The times., 1897-06-14
PLOT AGAINST IGLEs|As
Conspiracy Disclosed in New York
Against Costa Rica's President.
MAY RESULT In CIVIL WAR
Declaration That the Central Amer
lean Ruler Intends to Usurp
Power, Overthrow the Constits-
tion and Continue in Authority.
Election in November.

New York, June 14.-An extensive and
Formidable plot to overthrow the iglesian
government in the Central American re-
public Of Costa Rica, has been disclosed by
the arrest in this city of the alleged n.iI-
iiOn-dollar counteIfeiters, Ricardo de r.
quesens and Mis-. Eugenia Reinemap The
prisoners are now in the Ludlow stleet
jail awaiting hearing before United States
Commissioner Shields on rle charge Of
wholesale counterfeiting of notes OF the
Bank of Cost africa.
sens being "a native Spaniard who has been
in the printing business for almost a score
OF years ia New York, and Mrs. Refine man
a Pittsburg widow, who recently moved to
this city Both were in Costa Rca last
winter, however, and those who are in
strumental in the prosecution charge they
went down for the purpose OF putting the
bogus notes in circulation.
Mrs. Reineman is possessed OF considera-
hle property, and her friends scout the
idea of her mixing up in any such scheme
They say she is heing sacrificed by the
Costa Rican government on account Of
her acquaintance with Federico Mora, a
politically ambitious and dis tinguished
Costa Rican, now in exile in this city
The spite of the suhsecretary of rofsign
affairs OF Costa Rca, whose unweleome
attentions she spurned at the time of her
list to San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica
il another OF the alleged reasons for her
persecution.
De Riquesens is also a close friend of
Mora, and when the hearing comes up it
is proposed to show that the Iglesias
governm ent, to which Mora is an implacahle
foe, has trumped up the counterfeiting
charge against him merely for the sake OF
intimidating and crippling Mora, who is
at the head of the movemen TO overthrow
Iglesias.
Mora is leaving no stone unturned. Igic-
sias' term as president expires with the
present year, and the election of his sue
eessor is fixed by the constitution of the
country, TO be held next November. Iyie-
si;,s has. however, planned to suspend ;he
constitution in this particular, and 10 go
on in the presidency, as if there were no
such Thing as limitin law TO his term.
Mora suspected this intention on lyle
to defeat it. He had large following,
teing a member OF a family that has fur
nlshed three presidents, besides many othvr
high officials to that country. Iglesi1s'
corrupt government, moreover, had SO many
enemies that Mora was in fair WAY to
rally men of other parties besides his
own to his standard The president was
not slow 20 see the danger that would CON
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so on unhaInpered. and he acted promptly.
He first hanished Mora, and he then Issued
Il manifesto. making it clear To the con
sprators" that Ike fate would be theirs
If they persisted in working among the peo-
PIE against him
How far Iglesias has thus stifled oppos[
ton at home is not apparent Mora, how
ever, was neither broken in spirit nor 81
lenced by the harsh measure against him.
He came TO New York and continued the
work he had begulin Costa Rica, endeavor-
ing by m cans OF the mails TO keep up the
agitation which he had started in person
lie has had numerous unusual obstacles
to contend against in this new work The
pamphlets which he sent down for distribu-
ton among his followers were prompt V
seized by the government. and he Tesorted
to suhterfuee to get his printed matter into
the country.
II e sent large consignment late in April
packed in a tin box that was hidden in the
middle Of a cask of stearine, and he was
surprised TO learn that that. too, fell into
!glesias hands and never reached the peo-
pie, whose hearts the vigorous address was
intended to fire with enthusiasm against
the Iglesias government
This disaster, for Senor Nora locked upon
the failure of this scheme as little short
OF disaster, led to the discovery that
few, if any, of his letters Were allowed
TO reach their destination. Investig
showed that agents of Iglesas in the front
office regularly opened his letters. Senor
Mora, therefore, concluded that the letter