Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-06
COSTA RICA'S DICTATOR
AND TAKES FULL CONTROL OF AFFAIRS
ueip Candidate for Recollection as fresi'
dent, and is sure to succeed
Now.

New York, oct. 5.-The first details
=, the internal disorders which have
sasptted in President Igleslas OF Costa
,,i., declaring himself dictator were
roceived today from Harrison r. Will
uo,rs who until recently was United
s,otss consul at San Jose, Costa Rica,
and who arrived here today on the
steamer Alene from Port Limon.
rba agitation against President Igle-
.,os eliminated at Santo Domingo ON
sunday, september 18th. in a bloody
,,,t in which five men, three of them
.i,b and the others more or less well
,nov,n were killed and more than
thirty others wounded. The riot was
hotween influential partisans Of Presi-
dent lrleslas and his opponents
President Iglesias some time ago was
announced as candidate TO succeed
%r,seIf The election is to be held
nnxt month and he is at the head of
lint Is known as the civilist party
Tbsre arose very bitter opposition to
ti,n rs strength has been chiefly in
.b" cities. where the business men are
desnIv opposed to him and denounce
MIN BECAUSE he changed Costa ileh s
standard to that of gold exclusively.
They say the change is foolish and I'M
~ The country. They also speak bit
terly of his Pacific railroad statement,
which will cost So, 100000. President lg-
issIas is building n railroad across
costa Rlca from shore to shore. The
men Of the cities say that the cost of
This road is excessive.
On the other hand, Mr.. Williams says
President Iglesias is popular with the
eonutrv element. He has built bridges
and railroads and has projected in
ternal improvements that have en-
deared him to the agricultural pop
rlation He believes in spending more
money In school houses than on sol
ders and has not only carried out
that policy, but has given Costa Rica
n iust and able administration.
His opponents call themselves no
oral Both parties had planned n
demonstration in their cluhrooms In
eonto Domingo on September 18TH. on
Tho afternoon of that date they parnd-
ed through the streets. About one hum
AIRED mon were In both marching par
Ties. In order to reach their club
rooms they had to pass one another.
They met in the Main street opposite
the cathedral. Both sides had infiamed
tanpers Both sides had words, when
some one fired n pistol. In a twinklinE
bullets went whigzing plentifully.
clubs were used and rocks were hurled.
Every man was bent ON bloodshed.
The priests came out of the cathedral
and called on the rioters to desist. The
riot continued for some time longer
but finally the efforts of the priests
were successful.
THE ground was then found to he
strewn with bleeding men. Three We're
already dead and thirty or more
wounded This is n conservative esti-
mate Many OF the wounded and per
hans killed were carried away by their
friends. current report has 1t that
over sixty had been wounded. The lat
Ter were taken into the cathedral ana
cared for Two of them died the next
day. whether any of them have died
since Is conjectural. Among the killed
was Senior Zamora, one of Costa Rica's
richest men. He was with neither side,
but seeing his son In the opposition
ranks and in danger, he ran to assist
him. He was struck by bullet.
When President 1glesias heard of
the ARRAY, he Immediately awaited
himself of the opportunity to declare
himself dictator. Mr.. Williams says he
did this so as to make absolute as,
surance OF preserving the peace and
having no repetition OF the deadly
riot.
Mr.. Williams says that he will be re-
elected president. not because he has
announced himself dictator, but be-
cause the majority of the voters sup
port him and viii vote for him. The
Pacific railroad, against which there IL
50 much opposition, Is being built by
John S. Carement OF GAINESVILLE, o.,
and W. II. Logan Of Minneapolis.