Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-24
IN A NOBLE RAGE.
The Anger Of the Admins
tratiOn Aroused.
Insults from Chileans to Be
Promptly Resented.
Officers of the Baltimore Cannot Be
Much Longer Restrained.
A Peremptory Demand on Chile for
Reparation to Be Emphasized by
the Presence of Four Amer
lean Men-Of- War.
Ansooiated Press pispatches.

CHICAGO, Oct. ga special from
Washington says Captain Schley has
asked Secretary Tracy to have Admiral
Brown come at once to Valparaiso, to
aid by his presence in seeing full justice
done to the cowardly ruffians who MUIR
dered a sailor last week. 1t is now al
legged that Boatswain's Mate Regan was
shot by policeman. The dispatch as
serts that Minister Egan will be in
structed to demand reparation, and that
the president has said to Tracy 81
mean to have no more of this business
from any nation, and the demand upon
Chile must be peremptory."
There will be four cruisers at Valpa-
raiso when the demand is made. Captain
Schley has informed Secretary Tracy
that it has become impossible for
American officers to go ashore without
being insulted, and that hereafter they
mean to go armed and resent insults in
the proper way. "We are losing our
self-respect by permitting these things"
says Schley, land the younger officers
are wild with rage and cannot be much
longer restrained"
81 don't want them to be further re-
strained" said Secretary Tracy to one of
the commodores, "and have told
Schley so."
CAPTAIN sCHLEY's DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-A cablegram
has been received at the navy depart
ment from Captain Schley, commanding
the United States steamship Baltimore,
at Valparaiso, Chile, giving additional
details of the fight between American
and Chilean sailors, in which one of the
former was killed. He gives the names
of those hurt in the affair, and corrobor-
ates the facts conceI ming it already
printed. He asserts briefly that the
fight was caused wholly by the Chileans
who made an attack upon the American
sailors without provocation. The boat
swain's mate, who was killed, was
dragged from street car by members
of the mob, which numbered fully 150.
The officers at the navy department
deny that the dispatch contained any
sensational statements, and say the
phrases quoted as coming from them in
the morning papers are wholly un-
founded. The cablegram may be made
public after it has been submitted to
the president.
LATEST OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-It is improba-
BILE that any serious results will follow
the Baltimore incident at Valparaiso.
1t is probable that this government will
await the outcome of the legal inquiry
now in progress in Chile before making
any move, and that meanwhile precau-
tiOns will be adopted to avoid any fur
ther collisions. Secretary Tracy and
General Foster had conference with
the president this afternoon, and at its
close Secretary Tracy dictated the fol-
lowing as the latest official information
on the subject
From dispatch received from Cap
tain Schley it appears that he has made
a careful investigation which showed
that a petty officer, Charles Regan,
while riding in a street car was assailed,
dragged from the car and shot. APP
prentice Talbot, Coal-heaver Itherson,
Coal-heaver Turnbull and Petty Officer
Hamilton were wounded in many
places, principally stab wounds in
the back. Coal-heaver Painter and
Landsman Davidson were dangerously
injured by assaults with clubs, stones
and knives; and many other men were
seriously injured by assaults. Thirty
five seamen were arrested by the public
authorities and detained. The surgeons
on the Baltimore are unanimously of
the opinion that some of the wounds
were inflicted by bayonets, thus show
ing clearly the participation
of the police. The American sailors
were without arms and defenseless.
They were sober and innocent of any
misbehavior. In several instances
sailors of the Chilean fleet rendered
assistance to our sailors, and in some
instances the police protected them"
Secretary Tracy said through some
difficulty with the cipher used in the
dispatch, they were yet unable to ascel
tain what disposition had been made OF
the men arrested.
ANOTHER LETTER BY BALMACEDA.
New York, Oct. 23.--A special cable
from Valparaiso says another letter
written by Balmaceda has turned up.
It was to his three brothers. He says
he cannot longer jeopardize his friend,
the Argentine minister, by remaining at
that legation. He had intended giving
himself up to the junta, but owing to
the belief that it's leaders will respect
nothing. he has changed his mind and
will make personal sacrifice. He says
he has left for publication a document
that will prove of historical use, and
that through it Europe will comprehend
his conduct.