Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-08-02
HEUREAUX'S ASSASSINS.
They Are in the Mountain Districts
Planning n RevolutiOn-Heu-
renny Tyrunf


PUERTO PLATA, Aug. 1.-The assassins
OF President HeureauX and their friends
are in the mountainous district about twen-
ty-tive miles northward of Moca. Senor
Don Cordero late minister of the interior,
has taken the field against them with 400
men.
The acting president Wencesalo Figoereo,
in view of the anxiety of the commercial
classes over the deprecated paper cur
rency, has promised to retire much of the
issue and asks that the business men be
patient.
1t is suspected that Jiminez is in the
neighborhood of Quiebras. News from
Afoca and Santiago indicates calmer feel
new YORK, Aug. 1.-senor Adriano
Grullon, of the firm of Huttlinger d ViViS,
New York, the representative in the United
States of the Santo Domingo revolutionistS
and formerly the business partner of Senor
Jiminez, the leader of the insurrection, to-
night made public the following statement
of the reasons for the recent assassination
of President Heureaux:
1.-THE assassination of President Heureaux
was not an act of revenge for the murder
of Caceres father, but the signal for the
commencement of the uprising against the
existing government there.
"Caceres is a cousin of General Horacio
Xasquez and was with him at the time of
the shooting. General VasqueZ is a men,
Der of one of the best families of Moca and
was for some years partner in the house
of CoSmo Battle. a firm we'll known there
and former agents of the Clyde Steamship
Company.
Neither Mr.. Caceres nor General Vas
quez can be considered common assassins.
as their motives were not personal but pa
triotic. They attacked the president in
broad daylight, in an open space, and not
am df any m
outnumbered two to one by the president
and his bodyguard.
For fourteen years Heureaux has held
power by "a system of terrorizing. Citizens
were sent to prison without the slightest
process of law and more than 800 were clan
destinely shot without any trial whatever
or without even being given d reason for
their incarceration.
There has been no legal election of any
Kind since 1889. Then in order to secure
his retention in power Heureaux had to
count more votes from the interior prov
lnces than there were actual Inhabitants,
| including men, women and children. ]
"As the result of this, the opposition
party. whose candidate was Moya, ap
pealed to arms, but after a long struggle
! reputable citizens have taken part in the
elections, knowing them to be a farce
THE constitution of Santo Domingo. in
common with most South and Contra!
American countries, provides that no one
shall hold office for more than one term
in succession; IN, but this the late president
overruled. There Is no such thing as Il
free press in that country: no paper dares
publish anything unless favorable to the
existing regime. Even here in New York
the Dominicans who are residents dare
not give information regarding the poll
tics of their country. fearing that their
relatives and interests there would suffer.
States and Spain HeureauX showed his
sympathy for Spain in many acts and put
every difficulty possible in the way of
Americans and Cubans. His efforts on the
side of Spain were so marked and of such
assistance to that country that they re-
suited in the queen of Spain recognizing
them to the extent of decoration, which
she sent to him.
surectionists by proclaiming that Jiminez
intended to sell the country to the Yankees
and If this were done and they fell into the
hands of the United States they would be
treated like slaves. This naturally gained
some credence among the ignorant people
of the island the number of which has
steadily increased because of HeureauXs
policy to discourage education of every
sort. He deliberately closed the only high
school in the island and drove away El-
genio Hostos. renowned educator and the
founder of the high school.
Mr.. Jiminez desires the most friendly
relations with the United States, and there
is not the slightest fear that the insurrec-
tionists will interfere in any way with the
property of foreigners the island. Mr.
Jiminez and General Gomez are warn.
friends. In fact, both reside in the same
house in Havana.
AS HeureauX was an usurper. the vice
president is equally so, but bloodshed and
insurrection would cease at once II the
latter would announce that legal public
election would take place on August i6
which is the independence day of the coun-
try.
"The entire country is aroused to the
necessity of change of government where
life and property is secure, and it recog-
nizes that the former vice president and
of the accomplices of Heureaux, and, as
such, has no confidence in him."