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Nav YoKk. July -, --Chilian. Peru
Wan and Argentine newspapers re-
eelyed sn this esty give Interesting de-
tails of the struggle OF the Chlllan fac
tionS. la an account Of alleged cruel
ties on the part OF Balmaeeda Il fa-
cora of TAcnz sxserts; .of'icers aud
soldiers daily desert the government
forces. Whenever sny IF them are
esptarcd the authorities fog them. AL.
mlalsterIng from 100 to 200 strokes. and
then send them 10 the hospitals. which
forward them to the cemeteries
III Herslde. psblished at La pax. Bo-
hvia. says; "A smuggied mail brought
yesterday June ~ from the capital
tsantiagol brings the following. On
the lsth inst twenty Ave individuals.
soldiers and officers. were sho; ia San
tiago being suspected Of plotting q mu-
tiny I'm the corps 20 which they be-
longed The execution took place in
the barracks at early dawn. 50 that the
populaee might know nothing of the
occurrence The iusurgent crew OF
the torpedo ram Waldo, which ran away
from Valparaiso aud was recaptured
near the heights of Pspudo when her
coal gave out, have also been shot The
total number was seven or eight The
greatest terror reiens in Santiago. VAL
paraiso and in the southern towns. The
spies and minions of the tyrant not
only violate homes but also the con-
vents and monastcries. In the homes
they rob and pillage under pre-
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fields are deserted because the un-
fortunate humsos (farmers) have fed
TO the mountains To escape enforced
enlistment in the ranks of Balmaceda's 5
army. Don Jose Luis Vergara. ex-
commander of Talca, was cruelty
fiogged in Santiago for the alleged
crime of being at loggerheads with Don
Carlos Moraga, commander Of the Con-
dell.
Charges of the grossest cruelty were
made against Balmaceda by Senior
Javier Vial Solar, special envoy of
the constitutional government to the
government of Peru. His interview
with the editor of FL Nacional of Lima,
Peru, was published in that paper.
Said he: The dungeons of Santiago,
Valparaiso, Talca, Conception and
nearly all the cities are filled
with most worthy and respect
able citizens. In these jails
the torture is daily applied to
youths and old men to force them to
avowals which would compromise their
friends. The lash, the gallows, the
fusillade and other most cruel expedi-
ents of the executioner are daily
spectacle in these somber abodes. The
distinguished seDoritas, Emilia Carrera
Pinto and Isabel Davila Larrain, were
thrown into vile Jail for the crime of
being seen in the street reading small
opposition journal
"'Great establishments, costing their
proprietors millions of dollars, for ex-
ample those at the coal mines at Lebu
of Senor Errazuriz, have been razed to
the ground by Balmaceda- Works of
yublic necessity like the wharf of the
Pichilemuz port, belonging to Senor
Ortrizer. have been ruthlessly de-
stroyed. But the destruction and in
cendiarism are nothing compared with
the means employed to close up the
banks and credit institutions. causing
the ruin not only of the rich and pow.
erful but of the middle class and the
poorer people
A paper of Capiapo. Chilli, announces
that twenty young men have been
fiogged in Valparaiso by order of Bal
maceda for having taken passage
aboard an English steamer which was
bound for the north.
a dispatch was received from Santi.
ago saying that Claudio Vicuna, a too
of Balmaceda, had been elected presi.
dent He will take his seat Septemb Der
IS and will continue the policy OF Bal.
maceda