The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-11-27
DIRECT FROM chilli.
Arrival OF the United States
Steamer San Francisco.
Interview with Admiral Brown-Some
Popular Errors Corrected In Rela-
tIon to the Troubled Days I'm
the Gillian Republic.

SAN FRANcIsco, Nov. 90. o.-Admiral
Brown. of the cruiser San Francisco,
when approached for an interview by a
United Press correspondent shortly
after the arrival of his vessel from
Chill, yesterday morning, said:
1--WE bring very little news. In fact
almost everything that happened was
known in the United States before it
became public IN Chill. Correspondents
of American papers would telegraph
news to New York and then it would
be telegraphed back to Valparaiso and
appear in the afternoon papers, We
left San Francisco on April last, and
stopped at Acapulco, where we took on
coal From Acapulco we went direct
to Iquiquo. We were at the latter
place when the Itata put in, and we
seized her according to Instructions
Some of the stories telegraphed to San
Francisco were very ridiculous. For
instance, you had Iquique bombarded
several times The nearest any man
of-war ever came to the place was
about five miles. We could hear fir
ing, out we never even saw the splash
of one of their missiles in&the w ater.
After the capture of Valparaiso and
the final surrender of Balma-
ceda'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
Viel, the intendente of Valparaiso;
Julio Banados Espainos, Balmaceda's S
minister of foreign affairs; Senior
Domingo Godoi, minister of Justice;
lsmael Perez Montt, minister of war,
Manuel Diaz, Daniel Balmaceda,
brother of the president, and numbe
of others. Some of these have found
their way back to Chill, but others will
make Peru their home for some time
to come.'' @s -- ,sae.
"How about the story that Balma-
ceda escaped on board the San Fran
cisco, admiral"
''Oh, it was simply case of mis-
taken identity. They thought Col w
daurre was the president. The people
of Valparaiso would have been almost
as well pleased to have caught vi
davrre, however, as Balmaceda. Had
either of them got into the hands of
their enemies their lives would
not have been worth a moments
purchase. They would have been
torn limb from limb, Col. vidaurre
was president Of the court that or
dered twenty college boys shot. The
boys had formed an organization IA
voring che insurgents, and they were
fouad out. Many escaped. but about
twenty were shot This aroused the
people to state of frenzy and made
them eager to secure Vidaurre. He
dressed himself up as a sailor and pre-
tending to be drunk, managed to reach
our ship. He was accompanied by one
of his officers and we landed both of
them in Peru
Minister Egan has been very Sc
verely criticised for the way he has
conducted affairs in Chill, and it is said
that Americans are thoroughly disliked
in consequence. Do you know any
thing about it?"
Admiral Brown. replied: 81 know
this much. Minister Egan conducted
himself in the most dignified manner
on all occasions He saw that all re-
spect was paid to his country's flag,
and acted on many trying occasions
with great tact and judgment. From
what / saw while in Chill,
Americans are as well liked as
any other nationality. / under
derstand that both Minister Egan
and myself were criticised for not
sending word of the taking of VAL
paraiso, but the wires were down, SO
how could we send dispatch? The
only message which got through was
sent by a newspaper reporter named
Wolf. After the city was taken reign
of terror ensued. Soldiers tore off
their uniforms and began firing on
friend and foe. Every house and shop
was shut up and. the operators fed
J from the telegraph Office. Toward
evening a lull in the killing took
place and the streets were partly
cleared Wolf slipped ashore, inter
viewed a number of people, hunted up a
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 a num-
Der of poles. It took me twenty-seven
hours, with the aid of the police, 10 get
l the break repaired, and then / sent out
my communication to the government
The wires to Santiago were also cut, so
Minister Egan could not telegraph
either. The condition of affairs in Chill
at that time does not appear to have
been very we'll understood. For in
stance, James Gordon Bennett, of the
New York Herald, telegraphed Wolf af-
| ter the fall of Valparaiso as follows:
Find Balmaceda and interview him.
| As about so, 600 Chilians were at that
moment seeking the same man and
| thirsting for his blood, Wolf was in a
| dilemma He did his best, however,
but of course failed. Balmaceda was
at that time hiding in Santiago. Then
there was an entire misconception as
| to the values paid for produce and
other goods. The only cargo that paid
expenses should judge, was that
which the Montserr at brought down. OF
course coal was $50 a ton and potatoes
| $50 sack, but then you lost sight of
| the fact that the dollar was only worth
thirty cents"
Before leaving the ship the United
| Press correspondent asked Admiral
Brown aRsut the anti-fouling paint.
In reply to question the admiral said;
Several kinds of anti-fouling paint
were tried as an experiment and some
| of them l know have proved to be q
failure. "A paint that will stand