The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-08

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before The telegram hAd been xeooDvU0
had landed az Colon: that there had
. NO revolution on the Isthmus but
That b situation was moef critical
IL n revolutionary leaders should ack-
On this same date. the Associated PreaS
Tn Washington received . busletsa STAT
TING that . revolutionary outbreak haa
occurred When this was breaghf -
the attention OF the Assistant Secretary
OK State. Mr. Loomis. he prepared ne
Following caolegram to the eonsul &C.,
eraI At Panama and the coasue e Ca
lon:
Uprising on Isthmus reported. Roeor
Department promptly and fully hepru-
belore this telegram WAS sent how
ever one was received from Cosrui
Aaimros at Colon. running a. follows
Revolution imminent Government
.oree on the isthmus about so neS
a"eis oiheiai promised support revosu-
.Ioh- f1re department. Panama. 4fi.
are Wei organized n favor revo.utioa.
government vessel. Cartagena. with
ABOUT go men. arrived early today With
"ew commander in chief. Tovar. was
no, expected until November Il. To-
oafs ARRIVAL In no, probable ta stop
revolution"
mis- cablegram vas received NJ s.aS
D. m. and lat $40 D. m. Mr.. Ioom.s
sent the telegram which he had afreaa.
prepared TO both Panama and cn,an
apparently. however. the con,ai re.ey-
a. al Panama had not received the In
formation embodied IL the AsaaosaA~s
Press bulletin. upon which the 49,
tant Secretary OF State based hi. a..
patch' for his answer was TIA, IT,.
was no uprising. although he f.uaflon
was critical. this answer being reca,v-
ca at S:l5 y. m. Immediately .h,a--
wards ne sent another dispatch vhtch
was received at $3.50 D. m, saving tn,
me uprising had occurred. ana ma
oeen successful. with no Lloodshed tn.
colombian gunboat Bogota next a,x
began to shell the city Of Panama. w,,h
the result OF killing one Chin ma,
me consul general was directed n No
ufy her to stop firing. Meanwhile =,
november 4, Commander No
tined the Department that he "a
landed a force 20 protect the live, ard
property OF American citizens ar.tn..
the threats OF the Colombian soldia-x
BEFORE any step whatever had hesn.
taken by the United States troon. ..
restore order. the commander ~ ,h.
newly landed Colombian troops RAD To-
duiged In wanton and yiole n In 81.
AGAINST American citizens. which Great
ca serious apprehension. AS Comman-
oer Hubbard reported in his letter .,
november B. this officer and his troan~
began war against tha
United states. and only the fornearanea
ana cooIness OF our officers ard men
prevented bloodshed. The lertar ~
Command Hubbard is OF such ,,tar-
est mat 1t deserves quotation in fam
and runs as follows:
u. s s. Nashville, Third Rate
Colon, o.. s. Colombia, Nov s. lses.
sir: Pending a complete repor. ~
the occurrences OF the last three d.vs
III colon. Colombia, / must -respectfnily
invite the Departments att alton IN
those OF the date OF "wednesday No
'eI1Der 4. which fo nrac.,-
caiiy the making of war agafnsx n.
United States by the officer In eo,n-
inand or the Colombian troop. IN o-
ion' AT 1 o'clock p. m. on that dat 7
was summoned on shore by A nrarnr-
certed signal. and on landing met tbe
united States consul, vice cons.I. and
Coionel Shaler. the general upetinlen
aeht or the Panama railroad. m ooo-
SUI INFORMED me that he had rex,eIvea
houce from the officer commandine "a.
troops. Colonel 1oryes
through the project OF Colon "a ths
eHect that IL the Colombian of,>er,
Generals Tobai and Amaya. Who haa
oeen seized in Panama on the evening
OF the 3rd Of November by the Iudenen-
dents and held as prisoners. we're No,
released by 2 o'clock .. m, he. Tore.
would open fire on the town % Colon
q XIII every United States citizen In
the place. and my advice and acaton
were requested. / advised that Al the
United States citizens should take rsf-
uge In the shed OF the Panama Raft
road Company a stone building ,usssn-
tfoie or being put into good state for
oeIense. and that / would lmmediatesv
land such body Of men. with extra
arms for arMing the citizens "A IN.
complement OF the ship would permit
Inis was agreed to and I immediately
returned on board. arriving at Liz o
10. Inc order for landing waA
immediately given, and at 1:29 o. "a.
the boats left the ship with a party Of
~ men under the command OF Lien
tenant Commander II. NJ. witzei, with
Midshipman J. p. Jackson as second
IN command. Time being pressing I
gave verbal orders to Mr.. Witzei % TAXI
the building above referred TO. to out n
INTO the best state OF defense poozt-
Die. and protect the lives OF tho citi-
zens assembled there-no firing unIess
hted upon. The women and children
took refuge on tie German steamer
Marcomania and Panama railroad
steamer City OF Washington. both
ready to haul out from dock IL neces-
sary. The Nashville I got uns-f ny
and patrolied with her along the water