Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-23
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Ban Francisco, California

blame for the disturbances upon tho
government.
The mayor OF Havana has issued a
| proclamation forbidding the carrying
| OF canes or Wea pons OF any kind with
i or without licenses in the vicinity OF
! the polling places during the elections
tomorrow. An official dispatch says
! that the mayor Of Cienfuegos has Is
sued a similar proclamation and has
also prohibited the sale Of alcoholic
| LIQUORS.
Gen, Jose Miguel Gomc1, governor
OF Santa Clara province, the Liberal
candidate for the presidency. arrived
here today according to a report IN
circulation the governor declares that
an attempt was made to assassinato
him In his official residence.
GOV. Gomez said TO the Associated
Press that he came to Havana for the
purpose OF informing President Palma
that he feared the elections ia his
province would not be fairly conducted
but that after the occurrences at Cien-
fuegos he would not visit the president.
Regarding tho rumor that an attempt
had been made 60 assassinate him, the
governor declined to say anything,
lie said that almost at the hour that
Nillueudas was shot. he was reading
gresham stated that his life had been
threatened by a policeman yesterday
ana that at the hour I'm which he was
writing the telegram the policeman
had Just entered The hotel and he fear
ed the consequences, The governor
added that the congressman was one
Of his dearest friends and confidents.
OFFICIAL VERSION,
Washington, Sept. 22,--senor Quesada,
the Cuban minister tonight received
the following dispatch from Secy, Of
State O'Farrill, giving an official YER
sion ot the trouble at Cienfuegos;
To-day while the chief Of the police
was carrying out an order Of the court
to examine the premises Of the Hotel
Ia Suisa, In Cienfuegos, where Enrique
Nilluendas, a member OF congress- was
stopping, Nilluendas fired ON the chief
OF police, who died shortly afterward.
Immediately, and I'm the same place,
the police arrested the aggressOr being
attacked at the same time by those
who accompanied Nilluendas. The lat
ter and another individual died. Two
wounded persons were arrested Three
policemen are seriously wounded.
Tho rural guard proceeded to make
an examination OF the premises anu 10
help the police, finding ammunition and
dynamite bombs in the hotel where
Nilluendas lived. The rural guard is
doing service I'm the town, and order
is fully established.
The government has taken measures
so that the elections TO be held tomor-
row win take place with strict legality
I'm all the republic
Speaking OF the trouble at Cienfuegos,
Minister Quesada pointed out that 1t
was entirely local In character and had
no Rational significance whatever 1t
was an Incident common to popular
elections Cienfuegos is debatable
ground, he said, and party strife runs
high there, The government, he added,
is determined that the elections to take
place tomorrow throughout the republic
shall be conducted strictly according to
law.
Villuendas, She member Of congress
who was killed, was young man Of
great promise, He was less than 30
years old and had been q colonel IN
the Cuban army, prosecuting attorney
under the military government and a
member of the constitutional conven-
ton.