LATER PARTICULARS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 27, 1 September 1891, Page 2

LATER PARTICULARS.

Received, August 31, 10.15 a.m. IVew York, August 31. A Herald despatch from Chil( states that when the news of the Government defeat reached Santiago the mob burned the mansions of Balmaceda,, Godoy,. and other leaders, and the newspaper offices, but failed to discover Balmaceda', whom they desired to lynch. The city was panic-stricken, and many fires broke out. Santiago was yielded on Balmaceda's advice. Two hundred of the rioters in Valparaiso were shot by the volunteer guard and order was restored ; but not till two million dollars worth of property had been destroyed by the mob, which was composed of the lowest scum of the town, thieves, professional assassons, and other ruffians. : The bodies of Laborsa and Alzerrica, | the Government general's killed in the [ battle, were sought out and mutilated. / Several of tie loyalist ladies took refuge on board the foreign vessels. Some of the Government torpedo boats have sur rendered to the insurgents, .. The Insurgent Junta is assuming the entire coutrol of the country. Loyalist officers and members of the Civil Service have surrendered without conditions. The whereabouts of Balmaceda are unknown, but it is supposed he haa escaped inland and will hurry across the Andes. The success of the insurgents is said to be largely due to the German army instructor.