Evening journal., 1898-11-03
ISTHEPANAMALOST?
Rumored Sinking of the Big
Transport.
THREE HUNDRED MEN On BOARD.
Congressman DnIzeIi ana Ex-Con-
gressnlnn Hun Among che PAS
sengers-WrcclSnge Picked Up
Hearing Name panama"

Bearing Name sPanama."
SANTIAGO, Nov. at IS rumored
this morning that the transport Pana-
ma went down in a gale IN tile Wind
ward passage last night This rumor
is based on the report of g. fishing
schooner which reached here yesterday
from Cape Maysi 1t is not known
whether any Of the passengers and
crew reached the shore in safety.
Some foundation for the reported loss
of the transport is found in the fact
that large amount OF wreckage sup
posed to belong to the Panama was
picked up yesterday. Eight articles
marked Panama" We're found in the
water, but no trace OF the vessel was
seen so far as is known here.
The Panama, which was taken from
the spaniards as a prize during the
war, was in bad condition when she
sailed from Santiago on Monday. Her
engines were out of order, and her hull
was damaged. Her condition was such
that Postmaster Hugo Hyderqan con-
sidered her unsafe and declined to place
the mails aboard her Many seamen
here say the vessel has been unsed-
worthy for long time
When the Panama sailed from this
port she had 300 persons on board in
cluding officers. passengers and crew.
Among the passengers We're Represent
atlve John Dalzell and former Con-
gresham at Large Hun OF Pennsylva-
MIA, who, with a party OF seven Penn
sylvania railroad men, had spent sew
eral days in Santiago investigating
plans for constructing a railroad to
connect Santiago with Havana, with
NuIa oh flaaH /.
pressed.
There were several officers OF regi-
ments now stationed IN Santiago, who
were on their way h>me, having been
granted leaves OF absence on account Of
Illness. Most of the passengers, how
ever, were from Porto Rico The PAN
anna was bound for ports on the north
coast OF Cuba. for Havana and New
York.
The Panama also had on board the
bodies OF these soldiers; Captain w NJ
Dickinson and Lieutenant Dennis NJ
Niche, Seventeenth infantry; Lieuten-
ant Thomas A. Wansboro. Seventh in
fantry; Sergeant NJ. u. Russell. First
volunteer cavalry; Privates Fred r.
Taft, Silas Undergrave Jr, f. Hacken-
son. James Wheeler. Harvey Randall.
w c. Greene and ]. c. King. Second
vate G. Culman Thirty-fourth Michigan
volunteers; Privates A. Geisman and
Sidney A. Schoheld. Seventy New
York volunteer infantry; Private John
M. Koden, First Illinois volunteer in
fantry.
There Is no telegraphic coramunica-
tlon between here and Cape Mdysl. The
lighthouse on that point is badly locat-
cd. The site is misleading. Caletus point
intervening between the light and north
bound vessels. The Boston fruit steam
or Belvedere was wrecked there In May.
General Wood has ordered all vessels
bound eastward to be on the lookout
for any traces OF the Panama and her
passengers and crew.
The Panama formerly belonged to the
spanish line and piled between this port
and Havana. She made her last voy-
age under the flag of Spain when she
sailed hence on April 20 with a big
cargo OF provisions and ammunition
and arms for Havana. She was over
hauled Off the Cuban capital by the lit
tie war vessel Mangrove, formerly a
lighthouse tender. and taken 10 Key
West. She was there condemned by n
prize court and sent to this city 10 be
sold. She arrived here on June ana
was sold TO the United States govern
ment on June p for SAL 900. Hair OF
the msney went to the government, and
the other half was divided among the
ships captors.
Four days after the government
bought the Panama she was put in
drydock In Brooklyn, where her hull
was scraped and painted and her en-
gines overhauled. She was also fitted
n first frar
she sailed hence early in September for
Newport News, Va, she was in fine
condition. She left Newport News for
Ponce on Sept. 9. After a round trip
between Porto Rico and Newport News
she sailed again for Ponce, where she
arrived on oct. a. She left Ponce for
Santiago and steamed thence to Ha-
vana.
The Panama Is an iron single screw
OF 20S5 tons gross. She Is 33iA feet
long, 80 feet inches beam and 2i2t
feet deep. She was built at Glasgow
In 1875, was originally the Branksome
Hall and flew the British flag
John Dalzell, congressman from the
Twenty-second district. Pennsylvania.
resides in Pittsburg. He was born in
this city in lS45, and his family removed
TO Pittsburg three years later He was
blHuhdNtA AT Adle colleBe IN lobO stud
led law and has since practiced his pro-
fession. He never held public Office tin
he-was elected to the Fiftieth congress
as Republican. He has served in
every succeeding congress.
Ex-Congressman George +. Hun re-
sides in Greensburg, Pa. and was elect
ed to the Fifty-second congress as a
Republican from the Twenty-hrst dis
trict. He Is engaged in the banking
business at Greensburg and is largely
identified with the mining and other in
dustrial interests of western Pennsyl-
vania. He was one of the SO6 delegates
who failed TO nominate Grant for a
third term in 1850. Mr. Huff is Sc years
old.