Show he blows his brains out to avoid a surrender HE BELIEVED fhe HE WAS RIGHT EIGHT tho nowa creates Filli ej hooting and ana Y ains ing in in ri tiago lw iw sept 21 the iier aads correspondent at valparaiso bilile under date the sends tire hie following ex bal Dia cida ol of chile cliot him himself scalf thron I 1 gli the temple in ili liis room at tile the argentine legation at sant santiago I 1 ago at half past 8 yesterday morning Balina ceda loft left saritia santiago o august last in tile hope of ili making aking his escape from chile but scein seeing ca that every avenue of retreat was cut off lie returned there on sept 2nd and a and ill went to the argentine le legation leation since his return to tile the argentine legation in santiago has baen in ili an extreme nervous condition no one lie faith the exception odthe of the minister of the argentine republic and one other man mail who was devoted to the call cause so of the unfortunate ex president was permitted to talk or even see sec him all tha tbt u different schemes of ili llight r lit were considered by the hunted ex president senor elior went arent to tile the theater lost night when lie returned to the legation leation le n lie hall had fr a long iona arid and earnest talk with balma balmaceda coda relative to the latter s ideas previously broached about the ad advisability va is ability of jf giving himself up to lo 10 trie tire junta senora Urr ibura about 8 yesterday morning heard i i pistol shot in the ille VIA that had been assigned to 11 al maceda she notified tier her husband before lie he went to lie runaround ran around to tile house of garlos carlos 11 walker aldei mar far and brought that gentleman lack back to io the legation upon breaking 0 in the door of Balma cedas room it was found that lie hall had shot himself the bod body was still warm there ther e was a gaping wound in ill the temple the body was undressed and lay jav on oil the bed the revolver was still held beld in the ri right lilliand hand Doni inico torro balma dal arother in iii law arid and the minister to chile from urada arrieta melchor letchor corletta soon arrived at the legation senor Con choran ran mil to and informed the junta of what had happened A commission sion in as promptly issued it eo pom ill carlos walker li alker Mart il artinez incz yenor senor Mcl melchor chor yenor Con canclin clin and ind J judge ide id 0 e A berra of tl ic sit I 1 acme court the they berit went direct to the leati legation 0 oll from the hie office of the junt ajuntas juntas is representatives senta tives arid and viewed the body they then drew v up ill a process verbal za to tile the facts already stated german minister goldsmidt 11 accompanied the commission of the legation us as an air old friend of da balmaceda I 1 a gradually the news flows spread all oyer over santiago santia o alis tit excitement it created create is indescribable great crowds crowd of terribly excited people gathered all around the argentine legation they cheered and they hooted and went into a frenzy frenza over the death of their chief ellel enemy liv above all the discordant cries cries were heard board cries crie congratulating the un fortunat balmaceda that in taking 0 a hib bib awo on i life lie he had escaped a I 1 woi worse e fate balmaceda Ral maceda left a letter to his mother and also alo a to the lerald ll 11 As almost tile last declarations of tire the dying man they arc of especial ini importance porta cc ale kj fj 1 I i d all during the past eight with tile the firm conviction that I 1 as right I 1 had no no oilin one in the I 1 IV in whom I 1 could place all v ti I 1 I 1 i my generals were false to in 1 I they rhey lied all through all the war lid id my orders been 0 bayed I 1 1 I 1 i that tile kittle battle of col cuncan 1 oil avon S tave iesu ltd in d a decisive bralo against the enemy my 13 beart L il I 1 through this trouble has ix ni u i ih it chile I 1 hought bought P to rescue 1 antry from corelan n donena tion tio ll 11 I 1 strove to make inake tier lier the first firs bublic 1 iu in america my say that I 1 was cru circumstances compelled co milled ino ille to certain acta but anany of the bad that have leen attributed to my ordera were never liever known in by me ine until they had baeli c ommittee until the final at placilla I 1 hall had i tron m hopes or triumphing over my iny foes vitta V y was assured oil tile me by my aci cibil arid and barbo Il arbora aa and vit vii 1 they ill all lied I 1 now enow apo chose lose who only pretended frier l for tire me of the Y flaat was to be ie gotten out of au august ath th your minister patrick egan many times offered good advice lie urged n me to make peace with those opposed to ili 1110 arid and retire from chile I 1 lid did not lot licad decd his hi wise advice for I 1 thought that lie wits was under the influence of the juntas ajuntas orders who were then hen refugees in ill the american anderic Ani eric in legation all tb bugli the trouble ili my closest clo cst ad advisers viers were always opposed tr ti any overtures for Ic peace it is tile general belief that ral at ina maccias cedas death will hasten in a r great reat de degree t roc the restoration of peace throughout r chile now that tile chief enemy of the victorious junta is is no more it is likely that liis his followers will be shown mercy since since without balmaceda to direct them they are arc very little to be feared italy france sweden and norway dav have lave followed the lead of the united states in ail 0 recognition of the junta germany it will be remembered was the second nation to do so eo no olli cial tion lion lias has conic come from E england il gland this creates considerable comment |