The sun., 1891-06-20
MR.. WARNER MILLER ca1rrc1ssn
Reflections on Hin by Newspaper Man
OF the Recent Nicaragua Farty. a,,I

Reflections on Hin by Newspaper Man
OF the Recent Nicaragua Fsrty. ,l,f
To THE EDITOR OF The suN-Sir. Under the
circumstances ordinarily prevailing In an ex-
cursion OF the kind which Mr.. Warner Miller
| conducted to Nicaragua, the experiences of
| the newspaper correspondents as such would
be OF no special interest: but when unique or
novel. little space might be devoted to them.
Tho correspondents went to Nicaragua ss
tho guests Of Mr.. Miller. a. did every other
member Of tho party. We all were urged to
| CO. were told that It would be favor to Mr..
Miller and his company II We would 60. and
write what We saw precisely Is We saw It.
Tint was a fair invitation. and. as such. was
accepted. As the guests OF an ex-senator. rep.
resentlng the Empire State we expected 10 be
treated we'll. OF course As matter Of fact, we
wero treated with distinguished consideration
the consideration which we received was
distinguished above that which any newspaper
men ever received as guests OF any body before.
We sailed from New York harbor on the
afternoon Of March IA. We ate our first meal
on the steamer Aguan at O'Clock that night
There were two tables In the saloon. with .
fixed number OF seats ut each that could not
well be altered. However. Mr.. Miller with the
capitalists, the engineers. tho army officers.
and tho ladies gathered at one table. although
two more covers had to be laid than there wore
seats ut the table. and there was much crowd
Ing at the end OF the table whore Mr.. Miller did
not sit. At tho other table. tho newspaper
men were placed. and there were four empty
seats at that table. Mr.. Miller himself assigned
each one to scat This was done. 1t should
be noted. while all tho correspondents were
strangers to Mr.. Miller. and he could not know
whether tho, would wish to be so exclusive 40
deserve II.
Now tile reader might infer that Mr.. Miller
SO to speaS sscGn hiss Bas 5hai ths
would uli,, be wrong. @ for to show that he was not
chairs. is 4 nTpread as. MS big elbows and said
Seeing that We were thus treated with dis
tinsuished consideratl3n Il at the first meal. t6e
h q rs Of %Gs sy. s Il M
was not until We oil had been wrecked on Ron
Saaer Leland that 1heK o learn
@ 'ii = 5 aH e. S'h;r .ssn men,
because he e q sell. made man and having
been, been aecustomsd. at one time and another. to
peops With ms Nhsh hS
Sns s he e
sifS Il esh sr f Sons. s a
ssl MITE ths:' .iets sieas But r.sp.ss
asn sh0Sa Ss.rd in aaa sS't9xd no xdoa5; sS
dee ses asS a aoyea SS Wish % e
aided and in spite. Of obstacles. Xt any ' rate. M
the hef eneneer went s sne on ey.r;
morning with the, visiting engineers. and 80
o Whe he H lad spd Il
Which; ss he 1nfs r Iemarkfd hs bad oite9
to our pe
we did corner the assistant engineer one night
during our ss days STAY and for two ThSs
Besides that. asked three questions Of The
aRa tha
engineer eng spoke to me when not addressed.
ss 1ai Sa1 seoss9 ss waI wn
printing, he said:
Ah M1 H.. syS s. ~ man 4 you haven't seen
that white; barksd tree Just shsad. D's 'As 'n
1t was thus that We gathered Information
the ' line ro% 10 sur Jna
River, the only ones to receive ,dIsting gnished
nGst az M
to,ss to sleep on This was because the guests,
were considered much better able to with.
stang the hardship Of sleering, "a benches Of
I.
and fat. and fat people have often been
found sensitive In various ways.
ane recsved
era q; beiOE were state
and hs e fes eo saes asS, sSe
crowd" might not suffer from heat SM'ss and coss.
reaches. We always slept on deck: He also. with
probably because the dishes were hot there
and might burn the eaters; besides. he knew we
ssy ss s%rf he oo on @ ns
our temperature. We never had to take turn
Ct any such dIsaersenble thing a. eating over;
Sur we fell in. with the cable operators. Who
had forwarded all the MESSAGES sent by MIR.
q one Message which Mr.; Miller haa sent t6S
va. hs Seos va
!tappeared that on account OF the unexpect-
to oe xs Back 70
the States as soon 500 ss pos.ibl.: Casting about
chip Pstrsl: whose 6sptalnq, was q our party In
Esss errco Could M 81 sr H. !s hs serS 70 isi M
Navy sikiRE S6a That ths cspian BE- ordered 70
had eaten sait with Mr., Miller and had slept
On the canal conpany's crooked polo beds.
II shouldn't and wasn't Il was this message
ths sfMXe the bsd
var ship Captain Tas ILLS honss the owed
thss lhs s:c5stary :es. q 20 New hsa Pe:
On shore. The operators supposed that Gr:
they blamed him for what he didn't know
That was 81 course wrong and we explained to
them that Mr. Miller did It ,throus sh Ignorance
and ,L not % from any d:sire % 70 be rud. ofsou,se
etiquette Of the occasion. aud simpiy teis.
graphed to the Cnrtain q the Petrol the sub.
stance o. tho request. The operators said lie
at the same time. only there is no teIegrapfsio
character representing a. clucke BM we
even shnckls, nnd mt Nj Miller, vas not
position. anyhow: because no had had O dii-
ferent training when young. T-s~"
However. this has nothing to do With the
newspaper men. and 1t is only related that tho
reader may better understand the operations
OF Mr.; Millers mind 10 his trcatm"nt OF guests
and others nround him: might mention other
sary. Now that look back over the trim from
liatn To,