The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-09

sive engagement. But by ten O'Clock NJ
advance movement had been made, as
the troops were under the command OF
an unpopular colonel and refused to
obey him. Barrios was in mis- tent when
this information was brought 70 him
Mounting his horse he placed himself
at the head of the troops and led them
on to victory.
The Salvador army broke and fei.
But some sharpshooters were left hid
den in the trees. One Of these waited
till the Dictator was in easy distance,
took careful aim, fired and shot him
dead
The cry went up. "Barrios is slain!'
The victorious Guatemalans were seized
with panic. The Saivadorians, return
ing 70 the fight drove them off the field.
Reyna al last succeeded in rallying his
men and Withdrawing in good order
across the frontier.
NINE. BARRIOS.
Directly after the funeral Of Barrios
MS widow, with seven children, four of
whom were hers, left Qua temala FOR
San Francisco, and thence found her
way TO new York, where Barrios owned
the splendid house al Fifth avenue and
Sixty-Sixth street. She was then only
twenty five years of age. She had been
married for ten years. The story OF iler
marriage is illustrative of the character
Of Barrios. The Dictator first saw her
as young girl Of fifteen, when he was
distributing prizes at a school. He fell
in love with her and at once determined
TO marry her. He did marry her, des-
pite her own objections and those OF her
father, whom ne brought to his senses
by short term of Imprisonment. Tina.
fathers name was Juan Aparicio, a
name that has been invested with a mel
ancholy iterest during the last few days,
for Nine. Barrios is the sister of that
Juan Aparicio who has fallen q victim
10 the present head Of the Barrios fam
lily. But We are anticipating, as the
novelists say.
Soon after the marriage the Dictator
found 1t hard to get along with his faith
er-in-law, and ended in banishing him
TO San Francisco. With mis- wife, how
ever, the Dictator Jared better Rough
HA-N coh Sefi JIG dS Mi tiic NlS
marriage proved most happy one. In
her early days in New York the widow
was Gifted heard 10 say that she woul
rather be the widow OF General Barrios
than the wife OF any other man living
But young woman with extraordinary
beauty and sS,0O0,O 900 in her own right
was too tempting a mark to be over
looked. After six years OF widowhood
she became the wife of MARITIME de
OF Granada. She is at present living
with him in Paris
And Reyna. il may be asked. what Of
him? Reyna remained in Guatemala
He became minister OF war under Gen
eraf Barillas, who succeeded the dead
dictator in the presidency. He rose to
be vice president. but somehow excited
the jealousy OF Barillas. who banished
him to San Francisco. Here he remain
ed about year. He married Miss AL
gerie Benton, of New Orleans, and took
his wife back with him TO Guatemala in
1891. In 1892 ne was elected president
OF the republic. In defiance Of the con-
stoitution he reelected himself 10 a sec
ond term in June of this year.
And thus he has achieved an imita-
ton OF the coup de'etat by which Ma
poleon III. sought in his return 10 imi-
tate Napoleon /.
But in the mysterious murder OF Apart
clio, which is accredited TO him, he imi-
tated the methods OF the first Napoleon.
wno got rid OF the Duke of Enghien
when he found that the young noble
man stood in the way of his ambition.
The murder OF Aparicio can only be
explained on the assumption that the
young man, his relative by marriage.
was engaged in some larger scheme.
which threatened his personal possIoil-
ties in the event OF a reunion OF the
Central American republics