The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-28
ASSASSINS OF HEUREAUX.
rv,rr MEN SHOT THE PREsIDhNT
OF siNTO DOMINGO.

r.c,p.d-Country IL Quiot-Vico-
pr..id.nt Figuereo Has Taken charge OF
a,,r.Uus Y Gil Thinks the Assaasinn-
.,,,n IN. 10 a Personal Desire for Revenge
.,,,,,i cdbp Despatch to THE srS.
r.,-,-o Plata, Santo Domingo July 2I.-
p.,.,dsnt IIpureaux. who was hssasslnated at
>taoo Yesterday afternoon. was on trip
.,rorgb the country endcaVoring 10 arrange
-, ,he bpttcrment OF the pubic finances.
,h,ch were IN bad shape ms tho result OF the
WIN a, paper money When he arrived
At Noca. a town about forty hi'es sou'h Oh
a. ~ want 10 the house OF personal friends.
he' ,r,s entering the house he was con-
,.o,tsd bv three men. who at once opened nro
.,', him with rcvolvers. MORALLY wounding
him. ~ , p,,
uororio Vasduez and Ramon Caceres. all
.-,,,inent residents OF Moca. The murdcrers
'ol, thcir escape and 1t is not probable that
they Will lie captured.
nnsIness is paralyzed. but at present the
country isqu.et. Gen. FiGuereo. the Vice. Pres
ident Of the republic. has assumed the Presi-
dental functions.
W,suryoroN. July 27.-The state Depart
,,.rf received this morning from the Aneri-
Hsu consul in Santo Domingo an oiticlai an
ponnrcmnt e TIE HssaSsn"S9 q, T
throuph the State Department:
"us Er,eIsnrp wyn:'sido ifGnyr'o. Pre'fdent Of Do
min,caH Rspubi'c. SCnto pomWDoi
ain the name Of the American people and In
my ,wu / offer t. your EXcellenoy and tho
1Gmtuicau nation most sincere c1hdolehcos by
reason d the death Q! WTTsdeGt sEKr iNrry
A1oiordr, Wos Gil the Consul General OF
,ha nomincrn Republic in this city, got no
news from his home Government directly yes
tcray confirming the assassinaIson or presi
taKsn 10 him by Secretary Erwin u. York Of
lie Santo Domingo Improvement Company.
in. Of these was from the manager OF tho
santo Domingo Railroad. dated at Puerto
Plata and read rs follows: "
Norn Wednesday Gftsrn Don. Country quiet
Tie other came from the city OF San Do
uingo aud contained similar announcement
The Cor sui General said that the country was
rro.perous. with no serious question for the
Government to settle except the large Issue of
rups! currency and this he thought would be
faken un and dsuosed OF In satisfactory
manner by Vice. President Figuereo. whom he
declared to be a very able man.
Mr. York, whose company has charge OF the
collection OF tho revenues of the Dominican
Hepublic MS the representative of foreign bond.
holders. also EXPRESSED confidence In the Vice.
tyr, and thought that the death OF President
Heurenux was no: the precursor Of revolution.
The Government in santo Domingo" he
th1 nnGs 10 no p4 pk. HSyt Wh.r S tho
OI
were once sayes or the descendants of slaves.
and where the French language and customs
prevail Santo Domingo is controlled BIZ the de-
scendauts OF Span iards and the language and
customs are those OF Spain. Although tho
tiovern ment Is republican. there are no politl-
cal parties there such as We have here, but
when factions arise they are personal. In the
old days before railroads and telegraphs were
built IN tho Island these factions were many,
as every big-!ttls man had his am billions and
his following ant q revolt might be got under
good headway before the Government could
hear Of It. At the last election for President
HsureauI was unanimously chosen to succeed
was due to some personal desire for revenge
in the conduct OF the Government through his
long years OF service President Heureaux has
had to be firm. and ! presume he made some
When the names Of Juan Pickardo, Horacio
Sasquez and Ramon Caceres were mentioned
hs said that he had heard OF two OF them. but
hot OF the third. knoY nothing OF any OF
fached to the house OF Moya. This family
led . revolt against Heureaux some time about
1888 as near as can place 1t. but the revolt
II vice. President Firuereo finishes out Presl-
6S9f he sss " tern b hs NIL hold the Se
@inl.try. which Is COMPOSED Of .the heads OF
the DEPARTMENTS Of tho Interior and Police.
snd war al 1nef fu Gns Wops
Governor Of each q the provinces and dis
or magistrates. who preside over the COM
hunes cantons and sections which make. up
ths ar political divisions. The republic IL
districts. and the Congress is made up OF two
delegates, elected under a restricted suffrage
from each OF these eleven subdivisions. max
b. an electoral college. choose the President.
whose term OF office 10 four years.