Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-22
Huerta Assures Sonora
That Husband Will Not
be Killed; Investigating
Past Administration.
KNOX INSTRUCTS
THE AMBASSADOR
State Department Advises
That Summary Execu--
tion Will Not be Tolerat-
ed; Madero Humane.

m Mexico City, Feb. 21.-Concern over
The actual coming of peace to- the re
public of Mexico today suppianteo
speculation on the fate of Francisco
[. Madero, deposed president Of
Mexico
Dispatches from Chihuahua indlcat
ed General Pascual Orozco would &C
company David de la Fuente, chosen
from the rebel list as cabinet minis
ter to the capital and personally ex
press his allegiance to the new gov
ernment.
No word of agreement has come
from General Genevev de la 0 OF Zap
alta, and disquieting reports that the
governors of four states-Aguas Cal
ientes, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Son
,ora-have openly refused allegiance
have made the situation more complex
Federal forces, it is understand will
be dispatched to these states to check
my rebellious movement
Madero, with Suarez and Cara re.
manned under guard all night. Sonora
Madero who has been her husbands
closest adviser, broke down today un-
der the strain. She has for several
days been. tireless in pleading that her
husband be saved from death and Gen.
Huerta has personally assured her
Madero will not be killed.
Less Danger In Prison.
Solicitude for the personal safety Of
Madero was given by Provisional Pres
ident Huerta to diplomats today as the
reason why the ex-president cannot
be removed from the capital for the
present. President Huerta, recalled to
his visitors the historic attack upon
the train which bore ex-President D1az
to Vera Cruz on his exile to Europe
when Huerta himself was in command
Of the escort
The president added that the investi-
cation of the records Of the Madero
administration was being continued.
Charges which are not altogether
substantiated were made today by the
new authorities, tending to indicate
that the Madero administration in its
extremity was contemplating whole
sale slaughter. More than one alleged
list Of names of those prescribed has
been found
A police officer declares Francisco
Madero personally and verbally gave
him list of forty-three deputies, a
number of senators and all the news
paper men, including correspondents,
with instructions to have them as
sassinated. The police officer said that
since this order was not in writing he
did not feel obliged to carry it out.
Such stories as this have created a
bitter sentiment against Francisco Ma
derc and have caused numner of
men whose names were on the lists to
use their influence to secure summary
punishment for the fallen president.
A committee CT deputies now has
asked that Madero be forced to ac-
count for moneys expended by the ad-
mlnistration. This committee called
on President Huerta this afternoon and
urged that Madero be held account
able for the depleted condition Of the
treasury.
The last details of the organization
Of Mexico's new government were
compl ,ted at o'clock this afternoon,
when the members of President
Huerta's official family took the oath
in the yellow room in the palace, i'm
m ,diately above that occupied by the
deposed president and vice president.
Hear Crowd Cheering Huerta.
Unable to witness the scenes from
their room, Madero and Suarez were
able to hear the plaudits of the
crowds in the streets and in the big
square in front and the bugle calls Of
the united army. Significant Of the
birth of battle of the new administra-
ton was the frank display of soldiers
and the effect on the crowds was not
lost.
It served as a reminder that, even il
It were not military dictatorship
that had been established, the present
administration was, Of much sterner
fibre than that which had just fallen.
General Felix Diaz was among those
IN the yellow room when the ministers
took the oath and heard Huerta pro-
nounce the formal, time-honored
phrase: IF you keep this oath, the
country will reward you; if you do not,
It will call you to an accounting"
General Diaz was present, cstensi-
bly, in no official capacity, but merely
as a private citizen, which he became
many months ago on resigning his
commission as general in the regular
army
iLcdero and Pine Suarez betrayed
on their faces the chagrin and humili-
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