The Columbus journal., 1898-11-30

Jet Of . demand upon Spain. bat VIII
be IN offer In Ill sincerity 10 purchase
the island at . fair prioe. Il 10 not in
contemplation to take al Of the Caroline
sroup.
STORY OF DESTRUCTION
Wind and Waves Wrought
Havoc Along Coast.
KNOWN DEATHS REACH SEVENTY.
II Steamer Portland Hes 0oos Down List
VIII Esach O.e HanAroA and Forty
Many . nay Bsfers Iull InPost Il
Realized - shsres q Besteo Harbor
strsws with WRECKS q Vessels.
BOSTON. Nov. 29.-It il known def
nitely that more than 20 lives have been
lost in the wrecks Of tugs. schooners
and coal barges during the Storm Of
Saturday night and Sunday morning.
and If tho steamer Portland has now
gone down. - seems possible. the List Of
casualties will rise TO 40. with over 100
vessels Of al descriptions ashore. two
score Of them to be wrecks and m un.
known number probably beneath the
waves of Massachusetts, bay.
There IL scarcely bay, harbor o. In
let from the Penobscot to New London
that has not On its shores the bones Of
some staunch craft. while along Aassa-
chusetts bay. and especially Boston har-
Dor. the beaches are piled high with
the wrechge Of schoooers and coal
barRes.
Tho record IL still incomplete, for that
ocean graveyard Of Cape Cod II still to
be heard from.
The annoyance and Inconvenience Of
the railroad and street car embargo COW
ering the whole Of southern New Eng
land sunk into insigniAoanoe before tho
story of destruction wrought BY wind
and wave, yet it viii be many day b.
fore the full import Of the disaster il
known or even realized.
shorss 0trevn win Wroekago.
The islands Of Boston haxbor are with
out exception strewn with wrecks and
wreckage. No less than - vessels are
ashore at Gloucester. and over 20 in the
supposed safe haEboe OF Vineyard Haven
Parted their anchor chains and are high
and dry ON the beach.
Nantasket beach saw two schooners
and . coal barge dash to pieces ON its
sands, the rocks Of Cohasset claimed .
stauuch fisherman, ,Scituate . well known
pilot boat, Manchester Q down east
lumberman, while one tug and three
barges known to have been between
Cape God and Boston are unaccounted
for and probably Lost. The upper har-
bors of Boston, Plymouth, Salem, Ports
mouth, Portland and other places where
vessels were supposed to b compara-
lively safe wsse the scenes Of numerous
collisions between the ships and the
wharves. Every LIE Aving crew per-
formed deeds of heroism In rescuing
crews and tug boats riiked life and
property in their endeavor to save life.
EXPRESSES FRIENDLY SENTIMENTS.
Germany WIN AsquSsseo IN The Outcome
os Rsaes Nsgstiasisas.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.-Baron Spreck
Won Sternberg, charge d'anaires Of Ger.
many. called at the state department
and had . conference with Secretary
Hay ON current topics, particularly those
growing out Of the late VA. in the
course Of which Baron Spreck took occa.
sion to express the most friendly senti-
ments ON the part Of Germany concern
ing the present status OF affairs. Tho
allwas chiefly significant @ m evidence
that German officials desire to counter.
oct tho reports that Germany IL about
to assume aa attitude Of protest and to
lay claim to the Sulu archipelago. which
il to be included In tho peaco uegotta-
tions at Paris. Baron Won Speeck's call
saye rise 70 the published reports to the
effect that be had presented . protest
from Germany against American inter-
ference with the Sulu islands.
In view Of these reports it Was stated
last night In IN authoritative quarter
that the Sulp islands were not men,
toned further In the talk, which was
-,.l A-a,-.l>
W moos s"o s.s.s.y S1so
shovn that tho German mooO n cousid.
erably vrouaht mn over the policy Of
the United Stases IN the far east and Il
ureinr tha aoyerumeut 10 make mo.
test. nokhin9 has dsyeloped in Official
ou.rtar. nm 10 tha ureaauf time IN shov
th.t thera IN anv nnrnoas On tho uart
~ the Cesman anvernmant 10 had such
h.lI;oerent mssaa1iona. On the con.
t,.- ~. c.n "a nernn MN aureck sives