Show THE SENATE 11 PRAG that peace may be preserved to this nation BOTH IN AND OUT OF or CONGRESS the chilean question the topic of or conver expect aid from england etc washington WASU INGTON jan 19 the senate chaplain thanked heaven for peace and prayed that peace may be preserved to this braved nation A on and to the great family of nation nations the first paper presen presented was the report from the secretary of state in ili rep reply y to the tile I 1 senate seriate as to the thell mexican 1 all awards aw ards under the convention of 1868 secretary blainer Bla inea report gives the tile full amount of the awards as a all of which were maidby paid by mexico in accordance with the terms or a odthe of the convention the enrolled house bill fixing the times and sessions of united states co court curtit in ili the northern district 0 of f iowa signed by the vice president I 1 is the first act of the if le present session bession to go to the president for approval adjourned florse unanimous conent con ent was asked to discharge char 9 e the tile committee on oil judiciary r from further consideration of the resol resolution U t 1 I instructing ting that committee to investigate the action ot of the pinkerton detective agency oba objected acted to ae the house then resumed the consider consideration of the bill providing for public printing and the binding and distribution of public documents jan 19 there wa ft aa aln lull 11 in in the talk today to day with kith reference ferente re to the tile chilean matter on the house side bide of the capitol the disi tion was to await aw ait the receipt odthe of the presidents message before endeavoring to form a decided opinion on oil tile subject A fedeli feeling i ng was expressed by nearly all ofa of a dit disbelief b elet 1 in linaras war as a probable outcome of the trouble members could not ay lust 11 t in what way they expected the trouble e to pass but there ther ewAs was a general concurrence of opinion that it would be so in in some manner or other A number of democratic representatives who were talked with deprecated war with so small a nation as chile and said the untied united states Is large and strong enough to afford to overlook a great many things rather than proceed to extremities durin during the tile afternoon a report was in ciraula circulation tg 0 n and the situation assumed a slightly more pacific aspect it was rumored chato that great ireat britain had intervened and offered her services to bring about it peaceful adjustment ol 01 the relations be tweed iw een tha countries no official confirmation of orthis this rumor could be obtained by b the members bat but it found credence with many from tile the fact that it had been anticipated that an all amicable arrangement might be reache d through the friendly in interposition ter position of some th third I 1 rd nation and or great eat britain with her tier vast interests in in chile was looked upon as most likely to be the intervening power A difference of opinion was manifested a as ato to whether or not tile united state states ought to accept the mediation of any third party without au an espre expression assion from chile of regret at tile lawless lawles be acts t 8 of lier tier citizens and a disavowal of any official connection or sympathy with them many any members thought in view of chiles comparatively small size aize this ibis government need not be at all rigorous in in it its 8 requirements one member said baid t that hat the united cited states ought notto not to accept meditation without first receiving an apolo apology gy from chile hile the ne knowledge know ledge of the fact fac t that the captain prat chiles I 1 formidable war vessel now building in france can be tur turned 1 1 l over to chile in a short time makes members me m from the sea board cities anxious that the president presidents ine message age to congress should soon be forthcoming if trouble is to be feared while the talk today to day is favorable to peace many democratic mem members ers sal said plainly that if afi fighting did come they were in ill favor of pushing ush ng the war vigorously and relent relentlessly le ly omitting DO no measure to give div chile title a severe evere lesson leston should the president recommend congress t to declare are war a agn in t chile 1 etie the vote v ote of congress angress would be bo ol 01 one e of the most emphatic affirmatives ever eve r recorded in the cg capitol itol but there would be ft it minority an and I 1 there ere t the e maker of history will fi faud P the two alliance senators kyle and peffer what irby would say were he here is not known kyle thinks that a war with chile would be a national disgrace that the idea of going to war with so small a it country is criminally ridiculous peffer said the perv perverted pervet eted cd doctrine of patriotism is responsible sible for the war feeling the idea that t the e trouble at valparaiso constitutes a cause for war s springs P rin s from a mistaken sense of honor said this tills kansas senator A lot of our sailors most of them probably intoxicated into 6 abated became parties to a brawl and and because two or three of them were killed we must bring about ac an enor expense the death of many nany more of our people people the proposition is perfect fool foolishness h ess 11 it was learned officially tonight to night that the presidents message will not be sent to congress tomorrow to morrow while mation on oil tills this point doea does not extend beyond ond tomorrow to morrow there are strong indications that the president lias has practically determined to postpone final action on the matter until next week and thia this gives color to the belief that conciliatory di dispatches patches have already been received and arid that more aro are expected it ia know n eliat the tile president would strongly endorse any proportion proposition for a settlement of thesues th the eques question at issue on a basis consistent with the honor and dignity of th the nation WAR TALK in washington and the chilean question the cause or it blaine I 1 jan 19 11 everywhere ve g I 1 bere iere in n the capital thia this morning ill the e chilean adeall quel question s wit was s t the lie topic of conversation iichi in his raver the chaplain of the house asked for divine evne guidance for the pre president ident his ills ad viers vi vi ers sere and the member members of the two house houses in the present crisi crisis in that ell all that shall be advised decided upon and done shall be for the safety honor dignity and welfare of the nation I 1 and in a spirit of justice and conciliation to alt ill I 1 other n nations atio nm and nd have the sanction and messing blessing of the aliceann Alice and king of the earth the cabinet meeting to today day dav was devo devoted fed almost entirely to the consideration odthe of the chilean question the proceedings were only temporarily interrupted b by y the slight illness of decre secretary maine there in Is reason to believe tta that rathe the government has received dispatches from the tile C chilean lilleon minister looking to a peaceful and satisfactory solution of the tile questions in bisp dispute te AZ and that they wern submitted to tho cabinet today to day this roay may possibly do aw away ny altogether with the necessity of referring the question to congress the yorktown sails fop for callao NEW KJan 19 valparaiso the york town sails tonight to night for callao peru with the tile refugee refugees As cabled last night the chilean authorities despite the denials of official knowledg knowledge of the refugees leavia leaving the tile american legation elga really provid provided detective detectives to guard their passage further proof of their 11 r I 1 knowledge is easily obtainable from front the ile newspaper w m r re p porta 0 y t ts the te pi alt latest e st news li e w s about the steamer john elder C captain perry is that she went ashore in punta ahumada korthof north of cape carranza durin during a den dense deno o fog the vessel essel is a total loss the y he passengers e mail and crew were sa baked ved the arssen h e british ig ri is warship melpomene and the chilean steamers Esnier esmeralda alda mindoza Ien doza and isonio have gone to the tile assistance of the wrecked vessel the stor story y sent out by thompson of the london ame 2 bmw that the refugees from the american legation were aboard the tile elder is absolutely false it is in line with a mase maso of other misinformation cabled by him from tills this country the presidents state dinner jan 19 the president and mrs arrison ll gave their first state dinner of the season tonight to night I 1 in n lionor honor of bf the cabinet the white afo house use was handsomely amol y decorated among the guests were the vice president president and mrs Mor morton toll the secretary of war andars and mrs Irs elkins the attorney general and mrs miller miter the postmaster general and mrs wanamaker the secretary of the navy the secretary of the interior and mrs noble cables athe the secretary 10 of agriculture and mrs 1 husk u general and mn fich ofield commodore commodore and mrs 1 irs gainsay Itam Rain say senator and mrs irs cu cullom iloni among those invited but unable to attend were the secretary of state and I 1 mrs blaine the secretary of the treasury trea kury and mrs if foster poster and speaker and mrs crisp they are fooling themselves SAN sax cal jan 19 private ad vices from authentic sources in ill chile state that among the cont common m oil people in ili that cout country the talk is t that war will result the chileans means Chi leans have no idea that their government will back down or retract any word or act they consider themselves strong and expect additional strength from E england ng land they doubt not n t their ability to secure recognition and aid from england or to lecure i some home of En glands war ships by purchase if the tile informant ia is correct representatives of the chilean g 00 government are now in england working on n both proposition propositions mind your own business Is a good rule to follow always and everywhere and in ita its strictest sense too look at me for instance I 1 was rushing along the street as 03 a shopper A Awo woman manin in front of me dropped a newspaper which was done up in its wrapper hurried as I 1 was I 1 stopped picked it up and chased the woman pardon me madam said 1 I yoa you dropped this she turned serenely upon me yes she said 1 I meant to and passed on this left me in an all angry state of mind I 1 paused ex exclaimed claimed crossly well I 1 dont care whai what becomes of it and dropped it IL I 1 gone three yards when a voice at my elbow said pardon me miss you droppel edl this 11 I 1 lacked the aplomb of tho the first lady and I 1 smiled sheepishly saying oh dear thank you and took it A little further along I 1 dropped it again and bolted into 1 a store while I 1 was buying a hat bat an urbano urban 0 salesman tendered the paper to me with A lady left this just now she said you dropped it oh thank you yon so much said L I 1 then I 1 left it on the counter they sent it home with uio Jio hat A little label waa was on it you left this I 1 thre threw W it in my coal box said john the next morning 1 I found a brand new unopened paper in the co coal it bo box v miss aud and I 1 put it on your tab table e I 1 there it was too AN 0 one will blame me tile for throwing it out of the window then and there in a it moment the bell rang Pre presently bently the maid mald entered A gentleman just left this she said it just now fell out of the second story front that pape paper is before me now tonight t it it bo be moonless I 1 am going to bury the tile thing thins deep in the cellar babs letter |