Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
FIGHTING FOR TWO DAYS
Insurgents Said to Have Retired
Toward Santo Tomas.
NON -COMBATANTS UNFRAMED
Maxim Shots, However, Hit Houses
in Matagalpa and Americans
Lose Cattle and Horses.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua. February 10
The telegraph operator with the govern
ment army notified Gen. Toledo today
that the fighting at st. Vicente ceased at
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the
insurgents retired in the direction of
Santo Tomas. This is accepted here as
meaning government victory, but no
word has been received from Gen. Vas
quez.
United States Consul Olivares. who has
returned from Matagalpa, estimates the
casualties during the recent fighting
there at fourteen killed and seventy
wounded. The non-combatants were not
harmed. although nearly every house
was struck by Maxim shots. The owners
are preparing claims OF several hundred
dollars each.
Americans Lose Livestock.
The loss to Americans is chiefly in the
matter of cattle and horses killed or
requisitioned.
The governments peace commissioners,
Gen. Aurello Estrada, Rudolfo Espinoso
and FREDERICK Sacasa, today sent a mes
sage to Rear Admiral Kimbail. command
ing the American naval forces i'm Mic
araguan waters. The text is not made
known here. but is supposed to embody
a request for the transportation of the
commission from Greytown to Bluefelds
on a United States warship.
Rear Admiral KimbaIl replied to the
telegram from Gen. AureIio Estrada and
the other peace commissioners. saying:
Il am always desirous of aiding any eff.
fort in the direction OF peace and will as
mi Scin 1x,h{ {of, xxyiI
show me that 1t possesses authorization
or directions to act
President. Madriz has signed the law
validating the debts contracted by the
revolutionary party.
News at San Juan Del Sur.
SAN JUAN DEL SUR. Nicaragua, via
GALVESTON, Texas, February 19.-
Telephone messages received from Man
aqua say that news has been received
there of a complete victory over the
revolutionary forces at San Vincente.
The government troops were in COM
mand of Gen. Nicasio Vasquez. The en-
gagement lasted two days and the insur-
gent forces appeared to have the upper
hand until yesterday afternoon, when
their front collapsed.
Details of the battle are lacking. Par
ties of government troops are now scour-
counting the dead.
Gen. VasQuez early yesterday morning
telegraphed to Gen. Toledo. the minister
of war, at Managua, that hoStilities were
recommended at daylight. The revolu-
tionists he reported at that time. had
700 men. two field pieces and two Maxims.
Gen. Vasquez reported that Americans
were operating the insurgent artillery.
Rebels Avoiding Acoyapa.
The insurgents have been gradually ex-
tending their battle formation, avoiding
Acoyapa as much as possible. The gov
ernment had 1000 troops engaged at San
Vincente.
An attack on Tipitapa by Gen. Cha
MORO is momentarily expected. 1t is on
cially reported that Gen. ChamorroS col
umn is now at Esquipuias, ninety miles
from Managua. Gen. Toledo has rushed
100 additional men to Tipitapa to aid in
the defense.
Gen. Mattas. Colombian, in command
of the artillery In Gen. Vasquez's army,
is reported to have been killed at San
Vincente. The report that Gen. Macls
was wounded and taken prisoner at
Matagalpa has proved unfounded He is
now with Chamorro.
Zelaya to Write Book.
vIGO, Spain, February 19.--Jose Santos
Zelaya, former President of Nicaragua.
arrived here yesterday on the steamer
Allemania.
In an interview Gen. Zelaya announced
that he is writing book on the subject
Of Nicaragua, in which, he said, he
would succeed in proving that the pres
ent revolution there is due to the unwar-
ranted Intervention of the United States,
which encouraged the discontented ele-
ment of the country and furnished ma
terial aid whereby the revolutiontsts
gained ground"
He declared that the Americans, Messrs.
Groce and Cannon, were killed because
they had been found carrying explosives
destined for use in blowing up Nicara-
guam transport ships. Gen. Zelaya has
not announced his plans for the future.