The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04
WAX RUMORS
AT COLON
Startling Developments Pointing to
Isthmian Independence.
.. s. GUEBoAT ARRIVES.
The Colombian Gunboat Also There
With Several Hundred Troops
on Board-The City
orderly.

Colon, Colombia, Nov Alt is ru-
mored that startling developments
pointing to the independence Of the
isthmus are on foot. Everything is
quiet here. The United States gunboat
Nashville arrived here late yesterday
evening. The Colombian gunboat Car
tagena arrived at Colon this morning
from savaniIla with several hundred
troops on board.
The gunboat Nashville arrived at
Colon oct. il after visiting St. An
drew's island, off the coast Of Me
aragua, where it was enormously re-
ported that American citizens had sur
fered FL treatment at the hands q
their native employers. The war ship
left Colon Oct. II for Caimanera, Cuba,
but after reaching that port she sailed
for Kingston, Jamaica, where she ar
rived Oct. 29. Al dispatch from Kings
ton Oct. 81 said that the Nashville had
sailed from there that morning under
sealed orders and that her destination
was believed to be Colombian waters.
Rumors OF Possible Trouble.
Rumors Of possible trouble on the
isthmus Of Panama as result Of the re-
lection Of the Hay-Herran canal treaty
between the United States and Colon
bia have been current for some time
past. 1t has been asserted that large
quantities Of arms confscated by the
Colombian government at the close OF
the late revolution had reappeared
from some mysterious source and that
thousands of rifles resembling the
Mausers captured from the Spaniard'
IN Cuba at the time Of the war be
tween the United States and SPAR
were being distributed, with ammuni
ton fresh from the factories The OBJ
iect Of the revolutionary party is sail
to be an endeavor TO bring about th'
annexation Of the isthmns Of Panam'
TO the United States and the suhse
quent completion Of the Panama cana
under American auspices. The revolu
tionary feeling was ferlnenting befor
the Colombian congress rejected III
canal treaty. as rumors to the effec
that ii would not be ratified had bee
circulated before the congress met,
The navy department has receive
word Of the arrival Of the Nashville a
Colon through d cablegram from Le
captain, Commander Hubbard. I'll
department found 1t necessary to cor
zeal its purpose in dispatching ii
Nashville from Kingston to the istl
mus, and II was supposed that sh
was prevented from going to SAINT
Domingo because some of her machii
cry was ont Of order As a matter {
fact, the adviees received from I'll
United States vice consul at Panam
more than i week ago determined II
state department % have some repr'
sentative OF the United States nay
in isthmian waters Indeed. it is Prol
able that. beginning With the temnini
ton oil the ceremonies at Guantanan
connected with the turning over Of Il
new eoaling station admiral Coghla
viii be required steadily TO maintai
naval force on the Atlantic side (
the isthmus. There are other reason
than the Panama situation for this, /
the reports coming to the state depar
ment from the Central American coui
tries north Of Colombia reveal the e.
istence of turbulent and dangero'
conditions