The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-26

generally acted toward those unarJ1ed men with
brutal ty. Therefore, in conformity with
Wharton's note. he asks for inquiry and punish
ment of the guilty parties ana suggests repar-
alton. Mr.. Egal transmits the 1ull text OF
Senior Mattas note in reply. The summary Of it
was given in his reply TO Mr.. Wharton
already published
SECRET INVESTIGATION.
October 80 Mr.. Egan telegraphed the investi-
cation was secret The next day he telegrauhed
he had secured from the minister of foreign NJ
fairs note from the lnLendente in regard To
/ the assault and that, Like the minister's
other note. this ote expresses no regret forthe
occurrence. II states the result Of the investi-
CATION would be communicated to Mr. Egau.
and If the real cuipriis were discovered they
would receive due punishment.
The report of the Intendente OF Valparaiso
says IL Is entirely impossible hat the police OF
that city could have committed the cruel and
brutal excuses which the Unite States minis
ter imputes TO them, and that mon OF :. GOO
collectee that the hight in which all especia lv
the Americans, fought with stones, clubs and
light weapons was general, and that the only
part taken IN II by the police and mil tary guard
/ was their endeavOr to quel the police and the
disturbance and arrest the participants The
lntendente processes ignorance OF the origin OF
Lne ngnt, but thinks 1t commenced between
drunken sailors. Neither does he know who
shot Riggin. He believes the authorities did
all they could under the circumstances.
| oVember MIR. Blaine by telegraph ms tructs
MI Egan TO claim the privilege OF reading the
paper, which the American sailors state was
read In secret, In language they did Lot under
stand and without being accompanied bv conn
sci. be was also instructed to see that no one
from the Baltimore is allowed TO testify EXCEPT
in the presence of friend acting as counsel and
In MS own language, openly, not secretly.
AMERICANS SHUT OUT.
November Mr.. Egan telegraphs the same
Judge who would not allow an officer Of the
Baltimore TO be present at the INQUIRY per
United the secretary Of the German consulate
10 attend the investigation Of the killing of a
German man-of-wars man, which took Ilace
laSt month ON the same day he writes that
the m MISTER of foreign relations had explained
TO MIN that the judge Of crimes is independent
OF the executive under the old Spanish laws. in
use III Chill, and that he could not comply with
the request and show the document until the
process was completed.
In a no to Minister Egan November ~
Captain Schley gives him the names OF mum
Der OF witnesses to the ASA 1t on the BaltI-
more's men, and on the same day Captain
Schley wrote the intendente that Minister Epan
could supply the names TO him upon applica-
| ton.
November =, Minister Egan. fearful the in
! tendente might take Captain Schley's cOInmuui-
cation as a declination to furnish the names
Suggested he again communicated with him
upon agents not only exercising the attributes
incumbent upon the local authorities which are
better informed and better posted of what takes
place inside the legation and its vicinity than
| appears TO be the envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary In reference to the com
municatiOn of his excellency the envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary TO his gov
eminent upon these subj cts and the proceed.
ings that may follow and the new instructions
and
! ORDERS THEY MAY GIVE HIM,
these are not matters to give grounds whatso.
ever for discussion with the undersigned. who
believes and hopes, knowing the facts such as
they are, they Will be judged in the sam, light
and by the same criterion that he himself Judges
them.
In a telegram of the date of September so
a. nFa TFtsar ~
minister for foreign affairs refuses a safe con.
duct or permission to the refugees to leave the
country and maintains the correctness OF all
| that has been done by the authorities The
minister for foreign affairs also repeats the un-
| founded and absurd charges OF the refugees con.
spring in the American legation, since the CON
dltlons laid down IN Mr.. Blaine's telegram and
have him directly furnish the names of the wit
nesseS.
AT this stage in the correspondence, Secre-
tary Blaine turned 10 the american consul al
| Valparaiso and sent him the following telegram
dated November 3: Give me all the facts You
have, and all the Information relative 10 the
riot Use naval cipher.
At this stage also the case of Patrick Shields.
| the fireman OF the United states steamer Ike
| weenaw, and IAN American CITIZEN was
brought to the attention OF the state depart.
ment upon Consul McCreery's report that he
had been
IN JAIL WITHOUT PROCESS OF LAW
and brutally beaten by the police. Mr.. Egau
legation by the newspapers, OF the threats oI
! vioencs made without hIndranee and OF a pub
| lie meeting at which resolutions were passed
calling on the government TO request the deiv
cry OF the refugees. He contends that the gov
eminent did not deny the story of the attemut
| on Colonel Canto's life (the immediate cause Oi
the dithcultyJ prio to the meeting and before
the legation had been permitted to be publicly
| denounced.
November s. Consul McCreery at Valparaiso
telegraphed directly to MIR. Blaine a suDstal-
tiAl confirmation of the story of the riot as TOLD
| by Minister Egan and Ca tain Schley.
November TO- Mr.. Egan reports an official cal
on the president Of the provisional government
He says he
| WAS RECEIVED MOST CORDIALLY
and upon presenting his congratulations, was
asked to convey the presidents Acknowledge
ment ard appreciation OF the courtesy to the
government OF the United States.
| November l6 MIR. Egan writes Secretary
Blaine that the refugees in his legation mad
been treated as guests, and in this way have
| been al an expense during some months past
! of over IL, 900" The next day he compla ned
again that The city police, who had BEEN watch.
ing the legation, became insulting and bois-
trous, under the influence of liquor and from
the streets used insulting language TO the refu-
| gees.
| On the 18th, he writes he has seen a number
OF untruthful and entirely indecent attacks
made upon him through the press OF the
I United states, especially an article in a New
I York paper by Mr. Julio Foster, who pretended
to speak as representative or mouth piece OF
the Chll1an government. He says he brought the
matter to the attention of the minister OF for
egn affairs, who. II an enclosed note says:
| being suspended that the question should be
discusse Gu mere instead OF al washington. where
chilli has now as envoy extraordinary, L have to
say that there is no evidence in this department
! that Mr.. Julio Foster has ever received any
SPECIAL COMMISSION OR AUTHORITY WHAT
EVER"
The minister next transmits copies of a number
OF letters passing between himself and CAPTAIN
Schley and the intendents in the course of tes-
timony given by the Baltimores men before
the judge of crimes November Is. Captain
Schley requests from the intendenJe the same
protection and privileges 10 his officers and ue-
when on shore as the Gillian government
accords To other foreign men-of war and which
are usual among nations in time of peace. On the
| same date the inrendente replied that ne had
instructed the commandant of tue police that
he should post daily from to 8 a. m at the
passenger mole an officer with an approximate
force protect the market boat that Captain
Scbley might send Further than this as tbs
protection depended upon the police force and
as these, according TO Official documents. DO not
inspire the confidence of the commanding ON
Ger OF The Baltimore, leave il TO his discretion
and prudence the decision whether it is proper
TO allow the sailors to come on shore. In re-
gard 10 the officers, l do not believe there is
any hindrance t. their coming ashore"
Further correspondence transmitted from Mr.
| Egan, in luding his notes to Minis er Matte
complaining Of the
GROSS INSULTS OFFERED TO THE REFUGEES
by the spies surrounding the legation an(
DENYING empnatically the charges made BY tht
minister against the refugees OF having witt
voice, with gesture and with actions provoked
the pa~sers by.
AT this point tt c correspondence is diverted
to the case of shields, which Minister Ear
brou hit to the attention OF e Chill an govern
ment without making specific claim and in
relation to which he sends number of swor1
declarations. These are substantially slmiIal
IN rurport to the evidence taken in CaIiforni,
recently ut the insta ce of the department o
justice upon the arrival OF the steamer Kee
weenaw. They are accompanied BIZ O f rma
claim by Shields for an indemnity Of $500 il
United 5 aJeS currency, attested by Consu