, 1894-06-20
ISTHMUS NEWS.
(CoJon Telegram, 25th May.)

The past fortnight has not been marked
by any event Of especial interest; the follow
ing however, are some Of the items worthy of
being chronicled for our foreign readers.
A telegram from the Minister of Finance
at Bogota, addressed to the Governor of this
Department states that the Tobacco Monopo-
ly Law of 1898 will be enforced from the
1st of June of the current year. This law re-
ferS to native grown tobacco and its disposal
and has given rise to much bitter recrimina-
tons in tho Districts whele tobacco is the
principal staple product.
The Departmental Assembly went into
Sessions on Sunday the 10Th inst. anil elect
cd Sres. Aristides Arizona, PRESIDENT, Miguel
Guerrero. G.. Vice President and Ramon
Valdez Lopez, Secretary. One of the first
acts of the Assembly will be the election of a
Senator to represent the Department of Pa
mama al the next Congress, but it has not
transpired who ale the candidates for that
post.
From the 1st June next the salaries of the
employees Of the Panama Railroad Company
paid in gold Will be subjected to e reduc-
ton of 10 per cont. This curtailment has
been ressrted to as a measure of economy.
The contract hitherto existing between the
Panama Railroad Company and the Pacific
WotA OOOohAohAP w. CApItCo III SIHE Jun OOHO
proximo and will not, we understand, be re-
newed. The last named company will resume
its traffic between New York and this Port,
whilst the 2. Il. Il. will charter new vessels
with which to continue its present service.
Senorcs Antonio Benz and Luis Budinich,
the pedestrian who are ON the way to Chica-
go from Buenos Ayres, which place they left
in August '92. after u few days stay in this
town, proceeded Oil their onward journey on
May II. They expect to reach Chicago
eighteen months hence. The total distance
covered. will 90 about 1852 miles.
"The Gard an extra steamer of the Gle.
Generate Transatlantiqne arrived ut this port
on the 18th and has taken q large quantity Of
Coffee and Cocoa. This steamer OH being
berthed caused some damage Of Pier No. 4.
Canal news is very dull. We have had
direct ad vices from Bogota and Carthagena
that no steps whatever have been taken in
Paris to further the enterprise in the direction
anticipated by all. 1t is however reported,
that should another prorroga be required, the
Canal Co.'S. representative at Bogota will
be authorized to carry on the negotiations,
Mr.. Mango, remaining at his post here.
The General Report of NJ. Gautron the
Liquidator has recently been published. At
ter reviewing the affairs of the Liquidation
from November 1891 to the end Of April,
and throwing some light on the tangled af-
fairs of the liquidation, N. Gautron thus con-
cludes
Il consider the principal object of my ap,
pointment is the organization of a Society to
terminate the. Canal and do not wish to lose
the hope that with the assistance of the per-
sons of good will who take an interest In the
resumption of the Enterprise it will be pos
sible, before the 81 October 1894, to COM
mence operations in accordance with the
wish of the large majority, of the parties
interested" -;
In re Canal matters, Captain Nathan
Appleton, an Ok contractor of the former On
terprise who made a fortune in the cut from
Colon to Bohio, in an interview with a re-
porter of the Washington News, suggests that
the Cnited States should repay to France
her outlay on the Canal and bring the con-
Germ to a close.
The weather is unsettled, but the sanitary
condition of the city continues good.