The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-19
THE GILLIAN SITUATION BY NO
IN MEANS SATISFACTORY.
THE PRESIDENT MAY act SOON.
A Message to Congress on the Balti.
moro Outrage Expected-A Private
Inter view VIII Minister Montt
Gillian Allegations Declared
Fabe-Navy Department
Preparations.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1I-President Har-
rison has never put much faith in the talk
of Gillian apologies and reparation. and
in view of the unsatisfactory report Of the
procurator, fiscal Investigation of the riot
and its contradiction by the report OF
Captain Schley and the testimony by
Colonel Remy at Mare Island, it is report
ed that he will send message to congress
asking for authority to enforce the repair
alton which Chill will not make willingly.
Nothing but the concern Of the president
to know about the attitude of Chill could
make a current story appear at all credi
BILE. 1t is not considered proper for for
eign minister to call upon the executive.
1t may be proper, but it would be unusual
for the president, having secretary
Of state, to ask minister 10
call upon him in order that in
formation might be obtained which the
secretary Of state ought to be able to Sc
cure. Yet it is related here that Minister
Mont was at tho White house Saturday,
the president having sent for him through
Assistant Secretary Of State Wharton.
When the Gillian diplomat arrived at the
White house the president asked him
whether he had any intimation, either d.
rectly or indirectly, of the intention OF
the Gillian government to make
PREPARATION to the United States for
the PREPARATION Of the seamen on
the Baltimore. The president also asked
whether the Gillian government or any
person in official connection with that gov
eminent had ever in any way intimated
that Chilli would propose that the issue
between the two countries be submitted to
arbitration in any form. To both these
questions the minister is said to have given
diplomatic but negative answers. The
story is an extraordinary one, but Mr..
AIontt neither affirms or denies it.
y naval officer Of long experience and
great prominence said: 1.-The public
shonli be acquainted with the real gravity
OF the controversy with Chill. This inves-
tigation at San Francisco is developing
some very startling facts and it will be
well for US to appreciate the situation
thoroughly. The evidence taken out there
shows conclusively, to my mind, that the
assault on the sailors was a prearranged
affair and that the inquiry into the
case at Valparaiso was a mere farce.
That inquiry, it is said, developed the
fact that the riot occurred between the
hours of and 5 in the afternoon and it
were drunk. Now happen to know as Q
matter Of long experience that sailors do
not get drunk so early in the day. 1t may
seem an odd or even joking observation,
but it is mono the less an import
ant fact, with q strong bearing
on the sailors on shore liberty do
not get drunk before midnight. T hey
never in q body become intoxicated Q srly
In the evening. The more l hear from
other than Gillian sources of information,
the more thoroughly convinced l am that
the assault was premeditated and that it
was intended As An insult to this country"
1t has been ascerta ned beyond the pos
sibility Of a doubt that the navy depart
ment has, since the receipt Of the first
news of the San Francisco inquiry, re-
doubled its preparations for trouble. The
activity at the navy yard in this city has
increased and the navy department is
pushing every means Of saving time.
The Post publishes a synopsis Of the
testimony given 1t San Francisco Of the
inc uiry into the case of Patr;-k Shields,
a fireman on the steamer Keweenaw, who
was arrested in Valparaiso and brutally
maltreated. From the place where he was
caught to the prison was between quar-
ter and half mile, and the two policemen
beat him continually along the entire
distance One man had a bar Of iron
three feet long, and, while he did not hit
him with it, he threatened to split his
head open. The other man carried stick
about three feet long with some leather on
the end Of it so As to carry it on his arm,
and with it he boat him all the time on his
back and head. Finally they drove him
into the prison yard where Shields says he
was subjected to the most inhuman treat
ment, being rendered unconscious bv the
blows given him. When he recovered
blood was running from his nose and ears.
They made no accusation against him.
Finally he was released. His body was in
pitiable state.
CHICAGO, Jan. l2.-Mortimer McRoberts
of this city, who has the contract to fur
nish all the dynamite cartridges for the
army and navy, said yesterday that his
factory, which is located at Dubuque, has
put on q double force Of workmen and Is
working night and day and turning out their
product. No less than 2,0ea men have been
engaged for the work and it is stated that
the payments made by the government
will foot up into hundreds OF thousands Of
dollars. The prospect Of possible war
with Chilli is assumed to be the cause Of
pushing the manufacture. Until q year
ago the United States purchased all her
cartridges of England
Shot Dead By q Bogus Woman.
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