THE message
Harrison Lays the Situation Before
Congress.
The President Defends Minister
Egan’s Course.
Demands Made Upon Chile Must
Be Satisfied.
Full Text of the Ultimatum Sent
To Santiago.
No Notice Taken of the Demand
for Egan’s Recall*
Aoology Must Be Made for the
Matta Note.
The Chilean Government Assured That
the United State* Will not Recede
From the Ground Taken—
Courteous, but Firm.
Washington, Jan. 25.—The follow
ing is President Harrieon’s message on
the Chilean situation sent to congress
today:
To the Senate and House of Represents
fives: In nay annual message, delivered
to congress at the beginning of the present |
session, after a brief statement of the fact9 I
then in possession of this government j
touching the assault in the streets j
of Valparaiso, Chile, upon the sail- !
ers of the United States steam- j
ship Baltimore on the evening of the 16th ;
of October last, I said: ‘‘This movement;
is now awaiting the result of an investiga- j
tion which has been conducted by the
criminal court at Valparaiso. It is re-1
ported unofficially that the investigation j
is about completed, and it is expected the j
result will soon be communicated to this j
government, together with some j
adequate and satisfactory recompense
to the note by which the attention of Chile I
was called to this incident. If these just!
expectations should be disappointed or |
further needless delay intervene, I will by ]
a special message bring this matter again ;
to the attention of congress for such action ]
as may be necessary.” In mv opinion the
time has now come when I should lay be- j
fore the congress and the country the cor
respondence between this government and
the government of Chile, from the
time of the breaking out of
the revoltion against Balmaceda
together with all other facts
in the possession of the executive depart
ment relating to this matter.
The diplomatic correspondence is here
with transmitted, together with some cor
respondence between the naval officers
for the time in commanddn Chilean waters
and the secretary of the navy, and also
the evidence taken at the Mare island
navy hards since the arrival of the Balti
more at San Francisco. *
Egan’s Course Defended.
I do not deem it necessary in this com
munication to attempt any full analysis of
the correspondence or of the evidence. A
brief statement of the international ques
tions involved and of the reasons why the
responses of the Chilean government are
unsatisfactory is all that I deem neces
sary. It may be well at the outset to
say that, whatever may have been said in
this country or in Chile in criticising Mr.
Egan, our minister at Santiago, the true
history of this exciting ueriod in Chilean
affairs from the outbreak of the revolution
until this time discloses no act on the part
of Mr. Egan unworthy of his position or
that could justly be the occasion of seri
ous animadversion or criticism. He has,
I think, on the whole borne himself in very
trying circumstances with dignity, discre
tion, and courage and has conducted the
correspondence with ability, courtesy and
fairness *
n is worth while alto In beginning: to
say that the right of Mr. Egan to give
shelter in the legation to certain
adherents of the Balmacedan gov
ernment who applied to him for
asylum has not been denied by the
Chilean authorities nor has any demand
been made for the surrender" of these
refugees. That there was urgent need of
asylum is show n by Mr. Egan's note of
Augusts, 1891, describing the disorders
that prevailed in Santiago and by the evi
dence of Captain Schley as to the pillage
and violence that prevailed in Valparaiso.
The correspondence discloses, however,
that the request of Mr. Egan for a safe
conduct from the country in behalf of these
refugees was denied. The precedents
cited by him in the correspondence, parti
cularly the case of the revolution in Peru
1865, did not leave the Chilean govern
ment in a position to deny the right of
asylum to political refugees and seemed
very clearly to support Mr. Egan’s con
tention that a safe conduct to neutral
territory was a necessary &4& acknowl
edged incident of the asylum. These re
fugees have very recently, without
formal safe conduct, but by
the acquiescence of the Chilean
authorities been placed onboard the York
jown and are now being conveyed to
Callao, Peru. This incident might be
considered wholly closed but for the dis
respect manifested toward this govern
ment by the close and offensive police
JjrveiUanee of the legation premises
len was maintained during most,
the period of the stay of the
ugees therein. After the date of my an
Buai message and up to the time of the
"*for tlie refugees to the Yorktown
tl„ lePakon premises seem to have been
rounded by police in uniform and
po ce agents or detectives in citizens*
0®€nBiv,ely scrutinized persons
0 nnE or having the legation and on
or more occasions arrested a member
w the minister's family.
i p A Veritable Prison.
»o«^InAII^er Kvan*» who by my directioi
hi* visit®d Mr. Egan at Santiago, ii
•priK tli* M-vy department, de
*"'bed„ the legation' a. n “veritnbh
•i. ?n.’ aad state, that the police ngenti
I™, were after hi* arrival with
drawn during hi* atay.
c*„ti at'l'eiira further from the note of Mr
,n °‘ November 20, 1891, that on one oc
hr ,i’”1 at eftst these police agents, whon
, Glares to be known to him, invaded th«
diL '0n Prern‘*«*, pounding upon its win
ianiFi nild U8*nP insulting' and threatening
!««»«■ toward* person* therein. <l’hii
dom «.°* the right of a minister to free
term .on? Police espionage and restrain!
Ar“ave been so flagrant that tb<
dint™ rainister, who was dean of thi
ca , "rat,c c°tp»i having observed it, fell
Chii.. upo.n to protest against it to th<
Tt.„a<"i^'.ln^*tcr °i foreign affair*.
1# Chileans have, as will be observed
refill6 cur,resPondenee, charged th<
with i e* the inmates of the legatior
Ue i ""‘‘““if the police, but it seems ti
that men whose lives wer<
P®rdy and whose safety could onlj
onl»*.?ecure<* *>y retirement am
* "hould have sought to provuki
in th.:*1 jlon which could only cut
'ondUi. 1?tr.uction or to “OTr»yate tbei
inethby intensifying a popular feel
t»tln.ttt Bt one ti™* so threatened the le
Iht ml-”,10 r*«l“ire Mr. Egan to appeal t<
“tints tor of foreign s flairs.
„ Baltimore Affair.
But the most serious incident disclosed
py the correspondence is thst of the st
uck upon the sailors of the Baltimore in
the streets of Valparaiso on the 18th of
la,t' ,,In, “r annual measure,
speaking upon the information then in my
possession, X said: ‘ Bo far as I have
yet been able to learn, no other
explanation of this bloody work has been
suggested than that it had its origin in
?T0*iV jyi° the*e tnnn as sailors of the
United States, wearing the uniform of
their government, and not in any individ
ual act or personal animosity.”
Views Not Modified.
We have now received from the Chilean
government an abstract of the conolu
sions of the fiscal general upon
the testimony token by the judge
of crimes in an investigation which was
made to extend over nearly three
months. I very much regret to be com
pelled that this report does not enable me
to modify the conclusion announced in my
annual message. I am still of the opinion
that our sailors were assaulted, beaten,
stabbed and killed, not for anything the
or any one of them had done, but for what
the government of the United States
has done or-was charged with having
done, by its civil officers and
naval commanders. If that be the true
aspect of the case the injury was to the
government of the Unltid States, not to
those poor sailors who were assaulted in a
manner so brutal, and so cowardly.
Legal Aspect of the Case,
Before attempting to give an outline of
the facts upon which this conclusion rests,
I think it right to >ay a word or two upon
the legal aspect of the case. 1 he Balti
more was in the harbor of Valparaiso by
virtue of that general invitation which na
tions are held to extend to the war
vessels of other powers with which
they have friendly relations. This invita
tion, I think, must be held ordinarily to
embrace the privilege of such communica
tion with the shore as is reasonable, neces
sary and proper for the comfort and con
venience of the officers and men of such
vessels. Captain Schley testifies
that when his vessel returned
to Valparaiso, on September 14, the
city officers, as is customary, extended
the hospitalities of the city to his officers
and crew.
non rersonai Matter,
It is not claimed that every personal
collision or injury in which a sailor or of
ficer of such naval vessel visiting the
shore may bo involved raises an
international question, but I am
clearly of the opinion that where such
sailors or officers are assaulted by a resi
dent populace, animated by hostility to
the government whose uniform the sailors
and officers wear, and in resentment
of acts done by their government, not
by them, this nation must take notice
of the event as one involving an infraction
of its rights and dignity: not in a second
ary way, as where a citizen is injured and
presents his claim through his
own government^ hut in a primary
way precisely as if its
minister or consul or the flag itself had
been the object of the same ebaraoter of
assault. The officers and sailors of the
Baltimore were in the harbor
of Valparaiso under the or
ders of their government, not by
their own choice. They were upon the
shore by the implied invitation of the gov
ernment of Chile and with the approval
of their commanding officer, and it does
not distinguish their case from
that -of a consul that his stay is
more permanent or that he holds the ex
press invitation of the local government
to justify his long residence, nor does it
affect the question that the injury was
the act of a mob. If there
had Men no participation by the
police or military in this cruel work, and
no neglect of their part to extend protec
tion, the case would still be one, in my opin
ion, when its extent and character are con
sidered, involving international rights.
The incidents of the affair are then
recited by the president
He reviews all the testimony col
lected from an sources, Chilean, Amer i
can and neutral, and analyzes it in a
clear and luminous fashion. He calls
attention to the fact that while
eighteen of our sailors were clubbed,
stabbed or killed, but one
Chilean was injured at all,
and it is doubtful whether
he was not hurt by a missile thrown
by his fellow rioters. This fact, the
president thinks, disposes of the
charges that the American seamen
were the aggressors; or that they were
armed with deadly weapons at all.
The charge is further refuted by the
fact that seven penknives were
the only weapons found upon them
when searched by the police. The
president then shows in a strong light
the brutal and inhuman treatment to
which one of the sailors was subjected
in the police stations and the hospitala
“No amount of subterfuge or evasion,”
says he, “is able to cloud our dear
vision of this brutal work.”
The evidence of the existenoe of animos
ity towards our sailors in the minds of the
sailors of the Chilean navy and of the
populate of Valparaiso are so abund
ant, are so various as to leave no doubt in
the mind -of any one who will examine the
papers submitted. These incidents con
clusively establish that the attack was
upon the uniform, the nationality, and not
upon the men.
Origin or tne Hostility.
The origin of this feeling is probably
found in the refusal of this government to
give recognition to the congressional party
before it had established itself; in the
seizure of the Itata, for on alleged viola
tion of the neutrality law in the eablc
incident, and in the charge
that Admiral Brown conveyed Informa
tion to Valparaiso of the landing of Quin
ter. It is not my purpose to enter here on
any defense of the action of this govern
ment in these matters.
The president then quotes the ulti
matum sent to Chile January 21 and
continues:
I desire to say that I am of the opinion
that the demands on Chile by this govern
ment should be adhered to and enforced.
If the dignity as well as the prestige and
influence of the United States are not
to be wholly sacrificed we should
protect these who in foreign parts display
the flag or wear the colors of this govern
ment. against insult, brutality and death,
inflicted in resentment of the acts of theli
government, aud not for any fault of theii
own. . , .
I have as vet received no reply to oui
note of the 21st in*t., hut in my opinion i
ought not to delay longer to bring these
matters to the attention of congress foi
such action as may be deemed appropriate.
(Signed,) Bsxjamin Harrison.
Executive Mansion, January 25, 189A
TEXT or THE ULTIMATUM.
Telegram Transmitted by lilaln to Min
ister Egan.
Washington, Jan. 25.—The Chilean
correspondence from the department oi
state forma nearly 300 pages of printed
matter and is a complete history ol
the alienation of the two countries.
The state department, for the conven
ience of the press of the country, and
in order to impress public sentiment,
prepared and sent out by mail last
Wednesday a printed synopsis which
I will occupy a full page of a seven
column newspaper. This synopsis ii
in the main a defense of Ministei
Egan. It shows as a matter of fact
that he erred in judgment as to the
► •
I outcome of the revolution In Chile, j
over the controversy between the legis
lative and executive departments, be-;
gun August 15, 1890. It is a history of '
that revolution and of the part played
in it by the United States and oilier
foreign governments. * I
On the Slst lust. Secretary Itlaine I
sent the following telegram to Mr. 1
Egan: j
I am directed by the president to say to
you that he has given careful attentlou to
all that has been submitted by the govern
ment of Chile touchiug the affair of the
assault upon the crew of the United States
1 warship Baltimore, in the city of Val
paraiso on the evening of the ltjlh of Octo
ber last, and the evidence of the officers
and erew of that vessel and of some others
who witnessed the affray; and that his
conclusions upon the whole case are as
follows:
First, That the assault is not relieved
of the aspect which the early information
of the event gave to It, vis: That of un
attack upon the uniform of the United
Slates navy, having its origin aud motive
ina feeling of hostility to this government
and not in any act of the sailors or any of
them.
Second, That the public authorities of
Valparaiso flagrantly failed in their duty
to protect our men, and that some of the
police and of the Chilean soldiers and
sailors were themselves guilty of
unprovoked assault upon our sail
ors before and after arrest
He thinks the preponderance of evidence
and the inherent probabilities lead to the
conclusion that Riggins was killed by the
police or soldiers.
Third, That he is therefore compelled to
bring the ease baek to the position taken
by this government in the note of Mr.
Wharton of October 28 lust (a copy of
which you will deliver with this) uud to
ask for a suitable apology and for somo
adequate reparatiou lor the injury done to
this government •
You will assure the government of Chile
that the president has no disposition to be
exacting or to ask anything which this
government would not under the same ciir
cumstances, freely concede He regrets
that, from the beginning, the gravity of
the questions involved has not apparently
been appreciated by the government of
Chile, and that an affair in which two
American seaman were killed aud sixteen
others seriously wounded, while only one
Chilean was seriouslv hurt, should not be
distinguished from an ordinary brawl be
tween sailors in which the provocation was
wholly personal and the participation
limited.
No self-respecting government can con-J
sent that persona in its service whether i
civil or military,shall be beaten and killed
in a foreign territory iu resentment of acts !
done by or reputed to their government,
without exacting a suitable reparation, i
The government of the United States has j
freely recognized this principle, and acted j
upon it, when injury was done by its peo
ple to one holding an official relation to a !
friendly power, in resentment of acts done
by the latter.
In sueh case the Uuited States has
not sought for words of the
smallest value or equivocal meaning in
which to convey Its apology, but has con
demned such act in vigorous terms and
has not refused to make other adequate
reparation.
But it was not the purpose here to dis
cuss .the incidents ol this affair, but only
to state the conclusions which this govern
ment has reached. We have given every
opportunity to the government of Chile to
present any explanatory or mitigating facts
and have have had due regard to the fact
that the government of Chile was for a
considerable .part of the time that has
elapsed since October 10 upon a provis
ional basis.
I am further directed by the president to
•ay that his attention has been called to
the note of instructions sent by Mr. Mattu,
secretary of foreign affairs, to you under
date of the Uth ult Mr. Moutt very pru
dently, aud, 1 must suppose, from a just
sense* of the offensive nature of
the dispatch, refrained from com
municating it officially to this gov
ernment. But iu view of the fact that
Mr. Monti was directed to give it to the
president of this couuiry and that it was
given the widest possible publication
throughout the world, this government
must take notice of it You arc therefore
directed to say to the Chilean government
that the expressions therein imputing un
truth and insincerity to the president and
to the secretary of the navy in their offi
cial communications to the congress of the
United States are In the highest degree
offensive to this government. Kccognizlng
the usual rules of diplomatic intercourse,
of the respect and courtesy which should
characterize international relations;
which he cannot assume arc
wholly unfamiliar to the Chilean
foreign office, the president
was disposed to regard the dispatch re
ferred to as indicating a purpose to bring
about a suspension of diplomatic
relations, but in view of the fact
that Mr. Matta was acting pro
visionally and that a reorganization
of the Chilean cabinet was about to take
place, and afterward in further view of
the expectation that was held out of a
withdrawal and of a suitable apology, no
tice of this grave offense has been delayod.
I am now, however, directed by the
president to say that if the offensive parts
of the dispatch of December 11 are not at
once withdrawn and a suitable apology
offered, with the same publicity that was
given to the offensive expressions, he will
have no other course open to him except
to terminate diplomatic relations with the
government of Chile.
lur. iuuuitiu u iwi<c uu a un uary «u u;i»
advised.me that be has been directed by
his government to inform the government
of the United States that you are persona
non grata to the government of Chile and
to request your recall. This has been
laid before the president and he
directs you to say that in view
sf the foregoing, he does not deem
in necessary to make and present a
response thereto. It will be quite time
enought to consider this suggestion after
a reply to this note is received,as we shall
then know whether any correspondence
ean be maintained with the government of
Chile upon terms of mutual respect. You
will furnish to the minister of foreign
affairs a full copy of this note.
On ihe 23d Mr. Egan telegraphed ac
knowledging the receipt of Mr. Blaine's
telegram of the 21 at, further stating that in
an interview on the 12th instant the minis
ter of foreign affairs pressed upon him
the acceptance of the with
drawal of Mr. MstUs' telegram
on the basis stated In Mr. Egan's tele
gi am of that date, saying that this basis
was entirely acceptable to Mr. Blaine and
was in fact suggested by him. Notwith
standing these assurances Mr. Egan
would only consent to submit the poposi
tion as he had done. *
With regard to his being persona non
grata, Mr. Egan said that ot a diplomatic
banquet at the homo of the miuUter of for
eign affairs on the Idh inst. Prime Minis
ter Lucco told him.with the approbation of
some of his colleagues, and in the presence
of the English minister and Spanish min
ister, that the present cabinet entertained
the most cordial feelings for the United
States and for himself personally
In the afternoon of January 21 Senor
Montt delivered to Mr. Blaiue the following
note: *
“Sir—I have teceived Inntruct'ons from
my government to state to you that in its
desire to cultivate co-dial and friendly <e
lations with the United States the eontin
ance of Mr. Egan as minUlei of the United
Staten at Sautiago is not ag eeabie
to it. Mr. Egan is not per ona
grata for my government, which will huvg
much pleasure in receiviug another repre
sentative of the United Staten, 'i he «!e*| e
of the government of Chile to dtaw closer
its re'ations with that of the United States.
U Its motive for tak:ag this step "
The communication in f;om Senor Montt
to Secretary Blaine of the 23d inst, iuclos
In* the testimony of Sailor John M. T»l
hot, taken nt Valparaiso, which Senoi
Montt declares to have been very different
from tho elute of facte he testified to nt the
hearing at Vallejo. Tulbut was Higgins
Immediate companion when the latter re
colved his death wound.
MORE TIME ASKED.
President Montt Not at the Capital and
Perierw Request* llrlqy.
Washington, Jan. 25. — Secretary
Blaine received a cablegram today
from Minister Egan, at Santiago, in
which he states that President
Montt was not at this
time in Santiago, having gone to
a watering place in tho mountains of
Chile, called “The Baths." In the ab
sence of President Montt, Senor Perl
era, minister of foreign affairs, re
quested Minister Egan to ash u delay
of ono or two days of this
government until President Montt
could be recalled to Suntlgo.
On his return a reply would 1x3 sent to
the demand of the United States to'
reparation. It is understood that this
delay will be granted und that Secre
tary Blaine so informed Uhdcun Minis
ter Montt this morning at an interview
between them at the state department.
NAVAL BATTLE PROBABLE.
Halted States War Ship Sent to Intercept
the Captain Prat.
Washington, Jan. 25.—An exeitlng
impetus has been given to the Chilean
situation by tho statement that the
United States steamer Philadelphia
had licen ordered to the straits of Gib
raltar to intercept the Chilean war
ship, Captain Prat, now in coursa of
construction at a French ship yard,
and which was to be hurried off to
Chile for its finishing touches, lest the
French republic be requested to hold
her us an enemy of the United States
in rbASAD I UUSIUMb
Grand Duke Sergiu* Investigate* Charges
Against linker*.
London. Jan. 25. —A dispatch from
Moscow gives detailed particulars of
a sensational story in which the Urand
Duke Sergius, governor of that city,
figures in a remarkable way.
In order to discover the truth of
charges that bread in small quantities
could be bought with great difllculty,
he disguised himself as a poasant, and
proceeded to investigate. He first pre
sented himself at a baker's shop and
asked the price of bread per pound.
The figure given him was three and a
half copicks. lie then asked for three
copecks worth, saying that the sum in
question was ail the money that he
had. The baker refused to sell him
less than a pound, but* the supposed
peasant insisted upon his right to buy
as much ns the money that ho offered
was worth. Thereupon the baker be
came- abusive, and attempted to put
the would be customer out of tiie shop
Finding himself unable to accomplish
this, the police were called in and the
“peasant" was placed under arrest. On
being taken to police headquarters a
declaration was drawn up containing
the charge, ana, in accordance with
the Russian method, the prisoner was
ordered to attach his name. The
grand duke at once complied, adding
his title of governor, and then throw
ing off his disguise, he revealed him
self to the dum founded bystanders.
The affair had a tragic sequel, for on
the evening of the same day the three
police officers that made the arrest
committed suicide, and on the follow
ing morning the unfortunate baker
blew out his brains All the bakers o(
the city now display notices to the ef
fect that they will sell the smallest
quantity of bread that may be called
for.
BIG DAMAGES DlMANDED.
_
The Washington Typographical Union
Sued for £25,000 tor K.under.
Washington, Jan. 35.—A case which
will bo of the greatest interest to the
craft of printers everywhere Is the suit
of Ueorge At Ramsey against members
of the Columbia Typographical union.
No. 101, asking 825,000 damages for
slander and injury to his reputation.
The trouble grew out of a communica
tion sent by Ramsey to the New York
Union Printer last .June The print
ers claimed that Ramsey's article in
their craft journal reflected upon theii
honesty and good fu.th. When Colum
bia union learned that Ramsey was
the writer it sent to other typograph
ical unions a set of resolutions which
set forth that Ramsey, who held an
honorable withdrawal curd from tlw
union, had maliciously published a li
belous article intending to injure his
fellow craftsmen, and instructed the
officers of the union to refuse to issue
him a traveling card until he apolo
gized for his statement through the
columns of two printers’ papers.
The libel suit is based upon these
resolutions and the refusal to grant
him a traveling caid. <
MINIIMU 1-fcVfcK ■n UULUKAUU
Cripple Creek Camp Excited Over it Colt
Find-Glowing Account*.
Florissant, Cola, Jsn. 25.—One ol
the biggest strikes ever realized in Col
orado was made at Cripple Creek,
eighteen miles from here in the E
Paso mine, when ore that assays fcl.Ot#
per ton was taken out The strike
was made forty feet from the surface
The first ore found was a talcist
quartite, in which free gold was found
then a bluish qnartz was struck whicli
proved to be tellurium. This ore runs
*300 per ton, and for the last three
days has been quarried like stone.
The -ein is tifteeD feet wide. L:is1
night's closing blast opened into a veil
of almost white qnartz, which is spark
ling in every part with plasters anc
pins of gold. It dazzled the eyes o:
those who saw it by lamplight, and ii
took only a glance* to see that it wai
the richest strike Cripple Creek has yei
enjoyed. A large quantity of ore wai
immediately tested. It. proved to carrj
240 ounces of gold per ton The veil
was investpnlcd It is seven feel
thick. Tlie caiup is wild over thi
strike.
WHITELAW K*l_» DESIGNS.
The Minister to France Pleads IJi-.alaie*
41 Rviwmit,
New Voiik, Jan 25 —A Herald dis
patch from Washington says teat i
was reported last night that ministci
to France, Whitelaw llcid. iiud ten
dered his resignation, giving bnuineai
affairs as his reason.
GHI6A60 THE LUCKY CITY
Without Effort She Gets the Demo*
cratic Convention.
Alter Flirting With the Several Ambltloue
Asplrnnte the Convention Declares
Its Choice on the Fifteenth
Unllot — Incidents.
Washington, Jsn. S3.—Promptly at
noon yesterday the national demo
cratic committee was called to order.
The call of the roll showed the various
states and territories all represented.
The committee went Into sect-et session
for the purpose of settling all questions
of proxies and contests.
At 3 o'clock the committee was en
tertainod at luncheon by the demo
cratic reception committee of the Dis
trict of Columbia. At 4 o’clook the |
committee was again called to order
by Chairman Brice, and the roll of
cities was ordered to be called by the
secretary.
Cincinnati being the first on the
alphabetical list, her representatives
were first accorded a hearing.
Hon. William Ramsey was Intro
duced by Chairman Brice and greeted
with great applause.
The claims of the various cities seek
ing the convention were ably presented
by their special representatives, but
Chicago, which did not even ask the
honor, was chosen as the convention
city.
When the balloting began the inter
act became Intense. The hotel corri
dors were crowded with the delegatee
from the various cities, and as their
city showed gains the corridors re
sounded with cheers. It soon became
apparent, however, that the commit
tee ; was coquetting with several
cities When on the first ballot
Kansas City led its adherents gave a
wild western cheer. On the third bal
lot, when San Francisco received 15
votes, the number who wanted to visit
the Goldon Oatc would doubtless even
have appalled the generous Cali
fornians St Paul's hopes were raised
by leading on the fourth ballot by 13
votes, only to be dashed on the subse
quent ballots Perhaps the worst col
lapse was that of Detroit, which on
the sixth ballot received 10, while on
the next it dropped to 1.
Indianapolis' hopes were raised on the
eighth ballot only to disappear from
tho contest on the next ballot, when
she received 1 vote. The men from Mil
waukee were perhaps the uoisiest amt
rent the air when the Badger state re
ceived SO votes on the ninth ballot
The crowd was in great good humor
and their enthusiasm rose and fell as
their favorites fared on each recurring
ballot When, on the fifteenth ballot,
it was announced that Chicago had 27
votes and tho convention, the crowd in
the corridors were fairly struck dumb.
That a city which had not even asked
for the convention should be selected
was inexplicable. The Milwaukee, St
Paul and Detroit delegations went out
on the sidewalk and cheored for Cleve
land.
The Ballets,
First—New York 5, Milwaukee 8, Ban
Francisco 8, Cincinnati 3, Detroit 2, St.
Paul 7, Indianapolis 2, Kansas City 13,
Chicago 1.
Second—New York ♦, Bt. Pant 7, Cincin
nati 1, San Francisco 8, Detroit 2, Mil
waukee 10, Chfcago 2, Kausas City 12, In
dianapolis 3.
Third—Milwaukee 10. New York 1, Cin
cinnati 3, St. Paul V, Detroit I, San Fran
cisco 15, Indianapolis 2, Kansas City 5,
Chicago 3.
Fourth—New York 1, St. Paul 13, Cin
cinnati ft Sun Francisco 2, Detroit 8, Mil
waukee 8, Chicago 3, Indianapolis 7, Kan
sas City H.
Fifth—New York 4, St. Paul 8. Cincin
nati 4. Detroit i, Milwaulceo 10, Chicago 8,
Indianapolis 2, Kansas City 10.
Sixth—New York 3. St. Paul 8, Cincin
nati t, Detroit it), Milwaukee 8, Chicago 5,
Indianapolis 3, Kansas City ft
Seventh—Milwaukee 2, New York 8,
Kansas City 7, St. Paul 4, Detroit 1, In
dianapolis l, Cincinnati 2, Chicago 5, Des
Moines 17.
Eighth—Milwaukee 0, SI Paul 5, Cin
cinnati 1, iudianapolis 22, Kansas City 5,
Detroit 1, Chicago .1, New York 1.
Ninth—New York 10, St Paul 6, Cincin
nati 1, Detroit 1. Milwaukee 2, Chicago 4,
Indianapolis 1, Kansas City ft
Tenth—Milwaukee 18, New York 1, St
Paul 8, Indianapolis 1, Chicago 13, Kansas
City 7, Detroit 1.
Eleventh—New York 1. Bt Paul 8, De
troit 1, Milwaukee 22. Chicago 15, Indian
apolis 1. Kansaa City 3 ,
Twelfth—New York I, St Paul 6, De
troit 1, Milwaukee 20, Chicago 17, Kansas
City 3, Indianapolis 1.
Thirteenth—Milwaukee 21, Bt Paul 6,
Indianapolis 1, Chicago 17, Kansas City 4,
Detroit I.
Fourteenth—St Paul 3, Detroit 1, Mil
waukee 21, Chicago :2, Kamas City 1.
Fifteenth—Detroit 1, Kansas City 2,
Milwaukee 18, St. Paul 1, Chicago 7.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Wis
consin, the vote was declared to be
unanimoua
The resignation of Committeeman
| Mitchell, of Wisconsin, was accepted,
j and the committee adjourned to meet
I in Chicago on June 21.
The Official Call.
Washington, Jan. 22.—Chairman
Brice today taaued the following call
for the democratic convention:
The national democratic committee at a
meeting held on this day in the city of
Washington baa appointed Tuesday,' the
21st day of June, 1993, as the
time, and chosen the citv of
Chicago as the place for ’ hold
ing the national democratic convention.
Each state is entitled to a representation
therein equal to double the number of the
representation to which it is entitled in the
next electoral college, and each territory
and the District of Columbia shall have
two representatives. All democratic con
servative citizens of the United States, ir
respective of past political a-socistlons
ana differences, who can unite with us in
the efforts for perfect economical and con
stitutional government, are cordially in
vited to join us in sending delegates to the
convention.
Calvin 8. Brice, Chairman.
Simon B. Shekin, Secretary.
Washington, J nuary 22. 1892.
Fell From a Church Spire.
Pochabontas, la, Jsb. 23.—While
Joe Delrnuck, a Bohemian carpenter,
was working on the spire of the new
Catholic church in this town he slipped
and fell about forty feet, and it is
feared that he received fatal Injuries.
FIFTY SECOND CONGRESS.
Tha MiMta.
Warbinoton, Jan. 19—In tbe wnal*
there wa» a eparea attendance of aenaton*
today.
Mr. Stanford, of California, gavo nolle*
that ou Tuoadny next ha would call ap bin
reeolutlon In relation to providing a *»und
circulating medium for the purpo.ee of cub
mlttlnir Rome romarke upon It
A hill chunirlniF the tlmoe of holding
United Htule* circuit and dUtrlct court*
In weetern Mlasourl tvua reported by Mr.
Weat, from the judiciary comml tea, and
po«*cd.
. Mr. Pottlgrew, from the committee on
Indian affair*, reported favorably a bill
lor the partial divUlon of tha Sioux reeer
rutlon In Dakota.
Washington, Jan. 80.— In the neaata
Senator t'lntt, of Couneetleut, by rnpimt,
Introduced a bill to admit New Mexico
Into tha union.
A12 p m. the aenato took up the Mox
■can award bill.
Senator Hour moved to atrlke out tha
third section of the I.u Abrn award bill
allowing an appeal to the aupreinn oonrt.
Yrnntor Wnnhlmrue Introduced n bill de
an lug “option*” and lmnontax Hpeclal
tnxe* ihereon, und Senator Hoar preaeuted
* petition from banker* and merchant* of
New Orlean*. protecting again*! any
legislation prohibiting dealing* lu future*.
At 4 :tfi, with La Abra ca«e *till prudlng,
the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
Wariiimit n, Jan. 21.—In the aenate to*
day several bill* of minor Importance were
introduced. The commlttoe on commerce ,
reported favorably the neaate bill to ea
tanll*h a marine board.
Mr Stanford addre**ed the senate la
•uppnrt of hi* bill for o circulating media**
tb.tod ou land mortgage*.
The Mom*.
WAsniNOTOM. Jaii. 10.— In the bone* to
day Chaplain MlUmrn, In hi* prayer, took
cognisance of Ilia Chilean situation, be
•alt): “Inspire, uphold and dlreet thy hon
ored eervnnt, tlio president of the United
State*, hla constitutional atlrleera and
member* of the two house* of oougrosa In
thl* solemn url*l* of our history. Let
all that shall be advised, decided upon
and done for the safety, honor
dignity and welfare of the nation In the
nplrlt of justice and conciliation to nil
other nation*, have the enaction nnd bless
ing of the king of the Itlntc* of tha earth.’*
A number of executive doeumont* were
preaented and referred.
Mr. K B. Taylor, of Ohio, reported from
the judiciary committee a bill Using the
time of holding court in the we-tern dl«
tiictof Wlacon*in.
Mr. Onte*, of the *amo committee, r©
fiorted a kill changing the method* of tsk
mr depoaltlon* of wltneaaea In United
8tute* court* to conform to tho method in
vogue in the state where the on*e I* pend
lug. Fanned.
Mr. Oaten alio reported hi* bill to pre
vent bluchmnillng la the territory ntAler
the jurUdlction of the United fettnte*. It.
provide* a maximum puuUbment of tl.tVt
Hno and one year1* Imprisonment
Fanned.
The following bill* were Introduced nod
referred:
By Mr. Snodgrass, of Tennessee*—Mak
ing it a misdemeanor for uny notional
bank to eburge a greater rate of interest:
than I* lawful in the ntnto or territory lie
which the bank I* located.
By Mr. Cummings, of New York—T©
regulate the pay of fourtb-elass postal no
te rs.
Mr. Watnon, of Georgia, ankod auant
mou* consent to have a resolution on the
■object Introduced by himself several day©
ago and referred to (lie committeo on jo
diclary recalled that the houna might de
termine whether or not It would Instruct
the committee to investigate tbo Pinker
ton detective agency. He apponled to _
every friend of labor on the floor of th©
house to support the motion.
Mr. Oates, chairman of the committee^
said the gentleman was a little previona.
The pructlce heretofore ob nlning In th©
house would be followed by tho commit
tee In this case and at tho ueat meeting of
the committee a report would probably b©
agreed upon and made to the bonne. Ho
objected and the mutter was dropped.
Washington, Jan. 20—In the house to
day Mr. Dolliver. of Iowa, Introduced ©
bill for tbo relief of -ettlers on the De©
Moines river lands. Referred.
Mr Springer introduced his bill for free
wool and decreased duties on woolen
goods. Referred to the wuys and mean©
committee.
After some routine business the bouse,
at 12:5u p. m., adjourned until tomorrow.
MINNESOTA INDIANS STARVINO.
Government Agents Charged With Total
Neglect—Appeal to the Public.
Duluth, Minn., Jan. 23.—Tb©
Indians on the Fon dti Lae reserva
tion near here have addressed a letter
to Bishop McUolrick, the Catholic
blskop of the Duluth dioeese, setting
forth in broken English a heartbreak
ing condition of atfuirs and one that
should call for instant relief at th©
bands of the government. The Indiana
claim they are starving and absolutely
freezing to death. They say It is of no
use to call on the Indian commissioner
for help, as his agents and deputies
have been unlawfully cutting and'sell
lng timber off their reserve, snef sine©
they complained to him of this ho ha©
been letting them starve. Bishop Mc
Uolrick says: “These Fon dn Lacs ara
starving. They have not been well
treated by the government I laid this
matter before the proper authorities
last year but nothing came of it Nb.h
lug now remains but to appeal to tbs
public. While we are aiding Russian
sufferers we must not allow fellow
creatures at our doors to perish.”
WOODY FIBaR AND 6ANDL
Some of the Ingredients In the ITrrag
Used by Starving Russians,
London, Jan. 23.—The Lancet pab*
tlshes an analysis of the bread in com
mon use in the famine-stricken dis
tricts of Russia, showing that 10 per
sent, and probably more, of the article
is composed of woody fiber, bosks,
leafy matter, seeds, silica, sand and
other foreign substances The so
called bread is of a dirty brown color
and resembles peat Experts to whom
ft was submitted failed to recognise it
as bread.
Mexican Kevolutionixts Sentenced.
Demino, N. M., Jan 23.—Two of tbe
Ascension revolution leaders hare been
sentenced to be shot next week for tbe
part they took in the uprising. Sev
eral others will be tried soon and will
most likely receive a similar fate. The
Mexican consul here is trying to secure
the persons of Sais brothers and Baca*
who were arrested in thb Mesilla val
ley by United States offiers. ,
Must Be Prepared.
San Fu an cisco, Jan. 23—"Sam’i of
Posen” will be brought to trial oa
Moutlay next, no matter which side is
uuprepart'd. The case of the alleged
slayer of Policeman tirant has been
postponed three limes, once at tbe re
quest of the defense and twice of the
I r 'Sedition Now the patience of the
court is about exhausted and word baa
gone to both sides that no further de
lays will be countenanced.