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IE PRESIDENT
TO CONGRESS.
A Lengthy Message Ex
plaining the Chilean
Correspondence.
HE STANDS BY EGAN,
Who He Declares Has Displayed
Discretion and Courage.
FULL TEXT OF THE ULTIMATUM,
"Which Was Sent Last Thursday and Hasi
Eot Been Answered.
Analysis of the Baltimore Affair A
Long Wait toy TJncle Sam Because
Chile's Government Was a Provisional
One Matte's Circular Note Consid
ered Most Insulting The Claim for
Separation The President Thinks It
High Time Congressional Action Was
Taken Incredible Brutality of
Chileans Toward xNorth Americans
Denounced No Civil Contests
Wanted, but the Dignity of' Our-Gov-ernmentmist
Be Preserved.
Washctgtos-, D. G, Jan.25. The fol
lowing is President Harrison's message on
Chilean affairs, in full, as sent to Congress
to-day:
To the Senate and noose of Representatives:
In my annual message, delivered to Con
press at the beginning of the present ses
sion, after a brief statement of the facts then
In the possession of this Government touch
ing the assault In the streets of Valparaiso,
Chile, upou the Bailors of the united States
teamshlp Baltimore, on the evening of Oc
tober 16 last. I said: "This Government is
now awaiting the result of an Investigation
which has been conducted by the Criminal
Court at Valparaiso. It la reported unoffi
cially that the investigation is about com
pleted, and it is expected that the result
-will soon be communicated to this Govern
ment, toge trier with some adequate and sat
isfactory response to the note by which the
attention of Chile was called to this inci
dent. If these Just expectations should ba
disappointed or further needless delay in
tervene, I will, by a speoial message, brln.r
this matter again to the attention of Con
gres for such action as may be necessary."
In bit opinion the time has now come
w hen I should lay before the Congress and
the country the correspondence Detween
this Government and the Government of
Chile, from the time of the breaking out of
me revolution ngainsc uaimaoean, together
with all other facts in the possession of tbe
Executive Department relating to this mat
ter. Tbe diplomatio correspondence is
herewith transmitted, together with corres
pondence between the naval officers for the
time in command in Chilean waters and the
Secretary of the Navy, and also the evi
dence taken at the Mare Island KavyYuid
since the arrival of the Baltimore at San
Francisco. I do not deem it necessary In
this communitinn to attempt any full analy
sis of the correspondence or of the evidence.
A brief statement of the international ques
tions involved and of the reasons why the
responses of tbe Chilean Government are
unsatisfactory id all that I deem, neoessary.
Harrison Still Stucfc on Egan.
It may bo well, at the outset, to. saytbat,
whatever may have been said In.thls-coun-try
or in Chile in criticism of Mr. Egan, our
Minister at Santiago, the true history of this
exciting period in Chilean affairs, from the
outbreak: of the revolution until this time,
discloses no act on the part of Mr. Egan un
worthy of nls position or that could J ustly he
the occasion of a serious animadversion or
criticism. He has, I think, on the whole,
borne himself, in very trying circumstances,
with dignity, discretion and courage, and
has conducted the correspondence with
ability, courtesy and fairness.
It is worth while also nt the beginning to
say that the right of Mr. Egan to give shelter
in the Legation to certain adherents of the
Balmaceda Government who applied to him
for asylum has not Deen denied by the
Chilean authorities, nor has any -demand
been made for tbe surrender of tbese refu
gees. Tbattbere was urgent need of asylum
is shown by Mr. Egan's note of August 2.
18)1, describing the disorders that prevailed
in Santiago, and by the evidence ot Captain
Schley as to the 'pillage and violence that
prevailed at Valparaiso. The correspond
ence discloses, however, that the request of
Ml. Egan for a tufe conduct from the coun
try, in behalf of these refugees, was denied.
Tbe precedents cited by him in tbe corre
spondence, particularlv the case of tbe revo
lution in Peru in 1SC5, did not leave the
Chilean Government in a position to deny
the right of asylum to political refugees and
seemed very clearly to support Mr. Egan's
contention that a safe conduct to neutral
territory was a necessary and acknowledged
incident of the asylum. Those refugees have
very recently, -without formal safe conduct,
yet by tbe acquiescence of the Chilean
authorities, been placed on board the Yoik
to wn, and are now being conveyed to Callao,
Eeru.
Disrespect That Can't Bo Forgiven.
This incident might be considered wholly
closed, but for the disrespect manifested
toward this Government by the close and
offensive police surveillanco of the Legation
premises, which was maintained during
most of tbe period of the stay of the refugees
therein. After the date of my annual mes
sage and up to the "time of the transfer of
the refugees to the Yorktown the Lega
tion premises seem to bavebcen Burrounded
by police, in uniform, and police agents or
detectives in citizens' dress, who offensively
scrutinized persons entering or leaving tbe
Legation and, on one or more occasions, ar
rested members of the Minister's family.
Commander Evans, who, by my direction
recently visited Mr. Eean at Santiago, in his
telegram to the Navy Department, described
the Legation as "A veritable prison," and
states that the .nollee agents or detectives
were, after his arrival, withdrawn during
his stay. It appears further, from the note
of Mr. Egan, of November 20, 1S9L that on
cne occasion at least, these police agents
,-whom he declares to be known to him, in
vaded the Leeation premises, pounding on
the windows, and using insulting language
toward persons therein. This breach of the
right of a Minister to freedom from police
espionage and restraint seems to have been
eo flagrant that the Argentine Minister, who
was dean or the diplomatic corps, having ob
served it, felt called upon to protest against
it to the Chilean Minister of Foreign Af
fairs. The Chilean authorities have, as will be
observed from the conespondence, charged
the refugees andthe Inmates of the Legation
with insultine the police; but it seems to me
incredible that men whose lives were in
Jeopardy and whose safety could only be e
enred by retirement and quietnss should
have sought to provoke a collision which
could only end In their destruction, or to
aggravate their condition Dy intensifying a
popular feeling that, at one time, so threat
ened the Legation as to require Mr. Eetui to.
appeal to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Serious Baltimore Incident.
But the most serious incident disclosed bv
the correspondent is that of the attack upoii
the.saiiors of the Baltimore in the streels of
Valparaiso on the 16th or October last. In
my annual message, speaking on the infor
mation then in my possession, I said: So
far as 1 have yet been able to learn, no other
explanation of this bloody -work has been
suggested than that it had its origin in hos
tility to these men as sailors of the United
States, wearing the uniform of their Govern
ment, and not in any individual act or per
sonal animosity."
We have now received from the Chilean
Government an abstract of the conclusions
or the Fiscal General upon tho testimony
taken by tho Judge of Crimes in an investi
gation which was made to extend over
nearly three months. I very much regret
to be compelled to say that this report does
net enable me to modify the conclusion
announced in mya-"-.-1 --- -
of the opinion tnat our sailors were as
saulted, beaten, stabbed and killed, not for
anything they or an v one of them had done,
but for what the Government or the United
States had done.or was charged with having
done, by its civil officers and naval comman
ders. It that bo tho truo aspect of the case,
the injury was to tho Government of the
United States, not to these poor sailor who
w ere assaulted in a manner so brutal and so
cowardly.
Before attempting to cive an outline of
the facts upon which this conclusion rests, I
think, it right to say a word or two upon tho
legal aspect of the case.
The Baltimore was in tbe harbor of Valpa-rai-o
by virtue of that general Invitation
which nations aro held to extend to the war
vessels of other powers with which they
have friendly relations. This invitation, I
think, must be held ordinaiily to, embrace
the privilege of such communication with
the shore as is reasonable, necessary and
proper for the comfort and convenience of
tho officers andrncn of such vessels. Captain
Schley testifies that when his vessel re
turned to Valparaiso on September 14, tho
city officers, as is eii3tomarv, extended tho
hospitalities of the xity to his officers and
crew.
An Insult to the Nation.
It is not claimed that overy personal col
lision or Injury in which a sailor or officer or
such naval vessel visiting the shore may be
Involved raises an International question;
hut I am clearly of tho opinion that whore
such sailors or officers are assaultedsby a
resident populace animated by hostility to
tne Government whose uniform these
sailors and officers wear and In lesentment
of acts done by their Government, not by
them, their nation must take notice of the
eventas one Involving a fraction of ltsriEhts
and dignity; not in a secondary way, as
-where a citizen Is Injured and presents his
claim through bis own Government, but in
a primary way. precisely a" if its Minister or
Consul or the flag itself had been the object
of the same character of assault.
Tbe officers and sailors of the Baltimore
were in the harbor of Valparaiso under tbe
orders of their Government, not by their
own choice. They wei-e upon the shore by
the implied invitation or the Government of
Chile and with tho annroval of their com
manding officer; and it does not distinguish
their case lrom that of a Consul that his stay
is more permanent or that he holds the ex
press invitation, of the local government to
justify bis longer residence. Nor does it
u fleet the question that tho injury was the
act of a mob. ir there had been no partici
pation by the police or military in this cruel
work, and no noglcct on their part toextend
protection, tho case would still be one. In my
opinion, when its extent nnd character are
considered, involving International rights.
The incidents of the affair are briefly as fol
lows: Review of the Baltimore Affair.
On tho 16:h of Ootobcr lar,Captaln Sohley,
commanding tho United States steamship
Baltimore, gavo shore Icnvo to 117 petty of
ficers and Bailors of his ship. Tbese men
left the ship about hSOr.sr. No incident of
violence occurred; none of our men were ar
rested; no complaint was lodged against
them; nor did any collision or outbreak
occur until about 6 o'clock v. if. Captain
Schley states that he was himself on shore
and about tho streots or the city until 5:30 r.
M.; that he met very many of his men who
were upon leave: that they were sober and
conducting themselves with propriety, sa
luting Chilean and other officers as they met
them. Other officers of the ship, and Cap
tain Jenkins, of tho merchant ship Kewee
naw, corroborate Captain Schley as to the
general sobriety and good behavior of our
men. The Sisters of Charity at the hospital
to which our wounded men were taken,
when Inquired of, stated that they wero
sober when received. If the situation had
been otherwise, we must believe that the
Chilean police authorities ould have made
arrests.
About G r. M. tho assault began, and it is
remarkable that tho investigation by the
Judgo of Crimes, though so protracted, does
not enable him to give any more satisfactory
account of Its oiigin than is found In the
statement that it began between drunken
sailors. Itepeatcdly In tho correspondence
It is asserted that It w as Impossible to learn
the precise caue of the riot. The Minister
of Fbreign Affairs, Mattn, in his telegram to
Mr. Montt, under date December 81, states
that the quarrel becan between two sailors
In a tavern and was continued In the street,
persons who eie passing Joining in it.
A Chilean Began the Kumpus.
The testimony of Talbot, an apprentice
who was with Uiggin, is that tbe outbreak
in which they were involved began by a
Chilean sailor spitting In tho face of Talbot,
which was resented by a knockdown. It
appears that Biggin and Talbot were at the
time unaccompanied by any others of their
shipmates. The men were immediately be
set bv a crowd, of Chilean citizens and
sailors, through Which tbey broke their way
to a street car and entered it lor safety.
LThey were pursued, driven from the car.
ana iargin was so seriously ueaten tnat ne
fell in the street, apparently dead.
There Is nothing in the report of the
Chilean investigation made to u. that seri
ously impeaches tills testimony. It appears
from Chilean sources that almost instantly,
with a suddenness that strongly implies
meditation and preparation, a mob, stated
by the pollco authorities at one time to
number 2.C0O and at another 1.0C0. was en
gaged in tbe assault upon our sailors, who
are represented as resisting "with stones,
club and bright arms." The report of tho
Intendente or October 30, states that tho
fight began at 0 r. m., in three streets which
are named; that information was received
at that Intendencia at 6:15, and that tbe
police arrived on the scene at 6-30, a fnll
half hour arter the asault began. At that
time, be says tbat a mob of 2,00Omen had
collected, and that lor several squares there
was tho appearance of a '-real battlefield.'
The scene at this point is very "graphically
set before us by the Chilean testimony. The
American sailors who. after so long un ex
amination, have not been found guilty of
any breach of tbe peace, so far as. the Chil
ean authorities are able to disoover, un
armed and defenseless, are fleeing for their
lives, pursued by overwhelming numbers
and fighting only to aid their own escape
from death or to succor some mate whose
life is in greater peril. Eighteen of them
are brutally stabbed and beaten, while ono
Chilean seems from the report to have sut
feied some Injury; but how serious or with
what character of weapon, or whether by a
missile thrown by our men or by some oi his
fellow rioters is unascertained.
The Americans Unarmed Men.
The pretense tbat our men were fighting
"with stones, clubs and bright arms," in
view of these facts, is incredible. It is
further l efuted by the fact that, our prison
ers when searched were absolutely-witbout
arms except seven penknives found in the
possession of the men arrested, while there
were received by our men moro than 30
stao wounas, every one or which was in
flicted in the back or back of the head. The
evidence of the ship's officer of the day is
tbat even the Jack knives of the men were
taken from them berore leaving the ship.
As to the brutal nature or the treatment
received by our men, the following extract
from the account given of the affair by the
LaPatria newspaper or Valparaiso, of Octo
ber 17, cannot be regarded as too friendly:
"Tbe Yankees, as soon as their pursuers
pave chase, went by way or the Calle del
Arsenal toward the city car station. In the
nresonce of an ordinary number of citlzpnn-
among whom were some sailors, the North
Americans iook seats in tne street car to
escape from the stones which the Chileans
threw at them. It was believed for an in
stant that tbe North Americans had saved
themselves irom popular mry, but such was
not the case. Scai cely had tne car begun to
move when a crowd gathered around nnd
stopped its progress. Under tbese circum
stances, ond without any cessation of the
howling and throwing of stones at the North
Americans, the conductor entered tbe car,
and, seeing tbe risk of the situation to the
vehicle, ordered them to get out. At tho
instant the sailors left the car, in tbe midst
of a hail of stones, the conductor received a
stone blow on the bend. One of tho Yankee
sailors managed to escape in the direction of
the Plaza, but the other was felled to the
ground by a stone. Managing to raise him
self from tbe ground where he lay he stag
gered in an opposite direction from the
station. In front of tbe house of Senor Maz
zlnl he was again wounded, falling senselo-ks
and breathless."
All Subterfuge Declared Useless.
No amount or evasion or subterfuge is able
to cloud our clear vUion or this brutal work.
It should be noticed, in this connection, tbat
of the American sailors arrested, after an
amination, wore, during tho four days fol
lowing the arrest, every one discharged, no
charge of any breach of the. peaco or other
criminal conduct havinir been btistutucd
against a single one or them. The Judire of
Crimes, Foster, In a note to the Intenden te,
under date of October 22, before the dispatch
from this Government of the following day,
which atonscd the authorities or Chile to a
better sense or the gravity or the affair, savs:
"llaving presided temporarily over tills
Couit in regard to the seamen or the Unltod
States cruiser Baltimore, who have been
tried on account of deplorable conduct
which took place," etc.
The noticeable point here i3 that our
bailors had been tried before the S2d ofOcto
ber, and that the trial resulted in their
acquittal and return to the vessel. It is
quite remarkable and quite characteristic
of the management of this affair by the
police authorities that wo should now be
advised that Seaman Davidson, of the Balti
more, had been included in tbe indictment,
Continual on Xinth Page.
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THE PITTSBURGH
FIRMNESS A WINNER
Several Times When the United
States Has Had to Deal With
PEOPLE WHO WERE TOO FRESH.
Naples and Paraguay Fasily Taught the
i'rror of Their Way.
WAR AVERTED BY A S1I0WGT STRENGTH
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New Yoke, Jan. 2j. Just now, when
the Chilean controversy is hanging so
prominently over the public mind and there
is so much talk of war and peace, and the
.proper policy for our Government to pursue
toward an outcome, it is not altogether
irrelevant to consider for a moment a
few cases scattered over our naval history,
where TJncle Sam, in his search for peace,
has felt callcd'upon to assume a belligerent
attitude.
Fortunately enough, the United States
has not had many occasions where it has
been obliged to resort to thetiftima ratio
region. It is interesting to note, moreover,
that in the few cases which occur to mind
where such a course has been deemed neces
sary to maintain the national dignity, tho
warlike declarations were only a speedy
means to a peaceful termination oi the diffi
culties. One of the most attractive cases occurred
during Jackson's administration, in 1832.
The trouble was with Italy, or that part of
Italy known at that time as the Kingdom
of Naples. During the years from 1809 to
1812, the Neapolitan Government, under
Joseph Bonaparte and Murat, the succes
sive Kings of Naples, had confiscated nu
merous American ships and cargoes.
A Decided Stand Taken.
The total amount of tbe American claims,
as filed in the State Department against
Naples "when Jackson's administration as
sumed control, was 1,731,994. They were
held by various insurance companies and
by citizens, principally of Baltimore. De
mands for the payment of thee
claims had from time to time been
made by our Government, hut Naples
had always refused to settle them.
Jackson's administration took a decided
stand. Hon. John Kelson, of Frederick,
3Id., was appointed Minister to Naples and
ordered to insist upon a settlement. Com
modore Daniel Patterson, who aided in the
defense of New Orleans in 1815, was put in
command of the Mediterranean squadron,
and ordered to co-operate with Minister
Nelson in enforcing his demands.
When Naples persisted in her refusal, a
warlike demonstration was decided upou,
and Commodore Patterson laid his plans.
The entire force at his command consisted
of three CO-gun frigates nnd "three 20-ponnd-gun
corvettes. So as not to precipitate
matters too hastily, the plan was for these
vessels to appear in the Neapolitan waters
one at a time. Instructions were given ac
cordingly. effects of a Naval Demonstration.
The Brsndywine, with Minister Nelson on
board, went first. Mr. Nelson repeated the
demands for a settlement, and they were
refused. There was nothing in the
appearance of an envoy and a single
ship to trouble King Bomba and his
little kingdom. Tho Brandywine cast anchor
in the harbor and the humbled envoy
waited patiently for a few days. Then
another American nag appeared on the hori
zon, and the frigate United States floated
into the harbor and came to anchor. Mr.
Nelson repeated his demands, and they
were again refused.
Four days slipped away and tno Stars and
Stripes again appeared on tho horizon.
King Bomba, looking out from his palace
window, saw the 50-gun frigate Concord
sail into the harbor and drop her anchor.
Then signs of uneasiness and alarm began
to show themselves. Forts were repaired,
troops drilled, and more cannon mounted
on the coast. The demands were reiterated,
but the Neapolitan Government still re
fused. Two days later another ship made her
way into the harbor. It was the John
Adams. When the fifth ship sailed gal
lantly in, the Bourbon Government seemed
almost on the point of yielding; but three
days later-Mr. Nelson sent word home that
he was still unable to collect the bill.
Bronght to Terms by the IHufC
Just as the sixth sail showed itself on the
blue waters, King Bomba and bis Govern
ment announced that they would accede to
the American demands. The negotiations
were closed and interest was guaranteed on
installments. The entire squadron re
mained in the Bay of Naples from August
28 to September 15. Then the ships sailed
away and separated.
The incident in our naval history which
had in it, perhaps, the' most points of com
parison with the present Chilean situation,
was- one that began in' 1855 in an offense
given to the TJnited State"! by Paraguay.
In 1852 Captain Thomas Jefferson Page, in
command of a small, light-draft
steamer, the Water Witch, started out for
South America to explore the river La
Plata aud'its large tributaries, with a view
to future commercial intercourse between
our conntry and the interior States of
South America. The expedition was or
dered by the United States Government,
and the countries having jurisdiction over
those waters signified their concurrence in
the project.
The Water Witch pushed her way up the
river slowly, carrying on her investigations
-without trouble until February 1, 1855. On
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tutb KLOJ owe tia oicaiuiu ijuici. up lilt;
river Parana, which forms the boundary be
tween Paraguay and Conientes, one of tne
States of the Argentine confederacy, when
suddenly, without any warning, a "battery
on the Paraguayan shore opened fire on
her.
No Cause for the Attack.
The little Water Witch was not fitted out
for hostilities, and she lost no time in
getting out of range. One of her sailors,
however, the helmsman, was killed. As far
as the Water Witch was concerned, there
was apparently no cause for tbe attack.
President Carlos A. Lopez, whose rule over
Paraguay was essentially autocratic, bad
previously received Captain Page and his
vessel with every show of friendship.
A few months before the attack, however,
Lopez took offense at tbe conduct of the
United States consul, who, in addition to
his official position, acted as the agent for
an American mercantile company. Lopez
expressed his disapproval by breaking up
the business of this company, and he also
issued a decree forbidding foreign vessels of
war from navigating the waters of Para
guay. The Water Witch returned to the United
States and reported tbe case to the Govern
ment. We claimed that the Water Witch
was not within the jurisdiction of Paraguay,
as the channels she was in belonged equajly
well to Corientcs; and even it the were
within Paraguay's jurisdiction she was not
properly a vessel of war, as her object was
entirely of a scientific nature. Words to
tliis effect were submitted to Paraguay, and
our Government demanded reparation.
Profited by Pdst Kxperience.
Negotiations, however, proved fruitless.
Lopez pursued the even tenor of his way,
and refused to give any satisfactory answer
to our demands. Thereupon Congress,
finding peaceable communications of no
avail, authorized the President of ., the
United States to send such a naval force to
Paraguay as would compel her arbitrary
ruler to give the satisfaction demanded.
One of the strongest naval expeditions
ever sent out by the United States up f,o
that time was ordered to assemble at the
mouth of La Plat. Nineteen vessels were
fitted out, seven of them beipg steamers spe
cially chartered for the -purpose on account
of the deficiency in our navy forlight-J
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draught mips suited to the naviga
tion of the riven to be as
cended. The squadron carried 200 guns
and 2,600 men. Flag Officer W. Bradford
Slmbrick was placed in command, and he
took on board nls flagship with him Hon.
Mr. Bowlin, who was appointed a special
commissioner oi tne united states in
trusted with the negotiations.
It was just at the close of. 1858 that the
force assembled at Montevideo. The Water
Witch was one of the force, but this time
she was all in trim for hostile ac
tion. The other ships were two frig
ates, tho Sabine and the St. Law
rence;.two sloops of war; the Falmouth and
the Preble; three brigs,, the Dolphin,
the Bainbridge and the Perry; six steamers,
the Memphis, the Caledonia, the Southern
Star, the Westcrnport, the" M. W. Chapin
and the Mctacomb; the revenue steamer
Harriet Laud, and two armed steamships,
the Supply and Release.
Demands for Reparation Backed Up.
On January 25, 1859, this squadron sailed
up and came" to anchor off Ascension,. the
capital of Paraguay. President Urguiza, of
the Argentine Confederacy, had volun
teered his services as mediator in the dis
pute, and had arrived at Paraguay in ad
vance of the United States officials. The ne
gotiations were opened, and Mr. Bowlin
made his demand for immediate reparation.
Meanwhile, such of our warships as were
capable of ascending the river had marie
their way through the numerous difficulties
of currents, shoals and sand bars and came
to a chosen position, where they made
ready, in case of necessity, to open fire.
The force within striking distance of Para
guay consisted of 1,740 men, besides the offi
cers, and 78 guns, iucluding 23 9-inch and
one 11-inch shell guns.
Then Lopez and his Government came to
the conclusion that tbe United States meant
business. By February 5 Mr. Bowlin's
demands were acceded to. Satisfactory
apologies were made for the firing
on the Water Witch, and pecuniary
compensation wa given to the family
of tbe sailor who had been killed, 'in ad
dition to this a new commercial treaty was
established .and cordial relations; between
the two Governments were fully restored.
LADIES STAND BY THEKIEMESS.
Despite a Vicious Attack on Their Morality
Made by a Clergyman.
Kingston, N. Y., Jan. 25. Special
Despite the strong current of popular
opinion and the united support of the local
press in favor of holding a kirmess to raise
the fund for a public hospital, a few of the
clergymen who signed the protest
are still denouncing the proposed
entertainment. It was thought that,
finding they had . encountered more
opposition than they had expected, the pas
tors would not agitato the matter further,
but allow the society leaders to continue
their preparations and rehearsals unmo
lested. It was therefore a surprise when
Key. David A. Hnnniburgh last night al
luded to the methods in vogue in Spain and
other continental countries, to indulge in
bull fights and other sports on Sunday, and
declared that the kirmess was even lower
than these. It was detrimental to health
on account of the low-necked dresses worn by
the women, nnd was highly immoral, owing
to the shortness of the dresses. He (jirected
special attention to the fact that the ladies
who would take part would stand on nu
elevated platform, and therefore their
small skirts would leave their ankles ex
posed. The sermon has been a subject of much
comment to-day, and several younger mem
bers of the church have expressed an in
tention to attend the kirmess, and if they
are blacklisted- for so doing, to join
churches of another denomination.
A PITTSBTJEG PATENT SUIT.
Tho JlcCormlck Harvesting Company Asked
to Settle by the Hussey Company.
Chicago, Jan. 25. Special The Hus
sey Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburg
began suit in the 'United States Circuit
Court to-day against the McCormick Har
vesting Machine Company, ot this city, al
leging infringement 6fpatenf of" complain
ant's mowing machines. An interesting
fight in litigation will probably be the
result, as the complainant company has
fought William Deering & Co. on the same
issue, and the Eastern courts upheld the
patent in that suit.
Fphriam Smith, of Pittsburg, it is al
leged, was the inventor of the improved
mowing machines, a patent for which was
issued to Mm October 1, 1880. Smith after
ward sold the patent to the complainant, who
claims to have been in exclusive possession
of it since March, 1882. In 1834, the bill
says, preliminary and final injunctions
were issued against the Deering Company,
which, it was alleged, was turning out ma
chines after the style of the Smith patent.
The bill does not allege how long McCor
mick has been using the Smith patent, but
not only nsks- an , injunction restraining
their further manufacture, but prays that
the mowing machines now in the defend
ant's possession which infringe on the com
plainant's patent be destroyed or surren
dered to the Hussey Manufacturing Com
pany, and that damages equal to three times
the amount of the actual damages be
awarded.
SH0WE1 THEIB INDBPEIIDSNCE.
New Haven Society Circles Stirred Up by an
Eloponienr.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 25. Special
There w as a great stir in society here to
day when it became known that A. H. Ver
rill and Miss May McCarthy had eloped
and had been married in New York. Owing
to tbe wide difference in their social posi
tions the runnaway marriage has created a
sensation. Young Verrill Is the son of Ad
dison E. Verrill, Professor of Zoology in
Yale University. He is an artist of
considerable ability. Miss McCarthy is the
daughter of E. H. McCarthy, a wholesale
liquor dealer of considerable wealth. Ver'
rill is a rather dashing young fellow. His
parents learned a short time ago that he
was, paying attention to Mifes McCarthy,
and ordered him not to visit the young
woman again. Miss McCarthy's parents
looked with favor on Verrill's suit.
On Thursday evening Verrill and Miss
McCarthy boarded an evening tram for New
York. There they went to the Church of
the Holy Cross, where they were married
by Kev.'Charles McCrcedy. They returned
to this city to-day, and are stopping at the
Tontine Hotel temporarily. Prof. Verrill
and his wife are not reconciled to the match.
Young Verrill and wife will leave shortly
for Costa Kica, where' he has obtained a
situation in the National Museum.
More Trouble in San Domingo.
New Yokk, Jan. 25. Captain Dorey, of
he steamer Prins William IL, which ar
rived this morning from Hayti, states that
he had heard from -a private source in
Port-au-Prince that there was danger of
serious trouble, and that it was liable to
happen at any moment
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PULSE OF 'THE 7KESS.
Editorial Comments From Alt Shades
of Political Opinion.
THE NEW YORK PAPEES DIFFER,
Anil So Do Several Others, as to the Strength
of the Message.
THE PRESIDENT VIOLENTLY ATTACKED
New YOEK, Jan. 25. Special The Sun
(Dem.) will say editorially to-morrow:
Tho President's message of to-day to Con
gress does not change the situation. It
makes tho situation clear. Clothed in calm,
grave languago, and breathing the spirit
or dignified and responsible patriotism,
it carries to Congress and to tho country all
tbat is necessary for a full understanding of
the position which this Government oc
cupies and of the attitude which Chile holds
toward thi Government as tbo Tesnlt of a
series of unfortunate events, which have
brought the two nations to tho very verge of
war. Four things are certain:
First Wo are right, wo know that wo am
right, and the national sentiment is behind
the administration in insisting upon rUll
reparation for tho injury to our citizens and
theinsultstoourflag. Nothingshortofthatls
to be considered for an instant. Until that
is rendered, political distinctions in this
country count for nothing. The first duty
of overy American is to his Government and
his flag.
Second Ihe idea or arbitration Is not to
be tolerated. Tbe mutters presented in
Mr. Blaine'") note of January 21, and recited
in tho President's message to Congress, aro
not within the jurisdiction of any power or
any council on tho-faco of this earth exist
ing, or that can by any intervention or in
terference be constituted.
Third Minister B ;nn cannot and will not
be recalled, In response to the tardy request
from Santiago, until our final demand upon
Chile has been met squarely by that Gov
ernment. Fourth The answer to tho question of
war or peace Is with Chile, not with us. It is
the Southern Republic that must make tho
choice, and she must make it quickly.
Dignity Most Tie Maintained.
The World (Dem.) will have the fol
lowing: Onr Government Is strong; Chile's is weak.
Magnanimity, forbearance and great pa
tience will be becoming in us, and will cost
us nothing In the respect or enlightened
mankind. It Is elenrly our duty to ourselves,
to our weak antagonist and fo civilization
to exhaust every peaceful method of main
taining our right and dignity before resort
ing to the brutality of war.
The Herald (Ind.) has this to say:
Had Mr. Harrison shown more calmness
and patience, more statesmanship and
patriotism, more desire for peace, tho con
troversy might have been brought to an
early settlement, satislactnry and honor
able to both nations. What Chile will
do in the faco of the demands
with which she may feel it
humiliating to comply remains to bo spcii.
But not yet is war a necessity. Arbitration
vet remains. Until its remedies, until all
the resources of diplomacy are exhausted,
hostilities aro to do deprecated and averted.
We think Mr. Harrison has made a grave
mistake. Wo trust it may be remedied.
The Tribune will speak as follows:
President Harrison's message is destined
to rank with the declaration of policy which
mado Monroe's name famous. Among all
tho republican nations of this con
tinent, it will be interpreted as tho
earnest of a more vigorous and rpsiMite
diplomacy than has been known at Wash
ington during recent years. Chile must ac
cept losponsibillty for that won ton attack
and make amends for it. Minister Mattn.
sent an unwarrantable and insulting circu
lar to his diplomatic agents. That muse bo
repndlatod. There is nothing that can bo
submitted to aroitration except the amount
of indemnity.
The Truth Not Always Told.
The Renin Font's editorial reads thus:
It has been continually givon ont fiom
Washington, and alleged as a grievance
against Chile, that no expression or rcgrot
for the Baltimore aflair has appeared in the
official Chilean correspondence. The publi
cation of that conespondence shows how
f.ilso that assertion hasbeen from tho begin
ning. F0UE OPINIONS 7B02I CHICAGO.
AH Shades of Political Heller Represented
In the Collection.
Chicago, Jan 25. The Inler-Ocean
(Eep.) will say editorially to-morrow:
There Is but ono course open to Congress.
It is to fix a date, and that a brief ono, on
which should Chllo still remain silent or de
fiant on tho ques'tions of apology
and reparation, t the arbitrament or
war shall decide their Justice.
The groat and grave duty imposed upon
Congress should be performed in the spirit
that moved the legislators who declared war
with Britain in 1S12, when the flag and uni
form of our navy were insulted or abused by
a foroign power.
The DaViij Kews (Ind.) will say:
Tho timo for temporizing has passed.
Whatever answer Chile will make must now
be made to the people of tho United
States. Tho President's message is
clear and comprehenslvo on all
tho main points involved. It
Is a foregone conclusion that both
brauches of Congress will uphold this de
maud for protection of tho American flag
from insult. No other couiso is consistent
tfith American patriotism.
The 2iiuej(Deni.) says:
The case is left with Congress, without
even a suggestion from tho President.
If there be intelligent patriotism
in Congress to justify tho popular ex
pression to which the majority of tho lower
llouso Is due, tbero will be a prompt sugges
tion to tho Executive of a change from
methods of vainglory to those of statesman
ship. It will instruct the- President that
matters in dispute aro to be referred, as in
tbe case of the Alabama, to arbitrament.
The Tribune (Kep.) says:
There can be no doubt that if Chile does
not speedily como to its senses it will
bo brought to them through the
stern agency of war. The American
people will rest content that Con
gress will consider tho case presented
to it by the President, without any partisan
prejudice, that its action will bo prompt,
and that it will be dictated by the patriotic
sentiments of American citizens, demand
ing reparation for assault upon tho national
honor.
THE PBESIDZKT ATTACKED
"By n San Francisco Paper That Says Ho
Has pecelved tho Public.
San Feancisco, Jan. 25. The Examiner
(Democrat) in a long editorial headed
"There Will Be No War," violently at
tacks President Harrison's management of
the Chilean controversy. It says:
Nothing has occurred sinca the riot In
Valparaiso that will do so much t6 quiet
public feeling as President Harrison's mes
sage. The American people would be
insane to go to war on such a showing.
That message diposes of Mr Harrison. Ho
provos to be a little man, not only incapable
of dealing largely with questions as to tbe
nation's peace, but also incapable of fair
ness and truth-telling when truth will
be near the nation which tho United
Stales Is in contioversy. Mr. Harrison
has deliberately concealed from the people
of the United States that the chief reason
for exasperation against Chllo tbat her Gov
ernment has expressed no regret for the
Valparaiso riot Is groundless.
The Examiner quotes the communications
of Minister Montt of December 11 and
January 8, iu which Chile deplores the riot,
and also quotes President Harrison's senti
ment that these expressions are inadequate
and continues:
Whatever difference of opinion there may'
be as to the adequacy or Chile's expressions
of Regret, there can be bnt one opinion of
tbe conduct of tbe President or the United
States in suppressing them.
DIFFER WITH THE FBESIDENL
Two Philadelphia Papers Cannot
Agree
" Ith the iong Message.
Philadelphia, Jan. 25. The Times (In
dependent) will say to-morrow:
In the face of direct issuo ot war, as pro
claimed by tbe President, tbat issue
becomes paramount, and the mlse,r
ablo adventurer who has disgraced
diplomacy as our Minister to
Chile will be overshadowed by the supreme
demands of patriotism; but, whether tlioro
shall be war or peace, the people will hava
their reckoning with Minister Egan and the
political power that clothed him with
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honors he could not appreciate and with
duties he could not perform.
The Record (Democratic) will say:
From beginning to end President Harri
son's message is a studied, vindictive, but
by no means success rul attempt to put tbe
Chileans in the wrong, and to arouse a war
spirit among tho American people.
THE ENGLISH BLAME EOAN.
Their Papers Insist the Minister is the
Bono of Contention.
LONDON, Jan. 25. The Lngi -i papers
fevidentlyconsider Mr. Patrick Egan to be
the main cause of the trouble between tbe
United States and Chile. The St James
Gazette says :
Much may be excused in a conntry which
had an Evoy of Patrick Egan's character
thrust upon it. adding that It would be
difficult to suppose that either of these high
spirited Republics really mean business.
The Globe says:
Tho Chilean anxiety to get rid of Minister
igan wasjustmea dv tne American aeier-
miuation to Keep mm in
i him in Chil. tifftcd upon
than recojuU W$tf bis
a long tlmo eteroVthe
stronger reason t
merits. It will be a, lone-
United States again gives a Fenta t a diplo
matic post.
The Pall Mall Gazette says:
It is difficult tounderstand why the United
States harasses Chile the way ft is doing.
Tbe fact that Minister Egan's son Is prose
cuting chile for revoking a railway con
cession throws a flood of light upon the sub
ject. The AnwregarU 0' e as election
bluster, but says:
It Is hard to ..- Chllo can
uosslbly deny thut ilio circular of
Foreign Minister Matt.1 was offensive
to this United States Government. No false
pride should restrain the Chileans from dis
avowing this act of an indiscreet Minister
and so paving the way for a settlement of
their own scores against America.
Tho Chronicle says:
After hearing the language President Har
rison felt justified in using townrd Chile, one
cannot help wondi-ring why Mr. Egan was
not recalled. The coming elections
probably account for the animated
language of the message. Mr. Harrison's
declaration that America does not covet ter
litory ought not to bo taken, as a pledge, but
rather as an ingenious device to allay sus
picion not groundless. It remains to be
seen what the Pnn Americanism of Mr.
Blaine and his friends wilt bo content with.
The Daily Telegraph has this:
Nothing has yet occurred to justify the
alarmist " rnmors of a resort to hos
tilities. 3Ir. Harrison carefully ab
stains fiom any words calculated
to embitter diplomatic relations.
Impartial Americans must acknowledge
that Chile has some justification for its
irritation. President Harrison defends
Mr. Kgan in terms not of unmixed
probation. It is extremely unlikely
that Chile will venture to defy the
power orAmorica. There only needs to be
nlittlo extension of thospiritof compromise
and conciliation which Chile has already ex
hibite'l, to remove the differences between
tbe two countries speedily and peaceably.
A St. Coals Paper Calls It Scandalous.
St. Lotjih, Jan. 25- The Republic (Dem.)
will say to-morrow:
Mr. Harrison tries to produce the
impression that Chile lias refused
to express regret for the acts of
the Valparaiso mob, whereas the corre
spondence shows that Don Pedro Montt, the
Chilean Minister at Washington, has con
veyed to this Government the assurance of
thofriendly feelings of Chile. There isascan
dal behind this business. Meantime, on tho
faco of it, it Is clear that thewhole business
as it stands is tho most treacherous, the
most pnsillanimons, tho meanest and most
cowardly that any American administra
tion ever engaged in.
No Honor in It,
The Brooklyn Eag'e will say:
Acensnsof the American conscience and
of the American thought Is called for on a
complication on which we entered without
honor, in which we can progress with no
gain to our credit and from wnloh, however
we emerge, whether by treaty, by arbitra
tion or by war, wo can, on our own showing,
carry away no laurels that a civilized, a
moral, a magnanimous and an upright
nation Bhould bo pwid to wear.
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TONGUE AND B4Z0EM
Two Weapons Wielded by Society
Women Figure in a Tragedy.
A MURDERESS FfiOH A CARRIAGE
Springs to the Pavement and Stabs
Victim in the Sect.
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THEY HAD BEES DEAEEST OP FKIMD3
Memphis, Jan. 25. The most sensational
murder which has occurred in Memphis for
years was committed this afternoon. The
nrictim was a young lady and her slayer was
of the same sex. Both were familiar figures
in society.
A few minutes before i o'clock a buggy
containing Miss Alice Mitchell and Lizzie
Johnston drove up to the sidewalk around
the Custom House block leading to the
levee. The lines were in the hands of Miss
Johnston, and beside her, calm and self
possessed, sat Miss Mitchell. Coming
slowly up the steep incline from the rivei
were Miss Freda Ward, of Gold Dust, Art,
and her sister, Jo, who had just put another
sister, Mrs. Cummings, aboard the steamer
Ilosa Lee, for Gold Dust, Ark.
Sho Springs From Her Carriage.
The young ladies were soon opposite the
carriage, chatting pleasantly. Suddenly,
from out the carriage at a bound, came Mis!
Jlchell. Grasping Miss Ward by th
neck she drew a bright razor from out th
folds of her dress, and without a word drev
it across the throat of her victim. Mist
Ward sank to the pavement in an instant
the blood pouring in torrents from the sev
ered jugular.
The murdered girl's sister, who had by
this time recovered from her astonishment,
grappled with the woman and tried to hold
her, but in a twinkling she, too, received a
cut, but only a trifling one, near the ear.
Miss Mitchell, being freedfrom Mrs. Ward,
jumped into the buggy in an instant, and
wilu tne exclamation
"Drive on, I've done it," seized the whip,
and with Miss Johnston still holding ths
lines, the pair were soon around the cornel
into Madison street and away from ths
scene of the tragedy.
Miss Ward was tenderly picked up by the
gathering crowd, and a passing carriage
which was pressed into service conveyed
her to Koger's Infirmary. She was, how
ever1, beyond human aid and expired just as
the infirmary was reached. The body was
then taken to anundertakiugestablishment.
The Murderess Under Arrest.
At C o'clock this evening Chief of Police
Davis had arrested Miss Mitchell, who was
found at her home on Union street, and con
veyed to the jail in a carriage.
The cause of the killing is to-night not
positively apparent, as Miss Mitchell
refuses tb say a word to anybody on the
subject. It is t-aid, however, that Miss
Ward, who was visiting in this city, had on
former trips to Memphis been the guest of
Miss Mitchell. Lately she refused to par
lake of the hospitality of the Mitchell
household and refused also to recognize
Miss Mitchell on the street.
It is alleged, further, by several per
sons, that Miss Ward has made remarks of
a decidedly uncomplimentary nature re
garding Miss Mitchell, and this lat
ter allegation is supposed to have
been the cause of the tragedy.
Miss Mitchell is the 18-year-old daugh
ter of George Mitchell, a retired lur
niiure dealer, and she and Miss Johnston,
in the latter's stylish "turn-out" were a
familiar sight on the different drives about
the city.
Miss" Ward is a daughter of John Ward,
a planter and wealthy merchant of Gold
Dust, Ark.
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