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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15.' 1892.
THE CHILIAN CHESTNUT
fliis Goyeniient Reported as
"Preparinj for War."
Washington", Jan. 13. Reports of the
testimony taken at Mare island have
been read with treat interest by the
senators and representatives. They
have not been able to get full informa
tion on the subject. The testimony
taken.by Judge Advocate-General Kemey
has proven startling to them. The
Chilian situation was the subject of very
serious discussion at the capitol. Be
eides the testimonny published showing
the extent of the outrage, information
has been received in an irregular way
that there is no foundation for the re
ports that Chili has assumed a more
friendly tone. The prospects of a speedy
settlement are considered doubtful. It
is known positively from the best possi
ble authority that this government has
received no intimation of peaceful over
tures from Chili. The Star says: "Pres
ident Harrison has been deeply moved
bv the reports from San Francisco. He
expects that as soon as the investigation
is concluded, a brief of the testimony
and a report will Le sent tohifc by wire.
If the report is of the character which
the testimony thus far taken indicates
it will be, he will send it to congress at
once,- together with the correspondence
between this country and Chili."
At the cabinet meeting yesterday the
president expressed his opinion that the
situation was more serious than . it has
been at any previous time. After look-
ins the correspondence over very care-
fully, ho finds nothing in it that indi
cates the least regret on the part of Chili
for the outrage. He regards the so
called . "unofficial" reports that Chili
would apologize as rumors given out for
the purpose merely of allaying popular
feeling. Officially, there has been no
intimation of any amicable disposition
on the part of Chili.
Valf.kjo, Cal., Jan. 12. A genuine
seusation was developed in the Balti
more investigation today, a thing c n
tirely unexpected at this late stage of
the proceedings. The case lias dragged
along slowly in the morning session, a
number of sailors being recalled to tes
tify as to the soberness of Riggin, Turn
bull and Davidson, before and during the
riot. After recess, however, Surgeons
Stitt and Wite, of the Baltimore, took
the stand. After testifying to the
wounds of the members of the Balti
more's crew, they declared that the
death of Turnbull was directly caused by
the neglect in the hospital,- where he
was carried by the police. ' The Chilians
refused to allow the- Baltimore's sur
geons to treat their men, and declined to
do it themselves except in a very super
ficial way. For four days the surgeons
vainly begged Judge of Crimes Foster to
allow" them to remove the sailors to the
Baltimore, but not till it became proba
ble that Turnbull would soon die, would
he grant- them permission. The men
were taken to the ship, but it was too
late for Turnbull. Blood poisoning had
set in aud he died five days later. The
surgeons were positive that death "re
sulted from neglect and imperfect treat
ment in the hospital.
Washington, Jan. 11. Whether
Great Britain is or is not using her in
fluence with Chili to bring about a satis
factory settlement of the Baltimore out
rage is as yet a matter of speculation,
but there is abundant evidence that she
is showing the deepest interest in the
preparations for war which our country
has been making. Our naval officers
have not failed to discover that two
naval attaches of the British legation in
this city, Captains William H. Way and
G. C. Langley, have been watching
every movAnent of the navy department
since the talk of war with Chili first
commenced. What these officers have
learned has, of course, been duly com
municated to the home government, and
the reports doubtless have been the
means of convincing the British author
ities that the United States is in solier
earnest in her demand for reparation.
It is noticeable to those who have
watched the development of the Chilian
controversy that the English Influence
in the direction of peace commenced just
after the naval attaches began familiar
izing themselves with our naval activity.
These attaches have made personal
visits to different places throughout the
country where work oh war materials is
in progress. Only a few days ago Cap
tain Langley visited Mare Island yard
and the Union iron works at San Fran
cisco to see what truth there was in the
.rumors of hurried work on the coast de
fense vessel Monterey and other vessels.
Upon his return, a day or two ago, he
told his friends he had been on a few
days' pleasure trip to New York, but
this did not deceive some of the naval
officers here. Oaptain Langley is too
well known to the officers on duty on
the Pacific slope to conceal his identity,
and he had not been in San Francisco,
many hours before his presence and the'
object of his mission became known to
the department officials. There can be
no doubt that he discovered that the re
ports of great activity in the work on
the Monterey were not exaggerated, and
it is to be presumed that he lost no time i
in informing his government 01 her con
dition, . and what a formidable craft she
will be when finished.
Vallkjo, Cal., Jan. 9. Today was
.the third of the investigation into 'the
attack on the sailors of the Baltimore.
Judger Advocate Remy presided 'alone,
District Attorney Garter being absent.
Testimony was taken very rapidly. over
twenty 'witnesses being, examined.
Nearly all the crew have now testified,
and Monday the officers will probably
take the stand. The case of the United
States as stated by President Harrison
in his message, has been absolutely
proved. There can no longer be any
doubt but that the mob was organized
beforehand. Nearly every sailor was
warned by at least one person that the
Baltimore uieu would be attacked at
dark." The clerk of the ban wuere
they changed their money warned some
of them. An English sea captain
stopped others on the street and warned
them, and many others in all classes of
society also gave warnings. As a result
many "of the sailors kept away from the
low part of town and went to the fash
ionable residence and business part, only
to be followed and attacked by the mob.
There were at least four different locali
ties, some of them over a mile apart,
where the attacks on the sailors were
made simultaneously. The 'shameful
part played by the Valparaiso' police and
soldiers becomes mose and more evident
daily. Nearly every witness was abused
and'insulted by them, while the evi
dence that they shot and killed Riggin
is conclusive. As to the sobriety of the
Baltimore men, Captain, Schley said to-
dav: -
"Eight out of ten of my sailors are not
drinking men. They confine themselves
almost entirely to beer ana sucn ligni
drinks, and the liberty party was especi
ally composed of men who norj reputa
tiohs for sobriety."
The Reports Denied.
City ok Mexico, Jan. 8. The Two fit-
publics will publish the following call in
the morning, which is signed by up
wards of thirty of the most prominent
members of the American colony here;
"Many newspapers in the United States
have recently published dispatches, let
ters and interviews concerning Mexico.
A large number of these contain certain
exaggerated or false statements, which
are not only unjust to the government
and people of this country, but actually
injurious to all the interests here. In
view of those facts, the undersigned citi
zens of the United States, animated by
a spirit of justice toward Mexico, and a
dpsire to see the truth prevail, request
their countrymen residing in this city
to assemble tomorrow for the purpose of
taking such action as the circumstances
may seem to demand. All the Ameri
cans in sympathy with this movement
are earnestly asked to attend." Very
angry discussions have been excited be
tween the liberal and clerical press over
disnatches from the United elates stat
ing that the clerical party is backing
Garza in the troubles on tbe frontier,
and duels are expected.
A New Colorado Mining Camp.
Flauissaxt, Colo., Jan. 9. Excite
ment over the rich discoveries of gold in
the Cripple creek district is on the in
crease, and thousands of gold-hunters
are daily passing through this place into
the gold fields. The new mining Camp
is but eighteen miles from here, and is
easy of access. Stage and freight lines
over good roads are in operation between
Flarissant and the cold district. The
camp alreadv numbers a population of
5000 or 6000, and bids fair to outstrip
the marvelous growth of .Leadville.
The Wife of the Chief Told the Story,
Salt l.ake, U. J.., Jan. 9. the gang
of counterfeiters, which flooded the city
with spurious $5, $10 and $20 gold pieces
during the holidays, was bound over to
the grand jury today. The wife of th
chief counterfeiter, in her evidence, de
tailed the gang's operations.
Vessel on Fire at Sea.
London, Jan. 7. The British steamer
Catalonia, at Queenstowh from Boston,
reports that on January 5 she - passed a
sailing vessel on fire. The Catalonia
searched in tbe vicinity, but found no
trace of the crew of the burning vessel.
The latter wascompletely gutted.
The Steamer Gallatin is Lost.
Washington, Jan. 7. Captain Ga
brielson commanding the revenue
steamer Gallatin, made a report to the
treasury department confirming the
press dispatches in regard to the loss of
that steamer and the death of Jacobson,
the carpenter.
Destructire Fire.
Cleveland, O., Jan. IS. A six-story
brick block on the viaduct, occupied by
the Cleveland Electric Supply company,
the Champion Safety Lock company,
and the National Iron works, was burned
at 2 o'clock this morning. The losses
aggregate $180,000 ; partly insured.
The Mexican Insurgents.
- Demikg, N. M., Jan. 12. No courier
arrived here from Ascension, Mexico, up
to a late hour last night, but one is ex
pected today. ' The latest information
from Ascension is to the effect tbe town
is still in possession of the revolution
ists. A Crisis In the Cabinet.
Mei.bolbnb, Jan. 13.. There is a crisis
in the Victorian cabinet on the "one
man , one vote'.' question. Three' minis
ters have already resigned. The Victor
ian cabinet has chosen Shields as the
new premier.
- Insurrection in Arabia.
Ankn, Jan. 12. The Arab insurrection
in Yemen has broken out afresh. ' Tbe
rebels are marching upon Sanaa, the
capital city, and Turkish forces are ad
vancing to repel them.
Guns of the Mian ton oniah.
New Yobk, Jan. 12. The trial of the
guns and mounts of the steamer Mian to
nomah is finished, and in every respect
it has been a great success.
Trfhl of Curtis Postponed
, San Fb.vxcisco, Jan. 11 The trial of
M. B. Curtis, charged with the murder
of Policeman Grant, was postponed this
morning until next Monday. ' .
NORTHWEST KKWH.
Mrs. Henry Root, living near. Wasco,
has sold from four cows daring the past
year, 1891, $80 worth of butter, and $78
worth of eggs from sixty hens daring
the same length of time.
The Weston Leader announces its in
tention to commence the Publication of
an evening daily by the first of April
As it now is there is only one daily pub'
n;8hed in Umatilla countv.
An unkuown disease has attacked
horses in Kittitas county, and threatens
to become epidemic. Farmers and stock
men are helpless, as nothing like it lias
ever appeared before in that iection and
no remedy is known for it. It promises
to work much hardship on the settlers
in that section.
The cleverest fake of the new year
comes from Tacoma, in the shape of a
column article in a newspaper about the
establishment of a "goose" cannery in
Alaska. The geese at the mouth of the
Yukon are to be canned in great shape.
The story reads well, and will go the
rounds.
A young man named Velt, living at
the head of thjWest valley, had an ad
venture with a band of elk this week.
As told in the Skamokawa Eagle, he
fired and shot one of them, when the
whole lot of them turned on him and
showed fight, and he was obliged to kill
seven before they would leave. He has
the meat ready "to bring in. He also
caught a cougar in his trap.
The work of raising the Telephone is
progressing, and the contractors,
Messrs. Plaquet & Co., are confident of
getting her off without any serious dam
age to the boat. - Thero are two large
scows along side of the boat which are to
hold her up when she is raiseJby means
of screws, and when clear she will be
suspended between these scows and
held firmly in position. It is expected
that she will be afloat by Wednesday.
B. R. Whitney, from Peterson's Point
on Gray's harbor, informs the Centralia
News that there is a rush to that point
from all the Gray's harbor country ,.and
the whole beach is being staked off in
mining claims. -.There is gold in the
black sand found along the beach of the
ocean and many attempts have been
made to wash it out, but owing to the
lightness of the particles it has hereto
fore been found impossible to make it
pay. Now it is claimed that a way has
been discovered by which the gold can
all be saved and separated -from the
sand.
At the January term of county courts
the new law, requiring publicity of pro
ceedings and list of claims allowed, goes
into full effect. The proviso that courts
shall not be obliged, unless they eee fit,
to publish claims where the fees are
fixed by law, was inserted in the cause
of economy, yet it is exactly 1 tithe jaa'at-
ler.ui lees ui uiuuiuits (.uui dealings cuine
in. All the complaints made fa Marion
county about county officials were over
the matter of the .fees collected by them.
Those items are the very ones that
should be exposed to the light of pub
licity. Salem Journal.
CURRENT COMMENT.
An experiment in weaving silk by
electric looms has been made in Ger
many, and the results seein to encourage
the idea of a return to manufacturing at
the houses of the weavers. '
We could never account for Bro.
MichelFs expertness on that instru
ment until by this accident it has come
to lieht that lie can trace his ancestry so
far back over the dingy pages of time.
Washington Independent.
Goethe says: "For a halt-prudent
girl there is really something awful in
the thought of marriage." But for the
average eirl there is something a good
deal more awful in the thought of not
being married.
There may be an uncertainty whether
tire bi-chloride of gold remedy cures or
kills, but there is none as to alcohol. It
is one of the most reliable preservatives.
and is used largely for anatomical speci
mens. baUJLake Ileraki.
An ancient lyre dated 2000 years be
fore Christ has come to light. It is re
ported to have been found by a demo
cratic politician who was looking up
material for the next campaign, and
will be modernized so as to be used in
1892. Times-Mountaineer.
Superintendent Porter reports that it
costs only 11 cents per capita to take
the census in the United States. When
the well-informed citizen of Seattle and
Tacoma reads that he will go off behind
the bouse and smile. There are things
about that census which even the super
intendent wots not of. Spokane Review.
A Bussian physician has made a series
of elaborate experiments to test the old
time notion that fluids taken with food
weaken the action of the gastric juice.
He finds that "to take fluids with the
meals is almost as important an adjunct
to dieetioh as is the mastication of solid
food preparatory to swallowing it," bnt
that,- as at other times, there is a limit
to the amount of fluid one can swallow
with impunity and comfort?
That journalistic accuracy in Arkansas
is receiving some much needed attention
is evinced by the following, from the
Hot Springs, Arkansas, Tom Cat: "We
desire to warn those of our . readers who
may be inclined torust the man who is
going around the streets of Jonestown
claiming to be John the Baptist. We
have taken great pains to look the mat
ter up. and know that he is not what he
Surports to.be. John the Baptist is
ead. The real John the Baptist didn't
have a full bloom on his nose, a red ban
danna tied around.his neck and a pint
bottle in ths caboose pocket of his over
alls, as did the man we saw yesterday."
Chairman Springer of the ways audi
means committee ha introduced at.
measure providing for a free admission 1
of all wool. It is a striking fact, though,
that no democrat can be found who has
the. fairness to the west and the- inde
pendence of the manufacturing interests
of the east to propose a bill for the free
admission of woolens as well as wools.
It is safe to say that no such bill will
ever pass the democratic house. The
republican party protects both the wool
grower and the manufacturer; it' the
democracy wants an issue on tfiat it
ought, in common fairness, propose free
trade on both not free trade in wool
and protections in woolens.
A Benedictine Abbey Burned.
Paris, " Jan. 12. The' Benedictine
abbey at. Freampe burned last night,
causing a loss of 2,000,000 francs.
Stacy Shown having left my employ I
will not be responsible for any debts he
may contract nor any business he may
transact. W. E. Gap.retson. "
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WH. SAUNDERS Architect. Plans and
specifications furnished for dwellings,
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Charges moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Of
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H, Clough and F. Lemko.
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Geo. T. Thompson, J. Woods and John
Hertz.
Committee or Akbaxgiements Geo.
Williams, Frank Roach, Geo. Mnnger,
Geo. A. Liebo and John Blaeer.
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phenomenal support it has received is accepted as the
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thing, neutral in nothing, it will live only to fight
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Commencing with the first number of the second
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