Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-22
ANlNTERESTING INTERVIEW
A Gentleman Just from Valparaiso,
Chile,
Is MET ny A "SEws" REPORTER.


the day, information dltectly itoh '"o
,...,ra Of the disturbance Is always
,,sloome. II was therefore with
,snse of double satisfaction that tho
NEWS on Thursday received n cal
,.or Mr.. Gus. Nixon. II was crafty
ia, in and Of itself, and because OF the
,Ii,nga borne from the latb'shaped
,epublIc beyond the tropics. He lett
valnsrai.o two months ngo, proceeding
.visa new railway through the Andes
md which Is, or was then, completed
,bout ninety miles, or well beyond the
ws.tsrn border Of the Argentine Ro'
,nblic; thence overland TO Buenos
Ayr,.. and from that point by steam
., up to the Isthmus Of Panama, which
va. crossed aud by another vessel tahen
direct 10 San Franoisco--a pretty long
trim measured ~ Ii was tnson from
VALPARAISO to Salt Lake City.
y.lparaiao oycrlooks one Of the finest
and most placid harbors In the world
Itlsaud for long time past has been
RECEPTACLE Tor the ships Of all nations
and these are nesrly always REPRESENT
I'd Mt all seasons of the year WHERE,
secure from the angry pillows Of the
pcpau, which is Pacific In name only
as n rule, tho vast Resources OF the
slender territory overshadOwod ~ the
Andrau emlnences are hartufed for nuu
exported, other products by the mil
lluus being left la exchange.
Mr.. Nixon gives US the informa.
lion that the bottom OF this peaceful
and busy looking hay II not
I'm any SENSE reflex Of Its surface
that IL Is, In fact, carpelcd with tor
peloes. sud u hostile ileet forcing ~
wny from the ocean past the natural
gateway 10 the city would likely meet
with "A reception unexpected And ub'
desired. he thinks, however, these
agents Of destruction do rot extend
more than four or i've miles frawnrd
from the wharvus, 10 that Smelling the
city, with tho modern guns now IN
possession Of nearly all the warlikc
nations, would be u comparatively easy
matter.
The poyulailon Of Valparaiso IL
about So 900 or 10000 aud " IN quite u
busy place. Mr. Nixon and HE broth
~ nfe engaged Ia the drug busi'
ness there aud he pronouuce-
IL q good paying Que. II u
n locality where AN American,
which he is-woul1 be most likely I"
attend strictly to his business, even 90
theextcnt Of staying within doore al
Of the time he possibly could, ~
going into the streets OF late I.
likely To subject the citizen or
a.. La.
suits hy word mud AcS. The feeling
against our people there has never been
any too pleasant, hut now Il IN Intense
among the lower anu less educated
classer, since the affair In which our
slil0rs were mohbeI aud murdered.
These seem 10 think, aud In macy
cases they freely assert, their ability to
whip the United States on laud or sea,
aud they are not only willing, but
anxious, even determined, ~ Try
II. This feeling, however, Ii not shared
by the government itself nor by those
who stand high In educational or p0-
litcal circles, who Sem 60 have "a
realization OF what the vast ana re-.
Operative tower ot this natiop II and
who, on progressive or humane. VI not
frplernA feelings, have no desire 10
either precipitatc or he drawn Into an
imbrogliO. The JvalUusy,Jr hatred, OF
whatever u may be, existing among
the cdHdiNc II OF long standing, anu
has not, Mr.. Dixon thinke, bvUu dis.
Outraged 10 any extent by English and
German resi- Tents anu speculators, gem
orally, no SEEN prone TO look with gnx'
iousaud watchtui eye upon TIT attempt
Oi any other power ~ gain q foOthOld Ia
Chile. Then, again, the former na.
tionalliy have never taken kindly u
Minister Egau, not only because he Ii
an lgish nutio Alist quite fresh from
"tho old sod" but becAute he is ind,'
yidually engaged In some extensive
railway enterprises aud seems TO b,
gainihg ground pretty fast, IL Ia not,
In this View OF the ease, Ia be seriously
doubted that Mr.. EgAn's kindly aud
even humane efforts In behalf Of Bal
maceda AMI the lattet's heuchmen, be-
fore AMI after the downfall Of the gov.
eminent, shOuld 10 "worked" for all II
was worth aud great deal more,
Any way, an American Is not
ON the safest ground he can
be found on when he walks the streets
OF Valparaiso. by some act Of com.
mission OF omission he IL most likely
TO ipd out before he has ventured far
TINT lac Is looked upon as an unwel
come interloper
BalmncedH In described by Mr.. Nixon
asa pleasant, accomplished aud good.
looking man, though rather oveTbear'
Ing Ia his disposition. Unlike tn,
average Of his cOuutymen--whO ar,
Of short tiyurc, somewhat resembling
Tue Mexican pbyslque--he was sir
ieet aud an inch In height aud wei
buiit. President Mont, who was seen
at santiago, the capital. seventy mile,
southeast Of Valparaiso, is considered
man Il superior ability as well a,
appearance, he being also larger thar
the majority VI his cuuntrymen but moi
sO large ar his unfortunate prtdecrssOr
The northern part VI Chile. which Is
The leas, productive part, Ia populstol
lrincipally by nb0rlglnes. These, {,
The number Of perhArs 100 900, consti
lute the hes, part OF the Amy and they
are desperate hghterl. rhr middl,
lofuo., G ntaining the principal G iies
- N"ry productive and rich in mines
OUT the" Iave been anu are still beiul
ludliierentY developed. The slow bul
steady iutiu, nee Ut outside .nt.rpri,,
anu capital are destined To work grea
changes there beyond n doubt, tut nj
Protected enterprises Of magnitude M,
,Icourse Intasurably slow for the tim,
being.
Mr.. Nixon formerly resided n
Castle Gate, Emery county, this Ter
rlloTy, 30 he j. no stranger herenbout
lie seems 10 like Chile very well. =,
Ptclally ~ . Held for profitable Lusl
hts. enterprise, anu intends 1,
return there when his visit To Utah 4