| Show VOLCANO HAS PROVED A NATIONAL CALAMITY destruction of coffee plantation has been a loss of millions new eruption of santa maria is feared guatemala city dec 18 it is probably due to some government instructions that the papers have not said anything with reference to the eruption of the santa maria volcano which can be considered because of its magnitude as a national calamity the looses buffered by german capital are not less consisting of houses ami machinery destroyed and the destruction of the present coffee crop if the total destruction of many other properties dc longing to other foreigners a as to natives is added to this amount the actual losses aind 0 o a fantastic sum the volcano is still in activity and a new eruption is feared at any time suf fering is for besides the lobs of coffee la estimated at about quintals quint als the corn and wheat fields aro ruined owing to the unusually hagli taic ot exchange businesses busi entirely paralyzed for all imported articles have such prices that very few persons an afford to buy them and most of the merchants sell just enough to cover expenses tho worst part ol 01 the present bad condition is that no one knows how or ohen it will chang aln ia unendurable just now articles of cirit necessity have reached prices and the poor clasa of is suffering |
