The morning call., 1891-08-31
CENTRAL AMERICA.
Progress of Affairs in Our Sister
Republics in the South.

The Pacific Mail steamer City of New
York arrived in port yesterday from Pan
anna, bringing dates 10 August 9th, from
which the following summary of news is
taken
DR.. Dixon, United States Consular Agent
at Santiago de Veraguas, is dead.
Don Manuel Derqui President Of the Ar
gentine Senate. Is dead.
Uruguay will establish legation in the
United States, with DR.. Jose Estrazulas as
Minister PlenipotentIary.
ne republic OF Costa Rica las deposited
S3O00Oo in London banks to cover the pub
lie debt of 1891, due December 31st.
Guatemala has five candidates for the
presidency of that republic, as follows
General Mendizabal (eX-Secretary of War,
Senior francisco Anguiano (eX-Secretary Of
Foreign Affairs), Senior Francisco Lainfiesta
formerly Minister Tor Guatemala at Wash
ingtOn), Senor Manuel H0ntufar (who was
also once Minister at Washington), and
General Reina BarriOs.
The Island of st. Thomas is to have an
Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition.
The Government of Colombia has made
contract with NJ. A. Fonseca for the con-
structlon OF canal betw ween the city of Bar
ranqullla and the city of SaYanilla, in order
that the boats of the Magdelena River may
be sent direct TO the anchorage of the ocean
steamships and there receive and carry their
caTgoes. Barranquilla, lying at the mouth
OF the Magdalena, Was formerly the prnci-
pal port of the republic, but the sands hav-
ing formed large bar at the mouth Of the
river 1t was necessary to build new city
on that bar, which is called Savauilla, and
is connected with the old port by tram
way.
The national exports from the port of S a
vanilla during the year 1889 comprised fifty
different kinds of exports in 273, $50 pack
ages OF various sizes, weighing $685. 291
kllos and valued in the aggregate at S., ,006,-
437 81.
The Costa Rican Government has just re-
celyed from England new cruiser to guard
her Atlantic coast.
Among this lot there were 10, 725 bags of
coffee, representing 1850 2l1 klOs and val
ued at 81, 720, 355. The export of gold and
silver, exclusive of various shipments of
national and foreign specie, amounted to
Sl26,6l9 ST. The most noticeable feature of
the report is that of all the possible agrcult-
ural products coffee alone makes any show
Ing wor II speaking of. Chocolate, for in
stance, which ought to be one of the leading
industries, shows up in the units being
represented by solitary package valued at
500, while raw cocoa was in 800 bags, val
ued at S2O,654. Growing plants make fair
showing. the total export being valued at
S13. $40; tobacco, $40, 720, and Peruvian bark
lqunaS), SIS, 800. Other items were balsam.
S27,62S; hides, SS12,5S6; horns, $50, ,277.
l hSoC "clC tho pLibCtpdl ilouls, LHo OlutIo
being numerous but of no great individual
values.
Smallpox is raging at Tegucigalpa, Hon
duras.
Two new telegraph stations have been
opened in Honduras-one at Lamani, Coma
yaqua County. and the other at Choloma, in
the Department de Santa Barbara.
The export of fruit from Tegucgalpa dur
ing the fortnight ending July oath was ::
10000 punches of bananas at 80 cents each
and 10000 oranges at $40 per 1000.
A telephonic service has been established
between Honduras and San Salvador.
The representatives of Salvador and
Guatemala signed, on the 1st inst, the Treaty
of peace made between the two governments
ON the 18th of November, 1890.