Show IBALMAOEDA IS SAFE He Finds a Refuge on Admiral Browns Flagship HE WAS IK UNCLE SAMS UNIFORM Making His Way Through the Streets of Talparsalso Assuming the Bolo of a Drunken Tar to the dan Francisco KEW YOBK Sept HA Herald special cablegram from Valparaiso September 14 says Balmaceda has escaped from the clutches of his enemies and is now safe on the high seas under the protection of the United States flag All tho time the soldiers sol-diers of the junta wore guarding the passes of the Andes to prevent his getting into the of the Argentine republic and the police L new provisional government were searching the monasteries in and around Santiago for the fugitive the expresident was in hiding in this city Here ho was more apt to escape detection than anywhere any-where else for his opponents never dreamed he would dare to return to Valparaiso Val-paraiso from i they being assured he had fled L I rsaimaceaa chose nis refuge wisely for he was enabled to throw himself upon the mercy of Admiral Brown of the United States flagship San Francisco and beg to be saved Ircm the revenge ho feared from his foes Admiral Brown did what other foreign admirals would have done under similar circumstances He stepped in to save possibly a human life in the name of humanity he consented to afford Balmacoda the shelter of his ship and the protection of the stars and stripes To effect the expresidents escape it was decided to have Balmaceda disguise himself him-self as a drunken United States sailor Clothing was sent ashore in a market boat last night by order of Admiral Brown I was smuggled by one of Balmacedas faithful adherents into the house where expresident was in hid ing He carefully donned it and after a close inspection of his new and strange at tire to see there was nothing at the getup which would arouse suspicion he stole out by the rear entrance into the street Night fall favored his disguise and he had studied his part so well he feigned the drunden tar to perfection In his way toward the water front he rolled by many men who would have been delighted to have had a chance to seize and turn him over to the police authorities In time he reached the spot in the harbor agreed upon There he found a boat awaiting him It was manned by sturdy United States men of lr mAn HnJro ceda still maintaining his disguiso made a final drunken stumble and fell into the boat It pushed off at of once and in a short time the expresident all signs of inebrlty at an end climbed swiftly up the ropes and was saved He went at once to one of the cabins aft of the San Francisco Fran-cisco and did not again show himself above This part of the vesol was reserved solely for its prominent guest Nobody was al lowed to visit the cabin The officers of the San Francisco yere questioned about the matt ibut resolutely refused to discuss it The San Francisco left Valparaiso this evening for Calloa thence it will sail for California Balma ceda may elect to land at Callao where many of his leading partisans already have been taken by foreign ships on board which they sought refuge after the fall of Valparaiso Admiral Browns action will undoubtedly for a timo at least increase tho bitter feeling here least United States Government although the admirals of other foreign vessels have taken prominent Balmacedists aboard |