New-York tribune., 1902-10-12
GUAM AND IT'S PEOPLE.
,r,Nv NAMES OF THE FAR PACIFIC
GROUP - BUILDINGS AGAIN
SHAKEN DOWN.

Guam. l. s A has broken the earthquake rec
o,s She had - shakes in twenty-four hours
one dsv a week before last. Many OF the build
ines came turablng down. but they tumbled gently
aDs there is no frightful death list
II Is nov IN order for the group of islands far
An, !, the Pacific ~ which Guam is the largest
"a undergo another change OF name. II is fashion
v,hich has been followed whenever anything out
~ the ordinary has happened Earthquake Isl
ands" might make good name though II Is
rrobahle that 'Shdke-Shake, or some such
hvrbenared combination would appeal more
strongly 10 the natives Neither Earthquake" nor
.shake-Sbske" has been used as the name for
Islands Of any other geograD Dhical subdivision.
The islands of which Guam is one have had as
r,snv names as some az ChicaEo's much married
x,onen When Magellan sighted them from dis
ranoe in I5sl he called them the lslss de las Nelas
AZ the Islands NJ the sails His excuse was that
nsnv O, the Islands looked Ike distant ships when
\, saw them upon the horizon. i did very Vel
Tor q maiden name
iThsr came Ierszot who rediscovered them. one
A. his ships was robbeS while al anchor there.
He got even by calling the-a Ladrones. or Thieves
Islands IN tce seventeeT-h century a nervous
sh.p captain saw a leper al one Of the fishing
villages Again the name paid the penalty, and
sr uUs than hundred years they were Lazarus
lEanas priest came 20 work among the ma
nvss ass wishing a religious title. added saint
% lazarus
In l6E FRAY Diego sailed from Acapulco 20
fsund a Jesuit mission on the islands He re-
ssived pension M $3.50 year from queen Maria
ana the Spanish regent Promptly on his ar
rrsl he changed the name 20 'Islas Marianas.
and Is such they were known 70 the Spaniards-
How the name escaped change when the island
Of Guam came under the stars and Stripes Is NOT
known Perhaps they thought they could not I'M
prove on There's. or Ladrones- Now that the
earth has qusked there is a chance for a ne"
designation,
Earthquakes an home and abroad. have had
hand IN sha1lnC the afairs Of the islands IN the
past When Fray Diego reached the Nioeregal
Court OF Mexico ne found that the Niceroy would
not assist him having 10 direct orders from spain
70 DO 50 Then the priest appealed 10 the wee
roy's wife W.o was on her knees entreaung her
husband 10 help the Jesuit. when an earthquahe
occurred which considerably damaged the eiiS-
ne cunning friar avoved that Il was nothing
less than manifestation from Heaven, ana ihe
Rieeaoy yielced 10 the superstition OF tho age
Nature again came 10 the aid Of Fray Diego sew
sFal years after he had established his mission.
revolution broke OUT IN the Ladrones on the dis
eOysry thst the strangers religion carried with n
restraint ~ liberty and a social dominion which
nAas me natives little better than slaves II was
ne old Spanish proposition Of conquest under the
seA o. Christianity. The natives We're on the war
lsn and Il looked badly for the little garrison ~
spanish and Filipino soldiers one day there vas
terrible quaking % the earth and a wind storm
@an evelied the huts OF the natives 70 the ground
- priest persuaded them that d was Visitation
~ heaven. and peace was concluded
tany OF the more religious natives VIII undoutt-
saE blame the United States for the recent earth
AAAes When th@ Americans took possession ot
snt Island Governor Leary forbade any public dem
'ASuauons OF the Catholic Church. 70 which most