St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-28

on the roof of one of the houses fired
two shots from bis revolver at them.
They returned the fire and the fight be-
gan in earnest. The troops at once
attacked the custom house and
prison. Small detachments of
them went through the streets
shooting at small bodies of citi-
citizens who were hurrying to the as
Sistance of the men at the custom
house. The fight in town continued
until o'clock in the afternoon. Mean
while the warships of ths reyolutionists
that were anchored in the harb0r.
namely, the Blanco Encalada, Magellan
and EsmeTalda and the Abtao were
deavoring to dislodge Balmaceda's
forces, who occupied the main
plaza. AS this place was the objective
point of the shells from the war
vessels all the houses III the vicinity
suffered to greater or less extent. My
own house, which is near the plaza, was
struck five times. My wife had just re-
moved the babe from the cradle in one
of the rooms when shell came through
the wall and exploded. entirely wreck
ing that portion of the house. When
firing had nearly ceased | sent one of
my servants with some coffee to the men
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A shell exploded in front of him as he
went,
Blowing Him Into Eternity.
A this juncture fire was started in
the block adjoining the custom house
with the purpose of smoking out the
revOlutioniSts who were centered in
that building and on the roof The fire
was eXtinguished, but BalmaceGa'S
10 Erar off nd Oh faA
it again, when it kept burning till nine
blocks, in which we're the most valuable
buildings in Iquique, were destroyed.
While the fire was in progress big force
of men, under cover of heavy cannonad-
ing, were landed from the fleet. Then it
was that Balmaceda's force retreated.
The men from the fleet assisted the
citizens in eXtinguishing the flames and
caring for the dead and wounded. The
next day Col. Soto surrendered to the
revoluti0nist forces and IQuique has
since been the official headquarters of
the constitutional party. The only
further disturbance in Iquique since
has been the setting fire to a house
by two renegadeS, who, for their crime,
were taken to the plaza and shot"
From another gentleman who arrived
from Chill on the same steamer with
Don Pedro Mount and party-Senor
Jose GOnZaleS-additio horrors of the
revolution are heard. Senior Gonzales
said: "Balmaceda is practicing
CrueIties Unheard OF
in the history of Chill. A friend of
mine, who was prominent citizen of
Conception - Senior SerranO-and his
son were put in prison because they re-
fused to obey the dictates of the
tyrant. Being imprisoned failed to
break their spirit, so Balmaceda had
jail and mercilessly tortured. After
being brutally fiOgged. the tendons of
his arms and legs were severed to rem
der him helpless for life. This horrible
cruelty was purposely practiced within
earshot Of the son, who was afterward
subjected to the same treatment before
the gaze of his father, now fast dying
from loss of blood and as a result of the
terrible ordeal. Neither of them sur
vived the torture which was inflicted
upon them.
Refused Burial.
Their bodies were taken to the prin-
cipal cemetery for burial. The burial
permits being irregular, the cemetery.
authorities would not admit them. The
bearers went back to town to get the
proper changes made in the permits.
While they were on this errand the men
in charge of the cemetery suspecting
that something was wrong, questioned
the officers, and discovered that the
bodies were headless. This created
great excitement, and the news
spread rapidly throughout the
town. Examination of the head
less corpses showed from marks
on the bodies that two of them were
permanent residents of Santiago, while
the third one was never identified. 1t
was learned that these men had been
arrested and executed by order of Bal
maceda."