Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
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work is one Of the best examples of the famous
master.
The beauty OF this canvas has attracted thou
sands and not a few offers have been made to
purchase it, one of $250,00O coming from a New
York fnancier. Seven times thieves have at
tempted to cut it from its frame, but each time
they were foiIed by the vigilance of the priests.
Four of the would-be robbers were captured and
are now serving terms have died in the pris-
OILS of Jalisco.
In June 1915 when the cathedral was nearly
destroyed, the section of wall on which this
painting is fastened stood through all the quake.
In June 1912, when a crack more than foot
wide was opened in the top of the wall above this
painting the cash ran downward almost to the
end Of the mahogany frame and then divided
into two cracks or assures, encircling the can
vas, but never touching it. The Indians believe
and the priests aid them in this belief that moth
ing can harm la santissma Virgen de Guada-
IajaTa," and so far the terrific tremblers have
failed to injuTe it in the least.
The canvas was given 70 the GuadaIajara do
cese by the king of Spain shortly after the PENN
sular war as mark of gratitude for the large
sums of money turned over to the crown by this
branch of the church in Mexico and it was hid
den ten years in niche in the cathedral to Eeep
1t from the French at the time of the occupation
Of Mexico.
THE top of the bowl of the crater beneath
Guadalajara," said Professor Garcia while here,
is approximately 800 feet in diameter but the
actual bowl is much wider I should say it is
a quarter Of a mile in width, ana how deep no
man can say
The composition of the escaping gases indi-
Gates that they coming from burnir~s coal
and sulphur in a molten state precisely the com
binatiOn which causes the eruDtiOns of Mount
COlima, the only active volcano on the North
American continent about so miles due south Of
Guadalajara. Undoubtedly COlima which blows
OFF in a regular eruption about the middle OF
every september, IS connected in some unknown
manner with the hot springs miniature gevsers
and many dead volcanoes which cover the ter
ritory reaching from the southern end Of the
Sierra Nayarit, about so miles north of Guada-
lajara, to the sea at NanzaniIo.
I would not care to prophesy buttT believe
that the annual fall eruption Of CoIima will see
some sort OF disturbance here though it may be
only heavy earthquakes and not the breaking out
of the volcano. We ran diamond drills so deep
into the earth in the center of GuadaIaiara that
they came back almost red hot no matter how
slowly we operated them. We lowered the hest
thermometers into the holes made by these drills
and they recorded heat beyond the melting point
of lead
I'VE analysed the gases coming from the ifs
sures in various parts of the city and we found
that they were not surface gases coming from
pockets in the earth and released by the earth
quake but that hey exhibited all the character
istcs of gases which have been taken from the
vents of COlima and POpocatepetl volcanoes
Lastly traced the scores of earthouake
shocks which were felt here during the ten DAYS
of our stay and we found that every one was
volcanic in its origin and not caused by the slip
ping of faults in the earth, as are some of the
coastal quakes of this country ard the TTni+ad
States. All were trepidatory that is to saw uD
and down quakes usually local in character. and
not osciIIatory, as a-e most earthquakes which
extend over large section Of the worlds sur
face.
This was our first hint that tie Quakes were
volcanic-the confined area Over which the
tremors were felt. Then the seis12ograph. which
was brought here from Mexico City and set uD
indicated with its needle finger that the source
Of the shocks were almost beneath the city.
We knew the quakes were volcanic and con