Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-25

THE ALLEGED SACRAMENTO oRls-
cav CASE.
Tho Trouble Between England aud
Newfoundland Desire 10
COcrcc the Colonisis.
ny TELEGRAPH to tho sEwAt
fayiarE.
Account OF f,- Captsre by tho gebeisi
snnUpiuary Fight.


PANAMA, March 2I.-H. NJ. s..
'drljife Is Mt Callao. The following
IL CLEANED nom her oiilcers:
"wo loft iquique February Goth,
subsequent 10 the different events
which led 10 the capture Of that port
by the rebels and the fire which caused
The destruction OF property valued M
81, 100000. ltnppcaB that when the
rubcls captured IA. port, the govern.
inent troops took up poaltlOD some
distance from Il. Tho rebels then To-
turned On board, leaving only hfty
men la charge. Thciroops soou heard
OF TIL, and marched GA The place 200
mcnccu, and the shorc fusiladc led the
ships TO promptly open. The BinHoa,
Eacaidda, LDicfdlda and Hlascard
used their heavy guns, while the
transports kept mitrniilciises busily ein-
ployed. Tremendous destruction fol-
lowed, and the flames spread until the
whole central part OF lquiquc, where
the best stores aud buildingr were situ-
a,cd, was In ruins. Up 10 the 26th,
when the Hidrspitc left Iquiquc, the
ruins were yet burning.
Thu fight which resulted In the fire
was n stern and bloody Lr,lgciy. aud IL
would have been morn prolonged had
II not been for the arrangements
reached by the chiefs Of the two par
ticH, aud under which the opposition
leaders engaged 10 pay Col. Soto
$4,000 10 deliver among his men, who
were then TO join the rcbols. The gov.
ernmont troo,s abandoned their arms
and soon dispersed. Subsequently
Soto was arrested and sent on board
the dnidtDHas, accused OF having dis
tributcd only $1,000 among the men
aud having retained the remaining
tg000.n
Those on the Wdrspiio were in-
formed that Col. Kobles Ind two thou.
sand VI Balmaccda'r trooIs ON the
Pampas, and II was possible that they
would again attack lquique. in which
port. aud In the vicinity, the revolu.
tlonists stated they had 1000 men.
They were, however, short OF ammu.
milton, but were expecting some by
steamer.
lqnique IL In an abnormal situation,
md the Inhabitants have taken refuge
on the island where they had previous
ly been stationed. Pisagua has been
abandoned by the populacc. The
iniente OF fquiquo sought refuge OF,
the IrusDvc, and subsequently,
left In the cable steamer Sircrtoipu for
Valparaiso.
The report IN confirmed Of the fight
at San Francisco, In which General
Vidagnn was killed. Some OF the
number loet their lives through their
own imprudcnco. This office OF the
daily newspaper Ios dc CiM, which
supported the Government, was sacked
aud burned. Tho Idrspko gave
passage 10 Csllao To lis persons Of
different nationalitles.
The French steamship TiYe dc Bet.
fast reports that 500 killed and wounded
were the outcome Of The ilght on the
rarapaca pampas.
The Lima Diaro said ON February
18th: ''rho present revolution thrci,tens
to result In serious International con.
tiicis. Peruvian territory has already
been violated by Gillian government
troops"
TIE report reached Panama ON March
7th that when the forces of Valparaiso
fired on the Biunco Lhciada, killing
several Of her crew, the commanding
oiiicer solicited permission from the
shore authorities 10 bury them, aud the
answer he received was that ne might
bury them In the sea. The commander
OF the Bianco Eaoiada thcreupon re-
fefrcd to the captain OF her Majesty's
ship Champion and the latter signifi-
cantiy replied, "i,equest me 10 bury
them and shall do 80" The request
was formally made, whercupon the
British commander had the Chlllan
seamcn taken ashore under the pro-
lection OF the British flag and buried
with due military honors In graves no
Ind ordered prepared for them.