Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-07-04
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under date ~ June 9TH, received ,u day
contain the following:
Mr. George e. Poser, ~ Chicn -, aud
N. \. Schroeder, oi New Orlcau., repre-
sentipg the Illinois Central railroad, have
b,cn in Lama Tor the past week. working
up an interest IN the projected line oi
steamships between New Orleans aud
Colon, u ran in connection with their
railroad. The gentlemen met with a
cordial reception from the business men
u Lima aud the new line IL warmly wei.
cimed here. Yesterday. u meeting WIS
held at the American legation which
VAS largely attended 10y u numOcr ~
American, Peruvian aud Englltr busi
ness mel, and Mr.. Schteibcr explained
the purposes of the new line 1 iscN
pected that the line will bo started with
in n year, when undoubtedly u large pur
tiun ~ the European travel from the
west coast of South America vii 20 that
way, as the present acOommodatuns fur
nished 10y the Pacific NAL steamship
company via New York ARE eNrrtahl".
SPECIAL efforts viii lie made tu divert
the stream ~ travel between South
America and Chicago during the Colum.
bian exposition. The mere mcu,,pu 4
an Opposltlon line 10 the Pacific Mail
steamers is srasped ut eagerly ~ the
rrruylnn and west coast people Fiom
Lama, Mcssra Power and Schrclbrr ~
10 Panama aud thence Ia lIogutn, N Col
umbia, where they expect To interest tie
Coumbinus IN the line which will also
touch ut BarranquDlla, IN northern
Columbln.
Mr.. George \, Dorsey, ~ the Peabody
museum, Cambridge. Massachusetts, has
just arrived here 10 commence his labprs
Tor the archaeological and an:hropolog
zeal museum Of the Worlds Columbian
exposition in Chicago. MIR. DU'scy ~
sent here by direction ot Prof rutnHm,
oi Harvard college, superintendent ~
the department ~ the Worlds f,nr, and
he will remnin hero year, making org
inal es,igations among the prehistoric
remalna oi the old Inca civilization. with
a view Ia furnish II section of the muse
um at Chicago with u complete Het ~
mummies. articles ~ anclcnt pottery,
skulls, gold, silver, and copper tools, tex
tile fabrics and ol her relies ~ prru'H Tor
mcr greatness. For this purpose he " IL
visit Ancon, PHchacamac. Aricn, Nullru
do, Puno, A,acucho, TruIilln, Piura, Cui
co, In Paz, Lake Titicaca AMI Ar"quipa,
employing force ot laburers Ia ,VcavH,
ing, and will make the iirst thrtuu sh cN.
ploration of these region 81 rich IN an
tilunrinn lore. Mr.. dorsey ~ Rgradua,r
~ Harvard University, and nn assistant
in the museum at Cambridge, so h. ~
thoroughly competent Tor the lmpnrtnn,
undertaking.
The United States protected cruiser
Charleston arrived at the port " Caiao
on the 18th. and sailed on tho 18th for
lquiquc. Captain Remy reports hat lie
sailed from San Francisco on H." after
noon Of the 9TH % May, having received
orders from the navy department IN the
forenoon to ahIl ia pursuit ~ the thilIun
transport Itata. Nothing has been seen
Of the Itata anywhere on the voyage,
but at Acapulco, the Chil,an iron clad
Esmeralda, supposed to be- the convoy oi
the ltatR, was seen, and twlc. after that
the Esmeralda Was encountered Rt aea
Captain Remy believed that the ltnta
had sailed close TO the shore and IN the
darkness OF the night. the Charleston
must have passed her. The German
ship, Karnak, from Hamburg, which ar
rived yesterday ut Callao, reports being
"verhauled by the Charleston between
Iquique and CalIao, the Charlestnn evl
IDENTIFY keeping u close watch ~ ever,
craft she passed
The labors ot Lieutenant Stafford, the
Worlds Fair mmiss,oner, and the
American minister. MIR, John Hicks
have resulted in the appointment by ,h'
Peruvian government OF u strong boart
Of commissioners to work up prope
representation of Peruvian prodnctionl
aud antiquities at the Worlds Colum
bIan exposition in Chicago,