Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-19
sPAEISH- AMERICA.

Latest News from the Isthmus and from
South America
Advices have been received from Valpa.
raise to May Oh, from Lima to May 18th,
and from Panama to May 24!h:
CHILE.
Desperate deeds of crime continue to be
reported from the Chilean provinces.
The Reuista del Sur, of Conception, says
that gang of murderers and thieves known
as the Mendoza bandits have assassinated
five persons at Cabrera, near to Mulchen,
which completes dozen victims in very
short space OF time. A later report from
Angeles says three famous highwaymen
and assassins, brothers, of the name of
Mendoza, waylaid and murdered Don Ru-
perto de la Fuente while on his way to his
farm, near to Santa Fe. A police force
was sent in pursuit Of the assassins, and all
three of them were killed. Several accom-
plices of the Mendozas have been captured.
In Chillan, on the night of April 23i.
fourteen robbers broke down the door of
the house of Senior Pedro Rosas, and MUIR
dered him. They also stabbed his mother,
but she contrived to escape and to elude
recapture. The villains next fell upon an
old servant woman and all but killed her,
because she was unable to tell them where
money was hid.
At Linares, during a general quarrel
which occurred, few days ago, at mar
riage, young fellow who had come out of
the bloody battles of Chorrillos and Mira
flores unscathed, was treacherously stabbed
to death.
At San Fernando q terrible crime was
lately committed. Cosne Farfan Con
zalez, formerly private ina cavalry regi.
ment, quarreled with one Jorquera, and to
be revenged he took the son of the latter,
q lad of eight years, and after cutting his
throat, divided the body into ten parts.
Two fatal accidents occurred at Santiago
May LIST. A man slipped and fell on the
rails, was SO trightfully mangled that his
remains had to be sown up in sack. An.
other man who was leaning out of car
window was killed by his head coming in
contact with an abutment of the Mapocho
bridge.
A freight train for Talcahuano ran off
the rails few days ago and seven cars
were smashed to pieces.
At Conception, Antonio U. Mendiburu
has left Sl2. 500 to be distributed in dowries
of $500 to girls DESTROYS of marrying or of
taking the veil.
Lieutenant. Colonel Drouilly, of the
Chilean army, has set out to inspect the
forts he founded in the Cordillera in De-
cember last, and to relieve the garisons.
It is reported that he will proceed as far as
the Argentine forts, which are being built
on the northern bank of the river Agrio,
for the purpose of comforting with the
Argentine commander about q combined
attack upon the Indians.
The Trans-Andine Railway, between the
Argentine Confederation and Chile, is
actively progressing to completion on the
Argentine side of the Cordilleras, but
hardly any work is proceeding on the side
of Chile.
PERU AND BOLIVIA.
Telegraphic Communication has been re-
established between Callao and Valparaiso
since the 7th of May.
Of the arms which Pierols purchased in
Buenos Ayres 1000 rifles and six Krupp
cannons have arrived in Bolivia.
The Vice President of Bolivia, Senior Sa-
linas and Senior Zilveti, The Minister of
Foreign Af&irs, have declared that the
terms and conditions of peace as laid down
by Chile in the Prescott Balmaseda proto-
col are unacceptable to Bolivia.
Colonel Manuel Velarde, ex.Minister of
Garcia Calderon, is charged with the Chief
Magistracy of the city of Arequipa. Con.
siderable alarm was excited in the city of
Misti on the It'll of May, when Chilean
body of soldiers disembarked at Mollendo
A correspondent of the Panama Canal
says Even the Chilean organs in Lima
express themselves rs Mortified at the
cruelties committed by the soldiers of Col
onel Canto in the province of Huanasayo.
The butchery of Indians has been fright
full, and several villages were completely
burned down. The details of the atrocities
committed are SO fearful that / almost
think them exaggerated.
BRAZIL AND COLUMBIA.
The Rio Janeiro Neps says: On the
night of the 18th of April the palace of st.
Cnristovao was broken into by thieves, and
jewels belonging to the Emperor and Prin.
cess Imperial, to the value of about $780,.
600 were carried away.
Thirteen steamers left Panama during
the month of April last with treasure to
the value of Sl79, 1873 rs; 100 local passen.
gers and 1876 in transit. The total tonnage
amounted to 1856 tons of cargo. Our
coasting trade for the same month is repre-.
sented by the following entries and sail
ings The arrivals were l25 vessels of all
classes. with US passengers. The sailings
were l3l vessels of all classes, with 420
passengers.
The financial situation in Colombia is
represented by the following figures Es-
timated expenditure for 1928. 50, $780,
SAT 60 estimated revenue for 1882 3, So
900. Deficit, SO. 5l2, SAT 60.