The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-12
FORTY YEARS AFL0AT
Interesting Memoirs of Rear Ad-
miral RobIey D. Evans.
FoREsTALLED WAR WITH CHILE.

Banned For Him Ills Nickname ot
! @FightinE Bob"-That Famous Din
ser 80 the German Emperor at
: HIeL
Rear Admiral Robley y. Evan, has
written bis memoirs. which are soon to|
be published by y. Appleton s. 90. He
calls them "a Sailors Log. EcminIs-
rpnccs 0f Forty Years of NHyll Life.
Tho following extracts are taken from
advance sheets.
Evans was TO command of the gun
boat Yorktown Goo Valparaiso. Chile. in
IsDi Ills brusque pr0mptncss proba-
bly prevented war between Chile and
fhe United States. This is how Doe tells
Of the Incident at Valparaiso, which
earned Tor him the nickname Of Fight.
ing Bob" % ls quoted from a Journal
be KEEP, 80 the time:
AFTER had attended 10 my business
q camr down aud called my boat va.
anil while waiting for her 10 come
alongside ! became aware that there
HA- a crowd Of rather larger proper
iious than usual on the mole. and they
socmcl excited by something Just "a
} arTprd into my boat one of them ad-
vaucrd quickly toward me. ana the
cockswaln said Look out for that fel-
low. SIR said. He won't trouble
me stepped into the boat aud showed
oD and then discovered that the crew
we're all lighting mad. on inquiry
learned that lot of toughs had anus
ssd themselves by throwing stones at
Ihr boat and daring the men 10 come
ashore was hot all over and with
out going 10 my own ship pulled
sfra ight for the Cochrnnc. whose cap
rain. Nial. Is senior officer in command
Of the city az well as The fleet. could
hardly hold myself down while told
him Of w. but did and then read him
fbr riot act. demanded Of him immc-
siiatc aud efficient protection by the
police and served notice on him then
mud there that repetition Of the Of
Tense would bc sufficient evidence that
ticy could not control their people and
shat should nrm my boats and shoot
suy and every man who iusultcd the or
ny men or my dag IN any way.
wall was greatly shocked, or pre-.
tended 10 be, turned as white as a
sheet my manner was not very mild
! fancy sworc aud damned the dis
charged soldiers aud said thoy were
doing all they could to involve the
country In war with the United States.
auidie he aud the navy were determin-
sd that 1t should not bc. and then, In
his excitement. he gave away some
riIng nm sure he was very sorry for.
lie said. We have Just discovered to.
iay q plot To- attack the American le-
zyniiou M Santiago. and we have the
men under arrest What q set of sav.
ages We have To deal with! After a
few minutes Captain Vail hastened
ashore 10 jump on the police, assuring
mc tirnt should have ample apology
tomorrow aud assurances of protec-
zion"
After much nn"otintlon the Chilean
authorities allowed the political ref
ugccs WHO had He'd to the American
and spanish legations at Santiago aft
&c Bllmlccda's downfall TO 20 on board
the Yorktown. hut there was still trou'
die. Tho Spanish minister, who had
weut on board. was salutcd as he left
ihc ship. ana this angrrcd the Chile
ans. and the Journal says:
con FRIDAY MIR. Egan wired me that
the Santiago authorities had changed
fhelr ll1sc aud would not give safe con.
.fuu 10 the refugees nnd that they
would arrest them when the John El
der. the steamer on which II had been
arranged they should suil. touched at
Chlcan port, all because we had sa
iutcd the Spanish minister and thus
a-illcd attention TO tho fact that they
had pcrmittcd the refugees TO leave.
promptly requested Mr. Egan to say t'
the minister OF foreign affairs that
wns responsible TO my government an'
aim 10 that OF chile for my conduct anC
thai considered his remarks abou
my salute To- the Spanish minister Of
Iensive and would not submit To them
also that | should cnhlc the matter Il
my government. which I dld. aud as
hnve not heard word about It | pre-
sums. they approve OF my action. O
course the refugees could not 20 on TN
gohu Elder. aud now we have then
uunrtcrrd on board
During the tirst few hours after th
arrival OF the refugees ! noticed tina
mono NJ them would show themselvc
above the rail OF the ship, notwitl
standing I had chairs on the poop 10
thcm Scnor Ibanos. formerly minis
Ter 10 the United States, was anon
ihr last lot that arrived, and when
asked him what the trouble was h
showed me a letter from friend o
shore warning him and his friends thf
~ they lifted their heads above the IA
thrr would be shot anl that boats wei
lurking about my ship for the purpos
~ shooting them. Up 20 this time
had allowed the fishing boats 90 tis
close alongside the Yorktown, hut no.
gave orders TO keep them away and
.douhlp our seutrles.
"Thc orders the scntries had woul
enaye made it serious work for any boa
.nlan 10 show ANYTHING that looked llb