Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-05
SEEKING OLD SORES.
California Forty-Niners Credited Will
Causing the Animosity OF Chill.

California Forty Miners Credited With
Causing the Animosity OF Chill.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-Ramon Estudillo,
of Chicago, says: 1--WE people of Span
ish blood are pretty much all alike, and
l think / understand the situatio bet
ter than a man of English descent nat
urally would. Do you know why the
Chilians hate the Americans? It is not
the result of the Itata incident. It is
not due to the proffer of this govern
ment to bring about peace between
Chill and Peru under the Garfield adj
ministration. Those incidents merely
aggravated the feeling. 1t dates far
back of that It goes back to the time of
the discovery of gold in California
There was great demand for provisions
in San Francisco at that time. Cali
fornia was not then the great wheat
producing state which it is to-day, and
flour was imported from Chilli in large
quantities. This, of course, brought
San Francisco and Valparaiso into COM
paratively close communication, and
several thousand Chilians went to the
newly discovered gold fields. 1t was
just after the war with Mexico and
the cession of that immense stretch
of country which made quite a
number of our Spanish speaking
people American citizens There
was something of bitter feeling at
the result of the war. The native Cali
fornians looked upon the pioneers as
intruders and the immigrants despised
them as tgreascrs-" Quite a number of
the native Californians became out
laws, like Joaquin Murietta, and many
murders and robberies were COM
mitted. Mexicans and native Cali
fornians felt the retaliation of the
Americans. To them all Spanish speak
ing people were alike, SO Gillian
miners suffered along with the Next
cans. Quite a number of Chilians were
murdered and robbed by American
miners, and the race hostility grew so
intense that many of the otailian miners
returned to their own land. They took
back with them the story of their in
hospitable reception, and the nation
has smarted under what it deemed the
wrongs to its subjects ever since. The
average Gillian hates the American
bitterly, and this is one reason for it. -
To ReIease Other Convicts.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Nov. "A ru-
NOR is current here to the effect that a
secret understanding exists between
the miners throughout the state to lib
crate all convicts working in the mines.
In consequence it is thought the next
move will be on Oliver Springs, Tracy
City and Inman, where convicts are
employed. No further outbreaks have
occurred at Briceville and the miners
resumed work Saturday morning. The
convicts are scattered, the majority
fleeing to the mountains of Kentucky
The total number of convicts released
exceeds 300.
Electric Horror.
PANAMA, Oct 26-The driver of .
cab was instantly killed and his head
literally burned to ashes by contact
with an electric light wire here last
night The mans horse was also killed
Clippings
young woman, who manages farm
of 100 acres near Shelbypille. Ind, was
arrested and taken to town on the afH-
davits of three men that they were
afraid she would kill them because
suits had been instituted against her
on notes that she had signed. but when
the case was called not one of them
dared to appear against her and she
was discharged
Every engaged girl should remember.
in her attitude toward the man that
there may be a time when he may be
engaged to some other girl, and she to
some other man.