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BALMACEBA’S escape. [Special to Press Association!] [Received Sept. 4. at 10.30 a.m.l ’ , _ VALPARAISO, Sept. 2. It is believed that Balmaceda escaped over the Andes via a south pass. A friend o £ his, n amed Verduga, was at Talea, 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 are being summarily shot. [Received Sept. 4, at 5.30 p.m.] President Balmaceda’s family are at Santiago, under the protection of his congressionalist brother-in-law.
LONDON, Sept. 3. Tho silver bullion on board the Eapiegla was intended to pay Armstrong’s firm for munitions of war. WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. Mr Bean, the American Minister to Chili, will probably be re-called.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9511, 5 September 1891, Page 5
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