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public Was Shot Down.

FORT DE FRANCE, July 27.— finan

cial crisis having arrived in Santo Do

mingo and an insurrection being feared

owing to the number of malcontents,

President Heureaux went to the north

and west of the island to prepare for all

eventualities. He was about to leave

Moca for Santiago de los Caballeros when

he was killed. Booted and spurred, ready

to mount his horse, he sat under the gal

lery of a house in the Rue Colon, talking

to two friends, at 4:30 in the afternoon,

when an old man approached to ask for

alms. Just as the president gave the old

man some money, Caceros, the assassin,

rushed forward quickly and fired twice

from his revolver. Ore bullet struck the

heart of the president, killing him in

stantly, and the other killed the old man

by his side.

The crime was committed so rapidly

that the friends of the president ere not

able to interfere in time to prevent it,

but they fired a number of shots at Ca

ceros, who ran away, accompanied by

several persons. The assassin s party re

turned the fire of the president's friends

and Caceros escaped. It is not known

whether he was wounded or not. The

authorities immediately sent troops to

pursue him. The body of President Heu

reaux was taken to the house of the gov

ernor of Moca. The news of the presi

dent*- death spread rapidly and caused

much emotion among the inhabitants of

the island. It is believed by xrany that

the murder was the result of a political

conspiracy.

Vice President Figuero has taken precau

tions to prevent disorder, and has taken

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The Saint Paul globe. (1899). St. Paul, Minn., 1899-07-28. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn90059523/1899-07-28/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Saint Paul globe, 1899-07-28.