Gutierrez, in conspiracy with officers of the army, effected a _coup d’ètat_, overpowering the president, who was carried off and imprisoned, and, later, assassinated. Gutierrez caused himself to be proclaimed by his officers Supreme Ruler of Peru; he had already given secret orders for the capture of Don Manuel Pardo,—whom he was determined to get out of the way in order to establish his authority more securely,—but the president-elect was informed of the imminent danger which threatened him and he succeeded in making his escape on board a man-of-war which lay in the harbor. But the _coup d’état_ found no sympathy with any political party, and had no significance beyond the ineffectual attempt of a few soldiers of inflamed ambition and little patriotism to impose their will on a law-abiding people; the citizens of Lima and Callao rose _en masse_ against the treacherous soldiers and overthrew them, putting to death Tomás Gutierrez and two of his three brothers implicated in the deed. The surviving brother deeply repented his share in the revolt, and spent the remainder of his life in an honest and brave attempt to expiate his crime. [Illustration: DON MANUEL CANDAMO—ELECTED PRESIDENT OF PERU 1903, DIED 1904.] President Manuel Pardo was inaugurated on the 2d of August, 1872. Born in Lima in 1834, of a family distinguished for generations as statesmen and men of letters, he had early imbibed the sentiments of patriotism. His education began in the college of San Carlos, Lima, and was completed in Barcelona and Paris, where he developed an especial interest in the study of political science and finance. When still in his early twenties he began his public career as one of the founders of _La Revista de Lima_, a periodical of importance; and, in 1858, he received the appointment of _Oficial Mayor_ in the Ministry of Finance. In 1864, the first bank in Lima was founded by him, and, during the administration of the Dictator Prado, he was promoted to the post of Minister of Finance. As mayor of Lima and as director of its benevolent societies, his official services were of such importance that the citizens presented him with a gold medal in token of their gratitude. This occurred during a period when the capital was visited by an epidemic.