The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
PRESIDENT BORDA Shot.
The Chief Magistrate of Uruguay
Falls by an Assassin's Hand.
KILLED BY A MILITARY OFFICER.

The Celebration of the Independence of
the Republic Was in ProSress-Crilne
Committed as the President Was
Leavin: the Cathedral, Where q Te
Deum Had Been Sung Before Him.
MoNTEvIrEo, Uruguay (By Cable).-J.
Idiarte Borda. President OF the Republic Of
Uruguay, was assassinated just few min
utes after the Chief Executive left the
Cathedral, where he had listened to the
fe Deum sung on the occasion Of the ami
Sersary 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 a forward
movement ofthe crowd which had gathered,
and in order to protect the dying President
his military escort attacked the crowd and
succeeded in driving it back, only after
many persons had been wounded and sew
eral killed.
The assassin is Avelino Arrendondo, an
officer in the Uruguayan army. Heis
Uruguayan and only twenty-seven years
old. Now that Uruguay's chief is dead he
Is calm, and declares that he is content
I with his action, and that his crime was not
Inspired by anything more than @ personal
hatred for the President.
y Montevideo was in gala attire to-day in
celebration ofthe hejndependence 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
Soler and sank to the ground.
OF the official ceremonies, the singing OF
the Te Deum was the most impressive.
Hundreds had gathered in front Of the
cathedral, and the President was well re-
ceived as he passed out the door. He had
walked only few steps when Arredondo
stepped forward out of the crowd and
raised pistol. Before any one could stop
him he had fred two shots at the Presi-
dent.
For an instant there was an awful silence;
then a frightful uproar. The crowd
poured forward with cries and shouts, and
while Arredondo was seized by several SOL
diers, the other troops were thrown into
line to keep the crowd from tramplipg
upon the PROSTATE body OF the President.
The soldiers attacked the crowd with bayo-
nets, and finally drove it back after many
had been wounded and several killed.
The President, still breathing feebly, was
then removed under military guard to the
city palace, where he died in a few..minutes.
The body was then wrapped in the flag OF
Uruguay and removed to his late home.
JoseICuestas, President Of theSenate, was
nominated for President ad interim by the
Chamber OF Deputies later in the afternoon.
He Immediately dismissed all the members
Of the Cabinet except General Luis Perez,
who will continue at the head Of the War
Department.
Senior Borda was elected President OF
Uruguay for the term extending from
March, 1894, to 1898. Only after fierce
fight for it-Congress balloting twenty
seven times-and his administration has
been beset with tribulations from the out
set. While the assassination is univer-
sally denounced, his removal from the
sphere of control is regarded as . good
thing for Uruguay. He has all along been
suspected OF keeping the revolution alive
for his own purposes, and he was connected
with firm which provided the military
materials for the Government, whereby he
must have amassed a fortune. President
Borda was about fifty years old. he was
married man, and had family, AID also q
brother, who is an officer in the Uruguayan
army.