The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-29
A STATE OF TERROR.
The Anarchistic Condition of
Venezuela.
Buildings Blown Up. Murders Committed
Young Girls Kidnapped and Horrible
Outrages Peri etrated.

Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch !
PANAMA, May 2S.-The officers of the
steamship which arrived here from Lagu-
agra today confirm the worst of the recent
reports of the anarchistic condition of
Venezuela, and give news of repeated dy-
Mantle outrages, which have spread terror
among the citizens of the capital. Ere
quent engagements have taken place
within the last two weeks, but the com
batants have been only small bands of gov
eminent troops and gangs of raiders who
call themselves revolutionists. Several
more wounded have been brought to Car
acas, but the government reports, never
theless, that its troops have been Yictori-
Gus in every engagement.
Carloads of prisoners have been brought
TO Caracas from Lagusyra and other cities
ard have been marched in chains through
the streets. The prisons are already full
OF men arrested in Caracas, and private
houses have been seized and turned into
prisons TO receive prisoners from other
cities.
Au are confined without trial and. after
merely superficial examination in camera
Hardly night passes without a raid by
MALICIOUS solCl6rs on the houses OF citizens.
Inc houses are searched, the plate and
money seized and the men led off TO pris
ons. Three explosions of dynamite within
the last two weeks have increased the ap-
prehens1on OF all residents of the city and
nave given the government excuses for
arresting many innocent men.
On May - a bomb was exploded in the
entry way Of the military academy. Two
cadets and officers were killed by the f1ying
metals and splinters. Several others were
1T11I pn pnlr
VINO were passing the building Four DAYS
later a shanty on the outskirts of the CITY
was blown up and one man was injured
he was supposed to have been a govern
ment spy. Another explosion on the fol-
lowing night shattered the windows of
houses near the cathedral, but nobody was
injured.
Palacio attributes the explosions to
Cresperists, intent upon establishing in the
city the reign of plunder now supreme in
the country. The Cresperists say that the
explosions were caused by agents of the
government, which wishes to diScredit the
revolutionists.
Rumors III at the palace would be blown
up were thick when the steamship sailed.
The government protested to have sup
pressed one such plot by arresting group
of Cresperist dynamiters.
The present position of Crespo's troops
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formation as to his next move but is busy
spreading the report that the supplies and
ammunition Of the revolutionists are ex
hausted, and that they are on the verge of
dlsbanding.
The condition of the rural districts is
miserable beyond description. Raiders
have compile ely intimidated and impover-
ished most of the rural population Women
and girls are kidnapped nightly, and re-
ports OF murders are received almost con-
stantly in Garages and La Guayra
The farmers have been robbed of their
money and their cattle, and those who
have defended themselves against the
plumbers have been banished by the burn
ing Of their houses and sheds. No effort ia
made to cultivate fields, as no man can be
sure of harvesting his crops or of keeping
them If they are allowed to mature.
Work in the few factories is at a stand
still, as men cannot be relied on to attend
to their duties. Commercially, the country
is dead, for merchants have either fed or
hidden their money.