The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-29


NEW lcRK. Jan. 2a-The World this
morning prints the full text Of Minis
ter Matta's statement Of the Haltimorc
affair 70 Pedro Mont. the Gillian min.
;ster at Washington. This statement
is generally referred 20 rs 'Matta's in.
sulting note" II bears the date Of Dc
cember II. and il as follows:
Being srqnainsed with the report Of the navy
department and thc message Of the prr<5ter1
az the United States l deem II prurcr 70 tell
You that the Information urpn which TIN ~ti
report and message are founded isrrrune and
deliberately untrue. Concerning the rrfusrcs-
they have never t<cn fhre2ten>i or treated
with cruelty. nor has there h<rn any int enticn
70 take them out q the legation or % AK thar
they h. delivered. Never has the hou>e % pr
son u the plenipctentzry knowing the calcu-
lated indisrretions and provorAtionsl. r~>>ive1
any outrage. a. i proved by the eleven letters
Of september. Ortob-r and November.
Concerning the sailors of the Baltimore. there
i also no accuracy or <rraixntforwArtns~s IN
what i sid in Washington. The affair &C.
CURED In di~repntabie quarters Of the City. the
.Nsintop~ q Valparaiso. among persons whc
are not models q discretion. When the pol,cx
and other forces inferycned and qnrllsi the
disturbances there were some hundreds ~ r<o-
pie present and the riot Was IN rroxre~- ten
blocks or more from the place where Il con-
mencrd.
Mr.. Eszn sent . letter on October - segres-
sive IN design and violent in langrage-as i SEEN
by the story II the reply sent on October -
The investigation was commrncei on the 18th
II October. hut IL has been delayed on Amount
Of the non appearance before the court ~ the
sailors OF the BALTIMORE and on ac>olnt Of the
undue pretensions and refusAls u Mr. Egxn.
Never on the part Of this department. has
there been tolerated or initiated any provcra-
tion. II has maintained itself always in . posi-
tion which. II il has been one Of frmness and
prudence. il has not brrn one Of AGGRESSION
nor will IL he one Of humility. nc
matter what may have been d:vrlg~d IN
Washington by those persons Who may have
been Interested IN giving q different App~1rzace
20 his conduct or who may have bS1 deceived
by erroneous impressions The kilograms.
notes and letters sent 70 you contain the truth
the whole truth IN everything concerned IN
these Affairs. The n-feelin< and language
connected with them did not originate IN this
department.
Mr.. Tracy and Mr.. Harrison had ben led
into error respecting ourselves our reople and
our government. The instruction enf0.nine
inparfizlify and friendship have not ben
observed either IN the present or the past
II o1iczl charges have not ben
made against the minister and the
naval officers. IL i because the facts. pubic
and notorious IS they are IN Chill and the United
States. are such that our confidential agents
have been unable e. call attention % them.
though the subjects Of the charges have ben
well founded. The request 81 Bzlmareda. the
concessions made 10 him in June and July. and
everything concerning the Ita.a- the San Fran
cisco in Quinteros. and the CAlre company ; are
proof Of this.
~
sailors were attacked in different localities a
the same time. The investigation not hing
finished. II j. not known yet who are the guilty
persons or what l. their number You VIII COZ
slider the letter II November ?. replying 70 Mn
lister Eean. in which information in his
possession was requested. and whirh be
Was not willing % give knowing tbs
fact that be had said that he had the prrof a. ro
who were the murderers and other guilty per-
sons in the affair ~ October IL Thai letter
and all the other recent letters xill h rubli<he<
here You ought 20 translate and publish the
same there tin Washington
Endeavur il the meantime NJ. to give any
credit 20 anything which mar h contrary <
these statements. irHing sure ~ their corr~cf-
ness a. we are here a the right. the honor
and the final triumph ~ Chill. knowing the in
source. and threats which come from > high AZ
authority. NArTA
Report Of the Testimony Of the Iaiti-
more'~ Men Eeceised a. Washington
WASHINGTON. Ian. 2-A complete
report Of the testimony taken BY Judge
Advocate Eemey into the attack on the
Baltimore's sailors az Valparaiso.
which was taken at Vallejo. CAL has
been received at the navy department
A copy is now in the possession ~ the
president and will he Transmitted ~
congress-. together with the Chilian
correspondence Some fifty If
the sailors attacked BY the mob
were examined and in their ses-
timony they agree that the
the town. They were all treated with
great brutality by Gillian citizens. and
the police. Of whom they sought
protection. in many cases assaulted
them Several Of the sailors-Johnson.
Langen and Larsen-testified that Chill
ian soldiers fired the shots which killed
Boatswain's-mate Riggin- The testi-
moby showed that many Of the sailors
were warned BY friendly Chilians that
an attack upon them was premeditated.
and these warnings later proved true
DR.. r. r. Still. assistant surgeon Of
the United States navy. serving on the
baltimore. gives important testimony
He says the morning after the assault
he went 70 the ST Juan hospital and
the wounded sailors and also
the body Of Riggin. which was also
1t that place. A ball had passed
through Higgins neck. f~racturing two
cervical vertibrae and injuring his
brain. From the direction taken by
the ball and the character Of the tissues
passed through and the size and char
acter Of the wound. he judged the bullet
20 have been fired from a rife. Several
bruises and stab wounds were also
found The bullet wound was neces-
Immediately fatal
DR.. still says he made the test by FIR
ing . rifle and a pistol bullet through
pieces Of cloth placed against pieces u
meat The rifle bullet hole correspond
exactly TO the hole in the shirt o.
the sailor johnson. through which the
bullet hat killed Riggin passed before
striking him. The pistol bullet made =
hole very much smaller. DR.. White. ~
the baltimore. DIR. >till says. agreed
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