Christian herald and signs of our times . e any serious outcome of the•evolution beyond a temporary hindrance tomsiness. Jose Manuel Balmaseda, whose por-rait is given in this column, is fifty years , and has, since 1864, held many high offices9 the Chilian Government. He visited thisluntry twenty-four years ago in an officialikpacity. At the breaking out of the war be-I veen Chili and Peru, he was sent as Ministerlenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, toledge it to non-intervention,and he filling the post of Minister of the Interiorrom 1882 till 1885, he was rewarded
Christian herald and signs of our times . e any serious outcome of the•evolution beyond a temporary hindrance tomsiness. Jose Manuel Balmaseda, whose por-rait is given in this column, is fifty years , and has, since 1864, held many high offices9 the Chilian Government. He visited thisluntry twenty-four years ago in an officialikpacity. At the breaking out of the war be-I veen Chili and Peru, he was sent as Ministerlenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, toledge it to non-intervention,and he filling the post of Minister of the Interiorrom 1882 till 1885, he was rewarded for his2rvices by being elected to the Devens,Jurist,Soldier and Boston, of heart failure, on the 7th inst, atle age of seventy. Judge Devens was Unitedtates Marshal for Massachusetts when thear broke out and he went to the front at once1 Major of the 3rd Battalion of Infantry,e was wounded at Balls Bluff and was thenade Brigadier-General. He was in the battlesI Antietam,Fredericksburg and FairOaks being. disabled at the latter engagement, and again atChancellorsville where he led a division of theEleventh Corps. Despite all his wounds, hewas the first at the head of his troops to occupyRichmond. After the war, he was appointedto the Supreme Bench, and in 1877, resigned toaccept the Attorney-Generalship under Presi-dent Hayes. At the close of his term, he wasagain appointed to the bench. Judge Devenswas a man of singular force of character, and ex-emplary Christian conduct. His decisions onthe bench were as sound and upright as hisbravery on the field was admirable. The International Monetary Conference metin Washington last week, and was called toorder by Mr. Blaine. Peru, the Argentine Re-public, Bolivia, Chili, Ecuador, Hayti, Hawaii,Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela andthe United States were represented. A numberof very interesting addresses were made. SenorRomero, of Mexico,was chosen as President ofthe Conference. In view of the non-
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