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iclory IB Maryland . .oey Democrats Have Big Majority in Legislature They Save the Governor in Rhode Island Results of Election in Oth er States Baltimore. Nov. 4. Maryland uem- 4.- m m TV 'crats swept the state and will have :the large majority of fifty members of the legislature on joint ballot. The "canvass of the vote has been slow and 'official returns are not' yet in. ."War-' field's majority in Baltimore is about E50 and he has a plurality of about 3,000 in the counties The Democrats "will 'have nineteen members of .the i state jjsenate and the Republicans eight, , thile the house will stand 6S: Demo crats and 32 Republicans. No-possible ' change in the later returns can pre 4 verity the Democrats having a big ? working majority in both branches of i the legislature, whie their majority I on joint ballat will be nearly fifty. J Baltimore, Md., Nov1. 4. Special. J L,ate returns tonight show that War I field's majority is growing and.- will I probably reach ten thousand. Demo- crats will certainly have IS senators to I g Republicans; in the house 68 Demo i crats to 33 Republicans; on joint bal- lot, 46 majority. 1 . , - f Judge William Shepard Bryan, in an I Interview todajr, suggests ? the North I Carolina, constitutional amendment as a possibility in Maryland. Plans to eliminate the negro vote are being gen erally considered. Baltimore, Nov. 4. It was a whole sale victory or the Democrats in Maryland, Warfield, for governor, as late returns indicate, . will have a ma- jority of 6,000 in the .city and 3,000 in the ; counties, making the total 9,000. The ritv and state was something of a aur-I prise even to the most sanguine of that party. The defection of the Wachter ! eiemenj in the. Republican ranks was easily . apparent. They cut the ticket J from top to bottom. The shrievalty In ; -Baltimore is still in doubt, but there is .. every indication that Green (Republi- can) will win by a narrow margin. Gran (Democrat) was slaughtered by ;his party because of 'his independent i viws. j i The big blanket ballot under the new -! Election law, evolved for the purpose of disfranchising the blacks, worked Just the other way. The negroes knew bow to vote but it i3 estimated that It least 10,000 ballots voted ,by white emocra Defeat Result of Elections Is Partic ularly Pleasing "Got ' Out of tha Losing Habit." The President Says He Is Gratified -Sl ,m THOH1AS J. PJBNCXE ' "Washington, Nov. 4. Special. Arriv ing Democratic congressmen in W.ash . Jngton are jubilant over the result of the elections yesterday. All of them agree that for the first tima in ten yeirs there is lisht ahead, and the prediction is made all over Washing ton today that by this time next year the Roosevelt administration will have been voted out of power. In the lob-" bies of the hotels and on street cor ners Democratic members and politi cians' met to talk. over lhe situation. Senator Gorman of Maryland was in-i town bright and early. He was warm t ly congratulated over the great per sonal victory he yon. When the im , mense impetus to his presidential boom the Democratic victory gives hm was mentioned the senator smilingly de- rlined to discuss the natter. He is J getting ready to lead .the senate " minority -to legislative victories this ; wdnter. His friends say the presi I dential nomination will take care of Itself. Republican members and the Repub : lican press say the elections yester ; flay had no national significance. If they had carried Maryland, New York, Kentucky and Rhode Island, however, they might have beenwilling to admit that there was some national signifi cance. As it is the Democrats are more than satisfied. They oarried every doubtful state, and cut down the Re publican majority in Massachusetts. Iowa and Ohio were conceded. With 1 the circus tent and the Kansas City I platform Tom Johnson did better in Ohlo than might have been expected. J The;circus tent was too much like : Roosevelt, and the platform too much ilike Bryan for the voters. i Democrats who returned from New York this morning quote leader Mur I aaid other Tammany Hall polltl- f : men in the city and state were thrown out because they were defective.' il is probable the Democrats will have 19 members of the state senate and the itepuDiicans 8, . v.'nne me nouse win stand 68 Democrats and 3 Republicans, insight into political conditions. Per ls o possible chance , in later returns haps Mr. Hannal will refuse to serve can prevent the Democrats having a for the reason hat he oes not be big working majority in both branches lieve that Roosevelt can win, and be of the legislature, while their majority cause he does not wish to identif him on joint ballot will be nearly fifty. self with a losing fight m his success- Chief Judge McSherry of the court ful record In the presidential contests, of appeals (Democrat) has been elected This , view is frequently expressed. in the sixth judicial circuit by about j 500 majority over William, H. Hlnks. Keedy and Henderson (Republicans) have been elected judges in the fourth judicial circuit. NEW, JERSIHY. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 4. Revised re turns from New Jersey show that the Republicans have carried Middlsex I county for both senator and assembly- men. This will make the senate stand 14 Republicans to 7 Democrats, the same as last year's representation. The gain of three! assemblymen by the Democrats in pnion county is offset by losses in other counties. The rep resentation in the House next year will be the same as last year, 38 Republi cans and 22 Democrats. MISSISSIPPI. New Orleans, Nov. 4. There being no opposition in Mississippi, the en tire Democratic ticket is elected as follows: Governor, J. K. Vardamann; lieutenant governor, J. P. Carter; sec retary of state, Joseph W. Power; au- ditor of public accounts, T. M. Henry; state treasurer, W. J. Miller; attorney general, William Williams; superin- i tendent of education, Henry Whitfield ; insurance commissioner, W. Q. Cole; land commissioner, E. M. Nail; revenue agent, Wirt Adams; railroad commls- sioner, first district, R. L. - Bradley; second distrlpt S. McNair; third dis- trict. J: C. Kincannon: assistant at-: torney general, J. N. Flowers (ap - Bointed There, was no election for clerk of the supreme court, none of the six! candidates getting the necessary ma-j jority. Only 29,000 votes were cast, about one-fifth of the total vote.- RHODE ISLAND. Providence, R. I., Nov. 4. Complete returns from the '152- districts of: the state received today re-elect Governor L. F. C. Gatvln by 1,557 plurality, a decrease of 6,131' votes. The total vote: Cole (Republican), 29,304; Garvin (Dem- ocrat), 30,891; Angilly (Socialist Labor), 970; Furlong (Socialist), 422; Jenclcs (Prohibition), 1,106; total, 62,692. The total vote for governor was larger than last year by 1,901. Governor Garvin did not obtain (Continued on 2nd page.) oans as saj-ng will go against by one hundred that New York city Roosevelt next iyear and thirty thousand and . upwards, jporrnrr - Secretary of the Treasury Jghn G.:, Carlisle rays the Democratic presidential nominee will certainly receive , the electoral vote of New York and surrounding doubtful states. "We have ot out of the losing habit. We will do something now." was the way one prominent Democrat oY-oC:0,i it tr.T-.io-v, The only thin- the president had to , , , . , say about the e ection was that he was gratified at the splendid majority in Ohio. According to a report cir- culated here tonight the president is net as "irratified" as he . states. Hi3 personality was thrust into tthe cam- paign in nearly all the states, espe- ciaily Maryland and Nnv York city. Having been defeated, he s receivinj a large share ot the blame. The president; sought to manifest satisfaction. The following statement. typa written, - was Issued j from the unite House to representatives of tha press: ; r . :-'.- '. '. j "The president is pleased at the gen eral result of the elections. He. is of course disappointed at 'the "outcome in Greater New York and Maryland, though satisfied that even ! in those places the results show an improve ment over four years ago, and in New York over last year." While the president was endeavor ing to make It appear Nthat . he) was .... . M satisfied with the election, Republican There is a difference of opinion as rto leaders were expressing ;the . opinion . how many. The 'earthquake was per that the result yesterday had no effect j ceptible all over the city and was on the presidential election j.vo;sucn; New U and were Sereno E. Payne of John Dalzeli of Pennsylvania, both Re- publican leaders ; in the - House.; ;;iTliey could find nothing to enthuse over. Hanna for president is the cry heard today in many quarters. The almosc unprecedented victory, for an off year, gained by the Ohio senator ,has put new life into that element of the Re publican party which hcpe3 for Roose velt's undoing. Out in Cleveland there was a redivivus of ., the Hanna boom today, and telegrams that came here announcing the fact was the occasion of concern in administration circles. Talk of opposition to Roosevelt's re- liomination Is more prevalent tonight. than it ha3 been at any time. . What it will amount to jno ona knows. It seems almost impossible to defeat him in the convention, . but stranger things have happened The lily whites may get a chance to taugh. i Mr. Roosevelt, according to inside in formation, will ;jisk Mr. Hanna, upon his arrival in this city this week, to continue a3 national chairman and make the fight lUi liia ctcuiwu iicu year. At one time the Rough Rider wanted to displacji the Ohioan, but yes- teraay s result has given him a new . . Generally speaking. Republicans pointed with ptide to the result in Ohio.. Many Democrats, joined with them. In fact it is generally stood that Democrats helped roll up the big majority against Johnson. They wished to get him out of the way, and- they have) about accomplished their purpose. One of the results ot ; the election, " so far as Democrats are concerned, is that the v party has no hope in the west. ; In Ohio, where Mr. Bryan and his principles were a factor, the party was routed. The Democrats . made their (Continued on second page.V DECLINES TO DISCUSS Senator Hanna Fights Shy of the Presidential Boom, Cleveland, Nov. 4. "Nonsense. At this time I must decline to discuss that," said Senator Mark Hanna to a 'reporter today when shown a telegram from Washington telling of the "Hanna f or president" boom. The "at this j time" phrase is significant. 'As to the result jin Ohio, especially In . .Cuyahoga county, it is a repudiation !of Tom Johnson, (with all he stands for and all his methods Senator Hanna at noon was feeling tired, but well satisfied. He received many congratulations by wire, tele-I phone and in person, and was evident- ly delighted with; the result. Many, of the tlegrams, it is understood, urge the senator to run for president STILL EN DISPUTE -3- j StTI D Of TefritO TV Left Out j r a i i ri i a - t ot MiasKan Dounaary nwara Washington, Nov. 4. An important !fact in connectioiii with the recent de - 'liberations of thie Alaskan boundary ; tHhurial aDDeared todav when it be- appeared today came known that a stretch of territory , 140 miles in length and of uncertain widthlis still in dismite and it likfilv to r remain so for s0me time. , As it happens the territory in ques tion is a region of the wildest charac ter, absolutely destitute, so far as known, and covered by "perpetual ice and snow. Neither this government nor Canada care3 much about this strip, but there is a remote possibility that future developments will make it a cause for regret that the question of sovereignty over the whole region was not settled. 0)( PROMOTE Na Tung Placed at the Head of Foreign Affairs Pekin, Nov. 4. sued announcing An edict has been is the appointment of Na Tung as superintendent of. the board foreign affairs jWen Shao, who 1 He replaced Wang i has become decrepit, . .:Ia lung was itrriiiei iy . un etiur uc luxellill unite turn la uicoiucui, jl luc of revenue He is supposed to haye been & prominent .Boxei.f but he hag shown a pr0gfesSive spirit recently and .g apparently friendly towards for- eigners. Seme time ago he visited Ja- pan to study foreign methods. " j viceroy Yuan Shih Kai has gone to ' Mukden as the representative of the qo wager empress to try to secure the evacuation of that city"., by the Rus- sians and to secure the release of the Tartar creneral who is held a prisoner by the Russians. t is believed that his mission will be a failure. IKY SOB SHAKEN Tall Buildings Experience a Shock of Earthquake i St. Louis, Nov. 4. The city and vi- cinity experienced a series of earth- ouake shocks at 12:18 o'clock tdav. mostly felt in the in the down town high business blocks section of the cltyr j Memp'his, Tenn., Nov. 4. Two dis- j tinct " earthquake: hocks were .felt . here ! today. No damage resulted in the vi-'! cinity of Memphis, but occupants ofjjussian soldiers at Wijhe says, the principal office buildings made has- ty exits. Rebuilding a Hotel Graham, N. C, Nov; 4. Special. The Vestal building, used as a hotel, which was destroyed by fire here March 9th, is being rebuilt. Mr. Ves tal intends to open It for the accom modation of the public about January 1st, 1904 Slipped on track Cable Cars Collide on an ln cling With Disastreus Results . Kansas City, mo., inov. 4. One per 'con wp- i-iilpd and ninptppn othprs in- jured, four perhaps fatally, in a collis- j lion of two cable cars in SL fo- on the 12th street car incline near the union depot; this morning. :rr WOrklng Most of the injured were girls, clerks in the big retail stores' up town,; who were bn their way to ; work from homes in Argentine. Ar nioursdale and Kansas City, Kaas., i across the river from Kansas City, Mo. The accident Was due to slippary tracks. ;At Summit street the first car had stopped to let off a passenger when the under-'gripman ; lost his grip on the cable, rlmmediately the car started back at 'great. speed. A heavy fog made it im- .possible to see in any direction, EMDOBSEQ AGAIN ' t -' " Chamberlain's Old Constitu ents Warm Up to Him London, Nov. 4. Mr. Chamberlajn tonight - obtained another enthusiastic endorsement from an immense meeting in Birmingham, where he addressed his own former constituency. A largfc part of Mr. Chamberlain's argument was aimed at, proving historically that Great Britain was exceedingly pros perous prior to the adoption of free trade; and that her subsequent pros perity was not due to the abandon ment! of protection. London, November 5. Mr.' Chamber- Iain's speech at 'Birmingham, was taken by reporters for the Daily Mail by means of the electrophone, which al - llowed them, sitting in the London flee, 113 miles distant, to hear . every word spoken. . The speech was printed verbatim and the paper was selling in the street 27 minutes after the speech was concluded. The elpntrnnhono beat the teleerraDh one hour and twentv- I seven; minutes. ' The Mail claims' that ;i it has inaugurated a revolution In I porting. GROUNDS FOR DiVORCEi Storyofa Girl Who Under took to Make Out a Case Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 4. Marguerite j)'w'ylan' an adventuress, , is held at ! police I headquarters, charged with blackmail. She confessed to the police !that she had had an offer of $1,000 in installments from Mrs. H. A. Cr- roll, a well known woman of this city.i . , . ' . wife Of a wealthy merchant, to m-i veigrlej her husband into her resort in : Jar olitical antithesis, and tha gen order to furnish eviaence against mm . rf this morning sent President to be used in divorce proceedings. . hej says znaz sne went to rne nouse ot Airs. Carroll and that they planned out the whole affair to the minutest faetailsi. Mrs. Carroll denies the story, ! onmil pr.inr is int trv tho rpHtai nf rh bv lhe fact that Mrs. Carroll in- stituted proceedings for divorce this year and failed because of not having sufficient evidence. 11 SJ i III Attempts to Put New Men On Have'Been Unsuccessful Tamaqua, Pa., Nov. 4 The strike of the; trackmen on the Shamokin jtli vision of the Reading Railroad is not general. In all 1,500 men are out. Todav! the men who quit work were - Paid off and given to understand that they are no longer in the employ of the company. Although the striking men have not yet resorted to overt acts they are endeavoring to prevent the ! company from filling their places, ! Yesterday a gang of Italian strike breakers was brovight to Mahanoy to take the places of the dissatisfied men, but tti?.y were met by a committet- of their countrymen who induced them not to ro to work. The company is now making plans to bring a large number of strike breakers from Phila- d-li-hia and New York to work on the tracks. These men will be quartered in cars and it will ba impossible for the strikers to molest them unless they encroach on the company's property. It is; learned that the strikers have sent out missionaries to try to induce j the trackmen on the other division? to 1 uuu Misleading Reports Tokio, Nov. 4. M. Hagiwara, secre tary of the Japanese legation at Seoul reports from the Yalu river that the rumors of Russian military movements Ut wi In emanated from Japanese who sought- thereby to conceal their own ioWT0ei oi-zure of timber rafts. The are j enas-ed solely in protecting the lum- bermen. i - Nothing to Say i Cleveland, O., Nor. 4. It .vas long after noon when mayor jonnsoa reacn- ed his office in the city hall today, When asked for an expression relative to the outcome of. the election lhe Democratic gubernatorial candidate 1 -i . . " -' ! ..- - said: "1 am still unprepared to make a statement for publication, and In deed may decide to say nothing wluit- ever." 1 ." :- i , Going Back to Panama Asheville. N. C.. Nov. 4. Special. II. A. Gudger, consul general to Pana- A ma, will leave tonight for New, York and will sail at the earliest possible moment for Panama, Mr. Gudger has spent the summer here. He did not in tend returning to the isthmus for some time, but upon being advised of condi; tions there decided to return j Imme- sn of nHrm ' "Mr. , cnT1 Wprt,n . ,n x,- - holdI the position of clerk at the coa. sulate. Dsclined a Banquet New Orleans, Nov. 4. The Duke De Abruzzi, having declined the banquet tendered him by the Italians, has asked that the money, raised for the banquet ($2,000) be given to some Italian char- ' ity of Nev.T Orleans and has added $500 from his own pocket. The Italian cruiser Liguria, commanded by the duke, will leave here November! 12 for Havana, and will sail thence for Italy by way of Cape Horn and the Suez Canal, visiting- Buenos Ayres, Valpa raiso, tan Francisco, Hawaii, japan, China, Australia and India. , NO LOSE Financial Results of the York Election New Iew Tork, Nov.' 4S It developed to- ; clay at the Aqueduct track" that the big 'gest winner on the election Of McClel- ; lan 'was John Ryan, the get-rich-quick man, who was ruled off the turf by the ; jockey club last week. It was stated i0 the best of authority that J Ryan WIN A i cf-iciearoa u iyu ana that the money was Piacea nere lor mm Dy ueopge r 'Confine, who made books for the' west- erner on the local tracks until the Stew- .arts took action. '-he heaviest Jioser at the track on j Low's defeat was George Lahgdon, ! v.'ho dropped ?2o,000. Orlando jJones, re-itne xven known bookmaker, won; close to ?50,000 on McCIelian. WiLEY SHQOK'S LATEST The Pigeon Rivsr Statesman Sends a Solemn Warning to the' President Asheville, N. C, Nov. 4. Special. J. ! Wiley Slioo3 whose official undoing ' wa3 recorded by the' state press a short :time agro, read the election returns with an emotion which was not en .. . - , ttireiy unmixea wun . . . . joy. The chief : pwrntivp i l'nst now Shook's narticu- - Rooseveit this telegram: "Theodore D. C. : Roosevelt, Washington, i i v "God in all ages has directed persons and nation through line upon line and i precept upon precept.' In doingj this ! he has instructed that tha prudent j forseeth evil and fleeth, while, th$' -Sims' pie-minded tjo on and are punished. Can you not see the forecast from re sults in New : Tork and Ohio yjester i day? Announce at once that you are no cancnaate tor tne, presidency ana that the administration stands for the nomination of Senator Hanna. Should you persist in ambition and succeed in getting this nomination all, the caustic ixi human language, writfen with pen dippad in the gall 'thai pre serves the souls of the damned fail to record the calamity that Will will befall this nation. "J. WILEY SHOOK." LLSOMS FOR CANALS New ".Yerk Votes a Great Sum for Internal Improvements New York, Nov. 4. New York state yesterday gavei a majority of nearly ; m,vv" in nivur oi me Piyun the state shall spend $101,000,000 for improving its canals. The plan is to widen and deepen the Erie canal so j that it will accommodate barges of 1.000 tons carrying capacity and to im prove the-Oswesro canal. Under the law the state will be allowed to issue not more than $10,- 000,000 of canal bonds at any time, and he first issue must cover the j work for two years. The bonds are tjo run for not more than eighteen yearsV The advocates of the proposition declared that canal improvement was neces sary for the rehabilitation of the com mercial supremacy of the state, tlnless the state canals are widenedj and deepened, they asserted, It would be but a short time ; before the : railroads would be able to make such transpor tation rates as they might see fit and that New York city would criminated against. be dis- Armsnians Murdered London, Nov. 4. Two Armenians were Uvinf nnd mortally wounded in the street 1 a iun fnKnrK r f PorVh a rr trtrfav T"h n wllo shot them immediately; com- mitted suicide. He is said to have been the man who murdered Sagouni, the leader of the revolutionary party, a week aso. .-.:..': "' .'..-'' -'" 1 ." - P anama A Government Gunboat Fires -tv ' i .- a. Few, Shots Over the Town Before Running Off With ahlnsurgmt Boat at j j Her Heels Colon, Colombia, Nov. 4.---lt is report ed that j Commander. Hubbard of the United states gunboat Nashville this morning, notified the Colon and Pana ma railroad officials that) no troops faom either side or the isthmus would be allowed transportation ion the rail road. I I! j j '".'". ' ' ! , Colon, however, is exceedingly quiet. The government troops which arrived here on board the warship Cartagena from Savanilia yesterday are still here and their presence at Colon has caused some difficulties in certain; quarters, j J. A. Arango, Thomas Arias and Fred erick Boyd constitute the provisional government" at Panarnaj Governor Obaldla, General Tovar and a few oth ers whoij were arrested by! the revolu tionists at in custody Panama yesterday are sjtill according to the advices re ceived hore. . No bloodshed resulted from the olutionary movement, which 13 sup- ported by the people of thie highes t in- telligence and wealth , at Panama as well as by, the troops of the city, Ifarmles Gna Practice :i ' I " ' -I Panama, iNov. 4. Some slight excite ment was caused this morning by-the ! government gunboat Bogota, the only one of the three Colombian gunboats which remained in the harbor after the announcement of the declaration of in dependence. The Bogota tried to use moral force to subdue the uprising, buf no attention was paid to her. Finally her commander announced; that he was about to' open fire on the own. After a short delay? he vflred four shots over the town,' one of which took effect. No casualties, however, resulted. The gun boat Padilla.j in charge of insurgents, started in pursuit of the Bogota, .which .steamed seed. out of the harbor at top KlozaSora Hears of FIxbtlB Kingston,! Nov. 4. The receipt of the news of . the; proclamation yesterday of the Independence of the Isthmus j of Panama caused excitement here. Iti Is reported that some fighting, has al ready occurred.. The united States gunboat Dixie, with a battalion of marines on board, sailed for Colon from here last night after receiving cipher dispatches the government at Washington. rom It is understood that American marines will T ouses url Workmeni Blown to Frag ments and Great Ouantitiles ur. I 3 s .- I , i of Ordnance Destroyed . Explosions Continufed ;Hforj Nearly Two Ei 6 Hours i Pookskill, 1 f. Y., Nov, 4. With a crash which - fceemed to shake thej Highland! modntains all around the) big vi- cinity, aiid was heard for a distance of twenty miles, two big shell houses of the naval arsenal in lona Isl and blew up at nine minutes before one o'clock this 1 afternoon, instantly tciiX ing sevept men and wounding a dzen or more others, two of them so serious ly that one, was taken to the j general hospital; here in Peekskill and another went to , a hospital in Brooklyn. Of the killed three were literally torh to bits; in fact ' they were beyond recog nition. Their names are known only from the; fact that they were in the shell houses at work when the explo sion came. The dead are " George Moorehead," of Tomkins Cove; Frederick! Ward, Stony Point; Freder ick Brown, Haverstraw; tatrick Gu rian, West Haverstraw! Frederick Loeke, Peekskill; , James Connelly and John Brown,! rprrner sergeant .oi ma rines. All these men wero employed by the ordhahce department. The most .seriously: jinjured are Gunner Fries in command of the arsenal,, jand Gunner Daplelsori. It was: in shell house Not. that the first exploeion took place. There are four she! hduses altogether. Within three mihutes after hous No. 4 went houses and up No. followed. Both the 400 ot 600 tons of amok T"" If y In each Instantly took fire. The pow der, notf I being confined, only burned fiercely jvlthout explodinar. The aljellB, however- Iwhiph were of all sizes, rjine irfg front 13 Inch to the ri.i?, kept up a constant! i series of yiolent explosions for two ( hours, hurling stones, bricks, j pieces ojfj shell and mal!r helh all ! I 1 ;;cm - over the ! Island, far out in the rfver, j upon th4 mountain side, and all up and - down the West Shore railway track ' - I j ,: ;! ' ' '' lutwm be landed, on tha iathmuilto tuard th railroad. i i i-j .. The friends here of Colj Baxrtra vrho recently landed In Colombia with 'a revolutlonarj" party, expect that he will be elected president ;c tho repub lic of Panama. Flshtlas Itlaurlale Hcaclit New Orleans. Nov. 4.The Intended secession of Panama from the republic! of Colombia, has been IkncjwTx for soma time in New Orleans to bulsina housear here- engaged in Central Aroertoan trade. It seems that the secessionist! have been well organized for- soma time, have raised a considerable ium for the contemplated' movement T and' have laid in a stock of 16.000 riflea and $60,000 worth of ammunition. Several, New Orleans houses wera asked for .contributions and a delra was ehowrf to purchase a steam yacht or other ves sei here to be used as a frunboat. Tha Central Americans in Newj Orleans aro generally friendly to the revolution. especially those from.: NIoaragua, The opinion here among them and those who know the isthmus, Is that the republic will make; good, as It Is unfavorable for Colombia to march an, army overland to the 1 1 Isthmus, tho country being wild and fever stricken, adit Is without the fleet, necessary for a. sea attack. Five hundred men at. Panama and one hundred! and fifty at Colon could easily hplcjl; the Isthmus against an army of ten thousand. All the weal thier men on I the I isthmus are said to be in favor of j the revolution and to have put up ample money to' assure its success. AMKBici iTimy6!iTiar ;:"-'. OatAialblr It ! In trle Cifrmllf Xflt Treaty Obll;atlB Washington, Nov. 4. A telegram, re- ceived today from Felix Ehrman,' Unit ted States consul general at Panama informed the state department that, during the nijrht tho Colombian gun boat Bogota had thrown some "shells into the city, killing onej person, o Chinaman. Secretary Hay sent In-' structions by telegram to Mr. TUhrmar' to personally protest to the commander! of the Bogota against - the shelling One of the grounds for the; protest was-1 that due notice had not been uriven tar the inhabitants of Panama! that an at tack was to be made. The other and more important ground was that the shelling endnnpered the ' property of the Panama Railroad Corhpany; and rt Mr. Ehrman wag directed to say it In terfered with frre transit across tha Isthmus, which tho Uriited States was bound by the treaty to preserve.; Should the Bogota's commander Ignore, the warning of Mr. Ehrman by n gal it (Continued on second! page.) Blow Upl Men to eafii for a distance of over a half-mile northj and south. -" -jji.-'i ! It was'thoucht that' all j the vasts stores of powder in the arsenal would! go. Gunner Fries, hurt aa he wa,: ran toward the harracks shouting: to;" everybody to get on board the govern- ment.tug and lighter whicjh were all the arsenal dock unloading amraunl tion. j There was a stampede of men women and children' toward thesa boats and toward the entrance ffateaj by the West Shore railroad. The rail road telegraph wires were not destroy! ed, so messages wero uent from niffh-i land Fall3 and Jones .Point, holdlnrl up trains; otherwise the;disaster mightj have had a railroad wrej:k added tai its sum total of wreckage for great' masses of roks and heavbH I pieces of shell,, as well as some shell that wero entire and unejsploded, 1 rained down upon the tracks for thej bitter part of two hours. .. .' l ! . J j -. : .. ', - Nearly a quarter of a mile below the station there was found a jfragment of a "human body. '' il-i .j ' Just how the first explosion took place is hot definitely known. What is known positively Is that the' men. who were at! work wher j the trouble began were engaged in drawing the loads from a lot of shells j that were recently sent to the island.; It was old ammunition and was regarded asj hav- lng more or ' less deteriorated. Tho regulations provide that; this ehall not be done within the shell bulldlnp. One rumor has it that this process was go ing on within the building;: that it was a 13-inch shell that was being operated upon; that it burst In the hands of the men who were at wdrk on it; that a lot of loose black powder lnstantlv exploded, settins fire tip the building. which among started the ji the ends of the bombardment other shells. . Summoned to England New York, "ov. If 4. Commander Booth-Tucker, whose wife. Consul Emma Booth-Tucker of: the Salvation Aimy, was killed in a jrallray wreck; recently, sVined for Liverpool today aboard the White Star liner; Cedric. Ho said, that his father-in-law. General i Booth, head of tho Salvation Army,"i na.d summoned him to England for a conference on affairs of the army in America. He expects to etay In Eng land not longer than wm!c
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