Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-11-26
DIRECT FROM chilli.
Arrival os the United s.a.o.
steamer San Francisco


we bring very little news. In fsr.
i'is'Ss everything that happened was
Known IN the United States h..s,-,. !,
became publie IN Chilli Corrr<p,o5~,.s
oi American papers would tele~ranh
news 10 New York and then il would
DC telegraphed back to yalparai~., and
appear IN the afternoon pape-x We
seft san Francisco on April last. and
stopped a. Acapulco. where we took on
coal Prom Acapulco we wen. dire..
20 Iqalque- We were At the latter
piaee when the Itasa put in. and We
seized her according to iuStrvetionx
some OF the stories telegraphed 10 san
FRANCISCO were very ridiculous. For
instance. you had Iquique bombar.e,l
several times The nearest auv man
of-war ever came 10 the place was
aooat Eve E.ileS We could hear Sr-
ing. but we never even saw the splash
OF one Of their missiles insthe water.
After the capture Of Valparaiso and
the fnal surrender OF RaIma-
eeda's troops many of his most
prominent adherents took refuge on
the San Francisco and We afterwards
landed them at Callao We had about
twenty of them on board at one time.
among them being the wife. four
daughters and two sons of Admiral
Well the iatendeute of Valparaiso:
Julio Banados Esp7inos, Balmaeeda's
minister of foreign affairs: Senor
Domingo Goioj, minister of Justice:
lsmael Perez NOrtt. minister Of war.
Manuel Diaz. Daniel Balmaeesla.
brother of the president. aad n number
of others. Some Of these have found
their way back to Chilli but others will
make Peru their home for some time
to come"
How about the story that PALMA
eeda escaped on board the san Fran
cisco. admiral"
oh il was simply a case of mis-
taken identity They thought Col W
daurre was the president The people
of Valparaiso would have been almost
as well pleased 70 have caugh, VI
6arrre. however. ss Balmaeeda Had
either of them got into the hands of
their enemies their lives would
not have been worth = moments
purchase They would have beer
torn limb from limb. Col Vdaurre
was president of the court that or
dered twenty college boys shot The
boys had formed an organization IA
voring the insurgents. and they were
found out Many escaped but about
twenty were snoe This aroused the
people 10 state Of frenzy and made
them eager to secure Viiaurre- He
dressed himself up as sailor and pre-
tending TO be drunk. managed Tn reach
our ship. He was accompanied By one
of his officers aud we landed both of
them in Peru
Minister Egan has been very Sc
vcrely criticised for the way he has
conducted affairs in Chilli and Il i said
that Americans are thoroughly disliked
in consequences. Do yOu know any
thing about its-
Admiral Brown replied: Il know
this much Minister Egan conducted
himself IN the most diguifed manner
on all occasions. He saw that all re-
spect was paid 70 his eountry's flag.
and acted on many trying occasions
with great tact and Judgment Prom
what saw while in Chilli
Americans are as well liked aS
any other nationality under
der<tand that both Minister Egan
and myself were criticised for not
sending word of the taking of Nal-
paraiso. but the wires were down. 50
how could we send n dispatch7 The
ouly message which got through WAS
sent BY 4 newspaper reporter named
Wolf After the city was taken n reign
their uniforms and began firing on
friend and foe Every house and shop
was shut MP and the operators fed
from the telegraph Office Toward
evening a lull in the killing took
place and the streets were partly
cleared Wolf slipped ashore. litter
viewed n number of people, hunted up
telegraph operator and got his dispatch
away. A few moments after the dis
patch had been sent the firing broke
out again and the mob cut the tele-
graph wires and burned down mum
ber of poles IL took NE twenty-seven
hours. with the aid of the police. TO get
the break repaired. and then ! sent out
INV communication 10 the government
The wires to Santiago were also cut, so
Minister Egan could rot telegraph
either. The condition of affairs IN Chin
NJ that time does not appear TO have
been very well understood FOR IN
stance. James Gordon Bennett. of the
New York Herald. telegraphed Wolf af-
ter the fall of Valparaiso as follows
Find Bslmaeeds and interview him
As about 50. 600 Chilians were at that
moment seeking the same man and
shirsting for his blood. Wolf was IN
dilemma He did his best. however.
but of course failed Balrnaeeda was
at that time hiding in Santiago Then
.here was an entire miseoneePsion -
20 the values paid for produce and
other goods The only cargo that Paid
expenses 1 should judge. was that
which the Moutserr a. brought downof
course coal was $50 ton and potatoes
ESQ \ sack, but then you lost sight OF
The fact that the dollar was ouly worth
thirty cents
Before leaving the ship the United
FreSs correspondent asked Admiral
Rroxn ..ut the anti-fouling paint
In reply to = question the admiral said
several kinds Of anti-fouling paint
were tried zs an experiment and some
at them / know have proved to be
failure. i paint that will stand
60 climate will rot stand another. II
!. eaa te managed the san Franeissc
vii bs ssken to &sEs island so-7eE-