Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-11-12
COLON is IN COMMOTION
COLOMBIAN GUNBOAT ATTACKS
CITY OF PANAMA.
STATES PROTESTS
American L, opcrty Interests Declared In
Danger and More st enuous Ao-
ton VIII he Taken,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 A tele'
gram was received at the state de
partment from the New York man
agement of the Panama Raj way com.
pany stating that the property OF that
was I'm danger and asking iol
protection. In addition a message
came from the cable company saying
In effect that there was no Geographic
communications for POINTS in Colon
bia outside Of Panama and Colon by
way OF the iSthmuS. 1t is assumed
that the revolutionsts have cut the
inland communications so as 10 pre-
vent the government at hpgota from
obtaining knowledge as To what Is hap
pening on the isthmus, and 1t Is e&
pected that the effect will be to en-
baraSS the Colombian government IA
Its military movements.
There are at the stations named OF
the A tlantic coast approximately TIL
! following numbers OF marines: Nor
folk 200, League island $40, New York
800, Washington 800, Boston 200, Ports
mouth, n. H., 100, Annapolis $50.
In case of an emergency s 0 or more
of these could be spared for service or
the iSthmus and should greater
emergency arise arrangements ncccS'
sarily would be completed making
practically the entire force available
Tor duty in Panama,
COLON, Colombia, Nov. 5-Gen
eral Cuadros, the perfect Of Colon
and the senior officer cOmmandiu'
the troops which arrived yestcrda'
on the gunboat Cartagena from Saw
anllia are maintaining their position
Of refusing to acknowledge the author
ity of the provisional government o
Panama and the troops stu refuS
to return to Savanilla.
The lives or the American resident
are threatened. American and for
eiGn families are focIiing for shelte
to the railroad buildings.
There Is great commotion here
The United States gunbOat Nashvill
has landed about fifty blue jacket
and quantity Of ammunition
The Colombian gunhoat Cartagen
has left the harbor headed north
east. 1t is surmised that she Is GO
ing with all speed to Savanila,
The Colombian flag still flies owe
the prefecture The flag Of the neN
republic has already made its appear
ance in Colon.
The government troops which al
rived yesterday on the Colombia
cruiser Csrtagena refuse to return
Savanilla or acknowledge the author
ity of the provisional government c
Panama. All endeavors in this d.
rection have so far been successful
a conference is now being held a
the prefecture and trouble is expecte
momentarily. The excitement
increasing and the stores are bein
closed
1t is reported that the commando
Of the United States gunboat Nasl
Vile, Commander Hubbard, tn
morning notified the perfect Of Colo
and the Panama railroad officials thi
no troops from either end Of I'll
iSthmus would be allowed transport;
ton on the railroad.
The city OF Colon was mystified Il
day when it received the news fro
= Panama of the overthrow Of II
= national government there and II
;, proclamation Of the independence
\ the isthmus yesterday ening.
o Colon, however, is exceeding
y quiet. The government troO
8 which arrived here on board the wa
e ship Cartgena from SavaniIla yeste
70 day evening are still here and the
/. presence at Colon has caused SOL
difficulties in certain quarters.
Aringo, Thomas Atlas and Frederi
Boyd constitute the prOVsi onal 20
n ernnen at Panama. Govern
y ObaIdia, General Tovar and a Il
>. others who were arrested by the !
!. volutionists at Plnama Yesterday a
still in custody, according to the a
'iceS received here.