Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-29
RULER OF PERU
A Chat with Pres. Pierola About His Country
and the Monroe Doctrine.
FOUGHT HIS WAY TO THE PRESIDENCY
Stories About His Romantic and Ad-
yenturOus Carecr-How the
Chilians Loot the
Country.
Copyright, 1893, by Frank Carpenter.)

6"N AoNSt ~
LIMA, Peru, April 2S.-iSpecial Core
spondence of The Bee.)-It was In COM
pany with Mr.. Richard r. Neal, the secre-
tary of our legation at Lima, that l called
upon the president this afternoon. His ex-
cellency had appointed 2 p. m. for the audi
ence, and at that hour we entered the vast,
low, one-story building which forms the
White House and government offices OF this
republic. Soldiers in uniforms of white
duck. with guns at their sides, guarded the
doors, aud as we entered the hall we passed
by a company of infantry ready for immedi-
ate action in case of revolution. Additional
guns stood in racks against the walls, and
my surroundings were those of a fortress
rather than a country where the people are
supposed to rule. This is, you know. q land
of revolutions. President Pierola cam in
after many months OF hard fighting, and in
the houses and churches of Lima you may
yet see the marks where cannon balls and
bullets went crashing through. For days
the president besieged the city. The oppos-
ing factions had Calling guns trained upon
one another, and they swept the streets
The dead were carried out each morning
by the CARLOAD, and there were so many
dead horses that they were not buried bu,
were covered with coal oil and, a match
having been applied, were thus consumed
With the new president, Pierola, in and
the old president, Caceres, banished, there
was peace and a new government, and there
Is peace today. The present administratio
has been in power for several years, 1t Is
more progressive than any administratio
Peru has had for a long period, and under
II the country is steadily improving. There
is an opposition party. however, and Presi'
dent Pierola is too good a soldier to sleeI
on his arms. He keeps his troops in gooC
order and you find soldiers almost every
where present.
Pen Picture of the President.
AS we went further into the palace W,
passed a number of officers in uniform
and then proceeded through one ante room
after another, until we came into the offic
of the presidents private secretary, the
Addison Porter OF Peru, This man wa
even more suaye than our Mr.. Porter. ii
told us that the palace, the president an
himself were at my disposition, ard tina
his excellency would receive me at once
He went out, and a moment later ushere
MIR. Neal ana myself into Il large hall Cur
nished not unlike one OF our public recep
ton rooms at Washington. In the cente
of the room as we entered, stood a straigh'
handsome man with an eye as bright a
that of an eagle. His features were strik
ing, and his strong nose and mouth thos
of a leader OF men. His forehead was yer
high, and the white curl which hung dow
upon II was twisted about after the styl
Of our once American dictator Rosec
conEiln, while his brown whiskers wei
trimmed after the fashion of Louis Nap'
leon. II was Nicholas Pierola, the ialho'
South American statesman. general, patri'
and reyolutionist. the president oil fer
He is now, / judge. between 3O ana
years of age. probably nearer the iat''
year than the former. He is ABOUT nv
leet six INCHES in height but mis- mHi'ai