Show insurrection IN NICARAGUA only a few score men start a revolution chicago feb 20 A special to the chicago times herald from mobile says the fruit steamer sunniva of the banana company arrived from nicaragua with the following advises advices up to february 15 general mena has been for three days above llama with insurgents it Is reported that the liberals are coming under estrada fer adlaz a liberal leader was wounded and captured with fifteen followers above rama by an insurgent force under the rough rider scout sanson A battle Is expected hero in a few days general reyes boats have rc turned from to defend this place the man of war san jacinto Is also here three hundred americans from cuba aro hero to join the insurgent conservative serva tive forces Mit aleuse gatling krupp and guns are also expected here as additions to the insurgent arms Grey town was surrounded by the rough riders when the gunboats gun boats left A force of liberals is duo at that port colonel G V winchester chief of police at puerto barrios has joined reyes four hundred men are awaiting beyea arrival in grenada to flock to his standard the conservatives are volunteers and engage in their ordinary tasks during the day while ready at any time to respond to the bugle call if a choice were given them they would prefer clarence the exiled chieftain to president zelaya the foreigners her support the conservatives serva tives order is generally prevalent the norwegian and british craft that were impressed by the insurgents to carry troops have been released the liberal espinsoa says the revolution will last only a month among the passengers on board the steamer sunniva Sunn lva was adam esponosa of bluefields Blue fields nephew of general juan P reyes the revolutionary leader senor espinosa states that his uncle general reyes had proclaimed himself provisional president of nicaragua had armed the indians of the mosquito coast and with the aid of americans in bluefields Blue fields has probably an army of or 1000 men the government of managua esponosa learned has sent men to attack at the troops under reyes had gone up the river to rama thirty miles from bluefields Blue fields to meet Ze layas force and it was probable that a battle had already been fought senor esponosa says the cause of the discontent against president zelaya is widespread and well grounded his uncle had heretofore been an intimate friend and supporter of zelaya but recently he has not been able to approve nor support Zela yaa conduct as president in addition to levying the tariff taxes on the eastern coast holaya had caused to be summoned the leading native capitalists of the country and declaring them to be enemies of the republic had caused them to be mulct ed in fines in most instances equivalent to their entire available capital it the departmental fiscal agent tailed to collect the fine the unfortunates were committed to the penitentiary without trial or form of law placed in chains and kept incommunicado in many cases denied food or water until the fine was paid which la all cases purged the prisoners of their declared treason esponosa says these acts have estranged the good people of the republic from zelaya and that confidently looks forward for support from them and tor the active aid of the conservative serva tive church party of the republic esponosa says ho learned before leaving that the honduran gov crement has men and arms from tegucigalpa to Ze layas aid the honduras allies were scald to be commanded by gen surra a general under borella Bor llla san francisco feb 20 tho trainer and other friends of gamm who finished fifth in the six day bicycle raco after leading the procession of riders for over three days claim that he must have been drugged they assert that his collapse was too sudden to have been due to natural causes after the long race was concluded harry elkes defeated jay eaton in a five mile paced race his time being |