The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-04-07
Cruel War
Is Over
ST Haskell Relates His Experiences
AS Special War Cores
pondent at the Front.

Monkeydoodlero, Nicaragua, To-day
| a. m.-The last and decisive battle of {
his cruel war was fought yesterday.
The insurgents, rising EN- masse, storm
ed the bulwarks of the Government
forces and the latter went down like
free lunch in Duluth barroom in the
winter time. General LavenderO o #
the Revolutionary Army, was attired
in his full K. p Iegalia and most of the
members of his staff were gorgeously
arrayed in paraphernalia of similar
sort, while all of the rank and file were
more or less In deshabille. Wedid not
get close enough to the Government
forces to see how they were clothed, but
it is safe to assume they were equally
up-to.date.
The bombarding, fusillading and can
nonading were the most furious of any
that I have yet witnessed. Quite
number of our men have been fearful
ly powder-marked and will carry the
scars as long as they live. During the
excitement Captain Sloberino of the
Commissary Department, swallowed a |
toothpick and is now laid up with the
appendicitis.
Ihave not been impaired physically in
any of the fighting, but l have terrible
punctme in my selfconeeit. In fact |
feel so fearfully humiiiated that am
ashamed to look at myself in a mirror
and it all came about through that little
game of draw.
During the time we were waiting for
a cloudy day SO as to have another
battle, had been able to accumulate
quite an amount. All debts of honor
were paid in Revolutionary currency
and l, thinking, of course, that the In
ternational Fruit Company would re-
deem it, had accumulated SO much that
it became necessary for me to purchase
burro to pack the currency on-and
that was where tell. The cullud chap
} from whom l purchased the burrO in
sisted upon being paid in gold. gave
him five good American five-dollar gold
! pieces-the last [ had-fOr that runty
mule and then hiked for the city, ex-
: pecting to exchange my burden-sOme
! wealth for something more convenient
as I intended to go down and inspect
r that Panama canal business as soon as
q I could catch steamer.
The long and short of it was
d was pinched and thrown into the Gala
r boose as a lunatic for offering tina
4 phoney money to respectable banker
n They held me there for several Gays be
J fore was able to convince the Interna
: tional Fruit COmpany's agent that
d was nearly rational and partially abl
n to take care of myself, but when l wa
d released found that the costs and ex
It pepses Of keeping the mule left m
,r three dollars in debt and the Jailer, o
le course, kept the mule. The only salts
D. faction I could get from the official
y was that ought to be thankful tn
le war was over, or l would have bee
~ SIlOt lOI q spy uOVO JuoU SANhoh -
lg my Ingersoll repeater for a can of Va
J. Camps pork and beans and tomorro
is am going down to strike the Captai
he of the International Fruit Company
ne steamer for dead-head passage bac
ar to Philadelphia.
ne 1t is funny how very chilly Gen. L
nd vendero and his staff have acted towal
re- me since the close of the war. In fat
i'm understand Am considered by tt
a new Government to be an nndesirab
off citizen, but tell my friends not to
he alarmed foryo know carry my shol
he harreled As slung under my arm 81
ire these sleepyeyed gents down here ovt
r1 - looked bet when they frisked me
ate the calabnose, SO if it comes to t
Ter worst / will start revolution of 4
own and ask the international Fri
" Company to finance it.
!. Funny thing about this revolutions