The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-11-28
TO SHE'LL The TOWN.
Twenty -Four Hours Given The Ves-
. sells in Colon RarbOr.
A VERY WARLIKE ATTITUDE
ConsuIS of Different Nations Give
Notice That Protection Will Be AT.
forded on the Warships.
A Sunday night cable message from

"A Sunday night caOle message IroHi
Colon, Colombia. says:
As q result of an exchange Of notes
between the United States gun-boat
Machias and the General Pinzon,
Ignacio Fliaco. commanding the Pin.
zon, which has 600 men on board, has
officially notified the American, Bri-
tish and French warships now in the
harhor that he intends to lombard
Colon at noon Monday. thus giving "a
hours notice. The various consUis
are notifying their respective fellow
citizens that refuge may be had OIL
board the warships. To lombard the
town Of Colon, it is absolutely neces-
sary to fire across the railroad tracks
and the railroad employees pTo52@i%"
will refuse to work. Lieutenant Com
mander McCrea, of the Machias, Is the
senior naval officer and was instruct
ed from Washington regarding the
threats to lombard. There is much ex-
citement in Colon. The afternoon pas
senger train, which should have al
rived here at 6 o'clock, had not ar
rived at s.
Brcastworks are being erected in
the public throughfares OF Panama.
The town folk in the vicinity Of these
are hastily removing to safer places.
All persons konwn to be Liberals are
arrested on sight. The government
has declared its intention to contest
every inch Of ground if an entrance
to the city is effected. 1t is reported
that some 70 persons who were
wounded at Prequito were landed on
the island Of Taboga, Panama harbor,
to avoid creating alarm in Panama.
, Taboga is about miles from Panama.
The government is very anxious that
marines should be landed from the
United States battleship Iowa, but
Captain Perry, her commander, has
mot complied with this request.
| The Boyaca returned to Panama
second time Saturday afternoon with
General Alban and few men. The
government claims to have effected
| landing at Chorrera, routing the ene-
my and recovering all the prisoners
previously reported >taken, with the
exception of two. Among the number
recovered, according to the govern
ment version, is the alcade OF Taboga.
The Liberal version of the incident
Is that the alcade was afraid to fight
and when captured offered Domingo
Diaz. the Liberal leader, $1,000 If he
would release him, that the offer was
accepted and the alcade was allowed
to 20, after giving his word Of honor
not to attempt to escape. The Liberals
also assert that General Alban ef-
tected landing at Chorrera after
the Liberals had withdrawn to join
the Liberal forces marching to the
Empire station.
II is asserted that the steamer Dari-
en-. which the Liberals recently cap
tured from the government, escaped
the Boyaca under cover OF night, but
Il is generally believed that she was
cent to Tucamo some time ago. The
government claims that the Chorrera
| troops are momentarily expected at
Panama and that on their arrival
there preparations will be made to
attack the Liberals advance guard
and that these will not cease until
Colon has been recaptured. Great
hopes are entertained that the news
of the capture of Colon win induce
the authorities at Baranquilla to send
big reenforcements to land at Colon
and annihilate the enemy.
It is reported that the Liberal gun.
boat Almirante Padilla, with General
Herrera on board. left La Libertad,
San Salvador. bound for Panama. The
United States gun-boat Concord. Com
mander Harry Knox, arrived at Pana-
ma Saturday. Colon has become red
city. being in Liberal hands. A large
red iiag bearing the words "Patia y
ILibertad" is flying at the curatel.