Show PANAMA REBELLION REBELLION causes which led to the burning of aspinwall highhanded high handed outrages plunderers shot by Har marines lites action of tile british commander NEW YORK april 17 advises advices by mail from panama to the etli dinst ast are received the story of tho burning of coon colon or aspinwall is given as follows A lawyer named preston seized the opportunity of the absence of bf the prefect of colon with all tho the troops for tho purpose of meeting gen arizpuru Ariz pura who had attacked panama to seize the city of colon he levied force loans and collected a mixed force which paused caused much apprehension among the merchants and citizens on march the pacific I 1 mail steamer colon arrived with arms 11 and nd ammunition preston demanded these munitions and upon the refusal of the tile demand by the pacific mail officers he lie imprisoned ti them tern 1 he 10 sent word to the commander oi of the galena that these prisoners would be released if the munitions of war were delivered to him and they would be shot if any marines were lail landed ded commander elcane then took charee of the colon in the name of the united stated stab preston subsequently hadan en outs ide uie the city with troops from bonam a and was defeated the pacific mail officers es caping during the fight TUB THE BURNING OF COLON about noon oon on the men from panama numbering some ome c advanced upon tile town and a heavy fire ensued the town was entirely cf wood and bullets passed through tho the houses as if they had been bce pasteboard when defeat became becalel certain to preston the fires commenced lommen commence ced As as one fire was started a dozen were seen in different directions A strong wind was blowing and a it pandemonium of fire robbery robbe shooting and misery ensued all who could fled on board tho the alip ships but few saved anything thousands thousand cocked to the pew town built ll 11 by the canal company on the aroun ground they have formed at the entrance to the canal while others took refuge in the few houses which remained standing on the beach the tile machine shops and roundhouse of the ra railroad i road company were wore fortunately saved but an immense quantity of rolling stock was wis destroyed together with local merchandise transit cargoes preserving ORDER R the tile united states ina marines rilles and sailors arc are reported to have acted from lish gunboat I 1 lily ily were also landed and aish assisted ted in k keeping guar guard d this guard caught many plunder era ers as did also the men of the galena all caught red handed were immediately tried and on the following day shot fifty eight per bonss among whom it is believed y were beveral innocent people were summarily dispatched during the tile fight between the troops and pres townspeople tons people some twenty or thirty persona persons were killed while many more were wounded tho tile flames flashed ed through the houses in hundreds deeds of which powder alcohol liquors and general merchandise were store dand frequent explosions added terror to the tile scene the panic stricken kopul populace ace were almost a most without provisions or water for two days lays ATTACK ON PANAMA while the troops recklessly taken from hereby gen gonima to fight in tho the streets of colon were chils leading to the tile destruction of that town the streets of panama were e with rifle shots conferences had bad been held during the day dy by commissioners sent here to discuss matters with gen arizpuru Ariz pura he ile however demanded the unconditional dit ional surrender of gen gonima and threatened to attack tile city dunles he lie surrendered gen gonima however said he lie would remain in the city and await results by daylight armed men from band had captured the steeples of the santa ana church and soon drove in Goni Go maa outposts they then dashed frum from church to chinch church and from street corner to street streit corner a heavy and continuous rifle fire being meanwhile itlean while kept up most of tho the houses in panama are built of stone and and a nd afforded better protection to non combatants than the buildings in colon did ulti alti the barracks in which general gonima had hall at once shut himself were surrounded and at 4 in the afternoon he lie surrendered rend ereO in all twelve persons were killed and about an equal number wounded the attacking party were orderly and sober they were not soldiers sol diera but volunteers biloy as they put it fought for what they considered principle 9 since the destruction of colon ion on an armistice has been agreed on for thirty daye lays and troops under orders of the prefect appointed by the agreement of both parties are to some marines are I 1 order preserve prea erve e still on shore in colon where many arc are already clearing away gway the ruina ruins prior to rebuilding considerable excitement hag has been caused by the announcement that united states troops aro are en route fl for or the isthmus ellsa who ig is in charge at aspinwall is the man who is 13 reported to 0 o have cut the cable at istle buena na ventura a fortnight ago it ia is said that the conservatives have captured buena ventura and wiil advance on this place gaitan in charge of the revolutionary forces fortes is closely cartagena lie ile hag has taken possession of some of the principal forts and has been sheh ing the tile town it is stated that shells have burned the greater part odthe of the city the tile Amer american icah and english men of war have been beem of the greatest assistance to the unfortunate garrison GUARDING FOREIGN lateko 46 capt curtis of oatlie the british gunboat bo a t canada was the recipient of a letter from gen vila who commands inside the town in which he lie protested in the name of humanity and divine authority against tit the c captain prohibiting the disembark luent ment of arms on ou the tile ground which the combatants have agreed with gen gaitan bo be considered a neutral zone and on oil which a thousand refugees are located all an english bt steamer eamer the alene sought to land cruts and wun ammunition at this point when she was p promptly r ordered off by the british cruiser this aroused theire the ire of gen vila who wrote a furious dispatch containing a declaration of war which received no reply from capt curtis the tile united states man of war shenandoah her Maje steamer ceroi the french frigate rein blanche are in this bay while at aspinwall there are the united states steamer galena and the british gun gun boat lily CAP CAPTURE OF or THE STEAMSHIP COLON NEW april 17 gustav A Zick freight clerk of the steamship colon that arrived from aspinwall today to day says regarding reg aiding Pr Pres estous tons demand for the arms that were on oil board boards the vessel when she reached aspinwall the arms were stowed away in the hold told with a lot of other cargo on top of f them and could not be reached immediately I 1 capt lima said so and pr promised 0 to land them as as quickly a they could be got at in the course of unloading the rebel chief not satisfied with this insisted A upon their delivery instantly he ile ex 1 peeled momentarily to be attacked by the government troops and and threatened that if such an i event should occur the captain and hn iiii crew would regret having bavin denied them arms and there would woul be a circus be he said the like of which houlne yer efin seen OD on the irinus I 1 sa so saying he lie went ashore with his men and arrested mr air conors agent of the steamship ilow company at aspinwall capt dow general it agent ent of theom the company pany mr wright glit U united cited states consul and judd of the united states warship war ship galena who happened to 0 o be there at the time having secured these hostages preston sent a communication to the commander of the gal galena lying in the bay ts ing that he was about to board the colon with his men and take possession of the arms and if the anvar war he threatened to kill the 0 four o ur hostages the ilie british man of war lil lily was lying in the bay at the time THE GALENAS APATHY the commander of the colon being cognizant of the threatened invasion of his ship hoisted a distress hag flag as a signal to the galena from which he lie expected irp immediate mediate protection it was flying tw two houra hours mid ond preston and his men were on board rum rummaging mag ing among the cargo more lt lore tile gal galena m moved As soon as the british ship saw the colons signal she sent a messenger to the signal american in man of war to offer assistance si stance at length five small boats were lowered from the galena and sent alongside the colon the sailors from the Gale galenas nai small boats boarded the colon from the starboard side unseen by Pres tons men but so soon as their presence on deck became known the strangers scattered leaving moat of the tile arms and two of their prisoners sonere the consul and judd behind them they fled to the woods taking conndrs and captain dow with them the tile two prisoners were detained in in the woods all night with two armed watchmen over |