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San Prancisco and vicinity— Probably rain Saturday; brisk to higk southerly winds. A. G. McADIE, District Porecaster. | <+ SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, VOLTUME XCIV—XNO. 16 NOVEMBER 14, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ARMY OF COLOMBIA IS MARCHING ON PANAMA TO ATTEMPT SUBJUGATION OF THE NEW REPUBLIC UAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Nov. 13.-—-General Plaza, President of Ecuador, has cabled to President Marroquin of' Colombia sympathizing with him in the recent events on the isthmus of Panama. to subdue the isthmus. WASH]I - 11y ar. marching against the ans came, so that it was imposs the Government o send Unit would endanger free transit of the isthmus. President Marroquin has replied, thanking General Plaza and adding that Generals Reyes, Ospina, Caballeros and Holguin are marching on Panama wi NGTON, Nov. 13.---Both Secretary Hay and General Young, chief of staff of the army, had retired when the bulletin announcing that an army from ble to learn what action the Government might take to meet the issue which will be raised. Rumors were current to-day that ited States troops to the isthmus, but positive official denials were made that such was the intention of the administration, which, some time ago, S Il a large € Colombia was UNCLE SAM SEEKS TO HAVE A PORT | OPENED BY KOREA 0 KL N EMINENT NEW YORKER Andrew Green the Victim of an Assassin. Aged Man Shot Down | Prevails at Bo- gota. — T Citizens Furious and Eager to Fight. teh to’ The Call. ANAMA, Nov. 13.—Cable p service with Bogota has been re-established. The iollowing is the first important patch e the rebellion from the Colombian capital : “COLOMBIA, Nov. 10.— ident Jorga Holquin told correspondent to-day bia would never recog- pendence of Panama. ernment will exhaust sent its last drop of blood and its last cent in putting down the rebel- he said. ‘I wish tomake an | announcement to the wprld that we will not submit to isthmian in- dependence.’ ” General Rafael Reis been appointed generalissimo in chief of Colombia’s fighting fo here are confident he v the United States to com the treaty obl maintaining the sovereig Colombia on isth has gation 0 gation of 1846, ntv nty Reis leit to-day for with a large and well equipped A my. He announced he had left — B d a force of 100,000 men, 'Warship Is to Visit ™% for any emergency. All the departments and parties have | promised their unconditional sup- port and financi to the gov- ernment. The people are furious over the revolut Bogota con- tinues in a state of siege, but the | United States legation is well pro- tected. Soon there wi an extremely imy munication from roquin to Roosev has also communicated with va rious Spanish-American presi- dents. It is stated here that it is Chemulpo to Hon- or Natives. aid Al L. XOREA nt cable com President Mar an warship in The purpose # the presence of modern type, and is no intention to b; isthmian movement is not unani- mous. request of Korea was made d States Charge d'Affaires, Allen is going to reinforce ctly opposite the port of s to be opened to trade our new treaty, and is an 1 the great road running to the Korean -capital. naval officers recently have are not in sympathy with the re- bellion and can be relied upon to assist ‘n putting it down. The Colombian government and people are satisfied that Co- lombian patriotic sentiments will prevail, 2nd before long the isth- at the possession | ession at !‘unnm-! might involve interna-| tions in the presentment | for an open port there. RS A i HAWAIIAN MAIL IS DESTROYED IN Large Quantity of Matter Duthud{ to Coast Points Is Burned Near Tehama. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—The Postof- e Department announced to-day that in the wreck of the Southern Pacific train near Tehama. Cal, on November 1, a large amount of the mail matter destroy- ed by the burning of the mail car was destined from Hawaii, the Philippines, China and Japan to California, Oregon, | Washington, Alaska, Western Canadian provinces, Idaho and Montana. A small | quantity was from Eastern and Southern States for Southern Oregon and Northern course and will return to the mother country before Colombian blood shall flow. In Panama it is declared false that any provinces are not enthu- siastic for the new republic. The report that General Reis is coming with an army is declared only a part of a shrewd political game. LIMA, Peru, Nov. 13.—The Colombian Minister to Peru has published here cablegrams re- ceived from his government, dated at Bogota, November 10, 11 and 12, respectively. The cablegrams say that the Colombian govern- Continued on Page 2, Column 1. e negro's iver the police fouxn m & ragor and & p liams appeared to f-possessed. He said he was and lved at 156 We at which place, how- ywn. wered without hesita- v of irritation all ques- him and spoke like & man conviction that he had been the man he had mur- ¢ the Murray Hill Hotel told that they had seen the colored and down the street in se every day for the had heard him mutte and waving his hands about ded that he was crazy. was.a bachelor, ed with Timothy R. Green, and his Timothy R. Green said to- his uncle had never before seen who shot him; that he had never d of the colored woman, Bessie Da- and that he had never had any col- | caiitfenia. ored servants in his house. The story| e i told by Williams was, said the nephew. Disabled Steamer Is Towed Into Port. E 4, haa circulated a | Pure fiction. | SEATTLE, Nov. 13—The sternwheel statement derogatory to his character,| No trace of the Davis woman could be | steamer Cavital City has been towed in and against whom he had been trying to | found. The police are disposed to believe | disabled. She lost her wheel in 600 fath. bring suit for $20,000 that the Davis woman was merely the| oms of water off Three Point on her way The trouble, he sald, dated back to the figment of an insane imagination. from Tacoma to Seattle. story about a col- Besste Davis, who, months ago, kept a lodg- groes in West Fifty-third be forthcoming | Marroquin | | known on good authority that the | The government asserts | that it has assurances from the in- | terior provinces of Panama. They | mus will realize the error of its! ! | | AEZLS \State of Siege Now| MASKED ROBBER HOLDS UP CONDUCTOR AND GRIPMAN ON A HAYES-STREET CAR Daring Crime at the Stanyan - Street Téerminal. Police Capture Two Suspects and Jail PORRLI 7. NUS OF THE LINE. — T HE first person to board car) | No. 224 of the Hayes street line | | at its Stanyan street terminal | at 7:40 o'clock last night was a | bandit. Masked and armed to| the teeth he made the custom- | ary demands for money, enforced them in “hurry-up’ tones, and when he backed | away ard disappeared in the sylvan gloom | of Golden Gate Park Conductor Martin| Forrest was about $20 loser by the lmrm-‘ tion. This departure from the usual hold-up in this city occurred just as the car was | about to start on its downtown trip. Con- | ducter Forrest and Gripman Charles W. | Emlet had turned the vehicle around and | were seated opposite one another in the | forward end of the closed portion when |'the highwayman made his appearance. | No one else was present and no help was at hand. There are several saloons in the neighborhood, but the nearest of them | was one block off. So the robber played | his game alone and his escape was un- | nindered. Before leaving the bandit expressed his intention of continuing operations in the vicinity, and made a request of the car employes not to mention the matter until they arrived downtown, that the work might go on without interruption. The use of the pronoun “we”” by the highway. man leads the police to belleve that two men were engaged in the crime and that one remained on guard while the other gathered in the plunder. Policemen and detectives swarmed into the district, and the destination of every suspicious char- acter was requested. A close lookout was | Joke, CONDUCTOR AND GRIPMAN OF A HAYES STREET CAR WHO WERE | HELD UP BY A MASKED MAN AT THE STANYAN STREET TERMI- | S —— 3 kept for persons answering the descrip- tion of the highwayman. Two arrests ‘were made. BANDIT ENTERS CAR. The bandit entered the rear of the car, a black muffler covering the lower portion { of his face and a revolver in his hand “Throw up your hands, you fellows,” he said, “and be quick about it.” Both conductor and gripman were startled and did pot comply on the in- | stant. It passed through the conductor's mind that the whole thing might be a but that impression was soon changed when the muzzle of the revolver came closer to his head and In angry | tones the robber again. commanded both | to raise their hands and be quick about it. ““Which one of you has the ‘dough™ " asked the highwayman, pointing his re- | j volver first at one man and then at the other. Neither answered and the man with the gun ventured an opinion. I guess you have,” he said to the con- | ductor, after he had looked at both| badges. “Now hand it out quick.™ Forrest started to comply without ar- gument. He reached his hand into his| pocket and drew out dollars, half-dollars, | quarters and coins of smaller denomina- | tions. The robber took all of the money | and when the conductor's pockets were | emptied was about to deposit it In his| own. The conductor then asked if he might keep the nickels and dimes for change on the downtown run and the rob- ber graciously acceded, handing such coins back to him. “Now don’t say & word about this un- | pass this money © est made a report of the matter as so as he reached the Hayes-street car house and Captain of Detectives Martin was communicated with. In response the call Martin de- tailed Detectives Jerry Dinan and Ed Wren on the case, and they !mmediately started for the sceme. Both Forrest and Emlet describe the robber as being about 5 feet T inches In height, appearsd to de smooth-shaven and light complected. He wore a black slouch hat and & short black overcoat. His trousers were also of a dark material When the news of the crime reached the Stanyan-street Police Station, which js but a short distance away, Station Keeper Dugan dispatched every avall- able policeman to the scene with instruc- tions to search the neighborhood thor- oughly and to arrest all suspicious char- acters. Among the patrolmen who were detailed were F. C. Krecke, John O'Shea and George Clark. These officers rode along Hayes street for some distance and were returning to the terminus when they observed two men standing in the shadow of a telegraph pole near Clayton street. ARREST TWO SUSPECTS. Krecke and O'Shea siipped from the car and came upon the men unawares. Both had their right hands in their pockets and they were quickly seized and made prison- ers. It was found that each had re- volvers and that their fingers rested on the triggers. The prisoners were taken to the Hayes-street carhouse and held untfl the gripman and conductor that had been held up returned from their downtown trip. When they arrived they inspected the two suspects and wers asked if either had anything to do with the affair. Gripman Emlet stated that one of the men, who gave the name of C. L. Good. appeared to be the man wanted, but Conductor Forrest would not be posi- tive in identifying him. The other man gave the name of Lester Good and the oo A e Y gt Continued on Page 2, Columa 8.