St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-07
Uncle Sans Dignity Insult
ed by a Mob Of Pc
puvianS.
A Consular Agent Fired Upon
and Wounded in the
Foot.
Prompt Reparation for In
jury to American Prop
erty or Person.
Compromise Reached on Sen
ate Reorganization and
Officers Elected.

WASHINGTON, April Cit was Chill
during the last administration. 1t may
be it's neighbor, Peru, during this. Ii
appears that the United States consul
late at one of the Peruvian ports has
been sacked by a mob, with apparent
police sanction. The officer acting as
consular agent for the United States
was fired upon, and wounded in the
foot. The news comes in a brief tele-
gram through the United States minis
ter to Peru. He omitted such essential
details as the name of the place and
the name of the wounded officer, or
they were dropped from his dispatch In
the telegraphic transmission. His tele-
| gram is as follows:
! Lima, April 5.-Gresham, Washing
ton: At (place omitted) mob attacked
| Masonic lodge, sacked building and
| burned fixtures in the street. Incident
| ally, United States consulate was in
vaded; furnishings destroyed and acting
| consular agent shot in foot. Archives
| saved intact. Squad of Peruvian police
looked oil, while the mob performed
work, without interference. The mail
brings the particulars. HICKS"
ReparatEOn Demanded.
Secretary Gresham conferred with the
president on the subject, and this after
noon sent the following telegram to the
minister:
department of State, Washington,
April 6, 1S93.- HicFs, minister, Lima:
Protest against failure of authorities to
afford protection to consulate, and, if
facts are we'll established, ask express
sion or regret. prompt prosecution of
the guilty parties and reparatiOn for
injury to American property or person.
"GRESHAM."
There is but one consulate in Peru,
that at CallaO. In this position, Aquila
j. Daugherty, OF Illinois, appointed dur
ing Mr.. Harrison's administration,
stands on the record as consul. There
are under him seven consular agencies,
the occupants of which positions are
doubtless mostly merchants of the coun-
try who are paid by fees, and these fees
seem to be very small, inasmuch as only
two make any returns at all to the de-
partment of fees collected, and those
returns are under 5000 year. These
consular agents are as follows: Cerro
De Pasco. M. c. McNulty; Chicavo.
Alfred Solf; Mollendo, William r.
Griffith: Paita, John f. Hopkins Jr.;
L IuICs Oldlh, lluAIIlU, IuWdIQ
Gottfried; TumbeZ, William Baldini.
Personal Prejudice.
Whether the outrage complained of |
occurred at one of these smaller places, |
or at Callao, no one at the department can |
determine from the telegram; but mas. |
much as it comes from Lima, the i'm |
preston prevails that the scene of the
outrage was one of the interior points. |
This impression is further strengthened
by the knowledge in the department
that III many cases where the natives
assault the subconsulate the trouble is
due not to any antagoniSm to the
country represented, but to prejudice
ana ill-feeling against the representative
personally. This is not an un-
common occurrence in South Amer
lea or In other parts Of the world, where
the acts of mercantile consular agent
are resented by the people. who would
respect the acts of a citizen of the United
States duly appointed to full consular
position. 1t is believed that the matter
will be satisfactorily explained in a
short time. Secretary Gresham's action
in the matter was marked by prompt
ness and caution. The demands are
Dredicated on corroboratIon of the
facts as stated briefly by the minister.