The morning call., 1894-09-12
ALL DRIVEN OUT.
Men Who Are Without
a Country.
REFUGEES FROM BLUEFIELDS
Through No Fault That They
Committed.
WERE REFUSED PROTECTION.
And Now Propose to See Whether
Nicaragua Is to Be Called
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REFUGEES FROM BLUEFIELDs
WERE REFUSED PROTECTION.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1.-THE Times
Democrat has the following from Port
Limon. Costa Rica, under date OF Tues
day. September 4:
The following exles from Bluefields.
eleven in number, arrived in this port, via
Punta Arenas, this aftsrn oon: E. D.
Hatch (Euglish). acting II. B. NJ. Vice
Consul; 81. S. Hodgson (native). Clerk OF
the Supreme Court: 5. A. hodgson
(native). Judge of the Supreme Court;
Washington Oliver English), clerk; A.
Markland Taylor (EngIish). editor and
owner of the Bluefeds Messenger; G. B.
Wiltbank (American). planter; w. H.
Brown EngIsh), merchant; l.. n. Lamp
ton (American), planter; Charles Patter-
son (native), ce-president; j. w. Cuth-
bert (Engish). Attorney General: J. o.
Thomas (EngIish). Judge of the Supreme
Court.
These are all prominent business men in
the reservation, most of them leaving con-
siderable property behind. They are un-
decided as to their future movement
their Intention at present being to remain
here until some definite acton in regard
to their arrest and detention has been
taken by their respective Governments.
They all express themselves highly in
dignant at the reports OF the American
papers to the effect that their actions
were in any way responsible for the up
rising of July 8. This they emphaticalIy
deny, and they say the only foreigners
who were at all implicated in the upris-
ing left the country Immediately after
they found the part they had played made
them subject to arrest by the Ncaraguan
Government, and after being refused pro-
lection by their respective Consuls and the
captains of the warships. They say that
during the whole trouble but two lives
nave been lost, and these were the two
Nicaraguan soldiers who were killed on
the evening of July 6.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE passengers
on the steamer Adirondack, which arrived
here to-day, from Port Limon September
3. were Charles E. Brown, Benjamin F.
Allen and Henry i. Williamson, refugees
from Bluefelds. They are American citi-
zens engaged in business at that port.
Williamson says that they have had a
very exciting time at Bluefields. Having
learned through friend that an order had
been issued for their arrest they proceeded
up the river in a small boat and remained
in concealment until August 80, when
they managed to get aboard the United
States cruiser Marblehead. On getting
aboard that vessel Williamson stated to
Captain O'Neill that he bad given no cause
to the Bluefelds authorities to warrant
their arresting lin, and would willingly
go ashore and stand trial providing Captain
ONeill would protect him. This CAPTAIN
O'Nei would not guarantee. The Marble
head was at Bluefields outside the bar.
The cruiser Columbia sailed from Port
LimOn September 8 for Bluefields.
COLON, Sept. 1.-THE Republic of CO.
lombia has presented Nicaragua with
second protest. claiming sovereignty over
the Mosquito Reservation under an old
Spanish iitle. 1t is reported President
Nunez vii! 60 to Bogota to calm the rising
trouble there