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About The Abbeville chronicle. (Abbeville, Ga.) 1896-1953 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1898)
VOL. II. SECRETARY LONG SUBMITS RE PORT OF OPERATIONS. INTERESTING FACTS PRESENTED. Some Inside Information In ltogard To ; the Discovery of Cervera’s Fleet In Santiago Harbor. jj A Washington dispatch says: The annual report of the secretary of the navy just submitted is much longer than th$ usual annual report. I ho first sentence explains this as follow's: “For the first time since its Ration, the navy has been put to the supreme test of war. Years of patient, persistent training and development have brought it to a point of high efficiency, which resulted in the un paralleled victories at Manila and Santiago—victories which have given Ihe names of our naval commanders wqHd-wide fame and added an addi tional page to the glorious naval history of our country.” The report describes in rapid order the steps that were taken to consoli flate the squadrons and put the navy in readiness for hostilities. Sigsbee’s famous telegram asking a suspension of public opinion in connection with the blowing up of the Maine is quoted and the secretary says: “This judicious telegram did much to secure in the public mind a dis passionate view of the disaster.” The story of Dewey’s victory at Manila is told, and of it the secretary says: “ Aside from the mere fact of having won without the loss of a single life such a brilliant and electrifying vic tory at the very outset of the war, with all the confidence which it in fused throughout the country and into the personnel of every branch of the service, it removed apprehension from the Pacific coast. The pecuniary ad vantages to thg United States in the way of saving an iuorea=o of insur ance rates and in assuring the country of freedom of attack on that coast is incalculable.” The report shows that the flying squadron under Schley was ordered to Cienfuegos upon notice that, Cervera’s squadron bad been seen off Curacao; but on May 20th the department hav iog heard that Cervera was at go, advised Sampson' to order Schley to proceed off that port. By the Marblehead, Schley was in structed to proceed to Santiago if he was satisfied that the Spanish squad ron was not at Cienfuegos On May 22d Sampson had dispatches stating nrst that Cervera was in Santiago on the 21st and also that ho was expected to visit San Juan and that Schley should follow him. This sent Samp som into the Nicholas channel to B re " vent an approach , from , that direction. On the 26th Sampson received from Schley a letter dated the 23d stating that he was not satisfied that the Spanish squadron was not, at Cienfue gos and that he would therefore re main off that, point with his squadron. The next day Schley was informed that Cervera had been in Santiago from the 19th to the 25th, and ho was directed to proceed with all dispatch to that port. Regarding the sinking of the Mer rimac by Lieut. Hobson, on June 3d, the secretary says: “This attempt, although unsuccess ful in its object, was daringly execu ted. It is now one of the well-known historic marvels of naval adventure and enterprise, in which Naval Con structor Hobson and his men won un dying fame.” The report deals next with the soiz ure of the harbor of Guantanamo and the gallant three days fight of the marines. Es'imatea For Next Fiscal fear. Secretary Long gives a complete list of all the merchant vessels and yachts that were acquired by lease or pur chase for the navv with the price of each. There were 110 of these vessels, including the warships bought abroad. The secretary submits estimates for t,he next fiscal year aggregating $47, 088,251, an increase of $9,869,175 over last year. Of t'e new items the most ant is $4,723,899 for yards and docks, There is also an item of $1,620,000 on account of the naval academy. CERVERA WAS WISE. Admiral Deprecated War Owing to the Strength of Our Navy. The navy department Monday pub lished through the office of naval in telligence the “views” of Admiral Cervera regarding the Spanish navy in the late war, and is a reprint of a number of letters published in La Epoca, of Madrid, on the 5th of No vember. The letters are dated from before the war up to May 5th, and were written by Cervera in protest against, Spain rushing into war on the face of certain defeat, due to the naval strength of the United States and the uuprepared ness of the Spanish navy. NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION. Organized Under Name of National Asso ciation of Newspaper Circulation. The National Association of News paper Circulation was organized at Detroit, Mich., Wednesday at a meet ing of representatives of that depart ment of newspaper management. The association’s object is advancement of the interests of circulation depart ments and interchange of ideas to that end. The next meeting is to be held in Chicago, Jane 21st. m mi Abbev Chronic le - OI R .MARINES IN CHINA. & More t-o Protect tl»e United Staton Legis lation in Pelting. A Washington special says: The United States navy has landed marines in China. A dispatch was received at the navy department Saturday stating that the captain of the Boston had landed his marine guard at Tien-Tsin. The dispatch was taken immediately to the white house by Acting Secretary Allen. Secretary Hay was called into .consultation, with the result of reas suring the officials and allaying their first feeling of apprehension. It seems that the marines were land ed, not because of any information of rioting or attacks upon American mis sionaries, but solely to act as guards j United StateB lp S atiou ft ‘ j mouth The Boston was Pie dispatched He river several to the of the weeks ago at the instance of the United States minister to provide a j guard for tho legation. The minister j represented that nearly all of the lega ! tions of European powers were pro vided with a marine guard and he did not consider we should bo an excep Hon in ibis case. After lying at Tanka for a while, the Boston worked her way up the river to Tien-Tsin, about the head of naviga tion for vessels of her class and dis tnn t about fifty or sixty miles from Peking. It is believed at the navy de partment that the marines will be sent forward from that point in launches or small river boats, Captain Frank Wildes, the com mander of the Boston, who reported the landing to the navy department by cable, did not state how many men were in the guard, but the force is not believed to exceed two dozen men. The presence of these foreign guards is not welcome to the Chinese government. When the landings were first proposed its representatives sought to dissuade the United States government fro n inflicting this humil iation upon it. The effect was to cause a suspension of ihe order, but as lias been already stated, most of the European legations have provided themselves with guards, and the Chinese having become reconciled to their presence, no longer object in our case. Advices that, reach the state depart ment do not indicate an immediate out break in China. But the reactionary ! policy of the empress dowager has caused a very uneasy feeling and may afford one or more of the European powers who have been active in east | ern affairs a pretext for making a coup ^vith results affecting tho interests of the United States, ^ BUTLER fX WASHINGTON. r „ , kim , Conlmlt8 witu v^iuem. | Geneval yr. C . Butler, of South Car oli a member 0 f the Cuban evacua tion commission, arrived at, Washing ton Saturday direct from Havana in response to a telegraphic summons from President McKinley, and in the afternoon he had a consultation with the esi(lent at the white house. He made an extended report of negotia tions for the evacuation and of terms upon which the Spandiards had agreed to complete the evacuation by Janu ary 1st. In addition to his report upon the actual work of the joint commission, General Butler gave to the president much valuable information as to the general situation in Cuba, the ability of the Cubans for self-government, the sanitary conditions of Havana and generally the results of his observa tion during his stay there. General Butler gave it as his opin ion that all the Spanish troops will have departed ten days before tlie date fixed in the agreement, He said the Spaniards have met the American commissioners with reasonable fair ness and that there has been little fric Some of the claims they have made f ov compensation for Spanish p r0 p er ty have been ridiculous and they will, of course, be abandoned in the end. General Butler denies all tbe repor t s of dissensions among the members of the American commission, NINE HOUR DAY - Secured By New Orleans Printers without W: >s« Reduction. The union printers employed in New Orleans have succeeded in inau gurating a nine-hour work day without any reduction in wages. The change was accomplished by mutual agreement between the employers and the new typographical union. “BALDWIN” HOTEL DESTROYED. World-Famous Building In San Francisco In Knin and Two Lives Lost. At an early hour AVednesdav morn ing the well known Baldwin hot 1 at San Francisco caught fire and was en tirely destroyed. There were 800 peo pie, guests and employes, in the hotel when the fire broke out, and at least two of these people lost their lives. For years the hotel, owned by “Lucky” Baldwin and costing $3, 000,000, has been regarded by the fire department as the most dangerous fire trap in San Francisco. Built of wood, six stories high, with a narrow, tortu ous hallway, it is a wonder that half of the people in the hotel escaped. MANY TROOPS AT MACON. Seven Thousand oflln-ri! and Men, and the City Is Given Vv to Them. A , special . , from ,, Macon, Ga., _ says: All the soldiers are hero now, and six regiments are encamped within three miles of the courthouse. With the officers of the staffs of the generals commanding the corps, tho division and the brigade, there are some 7,000 officers and men hc-re, and the city is given up to the military. ABBEVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1898. I REIGN OF TERROR PREVAILED IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA. NEGROES FIRE ON PROVOST GOURD Tolley lVfa n Deadly One—Great Caution Necessary to Prevent further Clashes Between Hocus. A special from Anniston, Ala., save: Shortly after dark Thursday night Pn vate Giidhart, of company B, Second Arkansas, while going toward his reg imental camp from town, was shot in tlie head by a negro soldier, who also stabbed him in the back. Giidhart was taken to the regiment al hospital. A little later a member of the Fourth Kentucky was reported to have been shot on Walnut street by negro soldiers wlio lay in a gulley shooting at the white men who passed. Firing was heard in Liberia, the negro quarter of the city, which is not far from Walnut street, and a squad of provost guards went to in vestigate. As it turned the corner of Fifteenth and Pine streets a large crowd of negro soldiers, without warning, opened fire upon the guard with Springtields, the gun in use in the regiment. The guard returned the fire, but had few cartridges, and soon had to retreat. Reinforcements and more ammunition were sent for, but when they arrived the negroes bad disap peared. The number of negroes in the mob were variously estimated at from 50 to 200. In the engagement, Sergeant Dod son, Third Tennessee, was shot in the arm and Privnto Grayam, Thud Ten nessee, received a painful but not necessarily dangerous wound in tlie stomlcb. One negro soldier was found dead and another picked up fatally wounded. Two members of tho provost guard are missing, and cannot be found. ed for Guns. When news of the trouble became known white soldiers who were in the city gathered around the provost guard headquarters and begged for guns and ammunition, crying like children be cause their requests could not be granted. Citizens armed themselves and re paired to tho scene of the battle. Mayor Higlit had the saloons dosed. Several negro soldiers, one with a Springfield which had just been fired, were ar rested in various parts of the city and locked tip, though it was difficulty that the infuriated whito soldiers and citizens were prevented from wreaking summary vengeance upon them. Armories of tho local military com panies were broken into and every gun and cartridge appropriated by un known parties. General Frank, who is in command of the troops here, came out and was on the streets until a late hour. Gen eral Colby, commanding the Second brigade, ordered two companies each of the Third Tennessee and Second Arkansas and brought them to the city for whatever service might bo requir ed. They scoured the city and carried all soldiers on duty back to camps. IMPORTANT CARGO ORDERED. Shipload of 20,000 Tons of Cast Iron Pipes from Philadelphia to London. A charter effected at Philadelphia Wednesday, the carrying out of which marks the beginning of a trade that promises to figure prominently in that city’s export trade in future, was that, of the British bark Highland to load 20,000 tons of cast iron pipes for Lon don direct. This will be the first full cargo of the kind ever shipped to England from Philadelphia or any other American port. NEW JAPANESE MINISTER Presented to President McKinley By Sec retary of State Day. A . Washington dispatch , , says: Wed- ... , nesday morning Secretary Hay pre* sented formally to President McKin ley the newly appointed Japanese minister, Mr. Komurn, who succeeds Mr* Hoshi, who has retired to enter the Japanese parliament, Ihe ceremony took place in the blue room and was attended by the usuai felicitous exchange of speeches. POWDER MILL BLOWS UP. Six Workmen Killed Outright and Several Others Wounded. The powder mill at Lamotto, Mo., blew up Wednesday morning, killing six men and wounding several others. The explosion took place in the pack ing house, and was so terrible ns to be heard and felt a distance of twenty jive miles. Tho exact cause of the ex plosion will never be known, as all tho men in the packing house at the time were blown to atoms. Something like 10,000 pounds of powder w as usually kept in the packinghouse, HOBSON BRINGS REPORT. Naval Constructor Beaches Washington and Visit.* Navy Department. Constructor Hobson arrived in Wash ington Saturday from Norfolk and went directly to tlie navy department. Ur* has just returned from bis trip on the y u ] can f 0 Cat Island, the scene of the casting away of the Maria Teresa. Ho had with him the report of Cap tain McCalla.who was in charge of the expedition sent on the Vulcan to en deavor to save tho vessel. stammering is practically unltnon. -v uncivilized people. FIRST CAMP IN HAVANA. Seeontl Itafflmont Volunteer Engineer* Land at Mariauao wUU Color* Flying. A special from Havana says: The United States transport Florida ar rived in front of More castle at (5 o’clock Friday morning, took a pilot on board and proceeded to Morianao j beach. General Greene uud his staff left the Hotel Inglaterra at 0 o’clock for Mnrianao in order to superintend the landing of the American troops there. All four companies of the Second regiment volunteer engineers, which arrived on the Florida, landed by lialf ! P» 8 ‘ 9 o’clock at tho Marianne wharf , ho lan(ling ^ K ftnd ma ' heil to their camp, two miles away, filing past Gen* era! Greene and his stnff, wno, on horseback, reviewed the men as they passed. | All of the men, with the exception ! of five who were suffering from sea I sickness and were taken to the camp by train, were in lino and were all in | good spirits and fit for duty. One hundred and fifty Cubans of General Menocnl’s division were em ployed in cleaning the camp site and j by 11 o’clock tlie tents were being pitched for the first American camp at I Havana. Marshal Blanco, whose resignation ! as captain general of Cuba has just been accepted, w 11 be succeeded by General Jiminez Castellanos, a divis , ion commander. WOOD FEEDING CUBANS. Commander r.t Santiago Makes a Full , Report to War Department. j j General Leonard Wood, command ing the department of Santiago, has sent an official report to tlie war de i partment, of which the following is an extract: 1 “I have sent rations all along the seaconst and by pack trains into the interior, using every effort to scatter the rations about in such manner as : 1 to enable the people desiring to re turn to their farms in the interior to , I do with reasonable that R0 a assurance they can obtain food while waiting the development of their first crop. Santiago today is as clean and healthy as any town of its size along the American seacoast south of Fortress Monrne. Excellent, order prevails. There has not been a murder in the city since our occupancy.” DETAINS THIRD GEORGIA. War Department Semis Important Tele ermn to lien Fitznu&'h Leo, A special from Savannah, Ga., says: The chances are that tho Third Geor gia regiment will ho attached to tho Seventh army corps. General Fitzlmgh Lee received a telegram Friday from the war depart ment telling him that the Third Geor gia would be detained at Savannah, asking that a camp ground be pro vided, and stating that the regiment would probably be at'ached to his corps. In that event, the Third Geor gia will go to Havana instead of Nue vitas. A camp site for the Georgians has beon selected near the camp of the First division, to which water pipes will be laid at once. The regi ment will then move from its present rather unhealtbtul position. NEW MAYOR FOR SANTIAGO. Gen. Wood Appoints an Old llesldent to Direct Municipal Affairs. A special from Santiago de Cuba states that some time ago Mayor Mc Leary, whom General Leonard Wood bad appointed mayor of Santiago, re quested to be relieved of bis mayor alty duties and to return to his mil itary post. This request, was granted Friday. General Wood appointed Senor Bacardi, an old resident, to suc ceed him. He is anxious to give tho mayor as much authority as is com patible with military jurisdiction. The new mayor will conform to General Wood’s ideas, which are to give the Cubans every opportunity to show themselves capable of self-govern ment,. REPAIR SHIP RETURNS. Vulcan and Potomac Hack From Visit to th«> Maria Teresa. A dispatch from Newport News, Va , states that, the United States repair ship Vulcan and the tug Potomac, which left that port some ton day's or more ago, for the purpose of pulling off the rooks the ill-fated cruiser Ma ria Teresa, arrived in Hampton Roads Friday, where they await orders. WISCONSIN LAUNCHED. A Vast Throng Witnesses the Event—The Wine Controversy Settled. The battleship Wisconsin was suc cessfully launched at San Francisco Saturday morning. vessel When the slid down the ways the warships in tho harbor fired salutes, and there was a terrible din from the steam whistles. The con troversy over the kind of wine to be used in christening was settled by two bottles of champagne, one of French make, provided by the AVisconsin Christening company, and another of California champagne, provided bythr Union Iron Works, being used. DIRECTORS AY ILL INVESTIGATE. The Corbetfc-Slmrkcy “Fiasco” Will Be Carefully Looked Into. A New York dispatch says: The board of directors of tho Lenox Ath letic. club, under whoso auspices the Corbett-Sharkev fight was held, has decided to investigate the various charges growing out of the affair. A meeting of the directors for that purpose has been called. Corbett and Sharkey, their managers and seconds, have been invited to attend. BOILER OF A RIVER STEAMER BLOWN TO ATOMS. BOILING WATER IN8LL DIRECTIONS Qeshles Those Klllod, Ten People are Danaerously Hurt, anil Many Others Jiecelvo I.esser Injuries. The most disastrous river accident in the history of Stockton, Cal., oc oured Sunday morning at 4:40 o’clock near Fourteen Miles slough, when a part of one of tho boilers of tho river steamer T. C. AValker, which left San Francisco about 6 o’clock Saturday night, was blown out, killing six and dangerously wounding ten persons, while probably fifteen or twenty others were more or less badly hurt.. The AA'alker is owned by the California Navigation and Improvement Company and ran between San Francisco and Stockton. All Were Asleep. The majority of the passengers were in bed when the explosion occurred and were awakened by the report, which was as loud as a cannon’s roar. People rushed from their rroms in Iheir night clothes and found the whole forward portion of tho steam er’s npper works blown away, The electric lights bad been put out and the escaping steam enveloped the front portion of the boat until it was impossible to see how much of the boat bad been carried away. The screams of tho men who were locked in their rooms near the pilot house were heartrending, for the un fortunate imprisoned of men were receiv ing the full force the steam as it caihe from the boilers. Almost Boasted Alive* Eight of them were almost roasted alive. Those who were able made tlieir way to the deck ns best they could, while the 'more seriously in jured were unable to get out. Arms and faces of those near tho main en trance were frightfully scalded. About an hour after the explosion the steamer Dauntless hove in sight. She rendered immediate assistance, and all tho wounded and uninjured were taken aboard. A telephone mes sage was sent to Stockton and the steamer Clara Crow with several phy sicians were sent to nid the Dauntless. Tho relief boat met. the Dauntless a sliort distance down tho river, and tho physicians were quickly taken on board. A terrible sight greeted them, AA’but caused tho explosion will probably never be known. The steam drum burst with terrible violence. It had split completely across the upper portion, and the whole sheet turned outward. Tho four walls of the engine room were demolished by .the force of the explosion. The ljwer deck, hurricane v deck and Texas deck were wrecked in a, ri , r , T the bow. If it bat been SStfO* the other way tlio loss of life would have been much ^renter. The forward door and stair way were destroyed. An immense concourse of people met the Walker, which was towed in at 12:30 o’clock p. m. ’The properly loss will not ex ceed $2,000. OBJECT TO COLORED TROOPS. Citizens of Utile Kot-K Will File Protest Wiili W»ir D.’imrtimtiit. Lieutenant J. W. Phillips, present commander at Fort Lognn H. Hoots, received a telegram Saturday night from the war department notifying him that a detachment from the Twenty-fifth infantry—a negro regi ment—would be sent to the Little Rock station to do garrison duty. This information created a sensation among citizens generally, anil lias caused a stir which threatens to de velop into a storm. Beyond a doubt a strong protest will be entered with the war department by the state au thorities and citizens against the occu pation of the post by colored troops. The protest will be based on the feeling prevalent, in view of recent troubles at southern camps, against placing negroes in a position where clashes with the whites aro likely to occur. CONFERENCE EXPELS MINISTER Rev. Joel T. GlI»*on Convicted of Charge of Immorality by Trial Committee. A dispatch from Augusta, Ga., says: Rev. Joel T. Gibson, formerly pastor of the Walker street Methodist church, of Atlanta, who was suspended from that charge last February has been ex pelled from the Methodist church. Friday he was convicted on the charge of immorality and expelled from tho North Georgia conference and the Methodist church and ministry. The trial committee, of which Rev. T. H. Washburn is chairman, submit ted its report to the North Georgia conference and it .was adopted. TWO GENERALS MEET. Shrtftcr anti Garcia Shake Ifantls In Fifth Avenue Hotel, Xew York City. While passing out of the Fifth ave nue hotel, at New York Friday Diglit, General Shafter and General Calixto Garcia met for the first time since capitulation of Santiago. The generals saluted then shook hands and conversed antly for several minutes, seemed pleased at the meeting. FIRST ORDERS ISSUED For th© Occupation of Central and Wei torn Cuban Province*. The war department issued the first of the general orders AVednesday look ing to the occupation of the centra! and western provin- os of Cuba l>y the United States troops, The order con templates the early beginning of tho movement, ns the Spanish troops aro expected to have progressed with the evacuation movement early in Decem ber. The order is as follows: “Commanding General Second Army Corps, Augusta, Ga.: “With the approval brigade, of the secretary divis of war the First Third ion, of your corps will proceed fully equipped for field service and take station in Cubans follows: “Headquarters and one regiment of infantry at Final- de! Rio; one regi ment of infantry at Marie!, and one regiment of infantry nt Guauajay. The troops will embark at Savannah and the movements will be so regu lated that- no regiment will reach Savannah more than twenty-four hours prior to sniling. Mariel should “The regiment for land at. that point, tho others should land at Havana and proceed to desti nation by rail. It is not necessary that, the entire brigade leave at tho same time, but regiments may move in succession ns transports can be pro vided. The evacuation of Rinar del Rio by tho Spanish will be completed by December 3 and the troops above designated should reach their destina tions by December 1 or earlier. “The brigade will take as much of its wagon transportation ns it is equip- pos sible, and camp ami garrison age, including tent floors. “Tho quartermaster’s department will provide the necessary transporta tion and thirty days’ forage for ani mals; the subsistence department make provisions for thirty days’ suit able rutions and tho medical attend ance and stores. “Acknowledge receipt and direct that, commanding general of brigade report to the adjutant general of the army hours of departure of each regi ment and upon arrival at destination report direct to the adjutant general of the army f< r duty. General “By command of Major Miles. H. C. Corbin, ‘Adjutant General.” This brigade is commanded by Brigadier General William C. OnteH and consists of tho Fifteenth Penn sylvania, Third New Jersey and One Hundred and Second New Y r ork regi ments. They aro now all at Athens, Ga., having recently arrived at that place from Camp Meade, Pa. Mariel j s the seaport of Pinar del Rio pro yince, on tho north side. It lies about thirty miles west of Havana and lying inland fifle.ni miles is Guanajay, the nearest point to the railroad line running from Havana to the city of Pinar del Bio, the capital of tho province of the same name, which is about 120 miles west of Havana, and j 8 to be the headquarters of the Am»: j can arra y 0 f occupation in the pro vince. „„ , , , ... i hawa.iaTcommissioji ■ -- Hold* Fir*t Meeting at Washington since I | Retaining From Honolulu. The commission appointed by tho president to recommend a form of government for the Hawaiian islands as a part of tho United States mot in Senator Cullom’s committee room at Washington Wednesday for the first time since leaving Honolulu, Senators Cullom and Morgan, Representative Hitt and Judgo Froar being present. The meeting was devoted to discus sing derails of the bill and report which the committee will present to congress, which had not been fully de cided upon at tho last meeting. TELEGRAPH PEOPLE WANT PAY For Cutting of falilrs OfT Hip Province of Santiago tie Cuba. At the meeting of tho Cuban Sub marino Telegraph company at Lon doc, Wednesday, tho chairman, C. W. Parish, referring to the cutting of the cables off the province of Santiago said de Cuba by the Americans, no bad requested the assistance of the foreign office to obtain compensation from tho United States. Tho foreign office, be added, had promised to do its utmost to assist tho company, but it was pointed out it. was doubtful if the claim would bo admitted. DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED. Attempted to Arrest an Kscnpetl Negro Murderer In Birmingham. At Birmingham, Ala., Sunday after noon, Chief Deputy Sheriff j Warnock was shot to death by Goldston, a negro whom be was to arrest, Goldston being an murderer from Autauga county. The negro was in the house with wife. He heard tho officers and their business. He stepped up to door and commenced firing it. Deputy Warnock fell with bullets in his body. The negro dashed out of his house and ran off an alley, making good his escape. j DISASTROUS PRAIRIE FIRES. Fives anil Froperty Host In Oklahoma anil Indiana Territory. Prairie fires have played havoc in Oklahoma and the Indian for the last few days. One farmer 1,000 acres of fine hay in the field, several hundred bales of cotton 500 bead of cattle and hogs. Millions of tons of hay have burned in other sections and no than 100 residences have been Btroved. Several lives have been in these prairie fires. NO. 45, ON WRECKED VESSELS ALONG NEW ENGLAND COAST. “STORMS FEARFULLY DESTRUCTIVE irumli'cUn of Boat. Driven Aahoi-o ol? Torn to Atoms on tlie Rocks. Death Lift Appalling. Special dispatches from Boston stats that it is now known definitely that more than seventy lives have beon lost in tho wrecks of tugs, schooners and coal barges during the storm of Satur day night and Sunday morning, and if the steamer Portland has also gono down, as now seems possible, the list of causalities will rise to 140, with over one hundred vessels of all descrip tions ashore, two score of them total wrecks and an unknown number prob ably beneath the waves of Massachu setts bay. hay, harbor There is scarcely a New London or inlet from Penobscot to that has not on its shores the bones of some stanch craft, while along Massa chusetts bay, and especially Boston high harbor, the beaches are piled with the wreckage of schooners and coal barges. The record, although hourly lengthening, is still incomplete, for that ocean graveyard of Cape Cod is still to ho heard from. The annoyance and inconvenience of the railroad and street car embargo,, covering tlio whole of southern New England, sunk into insignificance be fore tho story of destruction wrought by wind and wave, yet it will he many a day before the full import of the disaster is known or even realized. Wreckage On All Sides. The islands of Boston harbor are without exception strewn with wrecks and wreckage. No. less than twenty nine vessels are ashore at Gloucester. Over twenty in the supposed safo harbor of Vineyard Haven parted their anchor chains .Sunday and aro high and dry on tlie beech; Nautasket beach saw two schooners and a coal barge dashed to pieces on its sands; tlie rocks of Cohassett claimed a staid fisherman, Scituate, a well known pilot boat; Manchester, a down east lumberman; while one tug and three barges, known to havo been blown by Cape Cod arid Boston, are probably lost. The upper harbors of Boston, Rly mouth, Salem, Portsmouth, Portland and other places where vessels were supposed to he comparatively safe, i were the scenes of numerous collisions 1 between the ships and the wharves, Every life saving crew performed deeds of heroism in rescuing crews from stranded vessels and tug boat captains risked life and property in their endeavor to save life, - Many Deull lloilles la Slglit. .'-I '-lull beach, where two bargee £■-£. » ** Stag S’tSS .touts, oerrreen Boston 1 £ l nn< 10 ^ 1(10 tlie schooner Ca un • a er was ashore, two sailors were a - en lorn rl 8K>ng by the life sa\eis, neat y exhausted, anil the .lead ><w v <> an other was recovered. Three others from this vessel drowned, , but were | tbeir bodies could not be found, '^e old citizens of Hull'say that m Jfierceness the storm equaled that ot 1852, except that while ib sea tit | no* run so high the wind was stronger, CATASTROPHE IN HAVANA. j I'l.vtil.r Kxplotlc*, Killing or Injuring; Forty Pontons, Mostly Hoys anti Girls. A special from Havana says: An ex plosion occurred on the avenue In fanta, between the Santa Clara and Reina batteries, Monday, injuring thirty-ciglit persons, three of whom died, while fifteen others cannot sur vive. Many boxes of powder were stored in a private house, which also contained live rooms full of Manser and other cartridges. The careless handling of one of the boxes of powder, or one of the boxes of cartridges, caused the explosion. Most of those employed in emptying the cartridges were young boys and girls, anil they formed the greatest proportion of the victims. TO GDI RTMARTIAL PICQUART. Colonel M ill Ho Trfetl Oil Charge of For tfery and Divulging Secrets. A Paris dispatch says: It is re ported that General Zurlinden, milita ry governor of Paris and former min ister of war, has signed a decree or dering the trial of Colon t Picquart by com tmartial for forgery and the divul gation of secret documents concerning the safety of the state. The trial has been fixed for Decem ber 12th. Colonel Picquart’s exami nation before the court of cassation in tho Dreyfus affair will be continued. RAILROAD STOCKHOLDERS MEET. The Old Boards of Several South Carolina Id nos Iti*-Elected. Annual meetings were hold at Char leston, S. C., Saturday by the stock holders of the Charleston and Savan nah, the Ashley River and the Green Pond, Walterboro, and Brauchviile railroad. The old boards of directors were re-elected at each meeting. The reports read showed the net earnings of the Charleston and^ Savannah road to have beon for the last year $120,- 664.01.
