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Show THE INSURRECTION IN PERU. The South American Houlanger was Defeated De-feated with Much Loss of Life. New York, Jan, 2. The mails from Peru give the details of a revolution which occurred in Lima on December 8rd. Pierola, the Boulanger of Peru, had been quietly at work for some time among the lower classes, endeavoring to create a revolution which would plaoe him in the position of dictator. On the afternoon of December 8rd several df Pierola's followers obtained admission to Fort Santa Catilina with about eighty men. A signal was given and the insurrectionists in-surrectionists subsequently took posses-lion posses-lion of the fort. Government troops were called out and for two hours a tierce battle waged, which ended in the defeat of tho revolutionists. |