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simultaneous action, he and his government were driven 
from office. A revolution broke out at Leon in the 
night between the 3rd and 4th of August, and a provi- 
sional government, with the senator Justo Abaunza at its 
head, was established. At Managua the legislature of the 
State was assembled at that time. When the news of what 
had happened at Leon reached them, that body, following 
the advice of the agent of the American Company, elected 
a provisional government of their own with Jose del Mon- 
tenegro at its head, and removed to Granada. At the 
latter place a few hundred troops were assembled, and the 
command was given to Fruto Chamorro, while at Leon 
Munoz was preparing to march on Granada. Nicaragua 
had thus two governments and two armies ready to fight 
each other. The agent of the Canal Company knew how to 
avail himself of these troubles, and on the 19th of August 
the contract of the Accessory Transit Company was ratified 
by the Legislative Assembly sitting at Granada. The 
day after having put his signature to the instrument, the 
provisional director, Montenegro, died. The confusion 
at Granada became general. As the foreigners living 
in that city almost unanimously sympathised with the 
Leonese party, they were summoned by the authorities in 
power at Granada to deliver their arms, to enter the 
ranks of the troops to be employed against the Leonese, 
or to leave the country. At a meeting, of almost all the 
foreigners then at Granada, it was determined to refuse 
compliance with all these three requests, to organize for 
mutual protection, and to resist by force, if necessity 
should occur, all attempts to infringe upon their neutral 
position in the civil war which was impending. In the 
mean time public excitement and anxiety increased. On 
one side it was stated that the Leonese under Munoz were 
