The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-25
FRANCIsCo vICEvrE iGUILERi.
A Millionaire Patriot who Gave up Every,
thing for Cuban dependence.

Tho r,ost nro,,ircnt ~ all Cuho,, ,,.o..,
- 49, -, - ~, ''Niu'-
ncnt patriots dicd IN thl5 city on Thursday
evening. Don Francisco Vicente Aguilera vn.
in ronl,v tho inciniort motor ~ ,ho ,r,.,.D,
" :, " Wv i''sVhs
war oil independence IN Cuba' ana ono OF its
noblcst martyrs. Ho WINS born I'm tho city n,
Rnvnmo. ono of tho oldest cities in thc islan1
on the Oath of June, 1921. tho very day on which
the patriots in Venezuela achieved the victorv
ot Coroboho which decided the indcron,,o,
II. Nar"popo WIZ" uco,"'" ''ie Inuepohdehco VI
all the Spanish South American Republics.
From his father. who was a Colonel in fla
c,'o,,iat, - 49,, a.. a. NY'V''' u, u,o
family Gen. Aguilcra inherited landed pro-
pcrty I'm tho Eastern Department of c,,h,
which was measurable only by the square league
and estimuble by millions OF dollars On hia
beautiful cstate. Santa Isabel near Bnvnmo bo
or,,.t ~ -, -. 80 '.'"V' ~
cnJOyeu INC reSpcc. anu low Oh every one VINO
ever knew him, and led princcly tropical lifo
in nnc of enrth, nnrnIisea. md tho Io,,o ~, MI,
nn,i, l,,I INK ~ - VI, -
,,''"N' '"lu, "hich was inc ruling passion i MS
life. was only natural sequence to the associa-
tions Of his youth. Ue hnted opprcesion wifi,
I'LL t,,,,t a,i -, tt'r,s 49,, ,,p w..
MS WhOlc soul, anu devoted himself and all his
worldly wealth to the redemption Of his country
,...,,, ,h a ,,ntii,., ,.,l,,. -, S,nf,
'p'i Wv s s,, - ~ ', Ni''".
Oh ule laliure Vi ui' Oupun COMMISSION thet
visited Madrid in 1866. to obtain any reforms
from tho Snonish t,ovnrnment Franciaco Avri-
i''''' NV ''p' ' Nv '' nsu'-
I1ra understood tnht tupa welfare Spuld be
nc most u'llS'n'y - 10 ,Wnrk. IN louo ana
ioot nc NIs,,,u HNsIy Ky Hi i,porHiI'o "h mo
ishhu, cumming 'hi'luiN ,lho solai anu pO-
ti'al elements. d,slrg' ana means 81 thr popu-
ailoh oI 'h'li. anu on ms return 10 bHy'lli1 he
rcaiy oignnlT'd ~ IN" "a "a August lsni IN
W. nvu-c ~ ION I iHh,fS'" ha,t'9 ulr nucleus
Oithat revolution which today bids lair to de-
prlNr Smno her sole remaining possessions
ON the l4th day Of tho following month
81 September mo nlst organized melting
OF tho patriots was held in BayamO,
m'lcu 70 FORM lhuh7 ul "prIhllohs anu ulrvt
n,lVnii vn,7vn li"n ",io ,'iro 49,
AkuicI.i iI"h'l7.' MW'o' hh9 iNuIo riguc-
InhV' AN lhit' hN' now pu77eu AWAY, nu'rO
dlrd 81 wounds r,tciYed IN nMtlf, anu rlgue-
| r'uo WIS coltutcu ~ inc NpahlaIu7 anu shOt ia
SantihEo. ,.,
lhrre Is luu' houut thht eNen peI1re una
| declaration oil lnirr.hd'nrc ht larii IN Oriober.
| yscd 10y spies ana traitors OF the intention OF
the Cuhnns in the Eastern Department of the
lshhd' loi an oI'i'I was l~7utu ivT tlc arrvsu q
| Agullrrn ~ lar Duck aS thcoth OF January 1905;
| ms order was. however never cxecutnu. anu
| whch III" revolution broke OUT ia tho lohoWllR
autumn cen Asulirri atthdphru M osstaui
ana pu. hiihSeh al tl' il,,.u OF "a s s pYuy VI
| troops raised almost exclusively from his own
properly. before uAinE "a the lviu III, NY MS
lamily, cons -ting 81 M VIC ana ton rhlldrcn.
lak'h lht" We woods. wuef" ne Spanish '.19ops
with one .lrYk" oil MS pen, ne liberated az hls
slaves, which numbered over NM hundred oil
uhr la'tor worry many iolh'sl We Hrhiy. ., - -
On the lsth 81 Ofpirr, 1865, Sr; Akuil'ra was
| appointed 10y tarlos Mthu'l ne Scsped's Lieu
| t"nait-tcnern ~ the army ana on the ihh oil
| April oi the following year when inc uDan
Constitution was adopted at Gu9imaro' nc was
named ny Oesp'u"1 sihlst.r on WI, ~ ,uo
| following munth OF May hr resigned We Serre-
nryshlb ol war MaS nppoihteu VIC, i,'siuG f
| 81 the tepupll', ma WAS sent COMMUNICATE IN
| chief of Ihc revolutionary forces operating II
| the Eastern ID Departments. From thht ,ihin untll
July, 1871, he wits always III uctlNc bcfNlcc III ulo
| Held. -,
| In the summer OF loil ne WIS a,.hl u" dlIs
| country WIZ ION huiil"h N'Sp'n. w" -, -.
nvutiS VI 1t, IN ~, o ,h i,r,"ns which ~