The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-05
THE GILLIAN QUESTION
ID sE TAoRoueHLY INVESTIGATED.
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Orial P9W-GSRsral Capital News,

WASHINGTON, December SIT is under
stood that Third Assistant Secretary oi
State Walker Blaine and Mr.. W. II. Tres.
colt, who sailed for Peru to-day, were the
bearers Of important dispatches. The VIC.
lent proceedings Of the Chilian Govern
ment in reply 10 the action taken by the
United States in the interest OF peace and
national independence in South America,
will be promptly and firmly dealt with,
Instructions went to our Ministers at Lima
and Santiago by them in a form which
will leave no doubt in the minds OF peo.
pie, either Of Chill or Of Peru, us to the
determination OF this Government to sus.
tain constitutional order against military
violence.
On the 22d OF November dispatches were
sent to Hurlbut, instructing him to main
tain his attitude and recognize the Cahle-
ron Government alone, and to Fitzpatrick
requesting him to explain ut once the
meaning Of the remarkable letter to Senior
Balmaseda, attributed to him In the pub
lie prints, and to inform this Government
by what authority and on what grounds
the Chilians' at Lima had laid hands on
the President and Foreign Minister at
Peru, recognized as such by the United
States, II Is distinctly understood here that
the United States can not permit the pro-
ceedings OF Chill in Peru 10 go on unChal-
lenged, and thdt the government will In.
slst upon the conclusion Of an early peace
between Chill and Peru, without dismem-
berment OF tho latter republic, and on
terms perfectly just and fair to the former,
No arbitration Is now possible In the nut
ter, us Chilians have openly undertaken an
attitude hostile to the United States, and
the United States can not permit any ques-
ton of this sort arising on this Continent
tobesubmilted toan European arbiter. Itis
believed and hoped that on sober second
thought the Chilian Government will rec
ognize the mistakes which II has made, and
accept an amicable adjustment Of the diff
Guilty created only by itself.
.t STAR ROUTE INDICTMENTS,
The Grand Jury Of the District indicted
to-day Il. B, Lilley, late Deputy Sixth
Auditor, for taking bribes in Sar Route
cases, and G, +, Brott for rendering them.
These arc the first Star Route indictments.
The Star Route prosecutors say that they
will speedily be followed by Others. The
term Of the present Grand Jury expired
with to-day, but on Monday the new
Grand Jury will be impaneled, and before
It these gentlemen say, they will lay evi.
denc0 which will secure tho Indictment OF
Brady, Dorsey ind others. Gibson and
Cook sat beside Corkhill when the Grand
Jury came In, The foreman presented his
bundle OF indictments to the Court, and
the latter, assisted by Cook, Gibson and
COrkhill, looked over them, after the Grand
Jury had stated that its foreman had prop.
erly set forth Its action. Cook and Gibson
smiled broadly when they saw the Lllley
and BrOtt indictments, and Cook privately
thanked the Grand Jury for their work.
While they were reading the several
counts, one Of these Jurors fell to the floor
in tit. DR.. Rice, the SCoyilles family ply.
siCian, who was present, ministered 10 his
needs. The prosecutors were anxious that
bench warrants for the arrest Of Lilley and
Brott should issue at once. Judge Cuppy,
Brott's counsel, thought that bench w0r;
rant in this CAse WIS unnecessary since he
wohld come into Court Monday morning
and give the 81, 900 bail under the four In.
diCtments demanded by COrkhill. The lat
ter was afraid that lie could not be trusted
TO come into Court OIL Monday with bail.
lie remembered that when he was wanted
before Commissioner Bundy as q witness
in Lilley's case he was out oftown. Cuppy
sud that ho was out OF town by lnereSt nc.
cdent; that notice from the negligent rep.
resentatives Of the Government would have
kept him here. They are responsible for
his absence Cook denied this statement,
and Cuppy, In very contemptuous tone,
re-allirmed 1t, whereupon Cook said
"What say Is true, and what You say is
false" Leaving the question Of veracity
unsettled, Corkhill and Cuppy agreed to.
gethcr that the accused might come in and
give bail this afternoon. No one appeared
for Lilley, and bench warrant for his ar
rest was ut once Issued.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
Ninety.fve Democratic members OF the
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