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'" Vr~ - ;^V: ~ PANAMA CITY V- ; . ' ' r v " : Colombian Gun Boat Called Down t MARINES LANDED; Once More the United States Has Closed Railroad on the Isthmus. Further Details of the Sensational Coup in Declaration of Independence by Panama Citizens. Uncle Sam is Vitally Interested. Vice United States Consul Elirman, at Panama, Colombia, cabled the state department under Wednesday's date that the Colombian government war ship Bogota was shelling the city. Mr. Ehrman was immediately instructed to protest against the bombardment. If the consul's protest is not sufficient, then the commander ot the United States f.hip Boston, en route to Panama from San Juan Del Sur, 600 miles distant, will promptly seize the Colombian gunboat if necessary to stop the bombardment. This bombardment is in violation of all the rules of war, beginning as it did without the required notice. Moreover! the United States government takes the ground that it certainly interferes with the freedom of transit across the isthmus, which this government is treaty bound to maintain. The greatest activity was exhibited m in the state and navy departments Wednesday, and there were" frequent consultations between the officials of the navy, officers particularly being intent on working out the details for the j protection the isthmian traffic out-' lined by the state department. It is quite evident that the navy is j making preparations for a larger de-} mcnstratipn in isthmian waters than l it has made for many .years, and the j fact;is hot disguised that all of the in- 1 ' formation that has come from the se-, cret agents of the government point 1 to the ultimate success of the revoiu-; tion. * * i ."You will protect American interests j at a|l points and do everything possi- ( ble -to avoid: bloodshed," is the sub-; stance of the instructions cabled by j the navy department to the naval com- I manders now at the isthmus or on | thei? way. The last part of the in- j struptions is particularly significant, for tt forecasts a more acfive interposition by the United States government in' the troubles cn the isthmus than has perhaps ever before been displayed. With the Atlanta, Dixie and Nashville there will be a naval force od the gulf side of the isthmus sufficient to meet any probable emergency. The j presence of the 400 Colombian govern- i ment troops at Colon makes the sit- j uation there at present more difficult I than on the Panama side. It will j probably oblige the United States to take temporary possession of the railV way, as traffic cannot be maintained with one end of the line in possession of the government forces and the otner in; tne nanus 01 tne revolution- j ists. . * Excitement in Colon. General Cuadros, the prefect of Colon, and tne commanding officer of troops in the city are maintaining their position of refusing to acknowledge tho authority of the provisional government of Panama. During the day the United States gunboat Nashville landed about fifty blue jackets and a quantity of ammunition. This j action caused a great commotion, v The Colomoian flag still nies over the prefecture. The flag of the new republic has already made its apperance in Colon. During the excitement Wednesday afternoon tne blue jackets from the i Nashville quietly placed bales of cot- i ton on the tops of freight cars, form- j ing excellent barricades. Many of the j citizens were armed with rifles, and re- J volvers. Several Americans and other foreigners took refuge on board the German steamer Markomannia. The opinion of everybody in Colon is that the isthmian canal is now assured. At 7:36 o'clock Wednesday night the American bluejackets returned j aboard the Nashville. The Question of Recognition. Some cable inquiries have reached ! the state department from men who j stand very high in the business world ; < of Panama asking if the United States ' government would extend recognition to the new state if the present movement was successful. The inquiries j did not come in such form as to jus-! > tify an official answer, and it is said , that it is not tne poi:cy or mis govern_____ | JARRED BY EARTHQUAKES. Seismic Disturbances Felt in Half a Dozen States?No Damage Done. About noon Wednesday earthquake shocks were felt in St. Louis, Mo.. Nashville, Memphis and Chattanooga, Tenn.. Decatur. 111., Louisville, Ky.. Evansville, Ind., and other points. While the jars were plainly felt and caused considerable excitement, no damage is reported. "V V/T"> - . . i?; ... . .. . ' BOMBARDED Starts Racket But is I i iy Uucle Sam. ? I raent to commit itself in such cases. J The invariable rule as to recognition | in cases of revolutions is to recognize | de facto conditions, and if the United | States consular officers at Panama and Colon report that there is an act- j ual working government in possession i of the isthmus, they will be allowed ,o ! do business with it. Secession Well Planned. The revolution which occurred Tuesday and which resulted in the proclamation of independence of the Isthmus of Panama, was not unexpected. Since Sunday all kinos of rumors had been in circulation, but it was not until Tuesday night that the hour long J looked forward to by the inhabitants of Panama arrived. For two days previously groups * of people had been gathering about the town discussing the situation, which caused alarm upon the .part of the authorities, for the houses of the leaders of the popular movement were watered by the police, but the revolutionists, fearlessly, in and outside of their residences, issued their orders and their plans were carried out. Independence Declaration. The following is an extract from the document proclaiming the independence of the isthmus of Panama: "Moved by the necessity of satisfying obligations and of promoting within the bosoms of the people respect for right and liberty, the municipal council of the. district of Panama, faithfully interpreting the sentiment of the people it represents, declares ? 1 ? within lU SOl^IHIl iUnii luat uiu Tfivmti its jurisdiction shall, from today and forevermore, separate themselves from the republic of Colombia and, limiting to it the state of Panama, shall create with the other populations of the department of Partyua who accept separation, a republic, this republic to have an independent, democratic and representative government to assure the happiness of natives and other inhabitants of the isthmian territory. In order practically to give effect to this resolution, the people of Panama will have to emancipate themselves from the government of Colombia and found a nationality free from the interference of foreign powers. "The municipality of the district of Panama, in its own name and that ot other municipal councils, commends the administration and direction oh affairs, pending the constitution of the new republic, to a junta composed of Jose Augustin Arango, Frederic Boyd and Tomas Arias, to whom shall be delegated all powers necessary for the fulfillment of the duties commended to them in the name of the country. * The nroclamation was unanimously j approved by the council. Everybody is signing the act of independence. Flag of New Republic. In Panama the flag of the new republic in colors of red. white anrl. blue, floats over the government ouildings. The movement for independence has been in progress since the rejection by the congress at Bogota of the KayHerran canal treaty. The movement has been promoted by prominent and wealthy isthmians and Governor Obaldia, of the department of Panama. The advocates of independence both at Panama and Colon are jubilant. The presence of the United States gunboat Nashville at Colon is believed to have resulted in avoidance ot serious trouble. United States and Co.ombia. A point has been made that under the treaty of 1846 the United States guarantees the right of sovereignty and property of Colombia on the isthmus. But attention is now called to the fact that this treaty was made with New Granada, a nation of which Colombia formed only a fraction, and there is nothing to prevent the United States government, rrom recognizing further sub-division of the territory of Granada. This conclusion may havo an important bearing on the future canal project as indicating that the United States is not absolutely bound j to make a treaty with Colombia alone if it wishes to open a canal. TO IMPROVE GREAT CANALS. New Yorkers, in State Vote, Approve Enormous Issue of Bonds. I New York state, in Tuesday's elec- ! tion, gave a majority of nearly 250.000 in favor of the proposition that the state shall spend $101,000,000 for improving its canals. Tho plan is to widen and deepen Erie canal so that, it will accommoI date barges of 1.000 tons carrying cai pacitv and to improve the Oswego and ; Champion canals. Under the law the state will be allowed to issue not more than $10,000,000 of canal conds at any one time and they are to run | for not more than eighteen years. I j ATTORNEY JEROME UNDAUNTED. j ! Notwithstanding Victory of Tammany, Reform Fight Will Proceed. i At New York, Wednesday night. DisJ trict Attorney Jerome said: j "If they think they are going to j have an open town, they have made i the biggest mistake of their lives. I am going after the gamblers and the divekeepcrs, and I am going to get the evidence. I can get money." MINE HORROR IN MONTANA Nine Men Co to Frightful Death in Blazing Shaft cr Kearcarge Gold Pit. Fire in the Kearsarge mine, six miles from Virginia City, Montana, Friday, killed nine men. The damage to surface buildings is slight. Among the dead is Superintendent R. B. Turner, of Butte, one of the best known mining men in the northwest. The dead are: R. B. Turner, George Allen, John Tobin, James Powers, Edward Lebrcdy. William Fleming. Robert Donnelly, two unknown men, miners. All the dead miners are from Butte. and were single men. The Ke?.r&arge is one of the principal gold mines cf the state and is considered very valuable. It is operated by the Alder Mining Company. At the time the flames were discovered the timbers in the tunnel were ablaze. How the fire originated is not known, but at th first alarm all the miners, carpenters and laborers, some 170 in all, hastened across the gulch to aid in subduing the flames. Superintendent R. B. Turner, whose temporary quarters were a short distance from the burning tunnel house, at once went to the scene and assume the direction of affairs. He lost his life in the endeavor to save others. Turner was acknowledged as the leading authority on cyaniding in America. He was a member of the American Society of Mining Engineers. His father was formerly state auditor of Montana. Turner had a premonition that he would die before he was 36. as a brother, Frank turner, met a violent death in Arizona some years ago when just 35 and other members of the family hflvfl h^pn kiliftrt at that aee. Turner was within three months of thfrty-six. He leaves a widow and one child living at Virginia City. j MORGAN PREDICTS WAR. I . I Senator Criticises President for His Action in Panama Affair. A Washington special asy: Sena-1 1 tor Morgan states that he will introduce a resolution at the extra session of congress calling upon the foreign relations committee of the senate to obtain from the state department a de! tailed report of the relations between the United States and Colombia under the treaty of 1846. According to Senator Morgan the attitude *bf this country is not justified by a careful construction of the provisions of the treaty and is at variance with precedents laid down by the United States. ' In discussing the situation, he said: "This is the fourth time the United r States has landed troop9 on the isthmus under cloak of treaty. Heretofore '-.it has been for tne suppression of rioting and for the protection of Colombia. Now that it is against the wish of Colombia it undoubtedly will provoke a just protest. "Colombia means to go to war. Of1 that I am certain. This government will find that'it will have a series of complications on its hands not unlike that offered by the Indians when they were met with the territorial aggression of this government, and the trouble will be similar to that of the Filipinos with the conduct of warfare more difficult. "I believe, however, the administra*. tion will not have this matter to decide. It is a question for congress and that body is not likely to shirk the responsibility." Hay Makes Statement. The secretary of state makes the following statement in regard to affairs on the isthmus of Panama: "The action of the president in the Panama matter is not only in the strictest accordance with the principles of justice and equity, and in line with all the best precedents of our public^ policyl but it was the oniy course he could have taken in com pliance with our treaty rights and obligations. By our treaty, entered into with New Granada in the year 1846, New Granada guarantees that 'the right of way or transit across the isthmus of Panama upon any modes of communication that now exists, or that may hereafter be constructed, shall be free and open to the government and citizens of the United States.' AN INJUSTICE TO OLSSON. Gunner Did Not Insult Flag of Confederacy as Reported#. The story sent out from Newport News a few days ago relative to a fight between Gunner Andrew Olsson, U. S. N., and Mayor Jones, of Hampton, proves incorrect, and an injustice to Gunner Olsson. It was stated that the difficulty grew out of an insult to the confederate flag on the part of Olsson and that .the alleged desecration 67 the confederate colors was resented by Jones. The encounter was really caused by another matter, altogether. TO ALABAMA'S DEAD j _ | Memorial Shaft Will be Erected on Chickamauga Battlefield. i At the state reunion of the Alabama Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans it was decided j to erect a monument at Chiclcamauga ; Park to cost not less than 5,000. The state is not represented at any park now. Part of the money is already in the bank and the remainder is pledged. ..." -i UNCLE SAM AIDS United States to Recognize the Panama Secessionists. CANAL RIGHTS ASSURED President Roosevelt is in Hearty Sympathy With the Rebellion and Will Approve New Government. "The isthmian canal will be built by the United States and built at Panama." is the significant declaration with great positiveness by a high administration official in Washington Thursday afternoon. Coming from such a source, this is taken as notice to those in congress and out of it, who seek to take advantage of the present complications to revive agitation in favor of the Nicaragua route that President Roosevelt has no intention of allowing himself to be swerved from his determination in favor of the Panama route. It also means that the United States government proposes to have peace on the i3thmus even at the cost of lending its moral and actual support to the newly declared republic of Panama. To the representatives of other governments who called upon Secretary Hay Thursday to inquire concerning the attitude of this government, this I wras made clear. Roosevelt Favors Revolution. There can be no doubt tUht the whole force of this administration is favorable to the revolution and the new republic which the revolutionists claim to have established. The position of this government is that the general good warrants sovereign methods being employed. A high official of the state department state 1 that so far' as the present outlook goes, the only possible solution in sight are these: 1?The Colombian government may make terms with the revolutionary party, which could only mean that the independence of" fhe provinces of Panama and Cauca would be recognized by Colombia. 2?The United States may recognize the independence of the isthmus. 3?The United States may ; determine that the situation requires thai it establish sovereignty over the entire Isthmus of Panama. It will be seen that all of these conditions lead to the' rame thing?the establishment of an independent government on the isthmus with which the United States can deal in its canal negotiations without further dealings with the Bogota authorities. The Associated Press is enaoled tc state that this government will conduct affairs with a firm hand in the exploitation of the treaty of 1846. 0* ders have been sent to the various'naval commanders in the Caribean that the isthmus is to be policed, the transit kept open and also that bloodshed must be prevented at any cost. This is further than the United States ever V.OO nnno liorotnfrtro it! thf> OniU' ion of the officials in Washington indicates that the establishment of the new ogvernment at Panama, ff it proves stable and orderly, will have the good wishes of the United States and our ultimate recognition and cooperation in conducting an orderly and permanent government on the isthmus. Advocates of the construction of the Panama canal say this assures the exploitation of that project. j "RACE SUICIDE" IN FRANCE. Country is Being Rapidly Depopulated and Remedies are Suggested. A falling off in the number ol French recruits thlsf year by 34,00fl draws attention to the depopulation 01 the country. An extra parliamentary commission is advocating reforms cal culated to lighten the burdens of the parents of large families, improved sanitation in order to reduce infant mortality, obligatory naturalization, to gether with moral suasion and a prop aganda to deter the peasantry from flocking to the towns. NATIONAL LAWMAKERS DIFFEfl As to Legislation to Be Enacted Re aardina Cuban Treaty. A Washington dispatch says: There were some interesting developments Thursday as to the method of con gressional proceedure on the Cuba:, reciprocity treaty. It has been generally supposed that a resolution or bill approving tht treaty would be all that was necessa j ry, but members of the house anc j some senators take an entirely differ ent view. They say that a bill musl be passed reducing ihe duty on the products of Cuba and that every pro vision affecting duties must be enactec STOLE FOR TEN YEARS. Cashier Tells of Manipulating Book: to Hide Peculations. Ar Newark, X. J.. H. J. Hoover, un til recently cashier of Licking univer sity and two years ago assistant cash icr of the People's National hank, has made a partial confession to the Peo pie's bank officials that he is a default er to the amount of $36,000. He said he had been manipulating the bank's books for ten years. ^ ' -.v..--".,,'i-t jSOME ELECTION ECHOES. | j Total of Votes Foiled in Tuesday's ! | Contest and Conceded Pluralities j of the Successful Candidates. j i I i I Complete official returns in New j ! York city show that George B. Mo j ; Clellau, democrat, defeated Mayor j | Seth Low, republican, for reelection j i by a plurality of 63.617. i By the same returns Comptroller ! j Edward M. Grout and Charles F. Fornes, president of the board of a!- I J dermen, running for re-election on the i democratic ticket, though elected two j years ago as fusionists, defeated their j fusion opponents by 66.790 and 64.P73 i plurality respectively, Comptroller i Grout leading the city ticket. McClellan's total vote for mayor was 314,906, to 251,259 for Low. William s. Devery, independent candidate for mayor, polled only 2,935 votes in the entire city, getting 2,671 of these in Manhattan and the Bronx, 266 in Brooklyn, 33 in Queens and none in Richmond. In Baltimore the e-Tvire Maryland state democratic ticket, comprising Edwin Warfield, of Howard county, governor; Gordon T. Atkinson, of Somerset county, comptroller, and William Shepard Bryan, ?r., ot Baltimore city, attorney general, was elected bv about 5,000 plurality. The democrats elected in Baltimore city three state senators and eighteen members of the house of delegates by large majorities. The republicans elected one state senator and six members of the house of delegates. The returns indicate an overwhelming democratic majority on joint ballot in the general assembly, which will elect a successor to United States Senator McComas. It is conceded that the democrats will have on joint ballot 82 votes in the general assembly to 41 republicans. Warfield's plurality in the state will probably reach 8,000. T? Telon^ +Vio Qll XIX liUV/UU iOiauu vug UVUAVN.* UVM ceeded in re-electing Governor L. F. C. Garvin, although by a reduced plurality, but the other state officers went to the republicans, and that party will also have a working majority in the legislature. The republican plurality in Ohio is about 115,000 for governor, and the majority in the legislature on joint ballot for senator is ninety-three. With the exception of tne falling off y>of the socialist vote, the election in Massachusetts very nearly paralleled f that of last year. Governor Bates was ^re-elected by the republicans by a y 'plurality of 35.S9D over Colonel Gaston, in a total vote only slightly under that of 1902, when Bates won by 37,120 i j plurality. i Sufficient returns have been receivI ed in Nebraska to make it certain that 1 Barnes has been elected as the jusi j tice of the supreme court by from 7,000 to 11,000, and the balance of the ? : reDublican state ticket by about 14,000. In Kentucky the assertion seems > warranted that Governor Beckham's ' final and official majority will be not J less than 25.000. This is the largest majority given a democratic guberna torial candidate in fifteen years. i WHITECAPS AID LOVERS. ' Novel Marriage Ceremony Performed at Burlington, Pa. ' A whiteeap wedding took place Wednesday night at Burlington, Pa., when ' j a party of masked men held at bay the relatives of Miss Clara Browe ' j while she was married to Joseph P, 1 ! Rogers, of Fairburn, Ga. The old people objected to the inat<"b ' ! and the community quickly took sides ! j with the lovers. Wednesday night ; Browe was called to his door, seized j and bound, his wife and son were covi ered with revolvers, and in their pres ence Miss Clara was married to Rog ' ers by a justice who accompanied the t nflptv I I BOYS NEEDED THE MONET. [ j . ! Former Lieutenant Lee Takes Stand I in> Missouri Boodle Case. | ' At Jefferson City, Mo, Wednesday, j in the trial of Senator Farris, charged ' I with bribery, former Lieutenant John ; A. Lee took the stand. He said he asked Farris to help defeat the bill tc 1 repeal the law prohibiting trie use -r | alum In baking powder. Farris said it j could be done by holding the bill in ' j committee, but that it was an impor I tant bill to the Royal Baking Powder Company and the boys needed money. He wanted $7,000, of wbich $1,000 was > to go to each of six members, of the ? senate committee and SI,000 to th* senator who introduced the hill. i I NEGROES CENSURE WASHINGTON ? I * | Tuskegee Educator Flayed at Meett | ing of Colored Citizens of Boston. * } At a mass meeting or tne negro ciut j sens held in Boston, Mass., Saturday * ' night, an address to the public was Is sued, in which Booker T. Washington was censured as a mischievous teachj er and short-sighted leader, and the j recommendation made that "the coi! ored voters of the north, to better ad. i vance their cause, detach themselves henceforth from the control of both . great political parties, which divide . the country, to organize themselves in . every state into an independent body ; of voters, and to wield the ballot m . their hands with an eye single to the . preservation of the rights conferred on them and their brethren in the f south by the fourteenth and fifteenth - amendments." protest rowr _ Eqpected Kick from Colombia With State Department. | ANSWER IS SPECULATIVE |jj i Document Will Be Seriously Considered Before Reply is Made. Contents are Not Given Publicity. It was learned in official circles at Washington Sunday night that the. j United States of Colombia has Jcdgei a protest to the state department against the action of the United States in connection with events which have occurred in the isthmus of Panama.The terms of the protest was not ' \j|g made public, but it is known that gaa strong objection is made^to attitude of the United States in general and against interpretations made by this government of the treaty of 1846, between the United States of America and the United States of Colombia. jjfJSH It is also known that the state department has the protest under so- % rious consideration. Cruiser Boston Reports. Word reached the navy department Sunday of the arrival of the United States cruiser Boston at Panama. Commander Wiehl in reporting her arrival, announced also the receipt of instmctions from the navy department which directs the keeping open of the transit of the isthmus. He also . '-J said that at this time tne traffic was ;-|||| undisturbed. The president's yacht, the May.flowj- '' er, left the navy yard at Washington Sunday for Colon. Aboard her is Con-' sul General Gudger, the United States consul general at Panama, who goes '' to that place to assume full charge w of the American consular affairs. The Mayflower is expected to reach her destination in about eight days. On his arrival at Panama, Mr. Gudger will do business with the new govern- . "M ment at Panama. He has full instruo* tions from the secretary of state governing his dealings with the new government. Admiral John G.- Walker, president -'"H of the isthmian canal commission also was a passenger on the Mayflower. His departure was considerable of a surprise, no announcement to thi3 ef- I'M feet having been made heretofore, and the first news of his going to Panama: .'Ja being given out by Secretary Moody. Admiral Waliter, it is stated, goe3 to jS Panama for the purpose of observing1 conditions on the ground and reporting ' to the president pn the situation and /%|1 on any changes that have occurred since the isthmian canal commission made its last report. Rear Admiral John B. Coghlan. who , .^j is to assume command of the naval J'.: forces on the Atlantic side of the isthmus, was also on the Mayflower. Special Diplomatic Agent Appointed. : Saturday's advices to the state department indicated a regular develops ment of the new government of Pana* ma. The most important announce* sS mcnt indicative of a speedy establishment of full diplomatic relations with . ! the new republic was the appointment . of M. Bruneau-Varilla, a Frenchman, and one of the financial agents of the Panama Canal Company, as the ag^nt i of Panama in the United States. With. Jjp J him the United States government wilt /* transact any necessary ousmess m an %?jm unofficial way, pending the appoint-. mei^t of a regular minister plenlpotentiary. M. Phillipe Buneau-Varilla is ! now in New York. His first official r^3?| act wa to officially notify the junta :-<Ji In Panama that the United States has - ^ recognized the de facto government of the republic of Panama. Britain Trusts United States. The British government has formal- -jS L ly requested the state department to look after the interests of British subjects on the isthmus, and similar requests from other European nations are expected, all of which will be ^>||? promptly granted. GERMANS MASSACRED. Kaiser's Men Fought Gallantly, But - v Were Totally Whelmed. Official advices received at Cape Town fully confirm the massacre ot W???rviKo/l moraloii/l ' ueiiuaa; at rtaiiuuau, l/?iuhi ?<auu? - \ 'r ; German West Africa, by the Bondelz j war tribesmen. | The Germans fought gallantly to v^| i the end, but were overwhelmed. It i9 believed none of them escaped. Warmbad was burned. The rebellion in Damaralan-d is officially attributed to distress caused bv rh<> long drought. 8TRIKE OF GREAT MAGNITUDE. Walk-Out of Coal Miners In Colorado Surpasses All Expectations. A special from Trinidad, Col., says: v - ^ It is now evident that the strike of the coal miners In the first district of the Colorado Fuel and IrOh Company is no small affair. In fact, it & a strike out of all proportions to that even hoped for by the officers of the United Mine Workers of America and ten times what was looked for by the coal opera* tors.