The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-10

WASHINGTON. Jan. 9-There can be no
doubt of the fact that the administration
received with disappointment the dis
patch of yesterday, from Senor Pereira,
the Cbilian minister of foreign affairs,
through Minister Montt. 1t was repeti-
tion of the findings of the Chilian Judicial
official corresponding with the district at
torney III our gal practice, instead OF a
statement that might be regarded as an
apology for the attack on the crew of the
Baltimore. The length to which the pro-
ceedings have dragged along in Chilli, and
the statement made TO Secretary Blaine by
Minister Montt, that the only link that re
mained to be added to the long chain of
legal formalities was in the shape of a
trial before the judge of crimes upon the
Indictment, naturally had an irritating eff
feet on tue administration, which had post
poned further communication with con-
gress upon the subject, in the hope that a
satisfactory understanding would be
reached in few days
Upon further consideration, however, it
appears that the dispatch marks tangi-
bic advancement towards the desired OBJ
ject. 1u the first place. the tone OF the dis
patcn is much more friendly and concilia-
tory than that which has characterized
some of the preceding communications
from the Chilian government. AS the
proceedings so far in Valparaiso have re-
suited only in indictments against the Of
Tenders. it is hardly to be presumed that
the Chllan government. after the stand it
has taken, can be expected to make an
apology and to promise reparation TO the
United States until the trial shall have
taken place and the prisoners be con-
vcted of the murderous assault. Minister
Months statements warrant the assump-
tiOn that the trial is to begin i'm mediately,
and if it is clearly apparent that the regu-
L. e
ried forward, with proper expedition, and
that that there is fair grounds to expect
an apology, the United States government
will doubtless continue to await the result
for a reasonable length of time.
Minister MOntt characterzes as absurd
the statement coming from Vallejo, CAL,
that Davidson, the Baltimore's sailor, was
tried and convicted in Chill, without his
knowledge or that of the officers Of the
vessel A 8 ave disparity is to he no ed
between the findings Of the Chilian dis
trict attorney and the testimony collected
from the Baltimore people concerning the
attack on them. The reports of the medi-
cal officers of the vessel have reached the
navy department. Medical Inspector
Cook, reporting on Higgins death says:
After receiving several wounds, not
necessarily fatal, be was wounded by
rifle ball, which in its course wounded the
jugular vein. Some of the wounds were
Inflicted post mortem, There is good evil
dence, according to reliable testimony,
that the liberty party from the ship, con-
sisting of $50 men, were assaulted in at
least six different localities, nearly stimuli.
taneously. The attack was apparently
premeditated.
The disparity referred to is evident
when it is noted that Minister Pereira's
dispatch says: Only one isolated shot
was fired. 1t was from a revolver. The
police carry carbines." Tue medical
officers reports say that Riggin was killed
by rifle ball; that the other men received
bayOnet wounds: that Coal HEAVIER Turn
bull was stabbed eighteen or twenty times
in the back while lying unconscious on
his face, and that Higgins body was
stabbed after death.
To reconcile these statements with those
made by the Chilian minister will be q
difficult task, but possibley the inquiry
now being conducted by Judge Advocate
General Remy at San Francisco will
throw a clearer light upon the matter.
THE BALTIMORE INQUIRY.
VALLEJO, Cal, Jan. 9-Today was the
third of tie investigation into the attack
on the sailors of the Baltimore. Nearly
all of the crew have now testified and on
Monday the officers will probably take the
stand. The Case of the United States, a 5
stated by President Harrison in his mes
sage, has been fully made out. There can
no longer~be any doubt that the mob was
beforehand. Nearly every sailor
was warned by at least one person that the
men would b9 attacked at
dark. The clerk of the bank where they
their money warned some of
them. An English sea captain stopped
others on the street and warned them. and
many others OF all Glasses of society also
gave warnings. As a result, many of the
sailors kept away from the low part Of the
town and went 10 the fashionable residence
and business part, only 10 be followed and
attacked there by the mob. There were at
least four different localities, some OF them
over mile apart, where attacks on the
sailors were made simultaneously. The
shameful part played by the Valparaiso
police and soldiers becomes more and
more evident daily. Nearly every witness
was abused and insulted By them, while
the evidence that it was they who shot and
killed Riggln Is conclusive.
THE WORLDS FAIR.