The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-04
QUIET ON THE ISTHMUS
A FEW INsURGENT BANDS
 STILL IN ARMS.
Rumored That the Liberal Generals Diaz and Lugo are Preparing to Surrender to the Con-
 servatives.

Colon, Colombia, Dec. S.-According tc news just received here, the interior o' | the country is almost entirety auiel l Only a few scattered and insignificant in- surgent bands are here and there, wag' l ing guerilla warfare. rms causes 'he government no anxiety.
 The triumph of the Colombian Conser- yatfves on the isthmus doubtless will in' caIculably strengthen the government hands. A peace committed, composeu oi Florncia Arosemena, representing promi- nent Liberals of Panama; Manuel Ama- dor representing the Colombian Govern- ment and General de la Rosar secretary to the insurgent general Domingo Diaz, who will act as guide, has already starte'' for the interior to obtain an interview
 with General Diaz and Jugo and to induce them to give Up the struggle ana return to Panama Senor Amador is empower ed to grant reasonable terms to General
 Diaz in the name of the government. The peace commissioners are expected to return to Panama today. It IS alfeady rumored however. that General Dlaz and Lugo are about to surrender.
 Pananome, in the department of Pana- ma, and the Port of Tumaco, in the de- partment of Cauca, are now the only points under Liberal control. Consider ing the present strength of the govern mpnt on the lStnlnuS, o"iii5 Sc shS AN Inducements landed here by the Colom- biau gunboat Pinzon and the facility with which this ship can bring additional forces from Barranquilla and other coast points, and owing to the comparative quiet in the interior. it is not unreasona- ble to conclude that the government will soon be victorious at Pananome. There is a possibility of further boodshed at these places. but General Alban's recent successes seem to make certain their cap ture.
 The best element of the Liberal party in Panama say they would prefer the preesnt conservative government to a Liberal government if the latter Is brought about by Liberal General Por- ras, for they assert, Porras fights not for true Liberalism, but for purely sell fish ends.
 The guard of American marines which up to today has been stationed in front o1 the offices of the railroad company hert has been withdrawn. A small detail oi marines still accompanies the passenger trains across the isthumus. Both end: of the lsthmus are quite and orderly.
 News from Bocas del Toro is expected upon the return here of the British cruiser Tribune.
 Among the prominent persons killed or the government side during the recen engagements on the isthmus were Colone Manuel Pachon. Captain Danian Epinosa Lieutenant Julio Ramos, Majors Molin ares and Evereto Parodes. CaptaiI F'erro and Lieutenant Chevalier Ramos were gravely wounded and General Gas tro Lieutenant Colonel Cobos and Majo Huertas were slightly wounded
 Just prior to the capture of Colon, th' Liberal generals, Patino, Cortisoz anC Triana, were all three drowned in ar fmprudent attempt, in a small boat ant
 through a rough and high sea, to reacl and surprise the Colombian gunboat Gen
 eral Pinzon. On the side of the Liberals Feneral San Zuniga was killed in thu | Culobra engagement while Senor: | Buenavista. Moihos. De LaRosa anC Amadoe Agueilar were wounded in thi, | engagement. He was shot in the les | Thursday morning and was found Fri I day afternoon in a helpless condition 1 Among the non-combatants and govern
 ment officials killed in Colon were Seno l Muskus, chief of the department O | Hacienda (fnance) and Senor Jaon Judge of the criminal court. The tota
 number of killed and wounded on botl
 sides is estimated at about 400.