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Show ..SKNRATIO.VAI.STOllY. Tlic "Prneatnla's" Mram Uui.th sald to he llloitu I p li; a llilleaa Itirpfdu. lauiauctN a commcrciaily dad CONDITION How ltilmacrda Pais Ills soMleri. A thllraa Irulter Un Miotr- Hr Tslsitssb to ths Jeans. i.n rimi iniLr. A I'. N Meant I nnnrlt llei-otleil 111. inn l. I.. . luri.e-u. Niw Viuth, July 21 A corres-ligudent corres-ligudent at Calico, Peru, under dale of June Jltli, writes to his paper thus: rhumaumf.tvar ''Pensae-uU" of the fulled Htates navy hoajull arrive.! he re alter an exciting run iiloug thu Chilean cutest, and I send otl thu first news of a thrilling m-cldent at Arlca, Chile, by which lite sailors of the t'l'eusicuhc" lost their lives. Ikr slestnl Uiindi was Down up III the bailor of Alloa by thofhlleaii torpt-do t-n.it M 'omit 11." ntld every man ull board killed. I he lletof dead Includes: I). Smith, New Vork; William 1 1 arts, llrooklyn, 1 rank Peckham, ewark, N.J., r.Oly O'ltwirke, I Itllltlll Jtull, 1.. I.; Arthur Hickman, Pcarsalls, I..1. 1 he attack took placu on (lie evening ofjunelst, Tho"Condell"stolu Into thu harbor of "Arlca" about 7 p. in. there was tt heavy fig anl oldects at a dlsliincu of loo yarda could not I hi seen with any distinctness. The steam launch had left tho "Pensanda" un a tegular evening trip to thuslio.r, and was making her wat slowly when sud-deuly sud-deuly those on thu man-of-war saw the little iKWt lifted coniletely uut uf thu water. The quiet that followed told plainly that thu five men nliuard thu launch ha I been killed. The search light of the "l'onacoli" was brought Into play, and thu same In-lont orders weru given lo loiter the hunts. The "Condell" was dlieovcred only a short distance ate ay. The Chilean I crulserhad mlstakin the launch fur an I insuraeni boat and uscel thu tortn-do tilth deallyellect. Thele was Inteliso uxcltemeltt aliout I wlh vmm Is for Ihei.exttviiiily lulu-utis; lulu-utis; signalling waa carried un bc-twetntlio bc-twetntlio mau-of.warand thetorpetdo Isiat fur some time, mid when the situation situ-ation of utlttlte 1-eceme known on hoaM the "Condell" her commander dlpi-ud his colors and sent his chief ofllccr aboard thu "Peusucola." It thtnbecanieknuwii that the explosion ex-plosion of tho lor.edo was a stupid blunder un tint part id lliu cruiser, rjuch aiHjloglea as could bu oUeicd w e.ru made, hut the feeling among thu cum-radeof cum-radeof thu dead sailors was very bitter. bit-ter. Commodore Irving, conunanlant at the llruoklyn navy Jard, was seen at litsrtldenru last uveulng, and told uf thu reported sinking of Hie "Pettsa-cola's" "Pettsa-cola's" steam launch aud thu killing of the crew. 'I have heard nothing uf any such occurence," said the cumntoduie, "and It Is my liellef there Is no truth In thu story. Only tuday I received a litter from Admiral McL'ann, dated July Mh, frum ('allay. Hu writes from ou luard the "llaltlmoru" aud Informs me that the "Pi macula" was prerlng to sail Hie torpedo cruisers "Condell" and "l.ueh,"nicuuipsnlelby the transport trans-port "Imperial'" returned to Valparaiso Valpar-aiso un J ii ne I till from I'lsigua. They brought 1 l7,0Ud duly on nitrate I y a vessel that was found there alrealy haded. I hey have also brought e er-Ulu er-Ulu Important documenta that thruw sumu light un tho pruceedlnga at Iqul-tue, Iqul-tue, The givernmeut takes grittier I rtH-auttous every day In ; revent those wIDdnn.it eldn with It leaving the country, and notwithstanding duly ffuiraiitt-cd pasittorls no onu that leaves Valpualtoiaii be certain that lie will reaeli his destination, for with or without with-out Juitcausuhu may Im detained at au of thu other ports held by Helms-ceda's Helms-ceda's truo on the slightest susplcloii. A IJlll CONDITION OF TIIINUS. I'lNAHA, July 21. Several prune n-curs n-curs who arrived at Ollendo June 23rd lu the (lerman steamer anrrleil that the government troops that went from Valjaralso tu CeKpiimbu ha 1 started for l.a He reus and elestrojed all lliu tear material at that (lace. Commer-cIaIIi Commer-cIaIIi thluiis were lu u bad way at Iqulque. Ihe condition at Plsagua front the efloct nf tlio present war was sid. There waa no work aud thu inslorlty of thu people weru povorti-strlcksu. povorti-strlcksu. HOW IIAIUAltriA lAts. Iisiiun, July 21. Captain A null, recently au nllle er uu lioam thu Chlleau warship "President Pinto," writes to the press warning Hugllihuieii not lo aiv.t olleis made by llaliuaccda's agents. He sat a he did three months' aervlcu In the Chilean navy under Admiral Kat irrunnd rlalmi that hu was unable tu get payment for his services, and that thu sailors who uko.1 for their juty weru put In Irons. im:"iis.'o"iui. Aanuiti:. I'aiub, July 21, Aa the Chilean cruiHr"Presl lent Pinto," ouo of the Ualmat eda'a vusaels, was leaving the bailor ot Toulon today she ran aground In a critical usltlon. ( lover n. mont tugs hauled her ol!', however. Tho authorities have embargoed the puwdsr sent for the use of the "Pinto" from l.ngUnd, and she has no guns, Thero ts only it small crew aboard her. The "Plnlo," II Is understood will I roceed to U.-noa, hoping tu ship guns audrecrultforcesBtthaliolnt. |
