The age-herald., 1901-11-28
GOVERNMENT ARMY
 IS VICTORIOUS The General Pinzen Fires on
 Porto BeIIo PANAMA HATESF0 FOREIGNERS Liberal General at 5arbacoa ls Said to Have Kept Himself We'll
 Out of Range and
 In Safety.
PANAMA HATESF FOREIGNERS

l Colon, Colombia, November 2.-Af American named Murphy relates the fol lowing story corroborating the report that the Colon bian gunboat General Pin. zen fired on Porto Bello:
 On Monday morning Murphy was in ar open boat bound for Playdonna on a min ing excursion Besides himself there were three Chinese and a Colombian ne- gro in the boat, which was commanded by the colored man. When they were passing Porto Bello a boat containing soldiers from the General Pinzen, then at anchor off Port Bello, captured Mur- phy and his companions. After they had been made prisoners and while on their way to tho gunboat the General Pinzen fired many shots at Porto Bello. No less than fifty shots had been fired at the town. He also says that from the gun boat one or two of the largest houses of the place could plainly be seen to have been wrecked. M
 Men from the General Pinzen who went ashore at Porto Bello said that the town was evacuated Murphy asserts that explosive bullets were used by the liber- als.
 It was consistently rumored this morn ing that the government troops had been driven back over the Barbacoa bridge. But the rumor turned out to be incorrect.
 Government Lost Ground.
 In skirmish last night at Buena Vista the governme ent troops lost ground some what and retreated to Tabernilla, which they now occupy. Tabernilla is on the Colon side of Barbacoa.
 General Sotomayer. with 250 men com manded the liberal forces at Barbacoa bridge. His conduct is decried. He seems to have sheltered himself and to have su- pervised nothing personally, hence the reckless waste of ammunition which caused the retreat of the liberals.
 Generals Domingo, Diaz and Lugo have been unable as yet to arrive here witf their troops
 At ? D. m. the following dispatch has been received from Panama:
 "The Colombian gunboat Boyaca wal dispatched Tuesday, having on board about fifty soldiers for Chamo or it's vi cinity, where it was claimed a party O liberals under General Torras had re ceived quite recently a fresh supply O l arms and ammunition.
 San Palo and Barbacoa are knowi here to be liberal strongholds and place very easy to defend, while to cross tn | fridge spanning the Chagres river, nov swollen, was next to impossible for al 1 attacking force The feat was accom- plished, however, but the reason the lib erals abandoned Barbacoa Is not mad, clear. The death rate on the government side was very great, many bodies falling into the river. An attempt was also made to clear detour on the river in boat. but the Chagres was swollen, the boat were capsized and many men were drowned.
 General Castro commanded the gov ernment forces at Barbacoa. Genera morning to convey two hundred men tc the scene of the engagement at .Barbacoa but Captain Perry of the Iowa said that not single armed man would be allowed to entrain.
 Feeling Against Americans.
 "The feeling here against foreigners particularly the Americans. runs high.
 "A special train at Panama to convey General .AlbaDf alone and unarmed awaited the arrival for hours of the morning train from Colon, but on the ar rival of the latter here at 6 o'clock in the evening bringing forty wounded men among whom were several officers with the news that the government troops had victoriously crossed the bridge at Barba- coa, the special train was not dispatched and General Alban remained at Panama.
 "At S:3O p. m. vest erday afternoon, a large procession, headed by band of music, marched in an orderly manner all cy CT the city or Panama shouting General Albans praises and proclaiming that the death blow had been given to the liberal cause in this department.
 Ut was learned on highest authority this afternoon that General Jeffries is with General Alban on the Colon side of Barbacoa and that 300 men from Panama are now marching to join them" Receives News of Fighting. Washington, November N = Secretary Long today received the following cable gram from Captain Perry of the Iowa:
 Panama, November 27. Secretary Navy. Washington: Stubborn fighting between ycontending forces yesterday neal .sen Pablo delayed trains and required prudence and patience. There probably will be fighting today near Gatun. have secured assurances that firing will cease while trains are passing. Forty wounded Colombians brought in on trains last night. All were cared for by Dr. KindIe- berger. PERRY"
 A cablegram received at the State De-