Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-26
EXTREME CRuEL|TIEs PRACTIGEO
Nicaragua Troops said to Have Loot
ed Towna and Outraged Women
President Bonllla Reported as Hav.
ing Escaped and Reorsanlzlne His
Army.
Try Associated press.,


Senior Corea, tho Nicarguan minister,
tonight received Il dispatch from Pres
ident Ielaya Of Nicaragua, annolinc-
ing the capture md occupation OF
Tcgucignlpa, the capital Of Honduras
President Bonilla Of Honduras. hns
rcorganiacd his army and intends tn
make Il prolonged resistance TO tho
NicaraSuan forces. This news reached
The State Department late today from
Phillip X. Brown, Secretary to the
American Mission to Honduras md
Guatemala who Is now at Tegucigal.
pa
Great Victory for Nlcaraguans.
MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, Mar 25.
"A few details of the capture of tho
tInnduran- Snlvaiorinn position ut
Cholutecu by the Nicnrnguan forces
lave been received. The Nlcnraguiins
captured 1900 rifles, n large amount
Of ammunition and quantities of field
equipment. The Hondurans and Sal
vadOrlpns had 900 men killed and
NJ iut an equal number wounded,
Some Of the Nicnragunn wounded
who were captured before Bonilln fled
are reported 10 have been hanged and
their bodies Gnrbnriously mutiluted,
f. president HelDya-. hps slsSNel ord ers
TO tho Nicarasuan3 fofcss
lwnnnded prisoners- fire to Je-es I'D I
Wild proper care. liss q
Nioaraeuan5 Sacked San Marcou.
PEuRTO CORTI:H, HONDURAS,
Mar 2l, via New Orleans, March 25.
ccs, Honduras. under pi.iful circum-
stances, an account Of the fresh re-
volt in the interior Of Honduras and
information OF the considerable fipan-
cial losses to American interests be-
clusn of the war have been received
here.
Tho sacking Of San Marcos was re.
lated by General Cnramo. of the Hon
duran army. whom Nlcaragllun dis
patches said mad been killed at San
Marcos on February 6. General Car
amo was concealed for several days
after his defeat at San Marcos, and
finally gained the Honduran lines. IIo
then gave an account Of the outragos
porpctrhtcl OH tho women and de-
fcneelcss citizens of the captured
town, which he said was looted and
sacked by the soldiers of Nicaragua,
Details Of his story have not reached
here
The revolt reported here occurred
at Camayueus Honduras, where yes
terdav, March 20, 500 men captured
the Paznda forco Of 600 mon which
was sent from San Pedro to suppress
( this revolt and orders were given for
II EcdY Of Indian allies to join the six
hundred on the way to Camaygua
American Intercsts Suffer.
The principal losses TO Americans
have occurred in the banana Indus
try. Tho reports of tho Honduras In.
terorcan railroad which transports
the greater part of the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
output from the interior to the sea-
board, say that the shipments Of ba,
nanas has already fallen off to about
one quarter it's usual output.
The American gunboat Marietta is
said TO have done good work In the
interest of American shipping at Tru-
iillo. the first Honduran port captur-
cd By Nicaraguans. Upon arrival here
On March 10, the Marietta reported
That the Nicaraguans made an attempt
To molcst small vessels at Trujillo
which were the property Of Ameri-
cans, but that they desistcd on receiy-
ing warming from Captain Fullam, OF
the Marietta.
Some !ionduran Victories.
Reports of the fighting telegraphed
10 Puerto Cortez do not paint the stu
ation as bad for the armies of Hon-
duras and Salvador as do the Nicara-
guam kilograms.
column of Honduran soldiers un-
der General Chomorro has slipped past
the Nicarasuan lines. and is marching
into tho interior of Nicaragua, raising
a revolt against Zelaya.
An official report reaches here that
en- March II, this column captured
Totomalpa Nicaragua.
Savannah h.er,hant E.iIs