The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
THE RAPE OF IQUIQUE!
Rapine and Pillage in the
Doomed City.
All Manner Of Outraqes
Perpetrated.
Hundreds Driven Destitute
From Their Homes.
The Suffering in Southern
Chill Is Appalling.
Late Particulars from the Scene OF
the Revolution.
The Suffering in Southern
Chill Is Appalling.

PANAMA, April 4.-The Arica Tacora
said on Feb. %: The steamer which
arrived yesterday was the Mount Tabor,
and brought 100 refugees from Iquique,
the majority Of whom at once proceeded
by train to Tacna."
A correspondent writes from Iquique:
"What is occurring in this unfortunate
port is something unheard OF, and il
leads one 10 believe that no civilized be-
ings now live here. Passengers state
that the vagabonds there are robbing,
plundering, numbering, violating women,
and committing all classes of atrocities,
while incendiaries are also engaged in
their nefarious and villainous occupation
of destruction and pillage."
On March 6, the Lima Diario said: "The
government of Chill has determined to
establish an army 10000 strong at Tara
paca, and in II the corps will be massed
which are now scattered and which consist
of 300 men at Antofogasta, 5000 at Ata-
cana, and 5000 at Coquimbo. The de-
termination to mass this army was reached
subsequent to the fall Of Iquique."
The distress along the south coast due
to the revolution is appalling, as will be
observed from the different reports. The
following, which is translated from the
Opinion NdciOndl OF Lima Of March Is,
well serves as an example,: THE steam
ship Peru, which arrived yesterday from
the south, brought 400 refugees of differ
ent nationalities. They are women and
children and old men. and, as they have
no place to lodge, they have been allowed
to remain on the Wharves Of the Muelle
Darsena company"
A reporter who visited the French
steamer Perou on her arrival at Callao
furnishes the following news: "The bonn
bardment of Iquique by the revolutionary
squadron on Feb. l9, led TO the destruc-
ton by fire of seven OF the principal blocks
on the Alto de Melle side, but the custom
house escaped. A German bank, it is re-
ported, has refused TO hand over the funds
in it possession TO the government. The
Peruvian consul at Iquique, Senior La
Tore, paid SD each as passage money
from, Iauique for $50 men, women and
children. The Perou landed IN all 400
refugees in Callao, the greater number OF
whom escaped from lqulque with only the
clothes they had on when the lombard
ment commenced. Gen. Urrutla, who
commands in Iqulque, has been selling
flour at % cents per pound Col. Estan-
islao del Campo commands all the gov
ernment force in Tarapada.
The revolutionary squadron, 1t IS said,
has already 1900 tons OF coal at Its dis
pOsaL
The Lima Commerce. said, on March 10;
-
Pozoalmonte and near Iquique numbered
1000 men, while tho government troops
reached barely three thousand. The
dead in the different actions numbered
ZOO. and included many high officials.
The rebels finally won, and captured in
all thirtv-six cannon and Gatllng guns.
1t is, however, worth remembering, that
although the cable Offices are under the
control of the rebels. the news which Is
received by cable is not in favor OF the
revolution"
All the Chinese in africa since Feb. 23
have been under the protection OF the
British vice counsul.
The Lima Co7nnsercio on March pub
lished the following cable message from
Iouioue, which had been received by the
English minister: ''The triumph of the
rebels on the 9TH was decisive and Bal
maceda's troops were knocked 10 pieces.
After losing all their cannon, rifles and
ammunition, only few soldiers escaped
The people, who are without work, are
suffering fearfully and hundreds of them
have abandoned the nitrate works.
Only carrying bottles Of water,
and accompanied by their families, they
have YEARLY trudged across the desert
down to Iquioue on the coast The scene
is of a nature which hardly finds an equal
in the history of war and revolt, and is
due to the nature of the country and the
class of work there carried on. Many have
died on the way to Iquique, and their
bones will mark for many a day the roads
to the now abandoned nitrate producing
factories. Senor Giillermo Malta, the
Chilian minister in the Argentine Repub-
lie, and Senior Guillermo Puelmo Tupper
have been declared traitors by President
Balmaceda, who has also issued similar
edict with reference to Senior Antuez, the
minister in France, owing to his having
placed government funds at the disposal
OF the rebels.