Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-09-03

until they had fair trial. They We're
then requested by the intendente TO
furnish a list of all the men who
sought refuge on the wasEips, so that
the proper officials could decide which
should receive the guarantee. This
list was Furnished. At a confer
ence between the two admirals and
the refugees the former promised
that all of them who were not guaran-
teed proper treatment would be put
aboard a steamer and sent direct TO
Peru. Arrangements have been made
for a conference between the admirals
and congressional leaders TO finally dis
pose of the refugees, and it is general
~ thought that the plan to send them
to Peru will be agreed upon. The
French admiral refused to harbor any
of the refugees.
Acting Secretary of State Wharton's
action in still refusing to recognize the
junta, now that it is practically the
only government in Chilli is the sub
ject OF much adverse criticism here,
and it is openly limited that there must
be more reasons for it than appear on
the surface The elections cannot be
held for at least month. In the mean
time Gen. Basquedano will probably
act as president, under the advice and
practical direction of the iunta.
VALPARAISO, Sept. The city is
quiet, the merciless slaughter of rioters
and iucendiaries having effectually
suppressed all disturbances. Although
the congressionalist forces are weak
ened by the departure of the troops
sent to Santiago to restore order there,
and under Col. Canto to take formal
possession of the capital, the citizens
guard and the American, British, Ger
man and French marines remain on
duty and there is little likelihood that
the peace of Valparaiso will be again
broken. No foreigners were hurt or
killed in the riots.
The congressionalists are determined
to repress all reasonable utterances
by word and in writing. They have
made an example of Leon Lauin, the
editor of the Balmacedist newspaper,
the formal 40 Comerico. He was
shot Sunday for issuing seditious
pamphlets, and his fate will be that of
any partisans of the lost cause who
seek to inhame the popular mind
against the victors.
1t is feared that many of the wounded
of both armies at the battle of Curcon
have not received surgical aid. II il
had not been for the noble eXertions of
the volunteer foreign ambulance corps
and the surgeons of the American
and European warships many more
would have been left to perish
miserab,y. The congressionalist
officers state that the wounded
were attended to with impartiality and
that all of them, Balmacedists and
congressionalists, were carried to Pla-
ella and placed in care of the amba-
lance corps. The foreign naval sur
geon% have endeared themselves to the
people 10y their heroic labors on the
battlefield.
The whereabouts of Balmaceda is
still unknown. The large, swift
cruiser Esmeralda and the Aconcagua
have gone out to try to intercept the
Balmacedist torpedo gunboat Amir
ante Condell and Balmacedas transport
Imperiale. 1t is supposed that Balma-
cedas intention is to meet the Imperi-
ale at Talcuhuano and that he and
Capt Morgan, of the Condell will
escape in the Imperiale to Montevideo
The Imperiale, which is a converted
merchant steamer would have no
chance with the Esmeralda. She is not
in fighting trim and is too slow to show
clean pair of heels to the cruiser
should she attempt flight 1t is posi-
bic that the Condell may, if overtaken,
attempt resistance.