The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-01-15
HOW PANAMA Seeded
The SOldiery; Hygienic Con-
ditiOnS are Deadly.
License for Wholesale
Panaman Mas
SaCre.
Native Has Very
Sweet Tooth.
Black Britain'S HySterical SIAM
pede.

Panama, and the affairs of state are
In new hands, life rolls on Its accus-
toned way. The bells In the old
towers keep calling the faithful to
prayer; long files of vendors parade
the narrow streets, eternally crying
for sale their frugal wares; buzzards
soar In the hot air, or hop under foot
In their never ending search for offal;
the same horde Of quarrelling women
crowd the market place to chatter, to
barter and to fight; polite men drink
In the cafes and busy themselves with
political plot and counterpart; and
dusky senoritas lounge In cool patios,
dreaming the dreams that southern
maidens dream.
The south Is always the south. Its
idle, shiftless children play and par
ley their hours away, and the years
bring little change tor them. They
are as aimless as the winds that play
In the palms. 1t Is no wonder. The
word tropic sounds narcotic. 1t Is so
easy to sit and watch the drifting
clouds and fall asleep as you look.
1t Is of no use to resist. You may
summon all your powers of will, but
drowsiness touches you with Its gen.
tie finger, and you drift softly out on
the sea OF sleep.
1t takes something about as excit-
Ing as revolution to keep the inhab-
itants awake. 1t Is said that intrigue
breeds In every cafe. 1t really Is ex-
citing to plot against the king and
turn the rascal out. 1t is infinitely
more exciting if his majesty antici-
pates you and shoots you for your
impudence. The last revolution has
been called the "bloodless insurrec-
tion." However, the margin by
which it so terminated was very mar
row. General Tovar, commanding
500 trops, and commissioned to up
hold the authority of Colombia, land
ed In Colon. He applied to the au'
thorities OF the Panama railroad for a
special train to carry his soldiers to
the capital. His application was po-
litely refused. He demanded and
threatened and stormed, as irate gen.
erals will, but the train was still de-
MED him.
Then General Tovar made the mis-.
take that saved the blood OF the revo-
luton and which lost the isthmus for
his country. He went alone to Panama
to buster and to threaten, leaving
his soldiers In charge of his subordi-
nate, Colonel Torres. AS soon as the
general arrived here he was promptly
arrested. When his captors searched
him, they found orders to shoot thir-
ty-fve of the principal citizens, and
as many more as he thought needed
shooting. The rebels at this end
wired their leaders In Colon that they
had the general under lock and key,
and authorized them to spend any
amount up to$25, 900, American gold,
TO bride Colonel Torres to clear out
with his soldiers. The negotiations
were started with the colonel, and, In
order to get line on his temperature,
an offer OF S. 900 was made 70 him If
he would evacuate. He struck him
self upon the breast, Missed through
his teeth, said lot OF things about
his responsibility, the honor his
country, and all that, then marched
his soldiers up aud down the street to
show what bad man he was. The
insurgent leaders approached him
again to inform him that by hard
skirmishing they had managed to
raise $4,000 more; that they would
pay the steamship company $4,000
for the transportation of his men,
and give him the other IS, QUO to put
in his pocket. They told him, turth-
er, that II he didn't accept their offer
they would chew him up and spit
him out, and spend the $40, In
giving him the greatest funeral ever
held In Panama.
This threat was rather ridiculous,
! considering the fact that he had 600
harmed men. while the only force op.
ksed to him was forty marines from
Nashville and forty volunteers.