The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
9l4ueer Features Of Life and Business i'm CHHaln CAPITAL

and has made the Chilean horse one OF
the best In the world. The Chilean
horse is y cross between the Flammand
and the Arabian horse brought here by
the Spanish conquerors. which through
the temperate climate and the cold
tireiy new type, 1t has great stay
ing qualities, with an extraordinary
courage and spirit. Like the Arabian
horse. 1t eats but little. and 1t has all
the endurance of the Arab and the
strength of the Flammand.
a part OF the race track receipts and
also OF the lottery receipts of Chile
are given to charity. The charities arc
under an organization known as the
-Junte de Benefcencia. which Is one of
the richest institutions of Chile. 1t
gets It's income not only from private
charity. but also from it's own proper
ties and from funds donated by the
state. 1t has ninety-seven boards of
management. and altogether 122 chari-
table institutions Here In Santiago 1t
has n home for children that accommo-
dates 1000 inmates and also chill
dren's eating house that supplies meals
1T regular hours to poor mothers and
children to the number of 1000 daily.
1t has orphan asylums, associations for
giving cheap homes to working, people.
tuberculosis hospitals and founding
asylums.
Under the care CT the Junta de Ben
etcencia Is the cemetery of Santiago.
which is one of the most beautiful OF
the world 1t was founded by General
O'EiiSgins. when he was president OF
the republic along about'the time that
John Quincy Adams was in the White
House. Before that the Catholics had
their own cemetery and there was no.
place for the poor nor for the herctics.
General O'Higgins believed that death
makes all men OF one SIZE" and he
established this great burial ground.
The cemetery is an enormous in
closure. filled with old cypress trees
that extend for seventy-five to 100 feet
above tho paved sidewalks and courts.
1t is n real city of the dead, with many
vaults aud monuments. the collins be-
ing stored away above the ground In
houses of marble, granite or sandstone.
One of the finest monuments is the
bronze figure of a woman who stands
on q pedestal with her arms out
stretched toward heaven. This is to
comm einoratc the 1000 women who
were burned to death when the church
of the Jesuits took fire and was COM
pletely destroyed. That was In De-
cember, 1863. Santiago had then no
fire brigade and the inmates crowded
to the doors which opened inward and
forced them shut SO that they could
not get out. One OF the men who did
the most to save the women was the
American miifi ,ter. man named Will
son. lie received testimonial from
the city for his courage and is still re-
membered there.
Another striking monument. Of this
cemetery is a bronze figure of Christ.
II stands right I'm the centre of the
city of the dead, with the avenues
radintinE from the -four sides of the
rock pedestal upon which the Christ
stands. The rock represents Calvary.
The figure Is more than life size, and il
is wonderfully effective and impressive.
1t is the finest monument have ever
seen In any cemetery.
Santiago is city of many churches
and schools. Full religious tolerance
is granted and the Protestants have
their missions and churches and
schools in different parts OF the re-
public. Roman Catholicism is tho state
religion. and the church receives
large subsidy from the government.
The most of the people are Catholics,
aud that church is extraordinarily rich.
II owns in Santiago alone property to
the amount OF Sl60,000.000 in gold. II
has some OF the best business blocks,
and the whole OF one side Of the plaza,
which is the centre of the business sec,
tons. belongs to it, Ii has thousands
of rented houses and acres of storeS.<It
owns hacieEdas outside the city. upon
which wines and other products are