New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
PlN(SH AMERICAN TOPICS.

During the Presidential campaign in Uruguay, the
result OF which is still in doubt. according to the
latest cable dispatches from Montevideo. one more
proof has been shown of the moral influence ana
prestige Of the United States in the South American
republics. In the heat of the electoral struggle
the mos, important papers of the Uruguayan or
Oriental Republic 81 not hes ate TO p oest against
bower :FJ Sigc" for examp'e saying: "A Presi-
dent Of the United States does not possess mum
dredth part of the power exercised directly or m
directly by the Oriental Urughayanl PRESIDENTS;
The reason is obvious In France ana me un,ea
zion and the lays-the Par.iamelts preserving all
their aHonony ana me pf2 Ss sen in our en-
bryolic demOcracies in which the ConstLa',or ,he
slaves or the Instruments of the Executive power.
The Governor OF the State OF Chihuahua, Mexico
has issued a decree of amnesty for all MEXICAN
citizens who have borne arms against the authori-
ties since September 1882 dur ng tn rebellion which
occurred in some parts Of Mexico Inc amnesty
thos, who shall not formally accept IL ny tnan ,
their submission to tn ah h re % Nil be de-
barred from its advantages.
The carnival season Buenos Ayrcs must have
been more tranquil and orderly than usual, for the
police regulations published by the papers OF the
Argentine capital were unusually strict. 1t was
forbidden TO throw water and harmless liquids upon
the passers-by. The confetti were permitted now
eyer according 10 the Nice and Paris fashion. The
allowed in the streets were carefully Indicated
Politics had something do with those regulations:
FOR Ruenos Ayrcs has been troubled frequently
by rots and even revolution. since 1880. and there
was some political agitation going on az T PHai
time on account OF the meeting OF the hduucaA
club and the electoral canvass 10Y tne p,,grn,
ship The friends OF eX-Nice Presnem ~ he a
candidate
In thc Republic Of Salvador measures are al
ready being taken for the organization Of the prim-
arv schools in conformity with the plan adopted
by the recent Pedagogical Congress. in when the
FIVE Central msrfan s,a' fz1 dte February l.
has ordered the adoption OF the REFORM
Sir Waiter Barring has been formally received oy
President Herrera Obes Minister OF Great
Britain 70 the Republic of Uruguay. The ceremony
showed the existence OF sentiments OF deep cor.
diaity on the part OF the Montevideo Governments
toward England.
The death rate in Chill last year was alarmingiy
high especially In the large cities; ana from tho
figures Santiago and Valparaiso would seem TO be
| among the most unhealthy places in the world.
La Union" a Valparaiso newspaper said recentiys
Neither in India, with its constant choera ep-
denic: nor in Asia Minor, with its leprosy' nor IN
Rrazil or the Antilles. with their fevers nor In
Central Africa with its savage deadly climate ~
q larger death tribute rendered than that which IS
silently paid. every year. in our largest cties Inc
,ronor,ion Of forty deaths for each 1000 Of popua-
,ion ~, Santos Panama and Madras il small In CONF
narison WIKI the iifty-three per 1000 at Valparaiso
and the eighty per loo at santiago last ysa a.
Another parer Of Valparaiso stated that there were
in santiago the CHILEAN capital in 1898 Zuo deatns
more than In Buenos Ayres tlougn tne ia''ei @'''
nopulstlon was double that OF Santiago.
In Ecuador where the influence OF Cathouo
priests is so extensive that It expected recently
that the Pope's representative at quito wouid
ne,ceablv arrange the frontier quarrel between
peru and Ecuador. ne whole country lainented
recently the death OF Dr. don isd3ro ba arr Si
Bishop of Myrina. lie wa greatly loved py ms
parishoners. and was noted Tor me ape Hai his
j., which he had paciiied religious quarrel WHICH
had broken out at GuayaqulI.
eco Nacional" OF Salvador reveals the fact tnat
during m. late war waged 10y Nicaragua against
Honduras in order to support the revolutionary
movement of Bonila. the Honduran Governments
of Vasquez attempted counter revolutionary
movement in Nicaragua IL supported there tns
efforts of General Jersan SanchcZ, a NIcarasuai,'
10 arrange. on the soil OF salvador, a revolt car
cYIatsG IN overthrow President Xelaga, of Mica
raglla This attempt DID NOT succeed, because ING
| Government OF Salvador took eilceht MEASURES F"
| enforce a policy of neutrality