Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-25
mWA b IflhhArH. H i. From All Quarters. THE REVOLT IN CHILL. An Interesting Account of
 Recent HostiIities. FUNERAL OF GENERAL JOHNSTON. Fierce Ravages of the Grip
 in Chicago. RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN THE SOUTH. Damage by High Water in
 The Merrimac.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN THE SOUTH.
THE CHILEAN REVOLT.

The Latest Details of Several Com
 hicts - The ereiBombardment of F Iqutque-Heavy Fusilade From the k Fleet, ,int1he Harbor-Peruvian Ter
 ritory Invaded.
 PANAMA, 16.-The English iron-clad Warspite arrived at Callao on March 1, bringing the following. information con- cerning the Chilian revolution: eve left Iquique February 26, subsequent to the different events which led to the capture of that port by the rebels and the first fire, which caused the destruction of property valued at 5000, 900. It appears that when therebels captured the port the government troops took up position at some distance from it and held themselves in readiness to attack the city. The rebels returned on board, leaving only some fifty men in charge. The troops soon heard of this and marched on the place, some 200 strong, under Colonel Soto. They reached the vicinity about o'clock and fell in with guard of ,s sailors I Firing commenced and the Blanca, Encalada, Esmeralda and Huascar used their heavy guns, while the Transports kept their mitraileuses busily employed Tremendous de- struction followed and at 10 o'clock fire broke out in nitrate warehouse which was extinguish- ed by the fire brigade. Another fire broke out later and spread until the whole central part of Iquique, where the best stores and buildings were situated, was burned. Among the buildings saloon, the English hotel, the mercantile estab- lishments of James Ingalls,, Blair S Co.,, Granja, Pominguez La Callae, Capella Enos, the Eng fish club and the office of John Dawson.
 STERN AND BLOODY TRAGEDY.
 The fight which caused the fire was stern and bloody tragedy, and it would have been more prolonged had not the chiefs of the two parties reached an agreement under which the opposi- tion leaders engaged to pay Colonel Soto S1O,OOO to divide among his men who were then to join ment troops abandoned their arms and dis persed. Subsequently,. Colonel Soto was ar m and sent b9ard the excused and having retained the remaining $9,00o The revolutionary squadron consists of the iron-clad Blanca Encalada, Almirante Cochrane, the iron clad Esmeralda, the monitor Huascar, the cor vette Magenenes and the steamers of the South company a & %ith h the ts exception of the Mapocho, Laja and Lauturn, which is running bet between loilo and Pansnas and other small yes
 Up to February s6 Antofogasta had not suf- abandoned by the populace. The intendent of Iquique sought refuge on the Warspite and he subsequently, left in the cable steamer Siverton for Valparaiso.
 The report is confirmed of the fight at San reb Mers m Iquique on the 18th about two hundred persons were killed.
 THE CAPTURE OF ARICA.
 The capture of Africa was considered by the rebels of importance as it would facilitate their action against the government force.
 The Valparaiso Comerco reported on Febru- ary 12: Yesterday the important capture was made of the rebel A. Edwards, who has fur had %I,a nI,olF held $1, 900 in deposit in respectable mer- cantile house: This money it is supposed, he and it viii be @ seized t by the , government.S ] va % writes tf from Ia%a1SH by the Iquique on the 18th the revolutionary ships fired between fifty and sixty A shells I ashore, causing o he Ga on board a sailing vessel, as his store and resi- dence had been burned Further conflicts were considered impending and no one appeared to think of establishing definite provisional gov ernment.. The Magellenes and O'Higgins had 6sen tp sent to blockade 1quiaISe with orders to ever they might fall in with her
 The French steamer Vile de Belfaste, which wounded were the outcome of the fights on the Tarapaca pampas.
 PERUVIAN TERRITORY VIOLATED.
 The Lima Diario said on February %: The present revolution in Chill threatens to result in serious international conflicts. Peruvian terri tory had already been violated by Chlian gov ernment troops aud now we learn that the gov ernment troops with provisions and muni- tions, have occupied positions inside the Ar genuine limits and on the road to Mendoza
 recently reported: There are a few Chilian cavalry soldiers in a hotel in this city. Their arms are boxed up and they declare they are on they are bound to join the Chilian iron-clad Almirante Condell.
 ''ths arrival of Chian soldiers with their arms alarmed the populace since the Chiliau govern send armed men into Argentine territory Wheat has rapidly risen in value throughout the republic.
 when the forces of Valparaiso fired on the Blanco Encalada, killing several of the crew, the com %amdg solicited f bs1 sgS from the l swer he received was, that he might bury them
 T6e e 5f e a | cantly replied: Request me to bury them and shall do so." The request was accordingly for mally made, whereupon the British commander had the Chilian dead seamen taken ashore under the protection of the British flag and buried with due military honors in the graves he had ordered prepared for them.
 WILL SEND SHIP TO CHILL | WASHINGTON, March 24.-Apprehensions con l corning the unsettled state of affairs in Chill l have caused the navy department to decide or
 sending Admiral Brown, the commandant of | the Pacific station, to that country as soon as possible. Admiral Brown will sail within the next fortnight on the San Francisco, to which he will transfer his flag. His present flagship, the Navy yard for service and she will leave te l join the San Francisco in Chilian waters al
 soon as possible oa Admiral Pdsiao MeCann, the com now in Chilian waters will withdraw his flagship The navy department has practically no details of the conflict in Chi but newspaper accounts l and other sources of unofficial information have made Secretary Tracy and his advisers appre hensive of serious trouble.
 l PARIS, March 2.-Telegrams from Iquique say | that portion of the Antofagasta garrison re fused to fight and declared in favor of the insur l gents and that the rest went to aEalama closely followed by the insurgents. q