Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05
cAiLrs CAPITAL TAKEN.

Seeks His Life-iUnable to Find Him.
They Burn His Residence.
VALPARAISO, Aug. 31.-Santiago has !
been formally surrendered, the triumph !
of the congressional party is complete,
and peace and quiet may be looked for
in Chilli before many days have passed. |
After the crushing. defeat which Bal
maceda's forces met with at the hands
of Gen. Canto's troops on the hills back
of this city Friday, and the subsequent
entry of the conquering army into Val.
paraiso, the fall of the capital was only
question.
Early Saturday morning word was
received from representatives of Bal.
maceda, at the capital, asking for a
conference with view to surrender.
The request was readily granted, and
Gen. Baquedano, who was formerly
commander in chief of the Chilian
army, was designated to act
for the congressionalists. A meeting
was held and the terms of the surrender
were arranged.
The insurgents fleet came into the bay
Saturday morning and found convenient
anchorage grounds. The first business
to be transacted was the formal capitu.
lation of the city, Senor Montt an
nounced that che only terms he had tc
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 possession
of Santiago Sunday night and practi-
cally the last act of the bloody drama
of revolution which has torn Chilli to
| pieces for the last seven months is
,losed. The Capital city was in the
hands of bloodthirsty mob Saturday
night and, while it was unable to sat.
| isfv it's murderous instincts it did de-
stroy vast amount of property.
AS soon as the news reached Santiago
Saturday of the overwhelming defeat
of the government troops on the heights
of Placilla and the fall of Valparaiso
and the people knew that Balmaceda's
power was gone, and they hao
nothing to fear from his wrath,
their enmity to his government,
broke forth. The cry was raised
that the president should be killed
and mob started for his house. 1t
grew in numbers, and fury as it went
through the streets, and by the time
1t reached 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 have littl
chance for his life if he remain,
in Santiago, and at the first receipt
| r ~. L. Il.
defeat he hid himself. The bloodthirsty
fury of the mob was ballSed. The de.
sire of the rabble for revenge found
vent in the application of the torch.
Soon Balmaceda's house was mass OF
flames. Before it had been destroyed
the mob marched off to the house OF
Senor Goday, the eX-minister of the in
terror and an ardent Balmacedist, and sci
it on fire. Then the residences of Bal
maceda's mother, Gen. Barbosa, who
was killed at the battle of Placilla
Seniors McKenna and Eastman, the
government newspaper offices and the
homes of several newspaper official:
were burned to the ground.
Balmaceda, when he heard of the
fall of Valparaiso, sent for Gen. Baque
dano, commander of the government
troops in Santiago, to meet him at ;
o'clock Saturday afternoon at Moneda
This Baquedano declined to do, bu
suggested that the meeting be held il
the house of Gen. Velasquez. A coun
Gil was held at Velasquez's house
at which President Balmaceda
the generals and other leading
Balmacedists We're present. The sit
uation was thoroughly canvassed, ant
it was decided that further continua
tion of the struggle was hopeless ant
that the surrender of the capital wa
the only proper course. Baquedan,
was given charge of the city and wa
authorized to arrange the terms o
the surrender with the congressional
lists.
Comparative order has at last beel
restored in this city. 1t took drasti
measures to do it. Rioters who wer
caught in the work were summary
dealt with, and many of them wer
, shot. These prompt measures hav
cooled the ardor of the lawbreakers a
last, but rioting was not stopped unit
property estimated at 81, 100000 ha
been destroyed.
There are all sorts of rumors abou
. the movements of President Balmt
ceda. 1t was said that he was maxim
his way overland to the Atlantic coas
+ Another statement was that he ha
gone to Coquimbo, where tn
,, Almirante Condell and the In
= lmperiale We're waiting for him. 1t
said on good authority, however. tn;
. he went by a special train Saturda
to Talcahuano, on Conception ba,
and that there he will make connectio
, with the Condell and Imperiale, and
, one of these vessels, probably tt
former make for Buenos Ayres
! Montevideo. If this is so, and there
> every reason for oeHeving that it is, /
. will in all probability escape.
/, Senor Don Claudia Vicuna, who w;
h elected president to succeed Balm
s ceda, and who is now refugee aboal
n the German flagship, acknowledge
= that the defeat of the government
@ final, and that any further resistant
\ | would ha cinrlu ,,calasS p.,Sta