Show BUBONIC PLAQUE DENIED big changes ars being made on panama railroad colon sept 3 the report by the medical authorities atthe canal that the death on august of em aloyes employed on the wharf at la boca was due to bubonic plague has given rise to much discussion jer ossa the ecuadorian consul aft colon declares officially that the report la false and that there have been no additional cases of bubonic plague on the isthmus the direct result of this reported prevalence of the plague is that central american and mexican ports refuse to freight sent by way of the isthmus costa rica and nicaragua have ben altogether closeal to ports several thousand tons of freight for central america and mexico la now tied uy on the isthmus and this freight is increasing with the arrival ot every vessel sweeping changes are taking place in the management of the panama railroad H G baerd who arrived her thursday from new york has assumed the duties of superintendent of the road and william rodman who accompanied mr alerd haa baen appointed |