Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-13
Disease That Took CoxsWain
Miner Not Yellow Fever.
MARIETTA AT BR0OKLY N
Ensign Loftin Tells of the Seizure
of the Hornet.
RESENTED BY GEN. B0NILLA
Profound Impression Made by
Christmas of the Insurgents.
Death of Guerrero Described.

NEW YORK. February 13.-The gun
boat Marietta. which while on station at
Ceiba, Honduras, last month, was re-
ported with yellow fever aboard, has
arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard from
Key West with all hands we'll 1t was
shown on the ships arrival at Key West
that the suspected cases In her crew were
not yellow fever. but malaria, and that
Coxswain J. III. Miner. who died while
she was off Honduras. also had malarial
fever. Army surgeons ordered the Mari
eta here so that the northern climate
might give the malarial germs their fin
ishing stroke.
Seizure Of the Hornet.
The story of the seizure Of the revolu-
tionary gunboat Hornet by the COM
mander of the Marietta, as told by En-
Sign Edward II. Loftin, who is in charge
Of the Marietta at her Brooklyn anchor
age, is as follows:
There were no arms on board the Hor-
net when she reached the harbor of TruX-
lilo, but there was big load on board a
schooner that preceded her. and Gen.
Christmas was on board the schooner,
whose decks were sWarming with men.
The Hornets papers were not satisfac-
eta, so the Hornet was placed under
surveillance at once. Our orders were
not to allow the Hornet to commit any
hostile act.
When our captain told Gen. Bonilla
that the Hornet was under our eyes he
did not take the situation very gracefully,
but agreed that he would stop hostilitfes
four days, awaiting word from the United
States.
Commander Cooper decided that he
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board to watch affairs. The five men APP
piled some white paint and shined up the
brasswork, and the appearance Of the
Hornet was improved about 100 per cent.
Impression Made by Christmas.
1--WE had a. good chance to see Gen.
Christmas and his followers. and he made
profound impression on all. There
seemed to be large white population
on the Island of Utilla, some twenty
eight miles northeast from Puerto Cortez,
who were ready to fight on the Bonilla
side. These men said they were direct
descendants of the buccaneers of the
Spanish main.
''Our action in relation to the Hornet
was not very palatable to Gen. Bonilla,
so after the battle Of Ceiba, when there
were hundreds badly wounded, and we
sent our hospital corps on shore and
were mlnlStef1nS TO the wants OI tne
wounded he coldly informed us he did
not require our medical aid.
Death of Guerrero.
1--WE saw Gen. Guerrero killed at this
battle on January %. From the deck of
the Marietta I saw him ride into certain
death, although he did not seem to know
It, They fought within 200 yards Of each
other and near the shore, and Gen. Guer-
zero, riding a donkey, came out and at
tempted to drive back into the trenches
men he believed were his own who were
leaving.
1.-The fighting was fast and furious. and
with a revolver in one hand he was yell
ing to the men who were advancing to
go back, not knowing that the trench
was occupied by the enemy. They re-
treated. and he rode toward the trench:
When he was recognized Some one yelled
Guerrero, and that was enough: Fifty
rifles were fired at once. don't know
how many shots took effect. He nearly
fell from his mount, but managed to keep
on toward the British consulate. There
he toppled over, dying in front of the
consulate