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VOJ, X.
NAY, SAYS UNCLE SAM
Proposed Bombardment of City
of Colon Will Not Be Allowed.
IJWA COMMANDER INSTRUCTED
United States Government Has For
mally Taken Charge of Isthmian
Transit and Will Keep
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Railway Open.
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A Washington special says: It is
pretty well understood at the nation
al capital that there is to be no bom
bardment of Colon by either side.
While Commander McCrea was given
wide discretionary power and nothing
was said to him about stopping the
bombardment directly, nevertheless
the state department established a pre
cedent in these matters last year when
it instructed Mr. Gudger to warn some
insurgents at Panama that they would
not be allowed to bombard that port.
If the government troops on the Pin
zon should persist in their purpose, it
is said that the commanders of the va
rious warships at Colon would require
that ample time be allowed for the
withdrawal from the town of all for
eigners, and the attacking force, to es
cape restraint, would be obliged to di
rect its bombardment with such rare
precision as to destfoy the insurgent
defenses without harming the railroad
property, and even without endanger
ing the passage of trains, conditions
probably not to be met.
The secretary of the navy Monday
cabled Captain Perry, of the lowa, to
assume full command of all the United
States naval forces on both sides of the
isthmus, is order to assure harmonious
operations.
Consul General Gudger’s last dis
patch, which came after 1 o’clock p. m.,
was about as follows:
"Our troops have arrived at Match
in, one-half of the way across the isth
mus. No obstructions and Columbian
government seemed to be victorious
over the insurgents.”
Uncle Sam Takes Charge.
The United States government has
taken charge of isthmian transit. A
dispatch received at the navy depart
ment from Captain Perry, cf the battle
ship lowa, at Panama, reports that
fact. Captain Perry gays that General
Alban has landed with a detachment
of men from the Iow r a and has started
with a train to clear transit and also
establish detachments of men to keep
it so.
Commander McCrea, of the Maehias,
at Colon, has cabled the navy depart
ment notifying the department of the
approaching bombardment of that
town and asking for instructions. He
has been instructed to take such steps
as he deems necessary for the protec
tion of American interests at Colon.
While no specific statement is made as
to the details of this instruction, it is
understood that it leaves discretionary
with Commander McCrea the preven
tion of a bombardment.
Mr. Herran, charge d’affaires of the
Colombian legation, received the fol
lowing cablegram Monday morning:
• “Panama, November 25. —Colombian
Minister, Washington: Rebel army
completely defeated at Culebra and
Emperador, Governor marched last
night upon Colon. Traffic interrupted
yesterday, but will be re-establis>'
‘ ‘ or. ”
Colon Capture Confirmed.
The state department has received
confirmation of the reported defeat of
,the liberal troops by the Colombim
government troops. This came in a
cablegram from Consul General Gud
ger, at Panama, Monday afternoon, in
which he says that the railroad is now
unobstructed and that the government
forces have been victorious over the
revolutionists. He further reports that
the blue jackets from the Maehias
have gone inland and now occupy a
Point midway of the isthmus.
October Revenue Stamps.
During October, 1901, internal reve
nue receipts were \24,359,907, a de
crease as compared with October, 1900,
°f $3,104,672. The decrease for the
four months of the present fiscal year
amounts to $8,460,053.
“SPECIAL” AT MONTGOMERY.
Good Roads Train of Southern Arrives
In Alabama Capital.
The Southern railroad's good roads
of twelve cars arrived at Mont
gomery, Ala., Monday morning to stay
one week. The train is in charge ol
I’resident W. H. Moore and Secretary
h. W. Richardson, of the National
Good Roads Association of America
and contains ten cars of machinery.
A corps of twenty-two experts is
■"ith the train, which is accompanied
1)y representatives of the Southern
railway. The good roads convention
wiu b e held November 29 and 30.
STRIKERS not yet subdued.
They Erect Another Tent on Site of
One Destroyed By Officers.
True to their threat to maintain the
ramp at Nortonville, Kentucky, the
£ *riking unloh miners erected another
Rnt Monday on the site of the camp
Judge Hall, through court offl
cers, broke up only Sunday and hauled
t 0 Madisonville.
The re-establishment of the camp
was a great surprise.
DADE COUNTY SENTINEL.
CREAH OF NEWS
Summary of the Moat
Important Daily
Happenings Tersely Told.
—At, Atlanta, Ga., Monday, Judge
George liillyer was elected permanent
chairman of the commission to revise
the city’s charter.
*
—House Committee on congressional
reapportionment in Georgia decides to
make no change in fifth and seventh
districts. There will be a minority re
port on the plan proposed.
—Detective Coffee, of Savannah, de
clared if he was to tell all he knows
relative to the mysterious death of
one Albert H. it would
not be well for some people in the po
lice department. An investigation
will follow.
—The conference of those who made
the fight against the ratification of the
new ponstitution of Alabama was held
Tuesday. The legality' of certain sec
tiijns of the instrument is attacked.
—Mrs. Powell, a woman living near
Salem, S. C., was shot to death Monday
night by a mob which almost de
molished her house.
*
—President F. B. Merrill, of the Mo
bile, Jackson and Kansas City railroad,
announces that his road has purchased
the Kingston and Central Mississippi
railroad.
—The United States does not pro
pose to allow Colon to be bombarded
by either the government or the rebel
forces, and has so announced.
—The storm which swept up the At
lantic coast left wreckage in its wake.
The damage is estimated at over sl,-
000,000.
—Mrs. Bonine, on trial at Washing
ton for the murder of Ayres, maintains
her composure while the most revolt
ing evidence is given. The trial is
now well under way.
-—Lieutenant Van Shaick, single
handed, fought a company of Filipinos.
He killed three, was unhorsed and con
tinued the fight on foot until rescued.
Me was severely wounded.
—Much indignation is felt in certain
paits of North Carolina because of
the death of Nellie Tripp in the Chris
tian Science school at Madison. She
was denied the attention cf a physi
cian, and to this fact is her death at
tr buted.
—The camp of striking union miners
at Nortonvilie, Ky., was descended
upon Sunday by officers of the law and
military, and numerous strikers cap
tured. Others escaped with arms and
ammunition.
—John Laddison, a negro, who on
Saturday fatalty wounded Mrs. Perry-
Craft, a white woman, of Anderson, S.
C., for trivial cause, was -captured Sun
day and lynched by a party of citizens.
—A heavy gale prevailed on the
coast of New York Sunday and great
damage was done at Long Branch, As
bury Park and other places.
—After remaining under water fif
teen hoiu-s, the submarine boat Fulton
came surface Sunday from the
bottom bay, New- York. The
test was satis^^ory.
—Mr. counsel for
Admiral Schley, to accept a fee
for services rend the court of
inquiry.
—Govern "•'nesota,
is preD* —v. 0
me last ditch.
—Editor Stead in a lecture in Lon
don Sunday, said that King Herod's
slaughter of the innocents was saint
like when compared with that of Eng
land's actions in South Africa.
—American soldiers climb a preci
pice, rout Filipinos and capture their
fort. Filipino loss heavy. They were
completely surprised, as the Ameri
cans came up in the .ear of the fort.
—The goods roads special train is to
reach Atlanta, Ga., December 7; work
to begin on Soldiers’ Home road De
cember 10.
—At a meeting of the mayor, mem
fceis of council and bond commission
of Macon, Ga., it was decided to *--sue
$900,000 in bonds to take up the in
debtedness of the city.
—The Filipino rebels on the island
of Samar are being starved into sub
mission. The United States forces are
succeeding in their efforts to keep
food from the rebels.
—Birmingham, Ala., furnace o~
make experiment with crude
fuel in making stpc , '* — To -
gi stifled jgfL..-.-crafts.
—A special term of court
called at Oxford, Miss.,, to By Will
M&this, a negro charged wiGMhe mur
der of two white men. M
—Federal Judge Grosroip has re
fused to restrain the DlPnois tax as
sessors from raising ye assessment
of the Chicago public utility corpora
tion Immediately after the decision
the assessors increased the valuation
from $3,800,000 to $75,000,000.
—Eight mining experts who entered
a colliery near Blueflelds, W. Va., Fri
day were overcome by black damp.
—The Colombian government has in
formed the United States that it is
unable to maintain order on the isth?
mus. •
—Riots still continue at Athens bvr
ing to the proposal to translfPe the
gospels into modern Greek. The me
tropolitan of Athens has been forced
to resign.
.—When tho bloody clothing of her
victim was shown in court at Washing
ton Friday, Mrs. Bonine was greatly
moved.
TRENTON. GA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 29.1901.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Tht New Industries Reported In the
South During the Past Week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported for the past
week are bottling works at Browns
ville, Tenn., and Bay City, Texas; a
SIO,OOO brick plant at Orange, Texas;
SIOO,OOO brick plant at Charleston, W.
Va.; a cotton gin at New Orleans, La.;
a cotton mill at Stephenville, Texas; a
$45,000 electric light and power plant
at Charleston, W. Va.; an SBOO,OOO
electric power plant at Lexington, Ky.;
a $25,000 food manufacturing compa
ny at Nashville, Tenn.; a feed and fuel
company at St. Mary’s, W. Va.; a flour
and grist mill at Hamilton, N. C.; a
SIOB,OOO furniture factory at Shreve
port, La.; a handle factory at Bristol,
Tenn.; a hardware company at Atlan
ta, Ga.; ice factories at Columbia, S
C., and Stephenville, Texas; an irri
gation company at Uvalde, Texas; a
$60,000 lumber and shingle company at
Piaquemine, La.; a lumber company
at Vicksburg, Miss.; a $20,000 company
to manufacture mechanics’ tools at Sal
isbury, N. C.; a $50,000 oil, gas and
mining company at Lexington, Ky.; a
$500,000 pipe line company at Somer
set, Ky.; a $30,000 oil press manufac
turing plant at Honey Grove, Texas; a
$500,000 oil refinery at Beaumont,
Texas; an immense oil refinery and
storage plant at Orange, Texas; a
packing plant at Austin, Texas; a $20,-
000 planing mill and lumber company
at Louisville, Ky.; a refrigerator plant
at Knoxville, Tenn.; a rice mill at St.
Martinsville, La.; a rim factory at
Shelbyville, Tenn.; a company organ
ized for the development of salt de
posits at Cartwright, Texas; a SIO,OOO
sash, door and blind factory at Raleigh.
N. C.; a 6aw mill at Tullahoma, Tenn.;
a $50,000 supply company at Little
Rock, Ark.; a telephone company at
Nashville, Tenn.; a SIO,OOO trunk fac
tory at Meridian, Miss.; a SIO,OOO wood
working plant at Bryson City, N. C.,
and a $20,000 company to manufac
ture vinegar, extracts, etc., at Nash
ville, Tenn.—Tradesman, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
RETURN THAT CHURCH MONEY.
Red-Hot Resolution to That ITect
Adopted By the Methodists.
In the North Georgia conference at
Rome Judge H. E. W. Palmer’s resolu
tion concerning the Methodist wat
claim, and its being refunded to the
government, was taken up for discus
sion, and one of the liveliest debates
of the conference was precipitated, in
which a number of stirring speeches
were made- The resolution was finally
adopted by a rousing vote. After re
citing the action of the bishops and
detailing the case in a long preamble,
the resolution is as follows;
1. We heartily indorse the action of
our bishop in pledging' that proper
steps would be taken to have the en
tire amount of the war claim returned
to the government upon the conditions
stated by them in their letter.
2. That in our opinion the senate of
the United States has by affirmative
action declared that the passage of
the said bill without amendment was
due to misleading statements on the
part of the representatives of our
church.
3. That inasmuch as only the gener
al conference of our church has author
ity to take final and binding action in
''remises, we hereby memorialize
the uu UJ , . in Dallas,
Texas, in May, 1902, to promptly re
turn to the government of the United
States, for the reasons stated in the
said letter of our bishops and said res
olution of the United States, the entire
amount of money paid by it on ac
count of said war claim.
4. That •> l“?spy of this pre
amble arid of these resolutions be duly
forwarded by the secretary of this con
ference to the general yonference,
which is to meet in Dallas, Texas, in
May, 1902. /
H. F .. PALMER.
JO' B. ROBINS,
t . LOVEJOY.
New T .phone Corporation.
At Dov/G Del., articles of incorpora
tion been filed by the Louisville
Hor /Telephone Company, of Louis
v* /Ky., to contract, maintain and
/rate a telephone line system. The
/pital is $1,000,000.
AUDIENCE CHEERED FOR SCHLEY
An Exciting Scene Occurs During Play
In Theatre at Chicago.
Much excitement was caused at the
Cleveland theatre in Chicago Monday
night when Aldrich Libbey was sing
ing anew ballad entitled “All Honor to
Admiral Schley.” At the concluding
lines of the chorus:
‘Then off with your hats,
And give him three cheers.
All honor to Admiral Schley”—
over half the audience rose to its feet
and cheered vigorously. The singer
was forced to respond to seven en
cores.
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MINE VICTIMS LAID TO REST.
Pathetic and Largely Attended Funer
als Take Place at Pocahontas, Va.
Funerals of the late victims of the
Baby mine disaster at Pocahontas,'Va.,
were held Monday. They were largely
attended by miners from ail parts of
the Flat Top field all operatives sus
pending work for the day. The Baby
mine continues to burn, and twelve
streams of water are playing into it
Official Organ of Dade County
SURPRISE TO ENEMY
American Take Seemingly Im
pregnable Filipino Fort
SCALED A RIGGED PRECIPICE
Large Body of Insurgents Completely
Routed From Stronghold By a
Sergeant and Detail of Only
Twenty Men.
A special of Sunday from Manila
says; Captain Edward P. Lawton’s
company of the Nineteenth infantry
has attacked and captured an insur
gent fort on Bohol island, south of
Cebu in the Visayan group.
This fort was surrounded on all
sides by a precipice and the only en
trance to the higher ground was guard
ed by a stockade with a line of en
trechments behind it. Captain Lawton
sent Sergeant McMahon and twenty
inen to climb the precipice and attack
the fort in the rear. Sergeant McMa
hon’s party accomplished their task af
ter three hours’ climbing through th
thick undergrowth of brush and vines
that covered the almost perpendicular
cliff. They took the enemy by sur
prise and drove them from the fort. As
the insurgents escaped, they had to
pass the remainder of Captain Law
ton’s company at a distance of 150
yards. Here the enemy suffered terri
ble losses.
The insurgents defended themselves
with both cannon and rifles. The can
nons were captured and smaller ones
were removed, while the larger ones
were buried. Captain Lawton, in his
report, makes special mention for
bravery of Sergeants List and McMa
hon.
General Chaffee has ordered that in
the future complete records shall be
kept of ail natives taking the oath of
allegiance to the United States. Dupli
es.As of the records will be signed in
English, Spanish and Tagalog.
The Philippine constabulary, which
was organized last August, is proving
itself a valuable adjunct to the mili
tary authorities and i*£ making an en
viable record.
The United States distilling ship Iris
has been aground on a reef near Iloilo
for three days past. The United
States cruiser New York and gunboat
Yorktown have gone to her assistance.
The local steamer Alerta, with 200
passengers, including some discharg
ed American soldiers from Olongapo,
Subig bay to Manila, is believed to
have been lost.
DEFIANT STRIKERS ROUTED.
Officers of Court In Kentucky Break
Up Camp Near Nortonville.
Officers of the law swooped down
upon the famous camp of the striking
union miners that has been located
about a quarter of a mile south of Nor
tonville, Ky., Saturday, and there is
nothing left to mark the rendezvous
of those who defied the officers and
even the courts, and gave the state
and county authorities so much trouble
for the past two months, aive ash
heaps, st-raw that was usedpfor beds,
holes in the ground made * the tent
stays and other marks r Inci
dent to camp life. '\
All of the campers on ■> om tN ’n
rose Sunday morning, w i the p
tion of a very few who e i:aped tir *-
fleers, are prisoners b< ’ind the bars*
of the county jail, cha ?d by County
Judge Hall with a “t tch of peace,
unlawfully assembling id banding to
gether, there 1 "- -jjak the cam- a
menace ar or o the _
peace.”
The fou ts with all
camp were ca
and trans 'adisonv' ,th
the prise'
' gantic Ci. Tar' learner.
/ -ontract bis v <;n closed by the
V .iliam A. T h Shipbuilding Com
pany, at Ric pond, Va., with the
Standard Oil (company for the con
struction of tank steamer to carry
1,500,000 ga as of oil, and to eest
$439,000. j
BACOI IN WASHINGTON.
Georgia SeJator Surprises His Host of
Frier* at National Capital.
SenatorMlacon, of Georgia, arrived
in Wash:.T*ton Sunday from the Philip
pines an-Fthe Far East. He will go
to his home at Macon, where he will
remain until time to return to Wash
ington for the beginning of the session
of congress.
Senator Bacon’s arrival was a good
deal of a surprise to his many friends
at the national capital, becuse it was '
supposed that he was with the rest of
the congressional party somewhere in
•the inland sea of Japan or on the PR*
eifle out of Japan.
Message Long and Wordy.
President Roosevelt finished the
reading of his message to congress to
the cabinet memDer6 at their regular
■session Friday. It is understood to
make between 28,000 and 30,i>00 words.
Florida Exhibits for Charleston.
Nearly all exhibits at the Florida
state fair in Jacksonville are to be
shipped to the Charleston exposition
for display there.
METHODIST CONFERENCE ENDS.
Next Meeting to Be Held In Atlanta.
Notes and Incidents of the Meet
ing Just Closed at Rome.
During the Monday morning’s ses
sion o{, the North Georgia Methodist
Conference an unusual incident oc
curred while the characters of the min
isters were being passed upon. When
the name of Rev. W. A. Mallory, of
the Athens district, was called, a state
ment was made that Mr. Mallory had
seriously impaired his usefulness by
the practice of mesmerism. It would
seem that Mr. Mallory Is a hypnotist
of no little ability, and simply used
his powers in experiments. Some of
his members thought he was practic
ing some strange form of sorcery, and
it finally resulted in Mr. Mallory re
signing his charge. He asked to be lo
cated again.
Rev. H. R. Davies, statistical secre
tary, made his report, which Is con
densed into the following interesting
facts and figures for the North Geor
gia conference:
Local preachers, 307; members, 99,-
480, infants baptized, 1,108; adults
baptized, 2,407; Epworth Leagues, 124;
members leagues, 4,077; Sunday
schools. 725; Sunday school teachers,
6,568; Sunday school scholars,
collected for widows and orphans. $15,-
944; collected for missions, $53,247, an
increase over $5,000; paid for support
presiding elders, $19,392; of preachers
in charge, $132,044; bishops, $2,916.
Total collections for all purposes, $228,-
660.
There are 782 societies, 763 churches.
Value of churches, $1,003,282. Parson
ages, 181; value, >267,655. During the
year 3,963 were received into tho
church on profession of faith and 9,-
966 by certificate. Good increase in
all collections.
Dr. C. E. Dowman made a statement
concerning Emory college and its
needs. He said that anew science
hall was one of the crying needs, and
that Captain Williams, of Savannah,
had offered $15,000 for this purpose
on condition that $15,000 more would
be raised. He said $7,000 had been
secured. Bishop Galloway arose and
made an eloquent appeal and in half
an hour the conference had pledged it
self to raise over $5,000 next year. Dr.
Dowman stated afterwards that he had
no fear now but that the new science
hall would be secured.
The admission of a minister from
the Florida conference with the North
Georgia conference gives the body ex
actly the requisite number to have sev
en clerical and seven lay delegates to
the general conference. As only six of
each were elected, one more lay
one more clerical are thus secured.
Dr. C. W. Byrd Invited the confer
ence to meet with the First church,
Atlanta, next year. An Invitation was
also extended from Milledgeville, but
Atlanta won easily. The conference
will meet in Trinity church, Atlanta,
next year.
The appointments of pastors to
charges for 1902 were read out Monday
night by Bishop Galloway.
FOUR GIRLS CREMATED.
Horrible Catastrophe Results From
• Careless Use of Kerosene Oil.
Four persons were burned to death
and Injured in a fire Monday morn
iDg, which destroyed the residence
of J. G. Miller at Knoxville, a suburb
of Pittsburg. Pa. The dead are
Rose Miller, aged 23, terribly burned
and died on the way to the hospital;
Amelia Miller, aged 19 years, suffocat
ed by the smoke; Amanda Miller, aged
16 years, suffocated; Sylvia Miller,
aged 9 years, suffocated.
The injured %re: J. G. Miller, the
father, Jumped l 'om second story win
dow; leg broken; will recover; Mrs.
Miller, badly burne. and on verge of
* rvous prostration.
he two other dau rs, aged 11
3, escaped witho -y.
fire was ca’ 1 eldest
uaughter, Rose, pourin Vt in
the stove to start the fire'- .
The oil in the can and theex
plosion which followed scattered the
burning oil over the room.
—Heavy fighting has occurred along
the line of the Panama railway be
tween the government and Insurgent
forces. Many were killed and wound
ed.
CASTRO FEARS TREACHERY.
President of Venezuela Places His
Minister of War Under Arrest.
A cable dispatch from Caracas, Ven
ezuela says: President Castro, believ
ing that a conspiracy to overthrow
him existed, caused the arrest Friday
at Puerto Cabello, of Ramona Guerra,
the minister of war.
The president also brought about the
arrest at Caracas of a number of par
tisans of Ramona Guerra, among them
being Montauban, who claims to be a
French citizen. The arrests have
caused a great sensation.
TO TEST FRANCHISE CLAUSE.
Negroes of Alabama Are Forming
Clubs to Fight Before Courts.
According to a Birmingham dispatch
the colored men of Alabama are going
to test the franchise clause of the new
constitution in the supreme court of
the United States. Immediately after
the election the formation of clubs
was begun throughout the state. Five
have already been organized and are
in active operation.
EIGHT HEAD BODIES ABE FOUND.
Large Searching Party Enters Mine to
Look For Inspectors and Meet
Grewsome Spectacle.
A special from Blueflelds, W. Va.,
says: The dead bodies of the lost par
ty of eight well-known mining men
who entered West mine, of the Poca
hontas Collieries Company, on Friday
morning last, at 11 o’clock, were re
covered at 12:45 o’clock Sunday. At
7 o'clock in the morning a rescuing
party numbering forty persons went
in the main entrance, bratticing the
mine as they entered, in order to im
prove the circulation of the air. They
had reached a distance of 3,500 feet
from the entrance when they encoun
tered such quantities of white damp
that it was Impossible to proceed fur
ther. Retracing their steps, they de
cided to make another attempt from
the Tug river entrance, some six miles
across the Flat Top mountain.. They
went in this entrance about 10:30
o'clock, and after going a distance of
some 600 feet, found the dead bodies
of A. S. Hurst, chief inspector; Bob
Oldham, sub-inspector, and Frazier G.
Bell, mining engineer, all huddled to
gether. From their positions, they
must have met death suddenly and
without pain. All of them were lying
face downward, with no signs of a
struggle. Hurst had made a pillow of
his coat, on which his head rested.
The bodies of the other five mem
bers of the party, Superintendent of
Mines Walter O’Malley, Joseph Card
well, superintendent of the Shamokin
Coal and Coke Company; F. E. St.
Clair second assistant inspector;
Slate Mine Inspector Preece and Mau
r'ce St. Clair, sub inspector, were
found several hundred feet back in the
mine, three of the bodies lying some
little distance apart. Bob St. Clair
and Joseph Cardwell were lying with
arms clasped around each other, cold
in death. The bodies ef O’Malley,
Maurice St, Clair and Preece were dis
colored and bruised about the face,
showing signs of a struggle, it being’
very plain they made a desperate ef
fort at retracing their steps to better
air, but already bad advanced too far
into the deadly white damp to escape
aiive.
The bodies are very much swollen,
and having been attacked by mine
rats, present a gruesome spectacle.
The fire is still burning in Baby
mine, and the mine officials seem at a
loss to understand how it can be final
ly
TO BOMBARD CITY OF COLON.
Commander Ignacio Foliaco Gives Of
ficial Notice to American, British
and French Warships.
Advices under Sunday’s date from
Colon, Colombia, state that as a result
of an exchange of notes between com
manders of the United States gunboat
Machias and the General Pinzon, Ig
nacio Foliaco, commanding the Pinzon,
which has 600 men on board, officially
notified the American, British and
French warships now in the harbor of
his intention to bombard Colon, within
twenty-four hours..
The various consults are notifying
their respective fellow citizens that
refuge may be had on board the war
ships
Lieutenant Commander McCrae, of
the Machias, is the senior naval offi
cer, and he awaits instructions from
Washington regarding the threat to
bombard. There is much excitement
in Colon.
Breastworks are being erected in the
public thoroughfares of Panama. The
towns folk in the vicinity of these are
hastily removing to safer places. All
persons known to be liberals are ar
rested on sight. The government has
declared its intention to contest every
inch of ground if an entrance to the
city is effected. It is reported that
some seventy men who were rounded
at Perequito were landed on the island
of Taboga, facing Panama harbor, to
avoid creating alarm in Panama.
The government is very anxious
that marines should be landed from
the United States battleship lowa, but
Captain Perry, her commander, has
not complied with this request.
GREEKS CONTINUE RIOTING.
Scandalous Scenes of Disorder En
acted In Streets of Athens.
The turbulent demonstrations in !
Athens, Greece, growing out of the
proposal to translate the gospels into j
modern Greek were continued Friday :
in the streets, especially in front of the j
chamber of deputies and before the
university. There were many ugly ,
rushes. The military are finding diffi
culty in controlling the rioters.
The meeting of the chamber of dep
uties Friday was marked by a series
of violent altercations.
WORKERS MADE HAPPY.
The L. and N. Raises Wages of Its
Non-Union Employees Voluntarily.
The Louisville and Nashville rail
road, without notice, has advanced the
wages of all th shopmen in Louis
ville, who formerly drew $1.75 a day
'or over. This includes carpenters,
blacksmiths, painters, machinists and
car builders, and about 1,000 men will
be benefited.
NO. 28.
COLOMBIA SQUEALS
Admits Her Inability to Preserve
Order in Isthmus of Panama.
ASKS HELP OF UNITED STATES
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South American Racket .Seems to Be
Reaching Graver Proportions.
Insurgents Make Thing*
Lively. t
Advices from Colon, Colombia,
state that it is reported that the gov
ernment has addressed a communica
tion to the United States setting forth
that it cannot guarantee protection
for ishmian transit. 4
The sailing boats having ninety-seven
soldiers on board, jvhichjeft.Panama
with General Alban, returned t<? that
place at 3 p. m. Friday, and General
Alban and fifty soldiers arrived there
on board the gunboat Boyaca a£ 7p.
m. The liberals assert that ‘Gen
eral Lorenzo attacked General Afban s
forces after it had landed*at Ctoaco,
near Chorrera, and defeated it, only
General Alban and a few of his? troops
escaping. -
It is also claimed by the liberals that
another division of General Albapj s ar
my was routed by General lj.uego,when
400 of Alban’s troops joined the liber
als’ ranks. The litfetals at Colon are
jubilant and assert that th’ey ekpect
General Luego to ’ Colon mo
mentarily.
Further details of the Xhter decisive
fighting are expected at ? Panama at
any moment. . f
Senor Esperella, counsel for the Pa
nama railroad, who was pro
visional prefect by the liberals Thurs
day, has declined the office, ant! ttu
Campillo has been appointed prfefeSl
in his place.
Senor Salaz has accepted the ap
pointment as mayor* Which was offered
to Dr. - •
The latest news in Colon is tQ the
effect that the liberal general,
has arrived at Empire Station, distant
twelve miles* from with a
force said to number 1,000 men. The
liberals are gaining and arming many
recruits along the entire lertgth of* the
railroad and now control' thelirte tip to
within a point two miles from Panama.
An attack on that city is expeetecLmo
mentarily and much uneasiness is-felt
there. The liberal leader* Domingo
Diaz, is expected shortly to at
Colon.
It is rumored that Buena Ventura,
a Colombian port on the Pacific coast,
about 400 miles south of Panama, 'has
been taken by the liberals. **
Marines from the gunboat Machias
still guard the station and property of
the railroad. The,, battleship Ipwa
will land forces s*t Panama
necessity arises.’
The liberals have already given, no
tice that the ad valorem duty on gAods
disembarked at Colon will henfef6rth
be 10 per cent, not. 20 per cent, as for
merly. All the. stores in Colon 'are
open, and business has resumed, a
TRUE FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH
Lincoln and McKinley Put In That
Category By McLaurin.
A New York dispatch says: Russell
Sage and Miss Anna M. Gould \\*ere
honored guests at the seventh anifual
banquet of the Society of Mafrfloker
descendants at Delmonl?t-'s Fri&ay
night.
Senate. McLaurin, *of South Caro
lina, one of the principal speakers,
said: . <+i ■ *
"There are only two men of our his
tory who fully understood the south —
Lincoln and McKinley. If Lincoln had
lived there would have been an to
carpetbi-gism among us, and if Mc-
Kinley had lived be wotKd* have 1 re
united the discordant' sections of fee
south; for more thfe~i-*ny other mjtn,
he unde 1 stood them.”
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Enormous Inheritance'Tax.
The heirs of the lata Cornelius <Van
berbilt, at New York, must pay $36(1,-
803.43 into the coffers of Uncle Sapi.
This is the total of the
fixed by the federal goyerjijnept
against the estate. ,
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GALE OFF NEW YORK COAST.
Winds Blow With Great Fury at\d
Safety of Craft Greatly Menaced.
A New York special of Sunday says:
“A hea\y northeast gale has been rag
ing along the coast for the past twenty
hours. The storm set in at Sunset last
evening, blowing with great severityi
all night, accompanied by heavy
In the upper and lower bay the storfti'
blew with great fury, and an unusualfy
iigh tide washed upon the Staten ife
land shores, doing considerable dam
age to docks, small boats and other
craft”
FURNACES TESTING OIL,
Crude Product Being Used In Experi
ments at Ensley. Alabama.
Peculiarly interesting >. JBperimente
with crude oil from
Texas,- oil fields are made* at
I Ensley, Ala., steel plant ™the Ten
. nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com
-1 pany with a view of discovering wheth
er the use of this oil in the furnaces
for the manufacture of steel will not
prove as successful and less costly
than the use of gas generated In pro
ducers located nearby.