The morning call., 1891-07-13
FROM PANAMA.
Some Interesting Items From
Central and SOnth America.

The Panama Star and Herald Of June
18th contains the following items:
The Government of Uruguay refuses to
increase the duty on imported furniture as
requested by home manufacturers.
Additional rich placer gold mines are said
to have been discovered recently in the
EsseGuibo or Northwest District OF British
Guiana.
The Peruvian naval training-ship Santa
Rosa arrived in the harbor on Saturday.
She is on an instruction cruise and will visit
all the princinal ports OF the Pacific Coast.
Returns of the recently completed So nth
western Railroad of Venezuela for the first
five months OF its working indicate divi-
dend of per cent on the amount of share
capital issued.
The w. |. and P. S. S. Floridian made the
direct passage from Liverpool to Colon in
the remarkably good time OF seventeen days.
This, we believe, breaks the record on this
route.
Bonded warehouses, which have not
heretofore been permitted, have been es-
tablished at GreytOwn, Nicaragua. in
which imported goods can be stored without
previous payment of the duties.
Yesterday the Chilean Congressional
transport Carlos Roberts arrived in this bay.
She is small vessel OF 800 tons, and is
manned with sixty officers and men under
the command of Lieutenant Don Julio Bari.
Six sugar factories are TO be erected in the
vicinity Of the Bay of Nipe, Cuba, by an
English and French syndicate, which also
contemplates building railroad and de-
veloping rich iron mines in that locality.
The Argentine Republic profits by the
Gillian troubles. Agents OF President Bal
maceda are reported us securing the country
III search of horses, buying at the highest
prices every kind of animal suitable Tor mil
itary purposes and hurrying them across the
Andes.
Railroads are being rapidly pushed for
ward in the Argentine Republic, notwth-
standing the financial stringency. The road
from Tecuman to Salta was officially opened
on the 25th of May, and the new road from
Cordova to Rosario is about completed.
This last road will open up very productive
field as it runs through several important
colonies.
Much comment has been made in town
over the reported recent arrival here, on a
through bin of ladiug, OF large quantity of
arms and ammunition for Peru. The cargo,
which was shipped from Liverpool per Flori-
dian, consigned to the Minister OF War at
Lima. consists of 500 stands of rifles and
about 1900 cases of cartridges. This formid-
able assortment II is supposed, VIII be Tor
warded to its destinations by the Lautaro.
Search is being made by party OF Amer
leans for diamond fields believed to exist
near IlactOtepec, in the comparatively mac
cesSible State OF Guerrero. Mexico. 1t is
patriot OF the first Mexican revolution, after
whom the State is named, came suddenly
into the possession Of a number OF rough
diamonds OF great size and value, and died
without disclosing where he obtained Them
II Is believed they were discovered near the
site now being explored.
In 1870 the Argentine Republic passed
law permitting the National Government to
pay a reward of $4,000 for the discovery of
paying coal field. Though many efforts
have been made to earn this prize none have
approached success until recently. 1t Is
now asserted that coal bed meeting the
requirements has been discovered, but fur
ther boring operations are necessary to fully
verify the statement All the coal used in
the republic has to be imported. Tie i'm
ports in 1889 amounted to COS, 900 tons.
In connection with our recent editorial on
the Pan-AmeTican Railway, we now have
10 add the additional information that Mr.
Leme, one of the delegates from Brazil to
the International COnfere nee on the sub
jcct, with regard to Brazil's part recon-
mends TO his Government, as the proposed
general line of railway will pass through
SucTe, Bolivia, that connection be made be-
tween the trunk line and the Brazilian sys-
tenn of railways by road fran Sucre, pass
ing the Brazilian frontier at Corumba and
joining the Mogyana Railway at COXim in
Brazil.
The contractor for building the Mexican
Pacific Railroad from Tonala on the Pacific
Coast to Frontera on the Gulf OF Mexico,
for the construction Of the Mexican Central
Railroad from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
to tile frontier of Guatemala, and fer the
construction of the proposed road from Vera
Cruz to the Isthmus, has just aided TO his
other duties those of British Consul at the
ports of Tonala and San Brnito, on the Pa
cifc Coast. a portion of the Mexican Pa
cific, from La Puerta, on the coast to Jalis-
CO, at the foot of the Sierra, about forty
miles in extent, has been completed and
opened for traffic. The Mexican Govern
ment officially declares that it will give no
more subsidies under any new concession to
any railroad whatever.