Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-14
Order Being Brought Out OF
Chaos in Chile.
The Search Still Kept Up for
Balmaceda.
All Perpetrators of 0utrages to Be
Promptly Punished.
The Property of Supporters of Balma-
ceda to BE Confiscated-The German
Minister'S Bad Breaks-Earth-
quakes in Valparaiso.
Associated Press Dispatches.

NEW YORK, sept. l3.-1ne Herald
has these cable dispatches:
VALPARAISO, Chile (via Galveston),
Sept. 1.-THE police authorities are
still prosecuting vigorous search
throughout Santiago for Balmaceda. 1t
is now generally believed that he is
hiding in some monastery. Several OF
these institutions have already been
visited by the police, but so far no trace
of him has been discovered. g.
1t is stated on reliable authority that
all the men known to have been active
supporters of Balmaceda, as well as those
guilty of peculation, will lose their prop
eftv by contiscation. The supreme
court has already organized, and all these
cases will be submitted TO it.
THE GUILTY TO BE PUNISHED.
Minister of Justice Errazuriz has or
dered the arrest of all persons suspected
of sacking and robbing or engaged in
fogging or torturing parties favoring
the iunta. Every one suspected
of being concerned in the shooting
of Cummings and his two companions
for an alleged attempt to destroy two OF
Balmaceda's war vessels with dynamite,
are also to be arrested. Every person
implicated in killing or torturlng any
congressional victim is to be arrested.
BALMAcEDA's INEFFICIENT ARMY.
In an interview with Colonels Wood
and Buzz, late OF Balmaceda's army,
thev stated that Barbosa and Alzer-
reca, Balmaceda's generals, were utterly
incapable officers. They tlagrantly dis
polp,ooodo;c orders He tDI0
them not to engage the junta with less
than ID, 900 men. They so utterly de-
spised their adversarjes that they made
the attack with much less number,
meeting with the defeat of August 2lst.
The colonel also stated that there was
no life in Balmaceda,s troops.
Their reports to Balmaceda that they
were loyal and enthusiastic were untrue.
Just at the height OF the first engage
ment, two regiments turned thei butts
OF their rifles up, as signal thas they
surrendered. The junta's troops, on
the contrary, were loyal and enthuslas-
tic.
THE NEW MINISTER OF. WAR.
The family of sehor Augustine Ed
wards. who has accepted the offer of the
Office OF minister of war in the cabinet
of the provisional government, arrived
here today, and were accorded a great
reception.
There is no truth in the report of an
Indian uprising. The story evidently
had its origin in the pillaging OF Coronel
by miners.
TIE GERMAN MINISTER'S BAD BREAKS.
The German minister to Chile has
made public denial here OF the cable
to the Herald, in which it was told how
he had ordered the admiral of the Ger
man warship Lipsig to surrender the po-
litical refugees, but that the admiral
had declined to do So cabling the Ger
man emperor for the approval OF bis
action, and how the emperor had cabled
back sustaining the admiral. The truth
of the cablsd statements, however, is re-
affirmed, and proofs to the contrary are
challenged. The German minister might
try to explain another extraordinary
proceeding on his part, while he is
about it,, His recent conduct IN per-
mitting the removal OF Balmaceda's
minister of war, Valaquez, from the
German legation to- prison, is generally
condemned, and has provoked much ad-
verse criticism from even the Warmest
partisans of the junta's cause. Presi-
ing the particulars of this strange case,
ordered Senor Valaquez returned to the
legation and declared his removal and i'm
prisonment were violation OF the sancity
of the legation. Sefior Months magnan-
imous conduct is in marked contrast to
the action of the German minister.
BRITISH wARsHlPs LEAVING.
The British warship Melpomene has
been ordered to China and the Cham
pion to Esuuimault on Vancouver is
land. The Champion on her way north
will call at Coquimbo to take on board
Colonel Carvallo and Intendente San
chez. two of Balmaceda's officials, and
will land them at Callao.
ADMIRAL BROWN THANKED.
Sefior Ordonez, Spanish minister, has
rendered the thanks of himself, his
country and the Spanish residents OF
Chile. to Admiral Brown, of the United
States flagship San Francisco, Tor offers
of protection to the minister and his
countrymen during the recent troubles,
TESTIMONIALS TO AMERICAN SURGEONS.
The ambulance service has tenderec &
testimonial to Post Assistant Sureson
John Medgar, of the United State ila8
ship San Francisco, Assistant Surgeon
Edward R. Hit, of the Baltir ore, ana
two junior surgeons OF the san vessels
for valuable aid in behalf o. 5n3 injured
in the recent conflicts.
FOREIGN MINISTER'S CUAGRiNEh
Foreign ministers ar machchaguoed
at the prompitude dis Yed oy YIN
lister Egan in scoring a po-1t ia osAai
Ia a tff
iunta's authority ahead of the Other
nations.
RAILWAY DISASTER.
Railroad connection between this city
and Santiago has been temporarily sus
pended. While a freight train las
night was crossing one of the bridge
the structure collapsed. The locomotive
tender and most of the freight cars wer
thrown into the rayine below, In