Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-31
The Gillian War.

The Navy Department Ct Washington co
Saturday evening received official notice
from Rear Admiral Brown st Valparaiso. OF
the surrender Of The city TO tie Caiisc It.
surgent forces. He sass:
"Tho ireusgsnt ebips were not present
ard tbs forts we're not engaged. The gov
eminent war.shIp Lynch, With three second-
class torpedo boats, was captured. The for
aigD adm rale demanded q guarantee In pre-
tectng he lives and property offorsiao cab
ieote. have 100 men at the consulate.
Many refugees on board. The provisional
President Ia here"
Official dispatches from IquqUe state that
in the battle at Concon the CoDgres s;onalste
lost sos killed, and Bsimaeeda lost 1,5e0
men. In the battle at Plaoilla The defeat OF
Balmaceda was complete.
The agents Of the OhiIsn Congressional
party In Paris yesterday received al official
dispatch from Santiago saying that the Con-
gressopal party is In control Of The capital;
that Bslmaceda fed on Friday Dight, and
that the country Ia Tranquil. Buenos Ayres
dispatches say Balmsceda resigned In favor
of Gen. BsquedRno.
Senior Mont, the envoy OF the Ohilisn
Congressionslists In Washington, received
the following oablegrsn Yesterday evening:
"IQUIoUE. Aug. 30 Don Pedro Mont,
Washington: The junta Of the Cppgresslop-
al GoVeroment i5 en- route for Santiago to-
day. "EBRA zURIZ."
Senior Montt explained that this meant
that the Congressionalists were about to
transfer their headquarters TO the capital In.
stead Of remsining at IqulQue.
The New York Herald yesterday publish
sc the following Giepatch fEom Valparaiso,
detsd August %:
Santiago has he5n formally surrendered,
the triumph OF the Congressional perty Is
oomplets aud psace nrd qnlot may be LOOK
ed for In Chill before many days have pses-
ed. This morning word was received from
representatives of Bairnsoeos at the capital
sskiDg for conference, With view 70 s1g-
! render"
A meeting FOE held and the teraa of The
surrender we're arranged. Senor Don Olau-
die Vtounns, who whs elected President to
succeed Belmaceds, and who is 1oW ra-
fugae aboard the qarpan aagship, aoknowI-
edges that the defeat Of the government Is
fpsl and that any further resistance you'd
De BiDply useless weese OF foroe and de-
strpctioD of life and property, Every possl
BILE effort Is being made By the Oongression-
alist leaders 30 discover the whereabouts OF
Balmacedsi but up TO this time they have
not succeeded IN anding trace OF him.
The Impression is growing that the P:aai
dent and come of the oficers Of the feet sre
making all possible haste to escspe from tbs
country By Way OF come Of the pesses 10 The
Andes It Is now winter In that country
and 1t Ia task sufficient to denns the ssrong
es man to make his way overland to Mont
evidso or Buenos Ayres.
Inv 10 boo oil 10 tnS font - OF
hold OF ths thirty tons ofsilver bullion which
was taken from the treasury By Bs!maoeda
and shipped on ths British sloop-of-war Es-
piegle to Bnenos Ayres, there to be sraus
clipped to Europe. The treasury lie empty,
but is is doubtful If it will be filed by this
silver.
The commander OF the Chilian cruiser Presi-
dente Pinto has asked the German authorities for
permission to dock his vessel at Kiel.