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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 # Railway Open. t , —— 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. " “ a ' 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 — 0 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.” - : .... * 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. , '- 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.