PRESIDENT SEIZED.
EXCITEMENT AT LIMA.
GOVERNMENT OFFICES ATTACKED.
TROOPS FIRE ON MOB
FORTY PERSONS KILLED
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.
Received May 31, 9.50 p.m. LIMA, May 31.
A mob, headed by a politician, named Pierola, attacked the Government offices at Lima, and conveyed President Leguia to the public square, where they attempted to compel him to resign. The loyalist trooos rescued the President and fired a volley at the mob, killing forty persons. Order has been restored.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3203, 1 June 1909, Page 5
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79PRESIDENT SEIZED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3203, 1 June 1909, Page 5
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