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Show PANAMA IN STATE OF PANIC. General Cobas About to Seize the Reins of Government. A special from Panama, Colombia, under dale of July It, snys: Not since thn days of the last revolution, revo-lution, when nn attack upon thn city hy tho liberals wns feared, hns there been such a panic In Pnnama as occurred oc-curred inst night. Shortly after o clock the offlco of Kl I.nplr, the organ or-gan of the liberal party on tho Inth-nut", Inth-nut", wna visited by oftlrora of the general staff of tho army, who destroyed de-stroyed yesterday'a edition of ths newspnper. One of the directum waa sllqtilly wounded, hut nuiniiKcd to os enpo. The news spread rapidly. In the Hants Ann neighborhood, whero most ii til" lilicrala re.'iile. sentiment roan o a lil.'.li pitch and a few nf tlio prominent people counseled retnlla-tlon retnlla-tlon They took no action, however. The next event mine like a bombshell." bomb-shell." A company of soldlors, apparently ap-parently under tli" orders of (lenernl Vaanucit CoIhib. commnnder of the national na-tional forces, surrounded tho residence resi-dence of Cov-rnor Mulls, but tno governor gov-ernor and his wifo, who Is an American Amer-ican woman, having been warned a low minutes before tho arrival of ths troops, succeeded In escaping. (lenernl Huertnn, commander of tho battalion of Colombia, when he learned of the El Lapis Incident, retired re-tired to headquarters, where ho found (ieneral Cobos. According to current reports, tho latter ordered Oenoral Huortas to romnln In quarters. Exactly Ex-actly what has taken place la unknown, un-known, but It la aald that Dr. Arls-tldes Arls-tldes Arjona, secretary of the g iv-ernment, iv-ernment, Fernando Arnngo. chief of police, and Klram Navla, a member of ths departmental superior tribunal of Justlco are under arrest, the last named for trying to argue with General Gen-eral Coboa tho Illegality of bla ao-llon. ao-llon. An attempt also Is said to have been made to arrest 8enor Ouorra, secretary of finance, but ho refused to accompany the ofllcer who wont to srreat him. Whon the ofliccr returned with aoldlera to effect his capture ouorra bad departed. Tho only civil official on the street this morning waa Mnyor Ossa. Governor Mutla spent Inst night at tbo British ooniulnto. but It la rumored that he will tako refuge In tho American consulate. It Is rumored that General Coboa offeied the governorship to different oonsorvntlvos, who rvfusoa to accept, nnd that ho himself will assume civil enmmnnd. H la said that Consul i;udjnr attempted to send a cablegram cable-gram to Arthur M. Heaupre, tho Unit-,- , ed States minister at Mount a. but that ' the agont refused to accept tho moa- ' BOgO. I ' |