Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-30
WITHOUT INCIDENT.
No wariiks Preparation Towards Chile
Dlscernsblc.

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| WASHINGTON, d. C.. December 29.--The
/ afternoon was sbsOiatsiy without AN incl
| dent that could bs distorted into a refs
ton 10 wariike preparation. Secretary
( Blaine did not return 10 tho Depsrtmfot
/ OF State after ins Cabinet meeting, anu
Senoe Mont, the Chiisan Minister, diul
not make his appearance there. NO cipher
dispatches came from Minister. kgan. ana
| the air OF quietuie III the department
strongly accentusted che present attitude
| Of the Government WITH respect To thlle
az shown by the Presidents message 10
! Congress IN this paragraph:
! This Government IS now awaiting the
/ results OF az Investigation which nHs Deeh
| enacted by the Criminal Court OF Na,parai.
So ~ is expected that the result Will
! soon oe communicated to this Govern
meut. together with some adequate anu
/ satisfactory response TO the note 81 when
| the attention OF Chile was called 10 this
| incident. Il these Just expectations should
! be disappointed or further needless delay
| intervene | will. by special message,
| bring this matter agsin TO the attenuon OF
: Congress for such action as may be ne
cessary."
UNOFFICIAL ADvIcEs.
Such unofficial adyIces a. have been re-
| ceiyed here are TO the effect that the Iegai
authorities at Valparaiso nave not com
! pleted the revision OF the formal proceed
! lngs OF Justice Foster. just how long
| these legal formalties NAV be protracted
| before they may be regarded 40 causing
further needless delay Is Of course de-
| Terminus BILE only by the President, but
| there Is reason 70 believe that there mas
! been brought 10 bis attention the difficult
| ties that surround President Nontt Ia the
! formation of q new cabinet. and that ne
| is also DESTROYS Of avoiding the appearance
| ~ apd.a wprfrfr "a, futnrfnra the due
| process of law in Chile 1t there Is any
reasonable grounds for tine assumption
| that due process is being followed. These
| considerations have doubtless led him TO
adopt new course Of patient waiting, 10
| the utmost extreme consistent with due
regard to the dignity Of the United States,
] and so far as can be learned 1t Is probable
| that no departure will be made from this
attitude before the Teassembling OF Con-
gress, unless a further communication
| from the Chilean Government should give
different aspect 10 the situation.
| rHE HEADS OF TIE NAVAL BUREAUS.
| If the beads of the bureaus in the Navy
| Department are 10 be believed no extraOr-
| binary efforts are making TO put the naval
vessels in condition for active hostilltles.
! In the Construction Bureau the officers
| in charge say positively that no orders
have gone forward TO San Francisco to
| hurry I'D the work on the Monterey. As
! matter of fact, there are fewer orders pass
| ing through the bureau at present than
| tor any date during the past month.
| In the Ordnance Bureau II was learned
| that the turTet armor for the Monterey Is
! ready for Shipment 10 San Francisco a.
! any time. Her great guns are also ready
| and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
| has undertaken to transport them across
| the Continent.
BIO UNDERTAKING.
! The task is one Of magnitude az the H.
| inch rifle without t' carriage weighs fifty
| SIX tons and the carriage weighs twenty
five tons. Espscialiy-c cars are
necessary for the transportation of these
| great masses of metal and much nice cal
| culation respecting curves, tunnels. and
the strength of many bridges between the
| Washington naYy-yard Rnc the California
hayward were made 20 insure the safe
| delivery of the guns. These rifles are not
| only intrinacally valuable, but their loss
| at the present time would De a serious cs-
| lamity, az many months would be con-
sumed ia the making of guns TO replace
them. Satisfactory progress Is being MADE
in the production OF amor and tOrpedoes,
| but II is insisted by ordnance officers that
neither 8Imor- plates nor torpedoes have
been or will be accepted until they have
| DEtu IuDIOhEuAN lfsAth ny bAAN PACNN@oS1
which have heretofore been applied.
ToRPEDoRs.
A lot Of Howell torpedoes-a about forty
! is practically ready for use, and the first
| nstalment of Whitehead English pstter2
torpedoes made in the United States will
| soon DO delivered. improvements nave
been made in the Howell torpedo, which
is essentially an American invention, that
will place 1t in the front rank of AutO-mo.
bile weapons. and 1t is promised that the
torpedoes delivered 10 the Governmen'
| will exceed the contract requirements.
But according to the statements OF the ma
| val-ordnance officers all OF these things are
| being done withoutreference to immediate
wal, and it is said that they are slmplythe
| satisfactory results of the energy policy OF
| naval rehabilitation adopted by Secretary
| Tracy long ago. Matters IN the War De
partment we're very quiet, and even the
Mexican frontier disturbance failed 10 fur
nish an item Of news to-day. General
| Schofeld smiled at the war stories pub.
llshed in the papers and said that General
| Miles's visit TO Washington. instead OF be-
| ing connected with war movements, was a
mission of peace. for he came 10 attend the
wedding of Rachael Sherman tomorrow
| at Senator SheTman's house.
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