Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-26
MESSAGE.
ICotllued from Firsi Pcge. /

Continued from First Page.
the iuterpOsition Of Mr.. Egan to miti-
gate seventies and to shelter adherents
OF the Congressional party were effective
aud frequent. Tue charge against Ad-
mlral Brown is too base TO gain credence
with any one who knows his high per-
sOnal aud professional character.
Here follows part three Of the first
portion OF the message
Recurring 20 the evidence OF our sail
orS, l think IL Is shown that there were
several distinct assaults aud so nearly
simultaneous as TO show that they did
not spread from one point A press
summary of the report Of the Fiscal
shows that the evidence Of the Chilean
officer was in conflict as to the place Of
origin, several places being named by
different witnesses as the locality where
the first outbreak occurred. This, II
correctly reported, shows that there
were several distinct outbreaks, and so
nearly at the same time as 70 cause this
confusion.
The officers and men OF Captain Jen-
kins'S ship furnish the most conclusive
testimony as to the iudignitieS which
were practiced towards Americans In
Valparaiso. When American sailors,
even il merchant ships, can only secure
their safety by denying their nation
atty it must be time 20 readiuSt our re-
latious with a government that permits
such demonstrations.
As 70 the participation of the police,
the evidence of our sailors shows that
our men were struck aid beaten by po-
lice officers before and after arrest, and
that one az least was dragged with a
laSSo about his neck by mounted pO-
liCeman. That the death Of Riggin
was the result OF a rifle shot fired by a
policeman or soldier on duty is shown
directly by testimony OF Johnson, in
whose arms he was az the time, and by
the evidence of Charles LangdOn, an
American sailor, not then member OF
the BaltimOre'S crew, who stood close
by and saw the transaction. The Chi
lean authorities do not pretend TO TX
the responsibility Of this act upon any
particular person, but ayow their ina
bility TO ascertain who fired 10 further
than that 10 was fired from a crowd.
The character OF the wounds deScrib-
ed by one of the surgeons OF the Balti-
more clearly supports his opinion that
10 was made by rifle ball, the OrifCe
of exit being as much as an inch or an
inch and quarter In width. When
shot the poor fellow was unconscious
and In the arms of a COmrade who was
eEdeavoring to carry him 70 neighbOr-
ing drug store for treatment The
story of the police that in coming up
the street they passed these men and
left them behind them is inconsistent
with their own statement as 10 the d.
rection OF their approach and with
their duty 70 protect them aud Is clear
" diSprOved. To fact, Riggin was not
behind but in front Of the advancing
force and was not standing in the
crowd, but was unconscious aud sup
ported in the arms Of johnson when he
was shot,
BLAINE 10 EGAN.
On the 21st Of January Secretary
Blaine telegrsphed 10 Minister Egan as
follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
January 81, 1892.
- ] am directed by the President to say
tOyOu that he has given careful atten-
tiOn 10 all that has been submitted by
the government OF Chile touching the
affair OF the assault upon the crew of
the United States steamer Baltimore in
the city Of Valparaiso, on the 10th Of
October last, and TO the evidence Of the
officers and crew OF that vessel, and OF
some others who witnessed the ARRAY,
and that his conclusions upon the whole
case are as follows:
First-That the assault is not relieved
OF the aspect which the early iniOrma-
tiOn Of the event gave TO it, viz: That
OF an attack upon the uniform of the
Usited States Navy, having its origin
and motive in a feeling of hostility to
this Government and not In any act or
the sailors or Of any OF them.
Second-That the public authorities
OF Valparaiso iagrantly failed in their
duty 10 protect our men and that some
of the police and Of the Chilean soldiers
and sailors were themselves guilty or
EuUrUvOked assaults on our sailors be-
fore and after arrest. He thinks the
prepOuderanCe of evidence ard the in
hercut probabilities lead 10 the cOnclu-
sion that Riggiu was killed by the pO-
lice or soldiers.
Third-That he is therefore COmpell-
cd 10 bring the case back TO the posi-
tiOn taken by this Government in the
note OF Mr. Wharton, Of October 23d
last Ia CODY Of which you will deliver
with this and TO ask for a suitable
apology and for some adequate repara-
tiOn for the injury done TO this govern
ment You will assure the government
Of Chile that the President has no dis
position 20 be eXaCting or 70 ask any
thing which this government would
not under the same circumstances free
" concede- He regrets that from the
beginning the gravity Of the question
involved has not apparently been ap-
preciated by the government Of Chile,
and that an affair in which two
American seamsn were killed and
sixteen others seriously wounded
while only one Chilean was seriously
hurt should be distinguished from an
ordinary brawl between sailors, In
which the DrOyOcation Is wholly per-
sOnal and the participation limited. No
self respecting government can consent
that persons 10 its service, either civil
or military, shall be beaten and killed
i'm a foreign territory in resentment or
acts done by or imputed TO their govern
ment without eXacting suitable repara-
lion. The government Of the United
states has freely recognized this prin-
cluie and acted upon il when the injury
was done by its people TO one holding
An official relation TO q friendly power
i'm resentmentof acts done by the latter.
In such ease the United States has no
thought for words Of the smallest value
or OF eQuivocal meaning in which 70
convey its apology, but has condemned