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VOL. XXI.— NO. 334. PATHWAY OF THE WORLD'S COMMERCE The Hanseatic League the fireat Promotive Power at the Period of America's Discovery. TIME OF ISOLATION FOR ENGLAND Activity on the Eastern Shores of the Atlantic The Discovery of America a Factor Crusades and the Saracens Under the Edwards the Ports of England Opened to the Merchants of Europe Spirit of Invention Paramount 111. THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE. Unquestionably, that body of trade known to history as the Hanseatic league was the great promotive power of commerce during the period imme diately preceding and Immediately fol lowing the discovery of America; but its influence collapsed completely ln the first quarter of the seventeenth cen tury, or about the time the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. The Han aeatic league was only one of other similar organizations created for the protection, advancement and strength ening of trade. The word "Hanse," In terpreted from the German language, with which it is more specifically iden tified, means, simply, confederation. There have been various interpretations put Upon the word "sea," but the meaning of ihe entire word "Hanseatic" is that of a confederation for sea traf fic. At any rate, the league was a combination of seaports having com merce with the entire world as lt ex isted ln those days. Other leagues comprised towns on tbe Rhine. The Swablan league embraced the trading towns of the states watered by the Danube, and every community of trad ing Importance ln the old district of Swabia, but the Hanseatic league in cluded primarily the towns of old Prus sia, or the eastern division of Ger many, of Esthonla and Livonia, Swe den, Norway, Denmark, the Nether lands, England, France and Spain. ITS ORIGIN AND SCOPE. This great league had Its origin at acme undotermlned date near the close of the twelfth century, it was clearly the outcome of oppression, enforced under the ban ner of Christianity. After the subju gation of certain native tribes a sec tion of the eastern division of Prussia was colonized by intelligent Germans, who began to devote themselves to manufactures and trade. The native population were driven to agriculture and to the raising of cattle. The two Bplrlts later combined in the creation of this commercial element, which for three centuries donilnated all of West ern Europe. Tha neoeaaltlea of the na tives compelled Industry, and a mar ket was supplied for the product by the Invadera. Gradually one town was linked with another, until the ramifica tions of the lengue embraced every principal port of the northern section of the continent of Europe, as well as tha British Isles. In large degree Its object was the protection of sea go ing craft from piratical depreda- It was during this period tbat Russia began its system ot material development. The country was productive then, as now, of grain, llax, skins, furs, wax, tallow as raw material, while there were many raw : products available, and theso were brought Into exchange for vari ous commodities firom aaHed herring to the rich) Bt Jewels supplied from the lower latitudes of Europe and the Orient. There was some reciprocity practiced between the league and Swe den and Denmark, and the products in exchange were iron, copper, ginger, pitch, ashes and hemp, as well n products Of the fisheries of the great northern shores of the Baltic and the North -sea. Norway entered the league, and certain privileges were enjoyed, and their manufacturer! thrived re markably under Uie inspiration afford ed by the outlet for trade. It waa an accomplishment In those days for C ■ = TODAYS BULLETIN. Page. 1— Pathway of Commerce. Peace Ti— <j Heady. Fatal Political Riot. Russia Testing the Powers. Wrack of the Portland. I OteeaarSQß Defense. Lind and 014 Soldiers. Political Plums. Burdettc'e Lecture. S — President's Probable Message. Comptroller Dawee' Report. War Boerd at Boston. 4— Editorial. Slate's War Expenses. Winona Stirred Up. 6— Sporting News. Dixon Bests Gardner. Hmrna of the Railroads. 6— Markets of the World. Bar Silver, 6i»\e. Chicago Cash Wheat, 6t\c. 7— Minneapolis Matters. News of the Northwest. B— Supreme Court Decisions. Alois Meier's Suicide. Basis ot City Taxes. ATLANTIC LINERS. NEW YORK— Arrived: B ; ivic. frcm Llyerpool; Cortnthia, Marseilles ; Noordland, Antwerp. Sailed: Kaleer Frledarich, Bremen. LONDON— Arrived: Chesapeake, Philadelphia. LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Penland, Southamp ton. MON ILE— Arrived: Anchorla, New York. TODAYS EVENTS. METROPOLITAN— "A Fair Rebel," t and 8 PM. GRAND— "A Female Drummer, 2:30 and SAB PM. £alm Garden — Vaudeville, 2 acd 7 PM. t. Vh;.-e:,t's church barar, Blair and La fond street*, evening. Bt. Paul Driving club meets. Metropolitan hotel. German, Town and Country club, 9 PM. Special mission meeting, St. Paul's chur.h, Ninth and Olive streets. 10.30. BL Andrew's society feinqutt, Ltti hall, evening, gt. Paul Whist club meet*, Lowry arcade, 8 PM. THE ST. PAUL GLOBE youths to become apprentices ln all the trades. Denmark did not take kindly to the league, however, and suffered materially from Its aggressive attacks. The Netherlands, on the contrary, re ceived great advantages ln the combi nation and were not slow to avail themselves of lt, consequently Rotter dam and Amsterdam and other famous cities of tbe Lowlands became promi nent ports for the operations of the league, and at these points the conduct of affairs associated with trade had perhaps a stronger bearing upon the future civilization of the world still at that time undiscovered than anything prevailing Inside or outside of tbe church. This league embraced an immense communion, and through Its ramifications the intelligence of the age became distributed, the spirit of progression became fostered, the hori zon of humanity became widened, and the heart of mankind became more generously inspired and enlarged than ln any previous era of the world's his tory. ITS INFLUENCE IN ENGLAND. Across a narrow stretch of ocean water was England, and ln Its centers of trade the blood of the Northmen and of the Saxon became mingled. What this combination presaged for the civilization of the world the re corded history of the past five or six centuries must reveal The Influence of that league upon the existence of hu manity not only -vvith reference to the extension of commerce, but to the ele vation of the principles of trade and the benefits distributed through eco nomic and Industrial endeavors, ls still advancing and century by century be ing more and more potently felt ln ev ery clime under the sun. France and Spain took little part ln the conduct of the league. Their pol icy was conservative to tbe point of supreme selfishness. It was not until after the decline of the Hanseatic league began that Spain's real commer cial power reached Its greatest altitude. This was ln the sixteenth century and immediately following the discovery of America by Columbus at tbe close of the fifteenth. Spain's part In ancient commerce had its origin about 600 B. C, terminated abruptly at tbe close of the seventh, and was not revived until the beginning of the twelfth century A. D. THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. And this leads us to that most Im portant of all events in modern his tory, the discovery of America by Co lumbus. As the civilization of the Orient advanced toward the eastern shores of the Atlantic ocean the fan cies of thinkers and the theories of scientists led to tbe conviction that somewhere beyond, ln the direction of the point of the setting sun, an unex plored territory of greater or less area existed. Already the theory of the rotundity of the earth was being large ly Indorsed. The invention of the com pass and the discovery of the forces of | polar magnetism had attracted the rea soning of the best minds of the Old World. They knew that there must be another side to the great countries of the East. The trend of progress had been westward. To discover the en trance gate to that territory from the other side of the earth was the specu lative dream of navigators of that pe riod. Among these was Christopher Columbus. The dream of Columbus waa primarily to locate the limit of the extension of the East India islands. He was impelled by no vision of the de velopment of a great continent. The trade of the world had advanced so far westward as the eastern shores of the Atlantic, and so propulsive had be come Its energy that It sought a vent for Its productiveness. The so-called wealth of the Indies was even in those j days a famous figure of speech. The advancement of commerce over extend- ! ed water surfaces was demanded. It was believed that the eastern shores of India would supply the vacuum Into which the European products could be poured. "Iceland was known to exist, and so was Greenland; but no idea prevailed that Greenland was simply the wing of a vast continent and the edge of another hemisphere. As the mariners on the eastern coast of the Atlantic ventured farther and farther out to sea they occasionally encoun tered different forms of floating wreck age, -which, upon examination, proved to belong to some other locality than that which was known to their people. Columbus availed himself of every class of Information that he could accumu late bearing upon the general subject of the existence of foreign shores. As a mariner, and as a Genoese, enthused with tbe spirit of trade and commerce, he became a student of the earth's real conditions. The promotion of his Ini tial, voyage, his discoveries of the West Indies, and the history of his three subsequent visits to this continent, are familiar, in their details, to every in telligent reader. The inspiration of Co lumbus was to seek the western pas sage to India. He found, first, an archipelago; he encountered finally a main land; in short, he unexpectedly discovered a new world greater ln Its i resources than that which thousands of years previously had been supplying sustenance to an ever-increasing pop ulation. He died without realizing the fact that almost four centuries would elapse before the great circuit of com merce should touch the shores of the country whose gates opening upon the sea he sought to enter. THE CRUSADES AND THE SARA CEN. As a result of the forces which had WEDNESDAY MORNING— NOVEMBER 30, 1898. Impelled trade westwardly over Europe, throughout the 1,500 years B. C. and a large part of the first fifteen centuries of the Christian Era, the Mediter ranean and the Black seas had come to be the most active scenes of com merce. Meanwhile, also, there was comparative ignorance on the Atlantic seaboard of all that was taking place in Asia and Eastern Europe. The ad vancement of the Saracen, as the con queror of Spain, early ln the eighth century, and at a period when the dark ness of the Middle ages was at its den sity, brought mathematical science from the Moorish civilization into the notice of Europe. From this Invasion many contributions of Incalculable value -were made to modern civilization and with special reference to the navi gation of the seas. At this period the conditions prevail ing in England and what are known as the British Isles were, In the matter of industrial pursuit and human habi tation, little better than those of the barbarian, and the people were wholly unconscious of the magnitude of the wealth and splendors of the Orient. To these people, through his triumph over Spain, the Saracen brought the first knowledge on this subject most worthy of confirmation. The Crusades following In the twelfth century like wise had the effect, through bringing Into contact the dwellers of Northwest ern Europe with those of Arabia and other Eastern countries, of enlarging tbe general vision of the inhabitants of the Eastern Atlantic coast. ISOLATION OF ENGLAND. Theoretically and commercially, as well as geographically speaking, Eng land was substantially Isolated; and what are today the scenes of some of the greatest Industrial activity ln the world, were even, at bo recent a period as the eighth century, overgrown with rank forests, inhabited by wild beasts, and there was little or no land of an arable nature. There had been some trading of tin, of wool and furs and hides with Greek markets and those of the Italian republics. The flrst article of real value, as an export commodity, from England, was wool-, and this, fortuitously, found its way to Holland. London, early in the seventh century. was a email trading post. Little at tention had been given to agriculture and the manufacture of fabrics was limited to the weaving and tbe spin ning of the home. Communication be tween different points on the land was very difficult owing to the topography of the country, pack horses being large ly used for transportation purposes. While ln the East, centuries before, many forms of respeotable craft, manned with formidable crews, were employed ln commerce between the shores of the Mediterranean, England had advanced no further than mere canoes. The navy of Alfred the Great, In his encounters with Denmark, con sisted of war gallics propelled by the brawney muscles of from sixty to eighty men each. ENGLAND AND THE MONASTE RIES. It ls an interesting fact, and one which bears with peculiarly striking effect upon the settlement of North Amerioa and the opening of the path way of commerce across this continent, that the monasteries of England af forded the first substantial Impulse ln the development of agriculture. The monks dwelt in the vallies, where the lands were richest; and as labor was one of exaction, under the stern disci pline of the church, the Industry of the population soon began to make itself apparent ln localities that previously were nothing more than barren wastes. The fertility of the soil was there. It only needed the hand of industry to stir lt and to imbed lt with seed to en able lt to reveal Its power of produc tion. The Importance of the develop ment of tbis spirit ls commented upon by John Teates, LL. D., the historian of commerce, ln the following tribute to the monks: "The monasteries of that time seemed to have been the sanctu aries of industry as well as of learning. Located in fertile vales the clergy made labor a sacred duty, and by cultivating the rich lands around them they Im proved the practice of agriculture. They were lenient masters. By shielding the farm laborers from the injustice of the barons, the monks prepared the way "for the overthrow of the villeinage. If the loss of liberty be the loss of half our virtue we owe an infinite debt to monachlsm for the restitution of this priceless boon. As free men, the lower orders acquired a right to property, which elevated their moral tone and added to the prosperity of the whole population. Manufactures no less than husbandry were fostered by the monks. The principle of every monastery was tbat each community should supply, as far as possible. Its own wants by home labor. Cloth was woven from home-grown wool; abbeys and churches planned and built by ecclesiastical architecture and beautiful ruins and splendid cathedrals remain as eviden ces of their genius. Each religious re treat was a center of Industry greater than military laurels. Conquerors and conquered were silently brought to gether by the teaching and example of tbe church, until, ln the lapse of time, and through many agencies, the fusion of the two rival races, Saxon and Norman, was completed." BROADENING OF THE WORLDS TRADE. This brings us down to the point of the beginning of that splendid system for the conduct of commerce through out all the world which gives to Eng land Its elevated rank at the close of the nineteenth century. Indeed, may lt not be also said, truthfully, that from these valleys, populated by the industrious monks, the future United States of America likewise found some thing of that Inspiration which has given to this continent Its exalted rank ln the development of national re sources and which has gradually, de cade by decade, and generation by gen eration, brought our vast territorial area into its constantly expanding im portance to the trade of the world, and has already made the great railways which span our continent the natural pathways of that commerce which ls now sweeping so persistently on to Japan, China, and, ln fact, the entire over-populated area of Eastern Asia. Under the Edwards the trade rela tions of England were materially broadened and ports were opened to the merchants throughout the conti nent of Europe. With the Increase of manufactures Inducements were offered artisans and artificers to settle ln Eng land. Signs of wealth began to ap pear on every hand. The spirit of In vention and creation was becoming paramount The wools which had pre viously been exported were beginning to be manufactured at home, Bristol, London and Norwich being the prin cipal centers. Indeed, textile fabrics, of various kinds, were coming to be rapidly and more and more largely pro duced for the consumption of other na tions. Strangely enough, however, tin ore, of which England is still so abun- dantly possessed, w*s shipped to Egypt for manufacture Into vessels of many forms, and on returning became ob jects of import, subject to duty for rev enue purposes. Coul was exported in large quantities to France. All this stimulation to commerce had the effect of laying the foundation for that sys tem of merchant marine, the power of which is today a matter of English his tory. THE NETHERLANDS. The Netherlands meanwhile were growing in importance as a commer cial center. The r.se of the towns ln this territory occurred chiefly within the period covered |>y the ninth to the thirteenth centuriej.. There was al ways much of rlvrlry between these sections, and many fierce conflicts over the matter of imposts for the com merce of the rivtrs whose mouths -opened to the sea in Holland, while the commerce was cari.'ed to the Flemish towns beyond. The operations of the Hanseatic league have already been referred to, and these had much influ ence upon all the trade of these locali ties. The carrying of the southern commerce was conducted largely by the Dutch and Germans, the towns to the south not being Included among the league ports proper. Out of all this system rose Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent and other com' munitlea _?o well known ln con nection with all modern com merce with the continent of Europe. And the development of manufactures associated with the commerce of the world has given fame and wealth to many other well known towns within the boundaries of the Netherlands not named above. (To be continued.) FATAL POLITICAL RIOT ONE MAX KILLED AJTD SEVERAL aEJUOUSLY DTJOtED AT CHICAGO CLUB ELECTION THE CAUSE Conflicting Stories of the Origin of th* Trouble, Which I* Said to Have Lasted Only a Few Mo ment* Rival Uepnbllcan Fac tions Tried to Control the Same Convention Vo Arrests Made. CHICAGO, Nov. ».— An attempt to break up the annuel meeting of thd Eighteenth Ward Republican club at Bricklayers' hall, at Peoria and West Monroe streets, thla evening, resulted ln the death of one of the attacking party and the wounding of aeveral of those who participated In the fight Dead— Charles LattUner, bricklayer. Wounded— William Mahoney, police man at the DesplaJnes street station; shot ln both arms end side; will re cover. John W. Launders, laborer; finger shot off. John Prince, janitor of the building; shot in the left leg; not serious. The club held Its annual election to night, and there waß much rivalry be tween factions, headed by Coroner Berz and John Roge*' , an ex-member of the city council, ox r the offices. Some time ago lt became known among Rogers* sympathizers that the ! Berz faction intended putting through its ticket. It was then decided to ig nore the regular convention announced for Bricklayers' hall. Accordingly, a meeting of the Rogers supporters was held this evening, and it was decided to visit Bricklayers' hall and demand representation. A large crowd accord ingly left the Roge;-s meeting and marched to Bricklayers' hall. The greater number remained In the street, but "Butch" Smith, Frank Matuska, William Haines, George Callahan and a few others entered the hall. Stories differ as to what followed, but the members of the Berz faction in the hall and the two police officers who were stationed at the door of the room ln which the meeting was being held assert that the men of the Rogers faction came noiselessly up the stairs, having revolvers ln their hands. Offi cer Mahoney commanded them to halt, but they paid no att»:-_tion to him, and just as they reached the door some ona fired a shot. Instantly pistols were drawn on every side, and the firing was promiscuous. Coroner Berz was one of the flrst to Are when the trouble started. Almost at the flrst shot Lat tlmer threw up his hands and rolled down the stairway, dead. His com panions continued the fight only a short time, and ther they fled down the stairway. At the flrst shot a crowd of the Berz faction came pouring from the hall, Intent upon attacking the In truders, but the fight was over ln an instant, and the Rogers sympathize, s were gone. A wagonload of oflicers was quickly at the door of the hall.comlng from the Desplalnes street station, which ls only a short distance away. Details were promptly sent after the flying members of the Rogers party, but up to mid night none of them had been caught. Prince, the Janitor, was put under ar rest, it being charged th-.-t he had con nived at the attack. When it was found, however, that he was wounded In the leg he was cent home. After the excitement had die<*. away the Berz faction re-entered tb=_ hall, called their convention to order, and elected the club officers witnout furtner disturb ance. GRAVE FCR~THE~ HATCHET. Conference of GretJ. Political Im port to lvei.tack.lana. LEXINGTON, Ky.. Nov. 29.— A con ference, considered of great Importance to Kentucky, was hOd here today be tween ex-Senator J. C S. Blackburn, Col. Jack Chirm an 1 Hon. William Goebel, author of the famous Goebel election bill. The car. vass of returns of the regular election will be made to morrow. The const: utJonailty of the Goebel bill ls by no means assured. Blackburn and Goebel have been per sonal enemies for years. The confer ence ls thought to Lave been held to placate 111-feeling b* tween them so that the Goebel bill may be declared constitutional and Goebel be elected governor. Xew Jersey** HHcial Vote. TRENTON, N. J., Nov 29.— The state board of canvassers met this afternoon and went over the election reti}-rr g for governor oz,A congressmen, and officlvly promulgated the r«fult. The vote on governor »is »« follows: Voorhis, Republican, 364.051; Crane, Demo crat, 158,552; Landon. Prohibition, 6,893; Mc- Guire, Social-Labor, 5,4 ii: Scbrayshuen, Peo ple's, 491. Voorhis' plurality, 6,439. Xewlands a Candidate. VIRGINIA CITY, Ne*.. Nov. ».— W. E. Sharon has announced that Frank C. New lands will be a -"ar_d_3._.__- for United Statss senator to succees VllU___b M. dtewart. "Birds kin fly, go kin I!"— Darius Green. —New York World. POKING IN A PAW THE HEAR TRYING TO DETERMINE •11 ST WHAT THB POWERS "WILL PERMIT ARCH ENEMY OF ENGLAND Kaiser Presented in a New Role by an Anoajmons Article In an English Periodical— Germany's Scheme Spoiled by the Spanish. American War Lull ln Interna tl cinal Affairs May Precede Storm, IX>NDON, Nov. 29.— The English people have made up their minds that the present lull ln the International imbroglio points to a favorable out come of all the Issues involved, so far as Great Britain ls concerned, yet In dividual observers are by no means so well satisfied. There has been already mentioned ln these dispatches Lord Charles Beresford's appeal to his coun trymen not to permit Russia to obtain the upper hand ln China, where, he declared, she had already packed Nlu Chwang full of Cossack soldiery. So incredible did this appear that, though the source of the Information precluded thinking the assertion without founda tion, it was fully expected that the Russian government would officially i deny It. The denial has now reached > London, but, while ln form It Is a de i nlal, in reality lt ls a confirmation of I the declaration to which lt gives the I lie. After declaring that the Beresford | statement has no foundation whatever, i the St. Petersburg Journal proceeds to j show that it has a very substantial ; foundation Indeed. The Cossacks, it admits, are there — 2,000 of them— but they are not soldiers, merely railway police. Thla Russian organ therefore virtually admits that the place ls under the occupation of Russian troops, the railway police being merely a branch of the military service. A student of foreign affairs said to night: "Russia is merely trying to see how far America and England will permit her to go. If she Is brought to book by the only two powers sbe fears she is not likely to endanger her pres ent advantageous position ln China_Jjy ; any hasty move. If no notice be taken j of the tentative occupation of Niu Chwang, Russia naturally will go one step further." ENGLAND'S ARCH ENEMY. The Contemporary Review contains j a sensational anonymous article enti- I tied "The Arch Enemy of England." j This Is the German emperor. j The writer declares the kaiser had drawn up a complete plan, arranging for the naval superiority of France, Russia and Germany over Erugland four years hence, when England ls to be compelled to make humiliating j terms throughout the world, leaving ' Germany the Chief commercial colonial power. All these plans bave suddenly been thrown Into confusion by the Amer , lean-Spanish war and America and i England drawing together. The article, which is sure to attract attention for Its extraordinary attack on the queen's grandson, continues: The American paople, with characterise | shrewdness, have detected this resentment j acd hoatllHy and are ln no mood to put up witb browbeating from any one. Considering j that the Americans took no Inconsiderable ! part lc opening China and Japan to external ; Influences, the only ground for surprise^ is that they have been so slow in manlf«*t:ng Interest in tbe situation ln the far East, but now that the impulse has been supplied and an assertion of the claim to have a voice in lt has been made, there will be no drawing back or hesitation in pushing matters to a conclusion. At thla moment the question turns on whether the German emperor can Induce j Russia and Franca to Join him ln a demon- j stratlon of superior naval force to that poe- j «*scd by the United St»tes. both in the Pa- j clflc and the Atlantic, and the an*wer to that | question largely depends on whether he and j the caar of Russia between them can exer- ] cisc sufficient personal pressure on England j to Induce our government, ln return for same empty concessions from Africa, some easily broken proralees from China, to told Its hand, to heslt^.e for the necessary moment while they enforce their will oa the United States. *- CANNON BALL JUSTICE. Negro Indicted and Convicted With in Forty-Eight Hour*. BEDFORD CITY, Va., Nov. 29. — Yesterday an Indictment was found by the grand jury against James Webster, a negro, for assault committed on Miss Mary Aunspaugh, an aged white lady, of this city, on Nor. 19. Today the case was called at 10 o'clock; at 3:30 it was given to the Jury, and at 4:50 a verdict was rendered of guilty with the death penalty. The prisoner will be sentenced tomorrow morning; PRICE TWO CENTS-fg?^^;,. PEACE TREATY READY QUICK "WORK OP AMERICAN AND SPANISH SECRE TARIES FINAL CONSIDERATION TODAY Release of Insurgent Prisoners Held by Spain Will Be a Part of the Protocol Agreement Amer ica Agrees to Secure Release of Spaniards Now Held by Agalu> aldo Spaui.li Comment. PARIS, Nov, 29.— As the result of the work of Mr. Moore and Senor Ojeda the draft of the articles embody ing the protocol agreements were com pleted this evening. It will be present ed to the two commissions tomorrow, in the morning, at their separate ses sions, and ln the afternoon at the Joint session, when it will receive final con sideration. There will be little delay on these articles. Mr. Moore will pre sent to the United States commission ers the subjects to be presented to tha Spaniards for negotiations. These, for oonvenier.ee and greater dispatch, are being drafted into the form of articles. The release of the insurgent prison ers held by Spain will go into the protocol agr.-rr.ants, It having been al- ] ready agreed that Spain is to reAVfcfj them upon the United States under taking to secure the release of the Spanish prisoners in the hands of Agulnaldo. This question Is so Inti mately related to the peace treaty that lt haa been removed from the subjects that are maters of negotiation, and has been emlbodied in the articles con taining the protocol agreements. SPAIN APPREHENSIVE. Strict Cens4.)rahip Dne to Signing, of Peace Treaty. LONDON, Nov. 30.— The Madrid cor respondent of the Standard, telegraph ing Monday by way of the Spanish frontier, gays: "The government, apprehensive of the effect of signing the peace treaty, has ordered the military and civil offt ciafls to maintain the greatest vigilance over telegraphs and telephones. A strict censorship over newspapers and telegrams is continued all over the country and strict supervision is exer cised. "The reports from all over the coun try indicate that the situation is (seri ous. El Epoca says that Carlism is spreading not only In Biscay, but ln Gulpuscoa, a Basque province, border ing on France, and in places hitherto tranquil." TROUBLE BEGINS. Cabinet Fears an Outbreak by Affuinaldo's Filipinos. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.— The gov ernment has been officially advised of the successful termination of the peace negotiations with Spain. A cablegram to this effect, which had been received from Chairman Day, was read at to day's cabinet meeting by the secretary of state. By the terms of the treaty, which will be signed during the pres ent week, Spain surrenders to the Unit ed States her sovereign ty in the Philip | pine Islands and Otmcn island, one of i the Ladaone grouip. In lieu of ail i ciatana for indemnity, the United States : will pay Spain tbe sum of |20,000,000 in gold, or Its equivalent. Before return | ing to the United States our Paris com j r.issioners will secure from the Spanish ; representatives, if possible, a pro-posl : tion for the sale to the United States • of the Strong island, ono of the Oaro • line gsroup, some distance east and south of Luzon, for a cable station. Should Spain, however, decline to sell the Island, for a reasonable suim, the matter will be dropped, for the present, at least. The possible cession of this island is not involved in the pending treaty, and no pressure will be brought to bear to induce Spain to part w-feh lt. A large part of the time of today s cabinet meeting was consumed in the discussion of the new customs tariff which is to be put into operation in all parts of Cuba, as soon as the United States takes formal possession. The apprehension which manifested itreflf sorae ttane ago over the attitude of AgulnaJdo and the Philippine insur gents haa not entirely disappeared, though the administration believes they will accept the situation without a conflict with the United States. The matter was discussed at the meeting today, and some of the views express ed in-c&cated a possibility that the in surgents may yet have to be dealt with. On the whole, however, the president expects that serious trouble with Agul naldo w-Hl be avoided, but at the same time has guarded against an outbreak by taking precautionary measures. The American force already In occupancy of a part of the Philippines Is regard ed as altogether adequate to cope with any emergency that may arise. The future government of the Islands came up. Incidentally, and Secretary Alger made some sniggestiors as to details of a military government of the Islands. MANY IMS LOST I THE STORM S— IKING OP THE STEAMER PORT. — _!fD, WITH ALL OK BOARD, FULLY CONFIRMED NEARLY FIFTY BODIES TAKEN FROM THE SURF PORTLAND CARRIED FIFTY-ONE PASSENGERS AND CREW OF FORTY-EIGHT THAT ALL PERISHED IS NOW BELIEVED No End to the Reports of Wrecks and Loss of Life Up and Down the New England Coast Rescue Made Difficult by the Unabatln* Fury off the Storm Self-Sncri -clngr Heroism of Sailors. HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass., Nov 2S. —The steamer Portland, of the Boston and Portland line, has been lost on Cape Cod with aai on board. The life saving men, through a blinding storm yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, heard 1 the distress whistle of a steamer, and last night at midnight the body of a man was found on shore. On the body of the man waa a life belt marked "Steamer Portland, of Portland.'' A gold watch In his pocket had stopped at 10 o'clock. This man was well dressed, wore black clothes, tan ehoea and light hair and mustache, and a piece of card in his pocket bore the' words "John W^ Congress street. Portland." The body of a large woman* without covering of any kind, washed ashore at Pamlet river, but there were no means of identifying it. It ia believed the steamer Portland was disabled by the storm at 10 o'clock last night, being unable longer to hold up against the gale and drifted on to Peaked Hill bars and went to pieces. No part of the ship has drifted ashore, and lt ls not known just where sha struck. Boxes of tobacco, clothing, cheese, oil, etc., have been washed ashore, also life preservers marked with the words "Steamer Portland." Following ls a partial list of the pas sengers said to be on board the Port land, when she sailed from Boston I Saturday night: Oron Hooper . 11. True Hooper. teal ah Frve. Miss Ruth Fry*. Miss Maud Fryo. Miss Maud Simms. Mrs. BzoWefl Dennis. Mrs. Theodore Allen. Miss Allen. Miss Cole, of Springfield, Mass. Mrs. Daniel Rounds. Fred Sherwood. Miss Hm. Miss E<ina McCrlllls. 6. F. WHson, ot Bethel, Me. Hon. F. Dudley Freeman. D. O. Getchedl. of Boston. Mies Sophie Holmes. Miss Helen Langthorne. Miss Emma L. Plimpton, of Charles River. G. W. Cole. Miss Burns. Charles Wllegin. M. C. Hutchinson. Mrs. Hutchinson. Mrs. Gcorgs O. Chlckcringj, Weymouth, Mass., and sister, Mrs. Wheeler, of South Weymouth, Mass. M. L. Sewell, of Portland. Charles H. Thompson, Mrs. Thompson and child, Woodforda, Me. William Chats and Master Philip Chase, Worcester. Mrs. Kate Coy, East Boston. Arthur F. Hersom. and Mrs. Hersom, ot Chelsea, Mass. Miss A. Swift, of Portland. Harry Swift, 21 Marine street, East Boston. Mrs. Cornelia N. Mitchell and Miss Jennie Hoyt, North Easton. Mrs. J. A. Carroll, of Lowell. Miss Jennie Edmonds, Marine street, East Boston. Miss Ina Rounds, Portland. George B. Kennison Jr., Booth B.y. Mr. Perry Jackson, wife and child, ot South Portland, Me. Fred Stevens, Portland. Mr. Pierre, Portland. PORTLAND' S CRBW. The passenger list given above num. berg fifty-one, and the officers and crew number forty-eight. The crew, as far as can be ascertained, Is as follows: Captain, Hollls M. Blanchard; flrst pilot, Lewis Strout; second pilot, Lewis Nelson; purser, F. A. In graham; cleric, Horace Moore j mate, Edward Deer tag; second mate, John McKay; quartermaster, Ansel Dyer; auarter | master, F. Peterson; watohmen, R. Blake, T. Sewell, G. Whitten, Williams; fl.-st engineer, Thomas Merrill; second engineer, John Walton; third engineer, C. Vsrrlll; stew ard, A V. Matthews; second steward, Eben Huest.on; deck crew. John Daly, George Mc- GUvary, Arthur 9 loan, James Davidson. Piter Collins, Morris Graham, Cornelius O'Brion, D. Bruce, Matth^y Barron, Richard Hartley, Georgo C. Re>pley, V. M. Leigfatcn; olectric-ian, J. C. Dlloon; oilers. JF. M-.Neale, H. Herrt man; firemen, T. E. Funnel', 11. Gartur, W. J. Doughty, H. Rolllson, I. E. Ma-.ily, baj gageraister, W. B. RaUc£aw; waiters, John son, Arthur Johnson, Lee Foreman, Gecrgs Graham, Gottlin, Hamusl Smith; h.ul saloon man. Lattimt..-; harbor. Center; stewardesses, Mrw. Carrie M. Harc-ts, :»lra. M. Berry. The Portland was built in Bath, Me., ln 1890, and waa a side-wheel steamer of 1,317 tons net burden. Her length Is 230 feet, beam 24, and depth IG feec. She was valued at $250,000, and is fully insured. Word from Provincetown tells of nearly thirty total wrecks, with the number of lives lost unknown. Matters are Improving slightly a ! ong Vineyard sound, so far as means of communication are concarncd. The best summing up of the disasters ln that section Is made by Capt. Hard Jr., of the revenue cutter Dexter, who hua cruised along shore all day. He says that ln Vineyard Haven hulls aie p:lod upon shore and those vessels wnicb are afloat «eem mere shells. The Dex ter reports possible additions to the wreck list In two schooners sunk off Menemsha Bight and two big ones Continue* oa Seventh Page.