Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1892 — Page 2

©he democrat DECATUR, IND. |L BLACKBURN, - - . rrmt»n»K cull,l COMES TO TIME. THE PRESIDENT'S ULTIMATUM DID THE THING. Toledo Flooded—A *30,000 Fire at Alliance—The Widow Had Nervo— Cargo of Coooanuts AHhore—Houtlng Spiritnail tta CHILI BACKS DOWN. * The Pronldent'ii Ultimatum Did It. A special from Santiago, Chill, says: ■•The Chilian 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 Setter Matta to all the Chilian Ministers abroad and acknowledges tnat its issuance was due to an error of judgment. Chili also withdraws its request for the withdrawal of United States Minister Egan. In addition the Chilian Government, in its answer, proposes that the affair of the attack on the Baltimore sailors in Vaipa-raisb-be submitted to the arbitrage of some neutial nation. If this proposition is not acceptable to the United States Government, the Chilian Government suggests that the. matter be submitted to the decision of the Supremo Court of the United States. SOME BIG DEMANDS Incorporated in a Third Party Platform. The Third Party Convention in session at Paris, Texas, has adopted a long platform of which the following are the financial planks: “We demand the immediate issue ot $150,000,000 of legal tender, treasury notes, $50,000,000 to be paid for labor on public improvements, such' as buildings, levees for the Mississippi River and the lakes, and for securing or constructing Government railroads and telegraphs, the other SIOO,000,000 to be furnished to farmers at 1 per cent to take up overdue farm mortgages on condition that the fafmer transfer the note and mortgage to the United States to be deposited in the Treasury as ■collateral security on the same terms as those on which the bank?, deposit the United States bonds; ' y “We demand thie dissolution of the partnership between the United States and the liquor traffic by the repeal of the internal revenue laws on liquor and tobacco, and that the deficiency in the revenue, say $125,000,000, be supplied by an annual issue of $125,000,000 of legal tender notes until the volume of money reaches SSO per capita,” Trouble at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh special: The excitement incident to the Pittsburgh, Allegheny and Manchester street railway strike increases daily. There has not been so much rioting since tho striae began, as there was Tuesday night. Several men were assaulted; an attempt was made to shoot a motorman; there was an increased amount of stoning the cars and a dozen arrests occurred. A big row occurred on Washington street in which nearly five hundred people participated, and the entire community was in an uproar from 8 until after 0 o’clock. The saloons along the wav have been closed by order of the Sheriff and in consequence the rioters are getting no stimulants. It is generally feared by the citizens and even the police that if the strike is not soon settled there will be a serious riot. .. * _ , ttSt' ' - r' Routing Spiritualists. There was a general routing of ghosts at Mrs. Jennie Moore’s seance parlors, Chicago, the other night The patrons of the place, becoming convinced that they were being swindled, invoked the aid of the police. Three officers in citizens clothes were introduced and instructed to make a dash for the cabinet at a given signal. They were frustrated, however, by the precipitation of a mock row )by friends of the medium, who had become suspicipus of them. Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Gothard were arrested, but were bailed out by friends. Summer Hotel Burned, The hew South Detroit Exchange, the hotel just below Wyandotte, Mich., burned to the ground. The flames were discovered at 2 a. m., by a servant girl, who gave the alarm. About two dozen guests wore quartered in the hotel at the time and some of them had very narrow escapes from incinaration, escaping in their night robes and leaving all their clothes and baggage to burn. Mrs. Busch, the wife ot the proprietor, had her face severely burnea in escaping from the building. Toledo Flooded. Toledo Special: A water main under Broadway burst, flooding the street to the depth of three feet and doing $50,000 damage. So far the department has been unable to. locate the break. It evidently occurred during the recent cold snap. It seems to have soaked the whole southern end of the city until the stone pavement finally yielded, The pressure at the water works has been lowered to fifteen pouhds pending repairs, and meantime fire will have but trifling opposition. CluvetaiKl’s New Bishop. Rev. Dr. Horstman, Bishop-elect of Cleveland, has received the official bull of his election as Bishop from Rome. The date for his consecration will be fixed in a few days. The ceremony will take place at the Cathedral and will be participated in by a number of the leading clergymen of the country. The Wi low Had Nerve., Mrs. P. F, Murphy, a wealthy widow of Omaha, shot and fatally wounded a burglar in her bed-room. A *3O,QUO Fire at Alliance. The entire plant of L. Templin & Sons, florists and seedsmen, Alliance, Ohio, was entirely destroyed by fire. Loss, $20,000; insurance $5,000; origin of fire unknown. The firm will rebuild. Cargo of Cocoanutg Ashore* New York special: Tho Blue Point life'.saving station reports the brig, “Harry and Aubrey,” from Sanbias for New York, with cocoanuts, ashore twelve miles east of Eire Island light. Wreck at Do Soto, Mo. The north-bound through express was wrecked one mile south of De Soto, Mo. The train was derailed by a broken rail. The sleeping car was thrown from the track and partly tipped on its side. Sleeping-car Conductor Letherbury was bruised about the hips and breast. Pull*:, man Porter Collins had his shoulder bruised and received other slight injuries. F. IL Nicholts of Greely, Col., was slightly Injured about the face and hands. W. McGregor of Flint, Mich., was severely cut about the face and was bruised about the head and shoulders. He was taken from the train and left under the care of physicians at De Soto.

Trainmaster T.' fl. Haydon of the Iron Mountain road, was slightly Injured. The were transferred to another train, , BENOK MATTA’S NOTE Muit Be Withdrawn or Diplomatic Bela* tiont Will Oaiti at Once. A special from Santiago de Chill, dated Jan. 25th, says: It was learned to day that tho question at Issue between Chili and tho United States has assumed a most acute phase. This information is to the effect that tho Chilian Government has received from the Government of tho United States, an ultimatum which, in t.he strongest possible terms, state that diplomatic relations between the two countries will cease unless tho offen- • sivo circular note sent out by Senor Matta, recently the Chilian Foreign Minister, in regard to the Baltimore affair is withdrawn. Furthermore, the ultimatum demands that Chili immediately make reparation for tho attack by the mob on tho Baltimore sailors In Valparaiso, and that she makes an apology for those attacks. Tho ultimatum concludes with tho statement that tho United States will tolerate no further delay on the part of Chili answering tho demands of the American Government Editor Elliott Will Not Get a Now Trial. The Ohio Supreme Court has overruled tho motion for a new trial for W. J. Elliott, tho murderer now serving a life sentence in the Ohio State Prison. Elliott is the editor who last March killed, with his brother’s help, A. C. Osborn and W. L. Hughes on the streets of Columbus. This removes his last hope of escaping tho terrible punishment, and ho was unable to conceal the depressing effect Hie news of the decision had upon him. Two of the five judges, Minshall and Bradbury, dissented for the reason that tho defendant was not tried by an impartial jury within the meaning of the Constitu-. tion of tho State and that the court erred in not allowing the motion of the defendant for a change of venue. Shocked Into Insanity. An appalling calamity was barely averted at Fairview, Onio, on the Fort Wayne road. A sled drawn by two horses and containing thirteen ladies was about to cross the track, when the west-bound limited express came rushing by at a speed of thirty miles an hour. One of the horses was struck and killed and the sled was overturned, but miraculously the only injuries sustained by the ladies were slight bruises and scratches. A direful affliction, however, was visited upon Mrs. Breakbell, who owned tho team and was driving. The shock to her nervous system was so great as to bereft her of her reasoning faculties, and it is believed she is a hopeless maniac. A Big l ire. Fire was discovered in the basement of the huge five-story building numbers 5 to 9 Union Square, New York, occupied by Brentanos, importers of books and fancy goods, Schneider & Campbell, dealers in gas fixtures, lamps and fancy bronzes, and O. R. Worms, a dealer in diamonds and jewelry. The fire gutted this building and threatened the Tiffany Building adjoining. The losses tell the story. From the most accurate estimates at tho present writing, the losses will be as follows: Schneider, Campbell & Co., $250,000, principally from water; Charles E. Huntley & Co., $70,000; Samuel Green & Co., $100,000; O. R. Worms, $45,000._ - A Death-Bed Confession. By Arch Stuart's death-bed confession, after fifteen years, a Lawrence County, Ohio, murder is explained. At Buckhorn Furnace Arch Stuart kept a boarding-house. Patrick Kern, a cattle dealer, stopped there for the night in January, 1887; During the night he was brutally murdered, and his body dragged through the.saqfv for three miles, where it was fouad six weeks later. Stuart says he and one of the Coroner’s jury committed the murder, and secured sl,000 for jfheir trouble. The man realized that death would soon claim him and made a full confession. The participants are now all dead. He Defended His Sister. Frank Laughlin, a 12-year-old bov, was murdered while attempting to defend his sister, wjio teaches school in McDonald Township, Hardin County, Ohio. Miss Laughlin was chastising Bert Smith, John Stevenson, Charles and William Spurlock, aged 14 to 17, when they turned on her and were using her very roughly. Her brother went to her defense. They turned on him and beat him with clubs and their fists until they .inflicted injuries which resulted in his death. Miss Laughlin was badly injured. The boys were all arrested and are confined in jail at Kenton. Garza's Revolutionary Movement Gaining Strength. San Antonio (Texas) special: Private a< vices received here from the lower part of the Rio Grande border are to the effect that the excitement there over the revolutionary movement, instead ot decreasing, is spreading among the people and -the plotters against the administration of President Diaz are gaining in number rapidly. In the meantime the United States troops and federal authorities will continue to exercise their vigilance while the Mexican Government is anxiously awaiting the expected revolt to be started on a formidable scale. Over- Production. - Pittsburgh special: It is learned that twenty-one flint glass factories have de.cided to shut down for an indefinite, period. This action will throw out of" employment 2,500 men and boys. The cause assigned is over-production and inability to make satisfactory agreement on freight rates. Investigation develops the fact that ten houses have already closed and the fires will be extinguished in the balance of the factories by the end of the week. Russia's Bread Unfit for Human Food. The London Lancet publishes an analysis of the bread in common use in the famine-stricken districts of Russia, showing that 10 per cent., and probably more, of the article is composed of woody fibre, husks, leafy matter, seeds, silica, sand and other foreign substances. The so*ealled bread is of a dirty brown color and resembles peat. Experts to whom . it was.pubmitted failed to recognize it as bread. Wreck at Yonkers. The Atlantic express on the New York Central and Hudson River railroad ran into a freight train between Yonkers and Glen wood,l New York. Nobody was hurt Both trains were south bound. The freight had stopped near Glenwood to take a siding and let the express go by. The switching was not done, quickly enough, it appears, and the express ran into the freight train, smashing two freight cars to pieces. After the wrecking bad ceen cleared away, the express continued on its wav to New A Church jfiirnecL . Fire was discovered in St John’s Catholic Church at Monroe. Mich. The flames made such headway that all attempt to save the church was in vain. The efforts of the firemen were to a great extent hampered by the extremely cold weather. The lire.is thought to have originated in some way from the furnace, as the building had been warmed during tbe afternoon. The church was the best

l one in Monroe, and the loss Is estimated at $25,000; partially insured. P»monger Train, Collide. Albuquerque (A. M.) special: A Raymond and Whitcom special going west . and tho Atlantic and Pacific regular passenger train coming east, collided a few hundred yards east of Blue Water, a 1 station on the Alantic and Pacific road, 107 miles west of this place, and five employes of the road were killed and three injured. The passengers wore badly shaken up but none of them on either train sustained serious injuries A special train bearing officials of tho road wont out to the scene of tho wr.eck. The Silver Question. A special from Washington says Minister Lincoln has been instructed to invite Great Britain to an international conference on the silver question, If, in his opinion, the feeling of tho English Cabinet is such as to justify the Invitation. Tho dissemination of this nows about tho Capitol lias caused great gratification among the silver men. The Instructions to Minister Lincoln word dispatched by direction of the'*'Preside nt ten days ago. A Sleigh Crash, A terrific crash of merry sleighs going in opposite directions occurred at Catawba, Ohio. Six single sleighs were racing down tho street at breakneck speed. Frank McConkey was driving in tho opposite direction, and collided with Edward Fitzgiven’s sleigh. Hi* horse was impaled on the shaft, which entered the animals breast and penetrated tho wind-pipe. Tho horse was killed almost instantly. Mr. McConkey was thrown out and badly bruised. Smothered Her Babe. A most distressing affair occurred at tho residence of Daniel Buntz, near Kenton, Ohio. Mrs. Buntz was sleeping with an infant child, and in some way in her sleep, lay upon the infant and smothered tho child. When she awoke in the morning she found the babe cold and stiff by her side. She became almost frantic with grief and attempted to make away with herself. The timely arrival ot assistance prevented her carrying out her threat ' j Ho Sent Greeley to the Convention. Leander Holmes of Portland, Oregon, the well-known pioneer of the Northwest, has been adjudged insane.. Holmes was elected delegate from the Territory of Washington to the National Republican Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for President in 1860. Mr. Holmes was unable to attend in person, so he sent his proxy to Horace Greeley, and that is how Greeley came to be a member of the convention. Bls Bowels Frozen. Near Loudon City, 111., Frank Gass and Sherman Beck met and attempted to settle an old grudge with their fists, but after a terrible battle they were separated by friends. As Beck was being hurried away Gass pulled a knife and cut him several times in the abdomen, letting the intestines out upon the ground. Before anythin? could be done the protruding entrails were frozen. Beck is dying. Four St, Paul Sleepers Ditched. The Sioux City train on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha road was wrecked by a broken rail at Hamilton, Minn., twenty miles before reaching St. Paul. Four sleepers were ditched and piled up in wild shape. By a miracle no oue was killed. The loss to the company will be $20,000. The sleepers were from Kansas City, Omaha, Sioux City and Tracy. Maysville* Michigan, Burned. Fire broke out in the store of J. L. Wilcox & Co., at Maysville, Mich. Tho village being without fire protection the people were unable to cope with the flames and were obliged to stand helplessly by and see the flames devour valuable property. In all seven structures were totally destroyed, and the total loss amounts to $28,000 with about sll,000 insurance. The Gas Escaped. Mrs. Catherine Harland and her niece, Mary. Kellegher, were asphyxiated by escaping gas in their room at Providence, R. I. Mont Scott, the bicyclist, and his mother and sister, who live in the same house, had a narrow escape from the same fate. The gas is supposed to have come from a break in the pipe outside the house. Charged with a Heinous Offense. At New Lisbon, Ohio, Charles Ketcham, a well-known young farmer was'eommitted to jail upon the charge of assault with intent to rape two little girls, May and Minnie Mercer, aged 11 and 13 years, whom he followed into a farm building and threatened with a loaded gun. Their screams brought assistance and they were rescued. Inaugural of Gov. Holes. The inauguration of Horace Boies as Governor of lowa took place in the hall of the House of Representatives in the presence of a large and distinguished assemblage. The inauguration ceremonies were extremely simple and devoid of display. - : Starving the Indians. The Eon du Lac Indians have written Bishop McGolrick.of till* Duluth diocese, that they are being starved by the commissioner who refuses to furnish them with food, etc. They also charge the commissioner with stealing timber THE MARKETS, CHICAGO. Cattle— Common to Primes3.so & 6.75 Hogs—Shipping Grades.... 3.50 @ 4.50 Sheet—Fair to < hoice 3.00 0 5.50 Wheat—No. 2Red..... .87 0 .88 Coak-No. 2 J7 & .38 Oats—No, 228 0 .29 Rte—No. 2 77)40 .78)4 Butter— hoiee Creamery2B & .30 Cbisbhe—Full Cream, flatsl2 0 .13 Eggs —Fresh .22 0 ’24 Potatoes—Car-loads, per bu3o 0 .40 INDIANAI’i LIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 0 4.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 & 4.60 Sheet—common to Prime 3.00 0 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Bed... 90)40 .91)4 Corn—No. 1 White 40140 Oats—No. 2 White .33’40 .34)4 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.50 0 4.50 Hogs.v... 3.50 0 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed .90 0 .92 Corn—No. 236 0 .37 Oats—No. 229 0 .31 Rtb—No, 279 0 .81 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.50 0 4.75 Hogs 3.00 0 4.50 Sheet 3.00 0 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Bed.. .94 0 .96 Cobn—No. 242 0 .44 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 33 0 .35 DETROIT. Catt1e............--■ W 0 L 75 Hogs 3.00 0 4.25 SheetA 3.00 0 5.00 Wheat—No. 2Bed.„, 911,0 .9214 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 49 0 .42 Oats—No..2 White,3l 0 .35 TOLEDO. Wheat—New .91 0 .92 CoRN—No. 2 Yellow .4J 0 .41 Oats-t No. 2 W bite3l 0 .32 8XF..... .17 0 .88 BUFFALO. Beef Cattle 4.00 0 5.75 Live H0g5....... 3.75 0 4.75 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 1.02)40 I.OSJa Corn—No. 255 0 .57 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Springßs 0 .87 Corn—No. 34C 0. .41 Oats—No. 2 White .31 0 .83 ... R?E—No. 1...T. .83 0 .84 Barley—No. 2..—56 0 .57 Pork—Mess 11.50 012.10 NEW YORK. Cattle...i.... 3.50 @ 5.25 Hogs 3.00 0 4.75 Sheet’ 4.00 0 6.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.03 0 LOS Corn—No. 2.....49 @ .51 Oats—Mixed Western.. .85 0 .88 Butter—Creamery.............. 21“0 .32 Pork-Mess »•». OW-»

-w—gy- 11. : iAPOLOGIZE OR FIGHT. THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN INSULTED President Harrliton'a M«„dgo to ConKreiw Deprecating tile Attack on Our Sailors— Minister Egan Upheld—Reparation and Apology Demanded. Unole B.lll'll Demands. Chill must Opoloitizo or fight. That is, in brief the declaration ot President Harrison, whose long-promised massage, with tho mass ot correspondanoa liearing iqion the isauoa Involved. has been submitted to Oougreaa. The ultimatum, which was made public, points distinctly to a resort to arms unless an apology is forthcoming. Tho capital now rings with talk of bloody -war. Battles on the seas and bloody confllc s on i hiltuu soil are thought to bo do e at hand. And everybody enjoys the prospect ot the jus: chastleem, nt ot the South American bantam that for months past has dared to flap Its wings in the face of your forbearing Unde Sam. Speaker Crisp called jthc House to order, struck th4 desk and the business of the dry beC.n with Cho usual prayer from the blind chapin. who. despite tho war rumors, mails no reference to them. In Um expectation of llattning to tho i hilian oorrespondeuco and the President's message a largo crowd tilled the galleries to overflow Ing. Private Secretary Pruden. with a largo bundle under bis arm. pushed the doors aside and entered the House. Speaker Crisp at once sus- { tended the call of States for the introduction of tills and nodded to tho President's private secretary. The latter made Ute usual announcement that he bore a message of tho President, aud handed the armful, consisting of tho message and correspondence, to the doorkeeper, who carried tho heavy load to the Speaker. The babble of tongues, which had been so loud as to drow n the voice of tho clerk, oeared. A hnsh fell upou the House, and amid a stillness vjilch could not have been greater ha<l the big chamber been empty, the clerk bogantoread. Tho reading of the precious document, printed in pamphlet form, was listened to with rapt attention. THE XIKSSAUn submitted. A To tho Senate and House of Ropre-outatlves: In my annual message, delivered to Congress at the beginning of tho present session, attar a brief statement of the facts then hi the possession of this Government touching the assault in the streets of Valparaiso, Chili, upon the sailors of the United States steamship Bal imore ou tho evening of the loth of October last, I said: "This Government is now awaiting the resnlt of an investigation which has been conducted by tho < riminal Court at Valparaiso. It is roported unofficially that the investigation is about completed, and it is expected that the result will be communicated to this Government, together with some adciuato and satisfactory re ponse to the note by which the attention of Chili was called to this incident. It these just expectations should be disappointed or further needless delay Intervenes, 1 will, by a special message, bring this matter again to the attention ol Congress for such action as may be necessary. ’’ In my opinion tho time has now come when I should lay before the Congress and the country the correspondence between this Government and the Government of < liili, from the time of the breaking out of the revolution against Balmaceda, together wit, all other facts in the possession of the Executive Department relating to this matter. The diplomatic corrospon.ence is herewith transmitted, together with some correspondence between tho naval officers fcr the time in command in t hilian waters and the Secretary of the Navy, and also the evidence taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard since the arrival of the Baltimore at f-an Frauciedo. I do not deem it necessary in this communication to attempt any full analysis of the correspondence or of tho evidence. A brief restatement of the international questions involved and of the reasons why the responses of the Chilian Goveinment are unsatisfactory is all that I deem necessary. 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, tiro true history of this exciting period in Chilian affairs, from the outbreak of tho revolution until this time, discloses no act on the part of Egan unworthy of his position or that could justly be the occasion of serious animadversions or criticism. Holias,! think, on tho whole, borne himself, in very trying circumttances, with dignity, discretion and courage, and has conducted the correspondence with ability, courtesy and fairness. It la'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 Government, who applied to him for asylum, has not been denied by the Chilian authorities, nor has any demand been made for the surrender of these refugees. That there was urgent need of aylura is shown by Mr. Egan's note of August 24, 1891, describing the disorders that prevailed in Santiago, and by the,, evidence of Captain Schley as to tho pillage and violence that prevailed at Valparaiso. The correspondence discloses, however, that the request of Mr. Egau for a safe conduct from the country in behalf ot these refugees, was denied. The precedents cited by him in tho correspondence, particularlylthe case of the revolution in Peru in 1865, did uot leave the Chilian Government in such a position to deny the right of asylum to political refugees and seems very clearly to support Mr. Egan's contention that a safe conduct to neutral territory was a necessary and acknowledged incident of tho asylum. These refugees have very recently, without formal safe conduct, but by the acquiescence of the «hilian 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 Government 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. After the date of myanuual message and up to the time of the transfer of the refugees to the Yorktown, the legation premises seem to have been surrounded, by police in uniform, and police agents or detectives In citizens' dress, who offensively scrutinized persons entering or leaving the legation, and, on one or more occasions, arrested members of the Minister’s family. Commander Evans, who by my direction recently visited Mr. Egan at Santiago, in his telegram to the Navy Department, described the legation as a “veritable prison,” and states that the police agents or detectives were, after his arrival, withdrawn during his stay. It appears further from the note ot Mr. Egan, of >ov. 20, 1891, that on ono occasion 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 language towards persons therein. This breach of the right of a Minister to freedom from police espionage and restraint seems to have been so flagrant that tho Argentine Minister, who was Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, having observed it, felt called upon to protest against it to the Chilian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Chilian authorities have, as will be observed from the correspondence, charged the refugees and the inmates of the, .legation with insulting the police; but it seems tome incredible that men whose lives were in jeopardy and whose safety could only be secured by retirement and quietness should have sought to provoke a collision which could end only In their destruction, or to aggravate their condition by intensifying a popular feeling that, at one time, so threatened the legation as to require Mr. Egan to appeal to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. But the most serious. Incident disclosed by the correspondence is that of the attack on the sailors of the Baltimore in the Valparaiso on the 16th of October last. In my last annual message, speaking upon the information then in my possession, I said: “So far as I have yet been able to learn no other explanation of this bloody work has been suggested than that it had its origin in hostility to these men as sailors of ths United States wearing the uniform oj their Government, and not in any individual act or personal animosity.” 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 an investigation which was made to extend over nearlv three months. I very much regret to be compelled to say that this report does not enable me to modify the conclusion an nounced in my annual message. I am still of the opinion that our sailors were assaulted, beaten, stabbed and killed, not for anything they or anyone of them had done, hut for what the Government of the United States had done, or was charged with having done, by its civil officers and naval commanders. If that be the true aspect of the case, the injury was to the Government of the United States, not to these poor sailors who were assaulted In a manner so brutal and so cowardly. Before attempting to give an outline of the facts upon which this conclusion rests, I think it right to say a word or two upon the legal aspect of the case. The Baltimore was in the harbor < t Valporaraiso by virtue of that general Invitation which nations are held to extend to the war Vessels of other powers with which they have friendly relations. This Invitation, I think, must be held ordinarily to embrace the privilege of Buch cominiUlication with the shore as is reasonable, necessary, and proper for the comfort and convenience of the officers and men of such vessels. Captain Schley testifies that when his vessel returned to Valparaiso, on September 14, the city officers, as is customary, extends*- the hospitalities of the city to his offibers and crew. It is not claimed ’hat every personal collision or injury in which a sailor or officer of such naval vessel visiting the shore may bo Involved raises an international question, but 1 am clearly of the opinion that where such 'Officers or sailors are assaulted by a resident populace, animated by hostility to the government whose uniform these sailors and officers wear, and In resentment of act, done by their Government, not by them, their nation must take notice of the event as one Involving an infraction of its rights and dignity; not in a secondary way, as fwhero a citizen is injured and presents his ulaim through his own Government, but in a primary way, precisely if its Minister or Consul <w the flag itself had been the object of the skfflfe charactor of assault. The i ffi'ers and, sailorS of the Baltimore were in ti io harbor of Valparaiso under the orders of t hett Government,hot by their own choice. They were upon the shore by the

ipiplled Invitation of the Government of chili and with the approval of their commandtag offioers, and it does not distinguish their case fro.it that of a consul that his stay Is more permanent «or that he holds the express Invitation ot th i local Sovernmont to justify his longer res denoe. tor does it affect tho question that the injury was the act of a mob. If there had been no i inrtlcipation by tho police or military in this cruel work and no neglect on their part to ox. tend protection, tho oaso would still be one, In l my opinion, when Its extent and cbaraoter are considered, involving international rights, ‘ibe incidents of the ass ilr ani briefly as follows: On tho 16th of Ootober last, Ckpt. Boliley, commanding the United States ship Baltimore, gave shore-leave to 117 petty officers and sailors of his ship. These men loft tile ship about *1:30 1 p. in. No Incident of violence occurred: nons ot our men were arrested; no oom plaints lodged against them; nor did any collision or outbreak occur until about ti o'clock p. tu. Capt. Schley states that ho was himself on shore cud about tho streets of the city until 530 p. m.; that ho mot very many of hie men who were upon leave; that they were sober and were conducting thonisolvos with propriety, saluting 1 hilian aud other officers as they met them. Other officers of the ship and Captain Jenkins, of the merchant ship Keweenaw, corroborate Captain Bch ley as to the general sobriety aud good bo-' bavior ot our mou. Tho Sisters of Charity at the hospital to which our wounded men ware taken when injured, stated that they wore sober when received. If tbo situation had been otherwise, we must believe that the Chilian police authorities would have made arrests. About 6 p. in. tho assault Isvgan, and It is remarkable that the investigation by the Judge of Crimes, though so protracted, doei not.enable him to give suy more satisfactory account of its origin than is found in the statement that it began between drunken sailors, itepeatedly in the correspondence it is assorted that it was impossible io loirn the precise cause of therloi. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Matta, in his telegram to Mr. Montt, under date of December ill, states that the quarrel begau between two sailors in a tavern and was continued iu the street, persons w ho were passing joining iu it. The testimony of Tallxit, an apprentice, who was with Klgglu, is that tho oatbreak In which they were involved began by a Chilian sailor spitting iu the face of Talbot,'which was resented by a knockdown. It appears that Riggin aud Talbot were at the time unaccompanied by any others of their shipmates. « • « • « • After summarizing the correspondence up to a certain point bo says: » - ■ The communications ot the Chilian Government In relation to this cruel aud disastrous attack upon our men, us will appear from the correspondence, have not in auy degree taken the form of a manly and satisfactory expression of regret, much less of apology. Ttie event was of so serious a character that if the injuries suffered by our men bad been wholly tho result of an accident in a Chilian port the incident was grave enough to have calloil for some public expression of sympathy and regret from the local authorities. It is not enough to say that tho affair was lamentahle, for humanity would require that expression even if the beating and killing of our men had been justifiable. It is not enough to say that the incident is regretted, coupled with the sta ement that the affair was not of on unusual character iu ports where foreign sailors are accustomed to meet. It is not for a generous and sincere government to seek for words of small or equivocal meanings in which to convey to a. friendly power an apology for an offense so atrodlous as this. In the case of the assault by a mob in Now Orleans upon the Spanis itonsulate in 1851, Mr. Webster wrote t ■ the Spanish Minister, Mr. Calderon, that the acts complained of were "a disgraceful and flagrant breach of duty and propriety," and that his Government “regrets them as deeply as Mr. Calderon or his government could possibly dothat “these acts have caused the President very great pain and ho thinks a proiter acknowledgment is due to her Majesty.” He Invited the Spanish Consul to return to his post, guaranteeing protection, and offered to salute the Spanish flag if tho Consul should come in a Spanish vessel. Such a treatment by the government of ' hili of this assault would have Iteett more creditable to the Chilian authorities ; and much less can hardly be satis as tory to a government that values its dignity and honor. In our note of October 23d last, which apl>ears in the correspondence, after receiving tho report of the board of officers appointed by ( an tain Schley to investigate the affair, the Chilian Government was advised of the aspect which it then assumed aud called upon for any facts in its possession that might tend to modify file unfavorable impression which our report had created, it is very clear irom tho correspondence that, before the receipt of this note the examination was regarded by the police authorities as practically closed It was, however, reopened and protracted through a period of nearly three months. We might justly have complained of this unreasonably delay, but in view of the fact that the government of, Chill was still provisional and with a disposition to be forbearing and hopeful of a friendly termination, I have awaited the report which has but recently been made. On the 21st inst. I caused to be communicated to the Government of Chili, by tho American Minister at Santiago, the conclusions of this Government, after a full consideration of all tho evidence and of every suggestion affecting this matter, and to these conclusions I adhere. They were as follows: 1. That the assault is not relieved of tho aspect which the early information of the event gave to it, viz: That of an attack upon the uniform ot the Uni' od States navy, having its origin and motive in a feeling of hostility to this Government, and not In any act of tho sailors or of any of the men. ’ 2. That the public authorities at Valparaiso flagrantly failed in their duty to protect our men. and that some of the police and of the Chilian soldiers and sailors were themselves guilty of unprovoked assaults ui>ou our sailors before and after arrest. He ithe President) thinks the preponderance of the evidence and the inherent probabilities lead to the conelusion that Riggin Was killed by the police or soldiers. 3. That he (the President) is therefore compelled to bring the case back to the position taken by this Government in the note of Oct. 23 last, and to ask for a suitable apology and for some adequate reparation for the idjury done to this Government. A claim for reparation has been made in behalf of this man; for, while he was not a citizen of the United States, the doctrine so long held by us. as expressed in tho consular regulation, is : “The principles which arr maintained by this Govornmrnt in regard to the protection, as distinguished from the relief, of seamen are well settled. It is held that the circumstance that the vessel is American is evidence that the seamen on board are such; aud in every regularly documented tnorchnnt vessel the crew will find their protection in the flag that covers them.” I have as vet received no reply to our note of the 21st Instant, but, in my opinion, I ought not to delay longer to bring these matters to the attention of Congress ior such action as may be deemed appropriate. (■Signed) Benjamin Harrison. Executive Mansion, January 25,1892. The above is President Harrisoii’n presentation of tho Chilian affair to Congress. The voluminous eorrespontlenee shows on the part of Chili evasive duplicity, covert sarcasm, insolence, and about all the offences that can be committed under the forms of diplomacy. Willi all this there was nothing expressed nor implied to intimate that Chili intended to apologize for its misconduct in surrounding the American Legation at Santiago with police spies; for the impudent letter of its former Foreign Minister, nor for the murder of our sailors in uniform. The little republic has evidently depended on its distance, tho difficulty in making an offensive war against it, possibly on the wretched help of a peace party iu the United States, and on the intrigues of the nitrate trust to delay, discourage and finally defeat the demands of tho United States. This mistake will probably lie rectified soon. What is substantially tho ultimatum of the United States —its last peremptory demand before adopting war measures—has been sent to Chili. Tlic President asked the immediate withdrawal of Matta’s insulting note, an apology for tho assault on tho sailors, and the payment of damages. Not receiving a favorable reply the President asks Congress to declare war and to authorize its prose.ctition. This is the purport of the President's message. "A, A New Raspberry. Professor Britton, of New York City, has examined specimens of ,a thornless rasplierry, sent to him by Professor Millspaugh, of the West Virginia agricultural experiment., station. It grows luxuriantly in Randolph County, West Virginia, and bears fruit, but’no briars. Pro-, lessor Britton pronounced the berry new to anti named it Rubus Millspaugh; \ r after its discoverer. Oil from The extraction of oil from grape stones .promises to develop into a permanent industry. For a ipng time it has been known that oily matter was present in considerable quantities in the stones of various descriptions of grapes, but only recently has the question been definitely investigated.

'M2... I. .ISJ! HERE'S AIL THE NEWS TO BE FOUND IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. diving a Dotatiod Aooount of tho Numerous Crimes, Casualties, Firas, Suicides, Deaths. Et», Rto. Minor State Items, Mrs. Maiioabet Kniskm, aged sl, died at Lebanon. P. 8. Staff of Franklin, Is going to erect a largo canning factory at Knightstown. Boyd Lvnvii.le, aged 82, died at Mundo, lie had boon a resident of Delaware County since 1820. Near Wabash. August Hozlno, his son Will, und his sister, Mrs. Martsko, all died of tho grippe within a week. John N. Huffman, near Farmland, died of heart disease. He was a pioneer of the county and about sixty years old. Charles “Penck, tho C., W. & M. brtikomau who had his arm and shoulder badly crushed a week ago, at Columbus, died from blood poisoning. Tuk youngest prisoner ever confined in the Prison South was released last week. His name is Ambrose Sims; his age Is 14 years, and he served ono year for stealing. While at work in the handle factory at Columbus, James Taylor was struck by a piece of timber from a buzz-saw and his right ear cut entirely off. Ho was not otherwise injured. Miscreants broke into Short & Barno’s saloon, at. Madison, stole 80 cents and a few bottles of whisky, after which they maliciously cut to shreds two choice French paintfngs.valuod ats2,ooo. A letter mailed at Chicago Oct. 23. 1891, addressog to Harry Densford of Jeffersonville, reached its destination tho other day, after going to Jeffersonville, in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky, Texas, and Ohio. James Avery, who was chased eleven miles by Scottsburg "Officers, arrested and given a three years’ sentence for theft, is a mystery as to his identity, he having concealed his real name. He is believed to bo some celebrated criminal. Rees Scarlet, while intoxicated, laid down on tho railroad track at Huron, and was run over by a west-bound train. Scarlet was about twenty-eight years old, single, and a farmer. This accident has long been looked for on account of his habit of becoming intoxicated and loafing around the station. A woman in tears disembarked from a train at Tipton and told a sad story about a dying daughter in the East, whom she was going to see, but her money had run out and theeonductor refused to carry her further. A hat was passed and a pocketful of dollars taken up. A drummer who arrived soon after said the woman had bqen playing the same trick all along the lino, he having contributed a dollar in New Castle. The directors of tho Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Agricultural Society bold their annual mooting at South Bend and elected officers for the ensuing year. The election resulted as follows: President, D. W. Place; Vice President, G. W. Locke; Secretary, C. G. Towle; Treasurer,ns Mvron Campbell. Samuel Bowman, the retiring President, who has satisfactorily held the office for six successive years, was re-olectcd, but declined to servo and Mr. Place was chosen. A frightful accident occurred near Deerfield, on the Pan Handle railroad, which resulted in the death of Harry Alexander. Mr. Alexander and John Lutz were in the woods cutting down a tree and as it began to fall the former attemped to pass around and under tho tree. He slipped and fell with his head lying across a log, and before he could rise the falling tree caught him. It crushed his, head to a pulp, scattering the brains over the snow. Tho tree rebounded, and it required no effort to remove his lifeless body. He was 24 years old and had just returned from Colorado. Patents have been issued to the following Indiana inventors: Jomes Buchanan, Indianapolis, straw elevator and threshing machine; John J. Cole, assignor to J. B. Willy, J. W. Mitchell, D. F. Whitcomb and J. E. McNamara, IVest Indianapolis, lathe rest; William Crighton, assignor to Kerr Murray Manufacturing Company, Fort Wayne, slidinggate valve; James Everett, Indianapolis, cultivator; Andrew J. and F. D. Gernell, Terre Haute, guard-rail for railways; Richard T. Lemar, Wabash, end-gate: William J. Miles, Jr., Terre Haute, alloy; Jonathan Mosure, Magley, post-hole augur. The 4-year-old grandson of David Bates was burned to death at New Albany. The child had just arisen from bed and was playing about the room in its night clothes. Mr. Bates loft the room for a moment, and upon his return was horrified to find the little boy, screaming, on the floor, in front of an open fire-place, with his clothing a mass of flames. The burning garments were torn from the child’s body as qulcklv as possible, but too late to save its lile, though all that medical aid could do to relieve the intense suffering of tho littlp one was done. After lingering for nearly an hour in terrible agony, death put an end to the suffering. On tho farm formerly belonging to William Boyd, located northwest of Mitchell near tho muddy stream called Salt Creek, is a denression called Silver Sink. Many years ago, old settlers say, there was located a well In tho sink in which while being dug, was found a soft yellowish clay containing silver. Several dollars were extracted from tho ore thus found. The well finally became filled np and a pond covered the entire sink. Later a man who had some experience in mining drained off the water and began to dig into the bottom of the sink to prospect for the ore, but owing to frequent rains ho abandoned Ills work, and finally, becoming H), he left and no other attempt made to work the mine. Two miners from Brown County now propose to go to the place and complete the work that was begun. Willis Sebring maide a bold escape from tho Crawfordsville jail recently. In some manner he got hold of an Iron bar, and while exercising in the corridor deliberately smashed out a window and several iron bars. He then made his escape, and was gone several hours before Ijis absence was discovered. Dr. Frank Lennox, one of the bestknown physicians of Grant County, was stricken with apoplexy. He was a prominent Odd Fellow, and belonged to the local lodges of the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, the Patriotic Sons of America, the Army and other organizations. Hlram TEukhbery, a prominent farmer, lining four miles cast of Montpelier, burns gas from a well op his farm. Tho other day one of the pipes burst, filling his parlor and. soon causing an explosion, throwing the front door fifteen feel tn the yard apd ruining a fine library. A large mirror, hanging in tho room, was broken. It that arrangements will be completed soon, whereby Dr. V. 11. Monroe, of Seymour, will assume the editorial management of the Iron-clad Age, Os Indianapolis, formerly edited byDr. J. R. Monroe, deceased, his father, Dr, Monroe, is not a stranger to editorial work, being formerly editor of the Seymour Republican and a fluent writer.

' A Rundrml X«»ra Ag« The scarcity of domestic relics at r tho Guelph exhibition left many visitoja under tho impression that needlework, like all manual occupations, was much neglected by tho ladies of tho Georgian era. says tho London Qucon. Happily this Imputation Is clearly refuted by sweet Cowper, witty Dr. Johnson, and humorist Addison, who all agreed in their praises of the needle, so inspired wore they by tho astounding ijualltyof every kind of work executed by tholr ' acquaintances Who is not familiar, A too, with the capacious work-bags of our great-grandmothers, as well as ■ with their quaint samplers and pictures embroidered, in a flat style, which contrast greatly with tho , raised and complicated productions of the needle during the reign of the 6tuarts> The example of women’s activity came, as usual, from high quarters. Wo read with no little amazement of the prodigious number of tapestry chairs worked by the Electress Sophia, mother of George 1., who left tokens of her nimble fingers to iialaces, convents, and churches all over the country, which did not prevent this gifted Princess from learning five languages, besides being renowned as a clever painter and gardener, as well as a profound philosopher. Caroline, when Princess of Wales, 1795, interested herself in the silkworms kept in the mulberry garden at Chelsea, and was forever knitting. Later on Queen Charlotte,fond hcrscl sos netting, knotting, and rl bbon work, showed her special interest in needlework by establishing a school for the daughters of clergymen and decayed tradesmen, where silk embroidery was taught as a profession. The pupils worked for their patroness a magnificent bed-cover in lilac satin, which was exhibited for a long time at Hampton Court, and another for Lord Howard, in gray silk, embroidered in white and gold spots. It is also well known that at the court of George 111. idleness, even in leisure hours, was not tolerated. We are told that when at Windsor Castle, every day during the evening, the princesses, their visitors, and attendants were ail busy either with pencil, needle, or knotting. j and Digestion. If Senator Plumb’s death. teaches any lesson, it is that eating and drinking are a science, a knowledge of which is absolutely necessary for the preservation of life, and that incessant work, combined with neglect of hygiene, is suicidal. Hard work does not kill if accompanied by an easily digested diet with proper distraction after meals. The greatest sciffhtist I know labors from 8 in the morning until 11 at night with little outdoor exercise; but he eats simply and slowly, rarely touches stimulants, never drinks ice water, and lies down whenever he has a spare quarter of an hour. He knows the effect of foods and never puts Into Ills stomach what it cannot digest. Had Senator Plumb followed the ancestral plow, he might have been as careless as his fathers in diet and yet lived to be a 100. A physically active life enables one to digest almost anything. Look at the goat and the ostrich! See what pigs swallow, and then remember that the constitution of man more nearly resembles that of the hog than any other animal. But man cannot eat like a pig unless lie lives like a pig; and even pigs have all sorts of diseases unless they are carefully fed.—Kate Field. A Comet Detecting Telescope. No one need hereafter lie awake for fear a comet will slide athwart the heavens without duly entering itself upon the official register. The famous Lick telescope in California has been provided, it is said, with an apparatus which enables it, through the instrumentality of selenium, to intercept the fugitive comet, mark it for identification, and enroll it on the list along with other distinguished visitors. Nor does this require the eternal vigilance on the part of the •attendants which has hitherto been ,'the price of a new acquisition of this (kind. The telescope sweeps the heavens automatically; if a comet comes (within its field a bell rings, the alarm Is given, the guard—that is to say, ithe observer on duty—turns out equipped for action, and tho comet goes on its way rejoicing, no longer a nameless vagrant, wandering through Space, but honorably recorded, designated and described, and bound in •future to report periodically “at these headquarters.” The Women ot Ancient Home, It is singular that most of the Roman revolutions sjiould have owed their origin to women. From this cause sprung the abolition of the regal office and the decemvirate—from this cause arose the change of the constitution, by which Plebeians became capable of holding the highest offices of tlie coinmonwealtb»CT})e younger daughter of Fabius\fmtusbus, married to a Plebeian, envious pf the honor of her eldest sister, the wife of a Patrician, stimulated her father to‘ rouse the lower order to a resolute purpose of asserting their equal right with tne Patricians to all the offices and dignities of the State. After much turburlence and contest, the final issue was the admission of the Plebeians, first to the consulate, and afterwards to the censorship, the prmtorship, and priesthood—a change beneficial in the main, as consolidating the strength of the republic, and cutting off the principal source of intestine discord. Camel’s Bair. Camel’s hair is not obtained by clipping, but is combed off the animal ' when he -is changing his coat, and presents anything but an attractive appearance in its natural state. It i is brought from the interior on the backs of camels in small bales to the Arabian and Syrian ports and” to Egypt, whence it is mostly forwarded to Bradford, which is the most Important market in Europe for this article. Camel’s hair affords wo kinds of material—namely, the hair properly so-called, which 18 often used in its natural state in the manufacture of cloth L and the short down 1 employed In the North of England. France, and other countriesfor manufacturing fancy materials for ladies’ *' I dreases. ' Z'h -■■ . Z