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Show PRESIDENT ESTRADA DEAD. Guayaquil, Ecuador," Dec. 22. Emilio Estrada, president of the republic or Ecuador, died hero suddenly at midnight. mid-night. President Estrada was elected lo office on January 11, 1911, and was inaugurated on September 1. He was taken seriously III on the lSth of the same month. During his sojourn a plot to assassinate him was dlscov- ered and several conspirators were arrested ar-rested The climate of Quito bad deleterious effects on tho health of the president and he went to Guayaquil Guaya-quil on November 2S, In a serious condition. During his illness Francisco Fran-cisco Andrado Maria, president of the chamber of deputies, assumed temporary tem-porary charge of the oxecutlve offices. |