The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05

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and men carrying the soldiers across the
! lsthmus after dark, demanded that they
remain until morning. They stor,neu,
but waited. Iii the meantime the lights OF
second and third American gunboat
appeared IN the farbor OF Colon, and with
them. more American marines. The Co
loinblan troops then saw that the game
| was up. They decided to submit, espe-
cially as thoy were promised by the revo-
lutlonss 5000 In gold IL they did so.
They took the money and sailed back TO
Colombia.
The troops, having received their money,
collected on the wharf and there stopped,
refusing to go on the Royal Mail steam
Snip which was to take tlem home, UNI
I'll their officers should arrive from Pan
una. They held out until s O'Clock that
night when they took ship and steamed
away Their departure closed the rcVo-
luton. Panama was Il republic and ns
u result the United States made the
treaty which gave 5us the ten mile strip
hnd the right to build the canal.
III national movements. such as me
creation OF u new republic and the sell
Ing of great property like that of the
Panama Canal. many individuals must
profit The one who made most out OF
3 inc camel sale Is supposed to be Mr.. Will
liam Nelson Cromwell. the attorney for
the French Canal Company ana the Pan
ANA Railway Company
IL was he who engineered the biiis,
by which Panama was chosen over Nj
lcaragua through Congress- and he to Il
large extent aided III the bringing about
of Pailama's independence The gossip
mere Is that he received from the French
Canal Company two millions out of tile
forty million dollars which the United
States paid them nnd from the Panama
~ 1tn, 1nI1n ant nf l,a
ten million dollars which Uncle Sam
paid for Che canal zone and his rights
there. II these reports are true he re-
ceived total of three million dollars
III good hard gold coin, and this money
came In lump. Mr.. Crmwcll Is still
attorney for the Panama government.
and his relations to the canal admins
lr;ttion are close Mr.. Bunat- Varlln is
said to have made u fortune out of the
sale, and other French agents to have
received large sums.
Nearly every resident of Panama has
profited more or less from our purchase
of the canal and the success of their
revolution Values Of all kinds have
risen. Business W IS better thin 1t has
been since the pulmiest days of the
French excavation and money is again
plentiful on the Ithmus of Panama. All
the officers and soldiers who took part
in the revolution received more than
double pay for tho service. The night
after independence was declared some
leading bankers OF Panama were directed
shy the new government to furnish money
to the soldiers. The officials then gave
checks onEthis bank for the officers and
men according to rank, some Of which
We're for ono thousand. two thousand
and three thousand dollars each. Gem
eral Huertas was Offered fifty thousand
dollars in gold Hc refused. 1t saying
fthatalf he took itlit might be considered
as Il bride. His scruples vanished when
1T was again offered to him as a birth
day present six months later and he
spent part Of the money in q trip to
Europe
The Panaman Connander-in-
Chief Shelved.
Speaking Of General I1uertas, the COM
mander- in-ehief OF the Panama army,
after the war closed he became an ele-
plant on the hands Of the government
His troops worshipped him, and for a
time he tried TO dictate to the govern
Inent. Later OH he consented to the
abolition of the army and to his own
retirement receiving therefor a salary
of $500 month as general of the army
to be called forth to command the troops
Il in case Of need.
General Huertas IS now about twenty
five years old. He entered the Panaman
amy at twelve as d bugler and lost his
arm during one Of the revolutions. He
has now retired I'd his country place
at Aqua Duice, situated about twelve
hours from Panama by sailing vessel. lie
has a large cattle ranch at that place
and is also experimenting In mining He
is n brave man, but Is said to be ig-
norant and unculturcd 1t Is believed
that his salary will be abolished after
while. To-day the little army of three
hundred. which brought about the Pana-
man independence. has been turned into
police force of five hundred. Their
guns have been taken away, and they
are armed chiefly With clubs These 20
llcemen receive $50 a month In Silver,
AS to the salaries of the chief officials
they are not high in comparison with
those Of Americans, and they are3paic
in silver The president receives $1,000 9
year, the cabinet ministers each $500 Q
year, and the presidents private secrei
tary in the neighhorhood of $3.50 pei
year. ss
Copyright, 1905, by Frank G. carpehtcr.o
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