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ship detained. The consul said he did not
think Murrilla would be put into prison. but that
he would be prevented from meeting Tribe
Uribe.
General Uribe-Uribe is said to be in Co
lombia. told in The Tribune and is sup
posed 10 be attempting to gain adherents. He is
being hunted vigorously by the authorities. VINO
believe they either drive him from the
country or capture him before he succeeds IN
increasing the number of insurgents to any ap-
preciable extent.
NO FORMAL COMPLAINT.
At the office Of the German Consul-General in
this city it said that Captain Lowe had
made no complaint there of a detention of his
vessel.
Emil L. Boas, agent for the Hamburg -Ameri-
can Line. said yesterday that he had received
the report of Captain Lowe. and had eabled it
TO the home office. What it was he would not
say.
Il have placed the whole matter before the
home Office he said, and they Will decide
whether or not TO take any action. / am not an
international lawyer. and do not know whether
there remains anything for the German Govern
ment to do. AT any rate. it is out of my hands"
Senor Martinez Perez. prominent Colombian
In this city. told Tribune reporter last night
that Murillo would no doubt he confined in the
old Spanish prison at Cartagena. This prison,
he said, is beneath the level of the sea. and be-
cause of it's dampness. opposed to the
great heat of the city: it was full of
q week meant terrible injury. He mentioned
that a letter was received in this city yesterday
from a member of the Conservative party who
and tried vainly to furnish MurrilIo with some
fruit and other deicacies while in prison. The
writer. though in sympathy with the ruling
party, told freely of the governments arbitrary
action in that case. Sefor Perez said the pur-
pose of Murrlo in going to Colombia was that
the government officials there might regard the
peace manifesto of General Urbe-Urbe as
genuine whereas they might not regard it as
genuine If ii were simply mailed. Senor Perez
expects a continuance of the revolution until
the present government falls This he
may be
Dr. A. ]. Restrepo. the agent of the Colom-
bian insurgents. who is staying with Sefor
Perez. at the Hoffman Arms. at Madson-ave.
and Fifty -ninth-st. said last night:
The published reports stating the present
whereabouts of General Tribe Uribe are untrue.
The Colombian officials at Washington pretend
to know where he is. but they do not. We know.
but we cannot say now. except that he is not in
this country. Where he is. aud what he is doing,
will be known to all in very few days
lie issued his peace manifesto in good faith
hoping that the Colombian Government would
act in some humane, progressive way. On the
contrary. they even acted more cruelty, for in
stance with their prisoners. thinking that they
could do as they pleased now that the general
had. as they believed. given up his fight The
few chiefs too who gave themselves up on hear
Ing OF the peace manifesto were treated with
the utmost humiliation. They were even spat
upon. Therefore all are determined TO fight on
even If they are to be annihilated
INSURGENTS ENCOURAGED.
But we are encouraged BY letters received
to-day we have learned that Vice President
Marroqun. who had overthrow President San
clemente has himself been overthrown by Ouin-
tero Calderon. the Secretary of State. So il will
probably go on. so rotten is the party. Letters
tel us also OF the great success of General Marin
in the Interior. He has just taken the two i'm
portant towns of Honda and Girardot
think the government cannot stand. The
people will not longer bear it's utter lack OF
progress. IL has no idea of anything but Span
lsh civilization. whereas have American
locals. think there will be short, fierce strug-
gle. which will be over in four months We
expect good news now daily. for the cable
which was broken somewhere between San
Domingo and Curacao. has been repaired"
DR.. Restrepo expects to leave this country in
about two months. When he would go he said
signiheantly depended on circumstances