New-York tribune., 1890-06-27
THE SAN SALVADOR CRlolo'
DETAILS OF THE REVOLUTION AND ihN
DEATH OF MENENDEz.
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Tn Iiber,ad Salvador, June 26, via Galveston
AT ball given at the Presidents residence III '"e
cani,al on June 81. in celebration oil 'ne "'iA''
versary Of the trumphal entry OF "enerai 'ienen-
A. General Meleslo Marcial suddenly entered 'he
,.n .oo, ohout II D. m., and announced, on
hebaIf Of his chief, General Ezete, VINO haa ar
,;,,.d with 600 men from Santa Ana. revolt
..-,,ns, the existing Government, demanding at the
came time the deposition of President Menendez'
Ar this juncture General Martinez, commander
n, tho Government forces in the capital appeared
q, the scene and announced that President Menen-
dez. who was sick in an upper story OF the house
requested an audience with General Marciai. All
alteration ensued between Martinez and Marclal,
resulting in the latter being shot and instantly
killed. Ezcta's soldiers thereupon took Martinez
prisoner and captured the barracks Twenty-three
persons were killed
T. is asserted that the President died on the
,o,,ovvinc dav from heart disease which had been
aggravated by the excitement. General Ezeta
was proclaimed Provisional President and new
Cabinet was formed, but it has since been dis
solved. and General Guirola is for the present
directing the different branches of governmental
administration.
General order prevails
San Salvador. June 26, via Galvcston.-The
Supreme Provisional Government decided yester-
day to place for the present the different branches
of the administration under one PORTFOLIO which
will be in charge of General Benjamin Molina
Guirola.
Jacob Ball. Consul. General Of Guatemala in this
city, Yesterday received the following dispatch from
Guatemala from Senor sobral, Minister of Foreign
Affairs:
Guatemala. June 25. 1890
Baiz, Consul General New-York.
Revolutionary movement has taken place IN sal
vador Every thing in Guatemala quiet and tranquil
MARTINEZ sOBRAL.
The latest papers at hand from salvador do not
clear MP the mystery Of the sudden death or lssassina
ton II the late President Mcnendez. Eut papers
bearing the date Of . twenty days before the
revolution. give some information which seems to
throw light on subsequent occurrences.
Ell Pabellon SalvadorenO' an influential organ,
made last Nav savage attack President Menendez
declaring that the functiOnaries who nominated
General Menendez for reelection at private meeting
had acted entirely bis instructions, and that the
I~eting was "a repetition of the comedy acted with
great astlteness, in 1sS3. by President Zaldlvar,'
who was soon after overthrow by popular rcvo-
mton and succeeded by Menendez himself The
@Pabelon7 averred that Article "a of the Electoral
law prohibited any interference of military and civil
officials in electoral manoeuvrcs. The "Centro-
America attempted 10 protest against that inerpre
taton of the law, and declared in its turn that the
meeting only private affair, and that the real
motive Of the attacks directed against General Menen
dcz was the displeasure which some Salvadoreans
felt at his advocacy Of the scheme Of Central American
Union.
At the same time young sergeant In the artillery
barracks, having committed slight breach Of dis
c!pne was beaten by his lieutenant and sentenced TO
prison discipline for fortnight. He committed sui
eide rather than perform menal duties and his com
rades came near revolving. Discipline in the army,
already disturbed by the recent pronunciancnto of a
beloved chief General Rivas, further weakened,
and the death Of the sergeant laid at the door
Of the President Even in the schools a spirit Of
dissatisfaction aud revolt TO have broken out.
II is significant that student disturbances In the
Latin countpies Of Europe and America have been fire.
aueutly the forerInncrs Of political revolutions.
General Menendez. the dead President, planter
when Barrios attempted bis uniiicatiOn Of Central
Amerea by force OF al arms: Pesident zaldIyar wa,
the two armies met on the field OF Chalchuapa Just
as victory was within MS grasp BdrrlO> killed by
chance shot OF Salvadorian sharpshOoter and his
army became demoralzed. giving the victory TO the
eaIvadorans. Zaldivar returned 10 his capital Of
salvador. and remained virtual prisoner I'm his
palace Then he fed from the country at night. and
British freight steamer conveyed him TO Panama,
whence he went TO Paris. Menendez after a short
fight with Fguero, the Vice President, whom Zal1ivar
had left in charge Of the Government entered the
city Of san Salvador, and had from that time. 1885,
been President. lie was friend Of the scheme for
the unihcation OF Central America, aud while not a
military man aStute politician was always
regarded an honest planter, until the Presidential
bee got in his bonnet.