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Show NOT YELLOW FEVER BUT MALARAI ON BOARD MARIETTA 8torles of 8elzure of Hornet and Death of General Guerrero. Now York, Feb. 13. The gunboat Marietta, which, while on station nt Cclba, Honduras, last month, wbb to-ported to-ported with yellow fever aboard, has arrived at tho Drooklyn, navy yard from Koy West, with all hands well. It wns shown on tho ship's arrival at Koy West that tho suspected cases In her crow wero not yellow fovor, but malaria, and that Coxswain J. H. Miner, who died while sho was ofr Honduras, also had malarial rover. Army surgeons ordered tho Marietta hero so thut the northern climate might glvo the malarial germs their finishing stroko . 'Tho story of tho solzuro o'f (he revolutionary rev-olutionary gunboat Hornet by tho commander ot tho Marietta, us told by ICnslgu Edward II, Loftln, whp Is In chnrgo of tho Marietta at her Hrooklyu anchorage, Is ns follows: Saw Guerrero Killed. "There wcio no nrms on board the Hornot when sho reached the harbor of Truxlllo, but there was n big load on board a schooner that pieceedod her, and General Christmas was on bontd tho schooner .whose decks wero swarming with men. Tho Hornet's papers pa-pers weie not satisfactory to Commander Com-mander Copper cf the Marietta, so tho Hornot wns placed under surveillance nt once Our orders wero not to allow al-low the Hornot to commit nny hostile act. '.'When our cnptnln told Clencral Honllla that ho Hornet wns under our eyes ho did not tnko tho situation ory gracefully, but agreed that ho would stop hostilities four days awaiting await-ing word from tho United States. "Commander Coopor decided that he would put flvo men and nn ortlcer on bonrd to watch affairs. The flvo men applied somo white paint and bhlned up the brass work nnd tho np-penranco np-penranco of the Hornot was Improved about 100 per cent. "We havo a good chanco to soo 0neral Christmas and his followers and ho mndo u profound Impression on all. There seemed to bo a largo white population on the Island or Utllla, somo twenty-eight miles northeast north-east from -Puerto Cortoz, who wero ready to fight. These men were direct descendants of tho bucanccrs ot tho Spanish main. "Our uctlon relative to tho Hornet wns not vory palatablo to General Honllla, who coldy Informed us our aid was not needed. No Arms on Hornet. "Wo saw General Guerrero killed at this battle on Janunry 25. From tho deck of tho Marietta I saw him ride Into certain death, although ho did not seem to know It. Thoy fought within 200 ynrds or each and near the shore, and General Guerrero, riding a donkey, enmo out and attempted to drive back Into tho trenches men he believed wore his own who wero leaving. leav-ing. Tho fighting was fast and furious furi-ous and with a revolver In cue hand he was commanding tho men who wero advancing to go back, not know-lug know-lug that the trench was occupied by the enemy. They retreated and he rode toward the trench. When ho was recognized somo ono yelled 'Guerrero' and that was enough. "Fifty rifles wore fired at once. I I don't know how many shots took effect. Ho nearly fell from his mount, but managed to keep on toward tho Urltlsh consulate. Thcro ho toppled over, dying In front of tho consulate." |