Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-29
CHILL WARNED.
Minister Egan's Notification Of
Uncle Sans Demands.
He Informs the Junta that Ample
Satisfaction for the Outrage at
Valparaiso Must Be Made.
A STERN MESSAGE.

aration from the government OF Chilli
! for the attack recently made in Val
| paraiso upon a number of the sea-
men of the United States cruiser
/ Baltimore. The demand made by
the United States minister is
no informal suggestion that the
government at Washington expects
some kind of satisfaction for the kill
ing and wounding of the Baltimore's
sailor 1t is firmly put notification.
given according to direct orders
received from the state department
at Washington, thai the United States
demands an immediate explanation Of
the whole affair ana reparation for the
/ injuries inflicted
/ Acting upon tho instructions sent to
him from Washington Mr. Egaa pre-
sented the junta with detailed state
ment of the results of the investigation
made by Capt. Schley, OF the Baltimore,
and by Mr.. Egan himself. These inves-
! LEGATIONS show that Charles Riggan, one
of the Baltimores petty officers, was
brutally assaulted by several Chilians
while he was riding on a street car.
Riggan resisted but was dragged from
the car and murdered by a pistol shot
while in the arms of his companions.
Turnbull. another of the Balti-
more's wounded men, who died
Monday from his injuries, re-
ceived no less than eighteen wounds
in the back. two of them pen
etrating his lungs. After giving a full
list of the Baltimore crew who were
injured by the mob Mr.. Egan's state
ment called attention to the fact that
thirty-five of the cruisers crew were on
the day of the riots arrested, unneces-
sary violence being used by the police,
and that they were detained in
custody without due cause In conclu-
sion, Mr.. Egan said that the sur
geons of the United States warship ex-
| pressed the opinion that some of the
wounds inflicted upon the American
sailors were bayonet wounds, and that
this clearly showed that the police
officers of Valparaiso. who were armed
with bayonets, took part in the attack.
| The Americans were without arms
and p. actically defenseless.
Mr.. Egan, in presenting the Gillian
on the American sailors, expressed in
distinct terms the feeling of great in
dignation which the state department
at Washington feels at the whole
affair, and especially at the
brutal conduct of the police of
Valparaiso in joining with the
mob in the latter's attack upon the
Baltimore's seamen and in drawing
their bayonets and using them against
the unarIAed Americans. Mr. Egan
particularly called attention to the ad-
ditional brutality of the police of Val
paraiso in using horses to drag the
Americans to prison.
After making a brief but pointed
summary of the facts to which he had
been instructed to call attention, Min
lister Egan informed the representative
of the junta that in the name of the
United States, he demanded reparation
for the insults and injuries complained
of
Now the question which arises is,
What will be the action of the Gillian
government? AS appears now, there
seems to be no doubt that the junta
manded. Naturally the action taken
by Minister Egan is attracting the at
tention of the foreign ministers and of
the foreigners generally who are resi-
dent in this republic. The sympathy of
the American colony is entirely with
Capt. Schley and his blue jackets. and
they are one and all glad to receive the
news, made public Monday, that an
other United States war vessel, the
Boston, has actually sailed for these
waters. Chilians try to smooth over
the assault upon and imprisonment of
the American sailors by CHASING it as
simple street row. Up to the present
time the junta has expressed no re-
greet for the attack made on the Ameri-
can sailors.
The Spanish minister, Ordonez, has
transferred five of the political refu-
gees under his protection from the old
to the new Spanish legation. He con-
Quoted them in person to secure their
safety He upholds the action of Min
lister Egan in regard to political refu-
gees. The German admiral in an in
terview with Capt. Schley, of the Bal
tlmOre, deuC unced the attack upon the
American sailors.
Coalheaver William Trumbull, who
died Monday, was native Of Charlotte
town, Prince Edward island. He en-
listed at the Boston navy yard on May
%, 1889. aud was rs years old. Of the
five other seriously wounded sailors
the condl ion of four is favorable,
I,,+ Iar-; " Ar9arSpnsc IL rra-
carious He is the ships painter
native of Germany, and enlisted on
June 20, 1889, at the New York navy
yard. He is "a years old. Among the
eye witnesses to the shooting of Boats
wains Mate Riggan were number
of foreign residents, but they are
afraid to give their testimony. Some
OF them are in the employ Of the
Chilians.