Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-21


Fortunate BaImacda, that IN taking
his own life he had escaped worse
fate. Balmaceda left a letter to his
mother, also statement to the
Herald. AS almost the last declara-
tions Of a dying man they are of es-
pecial importance. He said:.
I acted all during the last eight
months with the firm conviction
that / was right. l had no one I'm
the army on whom | could place
any trust. My generals were false
TO me. They lied all through the
war Had my orders been Obeyed |
believe the battle of COquinlbO would
have resulted in a decisive victory
against the enemy. Ny heart all
through this trouble has been with
Chill. Isought to rescue my country
from foreign domination. / strOve
to make her the first republic in
America. My enemies say that !
was cruel. Circumstances compelled |
me To sanction certain acts, but
many bad deeds have been attribted
to my orders that were never knows
by me until they had been commit
ted. Until the final battle / had
strong hopes of triumphing over my
foes. Victory was assured by my
generals, Alcerrca, Barbosa and Viel {
They all lied. / know now those
who only pretended friendship for
me, because of the money gotten
that was to be gotten out Of me. All
the money that | have in my poses {
sion is what my wife gave To me ON
the night Of August 29lh. Youi
minister, Egan, many times offered
me good advice. He urged me t. i
make peace with those opposed t. q
me and to retire from Chill. / did
not heed his wise advice, for
thought he was under the influenc,
of the junta who were then refugees q
in the American legation. All .
through the trouble my closest I'd q
visers were always opposed to any !,
overtures for peace. II
THE ONLY RECOURSE LEFT.
Anotherletter was found addressed
to Senor Urribarl. Ia it Bamaceda d
says: d
When | saw the persecution di n
rected against me by persons Fho q
had supported my administration ! s
came to the conclusion that the only
way to put an end to 1t was to take
my life, as vas the responsible one
Adios, my good friends; give my +,
farewell to my wife and children.
The junta has the Argentine legq- n
ton guarded to prevent an attack Oh U
the part of the population, but II
everything is quiet at Santiago to-
night. Balmacedas body has been
removed to the general cemetery. t.
1t was accompanied by the members fl
of the family and friends. The "
widow of the dead ex-president was v
informed of his tragic ending by her cI
brother Domingo Torro. There is a il
gnard stationed at the cemetery. d,
An intendent Is keeping order. &C
OREGON II. r. a NAVIGATION co. CT
New YORK, Sept 2l.--The Oregon II
Railway & Navigation Co. has de- an
clared quarterly dividend Of II po
per cent, payable October the LIST. stI
MORE DISASTER. an
MADRID, Sept. 2l.--A hurricane INC
evening has added to the ed
amage done by the recent floods In
0 the town Of Consuegra. Many ou'
ouses previously undermined or lh
therwise weakened by the food, ooa
last night. Further feel sea
NJ of gloom has been caused sho
Spaiu by the announce sue
lent of severe epidemic. Inilu- are
MA has broken out at Badjor, ma
he capital of the Province by that ta'i
anne. There are already over tive day
lousand severe cases of that dis wei
Ise In the city mentioned, and IL is the
ared the epidemic will spread all IN
'er Spain. app
THE HEATHEN CHINESE.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 2l.-About ',' y
'enty Cinnamon sneaked across ~
o river from Canada last night. ,io''
der the guidance of white man. '?
even have been arrested and will P'"'
returned at once. They were all '1'i'
ached, aud said they lived at Lon anu
n and VANCOUVER. One of them a'"'
lght desperately without beng Nu
zen. o"'