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Show Colombian Assembly Is Under Arrest Governor Is Also Included Among the Members Who Are Held. COLON, June 30. Advices by trteam-cr trteam-cr from Carthagena, Colombia, confirm the news that Gov. Escobar Es-cobar had all the members of the State Assembly arrested- The Assembly As-sembly recently expressed themselves them-selves in strong language against the administration and Dr. Gas-telbondo, Gas-telbondo, Secretary or -Public Instruction, Instruc-tion, has been repeatedly Insulted. A great deal of ammunition has" disappeared dis-appeared from the Carthagsna, Gatllng guns and field pieceo have been stolen. Rumors ore current that a revolution may break out at any moment. Gen. Orltz recently surrounded the State treasury in Carthagena and broke open the safe to obtain money for the soldiers, who had "not been paid for a long tjme. It is generally admitted that Gen. Reyes has been elected President of Colombia, Co-lombia, but there Is no official confirmation. |