Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-11-05
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. &c, 1891.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. &c, 1891.
The President is not man whose wrath
Is easily stirred up; but it would have
been difficult if not impossible to have
found more wrathful man than he was
when he received official particulars of the
deliberate insult to the American flag by
Chilian mob In attacking number of
inotfensive and unarmed sailors belong
ing to the U. S. S. Baltimore, on the
streets of Valparaiso, killing one man
outright and wounding number of 9th
ers, several of whom it is thought will
die. As if that were not enough the
Gillian authorities arrested and threw into
prison the sailors who escaped the fury of
the mob. The President called confer
ence of the Cabinet before which he read
dispatch he had prepared to be sent to
Minister Egan instructing him to demand
an immediate and full apology, and a
punishment of the leaders of the mob. An
attempt is being made here by those who
are always opposed to seeing this govern
ment display anything like stalwart Amer
icanism, to make it appear that this case
is similar to the New Orleans killing of
the Italian members of the Malta; but
there is not the slightest resemblance. In
that case the Italians left their own coun-
try and were voluntarily living in the
United States upon the same footing as
our own citizens; in this case the men
attacked are wearing the uniforms of
United States sailors aud were only tenn
porarlly absent from their ship which was
lying In the harbor near at hand, flying the
at present in the vicinity of Chill is un-
fortunately small, hut If necessary We can
soon mass a sufficient force there to teach
these upstarts a lesson that will not soon
be forgotten. The administration Is de
termined that the fullest reparaiion shall
be made for this insult
Senator Palmer, of Illinois, now in
Washington. has good deal to say about
probable democratic Presidential candi-
dates from other States. but for some rea-
son he has not word to say about the
gentleman from his own State-Hon. W.
r. ("Horizontal Bil') Morrison, n,-who
deyotes that portion of his time not taken
up by his duties AS member of the Inter
state Commerce Commission to imagining
that he is in the field As democratic
Presidential candidate. Perhaps Senator
Palmer has not heard about this Illinois
candidate.
Hon. George S. Bachelor, of New
YORK. I. ). Minister to Portugal and for
merry Assistan. Secretary of the Treasury,
IS in Washington comforting with the
Department Of State on the treaty which
is being negotiated by him with Portugal.
He &" ; to New York this week to take
part in the campaign, which he i, conf
dent will result in the election Of Fassett
Attorney General Miller is Just now puz-
zlng his brain to answer a question asked
by the L. 5. Marshal at Pembina North
Dakota. Two Cinnamon were ordered by
U. s. Commissioner before whom thev
were tried, to be returned to Canada, the
country whence they came; the Marshal
took them 70 the Canadian border but the
Canadian official declined to let the China
men in unless they paid the head tax of
$50 each which Canadian law imposes
upon Chinese immigrants. This the China
men refuse to pay. and the Marshal who
still has them in custody telegraphed to
the Attorney General for instruction. The
trouble seems to have arisen from a diver
sity of decisions as TO which is the country
Cinnamon should be sent back to. China
or the last country they come from when
they enter the United States
Secretary Blaine. looking the very pic
ture OF manly vigor. entered his office at
the State Department to-day for the first
time in nearly six months. During the
time he remained in the otlire he was Civ
en- no opportunity to do any thing else but
receive the congratulations aud good
wishes of the stream of callers which
embraced about all the prominent people
in Washington. He called on the Presi-
dent within half an hour after his return
to Washington and yesterday he spent
several hours with Mr.. Harrison. the
relation between the two men being of the
most cordial nature.
Ex-Speaker Reed stopped in Washing
ton on his way to Ohio where he goes
to speak for Mckinley. He reports the
prospects for republican success in Mass
achusetts, where he has been campaigning,
to be excellent. He thinks it only uues-
ton of getting out the full vote for the
republicans to carry the State by hand
some majority.
Ex-senator ingalls, passed through
Washington on his way to deliver lecture
at Toledo, Ohio. He says the recent re-
ports of his Illness were exaggerated. He
had some trouble with his throat, owing
to his overtaxing it by lecturng too
often.