The morning call., 1891-12-31
The Refugees at the American
Legation.
They Ire Proving to Be Source Of Much
Annoyance.
EOntt's Cabinet Completed Trouble With
The United States the First Issue The
New Monitor MiantOlOmah.
Special 10 THE MORNING CALr-.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O-The fact was
developed at yesterdays Cabinet meet
ing that the refugees at the American
Legation in Santiago are proving a
great source Of embarrassment 10 the
Admin stration. In the event of hos
tilIties between the United States and Chile
It would be impossible for this Government
to afford them any further protection. In
the event Of war Egan would be given his
passports aud permitted to leave the coun-
try in safety, but not so the refugees. 1t
seems, too. the refugees are proving them
selves white elephant on Egan's hands.
They insist uron being entertained in the
ost hospitable fashion. aad they seem to
feel their right to the best which the Lega-
ton affords unQuestIoned.
THE MONITOR MIANToNoMAH.
New YORK, Dec. 30-The crew of the
double-turreted monitor Miantonomah have
been busy fer two days filling the bunkers
with coal, preparatory to a test Of the ten
inch guns and the hydraulic machinery of
the turrets this week. The ammunition for
the big guns was put in the magazines to-
day. Ii consists of fifty charges OF powder
and fifty rounds of shells. The repairs and
alteration on the vessel have been finished
and on New Years day the ship will start
out on a brief cruise to test the newly
mounted guns.
The test OF the new boilers and engines be-
gan last night and will be continued forty
eight hours. The test is perfectly salts
factory. so far. Her guns are viewed with
the livelest interest by naval experts and
scientific men. Besides four 10-inch breech-
loading rifles. two 3-pounder Hotchkiss
Iapid-tiring guns and two 37-millimeter
HotchkiSs revolving cannon, the vessel
has the very newest thing in naval
Ordnance-two 6-pounder DrDgs-S chroe-
der rapid firing cannon. These guns
have never been tried on a United
States cruiser before. They throw a six
pound highly explosive shell every fifteen
or twenty seconds distance Of 25GO yards
with the greatest accuracy and they can be
used at 1000 or 5000 yards, When the tests
sre over it is expected the Miantonomah as
a harbor-defense vessel, with modern guns
and loY-water submerged hull. will be
match for any but the largest European
battle-,hlps.
MONTHS CABINET COMPLETED.
The Heraid's Valparaiso special cable
gram says: President Montt to-day COM
pleted his Cabinet by the selection of Juan
CastiiOn as Minister Of Justice. The COM
pleXon of the Cabinet Is two Liberals,
one Radical and two Conservatives or Cleri-
Gals The first act of the Cabinet will be to
consider the relations with the United
States.
Congress has decreed that Waldo Silva
and Barros Lucos. members of the trium-
viTate OF the Junta, snail receive as a re-
ward for their services 5000 pesos year for
life, the honors Of Nice-Afmiral, free rail
road transportation and free postage. Lucos,
IL addition, gets S20,000 library.
AdVicPs from the wheat districts are to
the effect that the crop will be about the
same as last year, notwithstanding the
locustS, etc.
NO URGENT ORDERS.
BETHLEHEM pa, Dec 3O.-An official
of the Beth iehem Iron Company said this
morning that they had received no notifica-
ton from the Navy Department to hasten
the manufacture of armor plates for the
coast-delense vessel Monterey, or any other
vessel, and had no evidence from Govern
mental sources that hostiIities with Chile
we're close at hand