The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-24
REYES PUSHING REVOLUTION.
American Residents of Nicaragua
Given Chance 20 Leave.

Given Chance TO Leave.
New Orleans Feb, "a Buehelds' Me.
letter 10 the Picayune dated Feb. 16. which
arrived tonight says
on Feb. 10, Gen. Reyes was, by the army
and the citizens Of Rama declared provis-
lonal president of the republic. The steam
ship Condor for New Orleans. when she
left here. towcd schooner loaded with
troops TO Cape Gracias to take possession
of that point as they expected TO find $780,
900 to $4,000 there.
Troops have been sent from Rama to the
interior. Among them are about thirty
white men, mostly Americans, commanded
by Col. Ausburn formerly one of Roose-
velts Rough Riders, who went from here
and Joined Roosevelt at Tampa served
through the Cuban campaign. was In the
famous charge at El Caney was muster
ed In here and has Joined Reyes forces
and leads the Rama moningent.
When Gen Reyes arrived at Greytown
he sent two boats with seven men ashore
10 send out boats TO land his men one
of the boats was broken up running
through the breakers. However. the men
got ashore all right, took the town. put
the governor of the town in jail, and came
out on the beach and made signals TO
Reyes that everything was all right. How
ever mistaking The signals he returned to
Bluefields, and next morning the seven
men, finding themselves left alone, took
to the brush.
The insurgent man-of-war San Jacinto.
Capt SmondS, went to Greytown and
found the men and brought them back.
Reyes, at Rama, gave a generals COM
mission to Louis Mena, a prominent rev.
olutionists, who has had price OF IS 900
sol IN ~ "A
who had returned when he heard of this
uprising, coming overland from Costa
Rlca, an almost impossible undertaking,
He was made commander of the army of
Invasion from Rama.
Reyes then returned here and made his
headquarters at the bluff
On Monday her British majesty's ship
Intrepid Capt. Burr. arrived here Ln the
morning. and the captain came ashore at
5 p. m.
To-day the American ship arrived, and
the captain has just come ashore.
The English Captain Burr, while ashore,
wanted to take the men who had put
themselves under the protection Of the
American consul to Greytown, but Gen,
Reyes refused to let them 60
Notices to this effect were put UP By
American, English and Norwegian consuls
on Feb. Q:
All citizens or the Unlte0 states OF
America are hereby warned not TO take
part in the present political troubles ex.
isting here, and to observe a strict neutral
Itg.
These notices were signed by M. j: Clan-
cy United States consular agent; j. A
Belanger Her British Majesty's consul
and ]. A. Peters consul for Norway and
Sweden.
on Feb. 13 they posted the following no
tiee;
Notice Is hereby given to all citizens
of the United States of America IN Blue
fields and vicinity that III. B. NJ. cruiser
Intrepid, commanded by Capt. j. L. Burr,
viii convey any Americans or such por-
tions of their families they may desire so
put on board, and land them free of charge
at any port within a reasonable distance
from Bluenelds. NJ. j. Clancey."
All the consuls posted notices to the
same effect.
However, as far as could learn, no one
took advantage of the offer. The Intrepid
sailed yesterday from Greytown.