The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-19
A REVOLUTION THAT FAILED.
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bananas, and had nothing at all TO eat
during the last two days.
we found the revolution over ana the
country in the hands of the government
troops. Reyes had fiunked completely,
leaving Bluetields on a vessel twenty-four
hours before Zeiaya's forces arrived there.
Zelaya refused 10 make any terms with
the Rangers, being especially bitter against
the Americans. Nevertheless they did not
attempt to capture us. Being all exper-
fenced bushmen we simply took 10 the
bush and cut our way through to the Els
condido river, where we took the fruit
steamer Condor for New Orleans There
We're "a men in our crowd, the remnants of
three companies. Our first sergeant, Ste
phen Powers, and DR.. Chapman, second
lieutenant of my company, strayed away
from the party on the way out and were
fired upon by, the enemy. Powers was killed
and DR.. Chapman had an arm broken. He
succeeded in rejoining us, but afterwards
left us in company with two negroes. He
is probably dead by this time Chapman
was from Mississippi"
The incident of the revolution which next
to Gen. Reyes cowardice, rankles most in
the breast of Mr.. Cutting, is The surrender
of the government tug San Jacinto, which
had been taken possession of by the revo-
lutionists. The incident was given in the
practically as Mr.. Cutting narrates it. APP
parently it was piece of arrant coward
ice or treachery of the worst kind. One rea-
son why Mr.. Cutting feels sore about the
matter is that the tug was commanded by
an American.
The San Jacinto was a government tug,
he said, and, of course, was controlled
by Gen. Reyes as the commander of the
department. Oliver Simmons, an expert pi-
lot and very reliable man in every way
as we thought was put in charge as cap
tain. The tug was armed with a rapid
tre Hotchkiss gun, two or 2la FOUNDER
l think. About half way between Blue
nelds and Greytown the San Jacinto met
the Honduran government boat, the Ia
tumbia, the Hondurans being in sympathy
with Zelaya. The San Jacinto fired one
shot which passed between the pilot house
and the smokestack of the Tatumbla and
Tell about 70 yards beyond. The Tatumbla
fired 10 or 20 shots, all of which fell about
80 yards short. 1t was plain that the Sar.
Jaclnto could remain at a safe distance and
disable her enemy. Instead of doing that
she steamed away and later returned and
surrendered. The loss of the tug simply
gave the enemy the control of the coast"
Mr. cutting has large interest in some
mining claims near Bluefields and he
hopes to be able TO make his peace with
the Aeiaya government and return to Mic
aragua.
Inc mineral region of Nicaragua is
the finest in the world, said Mr.. Cutting
l wouldn't swap 1t for South Africa. In
South Africa the quartz pans out about
"a TO $3.50 per ton, while in Nicaragua ii
yields So per ton. The country is very
rich in agricultural resources, but no at
tention is paid to their development The
exporting of bananas has been the princi-
pal business at Bluehelds, but this is on
the decline, because the natives will not
cultivate their plantations as is done in
Jamica, and the plantations are being ex-
hausted. Considerable rubber is brought
to Bluefelds, and there is a great opening
there for the cultivation of rubber. Had
the revolution been successmul, the Amer
lean residents would have had sufficient
influence with the new government TO in
sure a settled order of things This would
have resulted in the bringing in of capital
and the rapid development of the country,
which is the richest in natural resources
of any have ever seen. The climate in
the mining regions is something like the
weather we are having here now, and is
very pleasant, except that there is rain
about nine months in the year"
Mr.. Cutting will remain in the city dav
or two, after which he will go to Bruins
wick, where he has friends, among them
being Mr.. Churchill, the heading cotton
exporter of that port