The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-01
SHOT DOWN LIKE Ours.
Brutal Treatment of the Enemies of Bal
maceda-Lashed and Slain.

NEW York, July Chilian. Peru
Wan and Argentine newspapars re-
celved III this city give interesting de
tails OF the struggle of the Chilian
factions. In an account of alleged cruel
ties on the part OF Balmaceda FL Tacora.
OF lacna, asserts that officers and
soldiers daily desert the government
forces, and that whenever any of them
are captured the authorities fog them.
administering from 90 to 200 strokes,
and then send them to the hospitals,
which forward them to the cemeteries.
\ paper published at Lapaz, Bolivia
says that smuggled mail Yesterday
(June 21 from the capital (>antiago)
tells another story of cruelty. 1t says
that on ne 10th inst twenty-five indi-
vlduals-soldiers ard otlicers-were
shot in Santiago, being suspected of
plotting mutinv in the corps to which
they belonged. The execution took
place in the barracks at early dawn, so
that the popuiace might know nothing
OF the occurrence. The insurgent crew
Of the torpedo ram Walda, which ran
away from Valparaiso and was recapt-
ured near the heights of Papudo when
her coal gave out, have also been shot
The total number was seven or eight.
The greatest terror rel gns in Santiago,
Valparaiso, and in the southern towns
The spies and mlnlOns of the tvTant not
only violate homes but also the con-
vents and mOnaSteries. In the homes
they rob and pillage under pretext of
. 4,
are deserted because the unfortunate
farmers have fled to the mountains to
escape enforced enlistment in the ranks
OF Balmaceda's army.
Don Jose Luis Ncrgara, ex-command-
er Of Talca, was cruelty hogged III Santi-
ago for the alleged crime of being al
loggerheads with Don Carlos Morago,
commander of the CondcH. The pun
lshment was so severe that Sonora FL
Nlra Sefa de Ncrgara, when the bloody
clothing of her husband was brought to
her house, went to the mint building to
show the garments to Balmaccda Not
finding him there, she confronted Don
jose Miguel Valdez Carrcra, whom she
denounced as 4 coward and assassin.
Charges OF grossest cruelty were made
against BaImaceda by Senor Jayicr Nial V
Solar, special envoy of the constitution
Peru This interview with the editor
of FL Nacional, of Lima, Peru, was pub
llshed in that paper. Said be: The
dungeons Of Santiago, alparaIso. Ialca,
CoNccpslon, and nearly V all the cities are
filled with most worthy and respectable
citizens, In these jdils the tor
ture is daily applied to youths
and old men to force them TO
avowals which would compromise their
friends. The lash, the gallows, the
fusillade a: | other most cruel eNDedi-
ents OF the cNccutiOner are a daily spec
tacie IN these SOmher abodcs. The dis
tlngulshod SenUritas Emelia tarrcra
Pinto and Isabel p;tviia Iurrain were
thrown into & vile all for the crime of
being seen on the street reading a small
opposition Journal
Great establishments costing their
pToprctors millions of dollars, for ex-
ample those at the coal miHeS ut lie bu
OF Senor trraZuriZ. have been raZrd to
tie ground by BaimaCcda. Works of
public necessity, like The wharf of the
Plchllemuz port, belonging to Senor
ortrlzar, have been ruthicSsIy de
stroyed. But the destruction and in
cendiarism are nothing compared with
the means employed 10 close up the
banks and credit institutions, causing
the ruin not only of the rich and power
tul but of the middle class and the
poorer people.
A paper of Cofiapo, Chill. announces
that twenty Young men have been
tioggcd in Valparaiso by order OF Bal
maceda, for having taken passage aboard
an English steamer which was bound
for the North.
The contidel tial agent Of the insur-
gents at Panama has made public the
following bulletin received from the
minister of foreign affairs for the Con
gressional party:
iqvIQUF, July $.-Thc ship Maipo has
foundcrcd. having aboard complete equip
mentS OF intanry cavalry and artillery tor
5000 men.