Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-05

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= oncl Long with 1000 mon and q
. bluoJaokots from tho cruisers y
. California and Colorado are mov- q
. ing on Leon. the remaining roo. q
= ols' stronghold. q
= The marines killed In yester- q
. days fight woer Privatsa Bah .
= bits, Dunam. McGill and Pollard. q
. Tho seven marines wounded will q
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n LEASED Wire 90 nvsAin9 MeFaIdT
Washington, Oct. 5.--Four Ameri-
can marines were killed and six wore
wounded yesterday when the Amerl-
can forces took the town OF Coyote
from the Nicaraguan rebels, accord
Ing to II cablegram received early to-
day, by minister Caatrlllo from Cha
MORO, minister of foreign affairs la
Nicaragua.
Early today neither tho state de-
purtment nor the navy department
had received any word of the fight at
MasayG and Coyotepe or tho death OF
the American marines, Offlciala
werH sitorked ut fiie .ffnwa contdined
In Minister CaBtrllls's cablegram.
rho cablegram to Minister CaBtrillo
dated Mnnaguu. October 4. wus aB fol-
lows:
"Masaya taken today by assault.
We had 100 dead. two hundred wOun-
dcd. Americans carly took COyotepo
with four dead and six wounded.
Corr"a simultaneously took Barranoa,
Hclcdun fled with followers and was
captured eight leagues from Masaya.
wounded aud dlod later. To-day visl-
ted the American legation to express
deepest sympathy for murlncs' death.
Granada municipality requested ma.
rlncs hudlrs tor burial at TINT city. 7
heg y"u express department of state
my deepest sympathy:
Minister ~ Aftuirs Chnmorro."
Hclcdun. spoken of In tho cable
gram, Ia Il rebel general. IA Honduran
IN the employ ot Mena, the fallen die
int0r, recently captured and taken tu
! Panama for exile.
Though the lives OF American ma-
rincS have boon lost aud others have
been wounded In what appears 10
hnV" been one Of tho most Hanguinary
battles fought In Central America In
many years, yet technically tho
United states Is not engaged In war,
As defined by the state department.
he status ~ the relations between the
United States ana Nicaragua Is one Of
friendHhlp. What Rear Admiral
SOutheTland has done Ia attacking tha
NirnraBuan TobelS IN declared to have
been purely IN pursuance ~ du'Y
Imposed upon tho navy many tunes IN
the stormy history Of Central Amori-
cn--thai Of rnrGlbly protecting Ameri-
can lives aud properly as well a. of
the citizens of the European uutionS
Th" admiral mas strictly refruined
from intervening In any way between
the warring factions In Nicaragua.
nud has confined himself entirely 10
opening up railway communication
and maintaining II FREQ from inter.
ruption, that the large foreign ole.
ment scattered through the Nicara-
! guam towns might bo able tO recely q
food,
; For nearly "A week after the Amsrl-
can naval forces managed to open the
way from MnnaEuH to Granada,
where the condition OF foreigners
whs pitiful, General zeledon's rsEeI
forces. entrenched on two hills al
| bATIhuChI hctuhtly commanded Ino
line of communication by rail- and In.
torferred with the free movement OF
supplies and prevented tho unfortu-
nate sufferers from famine from mak.
Ing their escape.
Admiral SOutheTland had several
intervlews with the rebol Ohleftain AZ
ter the surrender aud deportation Oi
General Mena. the principal figure IN
the revolution, hut he found that 2nle.
don was not only determined to refuse
any offer of amnesty held out b.
President Dias but was detormiuet
tO retain the position no occupied
threatening the railroad,
. The admired was flnallY Qhilaed q
. deliver IN mitlmatana, NaQnshiN Eale'
; don that after "a ho&En n0escs
: the American nEvat foSe9 would uh
: dertake to drive hlan from BRrrancl
hills. This time limit, eNpired at
o'clock yesterday Inornlnw and as ths
official OabloGEaln reoalyed w 1linia
, teF CAalElllps to-day lndipgAea. thl
) American liiki5n6S dld eRhctlg a. tht,
, had undertaken " % avan dk the ec8
= oG Hffetg hetA ~ W. t
Both the elnte and naval oRllasn
Are 'apzloua 20 heNA 3 aRtsa W