Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-07-12
SOUTH AMERIcA.

South American advices have been re-
ceived to June lst, from which the follow.
ing gleanings have been made
a telegram was received at Valparaiso
from Taital on May 9th, giving some par.
| ticulars Of terrific hurricane which ragged
in the desert of Atacoma during four days.
AT 2;45 P. 81. on the 10Th the line between
this place and Chanaral was cut, and COM
muGicaticn was not re-established until
the morning OF May l4th. The terrible
hurricane in the desert has done much in
| Jury in the nitrate establishments. Nearly
all the dwellings, Of the workmen have
been blown away. The iron covering of
the ranches flew like sheets of paper. The
peon laborer5 had some difficulty in escap-
ing being carried away also. The damage
in the nitrate establishment OF Catalina del
Sur is heavy. Many bags OF nitrate are
lost. machinery broken, etc.
On May 2tth the anniversary OF the
memorable naval 6ght of Iquique was de-
declared public holiday in Chile. at
sunrise and sunset salutes were fred and
the Chilean war vessels fired their guns.
The death of Senior Francisco Arriaran Y
Ries is reported at Santiago. The deceased
has left $50, 600 to the schools of the city,
an equal sum to those of Chilean, and
large sum to a town in Vizcaya Of which
the testator was anatiye.
The Chilean Government has resolved to
reinforce very considerably the garrisons
on the frontier, with the object, in case of
rising of the Indians, Of hemming them
IN between the Tolten and Cautin rivers.
With this view the southern frontier of
the Tolten has been ordered to be extended
to Villa Rica, at which latter place, and at
PetIuquen, forts will be founded. 1t is
believed that the complete subjugation OF
Arauco will be effected during next sum-
ner.
The Nocion Of Buenos Ayres of May 81
has the following respecting the exiled
Aniceto Arce will leave for Europe very
ing establishments of Guadalupe, Colque.
chaca and Huanchaca, and he goes to
Europe with the object of forming COM
pany to construct a railway from the Ar
gentine. Bolivian frontier to Potosi, to con-
meet with our projected State line to
Jujui.
A Chilean paper says: The following
items show what Chilean occupation is do.
ing for Iquique and the province of Tara.
paea During the first four months of the
present year the receipts of the Iquique
Custom. house amounted to 1907, 5l7 81,
an increase of S720, 66S 2S over the CORE.
spending period of last year. Mining pro.
duce, which in the first four months of
1880 only yielded s2. 32S &C in dues, has
produced in the corresponding period of
the present year 81 III 81. The duties
on imports during the same period have
reached S63, $50 81, against S39, $50 As in
the first four months IN 1880
General Daza, ex-President of Bolivia,
has been declared defaulter to the National
treasury OF the sum OF $40, ,69l 80.
Some places in the north of Chile were
visited by thunderstorm of considerable
intensity On the night of May 18th. At
Illapel the needles and galvanometers Of
the State Telegraph Office were neutralized
by the atmospherical electricity, and at the
Serena Office the galvanometers and mag
nets of three machines were burned by
electrical discharges.
An agent OF Siemens & Co. has arrived
at Buenos Ayres and submitted proposals
to the municipality of that city for the in.
PRODUCTION Of the electric light. 4 similar
proposal has been submitted to the munich
pality of Mon.evideo, and it is the inten-
ton OF Mr.. Frencafer to visit Chile shortly.
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