THE WAR IN CHILI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2987, 5 September 1891, Page 3

THE WAR IN CHILI.

(iiy Kt.KfTHK! TKLEniiAi'ii—corvninirr.) VALPARAISO. Septi'Mlli'.T '-'. Tiu:ins:ir!:"nts' f <>i the Government cruisers C'mdcll anil liiijicmi;il lias proved fruitless r.'(l((llilllltil 1111-i SUll'l ll'leivd t') tl',o Congres-doiml paify. Fein-fill sc'-in s Di , l-inf .'iiirl viohmee have, occurred at Conceprion and Coroiiiil. Tlk; I;. Her phicp wai K'lckfl by ii lilol), who indulged in cxi!'.!.>-.:i!-i of the worst kind. Women weividcised under circiiiiistaiii.'f'S of revolting lirnliility. The German warships are now proiectinjjf the pliice. At Talcaliiiiino tlio Iroops r'volt fil, niKi wore joined by four thousand miners. The men shof alt lho officers and ssiekoi'l the town. There is a violent feeling nyuinst Mr Eg/m, American Minister, who is nemscd of harbouring officials in American warships. Order has boon restored in Santiago. A German crnispr, with Don Claittlio Vienna—who was to have succeeded Halinnoo-lii —und many other ofrioinl refugees, has<,'One. Xorth, and will, it is behoved, land them at Galhio. It has been found impossible to bury those, killed in Friday's battle, and the bodies will bo cremated. A ninioiir has found publicity that lialmuccda, while fleeing- from Sunti--11.30, mirared at the slowness of the luiilctofT. struck him, and was shot dudd by the man. The rumour lias not been confimed. It is believed that Balmacoda. escaped over the Andes via the. South Pass. A friend of his named Verduga was captured ntTolca,an inland town some- distance south of Santiago with a million pesos (about thirty thousand pounds) in his possession. Persons found harbouring officials of the late Government arc being shot. Paris, September 2. President Tialinaceda has wired to his friends in Paris that he i.s coming to Europe. New York, September 2. The Herald's special from Chili says that I'nlmaceda .vas at Talcahuano when he learned the final defeat of his army, and immediately disbanded the troops he had with him. The farmers arc begging the Courts to issue an injunction to restrain the bankers from paying Balmaceda's bonds. Another report has been received from Chili to tbeeffect that Balmaceda was overtaken by his captors and shot, but it has not yet been confirmed. London, September 2. The pas-iengers who arrived from Chili by the Aconcagua at Plymouth wore overjoyed at the defeat of Balmafcda,whom they denounced n.s a bloodthirsty villain, and they re-booked their passenger to Chili. September 13. The silver bullion on board H.M.S Espiegle was to pay the Armstrong linn for munitions of war.