The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-14

month, when she went 70 1quique 20 act in con-
pection with the Itssa matter. During this
stay a. Valparaiso the men we're given IaDerIs
On shore repeatedly. There was No froGoas o.
any kind. The residents were exceedingly coz
cisl 20 us when we arrived ct IqEsque i was
In possession OF the Congressioaailsts he
tunts In surrendering the Itata stated that thsy
did 50 because they could not indorse 50 Pal
psble violation Of the laws Of neutrality, nor
could they defend the action OF their Officers IN
escaping frona the municipal authorities OF San
DIEGO Nevertheless, after her delivery tbs
whole tone OF the people changed. The papers
stated that the United states was guilty ct al
act Of fnlustIce which could never be forgotten
or forgiven
While ct CaIlso al agent Of the American
Cable Company called on Admiral kcCGnn and
requested lis aid In securing uninterrupted
communication By cable between Valparaiso
and Callao. The cable touched - IQuique on
the way between ports. and the iunta had re-
fused 10 allow messages 70 pass through. Ad-
nnirai Mccain instructed ma 70 aid the com
psuy II they wished 20 put loop in the cable
In the sea beyond Chilean Jurisdiction con-
suited With the consul a. IquIqge. and, finding
the iunta obstinate, notified them that q cable
boa. would cut the cable, and advised them not
20 interfere. went out with q cable boat and
sscertssned point over Eve miles from shore.
I then LEFT Iqniqus and went 70 CAL
dsra On August Is returned 70 VAL
paraiso. ] arrived on the Gay OF the
battle Of coneon- / found great excitement
prevailing and thought 10 best not TO give the
men leave. Within . week the battles OF VIVA
del Mar and PiaciIIs took place near the city.
During the night after the last battle the city
was given over 70 piilsge and rspine, and in the
morning over 30 men, women and children lay
dead on the streets. Many fires occurred the
same day. A naval force was landed from the
cruiser San Francisco 20 protect the American
consulate. In few days the Baltimore sailed
for Mollendo, Peru. TO land refugees aboard
returned at once 10 Valparaiso and arrived Sep
TENDER IA The san Francisco g. once sailed FOR
San Francisco.
A few days sfserward the American legation
1t Santiago was surrounded BY police, and
everyone leaving there was arrested Great ex-
citement prevailed. and I gave no leave for O
long time, but as affairs quieted down Httle,
and - al tie other rnen-of-war were giving
leave to the men, allowed III men 70 60 on
liberty on October ls. At2:30 r. r., October 10,
] aad my drst lieutenant went ashore for
walk. We a large number of our sailors
walking about the streets / Was much I'M
pressed with the cleanliness. sobriety and good
conduct OF the men The FIRST lieutenant and
commented on this. net Hamilton, one OF the
crew, vito was afterward badly wounded
He was entirely sober and orderly. saw also
Jerry Anderson, who was Afterwards stabbed.
He. too, was sober. spoke 70 both ! saw Tai
bott, Rlggin. stewart, Wallace and Williams, all
about o'clock, and all We're sober. l left the
shore for the ship ct $40 O'Clock. had seen
fully seventy Of the men On liberty. All was
then quiet. About 80 p. m heard Of the riot
The next day called on the judge Of crimes,
aud he said 70 me: "This affair is the direct
result Of the hatred felt by the lower classes
with your men because you sided with
the dictator" He stated that he had
nothing against the men still held, and
they, eleven in number. were released the
next day. Meanwhile / organized a board.
consisting of Lieutensnts May and Sears and
DR.. White. TO Investigate the trouble. The
court sat from October 70 10 q. The report sur
prised me. ] did not know before that the
assassination Of my men was so general, so
cowardly and premeditatsd / sent Dr. Stitt
20 inquire whether the wounded men in the
hospital were sober when taken there On the
night OF October l6 The Sisters OF Charity re-
piled that they were. Ny men were sober and
unArmed. After this riot great GOODNESS was
shown Us. We were neglected in all ways and
avoided by our former friends, and many small
discourtesiss shown us
No one, official or unonicial, ever expressed
any regret FOR the treatment Of my men,
Ths newspapers tried to make IL out merely q
drunken quarrel, although / cannot see why
ChIleans should be held excusable for murder
ing my men, even IL they were drunk. Drunk
snness 10 not punishable with death by any
existing laws.
Captain SchIey's testimony concluded
the investigation, and the court ad-
journed. It wiz take . day or two more
TO reduce all the testimony to writing and
have ii duly signed.
Water was let into the dry dock this
morning, and the cruiser Baltimore once
more foated. At 1 o'clock, being high
tide, she was hauled out. The tide was
running furiously, and her hawsers
snapped like thread. The vessel was
caught in the current and whi-led over to
the Vallejo side. Anchor was dropped,
but not in time, and the big cruiser brought
up in the mud, almost against the wharf.
The tide falling, she keeIed over very
considerably to starboard, and now lies in
an unpleasant though not dangerous
position. 1t is hoped she can be foated
At high tide tomorrow afternoon. Her
engines are being repaired and she is un-
able to get up steam and must depend
upon small tugs to haul her of. She may
perhaps have to go back into the dry dock
to see whether the grounding has injured
her hull, bat 1t is hoped not.
PROVIDENCE, L. l., Jan. 13.-There has
been unusual activity at the Hotchkiss
Ordnance Company's factory in this city
for the past few weeks, and tests of the
Howell torpedo by the ordnance board at
Newport at this most unreasonable time
of the year have, Notwithstanding the
repeated aenials of government Of
hcials, given color to the report
that the administration was pre-
pairing for an emergency. The Howell
torpedo tubes are practically all ready, and
the two which have been turned over to
the ordnance board viii be accepted
within the course of few DAYS.
The work OF finishing the govern
ment order is now matter of
bat few weeks, and if necessary other
machine shops in this city will be called
upon 10 assist in getting out portions of
the machinery. Representatives of the
Japanese and English governments have
been in this city within the past two
weeks investigating the reported re-
suits achieved by the Howell tor
redo az the recent trials at
Newport, which were conducted privately.
Strenuous efforts were made by represen-
tatives of the various legations at Wash
ington City 10 witness these trials, but
none Of them succeeded. Work upon the
factory is being vigorously pushed under
the personal supervision of Lieutenant
Drake.