Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-21

found gratitude and the highest re-
spect. your obedlent servant,
ALEXANDER SWETTENHAM
Governor. "
When Rear Admiral Davis called at
the headquarters house this morning
to bid farewell to Governor Swetten-
ham, he waited fifteen minutes. He
then informed the governors aide that
he would wait no longer and requested
him to tell the governor that in conse-
quence of his not desiring American
aid he had countermanded President
Roosevelt's order concerning the sup
ply ship Celtic, laden with beef for
Kingston
Governor Swettenham arriving at
that moment there was a brief meet
ing and the governor escorted Rear
Admiral Davis to his carriage. Salu-
tations were exchanged and the gov
ernor, replying " Rear Admiral Davis,
regretted that ne was unable to do
more for Kingston. said;
"All the more to your honor" ad-
ding deep bow, evidently in reply to
Admiral Davis reference to his de-
parture and meaning he would do the
same if in the admirafs place. Rear
Admiral Davis told the Associated
Press he deeply regretted the govern
or's attitude He was still convinced
that the Governor was unequal to the
task of relieving distress-that this
was evident from tie fact that the
American field hospital had tended
many sick ard wounded and others
were constantly arriving, having been
unable to gain admission to the s1vA
ernment hospital.
The American hospital was estab-
lished i'm Winchester Park, the prop
erty of the Jesuits Thursday, under
the American flag and in charge of
Fleet Surgeon Ames and Surgeon Nor
ton of the battleship Missouri, and
aided by sisters of charity. The hos
pital received more than fifty suf-
ferers, including persons with fractur-
ed bones and skulls. cases of blod
poison, which had resulted from ne
glect Of wounds etc Governor SWEET
tenham and the local medical men
were greatly opposed to the American
hospital, insisting that there was no
necessity for 1t as all the wounded
had been attended to. Surgeon Ames
said the local medical men wished no
American interference with the
wounded. Consequently there was
much suffering, which the American
anxious to relieve. A party of Ameri-
can sailors working at repairing the
hospital building to the last moment,
when they hauled down their flag, the
Jesuits taking charge, and returned to
their ships the Yankton sailing at
O'Clock followed by the battleships at
four.
Governor Swettenham's attitude
toward friendly American officers
assistance is greatly deplored by many
of the residents of Kingston. some of
them even suggesting that the gov
ernor be petitoned to resign. His ac-
ton Is construed by some as inspired
by spite by resentment of President
Roosevelt's attitude toward jamaican
negroes on the Panama canal. Others
ridicule the governors objection to the
landing of American sailors, armed or
not armed The insecurity of the city
is evidenced by the attempt last Fri
day night by six negroes to waylay a
midshipman from the Missouri, who
drew his revolver and put his assail-
ants to flight
Last night the streets Of the burned
district still reeked with the stencil of
decaying bodies The burned ruins
were Illuminated only by the baleful
glow of the camp fires lining the road
ways
Today many bodies were recovered
through the aid of vultures, which
perch in focks on the ruins beneath
which their prey is buried. AS fast as
they are uncovered the bodies are
thrown on the funeral pyres and
slowly consumed. The total number Of
known dead is about $50 and 1t Is be-
lieved there are at least 150 persons
who have not been accounted for
Food is coming into the city from
the country districts. but a famine is
greatly feared. The filthy conditions Of
the camps on the parade grounds and
race course. where thousands of per-
Sons are hudd!ed under improvlsed
tents rooted over and sheathed with
palm leaves, causes great apprehen-
sion of an outbreak of typhoid fever.
Al present there Is a most urgent
need for tents for several thousand
persons, but the government is not
supplied with them and are making
endeavdrs TO obtain them. Rain is
now threatening and If 1t should come
1t will involve untold suffering on the
homeless Thousands