New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
A BATTLE IN COLOMBIA.
THE INSURGENTS DEFEATED AT PRA-
DERA IN THE STATE OF CAUCA.
THEIR LOSS SIXTEEN KILLED AND THIRTY
WOUNDED-ONLY TWO GOVERNMENT SOL
DIERs KILLED-FIvE STATES IL
REVOLT - STRENGTH OF
THE GOVERNMENT.


Panama. Jan. 2s.-"The Star and Herald says;
The latest news of the revolt shows that it is
confined to the States of TolimA. San,ander Boy.
AGA. Cundinamarca and Cauca. but the states OF
Bolivar, Antioquia. Magdaena and Panama are
faithful to the Government In the battle wh zen
occurred at Pradera, in the State OF Cauca the
rebels were defeated with loss of sixteen killed
and thirty wounded. The Government troops also
took some prisoners. The loss on the Government
side was only two killed. The Governor OF BOIL
var has armed five river boats as precauton-
airy measure The Government Is apparently
sufficiently strong to aue,l the revolution speed
ily The Conservatives are all united agains, the
revolution.
Washington Jan. 2s-Secretary Herbert to-day
received a cable dispatc h from Captain Cromwell.
Of the cruiser Atlanta. at Colon reporting that
he had heard that a revolution had broken out
at Buena Ventura Colombia, and announcing
that he would remain at Colon for the present
Secretary Herbert Immediately teegraphed To
the commandment of the Mare Island Navy iard
70 send either the Bennington or the NIert TO
Buena Ventura at once. Ii is expected that the
bennington will Co. as she Is the speedcr vessel
but If there should he anything to delay hcr de-
parturc later than tomorrow the Alert VIII GO
In either case il is a ten-day trip The state De
partment has had no dispatches from COLOMBIA
regarding the revolution.
San Diego. CAL Jan. 2s.-The United States
steamers Ranger and Alert have arrived here,
and the crews will engage In gun and SHORE drili'
The Remington, which may be ordered to ran
anna BY Secretary Herbert Is sister ship OF the
Concord and Yorktown. and is commanded by CON-
mander Charles NJ. Thomas. She Is an unarmored
steel vessel Of 100 displacement. with maxi
mum horsepower o. 34S6. twin-screw. horizontal.
trple-expanslon engines and speed or lIi3 KNOTS
Her main battery consists OF six 6-inch oreechload-
ing rifles and she has secondary battery OF two
6-pounder. two 3-pounder and one l-pounder rapid
fire guns two S7-millimetre Hotchkiss revolving can
non and two Calling guns. She was built In lSss by
n f. Palmer & Co. at Chester.
\The Alert. which may accompany the Bennington
10 Panama was built by John Roach at chester. In
1873 IS and is one Of the odstyle Iron barkrgged
vessels She is under command OF Commander
George r.. Ide. and with engines OF 800 horsepower
has a speed Of about ten knots. Her main battery
Is composed of two 9-inch and one ll-lnch smooth
bore guns and 6o-pounier breechloadinG rihe
In her secondary battery are one 3-inch breech-
loader. l2-pound smoothbore Howltzer and one
Calling gun
The Atlanta, which will look out for the Colon
end OF the line. is unarnorei cruiser OF icW
tons, commanded by Commander Il. j. Cromwell
She is sngle-screw vesse.. with speed OF l5i2
knots. She has main battery Of six 6-inch and
S-inch brcechloadnG rifles and secondary
battery OF two 6-pound two 2pOun1 and two
l-pound rapid-fre guns, two i1-mll.imetre and Two
S7-millimetre Ho,chkiss revolving cannon and two
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