The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12

{ the roof of the palace came deluge
Eof machine gun fire. A bullet went
/ through Reyes forehead. Soldiers
fell by scores. But, worst of all, the
onlookers in the park were caught
by the rain of death. They fell in
heaps and mounds, dead and dying,
men, women and children. Like peo-
pie in theatre fire panic, they rushed
from the park, seeking the side
streets, but the bullets moved them
down. Again, in the terrible history
of Mexico, a dynasty was fighting for
its life and what mattered the lives
of thousand or more onlookers? A
thousand of them fell there under the
palms and eucalyptus trees in the
park. Only the dark ages show more
| terrible sights than that And what
is to be said of the hours that fol
lowed on that Sunday morning, when
1.-THE wounded fay screaming in the
sun? When physicians who passed
among them were themselves wound.
Led and killed? Or, Of the next two
| days, when the dead were piled in
mounds and burned after being GOV.
cred with oil? Or, of the third day
when a gas main was punctrSed and
! the escaping gas was lighted and con
verted into a twentieth century funeral
lpyre over which bodies were placed
{, to be consumed by the gas flames
| The fire from the palace drove Diaz
back. Many of his men deserted
\ His band hurried into a side street
where they gathered around their
puzzled leader
! Something is wrong" said Diaz
Those palace soldiers were to have
surrendered What will you dc
now" asked an American friend OF
Diaz. who came hurrying to the spot
I must get away. We must all fy,'
said Diaz. why not go to the arsen
lal?'' suggested the American Diaz's
face lighted. Such move had not
occurred to him. At the arsenal were
] all the elements necessary for fighting
j To the arsenal" he cried out tt
his men. They dashed mile through
the streets on horseback and on foot
At the arsenal, there were only few
soldiers. Four of them were killed
lby Diaz's men, and within few mo
iments Diaz was safe behind the heavy
walls of the great stone building
surrounded by more ammunition, guns
and cannon than he could use. Their
began ten days of fighting, with shells
pff ,,,sk =
Thousands Of citizens locked in theil
Ihomes; with hundreds killed in the
side streets. Don't worry" President
Madero would tell the newspapermer
who, by devious means, found thei1
way to the palace every day. well
whip them soon" But, on the tenth
day, at noon, an astonishing thine
happened. A representative of Gen
/ Victoriano Huerta, Madero's standby
the man on whom the president de-
lpended mostly for safety, marched in
Ito Maderos Office in the palace, and
arrested him. Almost at the same
time, Huerta himself, who had invited
IGustave Madero. brother of the presi
dent to dine with him at a cafe. laid
his hand on Gustaves shoulder and
said, You're under arrest,
The dynasty of Madero had fallen
Huerta's treachery became apparent
ut had been his duty to overcome
Diaz; instead, he had plotted with
Diaz and together they had decided r.
tput the Maderos out OF the way and
take over the government themselves
THE fighting ceased. Huerta was
declared provisional president The
two Maderos were put in jail. The
next day the news went out that Gus.
ltave Madero had been killed. hand
of soldiers had taken him into the
|yard Of the arsenal and had said,