Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-02
The Cabinet Meeting--Blaine
Made nc Promise.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL LANDS
To Relieve DepOsitOrs, New York
City on a Jag, The Ohio Cam
paign, Smugglers, UnprOvOked
AssauIti Forest Fires. Lynched,
ScaIded to Death, The Maver-
ick Bank, Foreign and State
News, Etc,
THE CABINET MEETING.

THE CABINET MEETING.
NEW YORK, Nov. "A special Il
the Mail and Express from Wash
ing.on says: The cabinet meeting
was conducted with great secrecy
but am told that sensation wa
caused by the remarks Of ;he presi
dent. He took 40 the entire ques
/ ton of the Chilian difficulty, ant
said that he considered the coudGci
Of the junta AS utterly indefensi olr,
] without excuse, and insulting to IN
asst degree. He insisted, and wa'
| heartily supported by Secretary
Blaine aud the other members of tn
cabinet, on an immediate conclusion
of the negotiations, aud laid befnr,
the cabinet a demand for the recal
II Minister Egan as a condition pre-
sedent to a successful conclusion
and settlement OF the difficulty
The result of the meeting was the
framing Of a eabIegram, which wa>
the united work Of the presiden
aud Secretary Blaine, and which
instructed Minister Egan TO insis
upon an imm ediAte and pronp
reply TO our last note, and to say Il
ne Chilian authorities that a policy
II delay would be 10 Dked upon ss
policy of prevarlcItion, and wolld
not be tolerated. The fact that
Minister Egan reports no subsidencr
Of the anti-American feeling IL
Chill was made known aud evi
IDENTIFY had an effect on the cabinet
This was intensified later in the day
when Senior MODtt, during cou-
ference with Mr.. Blaine, again pre-
sented request from the junta for
Minister Egan's removal. When
senior Montt learned of the decisive
action of the cabinet, he assured
Mr.. Blaine, so l am told, that his
government labored under mistp
prehension, aud he begged that the
message prepared for transmission to
Minister Egan be delayed until
communication could be established
with the junta.
MADE NO SUCH PROMISE.
WAsHINGToN, Noy. 1.-The re
port telegraphed from New York
Saturday afternoon that Secretary
Blaine promised Senior Montt that
the United States legation would be
put in charge of its secretary, fails
TO find confirmation here. On the
other hand the state department
officials mention the fact that no
secretary Is attached TO the United
states legation at Santiago.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL LANDS.
TACOMA, Nov. 2,-The state land
commissioner has received notices
Of several contests on about 700
scres Of land in Whatcom county,
which were fled upon by the state
as a portion OF the state land grant.
Cont SIS in the main are on the
ground Of prior settlement. The
state has no money with which To
dght contests, and they will in all
probability go by default. The same
difficulty is being experienced with
school lands 10 various counties be-
cause OF numerous coal claims and
mineral filings, Contests are also
being made on indemnity school
lands selected by county commits
sioners for the reason that the selec'
tions were not properly made, The
law does not make 1t the duty of
any person to look after these con-
tests, except that the land commits
sioner is given general control over
state lands. There is not one dollar
of appropriation with which to pro-
tect the rights OF the state. AS
result much valuable school land is
passing into the hands of private
parties.
TO RELIEVE DEPOsIroRS.
Boston, Nov. AT meeting OF
all the Boston National banks at the
Clearing House, this morning, resO-