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Show THAT '-PANAMA" (JASB. It ll 8M lo Hear Koine lleiemlilailit to tho llarrundla -tlTslr. CAPTAIN WHITC TOOK A BNAVC OTANO. Mow llrnnantlncnrrcd 1'rcUfnt l- la's IMiiliiirf. Tin four Mlridorliii. Of tsl.irrseh lo Uim Haws I Tin: i.a iini.urAii ivuni.xr. An American Hln Aa.ola III Anllierllr III KIiIih HasJum: dh Guaiimai.a, Auguit II . The Incident whluli occurnJ al I .a Mterlad, In tha republic of Hilva-dor, Hilva-dor, ten days ago, bore some resemblance resem-blance to the llarrundla allalr which hipiiened on the stiamer "Acatulro" In Han Jo-n de Oustemalt during tha lata war Iwtweeu Halvador and Uuata-mala. Uuata-mala. One of the trth a concerned In thli case, however, wasaii American. The I'aclflc Mall Hteamihlii company's stiamer "City of I'anima" stopil at Corlnbi, Nlcaraugua, August fith, ou lur regular north bound trip, and aiuongthu assetigere on board wcro Patrick llrenuan, nn Amtrlcau citizen residing In Halvador, and four native Halvadorlatts, all former officers of Hut government. Thesn man had Incurred the dlif leasure of l'nsldent I'aeU nnd were regarded by him as revolutionist revolution-ist The stiimvr reached Ii Llbertad August bth, and r.ieta'a officers de-maniled de-maniled the surrender of llrsunin and his cuuiulons. Captain While refused re-fused to comply, and tho comman lint of Ihe port weut to tha steamer with a talload of armed men aud Informal Cattaln Whits tint the litter could consider hlniHlf under Ills onhrs, aa he had come to lake povenlou of the steamer and arrest Ihu num. Cattaln Whlle'e Indignation wai arousi-d at mice, and, without waiting tu discuss the matter at all, ha told lha command. aut that If hedld nol leave the stiamer Immediately ho would throw him over board. Ihe command tut evidently iercelvoJ that Captain Wnlto wai dispose dis-pose I to larryoiit his threat, for ha withdrew from tha steamer without further discussion, A abort tlmo beforo tho iteamrr sailed. Captain Whlta wa Informed that I'fealluiil i;tata had been nulllloi of Iheoccurrenie, aud hai gouewlth a large nrmed force to Acajutli, thn next orl In Halvador, Intending to take oil lha refugiea at all hard. Captain White accordingly dettriulned not lo go to Acajulls, and on arrival at Han Jostle tluatemalii laid die fucU before U. H. M Initial I'acheoo. The men whom i:!a dnlrail lo capturu are now lu (luMrmilu territory, terri-tory, and J'.zciU ha rpueated (Juste. msli to surrender thrm. The exact ditalUof IhechargeimaJoagaluitlhe men are not kuowii here, lireunan ha rrsldwt lii Halvador fur some tlmo, and I a railroad contractor. Ha Is aild to lie a man of means ami some prominence lu the country. During the late war with tluslemala his I u.l-inss u.l-inss onsrattona were lntirruilcd, and It Is aald at I'resldonl l.teta'sreituist he acce led a commission In tho army of Halvalur. eullsteil his rsllroad cm pliijc. In Ihe service aud waalnitm-nieuUl waalnitm-nieuUl In winning one or more battle 111 willlh hu wa engaged. At lha close of Ihe war he retired from the military servli e and whin n n volution wa thrvateuod lu Halve lor lomullme Islir, It Is sail that i:eta agAinde. sired ltrvnnau to enter htsservicoanl enlist his railroad em lo)re. llrenuan declined lo do ao, and It Is aii ci! that In this way he Incurred l.seU's dial leasure. Thn four rialvadorlaoa whom V.ml wished tu have eelxed were (Jeneral A ola, who t lilms to hue been legal-lyelectM legal-lyelectM Trcsident of Halvador, but who had been deprived of the office; General I.ctonla, commauder-ln chief of Hie rialvadorlsu nrmy In IbW, but who has been In exile for the put five years; Ueneial llernanlei, wealthy exile, and Colonel Ithas, a nephew of (ieneral Itlvaa, who waa oxiculod at i;cela's orders for Ihe urt he took lu the latu civil Insurrection. |