The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
PRESIDENT BORDA SHOT.
The Chief Magistrate Of Uruguay
Falls by an Assassin's Hand.
KILLED BY A MILITARY OFFICER.

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The Celebration of tho Independence OF
tho Republic Was in Progress-Criine
Committed MS tho President Was.
Leaving the Cathedral, Where a To
Dcum Had Bccn Sung Before Him.
MosrEvIrEo, Uruguay (By Cable).-J.
fdiarte Borja, President OF the Republic OF.
Uruguay, was assassinated just q few min
utes after the Chief Executive left the
Cathedral, where he had listened to tho
Te Deum sung on the occasion Of the ami
versary OF the independence Of Uruguay.
Following the assassination, and while
the immediate members OF the Presidents
official family were still bending over him
where he had fallen, there was q forward
movement ofthe crowd which had gathered,
and In order to protect tho diving President
his military escort attacked the crowd and
succeeded In driving 1t back, only after
many persons had been wounded and sew
eral killed.
The assassin Is Avellno Arrendondo, an
officer In the Uruguayan army. He Is a
U~ruguayan and only twenty-seyen years
old. Now TINT Uruguay's chief is dead he
Is calm, and declares that he is content
with his action, and that his crime was not
inspired by anything more than a personal
hatred for the President.
Monteyideo was in gala attire to-day in
celebration OF independence Of uruguay,
which was proclaimed on August 25, 1925.
The day, according to the programme
which had been mapped out, was one re-
plete with festivities and feasts.
The first bullet went Wild, but the second
struck President Borda in the left breast.
He fell backward into the arms Of Bishop
Sober and sank to the ground.
or the official ceremonies, the singing of
the TIE Deum was tho most impressive.
Hundreds lad gathered in front OF the
cathedral, rnd the President was well re-
ceived as he passed out the door. He had
walked only a few steps when Arredondo
stepped forward out Of the crowd and
raised o pistol. Before any one could stop
him he had fired two shots at the Presi-
dent,
For an instant there was an awful silence;
h n frightful uproar. The crowd
poured forward with cries and shouts, and
while A~rredondo was seized by several SCI
diers, the other troops were thrown into
upon the PROSTATE body Of the President.
The soldiers attacked IL. crowd with bayo-
nets, and finally drove 1t back after many
had been wounded and several killed.
The President, still breathing feebly, was
then removed under military guard to the
cIty pdihco, Wubfe no uitu III u IeW, minutes.
The body was then wrapped In the flag of
Uruguay and removed to his late home.
HJose. Guests President OF the Senate, was
nominated I'd esident I'D interim by the
Chamber Of Deputles later In the afternoon.
He Immediately dismissed all the members
OF the Cabinet except General Luis Perez,
who will continue at tho head of the War
Department.
Senior Borda was elected President of
Uruguay for the term extending from
March, 1894, to 1898. Only after a fierce
fight for it-Congress balloting twenty
seven times--and his administration has
been beset with tribulations from tbs out
set. While the assassination Is univer-
sally denounced. his removal from the
sphere Of control Is regarded as a good
thing for Uruguay. He has all along been
suspected OF keeping the revolution alive
for his own purposes, and he was connected
with q firm which provided the military
materials for the Government, whereby no
must ave amassed a fortune. President
Borda was about fifty years old. He was a
married man, and had a family, and also a
brother, who is an officer In the Uruguayan
army.