Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-16
ADDITIONAL TElEcRAPnlc NEWS
A statement Modified.

4 siatemeus Modified.
New YORK, July 1.-THE pnblished
report that President Willard. OF ;the
Northern Pacific, ha6 issued al order
that the Company's lands west Of tbs
Missouri river should be sold only to &C
fual settlers and in quantities no. to ex
coed is0 acres Is wholly untrue. Direc-
tors Of the Company long ago resolved
tina. purchasers could buyito the s1ssnt
Of 320 acres. or an entire section II gar
antee vas given of immediate culsivs-
ton, rne intention being to secure culti-
vation and prevent large tracts from be-
ing absorbed and held by land specula-
tors.
Projections Of Alnesienns as AiexsAdPia
wAsrlsoTos, Jn,y I4-Secretary FIRE.
iinghnysen says, ia answer to inquiries
IS TO safety of our officials and country
men at Alexandria, that We have no
consul in that city. but our vice-consul
il resident of that place and An Israel
lte, ard one Of the members Of the Con-
su.ar Court at Alexandria, Judge
b .tchei,er ia in this country on leave,
and be understands the other two
American judges had gone into the
country about month ago. One vessel
from the Mediterranean squadron was
sen. 10 Alexandria for protection of
American residents. As the difficulty
increased two other ships we're sent
thither from the ssme squadron. About
ten days ago inquiry having been made
py tho American Board of Foreign Mis-
.ioas. Secretary Frelinehuyssn te!e-
graphed 10 the V.ce-Consul asking as TO
The safety Of missionaries. He received
answer To ;be effect that they were all
safe OIL our vessels or had gone to the
interior. lie trusts, therefore, Ameri.
| can residents a. Alexandria have suffer
I'd none. an official Communication
rom Admiral Nicholson states that
there has been some destruction OF
property in Alexandria belonging tc
Americans, but no ioss of lie among
siism So far al iis has Yet been ablo t.
ascsrtsiu.
Randall Testincs.
NAsHtsEToS, July il -Hobt. Randall
has been permitted by the Foreign AZ
fairs committee to file sworn statement
supplemental to his testimony before
that committee in the Chilli Peruvian
investigation. The statement is an ar
gamenl In support Of his former :e-ti-
mony, asd includes correspondence be
tween himself and the Peruvian Minis
tor Einors to show that Blaine wis
mistaken when he testified tefore the
COMMITTEES that the propositions cof,-
tanned in the program OF the Credit In
dustrial were entirely insdmissi,.e; thai
he utterly refused to have snythinq
whatever to do with il. and that he said
that tn. United State, cou!d no. touch
it or thi TX of touching it, and utterly
rejected il.
Randall says: Il don't believe ho eve,
did to anyone make such n statement
as he alleges. believe his testimony
! on this point is Cue TO the want of re-
collection, An ! as consequence 10 quote
his VII words OF the fsct--that he was
very busy on ether IN alters at the time
will show 20 the committee that me
always entertained the program and fl,
exces led events in his endorsement. and
enthusiasm: that to use my own words
in my previous testimony the PROPOSE
tons were entirely satisfactory to him;
that ks considered .hem feasible In
every way. that he representing the
foreign department OF tn, United
States" wonId carry them out: that is
he would uti.izs tho program 50 that th.
payment OF indemnity was absolutely
necessary on tho par: of Peru 10 Chit
so Is To prove tns territorial integrity
o. Perm; that the Credit indua!rias Wal
the only institution or party able to pre-
pare and wjiiiog to pay ~ large sun
for Peru ~ $O,0G0,O0. Randall ap.
penis to tho letter OF Elnore this con.
| oludins statement: "Mr. Blaine in his
statement affects to speak Of the propo-
sition OF the Credit Industrial "a mos.
extIao binary, and to allsSe by implica-
ton that they offered 10 ground on
which the Government of the United
States could even entertain them.
need not dwell on the singular treat
ment whicn Blaine in this language be-
slows upon his predecessor (Evar.s),
who had both considered aud appro yed
these propositions which came from
bonafide creditors of Peru, including
American holders Of at least four mil
lions Of legitimate Peruvian securities.
that they asked no financial assistance
from the United states Government,
that they were intended To facilitate an
obiec. Of common importance to nj
American nations. and that by accept
ing and acting upon them the United
States would have acquired, rs Evar,s
saw and Blaine in repeated converse
tions gave o.her persons than myself
reasons Ia believe that he also saw,
great and lsstins Inoral and political
preponderance in affairs Of South Amer.
ici. involving real control of the 18th,
mus of Panama without the expenditure
OF dollar Of American money ami
without burning fuse or firing a
shot.
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In proportion TO population. Italy has,
strange u say. more shoemakers than
any o'hcr country in Earops. Sweden
has fswest.