The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-02-27


their home governments. Attaches OF
the American embassy were among
the first to carry the information to
Ambassador Wilson and Consul Gen.
ersl Shanklin. both of whom we're
supplied by the report and unable at
first to believe 1t.
Immediately following the shooting
OF the two men. soldiers under orders
from ths provisional president. Huer
Ia, began patrolling every street In the
business section. extending their forces
syen into the residence districts. No
foreigners have been molested, but
whenever group OF Mexicans become
demonstrative. soldiers ordered them
F, to dispense. The reign OF martial law
is more complete than it has been at
any time since Huerta's accession 10
the presidency. d.. II.
The official version of the killing of
Madero and Pine Suarez, as issued by
Provisional President Huerta, declares
| that an attempt was made to rescue
1 the prisoners from the soldier guards,
! who we're escorting them from the ma.
tional palace to the penitentiary. ~
President Huertas statement further
declares that when the attempt was
made to rescue Madero and Susrez,
they attempted to escape and we're
killed. The would-be rescuers we're
driver off. ...,
Broken hearted and weeping piteous
| ly, Mrs. Madero. widow OF the muir,
dered ex-president, sought an audi
ence with President Huerta TO request
that the body OF her husband be
turned over TO her. This request wac
refused ..s .-..-..- ..,..-.
President Huerta has announced
that he has ordered rigid inyestiga
| ton of the affair and in the meanwhile
the officers and guards who were in
charge OF the prisoners are held under
arrest. .- ..E .N., 81. .I.a
President Huerta has indicated that
| he will follow the tactics of Porfirio
Diaz, known as the dictator Of the
Mexican republic" during the early
part of his administration, relaxing in
severity as the necessity. passes.
| Huerta Rules With Severity. .,
He is using the utmost severity al
the present moment to terrorize the
malcontents and to secure peace as
early as possible. II is agreed by Of
ficials of the government that such
steps are necessary at present, as the
city is a veritable slumbering volcano
which needs only a,.breath to set 1t in
eruption. ,gl < IT,.
. .. Sketch of Madero. H..
81 Francisco Indelecia Madero was
born October IS, 1878, at the hacienda
del Rosario, near Payra's, in the state
Of Coahuila, the son OF Francisco In
delecia Madero. ast,4 4t..a. .. ..n
He first appeared actively in poll
tics eight years ago in the municipal
elections al San Pedro, Coahuila.
He first openly attacked President
Porfirio Diaz in book. The President
succession" which was published in
1908. H., .sl,... ......,,-., ...... .....,
| In 1909 he went to Mexico City and
loEganized a central aptire-electionisi
club. OF which he was elected vice. pres
ident.
In September OF the same year Ma
deros anti-Diaz propaganda bore fruit
in the calling OF general convention
LOT the anti-re-electionists in Mexico
City. .... .a
r. Madero was made the popular can.
didate for the presidency with Dr. Vas
uuez Gomez as his running mate. Then
came the elections of June. 1910.
..'' Arrested for Sedition.
Madero was arrested while making
a speaking tour in Monterey on the
order OF Diaz. charged with sediiion.
After two weeks in Jail he vas re,
leased on $4,000 bond. T..
He fed TO San Antonio, where he
was joined by his family and his 20
Ilitical associates, and there formulated
plans for an armed rebellion
The first uprising resulted only In
riots. Undaunted, Madero gathered
about him 200 hardy ranchmen OF
northern Chihuahua at Guadalupe, .
border village near EI Paso. Tex, and
this band swelled TO an army.
In the meantime DiaE had exiled Ma
dero's father and eight sons.
The younger Madero meanwhile had
slipped back across the Rio Grande
on November ~ and assumed active
command Of the bands of rebels. who
by this time had begun to harass the
Diaz authorities. tla
Madero Meets With Successes. d
Success followed success until
March s, when the situation in Mexico
City became so acute when Presiden,
TAFT dispatched an army OF troops to
San Antonio to be In a position to
cross the border. .r. ~, =. .f. -..
The revolution was ended on May
2. 1911, when the rebels deeisively de
feated the federsls at Juarez., D. e.
On May % Dias resigned and or
May 81 sailed away from Vera Cruz
to European exile. (. j..
Madero was elected president oil
Mexico and inaugurated on November
6, a911, .-.....t
General Reyes, the defeated candi
date, and zapata and orozco, ebeI
leaders. Immediately started guerrilla
campaigns against Madero.
In October, 1912, Col Felix Diaz
nephew OF Porfirio, appeared in Vera
Cruz as the leader OF new revolt.
He was captured, tried by court.mar.
tial and sentenced to be shot.
.f-r Spares Diaz's Life.