The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-26
HIGH-HANDED METHODS.
AMBKICANs IN NICARAGUA SUB
JECTED 70 MANY IsDIGNITIEs.
The United States Naval Commander Fails
to Accord Them ANY Protec,ien-Eng-
lishmen suffer similar Treatnsnt

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 25.-From in
formation received by the steamer Gus
ste, OF the Sosthern Pacific Line, which
vessel arrived last night. the Nicaraguan
Government has deiied the Governments
OF both the United States ana Great
Britain and has taken into custody rep
reseutatives OF both nations. The coln-
manderS ot the war vessels wbicn nave
been At the seat OF disturbance Tor the
past month have stood tamely by ana per-
mltted the soldiers OF Nicaragua L. arrest
the subjects OF their respective countries
ana make no protest, ana the cOnseputhc
OF this apathy may be the loss OF possinhiy
dozen lives and the coniiscaion oi the
property OF the prisoners.
FURTHER iNDiGSlTIEs RNrEorRD.
When the Gussie left Bluehelds last
Sunday the people Of tnat town were In
hourly anticipation OF the Nicarasuans
attempting further indgniues and tntedt-
ening the peace of the place by placing
the remainder OF the American and native
population under arrest
The town, and in fact. the entire reser-
VatiOn. is berett OF the semDlance OF elthcr
Amer can or English protection, ana me
merchants and others uoing business ih tae
town fear that every moment VIII be lhe
last I'm which they may assert any ~
dvidual authority. The officers OF tne
Gussie familiar as they are with the con-
ditlOn of affairs IN the disturbed country
consider that the crisis IL at hand anu
the time for action on the part of the
United states Is now or never. Inc h'h
who have been placed under arrest anu
whom the Nlcaragudns intend conveying
to Greytown. where they are 10 pe az.
corded the privilege Of a tIlal, are not
in any manner connected with the upFlS-
ing of the Mosquito chief, Clarence. ana
are ali men OF prominence In the reserva-
ton and possessed OF considerable means.
CAUSE oF THFR ARhtsr.
To this fact Is ascribed their arrest,
as the Nicaraguans are SAID 70 become
fhe owners OF the property of the prison
ers If the men are found 10 be guilty
or are so presumed by the tribunal, before
which they VIII probably appear, the
property OF the prisoners VIII SO 10 beIp
mn the depleted Golfers OF the oppressors
OF the reservation. and II the prisoners are
not sentenced 10 be executed by the
Nicaraguans, they Will be ordered from
the country, and will leave their properly
in the hands of their captors. This IL SAID
TO be one of the sskes for which the
Nicaraguans are playing, and II IL sald
that II the powers DO not Interfere ue
destinies Of the people at present IN me me
town OF BlueheldS are entirely IN the
hands Of the soldier Of the Kepupiic'
THE PRISONER,
The men who have been made prisoners
by the Nicaraguans. and who, at the time
the Gussie LETT, were I'm custody AT the
Bluff. are as follows: W. II. Brown, the
agent OF the Southern Pacific Company
q
American planter; captain Brown Kck'
Of the steamer President T.. Carseoi u.
p Hatch, English Vico-cOnsul; SIN cap
ton, am American, ana resident OF New
Orleans: N. e. Ingram, a planter partner
John Wilson Il co, OF New Orleans;
John Taylor, native planter; Markham
Taylor, John o. Thomas, > \. .fiodgson,
George Ilodgson and Washington Glover,
native merchants, Charles Patterson,
yice-president OF the Mosquito reserVa-
ton; John Cuthbert. Attorney General OF
the reservation. These men We're arrested
without reason or Justice, the cause or
the arrest being stated by the soldiers as
aiding and abetting the uprising or the
natives. Several other Americans are In
desperate efforts to locate their where-
ab0uts that they may also be placed in
custody.
SECRETARY HERBgKr NOTIFIED.
When the Gussle was reaay 20 sail for
the States the commander Of the CO.
lumbia sent an officer Of the ship on
board the Southern Pacific vessel with
dispatches which he desredtO convey 10
the Secretary Of the Navy In this country
i'm person. He came fully prepared TO
make the voyage but the captain OF
the Gussie decided that It would be an
infringement Of the quarantine regula-
tiOns 70 carry passengers, and refused 10
permit the officer 20 make the trip. The
dispatches We're then sent by the captain
Of the Gussie, and will be I'm the hands
Of the Secretary OF the Navy not later
than Sunday evening They contain n full
account Of the occurrences I'm the reser-
VatiOn. and may contain the reasons OF
the commander Of the Columbia for acting
as he did in refusing To accord protection
TO the Americans in that country