Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-27
HOT FIGHTING
In Progress Along Line Of
Panama Railroad.
Over $50 Dead and Wounded Between
Cu!ebra and Empire Stations.
United States Will Probably Prevent The
Bombardment Of Colon.

Colon. NOV. @t-Monday morning
! at 10 O'Clock. the schooner CIapet and q
! railroad barge returned to Panama
| bringing 80 men from Chcrrera being
| the remainder Of Gen. Adams cxpedi-
ton.
! t:reat crowds gathered at the wharf
iu witness thc landing Of thc soldiers
! They were received with bands Of mu-
| sic. but the music sounded mournful
and more lik" funeral march than
| the joyful strains Of welcome To vic
| toriuus army Gen. Alban looked his
| usual and calm self and acted more
| lik, Il man on whose hands time hangs
| heavily for want of something to do
than ote coping with grave response
! biitiee under trying circumstances.
Al 3.3n Monday afternoon. at the
| head of 100 men. Gen. Alban left Pa
mama hy train for Empire Station.
! where tht. Liberals were reported t. d..
| in fairly strong numbers. His purpose
VAS To surprise and rout them The
train bearing these troops was held up
| Just before it arrived AT Culebra sta
| tion. owing to the Liberals opening fire
on Adams advance guard. Alban dis
embarked his men from the train,
mich returned to Panama. The fight
! ing AT cul-bra lasted from 4.4N until 9
p NJ.
| he Eevs. I.overldge and Jacobs,
! Baptist and Wesleyan ministers re-
| spectively, narrowly escaped being
shot Their house i'll Culebra was rid
dl"d with bullets.
| The government troops continued to
| advance and the fighting was stubborn
| all along the railroad line ana con
| tinuer until Empire Station. Il mile ana
| a half distant. was reached. The Lib
erals continued slowly to retreat. Al
| ban : men followed them until the lat
ter eventually reached MataChin sta
| ion. Here he met ana conferred with
| capt. Perry Of the Iowa, who was re-
turning from Colon on a train. II i.
understood that Capt. Perry will not
allow the railroad to transport troops
consequently Gen. Alban and his men
We're forced to push ahead on foot 1t
is said here that they thus reached San
Pablo. wher" the Liberals are in force
and that fighting is taking place there
The Liberals are under the command
of Gen. I.ugo
Between the stations of Culebra and
Empire over $50 killed and wounded
men could be seen along TIE track. The
sight was Sruesome.
There is no proper Red Cross organ
iaation and the wounded lack care
The Liberals at Colon declare that
he majority of the men killed along
h. line are Conservative troops and
that the rebels are still i'll force along
Tho ralroad.
Three hundred of the Iowas marines
We're landed ut i.3o Monday after
noon, at Panama to protect the prop
erty Of the railroad and to ensure the
continuance Of transit across the isth-
mus.
In government circles in Panama
there is still entire confidence in Gen.
Alhan and il is believed there that this
Conservative general is able to copc
with the present situation and 10 over
come successfully the apparently in
Surmountable difficulties before him
1t is estimated that the Conservative
government has 400 men at Panama.
The brcastWorkS on the railroad
bridge that leads into Panama as well
AS those erected inside the city, have
been demolished by the government
Later adViccs showing that the SttUa-
tion nu thc isthmus is still unsettled. con
tain the Information that free transit hy
way Of the railroad has been r"-"Stab-
liShcd These adviccS came in q dispatch
received by Sec Long from Cant. Perry
Of the EnWa. who had mad. q "trip acTo$
the isthmuS from P;tcnma {" Colon from;
y hich pI:Ir. he sent telegram. an cN
tract from which the SECRETARY made pal
lie, as follows:
capt. Perry reports that free trans
across tho iSthmus is restored nnd tina
hr returns to Panama. this afternoon.
Til" captain will lcav" q guard on eaCn
passenger train for TIL" present.
The purpose % the guard presumably
is TO prevent interruption to th" fr"" pas
sage Of trains hy insurgents along TIN
line Of the road
Alr. HerrAn. the charg" Of the tOiom,
bian legation. is very wei! satisfied with
the tenor # the HdEic"S which nave com
to hand today. from Acting Coy. ArjnLs
nf Panama. VINO reported th"t ne rehci
army having been defeated ~ Cai"hrt
ana Emp.rador Gen. Alhan had nov
marched on Colon
Ills theory is that Gen. Alban complete
IN d!slndrrd thr rcbcI forces which had
rendezvous Sod AT ChorrrT3t. from WhiCh
place MI iirrran believes they r"trrated
to Cui"bra and Emncrad"r. whrr" th"y
again took a stand. Their defeat at thes
places. Nj tI"rran says. leaves Gen. Al
ban FREE. IA march 10 Colon.
Mr. Herran thinks that Gen. Ail'ln now
Mas HI least l'sW wrli-cINipr"d ana thor
,uo hly armed men. besides which sAj Inri'
are on board the Colombian boat piuzOu
now at Colon. Mr.. lI.rlan asserts that
In. rebels have rot at the uutsid., NOR"
than ~ n"n.
Jonestown, Miss. was practically de-
stroved by fire Monday. Fourteen