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Show 9ALWACED IS SAFE. He Kmiglte i'rr.iaei.un Coder tlm Amnrlr in Flag--N"-' on tli Waj to ilia '. S. Ni'.w Voiik, Sept. 15. A llrrnlil ca-Mceram ca-Mceram from V'aloiraiso. Sentumber 1 llh, says: IJalinaceda has escaped from the clutches of his enemies and is now safe on the high seas under the protneion of the U'Lited States flag. All the time the soldiers of the juota were guarding the passes of the Andes to prevent bis getting into the Argentine Pepu'iilic, and tbe police of the new ptovisional government were searching search-ing the monasteries in and around Santiago for the fugitive ex-president, be was in biding in Ibis city. Ho was more apt to escape detection bore than anywhe-e else, for his opponents never dreamed that he would dare return to Valparaiso, they being assured he hal lied from it. Ualmacada chose his refuge wisely, for he was enabled to throw himself upon the mercy of Admiral llrown of thb United States flagship San Fran Cisco, and beg to be saved from the revenge re-venge bo feared from bis foes. Admiral Lrowo did what other foreign adirirale would have dono under similar ciicum-stances. ciicum-stances. He stepped in to sava possibly possi-bly a humau lifo. In the name of humanity hu-manity he consented to afford lialma-cr lialma-cr da tbe shelter of his ship aud the protection pro-tection of the stars and stripes. To effect the ex president's escape it was de.'idnd to have Kalmaceda disguise dis-guise himself as a drunken United Sti-.tes sailor. Clothing was seut ashore in a market boat last night, by order of Admiral Prowu. It wbji smuggled . by one uf Halmaeeda's faithful adherents into the bouse nora tbo ox president presi-dent was in biding, lio carefully douu-ed douu-ed it and after a close inspection of his new and strange altire to see that there was nothing about its gut-up which would arouse suspicion, he stole out by the rear entrance imo the streets. .Nightfall! favored his disguise and he liadTKtidrtid his part so well that Le feigned the drunken inr to perlection. tin his way toward the waterfront be rolled bv many men whi would have been riefighteil to have had a chance to sie.e aud turn him over to the police atuhonties. In ti"io ho reached the j spot in hailior arranifed upon.. There he found a boat awaking him. ! It was manned by sturdy United Siits man-of-war's men. lialmaceda. still maintaining bis disguise, made a linal drunken stumble and fell into tho boat. It pushed oil' at once, and iu a slmrt time the ex-president, all signs ol inebriety in-ebriety at an cud, climbed swift'y up the ropes and was saved, lie went at once to one of tho cabins aft of l!:e S;iu Francisco and did not again slu .v himself above. This part of the vessel was reserved solely forits prominent guest. Nobody was allowed inside the cabin. TI19 officers of-ficers of the Ssu Francisco were questioned ques-tioned about the matter but resolutely refused to discusss it. The San Francisco Fran-cisco left Valparaiso this evening lor Calao, thence it will sail for California. Halmacoda may elect to land at Caliao, where many of his leading partisans tiave already been taken hy foreign ships, on board which they sought refuiro after the fall of Valparaiso. Admiral Brown's action will uudoubt edly for a time at least, increase the bitter feeling hero toward the l'uild Males government, although admirals of other foreign vessels have taken prominent Halmacedists aboard. The Hi rulii'n Peru cablegram under date of September 1-', fays: The Chilean Chil-ean junta's warship Truman, which ar-ri ar-ri pit here a few days ago to take back to Vaipaialao the torpedo boat v'ondell and the, transport Impcrialo, late of Halmacctla's licet, sailed today for that port with them. Several prominent members of Balmaeoda's government, who took rer iMou the foreign warships iu the hai l. Hi' of Valparaiso, ai'ter that city v?s captured by the junta's troops, arrived here today. Among them was Vicuna, who during tho ascendancy of Balmaceda was elected as his successor to the presidency of Chile; Sennr Domingo Do-mingo Codoy, ex-minister of slate and foreign all'mrs and Halmaeeda's brother are also of tho party. The Ih rnhV." cable from Valparaiso today svys: J'ho I'nited Stales war ship llaltimiire returned hero today lrom Call-as where it landed the refugees. refu-gees. Ollicials have been despatched by the Junta to Kurope to bring over the new Chilean warships Pint ) and Knaztii'i7,. Some adherauts of the congressional party while returning trom MoiitelrJeo on the British steamer J; hn Elder, were upon tl.e:r arrival at Punts Arenas threatened with arrest by Balmaeeda's governor there. Ho had' not yet beard tno news of Balmaceda's downfall. 1 he British captaiu refused to deliver the persons up and they arrirud here safely today. |