Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Evaristo Madero Here.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 5, 1913:
Cornell Student Comes to Meet Refugees on Their Way from Havana.
    Evaristo Madero, youngest brother but one of the late President Francisco Madero of Mexico, arrived in New York yesterday morning from Ithaca, N. Y., where for four years he has been studying agriculture in Cornell University. He will receive his degree in a few days.
    Madero, who is staying at the Holland House, is here to meet his father, who with other refugees of the Maderist party from Mexico, will arrive from Havana on the steamship Mexico.
    "I think my mother will be with the party also, although I know nothing definite. All I know about my family is what I have read in the papers. There were thirteen of us — nine brothers and four sisters. Now, my oldest brother, Francisco, is dead. The second, Gustavo, is dead. Alfonso, I believe, is in this country. Of the whereabouts of Emilio I have no information; he is probably still in Mexico, if he lives. Gabriel is in this country; Gulio is in Havana. About Raul I do not know. Carlos, the youngest, is at St. John's Military Academy, Delafield. Wis. He is 18 years old.
    "I know nothing about our estates. I do not know if they have been confiscated. I have never been in politics. I intended to go back and devote myself to agriculture. We had large farms, and I wanted to develop them along scientific American lines."
    The sisters are Mercedes, Magdalena, Rafaela, and Angela. Three of them went to Havana, and may be on their way here.

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