Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-23
6IRRIBLE SCENES.
,n.rican Young Lady Describes
The Chilean War.
! rorNDED SOLDIERS SLAIN
p-..ss-,d Bodies Hsulsd Through the
~ -s.I,. gd.f,anon Of D'pravsd Pop
S',,.-Bssarsds Of Bodies Burned
On the Battle Flsld.

YORK. November 99.-Some In
Wv N..I details in regard to the course
s'..l- - chile Immediately following
''...IY ..Iss which placed the opposition
'a.,.i ',.ior Of the city Of Valparaiso
49, on some points relating to the
''l Go times preceding the Junta's
~ ars contained in a private letter
1'i T. racsived here from a young
--s loan girl who has been living In
.,,rsiso and Santiago.
y. writer Of this letter has been
800 the household Of some Of the
'',+'srential families in Chile, and
o.;,ion has been such as to afford
opportuuity OF observation.
o. ,s5s an one time in the family OF
,-.,s5a himself, and at another in
- tbe EdwardseS and Hillmans.
r3r9ris family, as will be we'll re-
..,s5 80 was exiled by Balmaceda
....syward was allowed TO return to
.,go -, Thereturn Of the family was
\, lbs occasion Of great public re-
st,uipp are some of the most sig
..,, portions Of the letter, which Is
~ N santiago, September Is. Re
.-, ~ m the treatment of the defeated
az i-2 of the Balmaceda forces after
p5ttle at Valparaiso, the writer
AS
sys, p is sickening to write it, but
,r that mob fight for bone, S piece
ls..b a hand, anything out of that
:. and six Of the officers Of the oppo-
II, IN horseback looked on and
"a and they kept that cart in open
.v lor FIVE days before they threw
bodies into the sea.
What had these generals doue?
t.5,Bg but remain loyal TO the govern
n. and lead the armies after the op-
,.on first attacked. True, they were
FOOD men, but what was left to the
s..5ant but such men? When they
rr defeated they were both found
-ded on the battle field. When the
su7 went around 10 make the repdSO,
ming in AnglO-Saxon, butchery OF
/. wounded, and demanded their
r-is. which they were still grasping,
~ answered: Generals never sur
E.ar.'
Then they killed them, stripped
n, cut them in pieces and drew them
gr.i Valparaiso. Women, mothers
i their daughters, looked on and
q: Well done, so is the vengeance OF
Constitutional party. Let them
rh Balmaceda and make roast OF
I tell you frankly, a little more Of
scenes and l would have gone
u. As II was, / lost my head and
ben one Of the wretChes looked to me
h asked me to cheer them l leaned
..f and called out, what bruteS you
ll what animals, what demons and a
\ more that don't remember. Though
lad meant certain death l could not
le contained myself.
"0a the 21st the opposition attacked
-C0nCOn, and after very hard battle
be Government troops were defeated.
1eH, after that victory, the Govern
,s,, fell back to the heights Of Vina
q Mar, and the opposition followed,
I'd Tor a week they lay in the trenches,
lclg each other near Mira Mic, the
,'er La SOncagua between.
I'VE could see the tents from the top
.eyery house, and every shot from the
ginning we heard. Nothing was
-1e until the twenty-eighth, but mean
1e the Government troops passed over
Z thousands 10 the opposition. 1t was
0'egOne conclusion. On the morning
he twenty-eighth the final battle Of
ati.Ia came, and the firing for an
--r and ahalf was dreadful. Suddenly
oaSed entirely, and twenty inmates
Berthe remnants of the artillerydaShed
as though the devil was after them.
,7 whom we knew shouted up: All is
''' 10 two hours the opposition will be
.''e 70 take the town and sack it,
Immediately Mrs. McCreery sig
/. ed from the top Of the house for
a' nom the San Francisco and Balti-
-.'-' 10 the Bay. In an hour one hun
-sl OF the marine corps, with their Of
-sS, arrived.
Aoou, noon, the opposition came
--'s.ing tn and the uprOar began. All
y church bells and fire bells rang
---'Y' The whole population turned
(. 70 receive them with red ribbOus or
-seS. Never was a town so willing TO
4Sen. Ladies pulled the officers
.A their horses and hugged and kissed
''l' AT night the city was pande-
we went up on the roof where they
-t Signalling with electric lights TO
admiral on board and we counted
's'a, areS going at once and spent
-.gS were flying around In all direc-
~. we did not sleep much that
SUE can assure you, although we
.'' We, guarded. Next morning they
.-.5 -.-l 10 various parts of the city.Six
~. -c'ea cead men, women aud children.
'IIS' Balmaceda and family are now
-'I mothers house, Don Domingo
lr>' l'o>' Inc last battle was Friday,
'.S, .slS, :. Saturday the dreadful
IA ~ 10 tue Plaza, one of which l have
!O1 o. occurred over the remains of
~. ~. nlrooSSa and Alcerreca, and there
Sld all this time that victorious
~ sul'e and utterly forgot its 5000
,,,,. @Ia wounded on the field. Doyou
,.sV S nov now they buried their dead?
.., ..s., l], gued up the dead after stealing
an C'O'heS and arms in piles Of fifty
~ - poured kerosene over them and
,s,r - A. them. At first they dug wells
49, s'gp aud circular and pitched the
b mn, N headlong, but even that was
D work, so they did the other. :"
Y, tae Kind We WeIcome.
ss;ss. ItoRE, November 22.-Fortv-five
.ss o. :, VI farmers from the German bor-
etbe ,s-Ssla s,aa arrived at this port to-day
ssrs,SsSSe steamer Spaardam. Each family
Sor,geNl ten members. all bouDd for