Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-17
THE PANAMk CANAL.
Excitement Caused By Prospect of Re-
newal Ofjthe Work.

Excitement Caused By Prospect of Re-
newal OfIthe Work.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
PANAMA, July 3. 1894.
The canal news cabled from Paris seems
almost too good to be ntrue. The French,
however. knew we'll that something had to
be done to enthuss Colombian authorities
and raise the wind IN general in order to
obtain renewal of the prorogus when 1t
expires. four monthst hence. And when ac-
ton is absolutely necessary to save great
interests already at stake the Frenchman
never fails to come to the front. Work
will be renewed at Culebra, Gorgona. The
boca. which since the stoppazs Of work
has gradually silted up. win b. dredged
out thousand men may be given work
for sixty days, or even ninety days. These
men can be had tor . csnts each per day,
In fact three times that number Of starving
py the s 0 se aoY Esn and .Rou
require so many, could be engaged here
WITHIN an hours notice at that figure.
Hundreds Of these poor people have al
out along the sessions where it ts supposed
as they say. when thS company begins to
organize It's new labor gangs. TO them
A new company, TO take over and COM
plete the great WORK poor % Les.sps GOp.
eeived and made . failure Of. has certainly
been formed; but, as ! up S f. 20
lombia grants another prorogus. and. until
that Is secured. the cost Of resumption
Of active operations on the tsthrnus u to
be betrayed from remaining friends OF tht
here has already commenced. and WHOM
work actually starts q big boom may b
expected, Already 9 new steamship Dom
sas es To- sosa. oso
Port Limon. GreytOwn and blusd.lds.
The incorporators are Messrs. W, Andrews.
I: santo Domingo. Isaac +. Msaure and 9.
They purpose to charter vessels tor the SER
vice in New York or New Orleans.
The satisfaction 10 very general here at
the suez Canal Company according poor
pension for life for hi. wife and nftssn
Paris 1t is no secret upon the lsthmus here,
at ns s tns s%sa scrip e
before the crash came, and that no lost
both. The world that admires the man will
rejoice that q happy distinction has been
man Of Panama. In the one case he was
himself; in the other only q plaything In
| the hands Of speculators
Unrest In Hayti.
Private advices from Port Au Prince,
| Hayti, represent the present government a.
| on the eve Of dissolutioni two Of his minis
tiers lately fed from the country without
notice. two others have asked to be relieved
of their portfolios in the cabinet, and the
| military and civil governors Of the import
refused to obsy orders deceived direct from
| the president, placing their departments In
virtual rebellion. Business ts paralyzsd, ow
| ing to the excited state Of affairs. Placards
haa ri ms wi Jvv-
polite-enough of his oppression!' have
been posted throughout the island. Quiet
is only maintained in the capital through
force. Hyppoiite's overthrow may be ex-
pected any day -
The decision Of the government OF tho
isthmus to In future collect an ad vaiorem
duty upon imports arriving at Panama or
Colon for local consumption is meeting
with energetic opposition. 1t Is generally
considered to be in,praeticable, In view OF
existing foreign treaties. and, after all
may not be enforced.
The light house fees upon gross tonnage
| ordered to be collected at Colon from for
elgn vessels entering the port, IL another
measure believed by ship agents to be
without legal effect beng violation Of
to be 4 free port, Owing to a protest filed
by the British minister. no further at
tempts to collect such toll from British
vessels have been made.
The governor here has 100000 in hand
for the purpose of seeking @ contractor to
build an aqueduct to supply tho city Of
Panama with water.
city to still be in a state of SIEGE with mar
tlal law In full force, though It Is almost a
year since the dynamite plot Of Rosas
ssnto Domingo 'Sa. VIA and uTibs was dis
and at Pereira new conspiracies have been
unearthed and a number Of arrests made
At Villavicencio. recently. serious en-
counter took place between citizens upon
nj mn
nopolists upon the other. Many persons
who took part in the ARRAY were more or
less seriously wounded. The southern por
ton Of the department Of Cauca wants to
secede and form a new state.
A motion to investigate the Petit" and
"Graw Panama railway scandals was
tabled by the legislature Of cundinamarcs
without discussion. and simply ordered
archived for future reference. Tho papers
In the former case have however, since
been placed in the hands Of the criminal
Judge of Bogota for examination. by order
OF the minister of justice.
La Republica, the leading liberal news
paper OF Costa Rica. has come out in o
strong editorial in favor Of Central Ameri
can union; and urges the Costa Rican ex-
ecutive to come to an immediate entente
with the governments OF Nicaragua, Saliva
dor Honduras and Guatemala that the idea
may be carried into early effect.
The Costa Rican congress has disfran-
chised the priesthood and declared priests to
be forever prohibited from taking part In
politics. directly or indirectly. Bishop Thiel
Is reported to be quite Ill.
NJ Victor Nifquain, consul general of the
United states, gave a splendid reception at
the consulate yesterday morning The for
eign consular corps. the governor. mayor and
other local Colombian authorities resident
Americans and prominent citizens, were
amongst the callers who drank to the health
OF the consul general and independence of
the great republic
Testing Rule.
Ero,,, no not~o