The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1898, Page 1

B \! - The i "VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO. 182. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, ‘NOVEMBER 29, 1898. SPAIN CONSENTS TO CEDE COLONIAL POSSESSIONS YIELDS TO EVERY DEMAND UNIT BY THE ED STATES Accepts the Offer of Twenty Mil- lions of Dollars for the ° Philippines. Also Relinquishes Cuba, and Now the Pea Porto Rico and Guam, ce Treaty Will Be Concluded. Special Dispatch to The Call ARIS, Nov. 28 —Spain has| accepted the United States’ | offer of $20,000,000, and at | 2 a joint session of the peace com-| missions this afternoon consent- | condition to relin-| ed without quish Cuba and to cede Porto| Rica, Guam and the Philippine | e document presenting this | acceptance ‘contained only 300]| It opened with a ref ‘ ence to the final terms of the| United States, and said that the Commissioners, aiter words. Spanish having taken cognizance of the| __ S terms proposed by the Ameri- cans, replied that their Govern-| ment had tried to give as equit- ble an answer as possible, but | that they were not prepared to commit their Government to the| acceptance of principles embod- jed in the argument. “Spain re- jects these principles,” the note she has always re- C jected them. 3asing her attitude upon the justice of her cause, the note tinues, “ then sa she still adheres to these prir es, “which she has hereto invariably formu-| lated. l However, the note, adds, in| her desire for peace she has gone | so far as to propose certain com- | promises, which the Americans have always rejected. She has| also att it is further as- serted, to submit to arbitration | some of the n al particulars upon which the two Govern-| ments differed . These proposals for arbitration, it is. added, the| Americans had equally rejected. | These allegations in Spain’s re- | ply as to attempted arbitration refer to her proposal to arbitrate | the constriction of the third ar- ticle of the protocol, and also to | submit the Spanish colonial debt | of Cuba and the Philippines to | arbitration. The last proposition has been made in a written com munication. Since its presenta tion, and in return for such arbi tration, Spain offered to cede the territory in dispute. The Ameri- cans refused both propositions | for arbitration. | yain's reply to-day in sub- stance- continued by declaring that the United States has offer- ed as a kind of compensation to wn Spain something very inadequate to the-sacrifices the latter coun- try makes at this moment, and she feels that the United States’ proposals cannot be considered just and equitable. Spain has, however, exhausted all the resources of diplomacy in an attempt to justify her attitude. Seeing that an acceptance of the proposal made to Spain is a nec- essary condition to a continuance | of negotiations, and seeing that the resources of Spain are not such as to enable her to re-enter upon war, she is prepared, in her desire to avoid bloodshed, and from considerations of humanity | and patriotism, to submit to the conditions of the conquering na- tion, however harsh they may be. She is therefore ready to accept the proposals of the American Commission as presented at the last sitting. The reading and tle transla-| tion of the document occupied less than fijve minutes. At the conclusion of the, translation the Commissioners empowered Sen- or Ojeda, secretary of the Span- lish Commission, and Secretary | Moore of the American Commis- sion to draw wup articles which are to PRICE FIVE CE NTS. — ] — LIVES LOST follows: lost. Names unknown. there were four men:on:this vessel. from this wreck. bee, were saved and two drowned. were five men on this ship. e From the schooner Samuel W. Tilton, wrecked From Barge No. 4 of the Consolidated Coal Company, From the schooner Governor Ames, in Boston harbor, Seaman [PEEEECE R R W R R R R b e e e B e e e AND VESSELS WRECKED IN THE BIG STORM BOSTON, Nov. 28.—As far as known the fatalitles among the shipping in Boston harbor and vicinity are as From the schooner Calvin F. Baker, ashore near Boston Light, three sailors drowned, names unknown. Also steward of this vessel, frozen in the rigging. First and second mate saved. From the schooner Abel C. Babcock, wrecked on Hull Beach, entire crew, supposed to number nine men, ars From the schooner: Virginia, ashore on.Thompson's Island, Boston harbor, and Seaman Far aer Freeman, both of Mount Desert,'Maine; William D. Stanley, son.of the captdin, was saved From an unknown schooner, ashore at Nantasak Beach, the entire crew Is lost. drowned. BB RS R R 5 VESSELS THAT ARE TOTAL -WRECKS. . H Schooner Calvin F. Baker, bound from Philadelphia to Boston with coal, Captain Meglathin. -K Schooner Abel C. Babcock, Philadelphia for Boston. with coal, Captain Babcock. i‘l Schooner Samuel W. Tilton, laden with hard pine and bound from a Southern port to Boston. | | Schooner Virginia, from an Eastern port with wax, bound for Boston, Captain Stanley. m Schooner Watchman of Calais, Seraphine (BritishY of Parrsboro, N."S., and Fred M. Emerson of Bowes Bay, Maine, all with miscellaneous cargoes, from Eastern.ports. P Schooner G. H. Hopkins of Boston, unloading stone at Fort Warren, sunk at the wharf. Three two-masted schooners, names unknown, ashore at Paddocks Island. . Schooner Albert H. Harding of Boston, wrecked at South Boston. ! Three small schooners, names unknown, ashore on Moon Island. L Schooner James Webster, cargo and destination unknown, ashore off South Boston. = Schooner P. R. Woodside, Captain McLane, from Norfolk for Boston, cargo piling, ashore off Hull | Schooner Lucy Belle from Sullivan, Maine, for Dorchester, in South Cove, Boston harbor. m Steamer John J. Hill of Hillsboro, N. S., for New York, ashore at Atlantic. Two unknown schooners and two unknown coal barges ashore off Commonwealth docks, Boston harbor. | | A partially dismasted schooner, name unknown, ashore at Weymouth. ‘A two-masted schooner, name unknown, ashore at Harrisens Square. L 3 Wilson steamer Ohio, from Hull, England, for Boston, with miscellaneous cargo, ashore at Spectacle Island, ™ Boston harbor. Ocean tug Tamaqua, towing coal barge from Philadelphia to Boston, ashore on Rainsford Island. | | u near the Babcock, all hands are lost. " It is supposed -that ashore at Hull Beach, two men, including Captain Al-j§ Edward Proffet -was wuhed,ovérboard and e e e e e e e e e two are lost—Captain’ Stanley It is supposed that there M o embody the relinquish-|g g @ @ ®-5-B-2-8-5 5 H-55 555065808 008000 008R SCORES OF SHIPS WRECKED OFF NEW ENGLAND’S COAST ‘Appalling Loss of Life in the " Gale of Sunday on the Atlantic Seaboard. {On-Every Shoal and Reef in Boston Harbor Stranded Craft Are at the Mercy of the Waves. OSTON, Nov. 28—1It is ‘known definitely to-night that more than seventylives have been lost in the wrecks of tugs, schooners and coal barges during the storm of Saturday night and Sunday morning, and if the steamer Portland also is lost, as now seems possible, the list of casualties will rise to 140, with over 100 vessels of all de- scriptions ashore, two score of them total wrecks and an un- known number probably beneath the waves of Massachusetts Bay. There is scarcely a bay, harbor / W (il W4 R.DAY - CUSHMANK.DAVIS ‘W< P.FRY WHITELAW REID GEOR .GRAY JOHN BASSETTMOORE: AND THE UNITED STATES. L MEMBERS 0 F THE COMMISSIONS WHICH HAVE BROUGHT PEACE TO SPAIN ment of Cuba by Spain and the cession of Porto Rico and the Philippines. These articles, which may be considered as constitut- ing the conditions of peace, will be ready for submission on Wed- nesday. A great deal of interest was taken in to-day’s meeting. The two commissions arrived at the Foreign Office in carriages in the rain almost simultaneously, and repairing to the conference room immediately opened the only business before them. President Rios of the Spanish Commission has usually preceded the present-| ation of a communication in writ- ing by verbally summarizing it, but to-day Senor Rios was silent and unusually grave. His face was deeper lined, and he clearly showed the mental strain under which he was laboring as he ap- proached the final relinquishment of Spain’s colonial possessions. Without a word Senor Monte- ro Rios produced two typewrit- ten sheets and passed them to the interpreter of the United States Commission, Mr. Ferguson, who read them substantially as ca- bled, the outline of the Spanish document being furnished later to a correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press by Senor Ojeda. The Commissioners left the Foreign Office immediately after the sec- retaries had been directed to pre- pare the articles of the peace treaty. There was scarcely any conversation between the Ameri- can and Spanish Commissioners after the adjournment. Among the Americans - only the most grave consideration for their Spanish colleagues was ap- parent. The Spaniards seemed to be relieved at having arrived at the conclusion of a long contro- versy. ig COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE OVERLOOKED WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—It is the impression at the State Department in the absence of anything save press re- ports of the proceedings at Paris to- day that the Commission’s work is now near an end and that about two weeks’ time will suffice to close it up. This idea is based on the belief that instead of undertaking to arrange the several matters yet to be settled in the treaty of peace, a general clause will be placed in the treaty, binding each of the par- ties to begin negotiations in the near future upon these subjects. Such a clause of. necessity must be very carefully drawn in order to insure the United States a resumption of commercial relations with Spain on Aentinued cn Second Page. or inlet from the Penobscot to New London that has not on its shores the bones of some craft, while -all along Massachusetts Bay, and especially Boston har- bor, the beaches are piled high with the wreckage of schooners and coal barges. The record, al- though hourly lengthiening, is still incomplete, for that ocean graveyard of Cape Cod is still to be heard from. The annoyance and inconven- ience of the railroad and street car embargo,-covering the whole of Sbuthern New England, sank into insignificance before the story of destruction wrought by wind and wave, yet it will be many a day before the full im- port of the disaster is known or even realized. 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 safe har- bor of Vinevard Haven: parted their anchor chains yesterday and are high and- dry -on the beach. Nantasket Beach saw two schooners and a coal barge dash to pieces on its sands; the rocks of Cohasset claimed a' staunch fisherman; - Scituate, a' well- known pilot boat; Manchester, a down-east lumberman, while one tug and three barges known to have been between Cape Cod and Boston are unaccounted for and probably are lost. The upper har- bors of Boston, Plymouth, Salem, Portsmouth, Portland.and- other olaces where vessels were sup- | posed to -be comparatively safe, | ) were the scenes of numerous col- lisions between the ships and the wharves. Every life-saving crew per- formed deeds of heroism in res- cuing crews from stranded ves- sels, and tug boat captains risked life and property in their en- deavor to save life. Not until daylight this morning aid the awful havoc by the storm in Boston harbor and vicinity be- come appparent. Not since 1852 has a storm caused such destruction of property and loss of life so near the city. The tugs that started early to- day to explore the harbor and offer as- sistance where it was needed found a condition almost unprecedented in the marine history of Boston. On every shoal and reef in the harbor was some wrecked craft, over which a wild sea still dashed, carrying the vessel higher | up on the shore or slowly grinding it | to fragments. Many wrecks were cov- ered with ice, and this and the fact that a terrific sea was running made it impossible to learn their names. The raging waters also prevented any attempt to recover bodies known to be in some of the wrecks, and it is prob- able that it will be several days before a complete list of those lost can be ob« tained. At Hull Beach, where two barges and two schooners went ashore, more than a dozen bodies were visible in the surf, but it was impossibld to get at them. At Shag Rocks, between Boston Light and the Brewsters, where the schoon- er Calvin F. Baker was ashore, two sailors were taken from the rigging by the lifesavers, both nearly exhausted, and the body of another was recovered. Three men from this’ vessel were | arowned, but their bodies could not be found. Among the tugs which started down the harbor as soon as daylicht came was the police-boat Guardian, which last night was caught in -the thick weather off Deer Island, while endeav- oring to ascertain the meaning of dis- tress signals flying from the lighthouse. She made for the tiny beacon which marks the inner harbor channel again this morning, and with a tossing ‘sea and strong incoming tide, tried to an- swer signals. Finally it was learned that the lighthouse had no fresh water, for the heavy seas had broken in the * bulkheads and spoiled the water stored there. There were five men in the lighthouse. The two boats which usu- ally hang from the davits had been splintered by the force of the waves and the sea was dashing over the lighthouse with such force that there was little hope of reachin~ it. 5 Beyond Deer Island lies the big Wil- son liner Ohio, and the steamer C. A. White of Taunton, ashore on Spec- tacle Island. It is a matter of surprise to harbor pilots how the Ohio reached her present berth.. She stands up bold- Aly, without the semblance of a list, on