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' * VOL. 8, NO. 41, SEMI151 .* TRAGIC SEQUl ^ ? Brother of Deposed Preside Subjected to Notorious "Fu itive Law" and Running F His Life, Falls Dead Und Shower of Bullets From Rel nnorila Mexico City, Feb. 19.?Gi tavo Madero, brother of Fra cisco I. Madero, the depos President of Mexico, was e> cuted here today as a sequel the upheaval here yesterdi when the Madero administr tion was turned out by tl commanders of the Mexico federal army. The former President and h brother, Gustavo, were sent th morning as prisoners to tl arsenal from which Gen. Fel Diaz, the rebel commander, hi bombarded the city for 10 da> Soon after their arrival the Gustavo Madero was subject a to the notorious "fugitive law by which he was free to run u der the rifle fire of his guarc tlo *\r?ll J 1 U..11-J nv, icii ucau unuci lllCIl UUlllil FATE OF MADERO UN KNOWN. Nothing is as yet known co cerning the fate that awai former President Madero ai his cabinet. Ugly reprisals a feared because of the finding a list of "those who ought die" among the official doc ments of the Madero gover ment. Francisco I. Madero, the d posed President, was taken u der a heavy guard from the n tional palace and lodged in tl arsenal. There he was a pri oner of General Diaz in the vei place which for over a week 1 had caused to be battered wii cannon in his efforts to su jugate the rebel army. Had Francisco Madero su ceeded in defeating Diaz the seems little doubt that bloo< reprisals would have been mad "Those who should die" is tl caption on an official Maderi document found last night, the list of proscribed, there a 22 names of prominent men, i eluding Francisco De la Barr Jesus Flores Magon, Manu Calero, Alberta Gercia Gran , dos and Dr. Vasquez Gomez. For some days De la Bari believed he was in danger < assassination and he thereto: ma in tne .British legatio where he heard that numeroi hreats had been made to ca ture him. Mexico City, Feb. 19.?Ge Victoriano Huerta was elect* provisional President by Coi gress at special session tonigh CABINET TO DECIDE THE FATE OF MADER Deposed President Being Hel J Prisoner of Huerta?State < Dejection. Mexico City, Feb. 20.?TY fate of Francosco I. Madero to be held in the hands of tY cabinet and probably will be d< cided tonight. Ex-Presider Madero tonight is the person; prisoner of General Huerta, wh refuses to accept responsibilit ~ u-i: ? ?? pp, 1U1 II1W UlSpUHlHUIl. General Huerta was on th point of allowing Madero an Jose Pino Suarez to leave th country today. He was, hov ever, counselled against this t< day by close friends who cor sidered that Madero might us his freedom to formulate nf plots. The provisional President <i< clared he would place the cas of Madero before the cabint ministers immediately afte they were sworn into office. Indications also pointed t _ _ ^ % WEEKLY. k :UTED BY DIAZ; si EL TO UPHEAVAL U| nt the delegation of a lunacy committee to examine Madero and K" solve the problem as to his final i or disposition. + er Senora Madero and the other n women related to the ex-Presi- Ur >el dent, spent the forenoon in wor- be] ried speculation. They were Go mystified and deeply appre- de, ls" hensive on account of General :nc n- Huerta's refusal last night to " ed permit the departure of Madero ya ;e_ and Suarez after all had been aPl f prepared lor their exile. ' sei The anxiety of the women E?' ^ was not relieved until shortly si? a- before noon, when they were in- be he formed of the state, of affairs. th< an In the meantime Madero and 1 Suarez were confined in rooms ec* which had been assigned to m 113 them in the national palace, and tee lis from which the guards never Co he were absent. th< xx They were in a state of deep of dejection as they had been in- sai a formed of Gustavo Madero's rs- death and were deeply concern- K? re ed as to their own fate. aPl ed Brother at Cornell Hears News r#" of Madero's Death. n. Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 19.? m(j js Evaristo Madero, brother of the former President Madero. anH "B- of Gustavo Madero, collapsed when he was shown a dispatch today telling of his brother'a- ^ 1 n_ execution. He retired to his ^ f, room in the Spanish-American h ' Club at Cornell University and rp^ 1(1 for some time would hot admit re his friends. Only a few days of ago he received a reassuring ' ! cablegram from his sister-inlaw, the wife of Gustavo Ma- , dero. He could not believe ton" day's news at first, he said. Madero graduated from the ~ e- Cornell State College of Agrin culture this week and wiil leave I a_ at once to join his sister-in-law, who is in Monterey. is- SOUTH CAROLINIAN ry TAKES HIS OWN LIFE of L _ " I J. Stokes Izlar Commits Suicide in Savannah. b- Savannah Special to Columbia State, Feb. 19: J .. Stokes j^0 c_ Izlar, 27 years old, a native of ^K re South Carolina, committed sui- sa, jy cide this afternoon at Braid & OV( [g Hutton's printing establish- cm ment, where he was .employed spj t alT press foreman, by shooting ' |n himself through the head. The jull re young man had been ill recent- a)t n_ ly, and is said to have been des- ref lft pondent. There were no ftpan- j)u1 ' j cial or other known troubles. . __ Izlar died instantlv from tho *>f_ _ ? " ? * "' OUs fects of the shot, which pene- Pj ra trated the brain. E. D. Izlar, a ^ brother, took charge of the remains. Izlar is survived by his an( mother, brother and one sister ' ' in Savannah, and three sisters J Jf in South Carolina?Mrs. H. Schumhoft of Rowesville; Mrs. f , A. G. Hart of Hartsville and f' Mrs. Nellie McTier of Hardee; ville. He came to Savannah ^ from Orangeburg. dur Eight Tons of Mail Shipped. ma San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 20.? 1 More than eight tons of mail, ^ destined to Mexico, was shipped P01 . from the San Antonio postoffice ^()l v. to New Orleans, where it will be the } reshipped to Havana and there san taken aboard a vessel bound for ()V(> !e Vera Cruz. The mail has accumulated the IC cinno f -? * 1 a...vb mini tsci vice on me direct ^ev B" line from Laredo to Mexico City son was discontinued. Until train f?r service is restored all mail from no" 10 the United States will be dis- C y patched via New Orleans and Ao? Vera Cruz. le sooi d Southern Society Dinner. acti le New York, Feb. 20.?Seven- E 1- teen states were represented disc > among more than 1,000 persons had 1-1 who attended a dinner of the ;e Southern Society here tonight, w celebrating Washington's birth- C clay. Stockton Axson, profes- Gov > sor of English at Princeton and the e brother of Mrs. Woodrow Wil- drvc t son, made the principal address, tive r Miss Jessie Wilson, daughter thai of the President-elect, was a vorc o guest. da ? ? LANCASTER, S. C., FR1 '.NATE REFUSES TO '? CONFIRM HOUSEAL >per House Blocks Governor's S? Attempt to Oust Dr. Babcock ?Hot Debate Precedes Vote. Columbia Special to Charlesi News and Courier, Feb. 20: "I '. W. Gust A VP Hftlispol nf WflMT '? nothing to say. da; . i of d For Divorce Seekers Now. ] arson City, Nev., Feb. 20.? we ernor Oddie today signed Barnes amendment to the >rce law. It became efTec- as* January 1, 1914. After cat t date an applicant for di- see !C must have lived in Neva- drc i year instead of six months, ed. w ? I .. VJL Aivnr- III rry was tonight appointed by w; vernor Blease as superinten- de nt of the state hospital for the a lane, succeeding Dr. J. W. ^h bcock, the incumbent. The sf SI] pointment was sent to the " late, and by request of the vernor, was read in open ses- . n. An executive session will held by the senate to pass on i appointment. Governor Blease had expectDr. Houseal to be elected a ?r ;mber of the board of trus- g ;s of the Charleston Medical P1 liege and said that he gave ; position of superintendent se the state hospital for the in- Pr ie to Dr. Houseal to show lat he thought of him, the vernor being very much dis- H1, pointed over the failure of j general assembly to elect . Houseal as a trustee of the tdical college. Dr. Houseal is a resident of twberry and the personal ysician of the governor. Dr. Babcock was appointed perintendent of the asylum s? r.nvpmni- 1 S1' v.ovi A Jiuiiaii ViUIlIlj; I1IH *t term in the early 90s and s held the position ever since. x c e constitution gives the gov- ? lor the right to appoint the perintendent and board of jents of the state hospital for i insane. The naming of Dr. Houseal to ^ :ceed Dr. Babcock came as a ^ ?at surprise to the general as- j nbly and to people generally, ^ i causedf much discussion. S( The reason for the appointint is attributed to the fail L iL- * * Sl p ui me general assembly to I iV frie Dr. Houseal as a trustee the medical college. N EXECUTIVE SESSION. \\ rhe senate went into execu- re e session at once to consider S< i appointment of Dr. W. G. ? useaV. as superintendent of m i state hospital for the in- ? le. A hot debate took place to jr the matter, and during the th irse of the discussion the 01 endid work which Dr. Bab- ar k has done for the state asy- be n was lauded by member ev er member. Dr. Houseal was erred to in highest terms, A ; the senate did not approve the governor's attempted (ting of Dr. Babcock. Gi The statements that the contution requires that the ird of regents of the asylum 1 the superintendent be ap- St ntert with the advice and | br isent of the senate; that the m istitution forbids the holding w< iiny office for life, except that loi notary public, and, that the ha >ointment of Dr. Houseal lo< 3 illegal, were brought out ing the threshing out of the tic tter. fa \y a vote of 37 to 3 the sen- A. refused to confirm the ap- co ntment of Dr. W. Gustaveca Liseal to be superintendent of a state hospital for the in- wc e, and Dr. Babcock will hold th r. The vote came after midlit; and before it was taken Le governor was scored by we eral for his action. The rea- ag assigned by the governor sh his action was severely de- en, need. iovernor Blease was on the Su r of the senate when his isage first came in. but left ! n afterward. His sudden Sti on caused a sensation. mi >r. ,1. VV. Babcock would not Mi aiss the matter and said hf wo DAY, FFBRUAttY [ONESTY NEED F FEAR, SAYS WI1 iven Anti-Trust Measi New Jersey Signed Indent-Elect Wilson, Trenton, N. J., Feb. Jonest business and en have nothing to fear as the assurance which snt-elect Wlison gave tc lengthy statement exp le enactment into law ven anti-trust bills, wV gned yesterday. "Those who would eng ie heartless practices o g rivals and filching fr< lople more than they asonably to demand,' ie governor, "are the tes who will have cause et the enactment of easures. I predict th ;r them the people of N< y will enter upon a new osperity. I congratuk gislature and the peo] leir passage. These ark a new era in nnr hi e." PRAY FOR WILSO )uthern Presbyterian L Send Telegram to Pre Elect. Memphis, Feb. 19.?1 ssions of the laymen' onary movement of the n Presbyterian Church sntion here were devc mg services, scriptura gs and addresses by ;nt divines and laymer any sectibns of the Soi Prominent among the s on the program were L. Morris, D. D., ex< icretary hortte missior nta, Ga.; W. F. Step! heraw, S. C.; Marion M >n, Atlanta, Ga.* and Jos cAlee, secreta home ons Presbyterian Chui A TV. The following tetegra dered sent to Preside! roodrovv Wilson : "\tye, sentatives of the mep juthern Presbyterian ( -the church of your f inistry and your own fir -in convention assemble* > assure you of our j lat, as the cfyief execu ir nation, your faith ff id that your adminis i directed and approv ery step hv God Himse DDITION TO EUREKA 1 round Broken For E\1 of Weave Room of Fact Chester. Chester Special to Co ate. Feb. 20.?Dirt ha oken at the Eureka ills for an addition t lave room. It will be V. rig and 40 feet wide, ai ive 2,500 spindles am )ms. The machinery for th in has been ordered an< ct already on the groin Jones of Charlotte h; ntract. and as soon as t vations have been con force of hands will beg irk of pushing it i rough. The Eureka is owned 1 roy Springs of Lancast is enlarged only a year o. This second enlarg ows the prosoeritv tha joying. mter Boy Drowned in Filled Hole. Sumter Special to Col ite, Feb. 10.?Neill ck, the S-year-year s< . and Mrs. C. E. McCo s drowned about 2 o'ch y at a water hole at tin the Sumter brick work He ar. i . :ot her little re playing1 it. the hole i\ u?l?uu iivi-r inn Ton ui. Die other little boy r: '.stance, but when th< be the boy was not t \i. After three houi ifttfintf the body was re \ L ? - ?ranvi \ 21,1913. IOT ! UPPER HOUSE MAY FIFT1 ? i 11 mm LSON PROLONG SESSION HO ares of Lower Branch, However, is Tokio Presi- Prepared to Quit at End of Blaze Present Week?Situation Al- vatio 20. most Unprecedented. Millie honest Columbia Special to Charles- Tokic This ton News and Courier, Feb. 20: persons Presi- An extraordinary and unusual a ^ in condition has arisen in the leg- .. E'" islative session of 1913. It is U!e ceIr almost unprecedented for the ?f Toki lich he bouse to be through with its started business and ready to adjourn hall. J and to be in waiting upon the flames 111 p]pjj anro r\f 1 - m1 np I nuin s vrx *<??? senate. ^ in<r 331 f ruin- usual custom is for the senate ,g eg^r om the to mark time while the house is ought doing the talking. The s.tua- yi^ ' said tion Seems to be reversed this I ere g( > only year and the senate is doing the the ? to>re- taking while the I10"3? a numb these marking time. This is largely tiong iat un- accounted for by the curious tQ aggi, ;w Jer- condition that exists in the were ali era of house side independent ot the | , , ite the I -- 1 , ucsire to go nome. The senate wincv-nr i. ?,n 's? 011 account of its being a . *}or laws smaner and longer termed body, usiness niore emphatic in its positions. t f ( On the house side the desire has f-f, f been to maintain the era of V 1 sweetness and serenity and to damage ,aymen av?!d Possible jars. T0 EN sident' house some days ago continued its second reading bills Annual , , and is absolutely ready to ad- Aik lo y s journ by the end of the present AiWpt c? week. Of course, there can be of.,*,, boutn- no adjournment until the genfj0'1" eral appropriation bill has been >ted to acted upon xhis bm has been jeaerac. 1 read- under serious consideration +u- ' ."from duri"K the Prea?nt week by the met fe. fy. senate committee on finance, ^he ? Jl"- . and that committee is taking u.,c speak- ^jme jn giving a careful and de- rpnnion : R?v" tailed study to the bill as it lr \uT, ??twe passed the house. tended l en son, WILL IT? cil, th Jack- The undertanding is that the who, wi *eph E. report from the finance com- to have ; mis- rnittee will not be submitted year in rch, U. until some time tomorrow. Of cepted course, in that event, the senate No d m was could pasbvthe appropriation bill been ar It-elect ^ if were" ?o inclined Friday eral Te; as rep- night or Saturday, but if it did at pre of the so it would have to do as the howevei Dhurch house has done and clear its ing th ather's deck of other mattehLlso as to musical st love give way to the apprbpfiation veteran; i, wish bill, and this does not seem to ball will irayers be the desire on the part of the Veteran tive of senate. maids < lil not, The understanding is that compan tration there is every prospect of the the sei ed at senate leaving the general ap- those v< If." propriation bill over so that ticipate there will have to be a lapse in- General to next wppk tinrl +V>o+ mno-P u vnai> in?J ?II- " V TC " MILLS volve a recess until some time iat tae next week. where t ension ACTION ON VETOES. union v lor\ at The governor's vetoes con- Recordsumed most of the time today R< lumbia until the joint session, at which , ,.ar lr, s been time the election for eight trus- iev 0( cotton tees of the medical college was c.a 1^0f ? ? held. The vetoes of the gover- (r, ,a/. 25 feet nor have already become quite va,(lu i Yaa ' numerous and are going into A1^1e 4 ] 1 100 what members call purely local oowfi rf ^AA. matter. o24,bl5 1 ^ The multiplicity of vetoes is ~ j certainly indicative of the fact at 11:01 ' tu * ! that Governor Blease is reading row mo h0 o c Pretty much everything that is ]] inleted beinK Passe(1 by the general as- The f in the semb^- compuls apidly NIGHT SESSION OF HOUSE, renewed At the night session of the ing by >y Col. house the motion of Mr. Epps to measure er and recommit the senate bill, intro- order f< or two duced by Senator Hardin, to right of ement allow the division of marriage The Oc< t it is license fees between the judges low sala of probate and clerks of court ers and of certain counties was put and edying 1 Rain- passed by a vote of 78 to 27; so compuls the fee will be applied to the made a umbia school fund of counties as here- bill. lcCor- tofore. Senab in of The bill to provide for the the bill rmick, transfer of the state hospital i mill in >ck to- J tor the insane to the state park j wanted 2 yard site was passed to third reading, ure whi( s. Mr. Dick and Mr. Nicholson the bill - boy fought vigorously for the bill; hut enoi tnd he Mr. Irby and Mr. W. A. James ed to pr< opposed its passage. By a vote The in for of 78 to 21 the house passed it not yet 2 men to third reading. of the g< o be The house passed to third and th< s of reading the joint resolution to that the cover- continue the state hospital com- have to mission. The house adjourned finish it ? i 5. ???? ''I II $1.50 PER YEAR. :EN THOUSAND MELESS BY FIRE / Swept by Destructive ) Which Started in Saln Army Hall?Loss a >n Yen. ), Feb. 20.?Over 15,000 were denrived of Vmmoa 4 a*Vtl?VO re that swept through ter of the Kanda district io yesterday. The fire in the Salvation A*my V high wind fanned the and they spread rapidly treet to street, destroy00 buildings. The loss nated at several million lg the buildings burned ;veral churches, inculdBaptist Tabernacle and er of educational instituTroops were called out ?t the firemen but they most helpless against the iven flames. Many of neless were sheltered toKudan park, official report of the fire that two persons were ind 100 injured. The amounts to $2,500,000. TERTAIN VETERANS. Reunion Will be Held in :en April 23 and 24. 1 Special to Columbia Feb. 20: The South a division. United Con2 Veterans, will hold nnual reunion in Aiken ar, and Gen. B. Hamigue, who is at the head South Carolina veterans, April 23 and 24 as the dates. The invitation veterans was recently exby the Aiken city counrough General Teague, slfnniinn' >" ? * " A? >..w.uiug nil uppUXLUIlliy i the veterans meet this his home town, has acthe invitation, efinite program has yet ranged, although Genague is at work on this sent. He announces, r, that on the first evenere will be arranged a entertainment for the s and visitors; the usual 1 be given by the Sons of is to the sponsors and )f honor and ladies acying the veterans, on cond evening, and for eterans who do not parin these festivities, Teague hopes to artheatrical nprfwmonna 4.VA <11U1AVU new Thestone theater, he sessions of the refill be held. Breaking Cargo of Corn* nore, Feb. 20.?What is I to be a record-breaking f corn taken out of an : port, is in the steamer i, which sailed from or Amsterdam today, re stowed in the vessel bushels. 5 until 10 o'clock tomorrning. N THE SENATE. ight on the local option w ory education bill was . I in the senate this morn-' Senator Verner, this ' being made a special >r today and will have way until disposed of. mee senator scored the ry paid to school teachsaid this needed rembefore attempting any t( ( iiuuuioil 1H\V. i lC strong onslaught on the sr Mars, in charge of to abolish the hosiery the state penitentiary, to substitute the meas n passed the house for on the senate calendar, igh opposition developsvont this. finance committee has finished consideration eneral appropriation bill ire is small doubt but general assembly will come back next week to s work. j