The age-herald., 1897-10-06
A DICTATORSHIP
 WAS NECESSARY Hence the Action of Costa RiCa'S
 President. FRACTIONAL FEUDS AROSE And Blood Flowed Freely During a
 Riot Of Citizens, IGLESIAS THEN ACTED PROMPTLY And Declared Himself Dictator Pending an Election-GoId Standard Had Great
 Deal to do With the Matter
 Other Disaffection.
lGLEsIAs THEN ACTED PROMPTLY

New Yohlx, Oct. 5.-The first details of the international disorders which have lresultsd in President Inglesias, of Costa Rica, declaring himself dictator were received today from Harrison R. Will Hams, until recently United States con- sul at San Jose. Costa Rfca, and who arrived here today on the steamer Alene from Port Limon. The agitation againslt President Inglesias eliminated at San- to Domingo on Sunday, Sept 12 in a bloody riot in which five men, one of them rich and the others more or less we'll known, were killed and more than thirty others wounded
 The riot was between influential par tisans of President Inglesias and his op- ponents. President Inglesias, some time ago, was announced as a. candidate to succeed himself. The election is to be held next month and he Is at the head of what is known as the civilists party. There arose very bitter opposition to him. Its strength has been chiefly in the cities where the business men are deeply opposed to him and denounce him because he changed Costa Rica's standard to that of gold exclusively. They say the change is foolish and im- practicable and will work great harm to the country. They also speak bit- terly of his Pacific railroad scheme, which will cost $S,SOOOO0. President In- glesias is building railroad across Cos ta Rica from shore to shore. The bus mess men. of the cities say the cost of this road is excessive. se
 On the othsr hand, MT. Williams says President Inglesias is popular with the courEry clement. He has built bridges and railroads and has projected other internal improvements that have endear- ed him to the agricultural population. He believes in spending more money in school houses than on soldiers and has not only carried out that policy, but has given Costa Rica a just and able adm.nis1a tion. His opponents call themselves the liberals.
 Both parties had planned demonstra- tion in their club rooms in Santo Do- mingo on September 12. On the aftsr- noon of that date they paraded through the streets. About 800 men were in both marching parties. In order to reach the, club rooms they had to pass one another. They met in the main street opposite the cathedral. Both sides had words,
 
 twinkling bullets were wihistling plen- tifully. Knives were used and rocks hurled. Every one was bent on blood shed The priests came running out of the cathedral and called on the rioters to desist. The riot ragged for some little time longer, but finally the efforts of the priests were successful. The ground was then found to be strewn with b'eed- ing men. Three were already dead and thirty or more wounded. This is con- servative estimate. Many of tho wound ed, and perhaps killed, were carried away by their friends Current report had it that over sixty had been wounded. The latter were taken into the cathedral dIlu cdreu TOT. TWO or unem ulG1 the next day. Whether any of them have died since, is conjectural. Among the killed was Senor Zamora, one of Cos.a Rica's richest men. He was with neither side, but seeing his son in the opposition ranks he ran to assist hm.
 When President Iglesias heard of the affray he immediately availed himself of the opportunity to declare himself die tator.
 MT. Williams says he did this so as to make absolute assurance of preserv- ing the peace and having no repetition of the deadly riot. Mr. Williams says he will be reelected president, not be- cause he has announced himself dicta- tor, but because the majority of the VOL CTS support him and will vote for him. The Pacific railroad, against which there is so much opposition, is being built by John s. Carement, of anesvlle Ohio, and U. s. Logan, of Minneapolis.