Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-21
FUNERAL OF SENIOR VlCUNA
REMAINS WILL BE BROUGHT HERE
TOMORROW.
They Will Lie in State Until the Ar
rival of q Chilean War
ship.

of Senior Don Carlos Morla Vicuna, the late
Chilean minister, will rest in st. Joseph's
Cathedral guarded by detachment of
United States soldiers. until tomorrow even
ing. when, escorted by government troops,
it will be conveyed to the Pennsylvania
railroad station and sent to Washington IN
a special car attached to the $50 pm. train.
At Washington the body will lie in state
at the Chilean legation until the arrival at
Baltimore of the Chilean naval training
ship Baauedano The Baquedano is ex-
pected at Halifax daily. When the vessel
reaches port she will at once be ordered to
Baltimore to receive the body. An escort
of midshipmen will be dispatched from the
Baquedan to Washington to accompany the
body to the vessel.
The Chilean building at the exposition is
closed and the exposition flags are at half
mast out of respect to the memory of the
dead diplomat
Sonora Vicuna will accompany her hus-
bands body to Washington. and after the
funeral ceremonies there she will go to
Deer Park, Md, where three of her chill
dren now are.
dispatch was sent from the State De-
partment Yesterday afternoon to Director
General Buchanan of the exposition at Buff
faIo, authorizing him to represent the de-
partment in such ceremonies as will be
held for the late Minister Vicuna, and ask
ing him to send a floral wreath in the name
of tn, department.
Secretary Hay, in speaking Of the de-
ceased diplomat, said:
s.The death Of Mr. Moria Vicuna will be
profoundly regretted here and in Chile. He
was man not only or great learning and
experience, of remarkable ability in the
field of diplomacy and politics, but also a
most charming and attractive personality.
He neglected no occasion to act in the in
terest of his own country, but he was
man of such delightful address and such
true amiability that he was a favorite
eyerywhere among his colleagues and
among those American officials who were
brought into contact with him. He will be
deeply mourned and greatly missed in this
country, while his death will be to his own
government lamentable loss.
A dispatch has been sent from the State
Department to Director General Buchanan
of the exposition at Bunalo authorizing
him to represent the department in such
lister and asking him to send a floral
wreath in the name of the department.
Minister Vicuna began his diplomatic ca
reer in Washington in 1870 as first secre-
tary of the Chilean legation, serving in
that capacity for two years, and was then
transferred to London. Subsequently, while
filling the same office to the legation in
Paris, he was appointed financial secretary
of Chile in connection With the various
European legations. In 1885 he was ap-
pointed envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to the republics of Uruguay
and Paraguay, and in 1890 was transferred
to act in that capacity In the Argentine Re-
public. During the latter part of 1896 he
was made secretary OF state In the Chilean
cabinet, and after holding that Office for a
period of ten mont..s was sent as minister
to the United States. ~
A High Tribute.
Mr.. William G. Fox, acting director of
the Bureau Of American Republics, pays
the following high tribute to the deceased
minister:
Mr.. Vicuna came to this country as a
representative of Chile in 1885, Chile was
the only country that had never had a
representative in the international union,
although she had been represented in 1889
and 1890. Mr.. Vicuna was such a wide
awake man that ne was here only few
months when he saw the necessity of hav-
ing his country Join the union. Within a
few months after his arrival he prevailed
upon the Chilean government to join it..
Mr.. V1cuna was a diplomatist of the Bis
marck style. He stated frankly what he
wanted. He was aggressive in regard to
the interests of his country. They were
paramount with him, and in his every ac-
ton, automatically, he put his country to
the front He was linguist, and he had
the power of vigorous expression in several
languages. He was an inordinate worker
of the most scholarly attafnments and
even those of his colleagues whom he felt
1t his duty to combat In the service of his
country had the highest respect for him,
and it is a significant fact that they We're
his best friends"