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Takes Command of Rebels.

The younger Madero meanwhile mad
slipped back across the Rio Grande on
November 10, and assumed active COM
mand OF the bands OF rebels who by
this time had begun to harass the Diaz
authorities.
Success followed success until March
8, when the situation in Mexico City be-
"a me so acute that President Taft dis
patched an army OF troops 70 San An
tonic to be in a position to cross the
border.
The revolution was ended on May Q.
1911, when the rebels decisively defeated
the federals at Juarez.
On May % Diaz resigned. and on May
81 sailed away from Vera Cruz to Eu.
ropean exile,
Madero was elected president OF Mcxi-
co and naugurated on November
s, 1911,
General Reyes. the defeated candidate
and Zapata and Orozco. rebel leaders
Immediately started guerrilla campaigns
against Madero
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People Cowed.

So promptly did the Huerta admins
tratlon act that there was little move
ment on tho part of the people following
the double assassination. Thoroughly
cowed by the display of armed force
winch liuerta flung into the streets as
soon as word reached him that the mur-
ders had been accomplished, the people
settled back into a condition of letlla rgy
from which they apparently are unable
to be shaken.
III there was no uprising, however, the
people have found other methods Of ex-
pressing their general sorrow which Is
ielt over the killing Of the two men who
but short time ago were the regularl
CHOSEN heads OF the republic Following
the shooting guard was put around the
spot not far from the penitentiary wall
Where The bodies of Madero and Suarez
fell. Later IN the day this guard was
removed Thereupon came friends OF the
two dead men who reverently took up
clods OF earth which had been soaked
with the life blood OF the two martyrs
Tonight, not far from the spot two
small piles Of stone some twenty feet
apart mark the spot where the two men
1ell, Holes in the penitentiary wall also
snow where some of the bullets lodged
But or the two heaps OF stones, they are
pitiful little monuments which have been
reared to the memory OF the dead by
sympa thizers and from the tip of each
there hickers tonight candles, pla ced
there and lighted by the same synpa-
ihiSers. who In this way are paving the
last rites OF the church to the souls OF
the slain
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-24
STIRRING CAREER
OF SLAIN MADERO

Francisco IndaIecia Madero was born
October Is, 1873. at the hacienda Del
Rosario, near Parras, in the state Of
Coahulla, the son OF Francisco Indalecla
Ma dero
After short time at a private school
at Porras he was sent to a Jesuit coly
lege at Saltillo, where he remained until
he was Il years old. The following year
he attended st Marys school at En-
mettsburg, Md. When Is years old he
entered the University Of California TO
study agriculture, He studied only one
year in the American university. the en-
tire Madero family moving TO Europe in
1889 to escape a. threatened political up
rising Madero spent six years in France
and took g. thorough course in the school
OF commerce at Pa
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Cabinet Summoned.

After the shooting on the road, Com
mandant Cardenas reported to the mill
tary commander who conducted him to
auerta' where he told In person the story
OF the affair. Huerta also summoned
the cabinet and after apprising his min
lsters of the shooting, issued his official
Both president and ministers declare
that they deeply deplore the Shooting
and VIII have 9. full Investigation 10 fix
the responsibility and punish the guilty.
All the members OF the escort are I'M
der arrest pending the result Of the In
quiry.
In his capacity Of minister Of foreign
AFFAIRS, Senor de Ia BarTa has addressed
a note to the diplomatic representatives.
giving the official version of the shooting
and promising a full Investigation.
AL day long and tonight. by reason
OF the repressve measures which have
been adopted. the city has been quiet.
Matinees were given at all the theaters,
the llaSs are flying and one finds IL diff
cult to realize that tragedy which will
thrill the world has so recently been an
acted along the highway Of this civilized
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Fear in All Hearts.

Deep down in the breasts of sIl. how
ever, there is grave apprehensions as to
the future There is no sense Of safety
Men down here no longer have opinions
as to governments or individuals Or
if they do. they do not express them
No one knows who Is to fall next Fol
lowing the statement Of Felix Dlaz Last
night as to the intention Of the Huerta-
Diaz government to put down revolution
with an iron hand, there has come to be
a general understanding that the new
government, while II lasts, will follow
the tactics Of Porfirio Diaz and slay re-
lentlessly all who stand in the way OF
government plans.
From now on Mexico is to be ruled
along the lines OF military administra-
ton, like q subjected nation. Martial
law Will be the rule OF government Mex
leo will be an armed camp. Terror, not
reason, will be the nature OF the appeal
to the people For Illustration. there are
already more military men occupying pub
lie posts in Mexico than at any time
since the days Of Por11rio Diaz, General
Federico CARA Is governor OF the fed
eral district and from Monterey comes
the news that General Geronimo Trevino
has been made governor Of the state OF
Nuevo Leon. succeeding Governor Villa
real. father-in-law OF the slain Gustavo
Madero General Trevino was made gov
ernor by the legislature and the war
department has given him permission to
accept the post.
From Chihuahua news has been re-
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learns from a. reliable source that Tur-
key and the allies are secretly nago-
tiating and that peace Ia likely TO be
concluded the first week In March.
An unccnsorcd dispatch from Constsn-
tnople TO the Daily Mail says that the
correspondent hears that ShulSri Pasha,
the military comma ndant at Adriaponlc
has informed Schefket Pasha the grand
vizer. that he will be unable TO pro-
long the defense of Adrianople beyond
another week and that the grand vizler
replied urging Shukri TO hold out for
hoped peace would be concluded.
The correspondent says the imperial
treasury, including the magnificent Jewels
and the pearl studded throne, has been
secretly removed from the STEAMBOAT pal
ace to Brusa In AsIatlc Turkey.
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Becomes Planter.

Returning with his family TO Mexico
In 1885, he took charge OF mis- father 6
cotton plantations. and remained a sue
cesstul planter until four years ago. In
1902 he married the daughter OF a Mexico
City lawyer.
Madero first appeared actively IN poll
tics eight years ago In the municipal
elections at San Pedro, Coahulla.
He first openly attacked President Por-
flrlo Diaz in a book, "The Presidential
Suggestion which was published in
1905.
In 1909 lie went to Mexico City and
organized central anti-reelectioDist
CLUB, of which ne was elected vice prcsi-
dent.
In September o. the same year Ma
dero's anti-Diaz ropaganda bore fruit In
the calling Of a general convention Of the
In Mexico City.
MAdero was made the popular candi-
date for the presidency, with DR.. Vas
quez Gomez as his running mate. Then
came the elections OF June, 1910
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Arrested by Diaz.

Madero was arrested while making a.
speaking tour In Monterey on the order
OF Diaz, charged with sedlton. He was
soon released, only to be resrrested on
the same charge and taken to San Luis
Potost After two weeks In Jail he was
released on $4,000 bond.
He fled to San Antonio, where he was
Joined by his family and his political
associates, and there formulated plans
for an armed rebellion.
The first uprising resulted only In
riots. Undaunted, Madero gathered
about him 200 hardy ranchmen os north
ern Chihuahua at Guadalupe, border
village near FL Paso. Tex. and this band
swelled to an army
In the meantime Diaz had exiled Ma
dero's father and eight sons The fam
lily, for the most part, constituted the
revolutionary committee that visited
New York and Washington In December,
1910. and January, 1911,
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Silent as to Details.

The rest OF the story Is covered up In
silence so far as the official version goeE.
But within a few minutes aftcrward. the
report OF the killing of the two men be-
came public. Represent Of foreign
governments at once began besieging the
cable Offices to flash the news to their
governments. The tidings OF the tragedy
swept over the city like flre on a prairie.
Huerra at once took steps TO put down
any uprising that might follow public
knowledge OF the deed. Troops OF soldiers
were spread out over the city, patrolling
every street In the business section and
extending their lines even into the resi-
DENTAL quarter.
Huerta sent for the newspaper corre-
spondents at once and through Lieuten-
ant Colonel Mas and, In the presence OF
General Banquet and other officials,
made public the official version OF the
killing. This ceremony was gone through
with IN the green room, Huerta pacing
restlessly up and down, enveloped In a
great military cloak. his eyes covered by
green glasses. Now and then he gave
a curt order to an aide, or exchanged a
word with General Banquet who sat
stolid with folded arms. while the official
report was read
Intense silence peryaded the palace but
through the windows there came a sup
pressed murmur Of voices down in the
street
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Streets Patrolled.

Heavy patrols were sent out tonight
TO guard the streets. The bodies OF Ma
dero and Suarez were still lying in the
mortuary al the pen!tentiaTy at .
o'clock.
Notwithstanding the apparent air OF
calm. a tenseness prevailed as though
the people Of the capital were on the
watch for further grave happenings, AS
spread quickly throughout the city this
evening that Sonora Madero had COM
mitted suicide. This was followed by Il
rumor that General Felix Dlaz had been
shot
Investigation showed that there was no
foundation for either report
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Officers Shaned.

Cowed and shamed. they stood before
the enraged woman. No effort was made
to remove her. No attempt was made
oven to silence her.
Why could you not let him live2"
cried Senorita Madero. 'You s~ore al
legiance to him. You called him friend.
And you have murdered him"
Her words echoed along the marble
corridors. They must even have pene-
trated outside tho walls 20 where the
crowd was standing silently paying trlb-
ute to the dead Drawing the two Wild
ows to her side with an arm about EACH
Mercedes Madero fixed her piercing eyes
upon the group OF officers who huddled
against the opposite wall.
"See your work. she cried finally
Mexican gentlemen and soldiers who
make widows to satisfy their thirst for
bloodr'
The arrival OF the Spanish minister and
the Japanese charge d'affaires put an
end to the dramatic scene. The three
women were led tend erly away,
While the autopsy was in progress the
officers explained to the diplomats it.
would be impossible for any ono TO see
the dead. Later they said the request of
the two widows would be compiled with,
1t seems that this simple request is
really TO be complied with. provided the
funeral which is given to the slain Of
fcials be unostentatious and not calcu-
lated 10 stir UP fresh trouble for the die
tAtorshjp.
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On the Defensive.

An upcensored dispatch from Con.
stantipople received here brings the
interesting news that the porte has
abandoned the idea of making an of
fensive or thanking movement and viii
confDe the operations of its troops to
defending the Tehatalja and Bulsir
lines, hoping that time will operate in
Turkeys favor either by bringing
about complications in Europe or the
exhaustion of the allies.
At the same time the dispatch says
Turkey, By making small concessions
concerning Adrianople, will endeavor
TO persuade the powers and the allies
of the advantages Of an early peace.
The porte claims that Adrianoplo will
be able to resist another three weeks
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-24
Fruitless Mission.

LONDON, Feb. 23.-The mission to
London of Hakki Pasba, the Turkish
ex.grand vizicr, thus far has had DO
definite result and the position be-
tween Turkey and the Balkan allies
remains unchanged.
Vague rumors are in circulation
here of an important battle at Bulalr,
but Sofa is silent regarding it and, ac-
cordine TO su official statement issued
in Constontinoplc tonight, nothing inn
portant has happened either at Bulalr,
Adrianople or along the TchatalJa
lines.
Bulgaria has refused TO consent 10
the formation of a neutral zone at
Adrianople. Therefore the consuls and
foreigners must remain inside the city
unless the porte rcconsidcrs its re-
fusal TO permit them to pass the Turk.
jeh lines
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Ordered Out of Car.

What happened is known only to the
men who were acting under instructions
from the Diaz- Huerta junts. II is de-
clared that shots were fired upon the
escort from the cover Of the darkness.
Tho rurales closed In and. strangely
make full speed to the penitentiary,
which was now but a short distance
away. they ordered the prisoners out OF
the car.
1t Is probable that II was at this stage
that the doctrine OF ley fuego' was put
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TURKISH ARMY
STILL ABLE To
HOLD ITS OWN
Bulgars Entrench Themselves
in Front of Ottoman Lines
at Bulair, With No lnten-
ton to Take Offensive.
ENVER BEY LANDS
10000 SOLDIERS
Moslems Expect the Balkan
States to Exhaust Them
selves, and That Powers
Will Intervene.

r ONDON, Feb. 2s.-Ihe Daily
Telegraph's Is correspondent, who
has just spent a week IN the
DardaneIles district, telegraphs
by way of Constanza that there has
been no lighting at Gallipoli. He says
that the Turks hold the Bulair lines IN
rreat strength and that, according to
most reliable information, the Bul-
garians have entrenched themselves III
front Of the Turkish positions and aP-
pear to have no present intention OF
taking the offensive.
According to tho correspondent
nearly 10000 splendid Turkish troops
have been landed in the Dardanelles
region from Enver Bey's armada.
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Francisco I. Madero, VINO is a student at
St. Johns military academy. thus eX-
pressed his resignation TO the fate o. The
late former president OF the Mexican re-
public.
Since the outbreak Of the revolution
two weeks ago. the youth has been hop
Ing against hope that all members OF MS
family might escape to Europe, but he at
all times has been prepared to hear the
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OTHER CRIMES EXPECTED
BY THE MEXICAN PEOPLE
CONTINUED OIL Page Two.)

into operation. The prisoners were or
dered from the car 10 give them the
down.
Thirty OF tine guards, II is declared,
surrounded the prisoners, while tho re-
mainder disposed themselves TO resist an
attack About fifty men. stu quoting
the offivial verson-some afoot and
some mounted-threw themselves on tho
exchange OF shots lasted twenty minutes,
when the attacking party fled
Then tho bodies of Madero and Suare1
were found stretched out upon the
ground dead, Madero with single
bullet hole through his brain; Suarez nd
died with the shots Of his countrymen.
There is a statement that two OF the
attacking mob were killed. But no one
has seen their bodies. IL this be true,
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Vengeance Threatened.

MATAMORAS. Mex, Feb. 93,-News OF
the killing OF Madero and Suareg caused
intense excitement in Matamoras and
other cities and towns OF this part OF
Mexico.
In. Monterey, the home of the Maderos.
il is said an uprising Is threatened 10
nNcnyc lnelr fIra ins
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Turner in Prison.

MEXICO CITY. Feb. a3,-John Ken
meth Turner. a writer, has been impris-
oned ny order OF General Uiaz. ifc is
the author OF several Mexican political
stories. Recently he wrote an article crit
icising Da2 and lSmba Ssador Wilson for
his detention in the arsenal. from which
he was released a few flaNs aso
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Hakki Accepts Note.

LONDON, Feb. ga dispatch to the
Daily Mall from Sofia says that Haiku
Pasha has accented the note Of the
powers advising Turkey TO cede Adrian
ople and leave the fate OF the Aegean
islands TO the powers. and has expressed
a wish to be informed OF the peace con-
ditions Of the allies
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Neuvo Laredo Quiet.

NUEEO LAREDO, Mexico. Feb. 2?.--
News of the killing or Francisco Madero
and Pine Suarez in the City OF Mexico
created considerable excitement here TO-
day. Little comment was made In revo-
lutionory circles.
Everything Is 0uje, mere tonight
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of Mexico. II this will unite the differ
ent factions in that country.
Senior Aldape arrived at hts home here
last night. With David do Ia Fuente and
Vasquez Gomez In the Hucrta cabinet he
thinks the ''Vasauistas" will be satisfied
and Will work with the new government
TO reunite tho country.
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The Kidneys and the SKIN.

In the spring the kidneys nave ,oI1 -
they will not do it well, and ne (
will be pimply or blotehy' a,ds Ids'
telling the story in few woiu0'
Hood $ Sarsaparilla strengtnenSi 5
stimulates the kidneys, cures n sIn "a 4
vents pimplcs, blotches and ai =
neous eruptions.
Don t fail to take 1t, <Aavarii|
Buy bottle today tAo''
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The following theatc- notices Z
marked advertisement" in order
comply with strict interpretation
the new federal newspaper Law.
no sense are they paid advera1
ments. They are items Furnished
the press agents Of the vaS1o
theaters. +
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-24
Young Brother Talks.

DELAFIELD. Wis. Feb. 23.--~Hsd my
brother been given his chance he would
have preferred death TO confinement
within the walls of the Mexico City PEN
itentiary. know and nay brother knew
there are worse things than death" =
Carlos Madero, 1S-year-old brother OF
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Somerfeld Not Captured.

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 2$.-FeliX Som
erfeld, a German, chief OF Madcros Sc
cret service. who according TO some re-
captured Els whereabouts are known
70 his friends. who gay that he ia safe
for the present at least.
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ADJUSTMENTS


SALT LAKE TIIEATER-David
Warfeid In "Thc Return of Peter
Grimm three nights, beginning
tonight. with Wednesday matinee.
UM-Vaudeyllie, with Tho
Eternal Waltz" as the feature. Per-
formances every afternoon ana
evening.
COLONLAL-WIilam j. Kelly and
Edith Lyle in Beverly of Craus-
tsrk," all the week. Matinces
Thursday and Saturday.
PRESS-YaudeVile. Performance
every afternoon and two perform
ances al night.
GARRfCk-The new stock company
IN ''Siaves OF the Orient" all the
week,
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Aldape for Peace.

Manuel Cara Aldape. minister of agr-
culture In the Huerta cabinet. said to-
day he would agree to re3ign in favor
proclaimed himself provisional president
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-24
Madero Family Penniless.

The Madero family Is unable to fur
n!sh clothing for the burial Of the dead
president, as all the household effects OF
which burned the Madero residence. The
family stated tonight that they were alb
solutely pennlless, the president not
having been paid for the past ten days.
The father of Francisco Madero and
Rafael Hernandez. former minister OF the
interior, and other friends, had also made
efforts 10 secure the bodies, and the AID
voked The latter. It is understood, has
secured the promise of Foreign Minister
De la Barra that the bodies will be de-
livered to their families after the ex-
element of the assassInations has some
what subsidcd.
AS yet the actual details OF the slaughter
are meager. II is known that the trag-
edy occurred shortly after midnight OF
this morning. The two deposed officials
had been prisoners in the national palace
since their arrest Oh ThursdaY last.
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Bulgaria Delays.

SOFIA, Bulgaria. Feb. 23.-The rep,
resentatives of the powers strongly
urged Premier Guchkoff today to sub
nit the boundary dispute between
Bulgaria and Rumau MIA to the six great
powers for settlement. The premier
promised TO summon the council Of
ministers aud give the diplomats an
early answer,
BUCHAREST. Rumania, Feb ga
The cabinet accepted today the offer
of the powers to mediate iu the from
tier dispute between Rumauia and
Bulgaria. The only member Of the
cabinet to dissent was the minister of
agriculture. who left the council
chamber With the declaration that he
had decided 20 resign owing TO the
lack OF energy displayed in the gov.
ernment's policy,
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ing between the two women whose hus"
bands had been slaughtered, she faced
the officials who barred the way to the
mortuary To say:
"Cowards Assassinsr' she cried, her
shrleks ringing through the prison.
The officers before her stared impas.
sively. Several of them had faced her
before-but under such entirely different
and happy, she had extended TO them a
welcoming hand as hostess In her broth
ey's drawing room. They nurmured
something about duty.
YOU" she flashed back scornfully.
The men who fired or a defenseless
man You and your supporting officers
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ceived that General Antonio Rabego
probably will be governor Of that state,
succeeding -Abrah ham Gonzales, an ardent
Maderista who was arrested last night.
Gonzales was formerly minister OF war,
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Significant Point.

1t is 8 point to be borne In mind
that the official statement was Issued
twelve hours before the shooting that
Modero and Suarez had actually been re-
moved from the palace and were safely
located in the penitentiary. There Is an
especial significance to this, consid ering
what happened later and In view Of the
official explanations which have been
given out
Shortly before midnight on Saturday
the two prisoners were placed in an au-
tomobile, which was accompanied by an
other car and escorted by 100 rurales up-
der the orders of Comma ndant Francisco
Cardcnas and Colonel Rafael Piaiento,
Il was q beautiful moonlight night
and not the kind OF night. II may be
pointed out, that would be selected for
a rescue expedition which would require
darkness for its successful accomplish
ment Orders were given TO the men in
charge OF the automobiles TO move slow
ly so as not 70 outdistance the escort.
The party moved along slowly and oau-
uously no incident occurred II Is ex-
plalned, until the party reached point
near the pcnitentiary. Here there is an
open space and, according to the Off
cIal version the attention OF the guard
was there attracted TO a group of per-
SONG who were following the party.