Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1892 — Page 2

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THE IXÖIANA" STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 27. 1S92-T WELTE-PAGES.

THE MESSAGE IS

And It Breathes of War at Every Line. The President Gets Right on His Dignity And Declares Chili Must Come to Time OR GET A SOUND LICKING. Sho Has Insulted the Great American Eagle And Must Be Taught a MuchNeeded Lesson. She Must Fight or Apologize at on Early Day. The Message Received with Much Interest in Congress and All Over the Country Secretary Tracy Feels Prepared to Whip Chili Inside Thirty Days Minister lean's Son Has a Big; Claim Against the Chilian Government Congressmen Express Their Views on the Out'oot Some Newspaper Comment. Wasiiin'otox, Jan. 25. Tt was evident at the senate end of tho capitol tolay that a large number of American citizens had come to the conclusion that they could "sniff the battle from afar." A great many people male and female felt convinced that war with Chili was imminent, eo they crowded into the galleries sometimo before the eenate assembled. There was littlo interest taken in tho routine rroceedings; everybody was waiting for the mes9A.ce and no one would be satisfied with anything less. Some little attention was paid by the ladies in the democratic reeerved gallery to a magnificent floral tribute which adorned the desk of Senator Gibson (Md.) and a few strangers amused "themselves by guessing who the various senators were. Bills wero introduced and referred, committees reported and ether regular business was attended to with that same calmness which is ordinarily in circulation in the northern en 1 of the bie building and which distinguishes the proceedings of the senate from the proceedings of the house. Mr. Hoar from the committee on privileges and elections made a report in the cape of .Senator Chilton of Texs. concluding with the resolution that Mr. Chilton is entitled to retain hw seat. He said that he would not ask action upon it at the present time. At 12:40 Private Secretary Halford entered the chamber and he was closely followed by Secretary Prüden. Capt. Bassett lost no titne in jotting to the door and then the regular order was interrupted by Vice-President Morton's announcement that the senate would receive a message fron the house of repreeentatives. Ha instantly corrected himeelf and said : "The president of the United States." It was but five minutes short of 1 o'clock when the presentation of petitions for the passage of the Torrey bankruptcy bill or the closing of the world's fair on the Lord's day came to an end. Then the meesatre wm formally laid before the senate and a minute Liter Chief Clerk John-j n started to read the interesting document. Ordinarily a presidential communication attracts practically no attention, and it reading is the signal for senatorial disappearance to attend other duties. Things were different today. Twenty-five democrats and forty-six republican senators were in their peats when the reading commenced and but one of them moved : that one was Senator Sawyer and he, that he might Lear more distinctly, moved down the center aisle and took possession of a chair alongside Mr. Hayes, the veteran Associated Press reporter. There was no break in the general attention paid by senators. Conversation was not indulged in at any time, tho democrats being evidently a? much interested as the republicans. No one seemed to regard the matter under consideration s being in any sense political. Senators MnnJerson and Faulkner followed the reading, they having printed copies of tho message in their hands. Occasionally a senator would be moved by a particularly strong point and would say a word or two cf assent to a neighbor. When mention was made of the fact that one sailor had leeo dragged along the streets of Valparaiso with a lasso around his neck Senator Vest gave involuntary utterance to a sound which was easily conetrued ipto an xpression of sympathy for the sailor and a demoastration of an anti-Chilian nature. The reading of tho message was concluded at 1 when Mr. Sherman, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, rose and said: I move, if r. President, that the meistere and accompanying documents be printed and referred to the committee on foreign relation. Ja view of the gravity and importance of the object matter I do not think it expedient to make any remarks. The motion was agreed to and 500 additional copies were ordered to bo printed. In the Ilona. At precisely noon Speaker Crisp ascended to tbe chair, and his colleagues without regard to party warmly greeted Lim as he reassumed the reins of authority, laid down eo long on account of eickiiese. The chaplain in his prayer feelingly alluded to the death of Justice Bradley. After the approval of the journal and the transaction of routine business a number of bills were introduced and referred. During the call of states, Mr. Prüden, one of the president's secretaries, appeared at the doors of the house and was announced by the assistant doorkeeper. He delivered the message of the chief executive relative to the Chilian troubles, and the call having been suspended, tho mesgagejwas immediately laid before the house. The buzz of conversation which usually pervades the chamber was instantly hushed, and every member dropped the work upon which he was engaged and became an attentive listener. The spectators In the galleries, too, evidently appreciated the gravity of the sitration, and there was none of the noise which to frequently interrupts the deliberations ot the house. The reading of the message occupied almost an hour, and when it was concluded there was a round if applause which was more warm among ;he republicans bnt in which many democrats joined. Then, on motion of Mr. Blount, tho mefsaje and accompanying

documents were ordered printed and referred to the committee on foreign affairs. After further routine businetis tho bouse adjourned until tomorrow. THE MESSAGE,

A Lone Dissertation on the Contest with Chill. The message was as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives: In my annual message delivered to conpref at the beginning of tbe present tension, alter brief statement of the facts then in the pones sion of this government touching the assault inthe streets of Valparaiso, Chili, upon the sailors of the P. S. strtraehip Italtimore on the evening of Oct. 16 last, I said: 1'his govern men t is now waiting the result of an InTestiKatiun whuh has Iwea conducted by ttie rrliuiual court of Valparaiso, it is rei-oried, unoifcciaJly, that tbe in Test: nation Is atxnit enilcled and it Is expected that the ma t will soon le coin niunicated to this gorerunient toirr tliT with some adequate and satisfactory response to tho note by which th attention ot Chili was called tr t.'.is im-Ment. Jf these Just expectations should be ditappoint d or further necdles delay intervene, I will, l.y a special r.iosage, bring this matt-r snaiu to the attenliou of congress for auch action as may be necessary. Ia my opinion the time bas now come when I should lay before the congress and the country the correspondence between this government aud the government of Chili from tbe time of the breaking out of the revolution against Balmaceda, together with all other facts in the possession of the executive department relating to this matter. The diplomatic correspondence is herewith transmitted, together with some correspondence between the naval officers for the time in command in Chilian waters and the seeretary of the navy, and also the etidence taken to the Mare Island navy yard since tbe arrival of the Italtimore at San Francisco. 1 do not deem it necessary in this communication to attempt any full analysis of tbe correspondence or of the evidence. Abrief restatement of the international questions in volved and of the reasons why the responses of the Chilian government are unsatisfactory is all that I deem necessary. A Xlefeuaci of E;an. 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 min ister at Sunt. ago, the true history of this exciting period in Chilian aflairs, from the outbreak: of the revolution until this time, disclose no act on the part of Mr. Kgan unworthy of bis position or that could justiy be the occasion of serious ai.iicn1 version or crit cisru. He has, I think, on the whole, borne himself in very trying circumstances with dignity, discretion and courage, and has conducted the correspond nee with ability, courtesy and fairness. It is worth while also at the beginning to say that the right of Mr. Lgan to give shelter in the legation to certain adherents of the Hal macedan government who applied to hirr. for asylum hastiol been denied by the C'hii:an authorities, nor has any demand been made for the surrender of these retugces. That there was au urgent ueed of asylum is shown by Mr. I lean's note of Aug. 1' I, le'tl, describing the disordr ri that prevailed in Santiago, and in the evidence of Capt. Schley as to the pillage and violence that prevailed at Valparaiso. The correspondence discloses, how. ever, that the request of Mr. Kgan for a safe conduct trom ihe country in beha f of these refugees was denied. The precedenta cited by him in the correspondence, particularly in the cape of the revolution in Peru in 1SJ5, did not leave the Chilian government in a position to deny the rk-ht of ayluin to political refugees, and seemed very clearly to support Mr. Euan's contention that a safe conduct to neutral territory was a necessary and acknowledged incideut of the asylum. Theae refugees have very recentiy, without iormal safe conduct, but by the acquiescence of the Chilian authorities, been placed on board the Yorktowo and are row bein;- conveyed to C'allao, Peru. 1 h s incident raieht be considered wholly closed, but for the disrespect manifested toward this government by the close and oSeriive police surveillance of tbe legation premises, which was maintained daring most of the period of the stay of the refugets therein. The t iFioni Ofinive. After tbe dato of ray annual message and cp to the Mae of the transfer of the refugees to the York town, tbe legation premises seem to have ben surrounded Ly polioi in uniform and police agents or detectives in cil.zen' dress who oCentivtly spied upon persons entering or leaving the legation and on one or two occasions arrested members of the minister's famiiy. Commander Evans, who by direction recently v. sited Mr. Egun at Santiago, in his telegram to tbe Davy department described tbe legation as a 'veritable prison" and states that the police agents or detective were, after his arrival, withdrawn during his stay. It appear, further, from the cote of Mr. Egau of .Nov. 20, lyi, that on one occasion at leafct these police agents, ivhom he declares to be known to him, iuv&Jed the legation premises, pounding on its windows and uing insulting and threatening language toward persons therein. This breach ot tne right of a minister to freedom from police espionage and resiraiut seems to have been si tlngruut tLai the Argentine niinis'.tr, who was dean of tho diplomatic eveps, having observed it, felt called upon to protest ttgaintt it to the Chiiian minister of foreign afVairs. The Chilian authorities have, f s will be observed lrom tlie correspondence, charged tbe refugees and inmates of tbe legation with insulting the police; but it seem to ine incredible that men wlion lives were in jeopardy, and whose safely could oniy be secured by retirement and quietness, should have sought to provoke u collision which could only end in their destruction, or to aggravate their condition by intensifying a popular feeling that at on tune so threatened the legation as to require Mr. Kgan to appeal to the minister of foreign aiiairs. Thn It'ilUmor Attnck. B it the most serious incident disclosed by the correspondence is that of the attack upon the sailors of the Baltimore in the streets of Valparaiso on tbe lGth of October last. In my annual message, speaking upon the information then ia my possession, I said: S far as I have yet been, able to learn, no other explauKti'jD of this bloody work has been suggested thau that it had Us oriel n ia hostility to thtna mea as sailors of tho United Mates wvarm th uniform of their f rernment, and not in any individual act or p no ual animosity. We have now received from the Chilian government au abstract of the conclusions of the fiscal general upon the testimony taken by the judge of crimes in au investigation which was made to extend over nearly three months. I very much regret to be compelled to say that this report does not enable me to modi:y the conclusion announced in my annual message. I am still of the opinion that our sailors were assaulted, beaten, stabbed and killed, not for anything tbey or any one of them had done, but for what the government of the United State had done or was charged with having done by its eivil officers and naval commanders. If that be tbe 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. The Legal Aspect. Before attempting to give an outline of the faots upon which this conclusion rests, I think Makes tho lives of many people miserable, causing distress after eating, sour stomach, sick headache, heartburn, loss of appctito, a faint," all goae" feeling, Lad taste, coated . tongue, aad Irregularity of DlStrCSS ihobowelä. Dyspepsia does AftOr ri0t Ect 'c!I of Uself. It j- requires careful attention, baling anj a remedy liko Hood's Sarsaparille, which acta gently, yet efficiently. 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Tbe Baltimore was in tbe harbor of Valparaiso by virtue of that general invitation which nations are held to extend to the war veM'ds of other powers with which they have friendly relations. Tbia invitation, I think, must he held ordinarily to embrace the privilege of such communication with the shore as is reasonable, necessary and proper for the comfort aud convenience of the officers and men of such vessels, ("apt. Schley testifies that when his vessel returned to Valparaiso on Sept. 11. the city oflicers. as is customary, eitended tbe hospitalities of the city to his otiicers and crew. It is not claimed that every personal collision or injury in which a sailor or otllcer of sui h naval vessel visiting the shore may be involved, raisesan international question, but I am clearly o! the opinion that where such sailors or olficers are aesaulted by a resident populace animated by hostility to the government whose uniforms those sailors and oflicers wear, and in resentment of acts done by that government, not by them, their nation iuubt take notice of the event as one involving an infraction of its rights and dignity ; not in a seooudary way, as where a citizen is injured aud presents his claim through his own government, but in a primary way, precisely as if its minister or counsel or the flag itself had been the object of the same character cf assault. The otiicers and sailors of the Italtimore were it the harbor of Valparaiso under the orders of their government, not by their own choice. They were upon the shore by the implied invitation of the government of Chili and with tho approval of their commanding olTicer; and it does not distinguish their case from that of a consul that his stay is more permanent , or that he holds the express invitation of the local government to justify his long residence. Nor does it a eot the question that the injury was the act of a mob. If there had been no participation by the police or military in this cruel work, and no neglect on their part to extend protection, the case would still be one, in my opinion, when its extent and character are considered, iuvolving international rights. The incidents of the anair are briefly as follows: Tim Italtimore Incident. On the loth of October last Cnpt. Schley, commanding the U, S. steamer Baltimore, gave shore leave t- 117 petty ollieers and ßailors of his ship. These men left the ship about 1MU p. m. Mo incident of violence occurred; none of our men were arrested; no complaint was lodged against them; nor did any collision or outbreak occur uuid 6 p. m. Capt. ISchley states that be was first on shore and on the streets of the city at 5:.7); that he met verv many of his men who were upon leave; that they were sober end were conducting themselves with propriety, saluting Chilian and other officers as they met them. Ither olücers of the ship and Capr. Jenkins of the merchant ship Keweenaw corroborate Copt, .chley as to tbe general sobriety and good behaviour of our men. The sisters of charity at the hospital to whi'ih our wounded men were taken, when inquired of, stated that they were ober wLea received. If the situ.Mon had bsen otherwise we must believe that the Chilian police authorities would huve made arrests. About t p. m. the assault began, and it is remarkable that the investigation by the judge of crimes, though tuo protraoteJ, does not enable him to give any more satisfactory account of its origin than is found in the statement that it began between drunken tailors. Kepeatediy in the correspondence it is asserted that it was impossible to learn the precise cause of the riot. The minister of foreign affairs, Matta, in his telegram to Mr. Montt. under date Deo. Ml, states that the quarrel begsn betweeu two sailors in a tavern and was continued in the street, persons who were passing joining in it. The testimony of Talbot, an apprentice, who was with lUggin, ia that tho out-Lr.-uk. in which they were involved began by a Chilian sailor spitti ig in the face of Talbot, which was resented by a knockdown. It appears that UicJn and Talbot were at the time unnceompaaied by any others of their shipmates. ' l ui so two raeu were immediately beset by a crowd of Chilian citizens and sailors, through which they broke their way to a 6treet car and eutered it for safety. They were pursued, driven from the car, and Uigin wns so seriously beaten that he fell in the street epparently dead. There is nothing in the report of the Chilian investigation ma le to us that seriously impeaches this testimony. It appears from Chiliau sources that almost instantly, with a suddenness that strongly implies meditation and preparation, a mob, stated by the toiice authorities at one time to number 2,000 and another 1,000. was engazed in the asau.t upon our sailors, who are represented as resisting "with stones, clubs and bright arms." The report of the inteudente oi Oct. 3'J states that the fight began at G p. in. in three streets whicb are named; that information was received at the int?ndencia at 0:15 and tnat the police arrived on the scene at U: '10, a full half hour after the assault began. At that time lie says that a mob of 2,000 men bad collected, and that for several squares there was the appearance of a "real battle field." The scene at this point is very graphically et befere us by the Chilian testimony. Tho American sailors, who, after so long an examination, have not been found guilty of any breach of the peace, so far as the Chiii.in authorities are able to discover, unarmed aud de-fensclet-s, are fleeing for their lives, pursued by overwhelming numbers and fighting only to aid their own escape from death or to aucoor some man whose life is in greater peril. Eighteen of them are brutally stabbed and beaten wh le one Chilian seems, from the report, to have Etiflered some injury; but how serious or with what eharacter of weapon, or whether by a missile thrown by our men or by some of his fellow rioters, ia unascertained. Moroljr m Prlruii. The pretense that our men were fighting "with stones, clubs aud bright arms'' in view of these facts ia incredible. It is further refuted by the fact that our prisoners, when searched, were absolutely without arms, only seven penknives being found in tbe possession of the meu arrested, while there were received by our men more than thirty stab wounds, every one of which was inflicted in the back and almost every contused wound was in the back or back of tbe head. The evidence of the ship's officer of the day is that even the jaon-kuives of the men were taken from them beiore leaving the ship. As to tbe brutal nature of the treatment received by our men, the following extract from tbe account gi ven of the affair by the J'ateiii newspaper of Valparaiso of Oct. 17 cannot be regarded at too friendly: The Yankees, as soon as their pursuers gave chase, went by way of tbe Calle del Arsenal toward tho city car station. In the presence of an ordinary nuiulM r of citizen, among whoai w.re some ssilor, the North A uiencatis took soati in tho trret car to escape. Ir -ia tho atom's which tne Chilians threw at theiu. It was beiie-vd foran instant that the North Atner cans had saved themselves from popular fury, but such was not the case. Scarcely had the car b'efrau to move when a crowd gathered around to rtop it propra-. Under the. circumstances, and without auy cessation of th : hwl ng and .hrowing of stones at the North Americans, tne conductor entered the car, and, seeing the rlk of the situation to the vehicle, told them to fret out. At the instant the sailors left the car in the midst of hai!-st"nes, th-. conductor received a stone blow on the hea l. One of the Yankeo sailors managed to escape In tbe direction of the I'laza llelri?ht, but the other was felled to tbe ground by a stoce. Managing to raise himself from the Krouud where he lay, h staggered in an oppos.te direction from the station. In front of the hou-e of Kenor Marzini he was again wounded, falling seuseless and breathless. Clearly n. ltruto.1 Attack. No amount of evasion or subterfuge is able to cloud our clear vision of tins brutal work. It should be noticed in this connection that the American sailors arrested, after an exam inatioti, were, during the four days following the arrest, every one discharged, cj charge of any breach of the peace or other criminal con duet having been sustained against a single ene of them. Tbe judge of crimes, Eoster, in a note to tbe intendente, under date of Oot, 22, before the dispatch from the government of the

j following day which aroused the authorities of i Chili to a better sense of the gravity of tho

auair, says: Hating i reiUcd temporarily over this court In regard to tbe stamen of the 1'. 8. cruiser liltimorc's men, who have been tried on account of dcidorabid conduct, which took place, etc. The noticeable point here is that every sailor had been tried before the 22d of October, and that the trial resulted iu their acquittal and return to their vessel. It is quite remarkable and quite characteristic of the management of this allair by the Chilian police authorities that we should now be advised that teaman Davidson of the Baltimore had been included in the indictment, Lis o 'er.se being, so far as I have been able to ascertain, that he attempted to defend a shipmate against aa assailant who was striking him with a knife. The perfect vindication of our men is furnished by this report; one only is found to have been guilty of criminal fault, aud that for an act cleur.y jubtifiable. The Inrt of t! Tollre. As to the part taken by the police in the aßair the case made by Chili is a so fur from satisfactory. Where Biggin was killed is only three minutes' walk from the police station. And yet, according to their official report, a full half hour elapsed after the assault began before tbe police were upon the eround. It has been stated that all but two of our men have said that the police did their duty. The evidence taken at Mare island shows that if such a statement was procured from our men it was accomplished by requiiiug them to sign a writing in a language that they did not understand, and by the presentation that it was a mere declaration that they bad takeu no part in the disturbance. Lieut. McCrea, who acted as interpreter, says in his evidence that when our sailors were examined before the court tbe ubjeet of the conduct of the police was so carefully avoided that he reported the fact to Capt. Schley on his return to the vessel. Animosity Shown. The evidence of the existence ot an animosity toward our sailors ia the minds of the sailors of the Chilian navy and of the populace of Valparaiso was 6o abundant and various as to leave no doubt in the mind of any one who will examine tbe papers submitted. It manifested itself in insulting slurs toward our men as tbey passed the Chiliau man-ot-war to their boats, and iu the derisive and abusive epithets with which tbey greeted every appearance of an American sailor on the eveuing i the riot. Capt Sehley reports that boats from the Chilian warships several times went out of their course to cross the bows of his boats, compelling them to back waer. He complained of the discourtesy and it was corrected. That this feeling was shared by men of higher rank is shown by an incident related by ."urgenn Stitt of the Baltimore. After the t attle of l'iacilla, he, with other medical olücers of the war vessels in the harbor, was giving voluntary assistance to the wounded in the hospiu's. The son of a Chilian army officer of hiph rank was under his care and when the father discovered it he Hew into a. passion and Slid he would rather have his son die thun have Americans touch him, and at once had him removed from the ward. This feeling is not well concealed in the dispatches of the foreign office and had quite open expression in the disrespectful treatment of the American legation. The t'hili.m boatmen in the bay refused even for lare oilers of money to return our sailors, who crow ded The Mole, to their ship when they were endeavoring to escape from th city on the night of the assault. The m.irket boais of the Baltimore were threatened, and eveu quite recently the gig of Commander Evans of the York. to wu was stoned while wailing for hiiu at The Mole. The evidence of our snilors clearly shows that the attack was es peeled by the Chiliau peooie, that threats had been made against our tuen, and that in one cae somewhat early in the afternoon the keeper of one house into which some of our men had gone closed Lis establishment in anticipation of an at'aok whioh lie advised t'leui would be male upon them us darkness came on. Ct. Sehlev'a Keport. In a report of Copt. Schley to the navy department, he says: In tho only interview that I hnd with .Tud ro Foster, who is lnvt'.s.icakin? the case, relativ lo tlio disturbance before lu was aware of tho est r gravity of the matter, h inf-trsiod ne tliat the ats.itilt upon in r tin u os the octci:ie of hatril tor :ur peoplt) among tin lower clnsvs because they tl.ousht ws bad sjtu;uthi7et with the Kilmnccdiit governVient on account of the Itata r rutrr. n h-thT w ith reaou or withon he could, of couro, not ai'.mit; but such l e tiioLT.it i thj cspiauatiuu of the m; ru.it at the time. An Attnck on thn Uniform. ( Several of our men sought security from tho mob by such complete or partial changes in their dress as would conceal the fact of their being seamen of the J .altiuiere, and found it then posbilde to welk the streets without molestatlen. Thee incidents conclusively establish that the attack was upon the uniform, the nationality, and iiot upon the men. The origin of this feeling is probaMy found in the refusal of this government to give recognition to the congressional party before it had established itseli ; in the seizure oi the Itata for nn nl let;e l violation of the neutrality laws: in the cable incident, and in the charge that Admiral Brown conveyed information to Valparaiso of the landing at QuintorOH. It is not my purpose P ener h.-re any defense ot the. action cf tbi govemu.ent on ihe.e matters. It is enough for the j reent purpose to say that if there was any breach of international comity or duty on our part it should have beeu made the subject of official complaint through tiinlo malic channels or of reprisals for which a full responsibility was nni:ned. AVe ctiinut consent that these ia'.'itienrs and these perversions of tho truth shall he used to exc.te a murderous attack upon our ur.ollending sailors and the government of Chili tro acquit of responsibility, lu fact, the oflicers of this government during the war iu Chili pursued those lines of international duty which we bad strongly insisted upou the part of oth-r nations when this country was in the throes of civil conflict. We continued the established diplomatic relations with tbe government in power until it was overthrown, and promptly and cordially recognized the new government when it was established. The good offices of the government were offered to bring about a peaceful adjustment, and the interposition of Mr. Eftan to mitigate legal severities and to shelter adherents of the congressional party were elective and frequent. The charge against Admiral Brown is too base to rain credence with any one who knows his high personal character. The Assault on Our Sailors. Returning to the evidence of our sailors, I think it is showu that there were several distinct assaults and so nearly simultaneous as to show that they did not spread from one point. A press summary of the report of ttie fiscal shows that tbe evidence of the Chilian officials and others was iu conflict as to the place of origin, several places being named by different witnesses aa to the locality where the first outbreak occurred. This, if correctly reported, shows that there were several distinct outbreaks, and so nearly at the same time aa to cause this confusion. The La l'a!rii in the same issue from which I have already quoted, after describing the killing of Biggin aud the hht which that point extended to Tbe .Mole, says: At the same time in otb -r streets of the port thi Yankee sailors fought tierc. Ir with the peop.e oi the town, who believed to see in them lncarnato enemies oi the Chilian navy. The testimony of Capt. Jenkins of the American merchant ship Keweenaw, which had gone to Valparaiso for repairs, and who was a witness of some part of the assault upon the crew of the Baltimore, is strongly corroborative of tbe testimony of our own sailors, when he says that he raw Chilian sentries drive back a seaman seeking shelter from a mob that was pursuing him. T he officers and men of Capf. Jenkins' ship furnish the most conclusive tret: mo tiy as to the indignities which were practiced toward Americans in Valparaiso. hen American sailors, even of the merchant ships, c.tn only secure their safety by denying their nationality, it must be time to readjust our relations wi'h a government that permits such demonstrations. Toe Work of ti Folic. As to the participation of the police, the evidence of our sailors shows that our men were struck and beaten by police officers bifore and after arrest and that one at least was dragged with a lasso about his neck by a mounted policeman. That the death of Biggin whs the remit of the rifleshot tired by a policeman or soldier on duty is shown directly by the testimony of Johnson in whose arms ho was at the time, and by the evidence of Charles Bangen an American sailor not then a member of tbe Baltimore's crew, who stood close by and saw the transaction. The Chilian authorities do not pretend to fix the responsibility of this shot upon any particular person but avow their inability to ascertain who fired it further than that it was fired from a crowd. The character of the wound as described by one of the surgeons of the Baltimore clearly supports his ...if.iAn ttiat it ma.l. 1. V m ri tf A hs.lL tllA i y I 1 1 1 U II .111. .. W . 1 V. J v - - , ----- ' t- i i . L. ... : I. Orince oi exit Deing as iuucu as uu jucii vi nu inch and a quarter In width. When shot the poor fellow was unconscious and in the arms of a comrade who was endeavoring to cany Mm to a neighboring drug store for treatment. The Story Of the police that in mrnins- no the

6treet they passed these men and left them behind them is inconsistent with their own statement as to the direction of their approach, and with their duty to protect them and is clearly disproved. In fact Biggin was net behind but in front of tbe advancing force and was not standing in the crowd but was unconscious and supported in the arms of Johnson when he was shot. The Correspondence. The communications of the Chilian government in relation to this cruel and disastrous attack upon our men, as will appear from the correspondence, have not in any degree taken the form of a manly and satisfactory expression of regret, mucn less of apology. The event was of so serious a character that if the injuries sutlered by our men had been wholly tne result of an accident ia a Chilian port, tbe incident was grave enough to have called for some publio expression of sympathy and regret from the local authorities. It is not enough to say that the allair was lamentable, for humanity would require that expression even if the beating and killing of our men bad been justifiable. It is not enough to say that the incident is regretted, coupled wltn the statement that the affair was not of au unusual character in ports where foreign sailors are accustomed to meet. It is not for a generous and siucere government to seek for words of small or equivocal meaning in which to convey to a friendly power an apology for an oCense so atrocious as this. Til Mw Orlenna Iliot. In the case of tbe assault by a mob in New Orleans upon the Spanish consulate in Mr. Webster wrote to tbe Spanish minister, Mr. Calderon. that the acts oomplained of were "a disgraceful and flagrant breach of duty and propriety," and that this government "regrets them as deeply as Minister Calderon or bis government could pvssibly do;" that "these acts have caused the president great pain and he thinks a proper acknowledgment is due to his majesty." 11 invited the Spanish consul to return to his post, guaranteeing protection and oi'ering to salute the Spanish Hag if the consul should come in a Spanish vessel, ueh a treatment by the government of Chili of this assault would have been more creditable to the Chilian authorities, aud much less can hardly be satisfactory to a government that values its dignity and honor. In our note of Oct. 1'S last, which appears in the correspondence, after receiving the report of the board of officers, appointed bv Capt. Schley to investigate the allair, the Chilian government was advised of the aspect which it then assumed and called upon for any facts in its possession that mtzht tend to modify the

unfavorable impressions which our rep'y had created. It is very clear from the correspondence that before the receipt of this note, tho 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 tt-is unreasonable delay, but in view of the fact that the government of Chili was st 11 provisional, an 1 with a disposition to be forbearing and hopeful of a friendly termination, I hare awaited the report which has but recently been made. Iii Ultimatum. On the 21st, inst., I caused to he communicated to the government of Chili by the American minister at Santiago the conclusions of this government after a full consideration of all the evidence and of every suggestion Meeting this matter and to these conclusions I adhere. They were stated as follows: (1) That the assault is not relieved of the aspect whieh the early information of the event gave to it, viz: that of an attack upon the uniform of the l S. navy having its origin and motive in a feelirg of hostility to this government and not ia any act of the sailors or of any of them. (2) That the public authorities of Valparaiso flagrantly failed iu their duty to protect our men and that some of the police and of the Chilian soldiers and sailors were themselves guilty of unprovoked assaulis upon our sailors before and after arrest. (3.) That he (the president) is therefore compelled to bring the case back to the position taken by this tovernment on the nota oi Mr. Wharton of Ucu 23 last, and to ask for a suitable apology and for some adequate reparntion for the injury done to this government. The Matt Note. In tho same note the attution of the Chilian goveruineut was called to the offensive character of a note addressed by Mr. Matta, its minister of foreign a?!airs, to Mr. Montt, its minister at this capitHl, on the 11th ult. This dupu'.ch was not officially communicated to this government, but as Mr. Montt was directed to translate it and yive it to the press of this country, it seemed to me that it could not pass without official notice. It was not only undiplomatic, but crossly insulting to our naval officers and to the executive department, as it directly imputi'd untruth and insiacerity as to reports of the nuval officers and the official comEiun cations made by the executive department to congress. It will Le observed that I have r.otiilcd the Chiliau government that unless this n:te is at once withdrawn and an apolopy as public as the ollense made, I will terminate dipicmatio relations. Keoill. The request for the recall of Mr. L'gaa upon the ground that he was not rtr.jna crata was lrrinceotupanied by any suggestion that could properly be used in support of if, and I infer that ihe request is based upon official nCt, of Mr. Eu&u which Lavs received the approval of th's government. Bur, however that may be, 1 could not consent to consider such a qaestion until it had first been settled whether our correspondence with Chili could be conducted upou a basis of mutual respect. .ullier Warlike, In submitting these papers to congress, for that grave and patriotic consideration which the questions involved demand, I desire to say that 1 am of the opinion that the demands made oi Chili by this government should be adheri'd to and enforced. If the dignity, as well as the prestiee and influence of the United States are not to be wholly sacrificed, we must protect those who, in foreign part, display or wear the colors of th s government against insult, brutality aud death, inflicted in resentment for the acts of their government, and not for any fault of their own. It has been my desire in every way to cultivate friendly and intimate relations with all the governments of this hemisphere. We do not covet their territory, we desire their peace and prosperity. We look lor no advantage in our relations with them, except the iucreased exchanges of commerce upon a basis of mutual benefit. We regret every oivil contest that disturbs their peace and paralyzes their development, and are always ready to give our good offices for the restoration of peace. It must, however, be understood that this government, while exercising the utmost forbearance toward wenker powers, will extend its strong and adequate protection to its citizeos, to its officers and to its humblest sailor, when made the victims of wantonness and cruelty in resentment, not of their personal conduct, but of the official acts of their government. The Shields Case. Upon information received that Patrick Shields, an Irishman and probably a British subject, but at the time a fireman of the American steamer Keweenaw, in tiie harbor of Valpar.vso for repairs, bad been subjected to personal injuries in that city, largely by the police, I directed the attorney-general to cause the evidence of tbe officers and crew of that vessel to Le taken upon its arrival in San Francisco; and that testimony also is herewith transmitted. The brutality and even savagery of the treatment of these poor men by the Chilian police would be incredible if the evidence of Shields was not supported by other direct testimony and by the distressing condition of the man himself when he was filially able to reach his vessel The captain of the vessel says: He caiu back a wreck; black fmiu his neck to his hips from beating; weak and stupid, and is still in a kind of paralysis, and Las never been sblo to do duty sine-. 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 the consular regulations, is; The princii les which are maintained by this tovernn.entin rettard to the protection as distinguished from the relief of seamen are well settled, it is held that the circumstance that the vetsel is Aiuercan is evidenco that ihn crimen on board are uc!i: and in every regularly documented merchant vtsel the crew will fiud their protection in thn llag that covers them. 1 have as yet received no reply to oar note of the 21t instant, but in my opinion I oug:t not to delay longer to bring these mailers to the attention of congress for such action as may be deemed appropriate. Benjamin Harrison. chili coms to time With rrstly Nearly All th Concessions Tint Coald Ita Asked. Santiago, Chili, Jan. 23. The Chilian government has sent a reply to the ultimatum of the United States. Tbe reply is in eflect aa follows: . Chili agrees to withdraw the offensive

note sent by Senor Matta to all the Chilian ministers abroad and acknowledges that its issuance waa due to an error of judgment, Chili also withdraws its request for the withdrawal of U. S. Minister Eean. In addition to this the Chilian government, in its answer, propose that the affair of the attack on the Kaltimore's eaiiors in Valparaiso be submitted to the arbitration of eome neutral nation. If this proposition is not acceptable to tbe U. S. -government the Chilian government suggests that tho matter be submitted to the decision of the supremo court of the United States. SHE VEDDED PANG YIM.

An Indianapolis Girl "Weds Her Celestial Lover at Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 25. -Fane Yan, a wealthy Chinaman of Indianapolis, and Addie Norton, also of Indianapolie, and daughter of wealthy parents, were married in this city tonight. The elite of Chicago's Chinese society was treated to a genuine sensation and carried the festivities far into the night. I'ane Yim has the distinction of being the richest Chinaman between New York and San Francisco. AdJie Norton is but nineteen years old and only recently graduated from hish school. ho is a handeome brunette. The match was a case of elopement. All the wealthier mongolians of Chicago were present. A minister performed the ceremony but his identity is kept secret. AJdie Norton was ra'.tseJ from her honi r.t Archer and M.i 1ion-st. Saturday, having 1 f t homo at 11 o'clock ttiat niorniO. t-iiii wa describe! to the police as seveuieeu years of ape, ot I'ght complexion, and when lat se n by hr (lArent ws. attired iu a Ir vu dres aud a jncki't tnmuied with bljic fur. A i lis wa generally conceded to be a ood lo.iki ntr irl. Much of her cl' thing dlai ear-d with her und her t arents suspicions were aroused to a sens- of r aiizittou ituthi r J ,i,I e.jrancc was not a simple caso ot "ran-away-aud-C'ine-lack." AdJie hai a friend who warla 1 in the store of i'auir Vim at No. 7 Mas.actiut.-tts-ave iu the apartment bou-o known as the Wyandotte block. At the time she disappeared tho wily celestial a so "turne 1 up mi-suiu ' The parents, now thoroughly alarmed, telegraph-d the p uoe departments of 1 1 lie principal o. ties, but no answer as received. Hr this time the prief-Mrickeu lather and no.tlier of the prl were eatisti-d that Pa.n; Vim and their daughter were gone together; th:tt they had eloped. It is als s!d Yim g ive her many vatuaUa presents in the way ot jewelry. 1'bi:.i Vim was one ot tho leading lights here aniONt; the Ctiino'e irat rni:y aud was ijoko l uu to on all side by his brother ca ttliaU. lie was well known to the matrons ai.d housewives of tlm city, bavins; lni peddled teas and uiuese ueenwar fro n house to house. IIa was a very "earnest and faithful" .un lay-'chool scholar at the t-hines clasi of the Second pre-hyterlan church. It was rumored last uiirht that lie w u'd return to lsy and b ui.juet the io'.-a Chinese of hi., 6tore as a celsoralion of Lis wedding. Chariei Norton, a ha'f brother of the yocre lady, was told of the iinfirtuuaie occ rrenco Ia.-t n:s;ht aud sail cf the aiTair: "Addio is a young tirl and lias beon constantly advised by ru inbers o:' the family, fc.it too elocution lessons ami she and th youn lady who work -d for 1'ana; Vim were (rre&t friends. My fister would go to the More and practice h-r pieces with h-r coiuraaion. I did not know ot any intimacy l-stwe-n her and 1'anj" Vita and did uot suspect any el"vecicnt with hitu wh.-n she faiied to come home. It is a most unfortunate cireumstsne but all was dono for her that rreu's. brothers and sisters could do. The man ha marri d her, and it n ut be made the beet of. There can I e no posihle reason for the tuarria t exceM the romance, of it. he was a bright i;irl and it is surprising to nie that she ah .uld so far forget h-rseil as to brinp s.uh a situation on herself and family. My mother repose 1 the utmo-t Ci.nti lenee In her in all that she did. Nolhin could süaee this confidence, she mother-like giviinr advice and yet believing it was not neeiel. There is iiobojy to blame but my sister herself." EIGHT PERSONS KILLED. ßleigh Lioad of People Struck By a Train. St. Louis, Jan. 10. A little before S o'clock this evening a party of twentytwo started out for an evening of enjoyment cf the sleighing furnished by tho recent heavy fall of enow. Of thefe eight are now in the morgue and nearly alt the rest are in the lio-pital. The party was made up of members of the Clover Leai fishing club, a social organization of whito waiters in socie cf the leading local restaurants. They wero all in one conveyance, a large four-horse sleitrh. Starting out about 7:45 d. m., after an evening'drive they went to the Deimonico, a roadhouse near Forest Fark. Fartaking of a lunch the party reassembled at 10:30 for the return homo. The drive was commenced w ith eaiety, but fifteen minutes later, at the SarahPt. crost-ing of the Wabash railroad, the accident occurred. A special train chartered by a local Legion of Honor lodge was returning from an evening spent at Ferguson, thirietn miles out. Thetrain, in charge of Engineer James 1'lanehfield, Fireman Murphy and Conductor Fobert Dalton, waa moving some twenty-üve miles an hour, tender first. Owinjr to this fact tbe last engineer did not see tbe Bleitrhing party until fairly upon them. The tender struck between the pole horses and the f-leigh, killing two of the horses and throwing the occupants of the sleigh in every direction. So great was the shook that two of the injured were afterward found on top of the cab. The train was stopped within three hundred yards of the crossing and returned to the scene where the legion of honor excursionists aided in gathering up the dea 1 nnd wounded. Fy tbia time the mounted police of the district were on hand and, taking charge, then ordered the dead and wounjled placed upon the train. This was done and all token to the union depot, whence the wounded were taken to Mary's infirmary and the dead to the morgue. The dead number eight, but five of their names are known, viz: FRED-NEUIJKUT. GUS NF.rBF.RT. "WILL KRONF. J. üiCUAEFLK.. EVON HEHREN". The remaining three are awaiting identification. Andrew Stephenson, colored, driver of the team, is missing. At this hour it is impossible to get names of all the wounded. Three of them, however, are: 1 1. Wagner. Ciiari.es Fay: Pan Bkassart. It is believed that at least tour of tbe wounded will die, but their condition ia now so serious as to preclude measures of identification before the surgeons are through with them.

SUIH BY Ä GIRL

Terrible Crime of a Young Woman at Memohis. She Cuts the Throat of One of Her Former Chums. BLOOD FLOWS IN TORRENTS From the Severed Jugular of the Murdered Girl. Sensational Tragedy Enacted in the Street. A Sister of the Victim Grapples with the Murderess and lieceives a. Slight Wound Tho Crime Ilelievetl to Have Ilecn Caused hy a tju arret and Accusations hy the Victim Against the Character of Her Slayer Coroner's Jury Finds the Killiiiir Was Premeditated. Mkmpiiis, Tenn., Jan. 2P. Tho most sensational tragedy which has occurred in Memphis for years was committed about 4 o'clock this afternoon. The victim was a young la ly and her e'ayer was one of the same sex. Foth were familiar figures ia society and tho awful allair id to-niht the talk of the town. A lew minutes befor? 4 o'c'ock a buggy containing Miss Alice Mitchell and Lizzie Johnson drove up to the broad tddewalk around cus'otn bouse b'in k, leading to the levee. The lines were in the hands cf Miss .lohn-on, and beside her, calm and f elf-possessed, pat Mis Mitchell. Comim: slowly up the steep incline from the river were Miss Freda Ward of (iold Dust, Ark., and her sister Jo, who had just put another sister, Mrs. Cuannink'S, aboard the steamer Ktsa I. e for (iold Dust. Ark. The young ladies were soon opposite the carriage, chattir.c pleasantly and paying no attention to surroundings. Sublenly from out the carriage at fl bound came Miss Mitchell. Grasping Miss Freda Ward by tbe neck, she draw a bright razor t'roui out the folds of her dress and without a word drew it acros the throat of her victim. Miss Ward sank to tbe pavement in an instant, th; blood pouring in torrents from the severed iuzular. The murdered girl's sister, who had ly this time recovered from the astonishment, grappled w ith the w oman and tried to hold her, but in a twinkling she, tw. received a cut, but luckily only a trilling one, near the ear. Miss Mitchell being freed from Mis Ward jumped in the buwgy in an instant, and with tho exclamation "Drive quick, I've done it," seized the whip and with Miss Johnson stiil holding the lines, the pair were soon around the corner intc Madison-st. and away from the scene oi the tragedy. Miss Ward was tenderly picked up by the gathering crowd and a pas-ine carriage, which was pres-el into service, conveyed her to Host's infirmary, .ha was, however, beyond human aid, and expired just as the infirmary was reached. The body w as then taken to au undertaking establishment. At ( o'clock this evening Chief of Felice Davis had arrested Miss Mitchell, who was at her home on l'nion-st., and conveyed to the jail in a carriage. The cause of the Killing is tonight not positively apparent, ns Miss Mitchell refuses to say a word to anybody on the subject. It is said, however, that Miss Ward, who is visiting in this city, had on former triDS to Memphis been the gu -st of Miss Mitchell. Lately, however, sho ha refused to partake of the hospitality oi tbe Mitchell houscho d and refused also to recognize Mi-s Mitchell on the street. It ia alleged further, by several person, that Miss Ward has made re:iiark of a decidedly uncomplimentary nature regarding Miss Mitchell, and this latter allegation is supposed to have been the cause of the t raged j". Miss Mite hell is tho nineteen-year-old daughter of (ioorge Mitchell, a retired furniture dealer, and she and Miss Johnson in the latter'e stylish "turn out" wero a familiar si.rht on the diiTereat drives about the city. Miss Ward was the daughter of John Ward a planter and wealthy merchant of (job! Dust, Ark. At the inquest this evenirc the jury renderel a verdict charging Miss Mitchell w ith the killing aud that it was prenieditLted. Miss Johnston, in an interview tor.ieht, sai 1 that when she and Miss Mitchell saw tho Misses Ward coming up the street. Miss Mitchell became greatly excited and said she mut sneak to her, and sue immediately got out of the buirgy. The murder ensued immediately. "As she got back into the buzgy," sai I Miss Johnston, "I asked her wbr.t was the matter. fhe replied: I have cut Freda's throat; I don't know that I have killed her; I loved her so, I could not help it.' I have known of the iniatnation for some time. Alice said she loved Freda and could never givo her up. There wa an estrangement some time ao and since that time Alice has not been herself." Mips Jo Ward tonight could cive no cause for the kiUine. .vhe was not acquainted with MUs Mitchell and knew nothing cd the former intimacy existing between her sifter and tbe murdereea. Miss Jo Ward's wound is not dangerot'P, but he, as well as Miss Johnston, is tbe victim of a severe attack of hysteria. Nliio Tet Killnl. St. Lons, Jan. 20. It has now beon Ascertained that nine men were instantly killed, four fatally injured and eight more or les hurt bv the accident which oc- ! curred last night when a Wabash excurJ sion train struck a sleigh loaded with j twentv members ot tne t loverieat risning club at the r-aran-si. crossing in rercsi park. A complete list of the vieti ms is as follows: Dead FRED NE1T.F.RT, barkeeper. J. f. SCMIEl-'I'l-E, formerly of Chicago. (il'STAVE NEl'HERT. bartender. WILLIAM KRONE, salestnau in the employ of the Coyle Jfc Minjeant ilk company. CiEORUE EDI, clerk Mellier drug comE. VOX BEHREN,, salesman in the employ of the Covle A Hargeant si.k company. Ab MOLLFIs bartender. ANDY STEPHENSON, the driver. UNKNOWN man. supposed to be traili roader. Wounded CitATiLts Fr.EY, both lees broken and ter t a ho tit head anil bodv. Jamt.s Hakkett, alichtly injured in breast. W. H. Hkcklv, reported wounded and taken to his home. A man about thirty years old. wearing Ib.val Arcanum bude, left inn cut off. ter. . riljy manglad and fatally injured. Chakles Willard, slightly cut and braised. Lewis II. Bbessert, lö28Diddle-t, skull fraolurrd. jAMrSCoxsOR, slichtly Injured. Charles Hahrens, 1829 Waihington-sV, badlr hart about tbe head-