New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

from making any real progress IN education
commerce and industry. In lS'I IL Wa%eu 70
great that General Granados. n Liberal leader
Of wealth and culture. was moved 10 revolt
openly, and at once gained a large 1oHo"ins'
Within a few weeks President Cefha was r.
posed, and General Granados installed In MS
place.
RECENT HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE
Numerous important reforms were soon
adopted. including liberty OF the press and the
establishment Of public school system. Then.
in 1873, General Granados retired. and General
RuGno Barrios was elected President in his
place This was young man Of high abiiity
and vast energy who had been Of incalculable
service in aiding General Granados to overthrow
the thirty years regime" OF Carrera and Cerna
He betan forthwith a career or reform ana
progress. He secured the adoption or the pres
ent liberal Constitution. extended the school
system founded colleges and trade schools, or
ganized mail and telegraph services built rail-
roads and common roads. and established Il
National banking system He was reelected
term after tern, until 1880. In that year he
was led to believe that the people OF the hve
renublics were strongly in favor of re-estab-
fishing the old federation. but were restrained
from doing so by their governments Accord
inely he set out with his army to effect the
union by force Nicaragua. Costa Rica and
Salvador resisted him, ard he was killed in bat
tie at Chalchuapa on the border of Salvador.
IN April y 1850 lie was succeeded by the
Second Vice President. Mr.. Manuel Barillas.
who still occupies the executive chair
The history of the other four States has largely
been part Of that of Guatemala. or Costa fsica
If may be said that II has been less subject 10 IN
terna discussions than its neighbors, and mas
made correspondingly greater progress III t'ie
peaceful arts Nicaragua was the scene OF a
british invasion in 1871 and OF the famous fill
bustering raid OF William Walker In 1919. Much
attention has been fixed upon 1t by reason OF tne
long Tnooted project OF a ship canal across us
territory TO connect the Caribbean Sea and the
Atlantic with the Pacific Ocean. Honduras and
Salvador have had their share OF dissensions ana
revolutions but there Is how strong tendency In
them toward a more stable and equitable system
OF government.
Some details concerning the size and resources
of the States may be briefly stated Costa Rica
| the Rich Coast-has an area of 230cO square
miles less than half that Of New-York State. and
population OF 245.OOO-less than that OF the
| District of Columbia Its capital San Jose, has
10000 inhabitants. 1t has an excellent school
system l61 miles Of railroads and SOO miles or
telegraph lines The soil is one or the most fertile
In the world, and is capable of producing almost
ANYTHING Coffee and bananas are the principal
! crops though corn. wheat and sugar are largely
| grown The forests abound in valuable timber
| and the mountains in precious and useful metals
| Hides rubber and mother-of-pcarl are important
| articles Of export. Guatemala has an area OF
| 63,397 square miles nearly as large as New York
| with Vermont and New Jersey added. and pop
ulation Of 1475,00O or about that OF New-Jersey
| It's products, etc, are similar TO those or Costa
| Rica Cacao Of superior quality figures largely
among them. The capital city, Guatemala la
| Nueva has &c, 600 inhabitants and all the mod
ern improvements" Honduras-"The Depths"
because Of the deep water along the coast-has an
| area of AZ 900 square miles-a little less than
! New-York State-and population OF about 33J-
| 600 about the same that OF Vermont. There Is
! q vast variety Of soil and climate. and. conse-
| quent!y. Of products. Leading products are ba-
| nanas coffee cocoanuts. sarsaparilla, lumber and
| dyewoods and hides. Nicaragua-"the Waters OF
! Nicaro" the latter an aboriginal cacique-has an
area of 40 800 square miles. or about that or New
| York and Delaware united, but its population is
| only $4,000, or less than that OF Vermont Its
products and resources differ little from those or
| its neighbors. II has short railroad line. but a
| considerable telegraph and telephone system. Its
supreme Importance lies in the fact that offers,
! by way Of the San Juan River and Lake Nicara-
! qua the most available route for a transsthmian
canal Salvador Is the smallest but most densely
populated of the States Its area is loo square
miles or less than that Of New-Jersey. and its
inhabitants number 10000. or more than those
of Connecticut. 1t has only few miles OF rail-
road, but particularly complete telegraph, tele-
phone and postal service. Education Is well ad-
vanced. Products resemble those Of the other
States though more attention s paid TO mining
than elsewhere. The whole Republic OF Central
America when formed. win therefore have an
area Of 100 - square miles or more than that OF
all New-Eng ID, Eew-Yoris, NewJersey, Penn
| sylvania Delaware and West Virginia. and a
population Of 315O000. or more than half that OF
New-York State