Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-20
Robert Henry Clarence Chief of
 Mosquito.
AFTER A BRIEF STRUGGLE
General CabezaS is Forced to Surrender-The New Chiefs
 Proclamation.

MOBILE, July 19.--The Buefields, Mica ragua, correspondent of the Daily Register sends that paper full details of the recent trouble at Bluefields. On July Genera Cabezas, Nicaraguan commissioners a Bluefields, gave orders that no guns should bv fired in tho streets. This an gered the Jamaica negroes, who said the Nicaraguaus were celebrating. To gel even they said they would drive the Nica- raguans from the place in week.
 On July twelve Jamaica policemen ap- piled for their pay for the month of June. General Cabezas offered them script, say ing he had no money. The Jamaicans be- came furious, rushed upon General Cabe- gas. threw him down and choked him se- verely. He cried for help, soldiers re- sponded and drove the policemen away.
 The same night every one who could get a gun gathered in front of the Quartet and opened fire on it, keeping 1t up until the building with shot One Jamaican was shot through the thigh and two soldiers wounded. The Nicaraguans did not return the fire. In the meantime United States Consul Seats and British Consul Hatch sent out to the United States steamer Marble head for help. On account of the rough sea the marines were not landed until the next day.
 When the steamboat Hendy left Blue- fields on July IS, all the Nicaraguans in the place who could do so went cut on her to Rama City. A party of twenty natives and Jamaicans took two boats and went across the lagoon six miles to the "Bluffs, where there were fifteen Nicaraguen sol diers stationed. A fight took place in which three soldiers were killed, one drowned, one wounded, three escaped and seven were taken prisoners. The Jamai- cans captured one Gatling gun, one four inch rife gun, 250 rifles and lot of ammu- nition.
 On the morning of July 2 preparations were being made to attack the Nicaraguans again, when General Cabezas offered to surrender the place if they would send his men to Rama, let them keep their arms, recognize him as the Nicaraguan commis sioner and let him remain in Bluetelds. The Jamaicans agreed, and Captain O' Neal of the Marblehead was one of the signers. Afterward General CabeZas tried to break out, but Captain O'Neal would not con- sent. At 12 o'clock the Nicaraguan flag was hauled down and the Mosquito flag run up. At 8 p. m. all the soldiers went aboard the steamer Hazel Wright and left for Rama. The steamboat Hendy was looked for on July 8, when 1t was feared she would bring an army of Nicaraguans, but she had not arrived up to July g. The steamer Marblehead left on July for Port Limon to communicate with the Washing ton authorities. The fifty marines are still kept in Buefields.
 The following is the declaration of sov- eighty issued by Chief Clarence'
 PROCLAMATION.
 MosoUITo RESERVATION, BLUEFIELDs, July 6, 1894.-I, Robert Henry Clarence, hereditary chief of Mosquito, hereby pro- claim that have assumed my rghtful au- thority as chief of Mosquito, and l call upon all law abiding and loyal residents to obey my authority and that of my officers.
 ROBERT HENRY CLARENCE,
 Chief of Mosquito.