The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-04
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Of Slain MADERO

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was born October Is, 1878, al
the hacienda Del Rosario, near
Parras, in the state of Coahuila
the son of Francisco Indalecia
Madero.
After a short time at a private
school at Parras. he was sent to
Jesuit college at Saltillo, where
he remained until he was IA
years old. The following year he
attended st. Marys school at En-
mettsburg, Nd. When 16 years
old he entered the University of
California to study agriculture.
He studied only one year in the
American university, the entire
Madero family moving to Eur
Ope in 1889 to escape threaten
ed political uprising. Madero
spent six years in France and
took thorough course in the
school of commerce at Paris.
Becomes Planter.
Returning with his family to
Mexico in 1895. he took charge
Of his fathers cotton plantations,
and remained a successful plant.
err until four years ago. In 1902
he married the daughter of a
Mexico City lawyer.
Madero first appeared actively
in politics eight years ago in the
municipal elections at San Ped
70. Coahuila.
He first openly attacked Presi-
dent Porfrio Diaz, in a book,
"The Presidential Succession"
which was published. in 1908.
In 1909 he went to Mexico City
and organized central anti-re.
electionist club, of which he was
elected vice president.
In September of the same year
Madero's anti-Diaz propaganda
bore fruit in the calling Of a gen.
eral convention of the anti.re-
electionists in Mexico City.
MaderO was made the popular
candidate for the presidency,
with DR.. Vasquez Gomez as his
running mate. Then came the
elections of June. 1910.
Arrested by Diaz.
Madero was arrested while
making a speaking tour in Mon
terey on the order Of Diaz, charg-
ed with sedition. He was soon re.
leased, only to be rearrested on
the same charge and taken to
San Luis Potosi After two
weeks in jail he was released on
a $4,000 bond.
He fed to San Antonio, where
he was joined by his family and
his political associates, and thers
formulated plans for an armed
rebellion.
The first uprising resulted on
ly in riots. Undaunted. Madero
gathered about him 200 hardy
ranchmen of northern Chihuahua
at Guadalupe, a border village
near FL Paso, Tex. and this band
swelled to an army.
In the meantime DiaZ had ex-
sled Madero's father and eight
SONS. The family, for the most
part, constituted the revolution
AIRY committee that visited New
York and Washington in Deem
her, 1910, and January. 1911.
Takes Command of Rebels.
The younger Madero mean,
while had slipped back across the
Rio Grande on November 10. and
assumed active command of the
bands of rebels who by this time,
had begun to haraSS the Diaz an
thorities.
Success followed success until
March 6. when the situation in
Mexico City became so acute that
President Taft dispatched an
army of troops to San Antonio to
be in a position to cross the bor-
der
The revolution was ended on
May 9. 1911, when the rebels de-
cisively defeated the federals at
Juarez.
On May % Diaz resigned, and
On May 81 sailed away from Vera
Cruz to European exile.
Madero was elected president
of Mexico and inaugurated on
November 6, 1911.
General Reyes, the defeated
candidate, and Zapata and Orc
eco, rebel leaders, Immediately
started guerrilla campaigns
against Madero.
Revolt at Vera Cruz.
In October, 1912, Colonel Felix
Diaz, nephew of Porfirio Diaz,
appeared in Vera Cruz as the
leader Of new revolt.
He was captured, tried by
court marshal and sentenced to