The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-27
BuMPT|OUS LITTLE chill.
The People Who Have Enjoyed
Eighty One Years Of Self
- Government
Actual strength of the Army
and the Navy Of tho
Republic.
uor Fifty Years There Was Peace, Thor
. Revolution and Now . Possi-
bio War.

For a so-called peaceful republic little
Chill has OF late baen cutting such a swan
in thu ses Of revolutions which have CHAR
.ctorizsd tho southern countries that .
short review of her people and resources 10
nartioularly interesting in connection Win
the defiant attitude the iunta, the new gov
eminent of that country, assumes toward
tho demand Of the United States govern
ru.nt for protection Of Americans in Val
r,raiso. saws the Kansas City Evening
;Timss. For fifty years Chill had enjoyed
,s,ce. and Balmaosda, knowing the Chilian
citizens adherence of revolution. tooK
advantage Of it to abuse powers conferred
upon him. According to the COMMUNION
of that republic the naval Aane
forces must be fixed by congress, and WIN
ont such 4 law they havsno legal existence.
Balnaceda closed congress-. INT supreme
court Of tho country was Appealed
10. but Balmaoeda refused 10 reooR-
nizs its mandates, and Imprisoned the ON
cars If the army who would not lend their
.arv;ca to his cause. The officers Of the
navy lent their support to congress. All
that thew asked was that the presiding OIL
cars Of tho senate and house OF deputies
.hould establish themselves : board TO act
4 c%oninnction with their command in all
that was necessary to secure the triumph OF
tba cause. In compliance. Senior Waldo
silva. yice-president Of the senate. and
S.nor Barros Luoo, president Of tbs CHAM
her Of deputies, came on board the nees
and established = provisional junta, TO-
gatbor with Captain Montt. Then followed
n. atrncple between the dictator and con
rr.es. which ended in the overthrow OF
Balmaceda.
Az the beginning Of the struggle the
iunta could muster only 40O armed men,
nut to-day ii possesses an army Of more
than u. 600 we'll equipped soldiers. Before
Inc revolution tbs army had bcsn rsd1eeo
by ! law passed in Decembar, 1853 Ire
Total number Of men under the colors
could not exceed 5,ss5, distributed n two
regiments of artillery, one battalion Of
sonnsrs and miners, eight battalions Of
infantry. and three regiments of cavalry,
nIns one battalion Of coast artillery OF
h6O men, The number OF ofacsrs n active
service was 943. Besides tbs regular army
there is the guardia nacional seden-
tara ara consisting Of artillery, $3.50 men,
and infantry, 42,l20 men-making q total
~ H 600 organized for mobilization when
needed. - :.
matter Of even more self-satlsfactlon than
tha army, II consists OF two lronclads,
sach of .. 1893 tons, a monitor OF l.l3O tons,
twn coryettes Of 1,101 tons, two gunboats
II ESQ ana 755 tons, q cruiser OF 3,UOo tons,
another Of 1876 tons, ten torpedo-boats OF
from forty TO 400 horse power. An ,ronolao
II & 400 tons and two cruisers OF 2.O3O tons
each we're built in France, and two tor
nado boats in England last winter.
: The naval forces consisted in 1883 OF IL
officers, $50 engineers, pursers. inspectors
ana 1856 sailors and men OF the crews
fThare il an excellent naval college. Al
tl,;a NAV seem insignificant in oomparisor
With the great armed forces of Europe,
mt the Chilians are tho Prusslans o.
South Americs, and to them their nav
cesms to be the commencement OF a mighty
future. c,u: a.,
first. In 1910 Chill rsvolted from Spain
md a iunta was formed with secret design
TO overthrow the northern country, ana al
ter q struggle of ten years a constltutlol
was adopted. In 1888 the present. c%onstltu'
thized with Peru in her struggle with Spain
In 1871 a treaty was effected, and since tina
time Chill has made great material and in
tellectual progress.
In the late war against Peru the Chilia1
soldery showed that they could fight lik'
demons. and kill and plunder with a savag
ferocity. This val and its great prize
Tarafaca and A~ntofagasta, have made Chill
n.2
wealthy. ,
Fducation was the great hobby Of Bal
nacsda, and 7,00O,0O Chlllan dollars wer'
expended last year in the department. 0
nublio instruction. Santiago has eigh
daily four-paae papers, which publish NOR
than 60, 900 copies daily. In Valparaiso fou
dailies are published. The demand 70
news is great, but never causes tbs editor
to sacrifice a coatsmplat!vs clRarette.
Politics is the absorbing subject in Chill;
The president is elected every five years b
electors appointed directly by the provinces
He administers through SIX ministers chose
by himself, and a council of state compose
of eleven membets-slx elected by conRIe
and five appointed by the president. III
council is not remunerated.. In preslde1
appoints and removes at willthe %intendente
or governors of provinces. These lattor al
point sub-delsgates, and SO on down to IL
inspectors of districts. The municipal al
thority is vested in city councils electe
every three years, bat their activity is lin
tied, The judicial power is vested in mas
~istrates appointed under certain rules
the president, but they cannot be revoke
without legal cause. The legislative pow
resides in a national congress elected d
rectly by the department. IN proportion
one deputy for every 30. goo inhabitants, al
a senate whose members are elected b7 20
ular vote by the provinces at the rate OF o.
senator for every three deputies, each sen
tor remaining in service six years.
bQiIuR tlO ldno "a @eAoAs SA
has been an oligarchy. The outgoing pre-
ident has invariably named his successt
The great point at issue in Chill has bet
whether the president shall continue
WELD the enormous owe granted him
whether it shall be vested in the congre
Among South American republics Oh
has the rare privilege of solng not or
solvent, but of having an excellent crod
Her credit stands on a level with France.
Valparaiso is a business town; it's stree
are we'll filled with shops and the shops {
in u minority compared with Offices. ban
warehouses and mercantile establishment
Specimen Cases.
S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, v
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatis
his stomach was digordered, his liver v
affected to an alarming degree, appetite
away and he was terribly reduced in fe
and strength. Three bottles of Electric L
ters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,, l
running sore on his leg of eight yer
standing. Used three bottles Of Elect
Bitters and seven boxes of Buoklen's Arm
Salye and his leg is sound and we'll. Je
Speaker, Catawba, Ohio, had five la
fever sores ON his leg, and doctors said
was iucurable. One bottle of Electric ]
tiers and one box of Bucklen's Arnica Sa
cured him entirely. Sold by Il. s. Hale
Co., druggists.