The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-13
GUNBOATS GIG STONED.
VALPAR Also TOUGHS HAVE AGAIN
SHOWN THEIR HOSTILITY.

Commander Evans Notifies the Senior
Chilean Naval officer Afloat That Bis
Men VIII Protect Themselves With
Arms If the Outrage Is Repeated.
Punishment of the Culprits Prom
issd.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-The following
cable message from Commander Evans,
commanding the gunboat Yorktown, the
only United States vessel now in Chilean
waters, was made public this afternoon:
VALPARAISO Jan. Q. 1872.
Secretary of the Nduy:
Yesterday afternoon my gig. while lying off
the landing place waiting me. was stoned by
three men IN & crowd OF bad characters. No one
was injured visited immediately the Chilean
senior naval officer a1oat and requested
that I demanded their efficient protection,
and that II the offense was repeated l should
take the matter 10 my own hands and protect
my men with arms. Much regret was ex'
pressed by the Chilean senior naval officer who
went at once to the police. To-day l have as
surance that the parties will be punished and
protection given. EVANS.
TRANsMITTAL OF THE CORRESPONDENCE
The trouble with Chile was the principal
topic of discussion at the meeting of the
cabinet to-day with a view to the transfer
Of further consideration Of the subject to
congress. IL is understood that the entire
correspondence will be submitted to con-
2ress early next week. All the members Of
the cabinet were present at to-day's meet
ing except Secretary Foster, who is at
Fortress Monroe.
WAR TALK REVIVED.
More war talk was heard to-day in regard
TO Chile than at any time since the news
first came of the attack on the Baltimore's
sailors For the time being the men In the
war and navy departments, at the Army
aud Navy Club and at the capitol who want
war We're uppermost. The published ac-
mores men and of the testimony
given by the Keweenah's men and
the cablegram from the captain
OF the Yorktown with the half represssd
comments Of the Secretary Of the Navy, if
not Of the Secretary Of War, famed the
war embers into fame. The cablegram
from the YOrktown's commander stirred up
the navy department especially, and was
| the great topic among naval officers at the
Presidents first state reception tonight,
which was, by the way, in honor of the
diplomatic corps, and so, of course, inci-
dentally of the Chilean minister, Senior
Montt. who, with Nine. Montt and his at
taches, was. of course, present.
BLAINE AND MoNTT.
Secretary Blaine and Senior Monte are
| still talking peace. So are the conservative
| members of the Senate and House, who be-
lieve that unless it is made impossible by
| the war party In each country, that peace
will be maintained. Minister Montt has
| given assurances that his government pro-
| poses to do whatever is right in the matter,
| in spite of all statements TO The
contrary, and Secretary Blaine, at least,
has been accepting these assurances. In
| deed the negotiations have all proceeded
upon them. If it had not been for these as
surances the negotiations would not have
continued to the present. The contrary
stories are as baseless as the more absurd
stories that the President availed himself
of Secretary Blaine's illness to receive and
convey the Chilean correspondence from the
| state department and to catechise Senior
Montt In spite of the acknowledged grav-
ity of the situation and the possibilities of
an explosion which underlie IL, it Is still be-
lieved by the cool heads here that If the hot
heads can be kept from indiscretions, Chile
and the United States will come to terms
honorably and peaceably.
SAILORS sHAMEFULLY NEGLECTED.
VALLEJO, CAL, Jan. IA genuine
sensation was developed in the Baltimore
investigation, thing entirely unexpected
at this last stage of the proceedings. The
CdS0 uaO VI 6BkCo uAOh6 oiONtuB Al bA5
morning session, a number of sailors being
recalled to testify to the soberness Of Rig
gin, Turnbull and Davidson before aud
during the riot. After the recess, however,
Surgeons Stitt and White Of the Baltimore
took the stand. After testifying to the
wounds of members Of the Baltimores crew
they declared that the death OF Turnbull
was directly caused by neglect in the hos
pital where he was carried by the police.
The Chileans refused to allow the Balti-
more's surgeons to treat their men and de-
clined to do it themselves except in a very
superficial way.
THE JUDGE STUBBORN.
For four days the surgeons vainly be-
sought Judge of Grimes Foster to allow
them to remove the sailors to the Balti-
more but not till it became probable that
Turnbull would die would be grant them
permission. The men were taken to the
ship, but it was too late for Turnbull.
Blood poisoning had set In, and Turnbull
died five days later. The surgeons
were positive that death resulted from
neglect and imperfect treatment In the hos
pital The sisters of charity who had
charge seemed to regret their inability TO
help the sailors, but had to obey the orders
of their superiors. From the summing up by
the surgeon it appears that as a result Of the
mob, two sailors of the Baltimore were
killed; five were seriously wounded, being
disabled from nine to forty-four days, and
twelve received slighter wounds, being dis
abled from two to eight days. 1t further
appears that if Riggin had not been shot he
would probably have recovered, as his knife
wounds were not very serious.
POLITICAL PRISONERS TO BE RELEASED.
LONDON, Jan. IA dispatch to the
Times from fits correspondent at Santiago
de Chile says that all political prisoners will
be liberated within week, that four
American refugees still remain in the Ameri-
can legation, and that Mr.. Egan. the United
States minister, has seut four of his proteges
aboard the Yorktown. Senior Concha, who
formerly occupied ministerial position and
who was reported to have been killed, is
alive and has been indicEed for high