Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-05-18
MOST EVENTFUL CAREER---HIS
FATHER WAS SPANISH and
HIS Mother AN INDIAN.
AT Age of 30 General of a Brigade
Fighting the French Armies-In 1877
Made Observation-Disclosures Starts Revo-
luton After Last Presidential Cam
paign-History of Instruction.

intention to resign from the Mexican
presidency, was born September Is, 1890,
on the anniversary of Mexican indie
pendence. Oaxaca was his birthplace.
His father was Spaniard and his moth
er was of Indian extraction. His moth
er at first intended that he should enter
the church, but finally yielded to his
desire so that he pursued the studies
then required for lawyers career.
While thus engaged the invasion of |
Mexico by American troops occurred, |
and young Diaz, with other FELLOWSHIP
dents, offered his services to the gov
ernor of Oaxaca. The governor accept
ed their offer, but did not require the
students to go into the battlefield. Diaz
served in the revolt against General
Santa Ana and supported Juarez in his
war of reform, which began in 1855 and
ended in 1858. At the age of 20 he
was general of a brigade fighting the
French, when Napoleon III tried to
place Macmillan on the Mexican throne.
Macmillan and his generals were cap
tured by him in 1867, and soon after
Mexico City capitulated.
Elected President in 1877.
Diaz was regularly elected president
of Mexico for the first time in 1877.
He was elected president for the eighth
time June &c, 1910.
President Diaz Is first wife, daugh-
ter of Doctor Ortega Reyes, died dur
ing his first administration. In 1882 he
married Carmen Romero Rubio, daugh-
Il 4 M ID
lawyer and statesman. He has no chill
dren by his second wife, but has three
by his first wife.
Madero and the Instruction.
Francisco L. Madero, a member of
one of Mexico IS wealthiest families, was
candidate for the presidency against
Diaz, the principal plank of his plat
form being anti-reelection. In Novem-
Der, 1910, Madero was convicted of in
citing the people to rebellion and was
put in Jail.
He escaped into Texas and called upon
his followers to join in a general revolt
ION November 20. Already there had
been scattered disturbances throughout
the republic, but the insurrection took
it's first definite form on this date. The
Maderistas issued a manifesto in which
they said the recent election had been
enforced at the point of the bayonet
charged Diaz with responsibility for the
uprising and declared his election null
and vol. The principle of no reelection
was said to be the supreme law of the
republic and Diaz declared a usurper
This manifesto was dated October 5
and was circulated privately for more
than a month before it became public
On November 23 Madero proclaimed
himself provisional president of Mex
leo and was formally inaugurated OF
his estate at Cohuila on December
the same day that Diaz began his eight
term.
/ Revolt in IL States.
On this day Diaz made his first over
lures to the rebels, sending a commits
sion to chihuahua, offering terms, bu
declaring that the penalty of continued
rebellion would be death. These terms
were rejected. The most important bat
ties were fought on the northern bord
er, but the insurrectos showed fighting
strength in ~ states. The next forma
!. OhOAto W oSSuiO POoSOs oo 1oi 90 Wv
public knew, occurred on February 90
but these, too, failed. On March 8
Senior Limantour, the Mexican ministe
of finance, reached New York from Pari
. and spent several days in conference
with the father and brothers of thu
rebel leader.
u. s. Troops to the Border.
Meanwhile the United States ha,
massed 10000 men along the Mexican
border, while the fleet was ordered t,
, rendezvous off Guantanamo, off the cas-
coast, and off San Diego and San Pedro
in the Pacific. Orders for this mobile
alton went out March z, and the imme
date activity of the insurrectos showed
they were encouraged by the import
! ance which this government attached t.
their movement. The fruits of Liman
tour IS conference with the Maderos wer
never definitely displayed. So far a
= an interruption of hostilities was con
{ cerned, however, they had no immediat
effect, the rebel occupation of Agu
] Prieta, and the movement on Juare
following soon after Limantour return
ed to Mexico. Late in April the activ
ity of scattered detachments of tn
!, rebels near the capital itself indicated
1.-THE Diaz administration was in a NOR