Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-07
EZETA HAILED AS A SAVIOR.
Guatemala Has a Revolution to Deal
With.

"A dlspatch received at the City OF Mexico
says: Guatemalan revolutionsts to the number
of 5000, under Gems. Estanistas Sandoval,
Maxine Cerna and Alfonso Irungaray. were
defeated on Monday by Guatemalan regulars
under Gen. Pedro Barrillas, brother of the
president. dispatch from La Libertad says
that Honduras is giving Guatemala moral sup
port. President Bogran. who led his troops to
the frontier. retired. leaving the guerrilla
chiefs. Figures and Miranda. These two chiefs
will be shot if captured by the Salvadorians.
dispatch from Salvador says that Gen.
Ezeta was serenaded last night and congrat-
ulated by the mercantile community the
savior of his country. His popularity is in
creasing Ezeta has informed the diplomatic
corps, which is mediating for peace, that he
anxiousy wishes peace in order to avoid fur
Their bloodshed.
ard said recently: with reference to the man
Gen. Ezeta), who is directly responsible for
the existing disorder and all possible eventu-
alties resulting therefrom, let mention be made
of how much he indebted to President
Menendez, to whom he owed all his advance
stepped the bounds of signal approval and
conferred the most generous marks of esteem
upon his Notwithstanding him loud voice in
the legislation. receiving him as bosom
same by appointing him commander-in-chlef
OF the forces. and yet it appears that this un-
suspecting man had received warnings and in
timations about his protege, but remained deaf
to all.
''On the occasion of the military parade on
June "a EZeta led the troops. mounted on a
spirited horse, wearing Prussian helmet and
arrayed in gorgeous military raiment. render
ing himself SO conspicuous a figure that he
attracted general attention. People standing
close to Menendez when the procession passed
the palace say that the president. overcome
with enthusiasm. exclaimed: Look at him, a
true soldier-a Prussian, Napoleon-and yet
they care not for him-even in the ministry they
dispute with me about him, and perhaps shall
have to part with him-convincing testimony
that he was by no means awakening to a knowl-
edge Of his favorite's duplicity." The CORE
spondent of the Standard is outspoken in charg-
ing Ezeta with poisoning President Menendez.
Fire was started in a barn at Perry, Iowa, yes
terday by some children playing with matches
Two barns were consumed, and two-year- old
daughter of II. V. Hall and q four year-old
were burned to death.
A heavy thunder and hail storm, accom-
panied by cyclone, did considerable damage
in the parish of St AIMS, Woodawaska county
n B., yesterday The cyclone covered terri
tory about two miles wide. Thirty-one build
ings we're blown down far as heard FROM
Considerable damage was done to crops.
At a meeting of Jews in Edinburgh il was
resolved to raise a fund to assist Jews expelled
from Russia through the Jewish society for the
colonization of Palestine.
The car and czarina have returned from
their tour of Finland, where they met with q
very cold reception.
James Moore, aged sixty, farmer residing in
Weston, Conn, fell from q wagon Monday
night and broke his neck, dying almost in
stantly.
mob Of soldiers combined with the peas
antry and destroyed the railroad to Lutai
Shanghai. on the pretense that the road
caused the recent floods in the Peiho river
The government remained passive, making no
effort to stop the work Of destruction.
The Hamburger Correspondent SAYS that EN-
peror William will spend nine days in Russia
on his coming visit to the car. 1t also says
that he will be accompanied by Chancellor
Won Caprivi and the Prince Of Saxe-Attenberg
The Ameer Of Afghanistan has sent an en-
bassy to Russia for the purpose of concluding
commercial treaty between the two coun-
tries
The bakers in Lisbon have gone on a strike
The British war ships Bellerophon Part
ridge and Canada sailed from Newport. RI
yesterday m Orning for Halifax.