The San Francisco call., 1905-05-01
Young Cabrera Sends
Futile Appeal
for News.
0minous Silence Follows
Reported Shooting Of
Dictator.
Central Americans Now in This City
Greatly Excited Over the Ru-
mored Assassination.

Central Americans residing in San
Francisco are anxiously awaiting news
from the city of Guatemala that will
confirm or deny the private message
received here Saturday to the effect
that President Estrada Cabrera had
been shot and his son killed
Attempts to gain communication
with the southern republic yesterday
failed. and the strange silence of the
telegraphic cables is regarded as onrfn-
Gus.
Anxiety is at its height among the
GuatemaIans in this city, and more so
when it was learned yesterday that the
son of the President of the republic.
Diego Estrada Cabrera, who arrived
in San Francisco on the steamship
Saturday, has been unable to get re-
sponse to a cablegram of inquiry sent
to his family regarding the reported
attempt to assassinate his father.
All day yesterday the young man pa
tiently and hopefully waited for a mes
sage from home. At late hour last
night he was forced to admit that he
was at loss for an explanation for the
failure of the answer to arrive
II am exceedingly doubtful as to the
CcrrecfHese UT Saftsrday's Dispatch -
said the young Guatemaian at the Pal
ace Hotel last evening, and Mr.. Stahl.
who is largely interested in Guatemala
and came. to San Francisco with me,
shares my views. Yet we cannot uri-
derstand why our messages have not
been answered Mr.. Stahl sent a ca
blegram about the same time Saturday
that did, and we looked for responses
to-day, but they have not come still
doubt that my father has been shot,
for when we left Guatemala the ex-
citement over the threatened reyolu-
ton had subsidized and everything
seemed peaceful
The probability Of a revolution hav-
ing suddenly broken out in Guatemala
or that an attempt had been made to
assassinate President Estrada Cabrera
is accepted by the local Central Ameri-
cans with much readiness, for 1t is
known that despite the announcements
from Guatemala that no further trou-
BILE is feared there the revolutionary
party, at the head OF which Is the
former President General Barillas. Is
still on the borders OF the repuohc
menacing the peace OF Estrada Ca
brera.
1t has long been the custom in Guat-
emala when trouble arises to establish
a censorship over communication with
the outside world. When President
Barrios was killed by the servant OF
Banker Aparicio the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company's agent briefly
wired the news to the manager of the
company in this city. and that was the
| last message that left the country fol-
| Ave days-until the Government had
prepared itself against an uprising
and was ready to give the world the
| official side Of the story.
| Many of the local Guatemaians argue
| that # peace reigns in the republic
| the Presidents son would have had nc
| trouble in communicating with his
| father They have also advanced the
theory that possibly the revolutionary
| forces arranged to make an attack
which included an attempt on the
| Presidents life, and have taken charge
| az the cable wires to thwart the plans
| Of defense by the administration.