Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-01

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card, bearing a suitable inscription,
for the generous asylum afforded
under the flag Of great republic.
An article appeared in La Demo
cracia, in Santiago, December %, on
the American complication, in an
entirely different tone from that
published in the other papers. 1t
took the government to task for its
conduct in the affair, and says the
government at Washington did not,
IT thinks, desire anything more than
prompt and expeditions judicial
investigation so the guilty might be
punished and that there might be
aD offer Of equitable indemnity and
an expression n regret. IL refers TO
the judicial proceedings as con-
Quoted apparently with "a desire to
surround this affair with silence or
mystery, invoking to this end
ancient Spanish laws on the sum-
mary" Another unfortunate cir
cumstance, says the article, and
which ought not to have existed, is
the conduct Of the investigation by
Judge Of Grimes Foster, son of Julio
FOet r., at present in the United
States, where he is makinga great
outcry against Mr.. Blaine and Egan,
and the political party to which
both belong. Is it strange that
peor lie in the United States regard
with mistrust the result of the in
vestigation conducted by man so
closely connected with Julio Foster?
# refers to Matta's now famous dis
patch, as the stupidity that eclipsed
all previous efforts. In closing it
says: "It is frankly believed the
question may be arranged In peace;
that the good will of the America n
government and the magnanimity
IF the American people are suffi-
cient, and repeated proofs Of both
nave already been given. But it is
necessary. that men of good feeling,
patriotic men, put themselves to
work aud, forgetting quarrels and
passions lend their aid to averting
this great calamity. The nation
which gave Grant birth, the nation
that was nourished by the lessons OF
Washington, Franklin and Lincoln
cannot but be magnanimous in Its
treatment of a sister republic. The
article was written by man who
was chief Of cabinet under Balma.
ceda and Mt one time Chilian minis
ter In Washington.
DECLINES TO ATTEND HIS OWN
FUNERAL.
HAzLEroN, Pa, Feb. Lock
Haven papers Thursday published
ioug obituary potices about Patrick
Furry, who was reported to be dead
in the Laurytown poorhOuse. Years
ago Furry came here from Ireland
aud tau ht school. He soon achieved
"a reputation throughout the state a.
a mathematician of remarkable ahil-
ty. His Irish wit was phenomenal,
and be was regularly sought for tc
make political orations and after.
linner speeches. Conviviality and
love for drink proved his ruin, how
ever, and the last three or four weeks
he has been In the poorhouse. Col.
Jim Sweeney, the wit of the last
few legislatures, heard of Furry's
death willie at WilkesbarTe. The
Luzerne statesman had known the
mathematician intimately, and at
once telegraphed an undertaken to
take charge of the body. The under
taker telegraphed the house authori-
les to ship it here at once, and pre-
par, d handsome casket and dug a
grave in St.Gabriel's cemetery. The
Laurytown institution is far from
railroad or telegraph office, and so a
reply was not expected for twenty.
four hours. In the meantime the
newspapers printed long stories Of
Furry's sad end, holding him up a.
II warning to the youth of today.
The poor fellow was known so
widely that he soon became the talk
of the city. The undertaken went
to the station to meet the body with
Il hearse Saturday afternoon, and re-
ceived the following telegram:
"Thanks for the invitation. Regret
that l can't come to my funeral, but
l am busy unloading twenty tons of
stove coal.n The undertaken filled
up the grave and Col. Sweeney went
back to Harrisburg,
ITALY WANTS A SETTLEMENT.
ROME, Feb. 1.-The New Orleans
lynchlng question seems TO be taking
u new phase Minister Porter will
return In a few weeks. How the
Italian government views the ques-
tion as IT stands Is apparent from an
interview had with the chief of
foreign affairs. He said: "Italy
has made no further demands. All
she asks was embodied In the mes.
sage of President Harrison. The
fultillment Of those promises would
be very we'll received in Italy. We
DO not ask for the impossible, al.
though they thought for "a time in
the states that We did. II such
things had happened to citizens OF
the United States In Italy, Blaine
would also mostsurly have protested
The excellent relations which al
ways existed between the two eoun-
tries induced us to believe that the
incident eau be settled To the salts