Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-23
NICARAGUA NOTES.
Paper The Chief Currency, Gold and
Silver at q Premium.
PLOTS AGAINST TIE GOVERNMENT.
Corn Scarce aud Flour in Demand-
Great Republic o! Cec-
trail Am RIGA.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. a.
[Corresponuence of the Associated
Pressl-Paper money is now the chief
currency in Nicaragua. oDe half is
Issued by the government and one
half by the London bank Of Central
America, limited. Silver is at pre-.
MUM at three per cent to four per
cent at several towne and gold is 1876
per cent premium.
The recent constitutional amending
assembly approved before 1t was ad.
jourped, as II 1t were congress, con.
tract made by natives with the govern
ment OF Mic araaua TO construct a
wharf at the port OF Corinto and col
lect In gold Sl.50 on each ton and 25
cents Tor each person or email parcel
over 1t and between 1t and the custom
no use, at the margin OF the wafer.
Col. Maius. Nicaraguan minister Of
foreign affairs, goes to San Salvador
city to represent Nicaragua at the
Diet of the Republioa Major De
America Central (feaily c0niedern-
ton OF the pruesnt governments Of
Salvador, Honduras and NlcaTaguE)
and, current reports declare, to en-.
desvor 10 make satisfactory terms with
the seli.ex patriated leaders OF the
recent revolution In Nicaragua so that
the government OF Nicaragua may re-
commence to prepare for Its long
desired attack on Costa RIGA, in on
effort to rtc,v It's lost territory nav
held by Ccsla Rica.
Hon. Frederico Bolenso, q very infiu.
entail anu RECIPE ctable citizen, was i'm.
prisoned October 81 by order OF the
government, on suspicion OF being
associated with numerous persons be-
lieved to oppose the present govern.
ment OF Nicaragua. He was released
OH bail today.
Senior Don Antonio Aragon,a tive
Of Leon, Nicaragua, a pedngogus Of
high reputation for many years In Cen.
trial A nericp, died October IS.
ON November l, President Santos
published n decree OF amnesty to about
900 persons prominent in the revolution
OF March ana April, 1896, anu to many
suspected of conspiracy against the
government in September, 1896. Sons
few chief IN other countries and few
military fiji cers suspected OF conspiracy
against Zeuaya's government now In
nesty.
The United States legation is opened
at very desirable and convenient
locality Just across the street from the
offices oil the government of Nicaragua
and diGgonslly across from tue con-
sular offices.
The government OF Nicaragua 10
floating at home popular loan in Gus
tom house bonds to the amount OF
500, 600 pesos silver to pay loan OF
about 800, 900 pesos early In 1893 made
by an English syndicate in silver, TO
bs paid in gold at % per cent per
month, to the government OF President
ZscRsa.
Laru ia scarce in Nicaragua and the
government has issued q decree per-
hitting it's importation free OF duty
tor six months or until May l, 1897.
Corn and plsnlains nre also scarce In
western Nicaragua and -four Is In de-
mand there.
Messre. Henry A. BITline of New
jersey, and Frank H. Davis, q citizen
OF the United States residing at Rivas,
Nicaragua, continue their efforts to
obtain from the government oil Near
ngus y charter for railroad from
eNiGaragua easterly to the Carrib-
bean sea and TO Rama, at the head OF
navigation for eleven hundred ton
snips on the Bluefelis river.
Hon. J ose Dorloes Rodriguez, minis,
ter plenipotentiary from the Republic a
Major de America Central, left CORN.
to Nevaria Oct. ~, tor Washington,
via Panama and New York.