People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1894 — REVOLUTION IN PERU. [ARTICLE]

REVOLUTION IN PERU.

Ex-President Cacersi Has Been Proclaimed as the Dictator. Lima, Peru, April 5. — Ex-President Cacpres, one of the candidates for the presidency, has been declared dictator of Peru. The dictator is supported by the army, but congress and the people are hostile to him. Thus Peru is now in the hands of a dictator and two presidents. The banks are all closed and business is suspended. The troops supporting the dictator are in possession of this city. Th<streets are patrolled by the military, antLihe constitutional president, Senoi Del o?H&r. is said to be a fugitive.