Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-04
BALMACEDA DEFEATED.
The Congressional Army. ptures tho
City OF Valparaiso and Balma-
ceda Turns Coward,
Places Santiago, the Capital City, I'm
the Hands of His SubordInatos
with Orders To Surrender,
Then Tlees the Country. --Santiago
Surrenders.--Popul Rejoice.
sVive Chill,o Is the Cry.

WASHINGTON, d. c., September a.
The following dispatch, dated Valpar.
also, August 20, has been received at the
navy department at Washington, from
Rear Admiral Brown: 1.-THE insurgents
have possession OF the city Of Valparaiso.
1t was taken yesterday morning after a
very sanguinary engagement Tho gov
eminent had the advantage OF good
position, but there was bad generalship.
Troops disaffected. lnsurgent ships were
not present. Forts not engaged. Lynch,
with three second-class torpedo boats,
captured. The foreign admiras demanded
u guarantee IN protecting the lives and
property of foreign subjects. l have 100
men at the consulate. Many refugees
aboard. Provisional president here"
Other dispatches from Valparaiso dated
Sunday say: The Chanaral regiment of
the congressional army took formal pos
session of Santiago tonight, and practi-
cally the last act in the bloody drama Of
revolution which has torn Chill to pieces
for the past seven months, is closed. The
city was in the hands Of bloodthirsty
mob last night, and while it was unable to
satisfy its numerous instincts, it did
destroy vast amount of property.
AS soon as the news reached Santiago yes
terday of the overwhelming defeat of the
government troops on the lights ofPlacilla
and the fall of Valparaiso, and the people
knew that Balmaceda's power was gone and
they had nothing TO fear from the wrath,
their enmity to his government broke forth.
The cry was raised that the president
should be killed, and mob started for his
house. Balmaceda, when he heard of the
fall of Valparaiso, called counsel of war
at Santiago. He turned the city over TO
Baquendo, with authority TO arrange terms
of surrender with the Congressionalists.
Balmaceda then went by special train to
Talcahuano there making connection with
steamer for Buenos Ayres, thereby saw
ing his precious neck and thwarting the pur-
pose Of the mob. To have some measure of
revenge they applied the torch and soon
Balmaceda's house was mass of flames.
Before it had been destroyed the mob
marched of TO the house of Senior Goday,
the ex-Minister of the Interior, and an
ardent Balmacedist, and set on fire his
house. Then the resident of Balmaceda's
mother; Gen. Barbosa, who was killed at
the battle of Placilla; Seniors McKenna
and Eastman, the government newspaper
offices. and the houses of several prominent
officials were burned to the ground. The
loss Oy ire anu plllaSe VIII DC oVer*S, OOO' :
600. Quiet has been restored by very
stringent measures; many of the rioters
were shot in their acts of despoilation.
Numerous arrests OF government officials
have been made. The insurgents show a
moderate disposition, however, and the
leaders say that every man against whom
charges are made will have full and fair
hearing before the proper civil authorities
when iC fullV rpCtOra1 The
government will be organized at once.