Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-02
HOW PEACE WAS PURCHASED
Terms on Which President Sooosa Of Mica.
ragua Surrendered.
CONSTITUTIONAL MEASURES TO RUlR
Expenses Contracted by Both Armies Dur.
ing the Revolution VIII Bo Regarded
rs National Dcbt-some
Rebels Displcased.

lCopWf0hted 1898 bu James Gordon Bsnnetll
MAsAYA, Nicaragua, (via Galveston,
Tex.), June L. by Mexican Cable TO the
New YORK Herald-Special TO TUE Bee l.
The peace protocol arranged by the COM
mission of which United States Minister
Baker was president, has been signed, but
II has not yet been ratified by the principals.
Although its terms are kept secret until
such time as will be agreed on for its official
promulgation have learned the important
facts from reliable sources
President Socosa agrees to deliver tho
presidency to Senator Salvador Machado.
When the new ministry is formed the revo-
lutionists will appoint their members. All
questions relating to the administration Of
the government will be decided by a vote Of
the majority of the ministers. Free cleo
tions will be held throughout the republic
for members OF the constitutional assembly
and president. Both armies, under the
agreement, will be disbanded and all of the
expenses of the war incurred by either party
will be considered national debt to be paid
out of the public treasury.
In the new government the revolutionists
will have majority in the cabinet. Many
of the revolutionists were dissatisfied with
the terms of settlement, but their opposition
was overcome by the advice of cool-headed
leaders whose opinions prevailed.
To Complete the Canal.
PANAMA, Colombia (via Galveston, Tex),
June 1,-tBy Mexican Gable to the New
York Herald-Special to The BEE. l.
Nj. Mango representative of the liquidator
of the Panama Canal company told me In an
interview today that the work on the canal
here would be renewed at the end of the
year. There has already been raised SO, ,OOU,-
600 francs to continue operations. He thinks
hydraulic force may be used in the Culebra
cut The government of Colombia will
appropriate $500 francs monthly to apply
to the old debt of the state of Panama Pay.
ments will be continued until the indebted
ness is Cancelled. MIR Haggard, minister
from Great Britain to Ecuador is here. He
is on his way to England.
Italian contract laborers brought here to
build the Santa Marta & Bogota railroad
have struck. Fffty-tive left for the United
States yesterday. They sailed on the Brit
ish steamer Jamaican which left Colon bound
for Baltimore.
The Hcrald's correspondent in Guayaquil,
Ecuador, telegraphs that severe earth.
quake shock lasting thirty seconds was felt
there Sunday evening The Jail was wrecked.
In its fall three of the pl isoners were crushed
to death and many Others were seriously
hurt All of the prisoners who were not
injured were released. Many other bu!2
ings in the city, including the governors
house, the town ball and the Union club
house, were injured by the shaking.
From Quito the Herald's correspondent
sends word of a.peculiar disease which has
broken out among the Indians, Hundreds Of
them have died from it. Those in the Chillo
valley are the greatest sufferers. In the
first stages OF the disease the skin of the VIC
tim itches Violently, in Il short time the body
turns TO a sky blue color, 1t then swells to
three times its ordinary size, and then
death follows. The disease puzzles the doc
tors.