Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-24
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THE WALKING MATCH.
CAMPANk AHEAD OF 0'lEARY.
STARTLING G CONFESSION OF CRIME
GESTEtCTifE STORM At. PANAMA,

A Fierce Norttter. >hip,yrecx mad
fsTt,hf sSeNkrIrIit.ti 81 g., -.


tEeat Destruction at ssrn nsr,,y.
PANAMA.. Tee. ia lcrra northcr a- spin
wall. on he !Ih. cut on communication FOR
several d1NS. hcth by "a and rai1. Tao l,,yal
mail and Pacific maii steamers r,,patued n,!f
SIDE several d3tS. III" former helB- atl'i ,,sI ~
leave on 'te aIh Tor England without alllinr
Tor passengers. freight or mails. Heavy rain
accompanied the gale. The Panama raiiroad
WAS huoteu. the wafer i'm some places standing
ten Itet deep on tl.c tfacS. The storm nlrifally
suoSlded on The 9TH nut on the night oT fl9a 1a,6
lIIr WHO again spranE up. and inclr lSed to
sucIl 4 gale that the steamers Acanulra PARA
tAGe aid Bolivar, were forced to leave their
mnSilts ana Sselil ou' into the bay. Tie clyde
manager WITH STeai difficulty to ge. outside
Inc lsoilNar also went 10 sea. blIt the tcapulr1
anu faft took refuge I'm P,I1o Bclln. The sail
"S &rres sessIs IN me pay Wen, the Lorne coal,
nAfIeSo lhion do, T.. VI. Buehler do y J. p
hohilsol tdo }. Nell r. starr ilunhaTN RoSfon
Leo, ice Co, May morn do; Panama x. r. co. Mary
Siusnlan tcoal labetsen Atckuan Narfie
rolIGeS, and French bark natn,. upLnoWn all
Win coal Ior the Panama Railroad company
Inc LoTihe sunk on the mOrnng OF the nth
a1ohgSiae ,do wharf No 1. carrying down with her
~ le1 tons i c"al. She Is probably total loss
inc lhiee-inasied schooner the ENpreSs TIL
ton- drove through No. J. TEARING down I'M,
nd aLH oGhdg the piles IN every direction,
ara drlfted against the Paeltic nau wharf
Which she has enectually ruined. DESTROYING
tie double tracks laid down on The wharf 'T'hS
Ne>sel IS also a total loss. The J. T. Robinson
ran on the reef at the smallpox hospital and
WAS carried by the force OF the waves over fhe
reels ana Hes on shore inside. She may he re-
toNtitu Ire T.. NJ. Blcier DRAGGED on tha
Tee!. but Sustained no other damage than the
less "f ler ludder. The other NeSS.lS ar. an
sale and VIII probably weather the gAle. one
sailor a. luSt oil The forinc. The Eurine, ~
pltsS 1ilicu and r.. n. BuChler belong la PHIL
adtlniiii. and the i. i. Robinson Ia g., M",SslS
of New lolE. The Pacific mail wharf WbarveS
Nos. !, 1 and = aTe badly dlmaged aud II will
take at least .i"a,upo 10 make them gs theY were
before.
Death Of al phiIadeiPhian.
bf. nHolSr 4 Rittkcr, graduate of .IPffer-
son college. Philadelphia, Tor snme time sur
gton 10 The Panama railroad COMPANY. died In
inns CITY "n the +th inst. or congestion of the
HNer. lie was surgeon in the noIt hpIn army
dufltg me rebellion The funeral services were
under the charge # the Masonic body
Peace Iu Peru.
IN Ecuador political affairs are in most un-
happy condition. The president. Nelutelnilla
IS IN tiuayaquil and scarcely a day paS~pS with
4ut some arbitrary and tyrannicai act that
dcelNhs the detestatiOn m which he i held by
Ialge section OF the community
unhappy Ecuador.
DeSllte the fears o. inSunecti0nary disturb
Don Manuel Panlo. which greatly dpnrpSsedI
bnSlness. Peru remains in perfect peace The
effort 10 trace the plot 10 the pieTo!iSta party
mas not completely succeeded, but the invcSti-
CATION Is still vigorously urged. The trial OF the
assassin. Montoya. proceeds rapidly, and he
viii 40 doubt he shot without mercy. though ia
Peru the death penalty is rarely inflicted. Busl-
ness Is improving. Exchanged on L0ndon a4Ld.