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Captain Teme, who has traded
for many years along the Central
have received a £care w'hich in
creases as time goes by. Busi
ness men are gathering up their
possessions and there has com
menced an exodus which within
a few weeks will leave the city as
deserted as any of the ash smoth
ered plantations.
suffered no great harm from the
volcanic ash, but the residents
Captain Teme cites the case of
Adolf o Meyer as an example.
Meyer, in addition to owning rich
plantations, was the virtual pro
prietor of the Champerico Rail
road. He was considered a mil-
Meyer Loses All.
the.rheasurc of the planter's pre
vious prosperity. Santa Maria
has reVersed matters with a\ven
geance." , ' ¦
A DVICtS received here yesterday from the scene of the Guatemala visitation show that the
f\ mosthxtrcmc of early estimates fell far bclozu' the mark. Captain Teme of the Kosmosliner
Amasis says that 10,000 natives lost their lives in the volcano's blast, and that the devas
tated distnet can never be restored to fruitfulness. Sari Benito, Mexico, tzvo hundred miles
from Sai/a Maria, is covered six inches deep with ashes, and all vegetation has been destroyed.
KosmoslLiner Amasis Brings Prom Strick=
en /Districts New, and Heartrending
Details of Central American Horror
SANTA/ MARIA'S BLAST OF WRATH CLAIMS FULLY 10,000 LIVES
AND DEVASTATES WESTERN HALF OF BEAUTIFUL GUATEMALA
VOLUME XCn-f O. 174.
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY; f NOVEMBER 21, 1902.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Continued 'on- Page '3, : Column 2.
Continued on Page 3; Column 3.
Continued on Page : 2,' Column 1.
lionaire and looked upon as one
of Guatemala's captains of indus
try. His railroad runs for 'the
most part through that part of
the country wtiich now lies burr
ied deep in pumice stone and ash.
When the eruption commenced
and as soon as it gave promise of
driving to, the coast residents in
the vicinity of Santa Maria he or
dered nineteen trains to the
threatened district and held them
there in readiness to profit by the
exodus which seemed a certainty.
'' He took up his quarters in his
private car and was on the spot
and all ready to engage in the
transportation business on ;/; a
wholesale ; scale, before the vol
cano "got a good start.
, Then followed those three days
of darkness. The pumice stone
and ashes which gradually buried
the country also: covered his rail
road, aud in time buried his froll r
ing stock. The debris .¦that
blocked the tracjes and buried the
cars of the Champerico /Railroad
also/' covered the Meyer : planta
tions, and .when .the sun peeped
out on Wednesday, .October 29,
it found Adolf 0 Meyer in a pri
vate car, firmly imbedded in ; a
desert Avaste-— arid a poor man. ./
According to Captain Teme
and others familiar with condi
tions in Central America, : the
Guatemala planter, blinded by
years of prosperity, learned to
look upon his finca as a sort of
widow's cruse, with a iow that
increased as the years -'went by..
He enjoyed life and left the future
to his coffee trees. Santa/Maria
has stripped his trees and buried
his plantation. The bigger the
plantation the greater the ex
travagance, and now, Captain
Teme says, the men .counted
wealthiest as planters find them
selves in the worst predicament.
Few in Western Guatemala have
anything left but. their debts/ and
these debts are large or small -in
American / coast, was . well ac
quainted with most of the big cof
fee planters. With many of these
the volcano has dealt harshly, and
in that three days deadly" rain has
wiped but fortunes that ..took
years to build. In most cases the
ruin has been absolute. Coffee
is about the only thing in Guate
mala that is exchangeable Jor
gold. The planters .have lived
extravagantly, and, pinning their
faith absolutely on the certainty
of a harvest big enough to wipe
out all indebtedness, have little
laid aside for a time of adversity.
THE VOLCANO, FROM A PHOTOCR4PH TAKEN OCTOBER 24 AT QUEZALJ^NANCO
Quezaltenango, the captain
says, is practically ruined. It has
"The entire western half of
Guatemala," says the captain,
"has been converted into a desert
and in the process all of 10,000
natives must have lost heir lives.
For forty and fifty miles on alii
sides of Santa Maria the destruc
tion has been most complete and
not even the most sanguine sug
gests the possibility of restoring
the land to fruitfulness. In West
ern Guatemala the fmcas are
gone and hope is dead. The peo
ple still in this region are there
trying to save something from
the wreck. This in most cases has
proven a hopeless task. Many
returned to their plantations
when the fall of ashes had sub
sided, looked around and made
all possible haste away from the
desolation. Few of these will ever
return."
According to Captain Teme
the crater's hot breath burned a
wide waste, and as far away as
San Benito, Mexico, two hun
dred miles from Santa Maria, the
ground is covered with volcanic
ash to a depth of six inches. Even
this light fall will entail a serious
loss, but it is hoped that the heavy
rains will wash it away in the
course of time and leave J;he land
as it was before the eruption.
Quezaltenango Gone.
10,000 Are Killed.
imagination of the sufferers riot
ed with things as they are.
He paints a picture of disaster
dire as ever befell the human fam
ily. '. He tells of immense fortunes
crumbled to dust and of whole
regiments of helpless _jiati\'es
smothered in ashes. According
to his account the loss of life has
been greater than the wildest of
early rumors placed it, and the
destruction of property absolute
ly complete.
The Amasis, which arrived
yesterday, was at Champerico a
day later than the City of Para.
She carried from Chainperico to
San Jose de Guatemala some two
score refugees, and brought to
San Francisco one planter" that
left behind him in Guatemala the
wreck of five years' hard work.
From these refugees taken to
San Jose, from his agents at
Champerico and from other busi
ness men along the coast Captain
Teme gathered what he believes
to be a thoroughly conservative
idea of the extent of the damage
wrought by the volcano.
yERtFICATION of the
prediction that not one
haf had been told of the
recent desolation of Gua
temala vas given yesterday by
Captain , Teme of the Kosmos
liner Amasis. He brings the
latest y'ord from the stricken dis
trict, ind his account dispels
¦whaterer may have lingered of
hope that in the panic and excite
ment following the eruption the
Czar; Remains in Crimea.
§ ST. PKTERSBURG, 'Nov.' 20.— The Czar
arid Czarina 1 are v *expected to ; remain in
Crimea^; until . the ' middle ' of % i December
.\vhen* they/ will" return -to St. Petersburg.
W 'n I ™n I * fTTTrro rnrm
life.; I do not know rn;w ; lohg I shall live—
how.- long '¦ they :-w'ilh let me"llye-^but:i can
'asWure i you : all •'¦ the r«e3t • of r my j existence
wlir bo ; devoted, "within 'the limits 'of my
coir&tit"utlohal^powers;;. to the good , of my
country • and th"e '/protection of N its ' liber
tfeS.».^-; ¦>:¦;;¦-¦ -vy- : ¦¦¦ :
BRUSSELS.,; Nov. 1 2O.-King/ L Leopold
made a somewhat striking v reply,-, to-day
to a deputation from the Chamber,! head
ed by | the .President, "who presented his
Majesty with an- address- of|'congratula
tion' on his. escape Saturday from the -an
archist's bullet. | After thanking' the Dep*
uties the." King continued:' / '• , : .
"The times .'are very troubled.;' Agita
tors arc , constantly stirring up their' fol
lowers to disturb" that order which is the
guararitee ; ofpublic.'liberties;;\Vithbut or
der only license remains, which 'leads \ In
evitably lo'^ despotism. ;. These ; agitators
find in their ' . path firstly "the/ heads of
states'. ': If ' rth^y v. fail .'to ' reach them*; they
attack their : as iii J the -case', "of the
horrible drama'; at; Geneva; ;' Thehv blows
are also aimed,: at '.Minister'sVi as-, in;-,the
case of Senor: and -;they : also
blow up the houses o f "private. Ind viduals!
They want 'to"; intimidate ; uV- but they will
not;: succeed.'- Even': if * they, struck, down
the ; head "of -the , state - it .would" make ;n»
difference; /as ¦ he ; would soon -be • replaced:
In' addition' tq ; reyolv\ir' shots'they employ
the pen , which fc'an .write what calumnies
they please.'" I"ainnearlng .the'end of -my
LONDON, ; Nov. 20.— The Danish ' steam
er Knud' II, Captain r Hanssen, from Cp
penh'ageiyand the British steamer Swale
daie", from Hamburg", collided to-night at
the mouth .of the : Tyne. ,The Knud- II
foundered immediately ; and Ahe j mastep
andseven of- the, crew were drowned.
• BUCHAREST, Nov. 20.— The Universail
sta{es' that ; the" steamer,' Bosnia sank', in
the gale^ of ¦ Tuesday. /in . the", Black ' Sea.
Her crew and passengers, numbe'ring 150,
"were v drowne*d.;: f •,'<¦',' ; '•¦'-. ¦;.'
Special Dispatch, to "The Call.
King Hurls Deflate at
Murderous
' of AgitatprSi ; * >¦
Crew and; Passengers;
' ; It is* a pitiful story. She says she met
Brysori In society' in- Memphis 1 in 1S05 and
became engaged to : marry him. A child
Bryson' proposes to fight the case and
has plenty of money-back of him. So has
she, ! for she claims to be ¦ a • niece . of the
publisher of the Atlanta Constitution and
among t her attorneys -is Senator W. : V.
Sullivan '. of • , Mississippi. ..". She . :, tells her
story with dignified- candor, but she never
varies "in- relating the details and sup
ports^ her statements with documentary
evidence. "^ . . • ..-.-: : ; » . ¦
LEGAL' FIGHT; CEBTAIN.
• LOS ANGELES. "Nov. 20.— After four
years of rrelenUess^ tracking and follow
ing, > a -. Tennessee girl \ of j gentle breeding
caught in Ik>$ : 'Anseles to-day the man
who,- she : claims.'kldnaped'her child. It
was his I child and- hers, she asserts. It •
was put a^ay-to* avoid a scandal; for they
were'both in the social blue book of Mem
phis.' .'.".,' .; "'*¦.*."¦-> ¦'¦ .• ¦ '•
;\The woman- is Miss'Priscilla Catherine
.Howell. He is Hugh W. Bryson. Long
ago 5 the maternal instinct in this young
.woman caused - her to lose all dread of
shame. and, she has devoted years to the
effort of finding her child. Even now she
does not 'know] whether it , is dead or
altve The man tells her that it died.
"._ Through" .'almost every State, west of
the Mississippi she tracked him. Her de
fectives .finally. "located . him at .Oxnard.
To-day, after haying been disarmed by an
officer, " who i took^ her revolver, for fear
she would kill him, she caused his arrest
oh' a charge' that he is a from
justice J : There Vis a . warrant out for him
in, Memphis charging abduction,. a felony
in that State, \and somewhere between
here and Tennessee an officer is speeding
to California with a requisition for the
man's return.". . ' ' .
Special DlsDatch to The Call.
BOSNIA SINKS
IN BLACK SEA
DURING A GALE
LEOPOLD MAKES
VERY STRIKING
DECLARATIONS
Relentless Pursuit of
-California.
WOMAN TRACKS
FORMER FRIEND
FOR HER CHILD
TELLS CONFLICTING STOEIES.
"It^appears that M. de Rydzeriski re
turned to his lodgings, Rue de la Faisan
derie,. at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
accompanied by Miss Gore, whom he took
to his -room. Half an hour later the re
port of a revolver shot was heard and De
Rydzenski rushed into the hall shouting
The proprietor of Miss Gore's boarding
house ' says she appeared to be a con
scientious student; she worked hard at
her musical studies and received' few
visitors. : The doorkeeper of the house,
who speaks in the highest terms of tha
deceased student,, says he had seen . her
re-enter, accompanied by a gentleman,
whose description tallies with that of M.
de Rydzenski. m -
Consul General Gowdy has not formed
any theory regarding the circumstances
of the death, but he will insist on the po
lice probing all the mysterious features of
the case. The body has been removed to
the; Morgue, where it will remain until
Gowdy has received advices from • the
woman's relatives.:
Miss Gore lived in the Avenue de la
Grande ; Armee,' not far from the apart-'
ment.of the Russian, -where the tragedy
occurred. . The affair has caused much ex
citement in that locality. De Rydzenski is
kept under, surveillance.-.,'. f';y
BEQISTEES AS . "HES.", GORE.' ,
: Consul General Gowdy'3 investigation
has developed. that Ellen Gore arrived in
Paris on August 25 and registered at a
boarding-house, 11 Avenue' de la Grande
Armee,. as Mrs. Eilen Gore of New York.
She does not appear to have had any rela
tives residing in Paris, but among the
effects • found in her room are several
typewritten leters of recent dates bearing
the heading "Attorney Edward C. Butler
Gore, Court of Mexico."
These letters are of a strictly business
nature, relating to property.
' PARIS, Nov. 20.— Ellen Gorer said to be
an American, was killed by a revolver
• shot yesterday- In the apartments occu
pied by Jean de Rydzenski, a sinser of
the Imperial Theater of. St. Petersburg.
De Rydzenski at first said Miss Gore com
mitted suicide, but subsequently ho de
clared-the revolver went off accidentally.
Consul General Gowdy is personally In
vestigating the death of Miss Gore, wha
was completing- her musical education
here and resided in the fashionable quar
ter of Passy. "When found yesterday the
victim, was unconscious and had a bullet
wound over her right eye. Two doctors
were summoned to attend' her, but she
died without regaining consciousness.
.The .Russian singer; comes from a rich
and noble Russian family. He is the son
of a Russian general and he has uncles
who hold high positions in the Russian
service.. - ¦ ' s.
Member of Russian
Noble Family Held
for Shooting.
NOTED SINGER
IMPLICATED IN
ST RANGE DEATH
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