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WMfflMIBfflfflBKIZZZ I The Trouble in the "i Isthmus of Panama, m mm i T earth, of make needed the (he but most no Isthmus now war picturesque tlfat nor of both revolution Panama spots im- one on to are aim r, m . \ Or. “JEFFERS, AN AMERICAN SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.” niuent the country is fairly ablaze with local color. Foreign war ships ride In the har bors of Colon and Panama, the flags f of all nations are hoisted over the huts of the frightened Inhabitants, while tatterdemalion native soldiers at large through the streets. Martial law Is In force, and the af fairs of life are regulated by drum taps and bugle calls. Especially is il: gold lace (somewhat tarnished! in ev Idence In Panama. A few days ago an uncommonly noisy fanfare called us to the Alcal din. A platoon of barefooted, undor sized soldiers was drawn up in front of tin* portal. From the veranda tlie Alcalde, surrounded by half a dozen dusky policemen, read aloud a long Spanish pronuneianilento “In the name of the President.” The crowd that had gathered 11st cned to this proclamation with length - enlng faces. What it meant was soon made apparent when the Governor of Hhe province. General Alban, who had ha sternal from Cartagena, summoned a taker's dozen of the most prominent citizens to the Alcalde's office, and locking tho door behind him, required each of them to extend to the Govern r -T m V, Y -. \ £-> a WOMEN NATIVES OF TIIE LOWER COUN TRY — THEIR STATURE IS TWO THIRDS THAT OF THE HIGH ALTI TUDE WOMEN. ment a “voluntary” cash loan of $3000 iu Colombian silver. For a few days the Government offi dais were jubilant over tliclr success ful coup. The starveling soldiers received some of their arrears, besides the reg ular pay of four and a half cents per day, and Panama’s crack battery of artillery was even equipped with new uniforms. I seized this auspicious mo incut to obtain photographs of the en tire corps, and of their young colonel, Esteban lluertas, the hero of a recent encounter with the liberals, where he lost his arm. Then eaiue bad news. In the face of a threatened naval demonstration on the part of Venezuela and Eeua dor, a wretched crew ot native sailors had managed to founder the Colom bian gunboat La Poppa off the coast of Cartegena. She proved a total loss, PA ’ k -V * g c 0 I Z' I- yj +brr.:,,,x^ i> i4=Sfp o aesr i ■gaw| n * **\ 8 P,g, F F jk I nTr" IU* BBra tm inf IrufJXJll i n i lira . Irn Ql- L s'* ,4r‘ IViV- I *3 *32 w V b PLAZA DE BOLIVAR, IN BOGOTA. SHOWING STATUE OF THE LIBERATOR AND THE CATHEDRAL, THE SCENE OF FRE QUENT REVOLUTIONS. THE CAPITAL IS TO THE RIGHT. In vain did the Government try to suppress the news of this misfor tune. As I traveled by rail across the Isthmus I heard the train hands and passengers shout the joyful tid ings to the disaffected mosos who gathered at the little palm-covered stations to see the train go by. By the time we reached Colon the was spreading like wildfire from Isthmus Into the Interior. Even rebels In the military prison heard the nows. The results were soon forthcoming. Word reached Panama that Honda del Agua, a small port not fifteen miles Inland, had been captured by the liberals, and that a number of ref ugee I’anamenos hud Joined their ranks. There was talk of an expedition against th?tn, but before the military governor of Panama could secure a suitable ship for the purpose, even more urgent requests for reinforce ments were telegraphed across the Isthmus from Colon. A trainload of soldiers was shipped over to Colon on the morning train, and another train load followed on a freight train at midday. At the wharf I found the soldiers of both detachments drawn up for In spection. Behind the ragged line of soldiers I m '4 L Sjl m Err Ajj I M !) , y 74 ;(> C-Ht w y m t r ! \3BVV, IT mm mm !V Imm f f I | “BOCAS DEL TORO, AN IMPO RTANT BANANA PORT, WAS THREATENED WITH IMMEDIATE ATTACK BY A SURROUND ING FORCE OF NONDESCRIPT LIBERALS.” crouched their women, some ten in number, mostly mere slips of girls, not. more than twelve or thirteen years old. Many of their soldier hus bands were not much older. One little corporal of tho guard, who carried a huge Remington rifle of .5S calibre, and who proudly took charge of a curly-headed Indian girl of even more diminutive size, told me that lie was thirteen years old. His captain told me that the hoy had been with the colors for two years, and had served in three battles, earning his rank of corporal through bravery in tho field. In t lie last fight between the liberals and the Government forces In the out skirts of Panama, the insurgents charged up the railroad embankment five times in succession, and were beaten back each time with unusually heavy losses on both sides. Herbert Jeffers, an American soldier of for tune, who commanded the Govern ment forces on that occasion, told me that the fighting on Doth sides be came so fierce that Ills gunners were out down with machetes while serv ing their pieces. By way of side comment to this story a Colombian general told me pri vately that Jeffers would have lost all ids gnus had he not taken them apart in the midst of the melee and sent them back to a better position piece meal. Jeffers himself was seen to stagger out of the trenches with the best part of his favorite machine-gun strapped to his back, while he kept the most, persistent of the lnsurrectos at bay with a revolver. Presently the order came to embark, and all were bundled aboard without further ado. Next morning we drew near the const until we came within a mile of j j the shores said to lie held by the en emy. All hands were called to quar j tors, and the soldiers were ordered to j lie down on the upper deck and to re move their red caps. Be it that our j information was false or because of the drizzling rain, no enemy showed himself—nothing was to be seen but thick groves of palmetto, prickly pear and high cocoauut pulius. A few ten tative shots into the thickets brought forth no response. At last we skirted the jutting point of the last island in Chirriqulgito La- goon, commanding the entrance to the harbor of Boons del Toro, and came In plain sight of the palm-leaf huts the liberal forces besieging the town. hUeUI .• \r\ i r 16 x IV 1 \ i Jjj • \>* ■ 5§l I/IRUTEN ANT-COLONEL ESTEBAN HUERTAS (IIo began as a soldier at tho ago of nine and Is now twenty-five. He weighs Jess than ninety pounds and Is stand ing by the gun ho captured at Tomuco. A volley of shots sent Into the hamlet sent some women and children flying Into the thicket The answering shots came from a high bluff further Inland. The bullets splashed Into the water some twenty or thirty feet short of our vessel. I was In hopes that an Imme diate reconuolssnnce in force might be made, but those in charge decided otherwise. The engineer was ordered to put on full steam. With a fine burst of speed we cut through the clear water of the lagoon and put into port. At the wharf we found a large crowd assembled In an indescribable state of excitement. The debarking soldiers were received with wild cheers. It appeared that an attempt to rush the town had been made but the night before. It was determined to send a recon noitring party at once, so as to pre pare for a counter attack on the rebel island. The “attack” was made at dead of night. 1 was invited to accompany the expedition. We ran into a thick ly shaded cove and waded ashore. De ploying to right and left, the troops made a rush on the rebel hamlet. It was found deserted. Somebody from the town had given the alarm. All night long we scoured the bushes withoift finding a soul. At last, at daylight, I heard a distant bugle call. It was repeated again and again, and the officer in charge of our detach ment led us in that direction. Pres ently there came a quick call of “Hal IS L <1 V cS He ? X IT' ii j (m j# \ \ is – < ^ K ti. l [\ HK i- (. ■ - NATIVES OF THE INTERIOR FLAYING IN STRUMENTS MADE FROM BONE AND REED. to! quien vive!” with the simultaneous click of a rifle—loading. Our captain gave the cry, “Colombia!” and was answered at once by the countersign, “For Siempre.” It. proved to be the second detachment, that had effected a landing on the other side of the isl and, and was manoeuvring into the thicket without any hotter success. In the end it was decided to return to Bocas del Toro, to ascertain from reliable sources whether the liberal forces had uot crossed over to the mainland. Once more life In town re turned to the intolerable conditions of martial law.—Edwin Emerson, Jr., in Collier's Weekly. Had Seen it Before. Dr. C. W. Crawford, manager of the j Grand Opera House at Spencer, Iowa, i vouches for this: At a recent performance at this thea tre an over-dressed woman, after rust ling ostentatiously into her seat, finally composed herself and looked at her program. Opening it at the sec ond page of the bill she saw in prom inent letters, “Synopsis,” which she mispronounced in an audible toue. “Pshaw!” she remarked, turning to her companion, “we’ve seen this here play before; let’s go home.” \ : But after a whispered objection on i the part of her friend, who probably explained her mistake to her, she set tled back iu her seat somewhat dis comfited.—New York Clipper. TEN ACTORS DIE IN RAGING FIRE Caught in Top Story of a Theatre Building. ESCAPE WAS QUICKLY CUT OFF Tragedy Occurred in Little Town of Hurley, Wisconsin—Other Buildings Were Burned. Ten lives were lost and four build ings destroyed by a fire which started In the Klondike theater at Hurley, Wls., Wednesday. The dead are: C. W. Cleveland, H. P. Clifford, Thomas Le Claire, George Benefit, H. D. Em ory, Timothy Ryan, F. L. Gay, St. Louis; Tomas Ozanne, Harry Ray mond, Clare Bonne. Seriously injured: Jennie Bender, Annie Scott, Laura Russell, ‘‘Billy’' McLaughlin. The Klondike was a vaudeville the atre and all of the dead and injured were connected with the theatre as performers. Most of them lived at Hurley, and Thomas Le Claire was a brother of tho proprietor of the thea tre. The fire started on the stage and in a few minutes the entire structure was a mass of flames. The top story was used as sleeping quarters and the rap id spread of the fire cut off the escape of the occupants. The theatre building was quickly consumed and the flames spread to ad joining structures. The Ironwood, Mich., fire department, the nearest within reach, was called to the assist ance of the Hurley firemen and only by the hardest work was the town saved from being wiped out. The losses follow: Le Claire’s Klon dike theatre, $7,000; Cumming’s sa loon, $4,000; Harrigan – McPherson’s saloon, $G,000; D. P. McNeil, of Chi cago, $1,000; Constantine Erspaner, $500. The charred remains of six of the victims were soon recovered and search was in progress for the others. The Klondike theatre burned once before—in July, 1887—when eleven women lost their lives. NEW HEARING FOR CARTER. Convict Ex-Captain Will Testify In Civil Court at Chicago. Oberlin M. Carter, now a convict in the government prison at Fort Leaven worth, Kansas, and formerly a captain in the United States engineer corps, is to have a rehearing cf his caise in a civil tribunal. He now has the assur ance of the government authorities that all the evidence is to be reviewed bfore Judke Kohlsaat, in the United States circuit court in Chicago, the hearing to take place probably within a few months. Carter will he called on as a witness in his own behalf, and for the purpose of testifying in court he will be released temporarily from his place ofconfinement. This is the result of the suits brought by tne government some months ago in several federal courts fur the purpose of recovering * 70 2,582, which, it is alleged at the court mar tial, Carter had embezzled from the United states. GOV. CANDLER OPENS FAIR. Georgia State House Officials and Leg islature Spend a Hay In Savannah. Governor Candler, fifteen members of his staff, several state house officers and about 150 members of the house and senate left Atlanta Tuesday night at 9:30 o’clock in a special train over the Central of Georgia railway for Sa vannah to attend the opening day of the state fair. The party reached Savannah Wed nesday morning at 8 o’clock. At noon Governor Candler opened the fair. He reviewed the military and raised the state flag over the grand stand. He made a short speech, saying the first state fair of the 20th century had opened. Wednesday afternoon was spent at Tybee .where an oyster roast was in progress. The party returned to Atlanta Wed nesday night. PRESIDENT DEPOSITS BALLOT. Went to New Y ork, Thence to Oyster Bay to Cast Vole. President and Mrs. Roosevelt and party arrived in New York at 6:20 o’clock Monday night. The party re mained in New York over night and were taken Tuesday morning to Oys ter Bay, L. I., where the president cast his vote. Owing to the care with which the ex act itinerary of the trip was guarded from the public, there were but few people along the line waiting to see the president. TEXAS PKESIJiTS CLAIMS. State Attorney Geieral Asks Uncle Sam For Sum of $S8,699. Attorney General D. K. Bell, of Tex as, has forwarded to the United States “ epartment the jn.erior the claim of the state agamst theljnite d States for moaey ex P en ded on account of Greer county ’ w ' vas fo ' merly considered a part of Texas, but vihich now belongs to Oklahoma. The Haim aggregates $88,699 and is filed in accordance witn an act of congress. LI HUNG CHANG DEAD. After Lone Illness Noted Chinese Diplomat Passes in His Checks At His Home in Pekin. Advices from Pekin Btwte that Li Hung Chang, the great Chinese diplo mat, died at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning. At 9 o’clock Tuesday evening, while Earl Li was still alive, the court yard of the yamen was filled with life-size paper horses and chairs with coolie bearers, which his friends sent, in ac cordance with the Chinese customs, to be buried when he died in order to car ry his sou-1 to heaven. The Chinese official's are somewhat uneasy concerning the effect his death will have on the populace, and to guard against a possible anti-foreign demon stration the Chinese generals have dis posed their troops about the city in such a way as to command the situa tion. Trouble however, is extreme ly improbable. Robert Coltman, an American, who was one of the physicians attending Earl Di, told the correspondent of the Associated Press that he, when called to act with Dr. Velde, of the German legation, November 1, found the pa tient very weak from a severe hemor rhage due to ulceration of the stom ach. “The hemorrhage was readily con trolled,” said Dr. Coltman, “but owing to the underlying condition of chronic gastritis, with persistent nausea, only the mildest liquid food could be di gested.” Earl Li’s persistent refusals to re frain from attending to government business aggravated his malady, while the refusal of the family to permit cer tain measures customary in western medical practice for relieving the stomach contributed to bring his end near. PLAGUE REPORT RECEIVED. Surgeon General Wyman Hears From Liverpool and Glasgow. Surgeon General Wy man, of the ma rine hospital service at Washington, received from Passed Assistant Sur geon Thomas, at Liverpool, Wednes day, the following cablegram on the plague situation: “There have been five cases and two deaths. The last case was isolated October 26. All necessary precautions are being taken. The existence of the two cases at Glasgow has been official ly declared.” TO REDISTRICT THE STATE. Next Kentucky Legislature Bill Be Controlled By Democrats. As the result of Tuesday’s election, the democrats of Kentucky will have complete control of the next general assembly, which will be one of the most important convened in the state in many years. It will redistrict the state for senatorial representatives and appellate and circuit court dis tricts, which is required every ten years by the constitution. It will also elect a senator to succeed W. J. De boe. ! Tl UHEES GIVE UP JOB. ! ! Management of Porter Military Acad emy Gets Into a Tangle. A Charleston, B. C., dispatch says: Seven members of the board of trus tees of the Porter military academy have resigned and a sensation in edu cational and religious circles is the result. The chairman of the board, • the Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers, bishop 1 of the Episcopal diocese of South Car olina, was the first to quit. Dr. A. Toomer Porter, founder of the academy, could not agree a« to man- j agement. i DOCK AT NEW ORLEANS. rcople Welcome tile Big Floater Witli 1 Elaborate Ceremonies. The New Orleans floating dock was ! : received in the Crescent Uity Wednes- i day with an extraordinary outpouring j of people and elaborate ceremonies in ; which federal, state and city officials and members of congress participated. The weather was idea/1 and as the af ternoon . made , semi-holiday thou was a sands went to the naval reservation 1 on the west bank of the river. CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE. Several Members of Ways and Moans Committee >ee President. A Washington dispatch says: Four republican members of the house ways and means committee, Messrs. Payne, of New York, Russell of Connecticut, Grosvenor of Ohio, and Steele of Indi ana—were at the white house Thurs day afternoon in conference with tho president. It was learned that the president discussed with them some features of his forthcoming message, which relates to the revenues and to the tariff. HANNA’S FIRST CALL. Senator Visits White House and Con fers With President Roosevelt. Friday Senator Hanna, of Ohio, made his first visit to the white house since the death of the late President McKinley. He was accompanied by John G. Milburn, of Buffalo, at whose residence McKinley died. The presi dent received both of them cordially, and had them dine with him. Senator Hanna’s visit was in connection with McKinley memorial project. The Japanese and Their Shirt Collars. The increase in stature among the Japanese . perceptible; is very and the substitution of tepid and even cold wa ter for the hot baths among many of the people is responsible for an increas ing floridity of the complexion. Before the advent of military discipline on Eu ropean models the Japanese were not able as the smallest necked race in the world, a firm of London collar makers with a large trade to Papan asserting that thirteen inches was the nortnal circumference of a full-grown Jap anese’s throat. In a little over twenty years, owing to more athletic develop ment, the average has risen an inch and a half! To athletic development should also be added greater avoidupois, inas much as a more generous diet and ab stention from parboiling is bringing its reward in an accumulation of muscle and tissue.-'-Chambers’ Journal. Ylic First Ironclad. 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