Newspaper Page Text
IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT, TBY AN ADIiET IN THE GLOBE SMALL WANTS. VOL XIV. CHILI GIVES IN, Prospect of Danger Brings a Prompt. Sensible Reply to the Ultimatum. Matta's Offensive Note to Be Withdrawn and Acknowl edged as Bad. The Request for Egan's Re call Will Also Be With drawn at Once. Arbitration Is Proposed to Settle the Valparaiso Mob Incident, Or Chili Will Submit the Mat ter to Decision by the Su preme Court. Opinions of Congressmen and Editors on Harrison's Message. Santiago, Chili, .lan. 25.— The Chil ian government has sent a reply to the ultimatum of the United States. The reply is in effect as follows: Chili agrees to withdraw the offensive note sent by Senor Matta to all the Chilian ministers abroad, and acknowl edges that its issuance was due to an error of judgment. Chili also with draws its request for the recall of United States Minister Egan. In addition to this the Chilian govern ment in its answer proposes that the affair of the attack on the Baltimore's Bailors in Valparaiso be submitted to the arbitration of some neutral nation. If this proposition is not acceptable to the United states government, the Chil ian government susrgests that the mat ter be submitted to the derision of tke lupreme court of the United States. THK REASON FOR IT. A. Mysterious Financier Says Chili Lacks Money. Washington, Jan. 25. — The most distinguished Republican financier in the United States senate, a leading member of the senate committee on for eign relations, to which the president's message was referred, said tonight: "There will be no war with Chili. Some people will think that President Har rison's message is likely to cause hostil ities. On the contrary the message will prevent them, because it will cripple Chili financially. To my own knowl edge, Chili hits for weeks been vainly trying to float securities in Europe at satisfactory figures. "The message today makes it impos sible for her to borrow a dollar in the money markets of Europe. War with out money is impossible. Chili will Very soon find herself powerless to ent< r upon a contest with the United states. England and Germany Will both close their banking centers to Chili's request for credit if she intends ■sing their money in a contest against a nation which must in the end crush her out of existence." SEES HER MISTAKE. Chili's Position Was Utterly Un tenal)le. Washington, .lan. 25.— For both the Insult and the injury Chili very wisely. sensibly and honorably offers full reparation. The insulting note she Withdraws and disavows. The affair of Oct. If. she offers to leave to the arbi tration of a neutral nation, or to the decision of the supreme court. That offer is equivalent to an acknowledgment that the Chilian position in respect to the matter was unsound and could not be sustained, and on the determined facts either form of settlement almost of necessity must involve a decree of indmnity and repar ation for the injury. as Chili, no doubt, is well aware in making the oiler. We can hardly arbitrate as to the fact that the assault on our sailors was wanton and injurious. We may under Chili's 3lTer propose to arbitrate the terms of settlement, and such a proposition we ought to make. HUMOR OF CONGRESS. Funds Sure to He Voted for All Washington-, Jan. 25. —After the reading <>t the message today senators were much more cautious about com menting on the message and the proba ble outcome than members of the house. But it was evident that party considera tions did not bind members of either house in their views, and that a decided majority was willing to sustain the president in upholding with firmness and vitror the position taken by this government. Many of them said it seemed that the United States had in eiiinc respects, perhaps, not acted al together iv the right, but they had no doubt that much should be done by Chili, and that in the enl she would comply with most of our demands. Of the message itself, the opinion of Democrats and Republicans alike was that it was a strong presentation of the case. Members of the foreign relations committee of the senate and of the for eign affairs committee of the house were the most conservative in their views, and said they desired to exam ine the coi respondenee before comment ing freely on the affair. Both senate mid house committees will take up the matter promptly. The members of the appropriations committees were agreed that, in cose the necessity should arrive of enforcing our demands on Chili, money would be freely authorized to be spent to make the demand successful. Mr. Egan's conduct was criticised quite freely, and many representatives on the Democratic side thought that his actions had given considerable provocation, bub at the same time those members said they did not justify the assaulting and insulting of American seamen. The most warlike utterances came 'roiii a number of influential, staunch Southern Democrats and iron: members ' ■< s?: " V **^S_i J — *^P*^^ ' •ji^"*^r V of the Massachusetts delegation. Geu. Coggswell, of Massachusetts, in the lobbj of tin- house, vigorously addressed half a do/en or more members who. be cause of Chili's size, deprecated hostili ties, and tohl them a small country must take the consequences of its ac tions the same as a large one. and that Americans must bo protected under all circumstances from unjust assaults. Immediately after the adjournment senators gathered in little sirups to dis cuss the message. Said Senator Sher man, chairman of the committee oil for eign relations: "The message is forci ble, clean and pointed. It is a matter to be thought out. it would be manifestly improper fur me to say more." Senator rainier, of Illinois, a major general of the Union forces in the late war and commander of the military de partment of Kentucky, does net regard war as probable. "The president has drawn harder lines upon the Chilian government than the occasion war ranted." said he; "he has made it exceedingly difficult on the part of that government to accede to the just demands of our government. The relations of the United States of America to the other republics of this continent should be that of a moral protector; and no doubt that will be the relation hereafter oc cupied toward them. Our true policy should have been earlier to have sent to the Chilian republic some American who would have been recognized by them as a true exponent of American interests, with t lie authority to settle difficulties with them. 1 think, how ever, that there are no rational proba bilities of war."' CONGRESSMEN DIFFER. Southerners for AVar, but Haste Generally Deprecated. Washington', Jan. 25.— Mr. mount, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, said: "1 think it important that the committee on foreign affairs should express no opinion on a question which has been referred to them, and which they have had no chance to ex amine. Any other course would impair the confidence of the house and the country in any conclusion the commit tee niitrht reach."' Mr. Ulount said he was thinking of calling a special meet ing of the committee for the purpose of giving the most speedy consideration to the case. Asked what were the precedents for congressional action, Mr. Ulount said: "There is very little usage on the sub ject. In 1812 Mr. Calhoun made a re port from the committee on foreign affairs, reciting the grievances to which we had been subjected by Great Britain. A resolution making a declaration of war was reported and passed the house, and then there was another bill passe. l relating to privateering. Everything was conducted in secret until the bill was finally enacted into law, and then the injunction of secrecy was removed. In the Mexican war there was no farmal declaration. Provision was simply made 'for troops, etc., to resist inva sion." Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, the leader of the Republican minority on the foreign Bffairs committee, said: "1 like the message very much. Its tone, its spirit, its fullness, its vigor, every part of it. is admirably put. With the patience which has been shown in the affair thus far, and which will be exercised in the future, 1 think the trouble will be settled without war, but I think the country ought to be ready for whatever may be required." Representative McCreary, of Ken tucky, second member of* the foreign affairs committee, said: "The ap plause of Democrats and Repub licans after the message was read indicated very strongly that botii parties in this Mouse would be ready to support the president in upholding the dignity and honor of our country. While 1 hope and believe that there will be no war, yet I am satislied the house of representatives will be ready to take such action as will maintain our self respect and uphold our flag.'' Representative Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, remarked: "It reminds mo of the brief of a pettifogging lawyer. The quotation from the testimony in the Shields case is a bid to take the wind of the Irish vote out of Blalne's sails." Mr. Springer, of Illinois, said: "The president's message seems to be en tirely ex part in its statements, and does not disclose the case presented by the Chilian government. 1 presume, after all the facts are known, that the case will be presented in a different light. In any event, the facts are dis puted, and while they are in dispute, we would not be justified in going to war without further investigation." Representative Boatner, of Alabama, was in favor of a declaration of war im mediately. "I agree heartily with the president's expressed and implied rec ommendations that Chili should be held to a strict accountability for the occur rences; that she shall be made to make satisfactory amends to this government for the insult to the Hag and injury to our sailors, and that this shall be done at the expense of war if no amicable settlement can be reached." Representative Wilson, of West Vir ginia, said: "1 think that the presi dent's messaee was a very adroit but somewhat angry and passionate state ment of the case of the United States, made more as an advocate would open a case than as a judge would state it, and lam at raid there are expressions in his message that will make a peace ful solution of the dilh'culty harder to secure. This country should look to war, not as the first, but as the last re sort." Mr. Oates, of Alabama, was for war. He said: "1 think the message is well timed and conservative in tone. It the demands are not complied with and suitable reparation made, he is riirht to break off diplomatic relations: and, not only that, I say the government ought to send a competent force there and compel them to respect our flag. In uttering that, in my judgment. 1 am uttering tfce true sentiments of the old rebel element in the youth. The old Southern soldiers respect this Hag as our Hag, and, if insults are offered, are prepared to light liice devils for the maintenance of the honor of the coun try. If Chili does not apoligize we ought to send enough men and vessels down there to whip h — l out of her." Speaker Crisp and Representative Mills were both too ill to give any ex pression, and Senator Carlisle, of Ken tucky, also declined to be interviewed on the subject. Senator Daniel, of Virginia, who served for some years as a member of the house committee on foreign affairs, said emphatically: "The president ought to be supported in the stand he lias taken, and he will be." Gen. White, of Louisana. whose seat adjoins Mr. Daniel's, strongly indorsed this view and said the Southern states would-be found in the front when vin dication of the national honor of the country was at stake. Senators Hawley and Allison con sidered the message able, terse and vig orous. Senator Peffer thought the mes sage patriotic and American, and be lieved a declaration of war would be a mistake if everything could be fairly and honorably ad.jr.sted. Folder on the Hustle. Tittsbuisg, Pa., Jan. 25.—Commo dore Folger, of the ordnance bureau of the United States navy, arrived in Pittsbnrg today and immediately visited the armor plate plant of Carnegies at SAINT PAUL MINN., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1592. Homestead. Tonight he was closeted with W. L. Abbott" ami Henry l'hipps, members of the firm. He could not be seen by newspaper men, but it is said that his object in coming to l'ittsburg was to facilitate the manufacture of armor plate for cruisers now being coii structed. TRACY A HOUSED. Alleged Vehement Expressions by the Secretary. Nrw Yokk, Jan. 22.— The Brooklyn " Eagle, one of Secretary Tracy's home papers, this evening prints a special dispatch from the Washington corre spondent purport) to give the follow ing interview with Mr. Tracy: "The president's message can only be as serted in one way. Chili has insulted and maligned our government as it has never been insulted or maligned be fore. The situation, as the presi dent places it before the country, is simply this: Shall we acknowledge ourselves to be a nation of cowards, willing to permit our national dignity to be assailed, or shall we act the part of men and resent such conduct? I believe the common sense of the American peo ple and their love of country will assert itself; that the president will be up held, and that( will be forced either to apologize and make the proper reparation asked for by the presi dent or take the "consequences, which means" — and here Gen. Tracy rose from his seat and paced the lloor of his othce —"that in thirty days we will be able to whip the entire Chilian navy. We will pounce on her from the quarters where she least expects it. It will be a naval fight from beginning to end. "They shave some big. heavy boats, but they only run six or seven knots an hour and our cruisers can run all around them and run them down. The Esmeralda, which is the only vessel in the Chilian navy that we have any reason to fear, 1 believe, in a straight up and down fight, barring accidents or emergencies, can be beaten by the Bal timore, and that long line of Chilian coast can be made to suffer from our other boats." Secretary Blame refused to say any thing whatever tonight in regard to the Chilian situation, and, in fact, persist ently declined to see any newspaper men. In answer to a note asking if Chili had replied to the president's ulti matum. Mr. liiaine sent his servant back with the laconic message: "No reply." Nkw Yohk. Jan. 25.— Senator David B. Hill, after he had read the more im portant points in the message, said: "Well, I cannot quite see that this means war. 1 do not pretend to say that the matter will be settled by arbi tration, but it certainly can and may be. There is unquestionably a strong war feeling in many quarters, and yet I fail to see whereiji would be the glory of thrashing Chili." AT FULL STEAM. The Country Will Be Ready in Case of War. Washington, Jan. 25. — Activity about the army and navy departments was resumed today. Officers were in constant consultation, and Commodore Jiamsey and Adjt. (Jen. Williams, of the war department, had a conference of almost an hour as to the disposition of United States troops, then present location, etc. It is state;! on hiirh military authority that the army is in good condition for immediate service. Twenty thousand United .States troops could be thrown into Chili, and 100,000 militia, com manded by United States officers, are also ready tor service. Col. P. J. O" Kelly, of the Second regiment of Irish volunteers, of New York, this morning called at the war department and ten dered Secretory Elkins the services of his regiment in the event of trouble with Chili. The regiment is composed of 1.000 men. The navy department posi tively refuses to disclose the movement of American war vessels. It is known, however, that the fleets of Admirals Gherardi and Walker are beinir concen trated in the South Atlantic, and are on their way Chill. INTEREST AT 'FRISCO. The Message Anxiously Waited and Kagerly Read. San Fkancisco, Jan. 25. — The send ing of the president's message to con gress was awaited with great interest by the people of this city, and crowds gathered at the bulletin boards early this morning to secure the first infor mation of its delivery. The people of this coast recognize the fact that San Francisco will be the most important point for the dispatch of the ships ana soldiers in case of a war with Chili and have kept themselves weli informed on the subject. Although the people know that San Francisco is poorly fortified against an attack by a foreign power, yet they have little fear that any part of the Chilian licet can find its way to this coast. Affairs at Mare island navy yard are progressing favorably. The repairs on the monitor Comanche are being rushed, and she is about ready to go into com mission. A fleet of large colliers ate also being put into condition to carry coal for the war ships. The repairs on the Baltimore are nearly completed, and the Charleston is ready to go to sea at once. Evans Arrives at Callao. Washington, Jan. 25. — Secretary Tracy tonight received a dispatch frcm Commander Evans, of the United States cruiser Yorktown, announcing the arrival of that vessel at Callao, Peru. This is the port to which the Yorktown was ordered to convey the JJalmacedist refugees taken aboard the vessel at Valparaiso. The secretary said he could not make public the text of the dispatch tonight, as it is in cipher. The Ohio's Officers. "Washington*, Jan. 25.— Commander Chadwick has been ordered 10 command the repair ship Ohio, just acquired by the United States navy, and will join her at Boston, where she is expected to arrive in a few days from Philadelphia. Lieut. A. I. Nazroo has been ordered to duty on the Ohio's executive, and Lieut. W.P. Elliott as navigating offi cer. .She will be titled out for service at Boston. Appealing for Peace. Chicago, Jan. 25.— Secretary stone. of the board of trade, today received a request from the New York chamber of commerce asking that a special meeting of the brokers be called to protest against hasty action on the part of this government relative to the difficulty with Chili. The matter will bo consid ered by the directors at their meeting tomorrow. PRESS COMMENT. Commendation and Condemna- tion of the Message. Chicago, Jan. 25. — The Inter Ocean says: There isbutoue coarse open to congress. It is to fix n date, and that a brief one, on wnich, should Chili still remain silent or defiant on the questions of apolo?y and reparation, the arbitrament of war shall decide their justice. Daily News: The time for temporizing has passed. Whatever answer Chili will make Coiitinucd on Four ill Page* APOLOGIZE OB FISHT. These Appear to Be the Only Courses Open to Chili to Save Her Honor, President Harrison's Views and Opinions Forcibly Put in His Message. Chilian Mendacity Proven by the Evidence of South Americans. Recommendation That the De mands Made Be Insistei on and Enforced. WASHINGTON, Jan. '25. — Even Presi dent Cleveland's tariff message, which created a political sensation, was not listened to with theVlose, intense in terest manifested today in both the sen ate and house when President Harri son's message on the Chilian situation was read. Senators and representatives have heretofore frequently excused themselves from being interviewed with respect to presidential messages on the ground that they really had not heard them road, but deafness would have been the only excuse today for such a statement, for senators and members did not as usual stroll about their re spective chambers during the reading, but sat patiently in their seats and listened to it with eagerness. A synop sis of the more important parts of the message follows: SELF-CONDEMNED. Chilian Sources Furnish Damning Washington, Jan. 25.— After review ing the murder of Iligirin, Apprentice Talbot's testimony and the statement of the Sisters of Charity that none of the wounded men were drunk. Mr. Harrison says : It appears from Chilian sources that almost instantly, with a suddenness that strongly implies meditation and preparation, a mob, stated by the police authorities at one time to number 2,ooo and at another 1.(0), were en gaged in the assault upon our sailors, who are represented as resisting with stones, clubs and bright arms. The report of the iu t elide me of Oct. 30 states that the fight begau at (i p. in. in three streets, which are named, that information was received nt the inteiiil enehiat 0:15 and that the police arrived on ttie scene at 6:80, a furl half hour atter the a# sauk began. At that time he says that a mob of ■,\CX>O men had collected, and' that for sev eral squares there was the appearance of a real battlefield. The scene at this point is very graphically set before us by the Chilian testimony. The American sailors who. after so long "an ex amination, have not been found guilty of any breach of the peace, so far as the Chilian. authorities are able to discover, unarmed and defenseless, are fleeing for their lives, pur sued by overwhelming numbers, and fight: ing only to aid their own escape from death or succor some mate whose life is in greater peril. Eighteen of them are brutally staobed and beaten, while one Chilian seems from the report to have suffered some injury, but how serious or with what character of weapon, or whether by a missile thrown by our men or by some of his fellow rioters, is unascertained. The pretense that our men were fighting "with stones, clubs an<i bright arm.<." in view of these facts, is incredible. It is further re- | futed by the fact that our prisoner!-, when searched, were absolutely without arm-, only seven penknives being found in the possession of the men arrested, while there were received by our men more than thirty stub wouuds, every one of which was inflict ed in the back, and almost every contused wound was on the back or back of the head. The evidence of the chip's officer of the day is that even the iackknives of the men were taken from them before leaving the ship. As to the brutal nature of the treatment re ceived by our men. the following extract from the account given of the affair by the La Patria newspaper of Valparaiso, of "<>ct. 17. cannot be regarded as too friendly: '•The Yankees, as soon as theW pursuers .gave chase, went by way ot the Calle del Arsenel towards the city car station. In the presence, of an ordinary number of citizens, among whom were some sailors, the North Amer icans took seats in the sireet cars to escape t'rom the stones which the Chilians threw at them. It was believed for an instant that the North Americans had saved themselves from popular tury. but such was not the case. Scarcely-had the car begun to move when a crowd gathered around and stopped its' progress. "Under those circumstances and without any cessation of the howling and throwing' of stones at the North Americans the con ductor entered the car, and.^apina: the rist^ of the situatijn to the vehicle; ordered them to get out. At the instant the sailors left tha car, in the midst of a hail of stones, the con ductor receiving a stone blow on the head. One of the Yankee sailors managed to es cape in the direction of the Plaza Heelritjht, the other was felled to the ground by a stone. Managing to raise himself from the grotiud where he lay. he staggered in an opposite direction from the station. In front of the house of Senor Hazzini he was again, wounded, falling senseless and breathless." ' No amount of evasion or subterfuge is aDlo to cloud our clear vision of this brutal work. It should be noticed in this connection thnc (he Americans arrested, after an examina tion, were during the four days following the arrest every one discharged, no charge of any breach ot the peace or other criminal con duct having been sustained against a siuglß one of them. ORGANIZED ATTACK. The Murderous Assault Bore Evi dence of Planning;. Washington, Jan. 2.^.— Discussing the claim advanced that the gathering of Hie mob was not premeditated, and that the trouble originated from a sail ors' row. the president says: The evidence of our sailors, clearly shows that the attack was expected by the Chilinu people, that threats had been made against our men, and that, in one case, somewhat early in the afternoon, the keeper of one house into which some of our men had done closed his house in anticipation of attack which he advised them would be made upon them as darkness came on. Iv a report of Capt. Schley's to the navy department, he says: "In the only interview that I iia.l with -dulge Foster, who is investi gating the case relative to the disturbance, before he was aware of the entire graviiv of the matter, he informed me that the assauU upon my men was the outcome of hatred fir our peoule among the lower classes becaus,; they thought we sympathized with the Bal maceda government on account oi the Itau matter, whether with reason or without he could, of course, not admit, but such, he thought, was the explanation ot the assault at that time." Several of our men sought security froip the mob by such complete or partial cb&nKH in their dress as would conceal the fact of" their being seameu of Hil- Baltimore, ami found it then possible to walk the streets without molestation. These incidents con clusively establish that the attack was upon the uniform and the nationality aud not upon the men. The origin of this feeling is probably fouiil in the refusal of this government to give! recognition to the congressional party before* it had established itself in the seizure of the liata for an alleged violation of the neatfall law, in the cable incident and in tue: charge that Admiral Brown conveyed in formation to Valparaiso of the landing of (iuiuteros. It is not my purpose to enter neve any defense of (he action of this gov erdinent In these matters. It is enough foe the present purpose to say that if there was any breach of international comity or dtilf on our part, it should have been made tlie subject of official complaint through diplo matlc channels or of reprisals for winch a full responsibility was assumed, we cannot const ii linn these incidents anil perversions of the inulis shall be used to ex cite a murJerous attack upon our unoffeud tax sailors ami the government of Ctiili go acquitted of responsibility. Kecurring to the evidence of our sailors, I ; think it is shown that there were several dis tinct assault", and so nearly simultaneous as to show that they did not spread fiom one point. ; The La Patria, in tho sama issue from which I have already quoted, after describ ing the killing of Biggin and tlr> light which, from that point, extended to the Mole, tays: "At the same time, in other streets of th* port, the Yankee Bailors fought fiercely with the people of me town, who believed to sea in them ' incarnate enemies of tiu Chilian navy."' When American sailors can only secure their safety by denying thoir nationality, it must be time to readjust our relations with a govcrnme.it that permits such demonstra tions. EGAN' AND REFUGEES. Mr. Harrison Treats of These at the Start. Washington, Jan. 25.— in opening, the president refers to the promise in his annual message that lie would, if necessary, send to » congress a special message, .expresses the opinion that the time has now come to inform con gress and the country of the present status of affairs, and continues: It may be well at the outset to say that whatever may have been said in this country or in Chili in criticism of Mr. Egan, our minister at Santiago, the true history of this I exciting period in Chilian affairs from the outbreak of the revolution until this time discloses no net on the part of Mr. Egan un worthy of his position, or that could justly be the occasion of serious animadversion or criticism. lie has borne himself with dig nity, discretion and courage, and has con ducted the correspondence with ability, courtesy and fairness, it is worth while, also, at the beginning, to say that the right of Mr. Egan to give shelter in the legation to certain adherents of the Balmaceda govern ment who applied to him for asylum has not been denied by the Chilian authorities, nor has any demand been made for the sur render of these refugees. The correspond ence discloses, however, that the request of Mr. Egan for a safe conduct from the coun try, in behalf of these refugees, was denied. These refugees have very recently, without formal safe conduct, but by the acquiescence of the Chilian authorities, been placed on board the Yorktown, and are now being conveyed to Callao, Peru. This incident might be considered wholly closed, but for the disrespect manifested "toward this gov ernment by the close and offensive police surveillance of the legation premises, which was maintained during most of the period of the stay of the refugees therein. Com mander Evans, who. by direction, recently visited Mr. Egan at Santiago, in his telegram to the navy department described the lega tion as a "'veritable prison;" and on one oc casion, at least, these police agents. whom he declares to be known to him. invaded the legation premises, pounding on its windows and using insulting and threatening lan guage toward persons therein. VALPARAISO KILLINGS. Sailors Maltreated Because of the Uniform They Wore. Washington, Jan. 25.— Passing to the riot at Valparaiso, the president says: The most serious incident disclosed by the correspondence is that of the attack on the sailors of the Baltimore in the streets of Val paraiso on the 10th of October last. We have now received from the Chilian government an abstract of the conclusions of the fiscal general upon the testimony taken by the judge of crimes in Hie investigation, which was made to exteud over nearly three months. I very much regret to be compelled to say that this report does not enabie me to modify the conclusion announced in mv an nual message. lam still of the opinion that our sailors were assaulted, beaten, staDbed and killed, not for anything they or any one of them had done, but for what the government of the United States had done, or w:is charged with having done, by its civil officers and naval commanders. "If that be the true aspect of the case, the injury was to tlie government of the United States, uot to these poor sailors, who were assaulted in a manner so brutal aud so cowardly. Be for»nttPinpting to give an outline of the facts upon which this conclusion rests. I think it right to say a word or two upon the iegal as pect of the case. The Baltimore was in the harbor of Valparaiso by virtue of that gen eral invitation which nations are held to ex tend to the war vessels of other powers with which they have friendly relations. This in vitation, I think, must be held ordinarily to embrace the privilege of such comrminica tion with the shore as is reasonable, neces sary and proper for the comfort and con venience of the officers and men of such vessels. Ca.pt. Schley testilied that when his vessel returned to Valparaiso on Sept. 14, the city offices, as is customary, extended the hospitalities of the city to* his. officers and crew. The officers and sailoisof the Baltimore were in the harbor of Valparaiso under the orders of their government, not ny their own choice. They were upon the shore by the implied invitation of the government of Chili, and with the approval ot their com manding officers; and it does not distinguish their case from that of a consul, that hi 9 stay is more permanent or that he lioMs the ex press invitation of the local government to justify his longer residence. Nor does ii af fect the question that the injury was the act of a mob. If there had been no participation by the police or military iv this cruel worK, and no neglect on their part to extend pro tection, the case would still be one, in my opinion, when its extent and character are considered, involving international rights. DODGED THE ISSUE. Chilians Utterly Failed to Act the Manly Part. Washington, Jan. 25.— Touching the Chilian end of the correspondence, the president comments as follows: The communications of the Chilian gov ernment in relation to this cruel and disas trous attack upon our men have not in any degree taken the form of a manly and satisfac tory expression of regret, much less ot apol ogy. The event was of so serious a character ihat if the injuries suffered by our meu hud been wholly the result of an accident in a Chilian port the incident was grave enough to have called for some public expression of sympathy aud regret from the local authori ties. It is not enough to say that the affair was lamentable, for humanity would reuuire that expression, even if the "beating and kill ing of our men had been justifiable. It is not enough to say that the incident is regretted, coupled with the str foment that the affair was not an infrequt :\i occurrence In ports where foreign sailors are accustomed to meet It is not for a government to seek for words of small or equivocal meaning in which to convey to a friendly nation an apology for an offense so atrocious as this. The president then recites the action of Mr. Webster at the time of the attack upon the Spanish consulate by a New Orleans mob in 1851, and continues: On the "Ist inst. I caused to be communi cated to the government of Chili, by the American minister at Santiago, the conclu sions of this government, after a full consid eration of nil the evidence and of every sug gestion affecting the matter, and to these conclusions I adhere. They were stated as follows: ■ "First— That the assault is not relieved of the aspect which the early- information of the event gave to it, viz: ' That of an attack upon the uniform of the United status navy, having its origin and motive in a feeling of hostility to this government, ami not in any act of the sailors or a:iy of th,>m. "Second— That the "public authorities of Valparaiso flagrantly failed in their duty to protect our man. and that soaia of the police and of the : Chilian soldiers and sailors were (themselves guilty of unprovoked assaults upon our sailors before and after arrest. He (trie president) thinks the preponderance of ■ the evidence and the inherent probabilities lead to the conclusion that Ki^glu was killed by the police or soldiers. ."Third — That he (the president) is there fore compelled to bring the c.is? back to the position taken by this government in the iiote of Mr. barton of Oct. 'Si last, and to ask for a suitable apology and for some ade quate reparation for the injury done to this government." The request for the recall of Mr. Egm/ upon the ground that ho was not persona' grata was unaccompanied by any suggestion that could properly bo used in supp >rt of it, and I infer that the request- is based upon official acts of Mr. E.»ui which have received the apDroval of this goveruni2;it. But how ever lhat may be. I could not consent to con *sicTer such a question until it Lad first be". 1 if settled whether our correspondence with Chili could ba conducted upon a basis of win mil respect. GE.VEIML CONCLUSIONS. Dem.in<l3 Made Should Now Be Washington', Jan. 2>.— The special message of tlrj president concludes as follows: In submitting tbe33 papers to congress for that grave and patriotic c msideration which tliL- questions involved demand, 1 iie~iro to sny that I urn of the opinion that ths dem umls made on Chili i>y this government shoul l be adhered to mid enforced. If t>ie riitcniiv. im well hh tl:e preetig3 and ii flu; nee, of the United States arc not to be wholly &avrifl< c 1 we must protect those who in foreign port* display the flag and wear the colors of this government a?ainst insult, brutality and death inflicted in resentment of the "acts of this government, and not for any fault of their own. It. has been my desire in every way to cultivate friendly and intimate rela tions with all the governments of this hemis phere. We do not covet their territory: we desire then* peace and prosperity. We look for no advantage in oar relations with them except the increased exchanges of com merce upon a basis of mutual benefit. We regret every civil contest that disturbs their peace and parniizess their development, and are always ready to Kive our g-jod offices for the restoration of peace. It must, however, be understood that this government, while exercising thb utmost fjroearance towards weaker powers, will extend its strong and adequate protection to its citizens, to its officers and to its humblest sailor when made the victims of wantonness and cruelty in resentment, not of their personal miscon duct, but of the otlicial acts of their govern ment. Upon information received that Patrick Shields, an Irishman, and probably a British subject, but at the time a fireman of the American steamer Keweena in the harbor of Valparaiso for repairs, had been subjected to personal injuries, in that city, largely by the police, I directed the attorney general to cause the evidence of the oliicers and the crew of that vessel to be taken upon its ar rival in San Francisco, and this testimony is also herewith transmitted. The brutality and even savagery of the treatment of these poor men by the Chilian police would be incredi ble if the evidence of Siftelds was not sup ported by other direct testimony, and by the distressing condition of the man himself when he was finally able to reach his vessel. The captain of the vessel says: "He came back a wreck; black from his necK to his nips, beaten, weitk and stupid, mid is still In a paralyzed condition, aud he has never been able to do duty since."' A claim for repara tion has been made in behalf of this mau.for while he was not a citizen of the United btates. the doctrines so long held and ex pressed in the consular regulations are : "The principles which are maintained dv this gov ernment in regard to the protection as dis tinguished from the relief of seamen are well settled. It is held that the circumstance that the vessel is American is evidence that tha seamen on board are such, and in every regularly decumented merchant vessel the crew will find their protection in the Hag that covers them." I have as yet received no reply to our note of the 21st hist., but in my opinion I ought not to delay longer to bring these matters to the attention of congress for such action as may be deemed appropriate. Benjamin Harbison. Executive Mansion , Jan. £>. 1892. THE CORRESPONDENCE. Synopsis of the Most Recent and Important. Washington, Jan. 25.— The Chilian correspondence, , as submitted to con gress today, is most voluminous, and concludes with the more recent com munications transmitted, between the United States officials and Chili.- The most important of these are Minister : Esau's telegram ot Jan. 20 and . Secre tary Blame's dispatch to Mr.' E^an, . dated Jan. 21: .Tan. 23 Mr. Esau reports by telegraph that the minister of foreign affairs had not yet re turned an answer in the matter of withdraw ing Mr. Mann's telegram of Dec. 13. and Jan. -'I telegraphs that the minister promised him, in an interview on the ISth, to consult with his colleagues of the cabinet and return his reply in another interview specially ap pointed, lie says that this promise has not yet been discharged, and that the answer is still withheld. On the "-'lst of January Secretary Blame telegraphed to Minister Egau as follows: "I am directed by the president to say to you that he has given careful attention to" all that has been submitted by the .government of Chili touching the affair of the assault upon the crew of the United States steamer Balti more in the city of Valparaiso on the even ing of the Kith of October last, and to the evidence of the officers and crew of that vessel, and of some others who witnessed the affray.". Mr. Blame here repeats the conclu sions stated by President Harrison in referring to the ultimatum of the 21st, and proceeds: You ■ will assure the government of Chili that the president has no disposition to be exacting or to ask anything -which this gov ernment would not, under the snme circum stances, freely concede. He regrets that, from the beginning, the gravity of the ques tions involved has not apparently oeen ap . preciated by the government of Chili, and . ttfat an affair in which . two American sea men were killed and sixteen others seriously wounded, while only one Chilian was seriously hurt, should not be distinguished from an ordinary brawl between sailors in which the provocation is wholly personal and the participation limited. No self-re specting government can consent that per sons in its service, whether civil or military, shall be beaten and killed in a foreign terri tory, in resentment of acts done by or im puted to their government, without exacting a suitable reparation. The government of the United States has freely recognized this principle and acted upon it when the injury was done by its peo ple to one holding, an official relation to a friendly power in resentment of acts done by the latter. In such case the United States has not sought for words of the smallest value or of equivocal meaning in which to convey its apology, but has condemned such acts in vigorous terms, and has not refused to make other adequate reparation. We have given every opportunity to me government of Chili to present any explanatory or mitigating facts, and have due regard to the fact that the government of Chili was for a considera ble part of the time that has elapsed since Oct. 16 upon a provisional basis. lam further directed by the president to say that his attention has been called to the note ot instructions bent by Mr. Malta, secre tary of foreign affairs, to you under date of the" llth ult. Mr. Moutt very prudently, and 1 must suppose from a just' sense of the of fensive nature of the dispatch, refrained from communicating it officially to this govern ment. But, in View of the fact that Mr. Montt was directed to 3ive it to the press of this country and that it was given the widest possible publicity throughout the world, this govern ment must take notice of it. You arc there fore directed to say to the Chilian govern ment that the expressions therein impugning untruth and insincerity to the president and to the secretary of the* navy m their official communication to the congress of the United States are in the highest degree offensive to this government. Recognizing the usual rules of diplomatic intercourse and of the respect and courtesy which fchould characterize internal relations (which he cannot assume are wholly unfa miliar to the Chilian foreign otlice). the pres ident was disposed to regard the dispatch referred to as indicating a purpose to bring about a suspension of diplomatic relations. But in view of the fact that Mr. Matta was acting provisionally, and that a reorganization of the Chilian cab inet was about to ta!:e p!acf>, and afterwards, in further view of the expectation tiiat was held of the withdrawal and of a* suitable apology, notice of tnis grave offense has been delayed. I am vow, however, directed by the pres ident to say that if the offensive parts of the dispatch of the 11th of December are not at once withdrawn and a suitable apology of fered, with the same publicity that was given to the offensive expressions, he will have no other course open to him except to terminate diplomatic relations with the government of Chili. On the 23d Mr. Exan telegraphed, acknowl cdj.'iiiir the receipt of Mr. Blame's telegram of the 21st: With rosard to his being persona nou-grata, Mr. Egan said thai at a diplomatic banquet nt the home of the minister of for eiKii affairs on the 12tb inst. Prime Minister Lucp told him. with njiprobuti on of some of his colleagues and in the presence of the English minister and Spanish minister, that trie present cabinet entertained most cordial feelings for the United States and for him self personally. WROTE SHE WAS DEAD A Minnnesota Girl's Singular Letter to H«r Par ents. Under Assumed Name Con veyed the Intelligence of Her Death. A Relative Journeys to Charleston on a Supposed Sad Mission. Finds the Letter a Fraud and the Girl Had Fiown. Special to the Globe. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 25.— A few days ago a gentleman named Lamberton, from Minnesota, came down to Charles ton to find the grave and carry back the body of a sister-in-law named Miss Etta Mcßride. Ills astonishment was ereat on learning that Miss Mcßride is not dead. On the very day she was said to have died she came from Charleston to Atlanta. The story is a strange one: A letter had been received from Charles ton signed Mrs. A. E. Brown, which gave a detailed account of the death of Miss Mcßride. It stated that the lady had died in a fainting fit and had been given a respectable burial. Enclosed in the letter from the mysterious and possibly non-existing Mrs. A. E. Brown was a letter signed by Miss Mcßride, said to have been found on her person. The letter stated that the writer was in delicate health and liable to die at any moment, and gave full instructions as to whom to write in the event of her death. A check for $104 was also enclosed. The trunk with the clothing came a few days afterwards. Mr. Lamberton learned, by the aid of Charleston detectives,that Miss Mcßride reached Charleston on the 22d of No vember last, and, after staying two days at the Osceola hotel, bought a ticket at the depot for Atlanta. There the story Stops Short in Mystery. No reasonable motive is described for the young woman's action. She is about twenty-four years old, and a hand some blonde. Miss Mcßride is said to be of an excellent family in Garden City, Minn., where she was a school teacher. On account of her poor health she went to Burlington. Yt., and fro in there came to Charleston, where she wanted to die, figuratively speakine. She is said to be engaged to a young man iv Minnesota, but it is not thought that any love affairs had anything to do with her action. Miss Mcßride is said to have had about ?400 with her when she came to Charleston. WITHOUT ONE WORD. Senator Grinnell Dies When About to Take a Bath. Eassox, Minn., Jan. 25.— Hon. Jerry Grinnell died very suddenly last night about 11:30 o'clock. Mr. Grinneil had been usually well during the day and spent the evening socially with friends at the Walker house. About 10 o'clock he started to take a bath, but had not been gone but a few minutes when his wife heard a noise as of something fall ing, and on going to the bath room found him on the floor unconscious. Neighbors were soon in attendance and Dr. J. Bedient summoned, but he died without having regained consciousness. The cause of death was apoplexy. Mr. Grinnell was an old-time resident of Dodge county, being engaged in bus iness in Mantorville before settling in Kasson. In 1573 he removed to Kasson, •and has been actively engaged in bus iness here since. He has always been an active Republican and as such elected county auditor, holding the office two terms or four years. He has been mem ber of the village council, president of the board, and member of the school board at the time of his death. In 1800 he was nominated by the Republicans for state senator and elected by a small majority, defeating William Edison, the Alliance candidate. AT STANDARD WAGES. Minneapolis Workmen and the Union Men of Butte. Special to the Globe. Butte, Mont., Jan. 25.— One hundred members of the Butte Workincmen's union this morning inarched to the place when 1 the construction of the branch railroad from the Mountain View mine to the (Jreat Northern railroad is pro gressing. The work is under contract to Foley & tiuthrie, of Minneapolis, and they had put to work 110 men from Min neapolis at 82 per day. The minimum wages in Butte, according to the stand ard of the union, is S3 a day. The union men stated their case to the contractors, who said only *2 a day would be paid, and that United States troops would be called on to pro tect their workmen if necessary. The worklngmen themselves were ap. pealed to an I forty-five quit work at once: the rest stated they would quit tonight unless wages were raised to-*:;, the union standard. The Minneapolis workmen said their fares here hail been paid, and that 150 more from the point are en route to Butte. A commit tee of union men will meet them and endeavor to turn them back. It is likely that union trouble will ensue if the new arrivals work for less than union wages. RIJADS VKRY FUNNY. Allowed Attempt on the Life of a Wisconsin Judge. Special to the Globe. Chippewa Falls, Wls., Jan. 25.— 1t lias just leaked out that last. Friday night an attempt was made to either blow up Judge Condit's house with dyn amite or to burn it down. Saturday morning the judge discovered what he took to be two large cannon crackers placed in some straw banking at one corner of his bouse. Closer exam ination proved that both had a long fuse which had been lighted, but evidently went out by com ing in contact with some ice. He did not touch them, but went to his ofTice and sent word to some, of Mis friends, with whom he returned to make further in vestigations. The party was not a little surprised when it was found the infernal machine Mad been removed during the judge's absence. The judge is a popular. fellow, and an attempted assassination seems almost incredible. The judge is naturally quite nervous over the affair. IF YOU READ THIS CORNER CARD, OTHERS WOULD HEAD Your Want Ad, in the Globe. NO. 26. THE NEWS BULLETIN. Chili capitulate!. Weather— Fair and colder. f Sudden death of Senator Grinnell- The president's menage to congress Thomas concert at St, Paul. Episcopal convention opens hers today; , A society belle butchers another. Finley's decision on the Oanha coupon. } A Minnesota erirl's freak in Georgia- Rumpus in Minneapolis fire department; Examiner Kenyon and the American. Charge against a Chippewa doctor. A Wisconsin judge and dynamitards- Butte workmen protest against outsider^ Strong war feeling in Washington. F. 0- Pillsbury on the option bill- Big Mill City damage suit settled. Movements of Ocean S teams .i-<3-5»-, -!.Jfsis-^ > -' "-^Sj^^~^ New Yo Arrived. Steamers Pauamrt, from Bordeaux; Denmark, from London: La Bretngne, from Havre: Germany, from Liv erpool; Caehemire, from Sitnto's and Kiu Janeiro; Alliance, from South American ami West Indian ports. . Antwerp— Arrived: Westcrnland, from New York.' IiKEMKHHAVEs— Arrived: Elbe, from New YorK. London- — Sighted: Helvetia, Maasdarn, Hermann, New York. Rotterdam— Arrived : Schiedam, from Bal» EMORY'S BAD BREAK. A Prominent Church Worker* Charged With Arson. Special to the Globe. Sioux City, Jo.. Jan. 25.— John P. Emory, a young man engaged in con tracting and building at Sioux Falls, was here today under arrest, having been taken at Meckling, S. D. He la charged with arson, in that a few days ago, just as he was going to attend a revival meeting, he arranged that his house should burn. He placed, it is al leged, a lot of combustibles in the attic of his house with a candle, so that it set fire to the whole, and the intention would certainly have been carried out, but for the neighbors who saw it. lie ia prominent in church work. FIXED BY START. Duluth Street Car Company ami % Property Owner. Special to the Globe. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 25.— The strug gle between the Duluth Street Car company and W. E. Rrchtkrdson is com ing to a crisis. The latter has been try ing to keep the former off his property and several weeks ago sot the company punished for contempt for disobedience to an order from the district court en joining them from doing so. But tha company kept right on, and one morn ing Richardson woke up to find that ears were running regularly across Iris land. He appealed to Judge St irt, who yesterday issued an order fining the street car company 575 for contempt of court. The next step will probably be a peremptory order for the company to remove its tracks. DOCTOR IX HOT WATER. Charged by a Lady Patient With. an Assault. Special to the Globe. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Jan. S3.— Dr. Emil E. Nuzzle, who, less than a year ago, was pardoned by Gov. Peck after having served ten months of a three years' term for malpractice, is asain in hot water. This afternoon Mrs. George Raymond procured a warrant in the municipal court and had the doctor ar rested on a charge of attempted assault during the time the complainant was at the doctor's office for medical treatment. The doctor pleaded not guilty, and gave bonds in the sum of ?500 for his appear ance for preliminary examination Wednesday morniusr. Coburn Responds to the Call. Special to the Globe. West Superior, Wis., Jan. — R. 6. Coburn. an old settler of Superior, died this afternoon of la grippe. Mr. Coburn came to this city in isr>f> from Seneca, N. Y. Ho has betn intimately connected, with the business interests of the city, and has taken an active part in its pub lic affairs. He leaves a wife and four children, Capt. K. P. Coburn, R. Percy Coburn, Mrs. J. A. Bertand and Fannie A. Coburn. North Dakotans Are Ready. Special to the Globe. Bismarck, X. D., Jan. 20.— (10w Burke today received word from Col. Miller, commander of the First reei nient. North Dakota national guard?, saying, in event of trouble with Chill, he was satisfied he could immediately fill the regiment to its fuH quota for action. The sentiment of the people, regardless of party, is with the adminis tration, but the hope is freely expressed that war may be averted by diplomacy. . A Cole Younger Act. Special to the Globe. Aberdeen, S. I).. Jan. 25.— Charted Myers, dubbed "Cole Younger" for his habit of carrying a gun, was arrested near Ludden yesterday, charged with stealing 400 bushels of wheat belonging to William 11. Bennett, of Minneapolis. lie was brought to this city today and will be examined Wednesday. About half of the wheat had been marketed. The rest was recovered. Dampier in Possession. Special to the GV>be. NiiKTin n:i.:>. Minn., Jan. 25.— A. W. Dan: pier, the now Republican postmas ter, took possession of the office today. J. c/Kennedy, the old occupant, will devote his time to tin; hardware b'.isi ness. Down "With the Grip. Special to the Globe. El kpoixt, S. 1)., Jan. 25.— A largo percentage of townspeople are sick with la grippe. The spread of the epidemic is alarming, and especially among chil dren. A throat disease, akin to diph* theria, is prevalent. Married a Chinaman. Chicago, Jan. 25. — Pane Yun. * wealthy Chinaman of Indianapolis, anil Ida Norton, also of Indianapolis, and daughter of wealthy parents, were mar ried in this city to-night. The elite of Chicago's Chinese society was treated to a genuine sensation and carried the festivities far into the night. The match was a case of elopement.