The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-19
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MANAdUA, NICARAGUA, July 90-Ths
national telegraph line has been COM
pleted through the very SParSely popu'
lated district Of the eaStsrn part Of the
department OF Chontalis to tho town Of
Rama, at the head Of steamship naVigG'
Hon on the BluoGelds river From
Rama 10 BlueaeIds by steamer (the only
routel requires eight hours and from
Rama per steamship to New ORLEANS iS
four and q half to i've days. The gov.
ernmsnt OF Nicaragua has not yet
opened this line to the public, but will
most likely do so in few days.
A South Dakota company, represent
cd by Mr.. J. Laiher, completed on July
| 10 q contract with the government OF
Nicaragua to run under NiCaTagua'sfiag
a suitable steamship bi.monthly along
the Caribbean Sea, eastand eut0ringAll
the nayigable rivers, aud carrying the
mails free, also carrying tree and fAed'
ing at least twenty-five Nicaragua
soldiers each trip, or that equivalent,
whom requested 10 do 90 by tho Mica
ragnan government The contract 10 for
twenty years, the South Dakota COM
pany TO receive ", 500 acres Of lauda, but
the ship IL TO be used exclusively by the
government OF Nicaragua whenever IL
desires to do 90.
Mr.. J. E. Perez, @. E., formerly as.
BiStaut engineer In tho survey, undsr
Engineer Menocal, off route for canal
across Nicaragua, has returned TO Man
aqua, enrout9 to his coffee estate In
| MRlagapa, from accompanying over
the canal routo tho engineers, Col. Will
lam Ludlow, Major NJ. l. Eudicott and
Mr.. N. Z. Noble, appointed by the gov
ernment Of the United States to examine
the route July II, while the partisaus
OF the present govOrnmont OF Nicaragua
were celebrating their natal day July
II, 1898 when tho Liberals defeated tho
Conservatives In few skirmiahes DO.
tween the cities Of Leon and MRnagua,
and entering tho latter city took cha rye
of the goyernment). the Indians in the
department Of MRtagalpa suddenly
changing from their usually Hullen
manner to open threats and disturb
anccA. There we're about 5000 Indians
in that aud the adioIning department
Of Jenotega. The soldiers In Mica
ragua are nearly all either In
diaus or half breeds. But very
isW Of the Latiu.Americans are
enlisted or conscrIpted into the army
excepting aS oihcerI, consequently tho
condition OF the Latin.AmerlcanG and
OF the North Americans in that depart.
ment became very alarming. The gov.
ernment Of Nicaragua dispatched add.
tional soldiers there aud recently COM
missioner In tho hope to influence the
Indians to become quiet and comply
with the labor Obligation 10 which they
have bound themselves. At this date
July 20, the results are not known at
Managua. The tale and complaint OF
the Indians 10 that the Virgin Mary, re-
Gently, in friendship TO the Indians,
informed some OF thsif principal men
aud women that the "Great Spirit in.
tended 10 visit that section OF the coun-
try with series OF disasters, intended
to punish the occupiers OF these landa
until twelve or fourteen years ago, own
ed by tho Indians, and that the Indians
must assemble at tho parochih
churches frequently and attend mass.
A dispatch received by the Associated
Press exclusively since this letter was
written, announced that the trouble
among tho Indians Of the department
OF Matagalpa had bean settled by the
Indians agreeing to fulill their labor
obligations.
Tho weather Is unreasonable, TOO dry
aud dusty. aud the need Of sufficient
rains OH tho volcanic formed lands in
Western Nicaragua, has caused percep-
tible falling oil In the coffee berries to
90 per cent also tho new twigs, devol.
oped this year arc 90 very small and
growing 80 slowly that in 1895 to
bear not moro than 90 per cent Of
usual crop OF coffee. This unsoAsonable
weather is also causing more fevers hero
than usual.
The steam tug formerly Cesar"
brought from California TO San Saliva.
dor this year by the San FrauclIco
bridge building company and sold at
Salvador and now named "Cusoatlan,"
was loaded twelve or fifteen days ago at
ports Of Nicaragua, Honduras and
Salvador, with arms and ammunition for
General Alfredo now in Ecuador and
started to this country. She got into
the dangerous area 0t reversing currents
and high soaS opposite papagnilo Point
on western Costa Rica, lost three men
and returned to Corinto, Nicaragua, for
repairs to hor machinery. She Is ex'
pGctOd TO steam out again for Ecuador
Ia n foW days.
Tho political disNprocmoutS between
Nicaragua and Costa Rica arc unsettled,
increasing In number and intensity and
threatening to result ore long In appeal
10 arms, for which ovont both sidos APP
pear to bo gottinp ready with quiet but
untomlILing efforts,