Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-30
ADvicEs FROM NICARAGUA ARE
TO THE EFFECT THAT pREsl.'
DENT WILL RETIRE; AMERICAN
CONSUL THREATENED.
INSTRUMENTATION
AS TO EXECUTION
STATE DEPARTMENT. LEARNs
THAT MEN WERE ACTING IN
LINE OF DUTY AND THAT
DEATH CAUSED INDIGNATION.

washington, ID. c., Nov. % The
pni.ea states consul at Managua has
oeen threatened by President. ZeIaya
ana ne mas been granted permission to
occupy the legation premises as beine
,.u,e ,,.r, secure. 1t is rumored Zelaya
Wlli retire and possibly attemnt 70
escape from the country at night Nv
ene racine coast This information is
enpodied In kilograms more or less do.
iased IN transmission received at tbe
accompaniment. All inquiries as Ia
me landing of marines on Nicarap,,an
teIrltory were met with eyasiye re.
pies, put these were such as to give
rise TO the belief that some force hns
neen put ashore to protect American
interests. 'een
included in the state department.a
lSlcaraguan advices is a more def,nita
report concerning the execution Of the
Two Americans. Members of the Pad
cross arriving from Castillo atatn
that Cannon and Groce were canturaa
alter a battle which they lost ON the
banks of the San Juan riy-er. and tbat
the captain of ship called then,
promising no harm to them. These 81.
legations We're In part confirmed hv
the Nlcaraguan press, which statef,
that the execution was for an attemnt
to blow UP the steamers.
Execution Causes Indignation.
The execution caused general ;ndi,.
nation, which was shared by Colman
the commander-in-chief and Minister
General 1rfas, who claims to have in.
terceded on the ground of humanity
Nicaraguan lawyers maintained the
execution was unlawful A Nicaraeuan
captain Is in prison for having re-
FUSED to carry out Zelaya's sentence
that the Americans be shot.
later telegram from the consul at
Bluefelds states that Cannon and
Groce respectively were lieutenant
colonel and colonel Of engineers In the
revolutionary army and both were reg
ularly enlisted under the command OF
General Chammorro.
Acting In Line Of Duty.
The highest revolutionary leaders
declare that Groce was acting in the
line of duty with an outpost OF ten
men beyond Chommorro's camps and
that Cannon with two men had been
sent beyond to survey new position
The outpost was surprised and both
officers were captured. Chammorro
afterwards learned from an officer of
Zelaya that General Toledo, whose
men captured them, refused to carry
out the orders, and took them both to
Fort Castillo instead
Legation Denies Rumors.
Washington, d. G., Nov. ga de-
nial Is made by the Nicaraguan lega-
! tion here that Zelaya is about to leave
the country. The legation claims to be
in daily communication with Managua.
1t is also denied the rebels have cap
tured Chinandega and El Viejo. The
/ legation declares the revolution is at
standstill.
4. Business Men Aid sEtrada.
New Orleans, Nov. 29.-Idberal con.
tributions to the revolutionary cause
in Nicaragua have been made by the
| business interests Of that country, ac-
cording to Consul General Susgman,
representative of Gen. Estrada at New
Orleans. The consul declared that he
had received advices stating that
ample financial support OF the insur-.
gents movement had been vouchsafed
by the large Industrial and commercial
interests of Nicaragua which had been
taxed extortionately by zelaya.
'It has not only been the large
enterprises that have felt the oppres-
sive hand of President Zelaya," the
consul declared. There have been
many instances of petty injustice and
extortion. Near Managua there is a
little lagoon to which the Indian wom-
en- have gone from time immemorable
to wash their clothes One day, with
out warning, the official proclamation
was issued stating that company had
been formed which would charge the
women comparatively large sum per
day for the privilege of using the
water