The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
;lN0RALES DIES :. . i. i. AS A PRISONER
 Captured by the Guate- -:= ! malan Troops.
 FUGITIVE FOR SEVERAL DAYS : .'...
 ILL FROM HUNGER AND OTHER .*.:. EXEMPTIONS. :. -:: . Rebel Leader Expires While Being " =. Removed to San Marcos-This :. Is the End of the Rev .'E. 7; z. olution.
FUGITIVE FOR SEVERAL DAYS
ILL FROM HUNGER AND OTHER =. EXEMPTIONS.
gpeclal plgpatch to The call.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-The State
 Department to-day received a cable
 dispatch from Minister Hunter at
 Guatemala, telling of the dramatic
 death of General Morales, leader Of
 the Guatemalan revolution. The dis
 pa-ch is as follows:
 GUATEMALA. Aug 1S.-Day. Washing ton: Ocos was occupied on the 10th by the :. Government forces and 900 sacks or coHee and other valuable property saved rom
 destruction This occupation was made
 without force by Captain Feegan of the
 British gunboat Leander, acting under the request of the British, German ana United States Ministers.
 = Morales retreated before the natlohal :. troops to the Cuchumatanes Mountains, Where he was surrounded and captured
 yesterday in cave, where he had peeii = hiding for several days without food ana
 i'll from hunger. fatigue and exposure. ' The commanding general ordered am re moved to San Marcos. Medical alu vas summoned, but he died on the way at san ~ Sebastian last night at Il. This IS ne end of the revolution. HC N ph. =. The tragic end of General Morales, as
 reported to the State Department, IS but the last of the series of stirring events which have occurred in Guate-
 'Tpala within the last two weeks Morales gathered together a good sized ::band along the Mexican border ana made his appearance at the large town .-sDI fS of terror He seized many thousand
 bags. of coffee and put them to the :. strange use of building breastWorkS :. for his revolutionary band. Sorties :: were made along the harbOr front ana :.1aunches and other craft were burned :e.nd destroyed. One of his most au- : dacious acts was the laying tribute : tIpOn. the United States Consul and
 other Consular officials there in the
 sum of s150o.
 :: The condition of affairs has been re-
 *ported to the State Department from time to. time, and efforts were made, in lc0riiecti with the Mexican authori- ties; to put an end to the depredations.
 There was some delay, however, owing : t0 the death of the Mexican Ministers s
 wife, and his consequent absence from : :TEaShinEtOn. Ordinarily the United States Is represented in Guatemalan
 waters by a WarShip, but owing to the war with Spain all our ships have been .req1ired elsewhere. It is for this req .lsQn,. probably, that the foreign repre- :: seutatives, including those of the Unit *ed States, united in asking the aid Of the British naval commander at OCOs. This has proved effective, according to -the' report just received from Minister
 IIunter. as the revolution is ended with the. ca pture and death of General : Morales.
 = Pr9spero Morales has been con- spicuous figure in Central American affairs during the last three years He WAS Minister of War in the Cabinet of :. President BarriOs, and 1t is said that
 he. used the War Office to foment the rebellion against BarriOs. The latter 2detected the plot and Morales fled to ::@NfeXiCO, where he organized his revOlu- .fiOnary band. In the meantime Bar rios was assassinated, being succeeded
 :bS.President Ceberra.
 Among South American officials here if fS said that Morales death will re- store a calm to Central American af-
 fairs which has not existed for many months. even years, owing to the wide ~: spread influence of Morales. He was . about 45 years old, man of education and of marked force of character.