The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-09-03

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s,VALPAaAIso. Aug. sl.-sxntiaRo ha
been formally surrendered, the triumpl
Of the congressional party is comnleta
and peace and quiet may DO looked 70
In Chilli before many DAYS hsvo passed
After the crushing defeat which Raj
maceda's forces met with 1t the hand
OF Gen. Canto's troops on the hills bacl
OF this city Friday, and the subsequen
entry Of the conquering army into Val
paraiso, the fall of the capital was onl,
question. - -
EARLY saturday morning word wa.
received from representatives. 81 Hal
maceda, at the capital, asking for 1
conference with view to surrender
The request was readily granted, anc
Gen. Baquedano, who was formerly
commander in chief of the Chiliar
army, was designated to &C,
for the congressionalists. A meeting
was held and the terms of the surrender
were arranged II .
The insurgents fleet came into the bay
Saturday morning and found convenien,
anchorage grounds. The first business
TO be transacted was the formal capitu
lation of the city. Senior Montt An.
nounced that the only terms he had to
offer was the unconditional surrender
of the city, and Of all officers and troops
as prisoners of war. These terms were
perforce accepted.
The Chavaral regiment of the con.
gressional army took formal bpssess;on
of Santiago SUNDAY night and nract;.
cally the last act of the bloody drama
of revolution which. has torn Chilli. II
pieces for the last seven months is
closed. The Capital CITY was in the
hands of bloodthirsty mob Saturday
night, and, while it was unable to sat.
isfv its murderous instincts it did de.
stroy q vast amount of property.
AS soon as the news reached Santiago
SATURDAY. of the overwhelming defeat
of the government troons on the heights
of Placilla and the fall ~ Va,nars;so
end the people knew that Ralmaceda,s
power was gone. and +hav bod
nothing to fear from his wrath
their enmity to his government
broke forth. The crv was raised
that the president should he killed
and mob started for. his house. It
grew in numbers and fury as it went
through the streets, and by the time
it reach ID the executive mansion was
ripe for any bloody deed. Short shrift
would have been allowed the presi-
dent had he been caught. He
knew that he would hive little
chance for his life if he remained
in Santiago, and at the first receipt
of the news of his overwhelming
defeat he hid himself. The bloodth;rstv
fury of the mob was hallxed The a..
sire of the rahhle fnr reve,aa fo,,na
vent in the apnl;cat;on NJ tho +orch
Soon Balmaceda's house was a mass If
flames. Before Il had heen DESTROYED
the mob marched off to tho ho,,se ~
Senior Godav. the ex-m;nister If th.. IN.
terror and an ardent Ralmaced;st and sat
- an fro Trh.,,, 80 -..:SS. ~,
maceda's mother, Gen. Barlosa. who
was killed at the battle of Placilla:
Seniors McKenna and Eastman. the
government newspaper Offices and the
homes of several newspaper officials
were burned to the ground.
Balmaceda. when he heard ~ tho
fall of VALPARAISO, sent for Cen Raoue-
dano, commander of the government
troops in Santiago. to meet him At 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Moneda
This Baquedano declined tn do INIT
suggested that the meeting he hold in
the house of Gen. Velasouez. A conn.
Gil was held at Velasouez.s house.
at which President Balmaceda.
the generals and other leading
Ba!macedists were present The sit
uation was thoroughly canvassed, and
1t was decided that a further continue
ton OF the struggle was hopeless and
that the surrender of the capital was
the only proper course. Baauedano
was gwen charge of the city and was
authorized to arrange the terms of
the surrender with the congressional
lists.
Comparative order has at last heen
restored in this city. It took drastic
measures to do it. Rioters who were
caught in the work were summarilv
dealt with, and many of them were
shot These prompt measures have
cooled the ardor of the law breakers at
last, but rioting was not STONED until
property estimated at 81. 500. 600 had
been destroyed.
There are all sorts Of minors abont
the movements IF pras;d.,t u.l,r.
coca twas said that he was making
his way overland to the Atlantic coast.
Another statement was that he had
gone to Coquimbo, where the
Almirante Condell and the I'm
lmperiale were waiting for him, It is