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NATIONAL MUsEUr1
GUATEMALA GITT
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connected, so that they could be set off
instantly.
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The plotters then bribed the coachman
by paying him ZOO Guatemala dollars.
a sum equal to about $1,000 American, to
drive slowly as he passed over this spot,
They were to explode the dynamite just
as soon as the horses had gone by. the
idea being that the coach and the presl-
dent would be blown into the air, but
that the coachman in some way might
escape. The man in charge of the cleo
tricity did his work, but he acted a mo-
ment too soon He put his finger on the
button just as the horses reached the
spot There was a mighty explosion, ana
a part of the street rose into the air,
killing only the horses and coachman and
leaving the president safe.
1t was some time after that before
the whole plot was laid bare. and it was
then only that Cabrera realized the
treachery of his coachman. 1t is said
that he had already given a present to
the coachman's widow, and had provided
for his family. At the same time arrests
We're made by wholesale, the jails were
filled with suspects and the trials were
secret. 1t is said that some were tortured
to make them confess.
The plot of the army cadets against the
life of Cabrera was quite as tragic and
it's results were even more terrible. This
occurred in 1908, about year after the
attempt to blow him up in the street.
One of the finest buildings here in Qua
temala City is the military academy, and
among the best young men and boys OF
Guatemala are those who are educated
there for the army. Al this time the
flower of the students had been chosen
to act as a guard of honor to the presi-
dent. They were in full uniform and
were stationed in front of the palace
when our American minister, Maj.
Heimke. had come to present his creden-
tials The arrangements were such that
the president was to walk through dou-
BILE file of them as he came back to the
palace and the plot gotten up by these
boys was that they were all to shoot at
him as he came in.
This plot failed for the same reason as
the first. One of the boys shot an instant
before the time set, and before the others
could follow, the president threw himself
fiat his face the street 1t was
thought that he had been mortally
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such intention His wife exercises almost
absolute control over him. and. indeed, is
said to be the main cause OF his activity
at the present moment. She is strong.
unScrupulous woman, possessing remark
able beauty and exercising an extraorui-
nary fascination over all who come in
contact with her. The often expressed
determination of this woman of the peo-
pie one day to sit upon the throne of
Russia is said to have frequently excited
the wrath of the dowager empress. The
latter is certain however, that once her
favorite son is cZar she Will be able to
eliminate his present wife.
On the other hand Michael might not
prove as ready a tool as his mother
thinks, despite her enormous influence
over him at the present moment. Once
upon the throne and his word is law;
there is nothing to prevent him from
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woman and Child in the country - an aio
of him. and he who would criticise nm
gets behind the wall and speaks Win
bated breath.
NV first experience as to the rear
(which uermeates the hearts OF the Qua
7eralans was in a hotel in the capital oil
Costa Rica | had spoken Of Cabrera
and in an ordinary tone was telling
story | had heard concerning him 10 an
American who had large interests III
Guatemala lie begged me to speak low,
saving that there were spi's everywhere
and that | could not say anything III
central America that Cabrera would HOT
t.r Here in Guatemala / am told
that the president knows everytmhs'
wen what each man eats for dinner. and
as to the guests that sit down at MS
table. In many cases the very Servants
are in his pay and all society is saad 10
be honeycembed with MS spies lhele
* absolutely no freedom of the press, al
though now and then the newspapers
critfcise the administration. Such cr1ti-
cisms, however. are always drected from
tine palace. and are merely dummy eA
pressions to give the impression aoroou
that freedom exists.
x
President
Of blood and iron. He is a combination
az strength and weakness, of greatness
and the reverse. In some respects ne re-
minds one of Nero in others OF Ma
poleon and again of Abdul Hamid, the
now dethroned sultan of the Turkish en-
pire. He was a Napoleon in his grabbing
the presidency, and a Nero and Caligula
in some of his acts since he took charge
now over fourteen years ago. he mas
been Napoleon in his arbitrary rule.
which has kept the people quiet, and put
down revolutions with an iron hanu.
order is better kept in Guatemala than
in any other Central American republic,
exCert Costa Rica, and the people are
far better off than those of Honduras or
Nicaragua. Ii is true that the financial
system of the country is, to use dis
guSting expression, rotten, and that the
dollars here are worth only cents OF
our money. but nevertheless the planters
are growing rich and the coffee crop
brings in its millions a year. 1t is due
to Cabrera that railroads are being built
and that the iron track running from
New York through Mexico will soon be
laid across Guatemala to the capital of
Salvador, so that may in time go to
Panama on the cars. 1t is due to him
out the republic and that a new peon
law which proposes to do away with
Indian slavery has been enacted
And now take Cabrera the Abdul
Hamid of Central America. When Abb
dul Hamid was sultan he was half crazy
from his fear of assassination. Every
thing that was cooked for him had to be
prepared in a certain way, and he had
his professional tasters who, it was
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DECENT Illness of the
~ Little Czarevitch Has
Disclosed the Plans of Mich
olas to Thwart the Intentions
of Reactionaries Who Want
to Place Grand Duke Michael
Upon the Throne-In the
Event of His Sons Death the
Gar Would, as Supreme
Autocrat, Amend Present
Succession Laws and Pro-
claim His Oldest Daughter
Heir-Hatred That Exists
Between Nicholas and His
Brother Who Was Banished
to His Estate in Oriol for
Marrying a Moscow Beauty
Michael and the Dowager
Empress Marie Are Plotting
a Return to the Anti-Liberal
Days of Alexander III and
Nicholas /.
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all. he reasoned, it was only what was
expected of Russian grand duke. But
when Michael married the former Nine.
Mamontoff, Nicholas flew into rage and
Immediately prepared to Danish the cul-
prit to some foreign cline. When the
dowager empress heard of the cars in
tention she hurried to his side. Exact
information as to what passed between
the czar and his mother is wanting.
No one knows just what threats the
strong minded dowager used. but Nicho-
las emerged from the private cabinet in
which they had their historic meeting a
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Never to Be Suppianted.

THOMAS \. EDISON'S adherence OF
stock speculation and market rig
gng is well known. Mr.. Edison voiced
this abhorrence wittily in a recent inter-
view on electricity.
"Yes," he said. lit is true an electrical
machine has been invented that will rid
cheese of it's mites. / doubt, though, ic
any mechanism as efficacious as the
promoter will ever be invented for rid-
ding widows of THEIRS
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Duke Michael-the cars bold broher-
and the Dowager Empress Marie: and
which aims at the placing of Michael on
the throne of Russia upon the death Of
Nicholas and the sweeping away of all
the liberal reforms for which the pres
ent czar really has worked more than he
always gets credit for
Happily, the coming of this black day
III Russias history has been set back
by the recovery of the czarevitch, but
even now only two lives stand between
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the unhappy country and return to
terrible days. Nicholas himself is frail
and puny, and goes in constant fear of
the assassin's hand; the czarevitch is
none too strong, as his recent Illness
showed. and. until he reaches age, can
hardly be counted upon as an effective
barrier between the throne and the am
bitions of a strong man like the Grand
Duke Michael.
There are those who do not hesitate to
declare that the recent illness of
the czarevitch was really due to
an almost successful attempt to kill
him. Substance is lent to this opin-
ion by the secrecy with which all the
court surrounded the affair. There is,
however, nothing to connect the in
triguing dowager empress and her son
with the affair. and everything points to
the assurance that they are content to
await the natural course of events, or, at
any rate, decided to await the death of
Nicholas before striking.
The car. however. is already making
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PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA

Low He Keeps OFF the
i i Assassins-A Land of
Spies and Soldiers-Automo-
biles With Machine Guns
Cabrera's Coat of Mail and
His Food Tasters-The Mar
row Escapes of a Pesident-A
Coachrnan's Three Thousand
Dollar Job Which Lost Him
His Life-The Plot of the
Cadets, and Its Terrible End
How a Lawyer Became
Archbishop-Bloody Guate-
mala and It's Grafters-A
Hard-Working Tyrant Who
Does Things.
Copyright, 1912. by Frank G.. Carpenter.l
Special Correspondence OF The Star.
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala.
He that only rules by terror
Dueth grievous wrong
Deep hell count his error,
Let him hear my song.
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UNDOUBTEDLY the
recent mysterious
illness of the czare-
witch has given all
true friends OF
Russia a bad
scare. But 1t has
served one good
purpose in expos
ing the broad out
lines of a court
intrigue that in
wolves the Grand
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was not long before he was SO madly in
fatuated that he was calling upon her
to divorce her officer husband. Accord
ingly, the Moscow charmer went through
her second divorce and short time aft
erward was married to her grand duke.
Nicholas had kept his tongue tightly
between his teeth during the earlier
stages of his brothers infatuation. After
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wounded and before the others could fire
at him German official in the pay of
the president threw himself on top of
Cabrera as he lay on the street. l be-
lieve there were several more shots fired.
but the guards rushed in and the cadets
were overpowered. Up to this time every
supposed that the president was
dead, but moment later he rose and it
was then discovered that only his little
finger had been hit.
And now came the real tragedy. Cab
rera ordered the cadets be arrested, and
he had them lined up and every tenth
boy shot. He then directed that the
bodies be thrown on cart and carried
to the cemetery. This act was done on
the spur of the moment, and it created
great Indignation among the people. The
boys represented the best families of the
country, and some of them We're very
young. Some were SO small, it is said.
that they were put up on boxes before
the shooting was done This punish
ment was followed by others which re-
lated to the families of the cadets. Many
of the fathers were imprisoned, and. in
one way another. several hundred
lives are said to have been sacrificed
The cadet captain was promised immun-
ity if he would reveal the names of
others in the plot. He refused and was
thereupOn shot.
The president does not hesitate to pun
ish his enemies among the natives, nor
does he make any bones of asking OBJ
jectionable foreigners to leave. 1 was told
the other night how he treated a lawyer,
who has since left the bar and is now
an archbishop of the Catholic Church
This man was practicing in the courts
of the republic, and he had a case con-
cerning the use of certain water which
passed through a deserted convent. He
advised his client that the convent au-
thorities if they again took possession
of the property, would have the right to
hold back the water. This was inter-
preted as being in favor of the church
authorities, to whom the president is op
posed. 1t is said that Cabrera was angry,
and sent for the lawyer and said to him:
Il see you have become priestly at
torney and are giving your opinions In
favor of the monks. Well, L will make
you a priest
He thereupon ordered him to be put in
the garb of a priest and to sweep out the
plaza in front of the church. The attor-
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ND so I let the
poet 'Tennyson in
troduce my story
OF the great and
good friend of the
Unit g d States.
NJ a uel Estrada
Cabrera, the prcSl-
dent of this Gua-
I c m a | a repubilc.
There is no doubt
Of his ruling by
terror. Every man,
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plans to foil the arch-conspirators. A
dozen years ago, before the birth of the
cZarevitch and while he was still COM
pletely under the influence of the dow
ager empress, Nicholas proclaimed Mich
ael the heir to the throne. Under the
Russian law of succession promulgated by
Emperor Paul, Michael was the natural
ir-presumptive, followed by the other
grand dukes to the exclusion of the czar S
daughters. But the cZar of all the Rus
Sia's is not an absolute autocrat for moth
ing, and he can at any time alter the law
of succession in such a way that hi~ eld-
est daughter the Grand Duchess Olga
would ascend the throne in the event of
the czarevitch's death And that, in short,
is said to be his plan to thwart the reac-
tionarieS.
Part and parcel of this scheme to place
his eldest daughter on the throne is the
cars present unwillingness to consent
to her marriage to any one. Obviously
her marriage to the Prince of Wales. for
instance would effectively bar her from
the throne of Russia.
At the present moment the Russian
court is arrayed in two hostile camps. On
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NICHOLAS IL.
Who plans 10 place his daughter. the
Grand Duchess Olga, upon the throne
If the czarevitch should die before
him. He hopes thus to thwart the
intrigues of the Russian reactionaries.
who are determined 10 make Grand
Duke Michael AIexandroyitch czar.
recognizing his morganatic marriage and
raising his wife to the exalted position of
cZarina- Such a change in the fortunes
of the present grand duchess would not
be as great that Of Catherine |. who,
once a chambermaid in a country inn,
was proclaimed as his successor by Peter
the Great.
Copyright, 1912. ny Curtis BrownD (
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Nevertheless, a number of people were
executed on the charge. of throwing the
bomb. and during his reign six hundred
or more men were put out of the way
bv Rarrios on charges of being engaged
in assassinations.
Barrios himself was shot while trying
to make u federation OF the Al erican
republics, and his successor. having been
driven from the country by a revolution.
was assassnated in the City of Mexico
while he was riding in the street ear.
The assassin was a young Guatemalan,
who. it is supposed, came to Mexico 10
do the killing.
The next President, who was Jose
Maria Reina Barrios had a series of
ravolItfons. and he was assa assinated in
this city in 1898. That Barrios was sue
ceeded by Cabrera, who with iron mana
has held the country in check from that
time until now.
Nominally. the President of Guatemala
has more power than the President OF the
United States. The constitution here IS
modelled after ours. The country mas d
congress and council of state. Inc
president is elected for six years, ana
he has his cabinet with about the same
departments that we have al Washing
ton. There are courts and justices OF tne
peace, and there is an army whose SOL
diers get from to 10 cents DAY.
| am told that President Cabrera Is
anxious to give a good administration.
He is a Woodworking man, putting IN
ten or twelve hours a day at his desk
and keeping track of all the details. HIS
friends say he is q. wonderful executive
and good organizer, and that ne Is tho
only kind of a man for the existing sit
uation The people here number two
millions, and about three-fifths of them
are pure Indians. The rest are hall
breeds and whites. The latter own most
of the land and the Indians are heWerS
of wood and drawers of water.
Cabrera is said to have bettered tho
condition of the Indians. He has prac>
tically abolished slavery by inheritance,
i'm his law making it so that a peon son
cannot inherit the debts of his father.
nor contract other debts until he is
tWenty-one.
The president has done much to en-
courage education and he is stimulating
the desire for it by establishing temples
to Minerva, where school exhibitions with
prizes are held every year. AS it is now
there are about f.Jn public schools but
the pupils all told do not number 61p'.
which is not many for popu alton OF
two millions.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
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and for many years he was the absolute
ruler OF the country. lie was a fogger or
men and women, and while president ha
had his enemies taker out into the public
SQUARE and s,hot to terrify the people.
\ little later came Ruilni BarrioS.
vino was absolute ruler of the country
for a dozen or more years and who. al
though cruel and interruptions. did much
to develop il. He built railroads and
wagon roads and tried to introduce com-
ulsory education. Barrios narrowly es-
caped assassination several times. and at
one time "A bomb was thrown at his feet
while he walked in a garden outside the
theater The fuse was still burning as
the bomb fell and Barrios took up the
bomb and put out the fire, saying:
These rascals do not understand how
to kill one
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ST. PETERSBURG. Novemb
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DEATH OF JOHN GARD.

John Gard, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. C. Gard of Logan, and formerly
barber and musician of this city,
passed away at Colorado Springs,
from tuberculosis Saturday. His wife,
who had returned to Sawyer recently.
was summoned to Colorado, arriving
about the time of Mr.. Cards death.
She accompanied the remains to
Sawyer, where the funeral was held
Wednesday, the remains being in
TERED in the Sawyer cemetery, be-
side those of the youngest sister OF
the deceased, Mrs. Lottie Cross.
The funeral was held from the
Congregational church, an immense
crowd of friends attending. The beau
tiful casket was banked with flowers.
Mr.. Gard leaves wife and two
little children, besides his father and
mother, sister and three brothers,
Eugene, Ralph and Ira. The father
was 80 i'll at his home in Logan that
he was unable to attend the funeral.
John Gard was Of a genial dispo.
sition and leaves a host OF friends
who extend sympathy to the sorrow.
ing relatives.
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AROUND ABOUT
THE CITY

The approaching lectures by David
Goldstein on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights, April %, % and
"a at the opera house are being looked
forward to with much interest and ex-
pectation by the people of this city :.
The fact that he is the first speaker
OF national reputation to discuss So
cialism from the contrary side adds
naturally to the interest taken. The
subjects selected for each of the eve
nings cover very fully the subjects
under discussion, namely: Monday
night, Socialism and the Trade
Unions" Tuesday night, Socialism
and the Family" Wednesday night,
Socialism and. the Church" Business,
professional and church people,
should be greatly interested in these
three meetings and packed house il
anticipated every night.
Miss Rose Larkin, who is teaching
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the Scandinavian bank, who is on
his way back to Norway, to see his
aged mother, intended crossing the
water on the Titanic, the liner that
was sunk off the coast of New Found.
land Monday morning Mr.. Kvam
was in New York city at the time
the boat sank.
Olaf Mus, formerly a White Earth
merchant, passed thru Minot Wednes-
day enroute to his former nome. He
will be back Friday night to attend
the K. T. ball.
Read the advertisement in this
weeks paper, very carefully, BY the
Henningsen Creamery Co. If
Gustav Ludtke from the north prai-
RE, was in the city Wednesday to
bid for a school section. While In
other years he was able to lease this
quarter for $40 year, it was bid up
to $9S year by John Susak, who,
will use it expressly for hay purpos-
eS.
Mrs. Ed T. Pierson, for smany
years postmistress at Granville, which
position she held up to the time of
her death, passed away at Metolious,
Ore, where she went last fall to be
with her husband, who is publishing
newspaper there. She had been ill
of Bright's disease, pleurisy however
setting in, causing her death Apr. s.
The remains were brot back to Gran
vile for interment. Mrs. Pierson
leaves husband and three children.
She was well known in Minot.
-Four Jack Rabbit" committees
were out today and added - new
members to the Commercials club,
making the total membership $50
A meeting of the business men is
on at the Commercial club tonight,
talking over the plans for big Fourth
of July celebration in connection with
the race meet July 3, 4 and 5. More
particulars next week.
Howard Packer and Tony NUM-
bought the Lyceum theatre from
McCutcheon Bros. The place Is now
closed and after being completely re-
modelled will be reopened better
than ever.
The Donnybrook Courier seems to-
think that the Independent made an
attack upon County Auditor Larson
with the intention of hurting hts
chances for reelection. We did not
refer to Mr.. Larson's candidacy ii
what we had to say, we said nothing
against him personally, we didn't
even say that he was wrong in his
contention. We merely gave the
readers the facts Of the case wherein
Mr.. Larson had refused to allow an
Independent employee access to the
records and said we would test the
case which We propose to do. A
guilty conscience needs no accuser.
The girls OF the Minot schools will
be taught domestic science next year.
The average girl graduating from
high school knows how to find the
hypothenllse Of a right angle, but for
the life Of her, she doesn't know
how to mix UP batch of flour for
biscuits. Well expect the Minot girls
Of the future to make the best kind
Of housewives.
The pupils Of the Minot schools
were taught last week how to make
drinking cups out Of m ordinary
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YOUNGMAN AND OLSON'S AID s.
We, have the A. e. Whitbeck farm
+ between Des Laos and Lone Tree
for sale or rent. 1t has Nice build
ings and is a complete farm. Will
r rent it for " crop In elevator or
sell it for $4,000. Get busy. Young
~ man and Olson.
-YOUNGN1AN AND oLSON's AID A.
+ Don't be afraid to list your farm
with us. If we cannot sell them
; we certainly will not do you any
=. harm. We can use dozen bar
~ gains right now. Youngman & o.
'r-e son. ..y...
fOUNGMAN AND OLsON'S AID s.
We have some splendid values close
to Minot We are in q position to
give you bargain. See Youngman
and Olson.
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at Coulee, is spending a few days in
Minot at the home of her mother.
Miss Mabel Hunter is visiting this
week at Grand Forks with her sister
Mrs. Harold Lamming.
Mrs. Jay F. Knowlton was called
TO her former home at Austin, MINI,
owing to the illness of her mother.
Alma Johnson, Peter Nestos, Andy
Carr and Randan Larson, students ..
the university, who spent their Eas-
ter vacation in Minot, returned Sun
day Karl Stoudt, Clara Smith, VIM.
Marsh and Mr. Hitchcock return this
week.
John Shervald reports the arrlval
of a new janitor for the sunnyside
school, The boy arrived few days
ago.
Mr.. and Mr. G. r. Bach are re-
joicing over the arrival of fine baby
boy, who has q pronounced Norwe-
gian accent and true Sc0th prOclivt
ties.
The Eastern Star dance Friday
night was very largely attended, and
it was one Of the very best Of the
season. An especially fine lunch was
served under the supervision Of Mes.
danes Kermott and Taylor.
Evald Kvam, assistant cashier at
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l hereby announce that my name
will appear as candidate upon the
Republican ballot at the next Pri-
maries for the nomination to the of.
flee of state senator for this district,
and If my ambition meets with your
approval, I promise to serve you faith.
fully and legislate for the masses and
not the classes, and to support true
reform Progressive Republican meas
ures without fear or favor.
JAMES JOHNSON.