The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-11

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some oliver bars which are wanted for Goo
not give them up We are going to take them.,
wow mark what say. TIT. Is i'i your ar fourth
upon this establishment Tomorrow morn
ing thirty men with As many Winchester rifles
y T eesp pb t. sheet the UhST M one q
Have you not provoked them to an attack
ask as we walked away.
county Rry years have awe SEEN To almost ln tn a
many revolutions. / have never lost a drop Of
brave. whore there is no danger. but they are
arrant towards at bottom, They know al,
ssnsn Keep ,6 my Word, don't 6eiie,e you will
While We were at dinner there was another
call This time It was apparently REPUTABLE
Her husband was one OF the fuetives IRON La
guard had taken away her daughter. giri OF
~, by force and now held her in a low rulpue
shop belonging TO one Of the CROWD. where she
by. the payment OF $500 NY companion. an
old resident Of the town. offered to at.
that there was no danger | went with him.
me me place Was low Er2G shon, with no floor
patriots sitting or standing. and ali aGsorbins
acauaint!uce. He stcrnly demanded the pro.
unlighted. an excavation into hill beside
which the shanty stood. came n very pretty
Come" said her dellyerer, I'll take you to
your mother. These gentle will not obiect'
,,rs But IN they Mill 1,s said o3s who was syery
She, shall not go until we have the money"
You dent mean what YOU say quietly re-
revolver. "Sho is going now and you are
going with u to deliver her to her mother.
:" 10 go" fairly screamed his companions.
Don H. is a devil u you oflend him" And
he went With the girl between US and the brute
the house where her mother was waiting.
The next morning all was nuiet, There was
around the country undisturGed. though we
heard that the revolutionists were successful
IN the southern part q the territory, and final
had fallen into rehel hands. This last re port was
untrue. The next day. a body. OF ,iov"rnment
Iriunlo in hot pursuit Of one Gotta, a revolu-
ZIONIST who had reiterated westward. They re-
Of the Govern M iorccs. !" Had they BEEN
only one day earlier they would have cap
tured Gotta and his men. They should have
Colonel at GuayrIas had arranged a iandango
in his honor. and he had delayed to attend.
had fled.
There seems to be o great deal Of music
and small supply Of lght in that column" /
mast with music and banners.
II he turned the tables on his pursucrs."
=, Three days afterwnrd the column returned
But Gotta was now in command aud the officer
IGNORED BY the fandango hal gone elsewhere.
The change was after this wise: Gotta had re-
treated to canon through which tho road
passed, about q mile IN length. at each end OF
which were half his men in ambush AZ soon
men barricaded the road. and there being
neither water nor any way OF escape. waited
on his Tbs osen 10 bs ani
ond day. and now Gotta was on his way back to
la Paz without the loss o. man and re-
enforced by the entire pursuing party.
Our business being com pleted we returned
70 La Paz TO- find means Of getting out Of the
country. The revolutionists were in high
wares. and personal property, including tho
contents OF tho, cellars They were living on
other means Of escape sent my Irish friend nd
To- intercept the steamer at Cape ST. Lucas a
,n Of about three hundred miles. aPd
gulf, and walt until we could get on board.
!. One day. in the course OF our enforced stay.
y was announced that the Mexican war
So fhe wsrs eSten9ed Tp the d R
water Dy piers. so that the channel was in
lose proximity to these piers for distance Of
great excitement Nearly ali the inhabit- |
ants rushed to the Consulate, whore their
went to the end Of the pier. which was OPP
posite the Consulate. As the steamer |
It their guns The Captain from ON the the
bridge snluted me as he PASSED. There |
was wa the rep report 81 rife from the ship and
81 sentinel in the street fell. shot through the
hest. retired to the Consulate had Just |
vas the loud report OF two cannon and Of |
'hells tearing through the buildings OF the /,
,xploded SOME Of tho pieces leil within its |
walls. They were fol owed by others In quick |
'nceession The Democrita had dropped |
lnchor at the next street above and with her |
cardboard guns was BON harding the city.
The scene which followed beggarS dsScrip- |
ion. From every direction individuals we're |
lurrying to the consulate. They were princi-
ally women and children, but the few men
md joined in the rush. Such hysterirai shrek |
nGi shrill screaming. and fearful moaning
t9;uld not be surpassed by human voices
here was no cure for II short Of exhaustion.
{ grew fainter ana finally ceased with the
irinG at the end Of two hours
thought something should be done at least
" way OF protest against this firing without
Office upon the helpless people OF tho city.
he Consul said that MANY years experience
lad taught him not to interfere with a Mexi-
an revolution. The few merchants who re-
aained feared 70 be arrested and Imprisoned
aist Of ths fne ese inc En0Tn In the
gain. The women had almost exhausted their
lnG power. Now they had recourse to tears
hey earnestly called upon every saint Ia the
alendar for protection, II was an incxpressi-
~ WHlcn nhl many eNnlnltlOnS
unselhshness, such rs mothers anxious OILY |
Or the safety OF their children, determined !
hat when the Hiring ceased again there should !
- one protest against its renewal II finally
eased. borrowed tho Consuls nag his boat |
nd two men In his service They rowed me
" TO the steamer on the port side. The stairs
7ere dropped and was received with great
ouItesy. The Captain was boy who could !
OF have heen more than 20 years old. Hs
poke no English but we were both able 10
Unverss In French. / asked him whether
o did not know that he was vioiat-
NJ the law OF nations in firing upon !
city without notice or any opP3rtunity for
i'd nt care so much for the law Of nations
: he dill TO have the peoHle know that when
he Democrita was fired upon she would hit
ack; that as he was coming M the chHnne!
tier water and fresh beet some OF the rruel /
entries fred uron him; and be hal punished
he city for IL: that when he offered 10 send
shore they fired upon his boat, and he had
wen them twenty guns for that; that
9 should try once more. and II theY
red upon him again lie had cleared
way his big gun. anu with that he would lay
le town In ruins; ! proposed treaty with
i'm. He should be furnished with such frosh
'Ater and beef as he wanted without intcTf,r-
nee, after which he should retire to his sta
on At iichllngua, q few miles below the city.
o this he assentrd, We exchanged TAtihca-
Quar- k..Vtl q II