Connecticut western news., 1901-12-05
ALL QUIET IN COLOMBIA
Peace Commission Starts For
 the Interior.
TO TREAT WITH GENERAL DIAz.
Hopes to Induce Him to Abandon Resistance to Conservative Gov ernment-Liberals Now Hold Only Two Points.

Resistance to Conservative Gov ernment-Liberals Now Hold Only Two Points.
 Colon, Dec. 4.-According to news just received here, the interior of the country is almost entirely quiet. Only few scattered and insignificant in- furgent bands are here and there wag- ing guerrilla warfare. This causes the
 government no anxiety.
 No active warfare has been waged
 since the surrender of Colon on Friday
 to General Alban. The United States
 naval and consular officers who acted
 as intermediates to the surrender
 have acted throughout with the great
 est fairness and have won the esteem
 of both Conservatives and Liberals. The triumph of the Colombian Con- seryative government on the isthmus
 will doubtless incidentally strengthen
 the governments hands. A peace com
 mission composed of Florencio Arose mena, representing prominent Liberals of Panama; Manuel Amador, repre-
 senting the Colombian government,
 and General de la Rosa, secretary to the insurgent general Domingo Diaz,
 who will-aci as guide, has already started for the interior to obtain an in- terview with Generals Diaz and Lugo
 end to induce them to give up the struggle and return to Panama. Senor Amador is empowered to grant
 reasonable terms to General Diaz in
 the name of the government. The peace commissioners were expected to return ] to Panama yesterday. It is already ru-
 mored however, that Generals Diaz
 and Lugo are about to surrender.
 Liberals Hold but Two Points. Pananome, in the department of Pan
 anna, and the port of Tumaco, in the
 department of Cauca, are now the only
 points under Liberal control. Consider ing the present strength of the govern
 ment on the isthmus owing to the re- endorsements landed here by the Co., lombian gunboat General PinZon and
 the facility with which this ship can
 bring in additional forces from Barran-
 quilla and other coast points and owing
 to the comparative quiet in the interior,
 it is not unreasonable to conclude that the government will soon be victorious | at Pananome and Tumaco. There is a possibility of further bloodshed at these places, but General Alban's recent sue cesses seem to make certain their cap | ture.
 The guard of American marines which has been stationed in front of | the offices of the railroad company here has been withdrawn. A small detail of
 marines still accompanies the passen- | ger trains across the isthmus. Both
 ends of the isthmus are quiet and or derly. Prominent Victims of the War. Among the prominent persons killed on the government side during the re- cent engagements on the isthmus were | Colonel Manuel Pachon, Captain Da-
 milan Espinoso, Lieutenant Julio Ra-
 mos, Major Molinares and Everardo Paredes. Captain Ferro and Lieuten-
 ant Chevalier Ramos were gravely
 wounded. General Francisco Castro,
 Lieutenant Colonel Cobos and Major Huertas were slightly wounded. On the side of the Liberals General | San Zuniga was killed in the Culebra
 engagement, Generals Patino, Curtisoz
 and Triana were drowned at sea, while
 Rosa and Amadeo Aguilar were
 wounded Colonel Barrera was also
 wounded in this engagement. He was
 shot i'll the leg Thursday morning and
 was only found Friday afternoon in q
 helpless condition.
 The total number of killed and
 wounded on both sides is estimated at
 about 400.