The Portland daily press., 1894-05-19
JOHN BULL and UNCLE sam
Said To Be Working Together Down
In Troubled Bluefields.
CHIEF CLARENCE DISPOSED BY
NICARAGUA RESTORED.

English Miners Demand that Employers
Shall Receive Nothing Before Employ
es Get Lower Wages-The Finding of
Bombs in St. Petersburg Means Re-
cruits for Siberia-Insane King. Otto To
Be Deposed and the Regent Made King.
New York, May 1S.-A Bluefelds,
Nicaragua, letter, under date of May
10, says: Much has happened here with
in the past "A hours, and the community
is consequently much excited, aswell as
being on the tiptoe of expectation for
what is promised in the near future. A
recent letter gave an account of the un-
expected visit of Robert Henry Clar-
ence, the Mosquito chief. and his boast
that he would soon be restored to his
rights through the Intervention Of the
British, and the assertion of British
Consul Hatch that the treaty of Man.
aqua woud be upheld by Great Britain
at any cost. Not only has Clarence al
ready realized his boast, but Aguella,
the murderer of William Wilson, has es-
capped from the little Jail at Rama.
Word reached here yesterday morning,
from the San Francisco, which was an
chored off the bluffs, that Clarence
would be brought back here today from
Peal lagoon, on board the British man
of-war Magicienne, and domiciled in
Bluefelds to stay; or in other words,
that he would be reinstated in his rights
as chief of the Mosquitoes by the Eng
ish. This news created the widest ex-
citement here and much rejoicing. The
Americans were particularly happy, al
though they regretted that for what they
b ad been pleading SO strenuously should
be done by the British instead of by the
American government. At O'Clock in
the afternoon, the Magicienne arrived,
and Immediately Captain Clark came
ashore with Clarence and few of his
natives, and he was domic;led at his sold
home in the city. | asked Captain Wat
son the meaning of this, but all he
would say in reply to questions was,
"You will be safe in saying he has come
to stay"
He added that everyone shou1dyunder-
stand that England and the United
States were not working against each
other, but as Minister Baker had put it,
"The white people have com bined to
meet the advances of the Latin race"
Last night the San Francisco departed
for Greytown, to take Consul Braida to
his post of duty, leaving this place with
out an official representative though it
is expected Consul B B. Seat will return
shortly from the United States. 1t is
understood that American interests
are in care of British representatives
temporarily The Newark has not ar
rived. The Nicaraguan troops have been
Withdrawn from the city of Bluefelds
and sent into the interior, with the ex-
ception of few men who are on the
| bluffs andNpot numerous enough to ere.
ate any trouble.
The next event to ruffie the serenity
which has been the order of the day for
some time past, was the reported escape
| of Arguella, the murderer of William
Wilson, the American, at Rama, on
Wednesday last Governor Rueling, the
new official at Rama, who supplanted
| Torres, Immediately started on hunt
| for him, but was unable to head him
| off. Rueling arrived here last night,
| and reports that Arguella is located in
a dense jungle two miles from Rama,
where it is almost impossible to get at
him.