Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-31


Banquadano h as posted the imperial
regiment 10 a Gordon about the city
TO prevent the outlaws from enter
ing, but II is almost a hopeless task
General Canto and staff have left
Valparaiso for Santiago with add.
tional troops. A new chief Of police
Of Santiago and a new railroad ad-
miDistrator has been appointed. II
is asserted on good authority that
Balmaceda went by special train to
TalcabuaDo Saturday. There he
will make connection with the Con-
dell and Imperial, aud in one Of
these vessels will make for Buenos
Ayres or Montevideo. II this is so
he will probably escape. Compare
tive order has been restored in this
city. Rioters caught at their work
were summarily dealt with, many
being shot, but rioting was not stop
ped until property worth 81 100000
had been destroyed.
CAUSE oFTHE REVOLUTION.
New YORK, Aug. 31.-William
NJ. IyIns, counsul for the ChiliaD
legation, Saturday made a lengthy
statement of the cause leading up to
the Cbilian revolution. He said:
Balmaceda was elected five years
ago by the liberal party. He has
had eight or nine distinct cabines
in his endeavor to please the party
and insure harmony among its fac
tons. 1t was impossible however,
to satisfy the different wings. There
were a number Of men in the party
determined 10 rule or ruin. Balma-
ceda is an even-tempered, broad
minded man Of great forbearance,
and he acquiesced to the demands
Of the libt raj leaders as long as
possible. When it became evident
that to further submit to congress
sional despotism would be virtually
to abdicate his Office, serious trouble
began. Congress refused to pass
appropriation bills and charged that
the president had candidate to
succeed him, whom be was trying
to force upon the country. To settle
this difficulty Balmaceda appointed
the gentleman in question to cabi-
net Office, thus removing him from
the list of candidates. Then, not
withstanding that congress has no
power Of impeachment, the majority
passed a resolution declaring the
presidents Office vacant because of
his failure to submit TO congressional
dictation. Then in January came
an open rebellion. The opposition
majority in congress declared itself
the government, went on board
men-of war with mutinous naval
officers and secured the coast for a
place TO land. II became impera-
lively necessary to maintain order
at any price, The majority in con-
gress having disputed the govern
ment the president was left with
out one of the constitutional branch
es of the government, Because
these members of congress had
themselves violated the constitution,
debauched the navy and abandoned
their posts, 1t did not follow that the
president should abandon his. The
obligation on him was greater, to
remain and protect internal order
and the external safety Of the state,
and hence the trouble.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Aug. 3l.-The
Worlds Valparaiso special says, AT
sundown riotous mob of laborers
united with the rabble of deserters
from the government, set fire and
looted many buildings on the outer
ends of the city belonging to Bal.
partisans. Fourteen fires
ragged all night but are now under
control. S2,OQ0,000 worth of prop
'rty was destroyed. The city rang
III last night with rifle reports, and
his morning the bodies of 200 riot
RS and pillagers Uttered the streets.
OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3l.-Onlclal
OF Balmaceda's fall
cached the state aud navy depart
nents this morning, Acting Secre-
AIRY Wharton received the follow
ng cablegram dated Valparaiso
august 30th: Balmaceda has turned
ver the government to Barquedano
nd fed. Canto goes to Santiago
onlght to assume control until the
rival of Junta from iqulque. Good
rider here" Signed, McCleery, Con :
ul. {
CRUEL ITALIANS.
AsHBURY PARK, n. j., Aug. 81 !
'homas Davean, aged %, farmer,
wing three miles out of Red Bank,
vas murdered by gang of italians
ate Saturday night. Davean had
cen to town to dispose Of a load of
ruck, and on hls return, accom-
anied by man named John Slmp
on, stopped at the Italian colony
n the outskirts Of town. A quarrel
rose over the price of a load Of ma
ure, when the Italians set upon
'avean aud beat aud stabbed him !
, death. Simpson fled for his life,
ut was evertaken by the Italians
'ho attempted to kill him, Slnp
~ defended himself with club,
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