The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-17
UPRISING IN
CARACAS AND
MANY KILLED
Further Trouble Anticipated
Which Will End in Over
throw of Dictator.
CASTRO PROCESSES TO
DOUBT DISPATCHES
CONFIRMATION OF REPORTS RE-
cEIVED AT STATE DEPART
MENT FROM CONSUL CHENEY.

Caracas. Monday, Dec. IA (via Will
Iernstad. Dec I6). The people of Cara
cas arose today against President Cas-
FRO An infatuated mob, unhindered by
the police. swept through the city.
wrecking the property Of his henchmen
and his closest friends. The people
rounded up all the statues and pictures
Of President Castro from the clubs and
- other semi-public buildings and burned
them on the Boulevard lie Plaza. Pies
ident Castro's rule i'm Venezuela is prob
ably ended.
In spite of Hollands warlike demon
STATIONS along the coast, there have
heen no demonstrations against The
Netherlands: they have all been di-
re,.ted against President Castro and
Acting President Gomez.
Castro TO Be Deposed
Further dangerous demonstrations are
anticipated. No official act deposing
Castro from the presidency Of VeneZue-
Ia has yet been taken. but such a step
Is expected any moment. An erroneous
crowd of inhabitants of the capital.
sweIled by people from the outlying
country. gathered IN the streets soon
after daybreak. The people began
marching up and down The main thor
oughfares, and il was easy to see that
their in temper would soon result in
violence. The police stood by and
made no attempt whatever TO restrain
the mob
The first building to be attacked and
looted was that of the lottery monOpo-
". The offices of the state enterprise
that has enriched itself at the expense
Of the people were ransacked and pill
hged Furniture was broken and
thrown into the street and piles of lot
terry tickets were destroyed. The crowd
then moved 10 the printing office of Ell
Constitutional. the organ of President
Castro, or which Gumersindo Rivas is
editor, and pillaged It completely \
steam laundry belonging to Senior Rivas
vas wrecked.
Dietator's Pictures Burned.
The crowd then turned its attention
to several drug stores belonging 70
Senior Thielen, a son-in-law of General
Mendoza and turned them inside out
General Mendoza was at one time min
lister Of finance and public credit under
Castro. He was also the presidents
private secretary for several years ana
has been regarded as one of his
stanchest supporters. He is universal
ly hated by the enemies of Castro, and
his unpopularity and his close connec-
ton with the president accounted for
the anger of the populaee against the
property of his son-in-law.
The statues and pictures of President
Castro were made into a huge bonfire
on the Boulevard de Plaza. The crowd
cheeTed as the flames completed the de-
strUction Of these effigies of the die
tator. Numerous inscriptions setting
forth the virtues of Castro and extol-
ling his powers next attracted The MOB.
and every Inscription bearing Castro's
name was hacked out and erased. Some
of these legends were carved in the
public buildings of the city.
Troops Called Out.
1t wast after 1 o'clock by the time
the crowd had gotten thus far in its
depredatioEs. 1t lacked leadership and
paused IN default of other fields for its
destructive energies. IL was then that
a detachment of troops was called out
duty ON the city streets, and Acting
President Gomez issued a manifesto
prohibiting further manifestations.
These measures had the desired e1-
feet, for the mob quieted down anc
then dispersed.
The attack yesterday on the Offices
OF FL Constitutional. when the crowd
OCLb eu DS q utldciuleiil pl SOluieTS
VINO fired into the demonstrants. result
Cd IN several fatalities. A criminal &C
Jon had been begun against Editor
hlVas and other employees of the paper,
IN which the are charged with respon-
siolllty for these deaths. 1t is declared
lnat Rivas and his men fired first on
me people, making use of revolvers. Ell
Constitutional. has suspended publica-
uon and Caracas is practically without
a newspaper.
The funeral Of Marianeo Rojas, one of
me men killed in the fighting yesterday.
mas been fixed for tomorrow. A vast
crowd viii turn out aud further disor-
GERS and riOting are expected.