Peruvian towns were bombarded

and their other warships captured. Finally Lima was taken by storm on June 21, 1881, The Chilians pocupied Lima and Callao until Oct. 30, 1885, when a treaty of peace was ned between Chile and Peru. Up to 1900 no treaty of peace had been signed by Chile and Bolivia; a treaty of indefinite truce Fearing, been agreed to in 1884. In 1885 Jose Manuel Balmaceda, representing the Liberal party, was elected President. The hostile factions organized a rebellion and formed a junta, under whose management the forces of Balmaceda were repeatedly defeated. He committed suicide Sept. 19, 1891. In a riot in Val para i so some United States marines were set upon and wounded.