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Show THAT PANAMA" (IAS!-:. It It Said lo llrar Some. Itntmlilartcc to tlie Ilirrumlln Affair. CAPTAIN WMITC TOOrl A DRAVC STAND. Mow llrcrinanlncnrrrd I'rulilrnt t'Jf la', lil.plca.nrc Tlu Tour Kattailorlaiir. Dy Tllrnrifk lolMXaw,.! Till. M Mmnrui tMincxr. An American (aplaln Anilli Ilia Anlbarllr ( Khlv. Han Juan dh Uuatkmai.a, Auguit 31, Tholucldunt which occuired at I- l.lterlaJ, In the repuhllo of Malva dor, ten daya ago, bore asme reiem blancalothellarriinilla aflalr which hapriened ou tlie itcamer "Aca4ilco" lurian Jo- do tluatemalt during the late war llwcen Halvador and (Juate. mala. One of the paitle. conccrncil In thli cue. however, wa, an American. Tho l'aclflo MatlHteamfthlncomiiAny'a atcamcr "(,'lty of l'amma" ilopped at Corlutu, Nlcuraugua, Auguit Mh; on her regular north bound Irlp, and among tho jMiireiixeri on hoard were I'atrlcK Ilrenuan, nu American cltUcn residing In Halvador, and four native Halvadorlam, all former otllcen of that government. Them man had Incurreil llivdliplrMiirobf t'rraldenl Ktetannd wero regarded by him ai revolution UU. The iteamer reached Im I.lbertad Augurt bth, and l.tela'i ofllcera tie-mamled tie-mamled Iheaurrenderof Hrennauand hli couitianloui. Captain White re fused to comply, and the comman lant of the port went to the iteamer with a tatload of armed men aud Informed Captain While that the latter could eonrlder hlmrelf uuder hi. order., aa lie had come to take poirclou ot the iteamer and arrurt thu men. Captain Whlle'a Indignation wa, urouicd at uuce, aud, without waiting tu dlicui. the matter nt all. ho told the commandant command-ant that If hodhi uot leave the ateamer Immediately bo would throw him overboard. over-board. The eommandtut evidently ercelvod that Captain Whlto wai dl,-jioied dl,-jioied tu carry out hla threat, for hu withdrew Irom tho iteamer without further dlacuailon. A ihnrt time brforo tho iteamer tailed, (.'.plain White wa. Inlormed that I'reil lent l.teui had been nntlflel of the occur renee, aud hal gone with a largo nrmed force lo Aeajutla, the next port In Halvador, Inlnodlng In take oil the refugee, al all hax-trd,. Captain White accordingly drlermlued not hi go lo Aeajutla, and on arrival at Hln Jwi-nleduatemalu lild tlie facta Iniforo If. H. Mlnliter l'acheL0. Tho men whom Uneta deilred to capture am now lu (hi-.tcni-.la territory, terri-tory, and J.iala hai reiue,led (Juate-mala (Juate-mala to aurrendcr them. Thu exact detail! of the charge, maJo agalurt the men are not kuowu here. Ilrenuan In, rrildwl In Halvador for aome time, and li a railroad contractor. Ho I, t lid to lie ft man of moaua and aome prominence In the country. Durlng Iho lato war with Uuilemala hi. bul-ner. bul-ner. opiratlona wero Inter rupti-d, aud it I, .aid at L'raaldont i:ela'a n-.ue: he accrpteij a commUilou In the army of Halvador. tiullitcd hla railroad employe! em-ploye! lu the lervtcu aud wailnttru-mental wailnttru-mental lu winning one or morn battlea lu which ho wa. engaged. At the clme of the war he ii-tlrcl from the military errvlce and when a revolution waithreateuod lu Halvador lomullme later, It 1, raid that Htela again de. rlrud llreunau to enter hli lervlce and eull,t hli rallrond employee. Ilrenuan declined tu do ao, nnd It li mpivM-d that lu thli way he Incurred l.avta'a dUjileaure. Thn four Halvadorlaoa whom Kieta wlihed to have pelled were (feueral Ayoln, who elilmi tu have ln'tm legally legal-ly elected 1'relldrnt of Halvalor. tail who had been deprived of the olllce; Ueneral l.ctonla, conmunJer-ln-chlef of thn 8alvaJorl-.ii army In lbb.1, but who hai been In exllo for the pait five yeara; Ueneral Iternandox, a wealthy exile, and Colonel lllva,, a nephew of (lenural Ulvai, who waa executed at i:teta'a orJera for the part be took I u the lalu civil Inaurrectlon. |