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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31

of oil barrels. Two men were badly
injured.
The Adams Express company build
ings nearby were threatened, but hard
work by the firemen saved these struc-
fureS
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Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Dec Market
steady. Creameries, S7QS6c; diaries. Esq
SOC.
EGGSMarket steady. Receipts 1,3T0
cases at mark, cases included, 241zQ2S1zc;
firsts, 32c: prime firsts, CSC.
sCHEESElMarket strong. Daisies, 163zQ
Tic: Twins, 1914 @161sc; Young Americas,
1615c; Long Horns, 161zc.
POTATOES-Market steady. Choice to
fancy, 45Q4Sc; fair to good. 40@43c.
POULTRY-Market steady. Turkeys,
Tic; chickens, lac; springs, 14c.
VEAL-Market steady. so to go Id. WITS,
S@9c; 60 to IS h. WITS, 9@10c; IS to no Id.
WITS, 10G11c.
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ern, ss75a5. $50: yearlings, ss5OaI:7o; lambs.
hf pHfy MoVGM Esg1eT Of PR9DUcE
WHEAT-Receipts. 14,4o0 bushels; ship
CoRN-Receipts, 2ss, 200 bushels; ship
ments, 1856, 400 bushels.
Car lot receipts: Wheat 10 cars, with
contract grade: oats 119 cars.
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago, MINI
Compared Compare Wv With 81 cars last week and
holiday the corresponding day year ago.
Topeka Market.
co yards Close ans at noon
cannot use pigs. thin sows or hogs
boe nes e lPs w pH fGa
as we cannot use half fat stuff. We give
below prices effective at once. until FUR
Topeka, Kan, Dec. 81
MIXED AND BUTCHERS 81. 90GSo5
HEAVY ------.-------.----.--.-- SoSgs 10
fcant use thin hogs or those una eaS II
CATTLE
Grass cows good. Sc COOS IS {
Grass cows (medium) .....-........ 2.50935s [
caves gave n Sioo to 80 ibs s SOg5
Ca, Cattle must be good Cannot use thin
Market g g5lss PsIa G sGE arg E Iet cattle
FURNISHED by The Continental Creamer-X
cu,cAco CO. ac Tspe asa Kan.I
.c cRElAi2 T BUTTER-chicago. 81
NEW YORK EGGS-3103Sc.
'"h0iesAc Cop ia ia Kansas s"1 Ave.1 cope
EGGS-Fresh country, candled, 35cl' 81 |
PoULT IY;idas s. heavy ga lie; lbst4 r
81 lRs M GRarss an SH1 Y6une Tem
'GE ISHs. Full feathered, Sc.
iDUCKS-Full feathered, 1oc ~ Z
ply with the state laws.)
BUTTE ts p XII ii, stock S per lb x
By SAINT AH LUX PN M6Ol9s
Fruit and PRODUCED
pb s Gano. per bbi. s4ss: BEN baT RsF
per Dbl, $500;
Boz 4 " areanng 1eT PDa
solcam per box, $1s5; Roman Beauty, per
box 200; York Ihm nTp is. per box 500:
yOnatS hans per box. $50: Winesaps.' pei per-
. BANANAs-Med size punches. per
bunch. sso9gs go 50: Jumbo punches. per
CALIFORNIA oRANGES-Per box. $3.o0
ARIZONA oRANGEsPer box. $3.50
cATAWBA GRAPES basket. 1sc;
FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIr-Per box.
:. WISCONSIN cRANBERRIEs-Per bbl..
CALIFORNIA LEMONS-Per box. $3.50
PEARS-Per box. $500.
HALLOWI DATES-Per h., SIC
PACKAGE FIGS12 carton box. Toe.
NEW HONEY-Per crate, $3S5.
PINEAPPLES-Per crate, 81 25@4.5O.
per dozen. 75c.
HICKORY NuTs.Per bushel. s2a..
HOLLAND CABBAGE+Per h., Grated,
CAULIFLowER-Per crate, $500. a
HOT HOUSE LETTUCE - Per. do.
punches. 45c; per h.. Zoe.
$500. 90 -oN'1> ~-.' sA. I
TURNIPs-Per husnel. &C.,
BEETS-Per bushel. 60c. ~
CARROTS-Per bushel 75c ~
SPANISH ONIONS-Per crate, mn
RED GLOBE ONIONS-Per lb, 2cJ
SWEET POTATOEsPer bushel, agc
TABLE OTATOES-Minnesota Rufals,
bushel zoe: Kaw Valley E. o. potatoes.
CELERY-Mammoth. per bunch, 600.
Jumbo. per bunch. &c: Blue Ribbon.Sper
oYsTERs-New York Counts. per .eans
soc: New York Extra Selects. per can.
46c; New York Plain. per can. 40c: Ches-
ape ef4k StandaTds; per can. 8c.
Selects; $50: Extra Selects. 500: Ne,t
CHEEsE-Y. A.. cheese. per h., 1scf
L Lin b. ;ac I Rer ID 1sc; Wis Yellow
per lb GO lbs.). isllc; white Datsy aiS 5sfe
1bs.), per lb., 19c; Domestic StyIe sU;ss f5T
to 30 lbs.). per h.. Zoe. =,
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New York sugar and Coffee.

New York Dec. 31.-SUGAR-Raw,
quiet Muscovada. SO test. s3.S2; centrifu-
gal, Sc test, $500; molasses sugar, SO test,
S3s7 Refined, quiet; crushed, $5.65; gran
ulated, $495; powdered. SOS.
COFFEE-Spot steady; No. Rio, $50
11-16c: No. Santos, SC.
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New York, Dec. I-COTTON-Spot
closed quiet, points lower; middling up
lands, SIG. 10; middling gulf, 1855. Sales.
3OS bales.
Galveston, Tex, Dec. 31.-COTTON-
Market higher. Is Lice
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New YORK Produce Market.


New York, Dec 31.-BUTTER-Marke
steady.
CHEESE-Market firm. October best,
161zc; ditto, late made best. 151zc; ditto,
common to good. 13@1514c; skins. full to
special, 5@141Ac.
EGGS-Market firm.
POULTRY-Alive firm; western chick
ems, 15c; fowls, 151sc; turkeys, 15@20c.
Dressed dull; western chickens, 16Q22c;
fowls, 12@17c; turkeys, 22Q24c.
Kansas City Live Stock sales.
1.-THE following sales were made this
morning at the Stock Yards. Kansas
City, and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal by
Clay, Robinson & Co., live stock commits
sion merchants. with offices at all mar
kets.]
Kansas City Dec. 31.-CATTLE@Re-
ceipts LOCO head. Market steady.
HOGS+Receipts 1900 head. Market &c
to 10c lower. Bulk of sales, ss50dS. 40; top,
s.. 10.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900 head Market
o,ly to
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Range of Prices on Stocks.

FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions,
Office ITO West Sixth ST. Phone 4S6.
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Kansas City, Dec. 81.
Open High Low Close Yes
Market GOSSip.

II uInIS1ltu Dy j. Il. S1dil, OOrIlIi tlSSIOiIS'
Grains Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth St. Phone 1851
Liverpool cables: Opening-Wheat I'D
higher; corn 1sd higher.
Second cable: Wheat asQSsd higher;
corn I'D higher.
Chicago car lots today: Wheat TO- corn
100, oats 49,
Kansas City car lots today: Wheat LAG.
&C IN As, oats 4.
Northwest car lots today 405, last year
II
Closing cables: Wheat A@lsd higher;
corn unchanged.
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Chicago, Dec. 3.
Open High Low Close Ye
Kansas City Grain Mari

Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions,
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office 10 West Sixth St. Phone 1851
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FURNISHED by J. E. Gall. Commissions,
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth ST. Phone 4S6.l
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Topeka Market.

Furnished by the Chas. Woln Packing
Co., yards close at noon Saturday. We
cannot use pigs. thin sows or hogs
weighing less than 40 lbs Do not mar
ket hogs Unless same are well finished,
as we cannot use half fat stuff. We give
below prices effective at once. until fur
ther notice.1
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wHEAT-No. 2. 500. ~
CORN-5Sc.
oATS-7S940e
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-12-11

$500 to $500
See the newest in wooden doors, Rock.
ford stuff-makers of the SWEETEST line Of
Bullets made Yes, we have the glass
doors too.
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-12-11

10 feet most anyhas 10 b fouad up date Funu,
see& Bed Spshga Davsapests Paes Sts Ceuehss Reuan
Chah Paser Table, Library Tabss Psdsa Tabessetss W.,h
Saa Ce9aed Mess, MassrsssA-Ask b ~ or e,,,hr,A
Cel1a Fek Mathes
Hal Rae Hal Mssss Besk Casa CHA Cessas ss3e Beard
The Monte Vista journal., 1909-12-11

gifts. 1t is useful, lasting and reasonal
What could be more appropriate than a
for the wife; Morris Chair for the hus-
band; Music Cabinet for the daughter;
Desk for the boy; big Turkish Rocker
for the old folks; small Rocker for the
little ones.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
SAYS HE GOT THIEF.
Secretary of Publishing Firm
IN Fight Under SubzCay.

Curtis ?. Brady, secretary OF the :
:. Mcclure Company, publishers. after
a fight in the connecting passage under
the 96th street station Of the subway.
yesterday afternoon. captured a youth
he said had picked his pocket.
Mr Brady was on a northbound
Broadway express. and the train had
Just left the T2d street station when he
felt a hand in his overcoat pocket. He
grabbed the hand. but Immediately let
90. as he had satisfied himself as 20 the
identity Of the thief He, however, felt
m his pocket and found that seventeen
subway tickets had been taken.
When the train drew into the g-ith
street station Mr.. Brady followed the
boy he thought was the pickpocket TO
the platform and thence into the pas
sage that connects the island platforms.
There he collared the youth. who imme-
diately gave night. other passengers
gave the alarm. and a special officer OF
the InterbOrough ran from one Of the
platforms and subdued the youth The
prisoner said he was Morris weinstein.
a clerk. a search did not bring the
missing tickets 10 light. Magistrate
Kernochan. in the West Side Court. held
him In $1,000 bail
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
SHOT BEFORE CROUD.
accused Nan BarTICades
House and Takes TO Roofs.

George Sloane. OF No. 53O6 Second ave
nue.. Brooklyn. was shot in the side last
night By his brother-in-Iaw. Christopher
the police say After the shooting
which was done in Fifth avenue. Brook
lvu, Miles barricaded the doors of his
home and escaped over the roofs while
the reserves OF the Fourth avenue sta
tion We're breaking their way into the
house. a general alarm for his capture
has been sent out. sloane was taken 70
the Norwegian Hospital
About two years ago Agnes Miles sis
ter Of Christopher. and Sloane were mar
ried but they had separated recently.
and the girl had returned TO live with
her brother. sloane called upoz her oc-
CasionalIy. and won't 70 see Ser last
night. He met Chris roher Miles at the
door. and blows were struck sloane
walked away from the house 70 the
corner OF Fifth avenue and 4sth street.
where he met his brother James. While
they stood talking Miles came I'D and
grappled with George Sloane. A scuffie
followed. and then. according 70 the
story Of witnesses. Miles pulled a re-
voIver and shot sloane in the side.
The injured man tried % rise. and
Miles fired three more shots at him. none
or which took effect The streets were
fIIed with Christmas shoppers. who sour
RED out of the way while the shooting
was going on. As some of the more dar-
ing shoppers approached Miles pointed
his revolver at them and lied 10 his
house Hc disappeared when the police
came
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
CHILD BEGGAR HELD
ASKED ALUS OF MR.
ROCKEFELLER.
Little UOrc6Strr Girl Sent
Here for Money TO
Educate -Four.

Begging from John n Rockefeller IS a
crime. according 20 the law as il is in
terpreted by the police OF the East 51st
street station, Lillian Bayagian. OF
Worcester. Mass. having been arrested
last night on that charge. As the girl is
only twelve years old. she spent the
night az the rooms OF the ChiIdren's So
ciety and Will be arraigued in the Chill
dren's Court on Monday.
Nicholas Stanton. butler at Mr. Rookie
feller's house. No. West 54th street
brought the girl 70 the station early last
evening He said that she had rrng the
bell and when he answered IL asked n
Mr. Rockefeller was at home When told
that he was out Of the city she said that
she had come from Worcester TO ask him
for money 10 buy Christmas presents.
stanton told her 70 wait He got his
overcoat and took her 20 the station.
She told Lieutenant McAnif that she
left her home az O'Clock yesterday
morning. sent by her father 70 ask aims
OF Mr Rockefeller She added that she
was hungry and had had nothing 70 eat
since she left home. The Lieutenant sent
out for coffee and cakes, and then told
her that she must STAY in custody until
Monday. The little girl then began u
CRY and said that she hal conceived the
idea OF coming 70 New York herself. She
was shabbily dressed. with worn low
shoes, red dress and A faded brown
coat.
The girl was taken later 20 the Chill
dren's Society's quarters. where she re-
peated the story that her father had sent
her 70 New York 10 beg She said that
he was street sweeper and that the
family, which consists Of her parents.
twO sisters and a brother. was very poor.
Her parents are Arrlenians. she said al
though she herself was born in Italy.
She showed considerable knowledge of
Worcester. and the agents OF the society
believe that she spoke the truth when
she said that her home was in that city.
At the police station she had shown a
knOtted handkerchief. which she said
contained a quarter. all the money she
had. Al the rooms OF the society IL was
found that she also had s. gold piece
on her person. enough 20 buy a ticket
back 20 Worcester She was examined
closely. but was stubborn and made few
replies. especially after she was told
that she would have % spend her Christ
mas under lock and key.
A dispatch from Worcester last night
said the child was sent here by her
father 10 beg money from Mr.. Rookie
feller 20 educate his four children. The
parents. who came 20 this country two
wears ago. cannot speak English. They
are in poor circumstances The girJ
under arrest is the youngest of the four
children.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
NO RETR4CTION.
ZelGya Still Held Responsible
for Executions.

Washing gton. Dec. 24.-While the news
or Zelava's flight from Managua was -
ceived with the Hveliest interest in Cen
tral American diplomatic circles to-nighf.
there was an Ominous lack OF interest IN
both the state and Navy Departments
The officials merely smiled blandly and
refused 70 talk. excusing their reticencs
by the fact that this was the Christmas
tide
In view of the note of Secretary Knox
70 the Nicaraguan government. an orr
cial pointed out tonight. there will -
no retraction by this government Of its
demand that Zelaya be caught and held
personally responsible for the execution
Of CfroCe and Cannon.
Members Of the Central American COL
onv here say that Zelaya has been ex-
plotting the country for the lsst sixteen
years, until now his private fortune car-
not well be calculated. His financial in
terests. ~ was said. offered the only rea-
son why he had not deserted the country
long before.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
RED CROSS CITES lid.
R6lI6JIHg Distress at Bluefelds
-4meriCaH Surgeons Help.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau 7

Washington, Dec. 24-The splendid
work which Is being done 10 relieve the
sick and wounded soldiers Of the Ze-
layan army by the United States ships
is described in modest terms in a dis
patch from captain Shipley Of the Dcs
Moines % the Secretary OF the Navy
From unofficial sources the contents OF
the dispatch are confirmed and in more
glowins terms captain shIpley says.
splendid work is being accomplished by
OiIr hospital service on shore. Seventy-fiva
seriously wounded men We're treated Iasr
night Major operations 20 be undertaken
to-day. - far a hundred and ATTY wound
ed have arrived. Hospital facilities asS,t--
adequate care for the present. Nearly one
thousand men killed. and the number may
total more i witnessed the arrival OF prfs-
ouers whose condition was pitiahle They
We're lame and near starvation. Many we're
boys eleven to Twelve years old. some
women and small children were among the
prisoners.
There are not enough food supplies IN
Eh~delds % supply the reVOlutioniStS anc
prisoners Apparently there are NJ -
sources for supplying prisoners. The sitaa-
occur. Prisoners are az large in the tovVr
but are harmless. i am insisting thev sher
be segregated az the blum or elsewhere
away from the town I urge staple sun
plies be sent here in sufficient quantities A.
feed the thousand prisoners for a period
of thirty-fve DAYS. for the sake Of hu-
manity- The Prairie at Colon is avalabl.
20 bring stores II viii order her 10 Nstr
there pending reply The Leonidas Is also
available here.
This telegram was preceded by On.
from United States Consul Monat. AZ
Bluehelds. which indicated that A des-
perate situation existed among the
prisoners. which called for Immediate
action. To this Acting Secretary Win
throp replied by sending the foIIowfrs
dispatch 20 Captain Shipley:
Monat cables surrendered Nicaraxua.,
army al Bluerelds is starving You .re ~
thOrized % furnish Mofrat Al Ms ~.r,,..,
such supplies as YOU do not immedisfslS
require. Aeephs an accurate list of ths
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
SEE TENUS'S CHARMS.
Brilliant Queen of the Hearers
TiNble an Wid-AftFrnOOH.

The traffic policemen were unable 70
find out who IL was that first looked up
into the heavens yesterday afternoon az
Fifth avenue and 23d street. but twenty
others followed suit. then half a hundred
more and finally about three thousand
persons clogged the sidewalks all the
way from 26th street 70 the F1atircn
Building All sorts OF rumors about
Wallace E Tillinghast. the Worcester
aviator. iOated about.
IT see IL. TOO" yelled one man in the
centre OF Madison Square. and ten
others sighted along his outstretched
arm 20 see what "itH was
1T" was Venus, rising we'll I'D in the
heavens and plainly visible about 3
O'Clock in the afternoon.
Professor Harold Jacoby Of Columbia
University said there was nothing par
ticularly unusual about Venus being Wis
able in the daytime, as this is one Of the
periods Of its greatest brilliancy.
What a pity Captain August Wedel
Loose Is not here with his wash basin
and azimuth." murmursd an innocent
bvstauder
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
WROTE OU'N EPITAPH
Mss Ella Mooney L6aUes
Fund to hid .4rtiStS.

Poughkeepsie. y Z. Dec. 2+-The viii
OF Miss Ella Mooney. Of Red Hook,
N T.. daughter OF Edward Mooney. an
artist. who died some years ago. was
filed for probate to-day. The estate is
estimated at S1OOOO0. and among the
bequests Is one OF $4,000 % the Ma
tionaI Academy OF Design in New York.
70 be used 20 enable pupils 70 study ART
IN foreign countries. Many charitable
bequests are made.
In the viii. which IS q holOgraph. the
testatrix gives a description OF the kind
Of monument she wants erected over
her grave. and directs that her epitsph
shall be. Make Her To Pc Numbered
with the Saints in Glory Everlasting"
Miss Mooney leaves a gallery ~
sighty-twO paintings
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
BLOW Up KILLS FIVE.
Oklahoma Troops Guard To5rp
-1fter Explosion.

shawnee. Okla. Dec. 24-Five work
men are believed 20 have been killed
end seventeen others were injured to-
day BY the explosion Of a locomotive
boiler that wrecked the repair shop Of
the Rock Island Railroad
Though railway officials say that only
rvo are dead. fragments of bodies
found in the Vreckage make IL almost
certain that I've were killed. Employees
say that twenty are missing. The eX-
plosion occurred while most Of the men
were al luncheon.
Company c OF the oklahoma National
Guard is on duty by order Of Governor
Haskell 20 preserve order.
The shop yards are strewn with frag-
rnents Of flesh. The body Of Robert
Kerr was found three blocks away from
the shop Fragments OF the body OF
John Johns were gathered from roofs q
adjoining buildings. Windows all over
town were shattered.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
MIKES BARON" MAD.
Landlord Says He Has Tossed
bg Ton Schiller.

Cassius n. Wicker has no sympathy
with the tragic muse when IL comes -
being thrown over q trunk by one Of its
devotees- This happened 70 him on
THURSDAY. when Baron Frederick 10
seph won Schiller. of the Alexandra
Viarda company. is said 20 have lost his
temper Wicker promptly took his
grievance 20 Magistrate Kernochan. IN
the West Saith street court. and had his
alleged assailsnt arrested yesterday on
a charge Of assault
Wicker rented rooms in = building ~
No. lis West 49th street 70 Nine. Alex
andrs Nisrda. a Polish actress. about
two months ago. 50 that her company
might have a place 10 rehearse Die
Braut Won Messina-" What with bick-
erings between landlord and tenant and
soliloQuies or sweeping passion from
morn until night. Wicker has lived under
= constant strain for some time. Things
came 20 a crisis on Thursday. when he
and Nine. viarda had a dispute about
storeroom. During the argument Won
Schiller rushed up and struck Wicker.
50 the latter told the magistrate and
threw him over a trunk
Von Schiller was in the United States
army a few years ago. but was sen
tenced 10 three years in the military
prison on Governors Island for deser-
tion- He was released last April by or
der of President Taft. Nine. Viarda
was instrumental in getting his release.
Al the time she said she was impressed
with his talent and wanted him as a
leading man in her company. He is
twenty-seven years old. and his home
Is IN Hanover. Germany. He SAYS he is
= descendant ~ Schiller. the great Ger
man poet
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
SAVES SISTERS DOLL.
Skates. Too. GiUe Boy a
Chance to PIag Fire Hero.

The frame dwelling al No. 80 East
Nth street was completely burned out
and the top floor OF the next house was
damaged last night by a fire which
gained such headway that two alarms
we're sent in. Harold Moulter. thirteen
wears old. the son Of Robert Il. Moulter.
Ubo occupied the top floor Of No. -.
distinguished himself during the fre by
rushing 10 the burning top floor and
rescuinz his skates and sled and his sis
,er,s doll from a bedroom which was
nsrtlv IN flames. The FIRE. which was
caused BY an overheated furnace in the
cellar Of 40. s.. did damage Of about
5000
The fre vas discovered by Frank
DerenherRer. the occupant 0f No. a.
,,.5 his family. who were warned by
snoke coming through the house from
IN. cellar. They got out In safety. The
.rst alarm was sent in by young Moul-
- who saw the flames IN the cellar as
he Was going into his own house.
v-hen the nremen arrived the flames
hsd spread from the cellar up through
S,,mbwaiter shaft. which the ten
IS ~ both buildings use in common
m. sre looked bad. and a second alarm
- sent IN. shortly after the arrival
- ,he battalion chief the reserves from
"a. fremont station arrived and kept
-, = large crowd of spectators.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-25
ZELAYA FLEES TO
CORINTO BY NIGHT
STRONGLY GUARDED
By FRIENDS.
Does Not Embark on Me,rcan
GHHboat-The Journey
from MaHagud. Z

Corinto. Dec 24-JOsS Santos Zslsya-
who three days ago relinquishsd the,
Presidency OF Nicaragua 70 Dr. jose
Madriz-the same day his army was de-
feated by the revolutiOnists at Rama
has fed from the capital and tonight 10
IN COrintO. He did not attempt % board,
the Mexican sunboat. General Guerrero.
which lies in the harbor. but remained
here. surrounded by his bodyguarc and
a few faithful friends.
Zelaya departed from Msnagus under
cover OF darkness. escorted By nifty
members OF his guard OF honor and a
squad Of artlllerymen with a Maxim
sun. At 3 o'clock this morning the
party quietly left the former Presidents
home. and half an hour later went on
board a small steamer. which sailed I'm
mediately for Momotomho. on Lake
Managua. At the same time a special
train. with a small number OF friends
aad a newspaper correspondent on
board drew out OF Managua. also bound
for Momotombo.
At . O'Clock this morning the steamer
met the train, AZ Momotoubo. and Ze-
lava. with his guard and the Maxim
sun. promptly boarded a special car
which had been attached % the train At
Managua. The train departed irnm4di
ately for Zelaya's plantation AT Dia-
maute. where the party took breakfast
The party comprised about one hundred
or Zelaya's most intimate friends. among
them Joaquin PssOs Louis Cossin. his
two sons. Horatio and Alfonso. his prt-
vste secretary and James Hall. the
American partner Of Zelaya in Mic
araguan gold mines.
After breakfast Zelays and hts party
again boarded the train and proceeded
20 CCrinto where they arrived this sf-
ternoon. The trip was made without spe-
ciaI incident. There were no dsmonstrs-
tions along the line. the population gen
erally being unaware OF the identity %
the passengers on the special train. All
the members OF the party. including Ze-
lava. were heavily armed. Zelaya ap-
psared calm and cheerful
At Chinandega a report was brous,,r
70 Zelaya on the train thar the United
states gunboat Princeton had left Cor
into to take I'D her position in the Gulf
of FOnseca.
san Juan del Sur. Nicaragua. Dec. "a
The United States zunhOat Princston
arrived here TO-DAY from Corinto.
In a dispatch from Corinto the Prince
ton was reported as having gone 20 the
Gulf OF Fonseca. No explanation has
been offered Of her presence ar this
place