress
ive manner. His answers in the direct and
cross-examinations were delivered in a
modest tone of voice which could be heard
distinctly by all in the court room. At
times his voice would drop so that he
could not be heard a few feet away, but
Mr. Howe reminded the witness at those
times that he should speak louder and
those admonitions always had the desired
effect.
Thorn, in his story of the murder, delib
erately accused Mrs. Nacjt of having shot
Guldensuppe, and declared that
when he (Thorn) peached the
Woodside pottage between 11
and 12 o'clock on Friday, June 25, the wo
man met him at ttje door and told him
that Guldensuppe was lying dead up stairs,
and that she had shot and killed him.
This, said Thorn, was the-first intimation
he had of the purpose for which Mrs. Naek
had rented the Woodside cottage. Up to
that moment he had understood she was
going to start a baby farm there, and that
he was to live with her and share the
profits.
He described in detail how, after Mrs.
Naek had begged of him to help her get
rid of the body, he accompanied her to
the room on the second floor, where he
found Guldensuppe lying on his side dead,
from a bullet wound in the right side of
the head. Mrs. Naek told him that she
had carried the revolver in her hand cov
ered by a lianderchief, and tjiat as Gulden
suppe was loklng into a closet she shot
him in the side of the head. Thorn then
said he went out and bought two pounds
of plaster of paris at Mrs. Nack’s direc
tion, and returned with it shortly after
ward. This was about noon. When he
get back to where the body lay, Mrs.
Naek was still there and he helped her
undress the corpse. Between them they
carried the body to the bath tub, and
Mrs. Naek cut it into five pieces. She
first cut the head from the trunk with
the aid of a knife and satv. Then she
severed 4 he trunk and boasted of her
knowledge of anatomy while so doing.
Then she severed the legs, using the knife
and a saw. The knife looked like a butch
er’s knife. It was not a stilletto or dirk
knife.
Mrs. Naek, according to the witness, re
mained there all that day until 4 o’clock
In (he afternoon, when she went out to got
some fresh eir, as it was very warm and
sultry in the house. About 5 o’clock she
returned and then she, carrying a bundle
containing the murdered man’s clothes and
the pistol, saw and knife, nnd he,* with
the head in a parcel under his arm, left
the house and took a trolley car to the
Ninety-second street ferry to New York.
From the rear of the boat, he dropped the
head into Enst River, and when they
reached New York she went to her rooms
on Ninth avenue and burned the clothes in
a cooking stove. The next day the rest
of the body was made up into three par
cels, and disposed of in the manner which
Mrs. Naek stated at the last trial.
In rebuttal three witnesses testified that
they had.seen Mrs. Naek in her rooms in
New York between 2:3!) and 4 o’clock on
the afternoon of June 25, and Mrs. Wal
ley said that she had seen Mrs. Naek leave
the cottage about twenty minutes after
she and the man with the light suit had
entered.
The prosecution did not put Mrs. Naek
on the stand, and the court ruled against
Mr. Howe’s attempt to introduce the tes
timony given by Mrs. Naek at the mis
trial. v
Word was passed around among the wo
men who appeared at the Queens county
court house to-day to seek admission to
the Thorn trial that much of the evidence
the defense would introduce would lie un
fit for polite ears. The result was that
only three W'omen were among the specta
tors when Judge Maddox reopened court
for the trial of the alleged murderer of
Guldensuppe.
Mr. Howe requested the court to dis
miss the charge of murder in the first de
gree and the court denied the request.
Then Mr. .Howe began his address with
a declaration of Thorn’s innocence, sup
plemented with a terrible arraignment of
Mrs. Naek, who was denounced as the real
murderer of Guldensuppe.
The defense califd several witnesses to
testify as to the prisoner’s character, and
after a short recess Thorn was put on the
stand to testify in his own behalf.
Thorn said he came to America seven
teen years ago, that his real name was
Torceswisky, and briefly related the facts
of his life up to the time he met Mrs.
Naek, eighteen months ago.
Guldensuppe was boarding with Mrs.
Naek at ihat time. The prisoner theii
told how he supplanted the bath rubber
in Mrs. Naek's affections, and described
the row he had with Guldensuppe in con
sequence.
Thom continued his story of the doings
at the cottage on the day of the murdei,
differing materially from the accounts
heretofore printed. He admitted having
’.led to Capt. O'Brien as to his whereabouts
on the day of the killing with a view to
establishing an alibi. He said that he
helped Mrs. Naek to undress Guldensuppe.
, but heard no groan or anything that
would lead him to believe he was alive
Willie being cut up.
Ex-Judge Waller in several ways tried
to get the prisoner-witness* to write his
name on u sheet of paper. Mr. Howe
objected and was sustained by Justice
Maddox.
As to hiring and getting the key of the
collage Thorn was closely questioned. He
said there were live or six keys together,
hut it was not shown whether there was
more than one for the street door.
Thorn again acknowledged that he had
lied to Capt. O'Brien when fie said ho was
playing pinochle at Forty-fourth street
and Eleventh avenue oil the day of the
killing. He said that for the purpose of
establishing an alibi, lie said it as much
to save the woman as himself. In the
further cross-examination Thorn said that
the most money he ever received at one
time was sls. That lie paid for the rent
of the cottage In Woodside.
Thorn was asked regarding n letter
which was taken from him by Sheriff
Doht. Thorn tried to destroy the letter,
but the officers rescued it. in it he asked
Mrs. Naek to testify as he toll* her, and he
would send her some word before the trial.
"Then you were assisting in framing the
defense?" asked Mr. Weiler.
“Yes; certainly,:' was Thorn's reply.
This finished the cross-examination.
Mr. Howe began his redirect examination
by showing Thorn a telegram, purporting
to ho sent by Guldensuppe to Mrs. Naek
on June 28. It wus writetn in ttermun,
and translated.fi It read: “Please go to
"’here I have worked and tell them Until
not return as lam going traveling. A let
ter will follow. (Signed) William .Gulden
suppe.” Thorn said he wrote it at the re
quest of 31i s. Naek.
Mr. Howe tried to bring in part of the
evidence ft Mrs. Naek in the mistrial In
reference to her opening the door of the
cottage the morning ho brought Gulden
suppe there. At that time the woman swore
she opt ned the door with a key which
Thorn gave her the night before.
The district attorney objected to Ml
Howe referring to the testimony of Mrs.
Naek, or using any of it before the Jury.
The court sustained the objection. •
At this time Air. Weller interrupted Mr.
Howe by going back to the cross-examina
tion as the interpreter had come tntb the
court xvith written copies of translations
of two letters which Mrs. Naek wrote to
Thorn and one written to her by Thorn
while in the Queens county prison. These
have been printed.
Mrs. Naek suggested that they get some
thing to end their lives. Thorn in his let
ter said he luid a prescription which if It
could be filled would end his life. He did
not wish her to die; he wanted to see her
free.
"You were willing to die yourself and
save the woman?’ ’asked Mr. Weller.
“Yes, sir,” said the prisoner. ”1 loqed
her. and was willing to die for hor.”
The prosecution seemed takeft by sur
prise by Thorn's statement.
In this letter, which never reached Mrs.
Naek, as it was captured by the officers,
Thorn said: “If there is no other way
out of i: i will see to It that I only shall
suffer, an t you will go free."
When Thorn left the stand the defense
rested.
Mrs. Wallace wag recalled, and said she
saw Mrs. Naek leaving the cottage about
twenty minutes afier she had gone in with
the man in a light suit. She saw Thorn
about 12 o'clock enter the cottage
Three witnesses testified to seeing Mrs.
Naek at her home on Ninth avenue In
this city on the afternoon of June 26.
This closed the case for the people and
the defense. The court adjourned until
9:30 o'clock to-morrow morning.
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD'S FLYER.
Kaiser Wilhelm Runs to the Needles
In 5 Days, If! Hours nnd 4.‘t Minutes,
Southampton. Nov. 29.—The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse, Capt. Englehart, which left New
York on Nov. 23, passing the Sandy I rook
lightship at about 4:30 p. m., arrived here
this afternoon, passing tha Needles at
3:10. The steamer was delayed twenty
five minutes in standing by a burning
ship, but in spite of this, broke the rec
ord for the highest average speed across
the ocean, her speed per hour averaging
22.35 knots. The total distance covered
was 3,065 knots, and the passage lasted
137 hours, 8 mihutes, or five days,seventeen
hours, 8 minutes, from which, if the
twenty-five minutes lost in standing by
the burning ship were deducted, would
have made her actual passage five days,
sixteen hours and forty-three minutes.
RIOTING AT PRAGUE.
Military Disperse the Moll nt the
Point of the Bayonet.
Prague, Nov. 29.—The windows of tho
povincial museum were smashed by riot
ers to-day, who then gathered In front of
the Casino. Here they were charged by
the military and dispersed at the point of
the bayonet. Several persons were slightly
wounded.
The police have made seven nrres(s,
among the prisoners being Anarchist As
ker
By to o'clock to-night quiet had been re
stored and the soldiers withdrawn.
SCHOONER SINKS AT SEA.
The* Fate of (hr Yrssrl's Crew Not
Yet Known.
Gloucester, Mass.. Nov. 29.—Tidings of
the wreck and perhaps loss of the entire
crew of the British schooner J. W. Geld
ert, which left Luneberg, N. S., for Bos
ton more than three weeks ago, was
brought here to-day by the fishing schoon
< Edward Grover, the crew of which
sighted the Geldert abandoned and in a
sinking condition thirty miles southeast of
Canso, C. B.
GERMANY’S CLAIM IN HAYTI.
Interference by the United States
Won’t He llrooked,
Berlin, Nov, 29.—The Berliner Tageblatt
says it is reliably Informed that the Ger
man government only wants monetary re
paration from Haytl for the recent arrest
nnd imprisonment of Herr Emile Linslers
by the Haytian tribunals, but that it will
not brook any Interference in the mutter
on the part of the United States.
M'KINLEY'S MESSAGE.
1 lie President Still Engaged on Some
of Its linportnnt Features.
Washington, Nov. 29.—President McKin
ley has’ not yet completed his message,
and Is still engaged upon some important
features of the document. Owing to giv
ing so much time lo his message, he saw
but few visitors to-day.
GHASTLY WORK BY THE GALE.
ENGLISH COAST STREWN YVITH
CORPSES AND WRECKS.
Immense Diimnge Done nt the Fash
ionable Watering Place*—Houses
I nroofed nnd Trees Torn Up nt
Liverpool—lmmense Damage to the
Government Property nt Sheerness
Dockyard anil Woolwich Arsenal,
llulldlngs Along the Thnmes nt
London Flooded.
London, Nov. 29.—The latest reports
from various points along the coast show
that the gale which swept English waters
yesterday and last night and which had
not abated its fury up to noon to-day,
was one of the worst storms of recent
years.
In many places it was almost cyclonic
in its violence, and the long list of disas
ters includes a large loss of life, many
wrecks of large vessels and the loss ot
Scores, if not hundreds of smaller craft,
with serious damage to property ashore
at many Important towns.
In the north the wind was accompanied
by blinding snow and hail that hid the
lights and Immensely increased the diffi
culties of navigation.
Many ships are known to have foun
dered, in most cases, it is feared, with all
on board.
Scarcely a town on the coast has es
caped without more or less injury, full
ing walls and flying debris adding to the
loss of life.
There have been rocket and life-boat
rescues almost without nuiqber. Stories
of thrilling escapes come from nil points.
On the Norfolk coast, between Bacton
and Hapsburg, five vessels, as ye| uniden
tified, went down and the crews of all
perish.
A number of holies have been washed
ashore near Yarmouth.
The brig Rigby was wrecked off Hetns
by. The coast guard service made des
perate efforts lo save the crew, uml suc
ceeded in getting a line on Iward. A dy
ing woman was "rocketed” in safely, and
then the brig capsized, all Ihe rest of the
ship's company perishing.
A large steam collier dashed upon Flam
borough head, the famous promontory on
the North sea coast, floated off and then
foundered with all on board. A steamer,
not yet identified, was wrecked on Brid
lington sands with her entire company.
Last evening the ship Rose of Devon,
Capt. Davis, went on the roeks near Red
ruth, . Cornwall, where she pounded all
night long, her crew of twelve perishing.
This morning the holies of the captain and
five seamen, all wearing life belts, were
washed ashore.
The British ship Larnica, Capt. Burgess,
was driven ashore near Fleetwood, nl the
entrance of Moretown Bay, about 18 mllca
northwest of Preston. The crew wore sav
ed, but the position of the vessel Is dan
gerous.
Phenomenally high tides are reported In
many localities. The district near the
mouth of the Thames has suffered severe
ly, several townships being partly sub
merged. The Sheerness dock yard and the
Woolwich arsenal were inundated.
At Scarborough, the fashionable water
ing place, the soa wall was washed away.
At Yarmouth, I.owestof and other coast
towns of Norfolk, the esplanades were
flooded.
At Liverpool the wind blew off the roofs
of several houses, threw down chimneys
and tore up trees.
The Mersey flooded Its banks on the
CheslerSlde and deluged the shore district
for miles.
Many disasters occurred at Holyhead,
where a number of vessels and yachts
were sunk at their moorings. Scarcely a
vestige remains in eight of Ihe wreck of
Lord Nelson's old flagship, the Foudray
ant.
There Is a great deal of wreckage near
the Goodwin sands.
The scenes at such popular resorts as
Yarmouth and Lowestof were of great
granduer, but the damage done was enor
mous. Tremendous seas still Invade the
gardt ns of the hotels and residences,
wrecking (he parades and buildings, while
much debris is floating about.
Immense damage has been done to the
government property at the Sheerness dock
yard and the Woolwich arsenal. Seven
thousand troops were hurriedly ordered
Out to-day to remove thousands of pounds
worth of ammunition and stores from the
the wharves and sheds to places of safety.
The tide continued to rise and invaded
almost all the work shops, quenched the
engine fires and stopped the electric lights.
The workmen were obliged to go home,
wading knee deep. Despite ail the precau
tions damage to the amount of many thou
sands of pounds has been done.
At f-thecrnesH and (jueensboro, two miles
away, hundreds of acres have been sub
merged, scores of cellars flooded and 200
yards of the Sheerness pier have been
swept away.
The boom of distress from Goodwin
Sands has been almost continuous.
‘Below London bridge the low-lying
houses and cellars are flooded and all
work is temporarily suspended along the
Thames, up as high as Charing Cross. The
continual rising of the river is looked upon
as omlnoils, though as yet no damage has
been done above London bridge.
Six vessels were wrecked beiween Yar
mouth and Bacton, only a few miles apart
from the Norfolk coast and twenty-five
lives lost. The brig Verara stranded at
Bracton. The storm tore out her masts,
and when - the rocket line was fired the
crew was unable to haul It in. X''lnally
the line dragged them into the surf and
three out of seven were drowned.
Rochester and St. Rood-on-the-Medway,
thirty miles southeast of London, have
suffered severely. At Rochester the gas
works are flooded and the town is In dark
ness.
The gale Is now traveling southward
and traversing various parts or the con
tinent. Very rough weather Is reported
along the north coast of France.
The Ilrlttsh steamer Msparto foundered
off Royal Sovereign lightship, In the Eng
lish channel, between Dungenes* and
Beachy Head, yesterday morning, having
been In collision with the French steamer
Noel. The latter was beached at Dunge
ness In a sinking condition. No lives were
lost.
A French steamer has signalled to
Dlnsche, near Cardiff, that she has res
cued part of the crew of a steamer that
foundered In the Bristol channel last
Thursday, and that the remainder of the
crew were lost. The name of the founder
ed steamer has not ben ascertained, but
It Is thought probable that the vessel was
the Lrrbarrourere of Cardiff, which found
ered off Trevose Head as the result of a
collision with an unknown vessel.
As cabled to the Associated ITess on Sat
urday last, some of the crew of the ill
fated Labarrourerc had landed the day
■previous at Cardiff, after having been In
an open boat for twenty-four hours. They
reported that one of the boats, containing
the captain and n part of the crew was
missing, and it Is supposed that they have
been rescued by the French steamer re
ferred to In tho foregoing dlspaich.
A dispatch from Liverpool says that dur
ing the gale the Russian hark . Nikolai,
stranded on u treacherous bank near
Formlby. After o fearful experience her
sails were blown away and the vessel was
damaged so as to be uncontrollable. One
of the crew was swept overboard and
drowned. The captain says no one on
board had slept for four days. With the
exception noted, the ship's company is
safe, but the vessel will probably become
a wreck.
SAILED THROUGH STORMS.
Steamer Mount Heliron Reports n
'I enifirntnous Voyage,
Ixindon, Nov. 29.—The British steamer
Mount Hebron, Capt. Sutherland, which
arrived at Bremen, Nov. 22, from Savan
nah, encountered tempestuous weather,
during which her decks were swept con
tinuously by heavy seas and strained, the
engine room was flooded, and the ballast
tanks began to leak.
Unknown Vessel Wrecked.
London, Nov. 29.—An unknown vessel
has been wrecked on Boulmer rocks at
Berwyck-on-Twced. All her crew were
drowned.
TREATY WITH TUNIS.
Frnncc Clnlins the Right to Termi
nate the- American Agreement,
Washington, Nov. 29.—While our govern
ment has not been advised officially of the
Intention of the French government to de
nounce the treaty of trade and commerce
which has existed between the United
States and Tunis for a century, some ac
tion In that direction is expected In view
of tin' fact that the matter has been
under consideration by the state de
partment, and the French embassy. Thus
far the negotiations have come to nothing,
for our government has taken the posi
tion that there Is no authority in the
French government In Us present rela
tions to Tunis for denunciation of a treaty
between the United States and Tunis di
rect. The French government has shown
that every other nation that has hud a
similar treaty with Tunis has consented
to Its denunciation and termination, but
our government still stands firm In the
assertion that only the |artles to a treaty
have a right to terminate It and that the
quasi-protectorate exercised by Franco
over Tunis is not a relation sufficiently
close lo warrant the former In denouncing
the treaty of Tunis. There is very little
at stake, save the principle, Inasmuch as
when the treaty dies the United States
will still be on an even footing with other
nations in its relations to Tunis.
ARMOR PLATE TESTED.
Two 8-Inch Shells Fall to Crack or
Penetrate It.
Washington. Nov. 29.—A plate of armor,
representing a lot of 500 tons for the eight
inch turrets of the battleships Kearsargo
and Kentucky, was tested at the naval
proving ground to-day. For testing pur-
Iloses two eight-inch shells, one a carpen
ter projectile, and the other a Wheeler-
Stothing, was fired at the plate, one at a
high and the other at a.low velocity.
Neither penetrated nor cracked the plate,
but partially welded themselves Into it.
The test was regarded as entirely satis
factory and Insures the acceptance of the
orraor.
The delivery of the 500 tons will wind
up the contracts which the government
has with the Carnegie Company for the
supply of armor for naval vessels, and it
is not expected that any more will be en
tered Into pending a settlement of the
whole armor question by congress.
Subsequent to the test the ordnance offi
cials fired a third projectile at the plate.
It was what is known as a "capped shell"
and was fired to show the penetrating jiow
er of projectiles of this character. The
results were satisfactory, the shell fired
at a high velocity going entirely through
the plate.
I \ I.E SAM RUNNING BEHIND.
Tlie Deficit For the Fluent Year to
Date f4(i,581,120.
Washington, Nov, 29.—The forthcoming
November statement of the government
receipts and expenditures will show that
the receipts during November so far have
reached $22,950,890, which indicates a total
of about $25,01X1,000 for the month. This Is
a trifling improvement over October, when
the receipts were $24,391,415.
The deficit thus far during November
stands at $8,572,108, which is larger than
was expected.
The deficit for the fiscal year stands at
$46,581,120, the receipts havlnjßkbeen $127,-
701,160 and the expenditures $m,2*i2,280.
The receipts from customs so fur this
fiscal year undoubtedly will full consid
erably short of the estimates made by the
managers of.tho new tariff bill during Its
pendency In congress. At that time It was
estimated that.customs would yield about
$180,000,000 during the flrst year, but the
indications are now s akl to be thjit trie
receipts from this source will not aggre
gate more than $165,000,000.
WORK ON THE APPROPRIATIONS.
luginlullve, Executive and Judicial
Rills Taken tp.
Washington, Nov. 29.—Work on the ap
propriation bills for the coming session
of congress was fdrmaliy started to-d%y
when a sub-committee of the House ap
propriations committee began considera
tion of the legislative, executive and Judi
cial appropriations bill. Representatives
Bingham, Hemenway, Moody and Living
ston attended tffw meeting. It was decid
ed to hear the heads of the several de
partments on the Items In the bill.
HAWAII TO HE ANNEXED.
Senator Lodge >• It Will Be the
First Work of the Senate.
Washington, Nov. 29.—Senator Lodge, a
member of the foreign relations commit
tee of the Senate, was at the state de
partment to-day. He would say nothing
about the Cuban situation, except that the
present administration had accomplished
a great deal. He sakl the flrst business
of the Senate would be to confirm the an
nexation of Hawaii, which would be done
by ratifying the treaty or by legislation.
f DAILY, $lO A YEAR.
•J 5 CENTS A COPY.
( WEEKLY 2-TIMF.S-A-WEEK $1 A YEAH
SENATORS SNUB SAVANNAH.
ANTI-COMMISSION BILLS TO BE AD.
TERSELY REPORTED.
Only One Member of the f'ommlttew
\nten In Favor of the Vlensarea.
Senator Geiger's tpiieat to 9ena
tortnl Courtesy Carried the Day.
The Senate Likely to Stand by the
Committee—The Chntlinm Helega
tlon In the llouac to Keep l ! p tht
Fig'll t.
Atlanta, Ga„ Nov. 29.—“ Senatorial
courtesy" prevails in the Georgia leglsla
ture. It is mightier than the will of th
people, and before Its magic power alt
else must give place. It is like the laws
of the Medea and the Persians, and mus#
be obeyed at any sacrifice.
When Senator Clelger of the First dis
trict appealed to "senatorial courtesy” tcs
prevent the passage of the bill repealing
the Savannah commissions, he touched .
chord In statecraft, like the Masonic sign
of distress, liis fellow senators were Jus!
obliged to respond.
This afternoon, when the
committee met to pass upon the anti-com
mission bills, there was but one
vote to support them. Only one among}
the six dignified senators had the hardi
hood to Ignore "senatorial courtesy." Hd
Is Mr. Walker of the Eighteenth (the Au
gusta) district. He stood out as the cham
plan of local self-government, refusing to
listen to the' siren voice of the political
Jugglers who Invok the pagan-llke doc
trine of senatorial courtesy to carry thelis
ends.
The committee meeting was held behlml
closed door.:, but after it was over this
vote was learned. To-morrow morning
(lie whole batch of anti-commission bills
will be sent into the Henate with an ad
verse report. If the slrength of the doc
trines of "courtesy” holds out In thn
chamber In the same ratio as In the com
mittee the bills, which have caused the
cily of Savannah so much trouble to pass*
will not get a corporal s guard.
The Chatham members of the House #rq
not dlseoilraged, however, but will con
tinue to fight for the passage of the bills
with renewed energy, though it must ba
admitted that the chances are againse
them, as to pass them now the Henata
would not only have to disregard "sena
torial courtesy," but also turn down tha
unanimous report of its committee. Nat
orally, the Citizens Club contingent who
are here again in force, led by Solicitor
General Osborne, and including several
of the city officials, put Into office by thu
•lub, arc Jubilant over the action of tha
committee. They claim that it practical
ly settles the light, (hough they will re
main to see It through with the Senate.
It Is likely that this will be done In as
short order ns possible. The bills do not
require to be read three times, as In tha
ease of a favorable report, but may b
killed unanimously to-morrow by agree
ing to the adverse report of the commit--
tee.
PI TS A 111 LLET IN HIS HEART.
Charles T. McCormack Kills HlmselC
nt ItcsNemer.
f'mlngliam, Ala., Nov. 29.—Charle# T.
ormack, aged about 86, a brother ot
G. B. McCormack, general manager ot
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company*
shot himself at Bessemer this morning.
The tragedy occurred in McCormick. - #
room, and was not witnessed by any one.
The deceased was superintendent of tha
coke ovens of the Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad Company at Bessemer. It
appears that he bad been at the coka
ovens all the morning. Shortly before 11
o’clock he entered the office and a few*
minutes luter walked back Into his room
adjoining. A pistol shot was heard and
the clerks who rushed Into the room found
Mr. McCormack lying on the bed with
Wood flowing from a wound In the left
breast, showing that he had been ehot
near the heart.
LOSS OF THE CEItDILLERA.
Only Three Men of tlie Crew of 14
Saved.
.San Francisco, Nov. 29.—The British
bark Cerdillera, which was reported lost
oft the coast of South America by a dis
patch the early part of this month, foun
dered oft Valparaiso, and fourteen of he*
crew are supposed to have been drowned.
A letter was received to-day from the City*
mentioned, to the effect that the only sur
vivors of the disaster are Carpenter F. C,
Lynch and flrst and second officers Ham
ilton and Heather.
The Cerdillera capsized In a squall and
went down, the letter states. The flrst
anil second officers and the carpenter
managed to cling to a capsized boat and
succeeded later In righting the craft,
they headed for the coast, and were pick
ed up by a coasting steamer and taken to
Valparaiso. - ■ ,
VICE CONSUL BRKCK RESIGNS,
One of tlie Consular Clerks Appoint
ed Ills Successor.
Berlin, Nov. 29.—United States Vice Con
sul General Breck has resigned hts posi
tion, and will return to the United States.
Consul General Goldschmidt has appoint
ed Mr. Day, one of the consular clerks, to
be the successor of Mr. Breck, subject to
the approval of the state department at
Washington.
United States Ambassador White will to
morrow visit Baron von Bulow, the Ger
man minister for foreign affairs, for the
first time. Important matters will be dis
cussed. -
SEIZURE OF THE GUNPOWDER.
The Explosive Now Relieved to Have
Been intended For Ahyssnln.
London, Nov. 29.—1 t developed to-day
from the Investigation made Into the sub
ject that eight barges loaded with casek''ot
gunpowder, falsely labelled “arms," which
have been seized by custom officers on the
Thames, were consigned from St. Peters
burg to Ibutll. through a Paris agent and
were probably intended for Abyssinia. In
stead of for trio Afrldis in Northern In
dia.
Cutlibert’s Anaets,
New York, Nov. 29,—The schedules In
the assignment of E. B. Cuthbert & Cos.,
bankers and brokers, who assigned on
Aug. 31, show: Liabilities, $230,365: nomi
nal assets, $126,771; actual assets, $169,80.