St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-26
The Widow Of Ex-President Barrios Ao-
cuSed of Trying to Create Trouble
in Guatemala.
Ex-President Marco Soto of Honduras Ad-
mits That He Owns the City
of Mexico,
But Insists That She Was Not ON q
Fthbustering Expedition When
Captured.
An insane Man Shoots at the Prest-
dent OF the French Chamber
OF Deputies.
Compromising Rumo-s

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-The Mail and Ex-
press publishes an extract from a private
letter from Director General Pratt of the
Guatemalian service. He says there ara
ualIy arrests there of political offenders:
that II Is rumOred that Mrs. Barrios. widow
or the late president of the Republic, and
now resident of New York city, has given
$4,000 to assist in fomenting disorder;
that two vessels under the Costa Rican flag
with men and arms, have been off the coast
OF honduras; that Marco \. Soto, late
president of Honduras, also resi-
dent In New York is aiming at the
presidency or Guatemala, Honduras and
salvador. n reporter for the paper visited
the persons mentioned, who live in adjoin-
ing houses in great elegance on Madison
avenue, but VINO are not on speaking terms.
Mrs Barrios is said To own property in
Guatamala valued at 81, 600. 600. She de-
nled having sent any money to her native
country as charged. EX-PreSident Soto de-
MED that plans were on foot to make him
chief executive of the republics.
He described PresiGen d. Brogan, who
succeeded him in Honduras as
bloOdthirsty tyrant, and said that he
(SOto) had secured the enmity OF the late
President Barrios because he refused to
play the role now undertaken by Bogran.
AhO lOPOleCA ouSScSltu 10 MN JldL many
people believed him the owner and filter
out of the steamer City of Mexico, recently
seized by the United States for violation of
the neutrality laws.
SOTO SAID:
L have declined to discuss the matter be-
fore, further than TO give simple negative
answer, but / think the time has arrived
when should speak more in detail. The
Clty or Mexico IS now owned by me, or my
agents. S1e is not in command of
the revolving Gen. Del Gardo, but is
navigated solely under the orders of Capt
Kelly, who sailed in her from this
port. She is an unarmed merchant vessel
and not cruiser or troop ship. She Is now
at Key West, and will doubtless be promptly
released. Gen. DeiGardo and about twenty
five Hondurians who fled from the persecu-
uons or Bogran, are aboard. There is not an
arm aboard, except the signal gun. which
every steamer carries. She cleared regularly
from Belize, in British Honduras where she
took the passengers, who were to be landed
on Bluefelds on the Mosquito coast. She
then steams to st. Andres. Filibustering re-
ports reached there ahead OF her, and the
crew became so much angered at being kept
at sea for no purpose that they refused TO do
selves up to the American con-
mercial agent, who represents the
consul at St. Andres, and he communicated
with the consul at Aspinwall, who notified
Admiral Jouette OF the trouble. These sro
all the facts, and if they constitute the City
or Mexico pirate, why she is q pirate and
her crew should be hung at the yardarm.
But pirate or no pirate, have had nothing
TO do with her.