Telegram-herald., 1891-09-03
MINISTER lGAN B0BS UP |
He Sands the News Of Balmaceda's
Sudden Downfall.
AWFUL ATROCITIES N ClROsEL.
The News Delayed BY rrsstratsd rsis-
graph WirsS-rhs lssarxsns sssi
Very Ssss Agasast unSts SANS
Aetiea Rsgssdiag The Itats-

Very sore Axaiast u.sss sans
Aesisa Regarding ths itats.
WARRINGTON, Sept s.-At last the
department. of state has heard directly
from Minister Egan- The news came
In the form Of the following eablegrsm:
'.SAsrfAGo. Sept. f-Bisine Washington;
deessiye battle. Valparaiso soth Of August.
The rsyslnssoa enf.rels successful President
bssrascesa Eesignea We 1seh. Revolatloaisss
fcily i1st-.lsd- Everything tranquil
EGAS."
The delay In receiving this report
has been solved by the department
Acting Secretary Wharton has re-
ceived information that the tele-
graphic communication between
Santiago and Valparaiso. the west
ern terminus bad been cut and
has Just been restored. and that the
line eastward from Santiago TO Duenos
Ayres has been interrupted By heavy
SHOWS in tho Andes mountains. Al
though Minister Egan's cablcgram Of
ficially indicates the success Of what he
describes as the revolution, he has not
yet informed the department of state
that . government has been set up that
may be recognised a. = government OF
the people representative Of the coun-
try. Accordingly the department will
probably await further detailed infor-
nation from tho minister before &C.
cording formal recognition to the new
government
FAIPARAIso. Sept. e.-Exciting news
Is brought from tho south by the
straits steamer which came up Tues
day rom Talcahusno. Tho two rcgi-
. ments OF government troops which
were taken to that post recently
from Coquimbo by the transport
Impcrials revolted when they heard
of tho defeat of the Balma-
cedists at Placilla last Friday.
They shot to death all Of their officers
and disbanded. Nearly 1000 coal min
ers joined them and together they have
practically taken possession Of the
town of Coronel, on the coast, about
e5 miles south Of Conception. All
sorts of excesses have been committed
by them, houses and stores have been
sacked and burned. The slightest pro-
test against their actions is met by
rifle shots Women have been
abused and subjected to brutalities Of
tho most revolving character, in fact
mob rule In its worst form prevails.
Some outra9es have been committed
also ct Conception and TSlcahuano.
but the force at the disposal Of the
authorities there has been sufficient to
save them from the fate which has
overtakcn the 6.o00 people Of Coronel.
As soon rs the news was received here
the German w&rship Sophie and the
British gunboat Daphne were ordered to
60 at oncc to Coronel and protect the
interests of foreign residents there.
The government officials here have also
taken steps to beat the mob into sub
lection.
The records at Santiago confirm the
statement that August 1S President
Balmaceda ordered forty-one young
men to be shot to death. They were
charged with having engaged in q plot
to blow up railroad bridges sand thus
prevent the movement of the govern
ment troops. Many Of them were boys
of from 16 TO IS years of age. One OF
them was whipped in order to
make him confess the plot. 1t is
charged, and from the records ap-
pears to be true, that only small por-
ton of the cruelties perpetrated By TIE
late government have been published.
The congrcssionalists are giving trials
to all against whom offenses are
charged, and executions up to this time
have been remarkably few. Much pity
is felt for tho families Of Balmaccdis.
officials who have fed the country.
Many of them have been left behind,
friendless and penniless.
There viii be no fight at Coquimbo.
The transport Cochapoal had taken on
board a division of troops and was
under orders to sail for Coquimbo when
q formal tender of submission was re.
ceived from Col. Carvallo commanding
the troops there Gen. Baquedano at
once sent back orders for Col. Carvallo
to retain the command of his troops
and to maintain order in the district
about Coquimbo.
Prominent men among the congress
sionalists say that within q month ar.
rancements will be made to hold cleo
tions in all sections ofathe country, and
that as soon as the result of these cleo
tions ere known the junta will turn
over the country to the properly con
stitutcd suthoritiss-
Order has been restored in Santiago
and Valparaiso. The mobs have been
gotten under control and there Is nc
lSelihooti OF the authorities being un
able 70 preserve order from this out
ke-causile establishments have been
reopened in this city and the business
section II graduall, resuming Its Gus
tomary appearances. Exchange Is
steadily rising.
Nothing has been heard here OF Pres
| ident Balmaceda since he was reported
with his family and valuables ut Los
| AndeA II Is not likely that any def
| mite news viii be received Of him unit
he gets within the range Of teleRraPhi'
communication on the other side OF thu
mountainA
II has been found impossible 70 bury
| all the bodies which were left on Fri
| day's battlefield with the facilities
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