The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-07
TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
General MaderO Arrives at the
Capital of Mexico.
Progress Through the City Is
Greeted With Loud Acclaim.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
Streets Are Gay With Flags,
Bunting and Flowers.
Presented With Laurel Wreath
by Heroine of the War.

Mexico City, June Amid the
widest enthusiasm Francisco 1. Ma
dero, Jr., today entered the seat of the
government which he overturned.
The demonstration was the great
est that the capital has known in
generation. Business was suspended
and the streets through which the
revolutionary leader made his trium-
phal way were gay with flags, bunt-
irg and flowers, while from throats
of tens of thousands came roars of ac-
claim.
The noisy welcome began when the
great crowd at the railway station
first caught sight of the bearded face
and stocky figure as Madero emerged
from his private car and stepped
quickly into q waiting carriage.
Shouts of viva Madero'' swelled into
a great chorus as the cry was taken up
along the streets leading from the
railway station throughout the city.
Bowing and smiling right and left,
Madero was driven from the station
to the National palace and then to the
home of his father at Berlin and Liv-
erpool streets.
Throngs that lined the way fell in
behind as the carriage passed until a
great. noisy but friendly procession
had formed. Scores of civilian So
cieties. women in carriages and soldiers
in parade uniform moved on the
quick step music of the bands. 1t
was a spectacle stirring and unusual,
but amid the popular rejoicing could
be detected an undercurrent of resent
ment on the part of unreconciled aris-
tocracy. that looked on silent though
not unmoved.
Rumors Are Rife.
Rumors of plots against the life of
the hero of the day were rife, as
were reports that secret arrests had
been made. Antonio ViIlacencia,
former chief of police, was taken into
custody last night. Immunity of
members of the house of deputies is
said to have stayed the arm of the
law against others alleged to have
been implicated in plot. the discov-
cry of which was followed by the ar
rest of w. l.. Dunn, an American. at
Monterey and Daniel De Villieres, a
| former police head. These two men
are accused of being at the head OF
the plotters.
Maderos special train was preced-
ed to the capital by a score of other
trains which went up the line yeSter-
day to participate in the demonstra-
ton enroute and escort the rebel gen
era1 to the city. The occupants of
these trains filled the platform of the
stations where stops were made but
! the general public remained outside.
held in restraint by Gordon of police,
On alighting from his car here
Madero was greeted by Sonora Aguiles
| S6TQdH, O10 Ol the n6TOlIl6S OIL Int
rebellion who handed him laurel
wreath. Sonora Serbian is the widow
| of one of the first of the revolutionary
conSpiratorS to lose his life. His home
in Puebla in preparation for the revolt
was used as a store house for rifles
and ammunition. The secret was dis
covered by the government and Ser
dan was killed in defending his home
When the husband fell his wife an6
her two sisters seized rifles and con
tinued the resistance until they were
overpowered. The women were
thrown into Jail, where they languish
ed for months. With the triumph O
the Madero party a Serbian societ.
was formed here and Sonora Serda1
was brought to the capital to gree
the man for whose cause she and he
family had suffered so much.
The little woman rendered th'
wreath without a word. What Ma
dero replied could not be heard abov,
the din that greeted the incident.
Address of Welcome.
A brief address of welcome wa