The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-15
WAS A WOMAN IN 1T.
Mrs. Morales Romantic Part in
GuatemaIan Revolutions

GuatemnIan Revolutions
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
81 would rather be the widow of hero
than the wife of a coward"
These are said to have been the words
of the beautiful young wife of Prospero
Morales, the revolutionist and alleged trail
tor to the Guatemalan government when
she heard of her husbands death after
his last futile effort to bring about a gem
eral uprising against the present govern
ment.
at may be news to the general reader to
know that a woman was the real power
behind the throne in all the recent at
tempts of Morales TO gain influence and
prestige through public revolutions" said
a passenger from Port Barrios yesterday,
as he sent his luggage up to his room in
the Grunewald but such is the case.
Morales was ambitious, but his pretty at
tractive wife was ten times more So The
fact is that a woman nine times out of
ten has been the real spirit and inspiration
of all the Central American revolutions.
Mrs. Morales was a unique figure She
was formerly a school teacher in Guate-
mala City. She was of Italian birth and
was one of the most handsome women in
all that republic. She dressed elegantly and
was the belle of the capital CITY. Morales
was at that time at the zenith of his fame
He was the Secretary of the Interior ili
the Barrios cabinet and President Barrios
looked TO him for many things. This hand
some young woman fell in love with the
secretary and they were married Wien
Barrlos was killed and Morales took TO the
Mexican border and began his series of
revolutions, which finally cost him his life,
his pretty young wife went with him and
lived as he lived. She was his nspira-
ton, his guide. She said do this, take that
city, and he took 1t. She waited mower
and influence. The only possible way to
get 1t was to overthrow the government.
She was set upon doing this and Morales
was continually urged to make despcr-
ate stand. Thus IL was that when she was
informed of his death that she used the
above memorable words After his death
Mrs Morales went to the interior of Mex
leo and is now stepping a the Mexican
legation. -
DR.. Adolph Trzaska, a prominent Ger
man specialist was another passenger from
Port Barrios, and stopped at the Grune-
Wald Hotel last night He is on his way
to Germany, and brings the first correct
report Of how Prospero Morales met his
death. When the last boat arrived from
that port it was not known just how
the noted revolutionst came to his death,
the government having bulletined the
death as having been caused by consump-
ton, which, of course, was regarded as
the work of the government censor.
Morales died of hunger said Dr..
Trzaska, land that fact is now pretty
well understood. After the capture Of
San Marcos on the Pacific coast, Morales
and his band deserted the town at the
approach of the government troops, and
Morales himself found refuge in the era
tor of a big mountain, which at one time
had been a volcano. There in the basin
of thie immense mountain he lay sick
for eight days. without food or medical
attention. When the government troops
finally came up and found the famous
leader he was 50 weak that he could not
walk and although the order had gone
forth to shoot him upon sight, the officer
in charge said ii would be barbarous TO
shoot a man so weak and disabled, and
so this sentence was dispensed with. He
died in a few hours, and the supposition
is that pure hunger was the cause"
1t is said by the arrivals from that
country yesterday that more trouble is
brewing.
"You can always tell when revolu-
ton is expected in Guatemala" said an
other one Of the arrivals at the Grune-
wald because the telegraph stations are
closed to all messages. If you are ever
in Guatemala and go TO a telegraph office
40 send a message and the operator tells
you that the lines are closed to business,
you may know at once that there is some
thing doing That Is exactly what hap