El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-05
II HE civil war in Nicaragua doesn't
now OCCUPY the prominent place


now occupy the prominent place
1t used to have on the front page
| of the daily newspaper. The present
| it appears. is merely breathing spell
/ in the campaign. both parties having
| had-temporarily, at least-their glut of
! fighting at the sanguinary battle of
| TiSma-
In Managua which is president
| Madriz's headquarters, everybody goes
on the assumption that the revolt us
! crushed. and that it is only a matter OF
! time when the government forces will
| invade the department of Zelaya, and
! bring the seeded territory back under
| lawful authority
At Bluefields. which is the revolution
airy capital, preparations are being
i pushed for renewal Of the campaign,
| a few weeks from now. Estrada still
| claims authority over an ill-defined
region extending as far into the interior
as Muelle de los Bueyes. At that place
f, Gen. ChamOrro. the revolutionary COM
| handkerchief, has his headquarters,
| and is working hard for the organiza-
| ton of a new army.
Life mt BIuefieids
The war has affected life in Blue
fields very slightly. Here and there
| one may see on the streets a limpins
veteran. while in the hospital still lin
! ger the MANNED relics of the battle of
Recreo- There are many fresh graves
! in the desOlate little cemetery on the
| hillside behind the town. But as for
! the machinery of government. it grinds
| on in Bluefields as orderly as though
| no such thing as war existed in the en-
| tire universe.
| Gen. Estrada has promulgated new
! mining law-that's the way laws come
into existence in Nicaragua nowadays
/ allowing all goods destined for use in
| the mines to be imported free Of duty.
\ Many of the mines in northeastern
| Nicaragua are owned or operated by
Americans. and this new law benefits
| them more than anybody else.
Estrada, moreover has reduced the
customs duties in general about so per-
cent. Steps have been taken to improve
the lighting of the city of Bluefields-
| Up to the present it has relied to a
| considerable degree upon the kindly of
| fices of the moon and stars to perform
this important municipal function. but
oil lamps and acetyline are now help
ing in the good work
The municipality. also. is wrestling
with a plan for the paving and sewer
| ing of the town. and If anybody cares
| to risk his money in the speculation,
| the contract for the work may be OBJ
tanned, no doubt, very favorable
| terms
Estrada Government
Estrada has appointed governors to
represent him at Cape Garcias and in
Bluefields. The latter official is a
| clever lawyer named Rivera-Zenon
Rivera Of Rivas- The other chief Off
| cial OF the Estrada government is Fran
cisco F. Moreira. secretary of state. He
! is lawyer by profession too, and halls
from Managua-
The military establishment is headed
by Gems. Matuty. Chamorro and Mena
under whom are Brig Gems. Maciz and
Correa. Matuty. ChamOrro. and Mena
are all men of picturesque history. Ma
| tuty is a Honduranian by birth and
civil engineer by profession. He speaks
English fluently, and has studied in
schools Of engineering in the United
| States incidentally. he has figured in
several revolutions in Honduras. He
is reputed to be a man of great per-
sonal courage. He has led his men into
score of battles. always well in ad-
vance of the charging line. and yet he
never has been wounded.
ChamorTO was born and reared in
Granada He is the son of Salvador
Chamorro. once a wealthy merchant of
that city In 1893. Zelaya came into
the presidency. and made things IN
comfortable for the Conservative party
for generations back, have belonged.
Joined ZeIaya's Forces.
But in 1896 a revolution was started
in the city of Leon. and Zelaya. needing
the help of the Conservatives. made
overtures TO them, and more especially
to the Chamorros. They went in with
will and vanquished Leon for him:
whereupon Zelaya forgot about his
promises. and Emiliano Chamorro. Es-
tradas lieutenant of today departed
for the healthier climate of an adioin-
ing republic. Since then he has plotted
steadily against the Nicaraguan govern
ment He IS a man of simple tastes. I'M
assuming in character and one of those
daredevil soldiers of whom there are
so many in Central American politics
a Mena figured in several Conservative
uprisings against Zelaya in times past
In 1898 he was captured by Zelaya. who
made Intellectual efforts to induce him
to come over TO his side or at least to
promise 10 remain neutral in any future
revolt.
Although Mena refused the offer. Ze-
laya released him from duress How
ever. the willy president kept him un-
der scrutiny as well as he could But
Mena knows his business. One night he
was missing from Nicaragua When
next heard of he was in Costa Rica and
mad the good sense to return only to
take part in the present uprising
1isma Was Decisive.
1t is difficult to untangle the history
of the campaign which came to an end
at Tisma. The American press has given
less notice to the battle of Tisma than
to that of Recreo. Yet Tisma was. in
its way, a very sanguinary affair. and
the results were decisive at least for
the time being. The defeat of the gov
eminent forces at Recreo led to the re-
erts, of Capt. .Bailey's company, have
been stationed at ComStock
Mrs Rowland has moNed 10 her cot