Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-01

II.
Lees and Dolan came down together
Lees because he saw chance under a
new government of working out min
ing claim, and Dclan. ex-cowboy and
eX-snilor because nothing better was
engaging his attention at the time. Lees
anG Dolan became separated during the
fight. Dolan attaching himself to
craven with whom he stayed through
thick and thin. while Lees fell in with
natives, firing his rife with an accuracy
taught him years ago at the University
of Alabama, at which school he was
captain of his company of cadets
CONRAD AND FOWLER.
Conrad and Fowler are two OF the
most soldierly figures who joined the
Estrada forces. Both had been fighting
In the Philippines, and went into the
brush without Illusions. Both were in
charge OF quick firers, and. according
TO Gen Chamorro, handled them with
skill which went far In attaining VIC
tory. In this connection it may be
stated that, according to Dr. Pugh,
surgeon Of the United States steam
ship Des Moines. practically every
wound dressed In the American hos
pital among the first batch of Zelayan
wounded brought here was due to
automatic gun fire.
Conrad. however. had another dis
tnction, and a better one. for ii was
he who acted as Gen Chamorro's S mes
seneer to Gen. Mena, who is admitted
everywhere to have turned impending
defeat into victory for the PROFESSIONALS
UNDECISIvE FIGHTING
As has been cabled, and as is now
! conceded by Estrada. Chamorro For
nes-Diaz, Matuty and others. the fight
| ing of Dec. 20 and 81 had been unde-
| clsive. The Zelayans had been driven
| into their main entrenchments at Re
| creo. on the Rio Mico. where the
resistance was of q desperation scarce
| ly justified by their cause. as viewed
| on the east coast. However they were
| battling In self-defense. which prob
ably explains that Mena, known other
wise as Montana Tgre" (MountaIn
Lion), with 600 men. had been sert
| from point down the Rama river to
| cut off retreat to the west.
| AS planned on the first day he cap
| tured Tatumbla hill and the telegraph
station there. On the next day of the
| battle, however, he encountered roads,
or the lack of them, which had not
| been counted on. His arrival In the
rear of Recreo. therefore. was delayed
| and the other generals. outnumbered,
! were merely able to hold their own
Find Mena and tell him VIC are beat
| en- unless he can get here within two
| hours He can't be more than a mile
| or two liz the bush now" said Gen.
| Chamorro to Conrad.
| IN Some way Conrad forced his way
| through the jungle with Its bogs and
| tough interlaced vines and trees. His
message threw Mena and his men into
| frenzy of energy. Brush which had
| been deemed necessary for the machet-
| eros to cut was ignored-the men sim
| ply swarrned over them. Not even
waist deep bogs halted them. They were
nearly exhausted and pcrspfring from
| every pore when the sight of Recreo
| lent them fresh energy. They gave vent
to their viva Estrada" and swept up
the hills and from the thicket came the
| answering cry of the other companies
This assault quickly brought the battle
to close. Finding themselves sur
| rounded. Gonzales and his men sur
| rendered.
Chamorro left the boat at Bluefields
| today with his arm about Conrads s
broad shoulders and later told the
\ story.
Or. PUGH CHALLENGED.
Surgeon Pugh of the Des Moincs. was
also in the limelight for a short period
| yesterday, having been challenged to
a duel by a local Spanish physician.
| The Spaniard who had been celebrating
| the victory rather freely passed the
| guard on duty at the hospital and be-
gan conversng with patients whom DR.
| Pugh desired to remain undisturbed.
| Pugh did not know the Wis
| itor's identity and requested him
| to keep quiet. but as neither understood
the others language, the intruder con-
tinued talking. whereupon DR.. Pugh
gently but firmly elected him from the
hospital. Later Pugh was waited on
by the Spaniard's seconds, vino formal
ly proposed a duel. Pugh. still ignor-
ant OF the offended mans identity. de-
clared that he was busy operating at
that time. but that when he had con-
cluded, he would take pleasure in
knocking the Spaniard's head on"
Today the matter was cleared up by
the Spaniard's apologizing, Dr.. Pugh's
conduct throughout the incident is adj
mitted to have been exemplary. he hav-
ing shown self-restraint. and the gen
tleness with which he elected the in
truder probably prevented the death
of several patients. which excitement
would have brought on.
Without exception, the Americans
mentioned in this dispatch declare that
the Nicaraguan natives have in them
the making of soldiers the peer OF any.
They can live on almost nothing and
they can carry the burdens of a
Chinese coolie.
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