Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-10-29
PRESIDENTS ORDER.
No.. -, 49, instructions Sent to
minister q en.
Az INQUIRY TO BE INSTITUTED.
The Attention OF the CT iIian Junta to BE
Drawn o Its Apparent UnfriendIy Attl-
tuIp- BaImaccdan Sympathizers
said "a BE Executed,

WAsII;XGTON, Oct. 2S-The following
is copy of the telegram which, by the
presidents order, was sent to Chilli on
the esd inst
To Exam. american Minister, Santiago, ChiIi:
linn di te!y upon receipt OF information
of she aSsnp t. made on the 18th inst, In the
st Gets of Y slPafaso on a number OF
An. crsan 81 lOrS belonging to the United
States man-o war Baltimore, nov In that
harbOr The commander of that vessel,
Capt. W : Sch!ey. was directed to cause
an immrGiac and thorough inquiry to
be made Into the origin and in
cidcnts OF that tragic affair and
cnmniunicate the results simultaneously to
thi- government and to you. His report un-
der date of yesterday has Just been trans
miited to this department by the SECRETARY
of the navy whi.h advises me that a copy Of
the report was forwarded Ivy Capt. Schley to
you.
You will OBJ serve that the board of oficc..s
selects by Can't Schley to investigate this
affair reports thar orr sailors were unarmed
and gave no prOvOcatiOn; that the assaults
upon them W re by arme men, greatly So
per:or in nu nbers, and, a we must con-
cludP, aH ;IIatcI in their bloody work by
hostility to ;h's5 men 81 sailors of the
United States
You viii 4 so notice that the character Of
some Of the unds Indicates that the pub
police trS M Of them, took part in the
attack. a-d W II also observe that other
Am .ricHn sailors were without any appar-
ent fault, arrested and for some time held
by the authorities The friendly efforts of a
few of the public officers to give succor to
our men furnishes the only redeeming Incl
dent Of this aff :ir. This work. so injurious
to the United States, took place on the 10th
inst and vet no XpressiOn Of regret or of a
purpose to make a searching inquiry with a
view to the institution of proper proceed
ings for tn" pu ishment OF the guilty par
ties has b"en, so Ear as am advised, offered
to this GOV arnment
You will at once bring to the attention of
the government of Chilli the facts as report
ed to you by Capt Schley, and will inquire
whether there are any qualifying facts in the
possession of TINT government, OF any ex.
PLANTATION to be offered of an event that has
very deeply pailed the people of the
United States, not on'y by the reason
Of the resulting death of one Of our sail
Ors and the pitiless wounding of others,
but even more as an apparent expression
of an unfricndliness towards this govern
ment, which might put in peril the malnte.
nance of amicable relations between thetwo
countries. II the facts are as reported by
Capt. Schley this governm mt cannot doubt
the government of Chill will offer prompt
and full rep ,rat on lou will furnish tn,
foreign office with i full paraphrase OF this
dispatch and report promptly to this gov
ernment WHARTON.
BALMACEDANs EXECUTED.
New YORK, Oct 2S.-A letter from |
Iquique, Chilli dated September 16,
says; reports received here from |
the south state that a large number
of executions have occurred in San
tiago and Valparaiso in the last few
weeks The victims were parties
who had been particularly active in
their opposition to the revolutionists,
but none. of them were of any special
prominence. Vicuna, who was elected |
president in the southern districts two
months ago and who was regarded as
the representative of Balmaceda, is
now in Callao."