St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-10
chill IS MONKEYINC,
Washington Officials Disap-
pointed in M. Pereira's
Dispatch.
Neither Explanation or Apol-
ogy, Only a Coneiliatory
Tone.
Procrastination Is Seemingly
Carried to Extremes by
ChilianS.
Behring Sea Arbitration at q
Standstill--RiverS and
HarborS.

10 doubt OF the fact that the admins
tration views with disappointment the
dispatch yesterday from Senior Pereira,
the Gillian minister of foreign affairs.
through Minister Mont. 1t was a re-
capitulation of the findings of the Chill
ian judicial officer corresponding with
the district attorney in our legal prac-
tlce. instead of statement that might
be regarded as an apology for the at
tack on the crew of the Baltimore. The
length to which the proceedings have
dragged along in Chill. and the state
ment made to Secretary Blaine by Min
lister Montt that other links remain to
be added to the long chain Of legal
formalities in the shape of a trial
before the judge of crimes upon
the Indictment, naturally had an
Irritating effect upon the administra-
ton, which had postponed further COM
munlcation with congress upon the sub
Outstanding would be reached in short
time. On further consideration, how
ever, it appears that the dispatch marks
A Tangible Advancement
towards the desired object. In the first
place, the tone of the dispatch is much
more friendly and coneiliatOry than that
which characterized some of the pre-
ceding communications from the Gillian
government. Minister Malta. provis-
ionally in charge of the foreign affairs
of Chilli, in his reply to Minister Egan,
Oct 20, last. spoke of the attack on the
Baltimore as all affair" and as ''the
disorders in Valparaiso" Senior Pere-
ira, the present minister, regretfully
speaks of 1.-THE deplorable Incident
and 1.-The unfortunate incident"
AS the proceedings so far in Valpar-
also have resulted only In indictments
against offenders, it is hardly to be pre-
sumed that the CHILEAN government,
after the stand it has taken, can be ex-
pected to make an apology and promise
the trial shall have taken place and the
prisoners are convicted of the murder
Gus assault. Minister Months state
ments warrant the assumption that the
trial is to begin Immediately, and if it
is clearly apparent that the regular proc
esSes of CHILEAN law are being carried
forward with proper expedition and
that there is fair ground to expect an
apology. the United States government
will doubtless continue to await the re-
suit for reasonable length of time.
Davidson's Case.
Minister Mont characterizes as alb
surd the statement coming from Vallejo.
Cal, that Davidson, the BaItimore's
sailor, was tried and convicted in Chilli
without his knowledge or that of the
officers of the vessel. Minister Pereira's
dispatch of yesterday supports Minister
Months statement on this point. for it
shows that Davidson was indicted, but
that he had not been tried. It is entire
lyImprobable that he ever will be tried
iii Chill for rioting, as it is not to be sup
posed that he would be surrendered to
the legal authorities OF that country,
even should they be so presnmptuous as
to demand his surrender.
The reports of the medical officers of
the Baltimore have reached the navy
department. Medical Inspector Cooke,
reporting on Riggans death, saws:
AFTER receiving several wounds not
necessarily fatal, he was wounded by
rife ball, which in its course wounded
the jugular vein. Some of the wounds
were inflicted post-mcrtem. There is
good evidence, according to reliable
testimony, that the liberty party from
this ship, consisting of 1T men, were
assaulted in at least six different locali-
ties nearly simultaneously. The attack
TurnbulIss Murder.
In the case of Coal HEAVIER TurnbuIl
the INSPECTOR says: 'iHe died from the
effects of wound in the left lung He
was first knocked down by a blow on
the head with a stone and cut while
LAYING unconscious. He was arrested
and taken unconscious to prison ward.
The wound penetrated the pleura and
lung. He received eighteen or twenty
other stab wounds in the posterior. It
was impossible for the medical officers
of the ship to secure proper attention
for him. and attendance was entirely
lacking at night. The police. though
appealed to. wonld not permit him to be
removed to another ward.
.sFinaliv, when it was represented
that Turnbull would probably die, he
and four others of our wounded men
were liberated and taken aboard the
shin. Turnbull died Oct. 25.
This attack was apparently
premeditated and inspired by the hos
tility which portion Of the CHILEAN peo-
pIe entertain toward Americans"
The disparity referred to is evident
when it is noted that Minister Pereira's
dispatch says that ''Only one isolated
shot was fred. 1t was from revolver.
The police carry Columbian carbinss.t
The medical officers report says tina
Riggin Was killed by a rife ball, that
other men received bayonet wounds;
that Turnbull was eighteen or twenty
times stabbed in the back while lying
unconscious on his face, and that Rig
gins body was stabbed after death.
10 reconcile these statements with
those made by the CHILEAN minister will
be difficult task, but possibly the in
vestigatiUn now being conducted by
Judge Advocate Gen. Remey at San
Francisco will throw clearer light upon
zthe matter.