The rustler., 1891-09-04

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MAxAeuA. Nicaragua. Aus. sS-
The news telegruphed from Granada
20 the United States that there had
been riots there sunday that the chief
Of police and ak men had been killed
and that three important pcrsonages
were Go be expelled from Nicaragua
with the warning that they would be
shot II they returned Is correct ful-
Ter details are now accessible.
Granada on sunday was the scene Of
n coup de main by which President
Roberto Sacasa tried 20 rid himself Of
his most prominent opponent and at
the same time nip In the bud n possible
growing revolution. The men arrested
include two ex.presidents Of Nicaragua
and the editor and owner of the most
important daily journal In the country.
Granada is practically in n state OF
siege and the troops here at the eapital
are confined 10 the barracks In add
ton the opposition 10 President Sacasa
Is growing daily and affairs are assum'
ing critical conditions
For many years vigorous rivalry has
existed between the ancient city Of
Leon and the more modern Granada,
and the Inglesistas, or Roman Catholic
church party, whose strongholds are
Leon and Mauagua. Granada for many
terms past has furnished the country
with the president, but at the last clec-
tion, by undue means. the progressists
claim. Sacasa. Leon man, was
chosen president lie had been n
senator up to the somewhat mys-
terious death Of President Carazo, two
years ago last October. This
was not approved by the pro
gressist party. and President Sacasa
became more and more unpopular as Il
became known that he, backed up by
the Leon. or church party, had deter
, mined to leave no stone uuturned "a
bring about his election 20 the presi.
. dency after he had filed out Caracas
, unexpired term. In spite OF the opposi'
| tion party and the increasing unpopu'
1 larity of his administration, he sue
ceeded In his ambitious plans and In
November last was elected president
The spies employed by the admins
tration seem to have pointed out cx
President Gen. Chamorro. ex-Prcsi
dent Gen. Joaquin Zavala, Don Ansel
mo Rivas, editor and proprietor OF thu
! Diaro Nicaragunse Of Granada, the or
!, gan OF the progressist party and thu
leading newspaper of Nicaragua Dol
Enrique Guzman, n son OF Gen. Guz
: man, and Don j. ID. Rodriguez former
: ly attached to the Nicaraguan Legation
; at Washington, us the most dangerou
leaders of the progressst party II
: Granada Consequently after takini
!, every precaution to meet revolution
: airy outbreak. President Sacasa de
tcrmined suddenly to arrest these me
: and exile them under pain of being IN
;, stantly shot should they return
This plan was executed Sunday. TIL
men above mentioned were most uncN
= = pcctcdly arrested on the charge of col
:. spring against the government an
were taken to the quartet
: The arrests caused great excitemeT
!" in Granada and Il vigorous attempt
- rescue them was made. The quartz
" was attacked and the soldiers fire
x upon. The latter returned the fire an
n mum her on each side were killed an
wounded. The exact number OF cast
alties is not known, but IL Is know
" " that the chief officer of the police an
!" Mt least six soldiers were killed an
40 40 that some fifty citizens were shot
" Gen. Chamorro and the other prisol
~ ~ ers were subsequently brought to Ma
=" aqua under strong guard and Granat
was placed in state of siege pendir
y the subsiding of popular feeling. ri
prisoners yesterday were sentenced
be escorted across the frontier and q
- dered never to return under penalty
- death. They will he secretly taken
~ the frontier, but TO what point wheth
- on the Honduras or Costa Rica line,
- not generally known. Possibly thu
will be allowed to embark on some We
sci at Corinto.