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Show PRISOHERS TURN Soldiers of Zelaya's Cause Captured Cap-tured at Kama Quickly, i Change Their Views. UNITED STATES REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE MADRIZ American Interests in' Nicaragua Nica-ragua Roosting for Estrada as President. . ' WASHINGTON. Jan. JL A telegram received at the stalo department this afternoon from Blucfields says, in effect, that thc Indications nro that a. majority of the prisoners captured at tho battle near Rama by the revolutionists will Join Kstrada's army very soon. ISstrada. it Is said, will supply the prisoners with provisions, independent of the American Red Cross. Madrlz. it is also said, has offered to furnish $2"00 for the relief of the prisoners, pris-oners, the money to be distributed hy the American naval commandeis at RJuefields. The stale deparunenl. however, how-ever, will not accepi this charge, but will Insist, that the funds be expended through thc Red Cross. Iiiasmtn h as the $2fi00 supposedly is government funds. Us acceptance hy the United States might be Interpreted as recognition recogni-tion of the Madrlz faction. Boost for Estrada, The slate department has also receiver! re-ceiver! a long telegram from New Orleans, Or-leans, signed hy ovoi a dozen commercial commer-cial and Industrial companies, apparently apparent-ly all Amerirann and eiiKngyd In business busi-ness In Nicaragua, strongly favoring Es-tnida Es-tnida fur provisional president. They believe tho revolutionary general would afford full protection- to their interests. Madrlz, tho telegram says, would likely like-ly follow the old Zelaya regime, greatly to the detriment of the business Interests Inter-ests of Nicaragua. The telegram says that Estrada, who Is pledged to a new order of tilings, would no doubt deal fairly with tho foreign for-eign interests In Nicaragua. The department withholds thc names of the. signers of the telegram, fearing that should lhe Madrlz party prevail In the present, contest, the . slgnors might suffer. |