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NICARAGUA NEWS.
President Zeaya Reviews Leading Acts O

President Zelaya Reviews Leading Acts Of
His Administration.
| Correspondence Of The Associated Press
Managua, Nicaragua, August 1.-The con
gress of Nicaragua opened today as a con
stitution revising convention. Later, it will
resume its operations as law making con
gress The proceedings to-day were opened
by an address In person by President Zelaya
! In which he reviewed the acts of his admin
| istratlon during the last fiscal year.
lie assured congress that Nicaragua was
enjoying peace among party factions at
home and with foreign countries and that
the republic was prospecting. He declared
| that not sign was visible Of any revoltl-
| tlonary movement or other conspiracy. The
president also said that the financial condi-
zion Of Nicaragua had greatly bettered and
that the national income from imports, ex-
ports. taxes, etc, were within about $1O1,-
sol OF paying the expenses OF the govern
m me Z. during the year. He pointed out that
diture If 1t had not been for the 1924, 400
(pesos) expended in crushing the revolution
agalnst, t tae government commenced In Feb
h Fly o 1s eeSt {s e neF ocaa of eSeo tax
on coffee was sufficient to May, 1900, on the
coffee crop Of 1S901900, to enable the gov
eminent TO anticipate and get a discount
gua's old railroad bonds-f27o,50O due on
July 81, 1900-and In addition reduce that
debt f273,6O0 sterlIn
President zelaya declared that the rela-
States, or the grand republic as he term
and cordial. He told how the long existing
and dangerous boundary dispute between
factorlly and finally settled, he asserted,
by an assurance Of peace between the Cen
trail American states.
The executive also referred to the with
drawal OF the Cardenas Menocal Canal con-
cesslon of 1887 from the Maritime Canal
company, and the annulment Of that conces-
sion, and announced that Messrs Eyer and
Cragin had notified him that they had or
bearing the name Of THE Interoceanic ca
nal Company under the laws of the State
of New Jersey
In every part the address was clear and
able exposition of state matters and the va
rions points were strongly expressed.
The Liberal In It's issue of July %, said
that yellow fever had appeared in the city
Of Leon. and that ~ to that time had
cipal streets. in the center Of that city are
paved with fragments of rock and rounded
stones. between which accumulate and de-
compose various KINDS Of filth favoring the
spread OF malarial diseases.
Some kind Of dangerous epidemic is caus-
ing the death of rats and pigs in Managua.
Hundreds of these animals are found life
less in the streets and vacant lots The
luIuDeT VI pigs tnaC nave uleu from the un-
known malady is very large. Nearly every
family in the city annually raises from one
to seven hogs for the purpose of securing
supply of lard and for selling the. meat. The
rats are also very numerous, finding in the
many adobe houses hiding places In the
roofs where they live and grow fat The
sanitary commission is trying to prevent
the outbreak Of possible epidemic among
the population.
Gold is quoted at 100 per cent premium
for Nicaraguan paper currency.