Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-01-30
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Big Mass Of Matter

The correspondence accompanying the
presidents message is of great volume
and would probably fill more than one
hundred columns Of an ordinary newspa-
per. 1t dates back as far as Aug. Is, 1890
eighteen months ago, and much of ii has
been described with sufficient accuracy in
the presidents message sent to congress
at the beginning Of the present session
and in the copious newspaper publications
that have been made. 1t is divided into
three portions, the FIRST Comprizing cor
raspondence between MIR. Blaine and Mr..
Egdn, or Mr.. Wharton in Nh. Blaine's alb
seEce, correspondence between Senior Lsz-
cano, tire CHILEAN minister under the Bah
maceda administration, and lastly notes
exchanged between Secretary Blaine aud
Don Pedro Mont, the present CHILEAN
minister TO Washington.
Tho Attack.
The facts leading up TO the attack on the
BatimoTe's sailors are recounted. The
incidents of the affair are briefly as fol-
lows
On the 9Th of October last Captain
Schley, commanding the United S ates
steamship Baltimore, gave shore leave to
III petty othcers and sailors Of his ship,
These men left the ship about l:90 p. IN
No incident of violence oceurred none Of
our men was arrested; no complaint was
lodged against hem: nor did any collision
OF outbreak occur until about s O'Clock p
IN. Captain Schiey states that he was
himself on shore and about the streets Of
the city until $50 y. m; that he met very
many of his men, who were upon leave;
tnat they were sober and were conducting
themselves with propriety, sahting
q ihan and other officers as
they met them Other officers of the ship
and Captain Jenkins, of the merchant
ship kewana. coT0bCFaie Captain
Schiey, as to the general sobriety and good
behavior of our men The sisters Of
charity at the hospital TO which our men
we're taken, when inquired Of, stated that
they were sober when received Il the
situation had been otherwise we must be-
lipye chat the ChilIan police authorities
would have made arrests About 8 p. M
the assault began, aud 10 ls remarkable
tina, the investigation OF the Judge Of
crimes, though SO prOtraCteI, does not en-
able him to give any more satisfactory ag-
count % it, origin than IS found in the
statement that IT began between drunken
sailors, Repeatedly in the correspondence
ID Is asserted that Ii was lmpo,s bic TO
learn the precise cause Of the riot A
man, Riggin, WAS killed in the riot, and
a score wounded. Il serms to be pretty
clear That the Chllian police aided in the
attack That the death Of Riggln was
the result Of a rife shot fired by police
man OF Chilian soldier. ON duty Is shown
directly by the testimony of Johnson. in
whose arms he was at the time and by
the evidence Of Charles Langen, an Amer
lean sailor. not then member OF the
BaJiuure'S crew. who stood close by and
saw the Transaction The Chllian author
lies do not pretend 70 Ok he responsible
ty OF this shot on any particular person.
Int avow their disability to ascertain who
fred it further than that 1t vas fred
from q crowd The character Of the
wound, as described by one of the sur
geons of the Baltimore, clearly supports
his opinion that 1t vas made oy rifle
bali. the orihca OF the exit being as much
as an inch or m inch ana a quarter in
sizh
Ii is also stated now the safety Of the
American legation was al one time en-
daugered, ard Chill Is inS3lant attitude to-
ward the United States Is considered
Case ~ Fireman shields.
Nov. Mr.. Egan reported the ll-treat.
meut of Patrick Shields, a fireman 81 the
United States steamship heewana, and an
American citizen. VINO, according 70 a re.
port from the. ulted States consu. 1t
Valparaiso was arrested for drunkenness,
4 charge deuied 10y hin, sept Tor several