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VOL.. XLVI.-SO. 14,191. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GLOOM REPLACES GAIETY IN MADRID FestivitiesContinuebut With No Zest. SUSPECTED ASSASSIN FOUND Englishman Named Hamilton Held in Prison. SPANISH PARTNER MISSING King and Queen .show Confidence by Riding Through City Movements of Bomb - Throwers Blood Stains Queen's Dress. MADRID, June 1. The nervous tension of the populace of Madrid has been wrought up to the highest pitch by the terrible events of King Alfonso's wed ding day. The. period of the wedding fetes, while, still officially proceeding, Is filled with sinister forebodings. The King and Queen sought to reassure the public by appearing today In an open au tomobile unattended by a military guard. The King and Queen had the outward appearance of serenity. They were wildly acclaimed as they passed through the Puerta. del Sol, but this was another in vitation to some miscreants to scatter death and destruction. Illuminations Can't Dispel Gloom. Tonight the heavens are red with illu minations from the Segovia bridge to the Atooha walk, and from the palace the royal family and their guests watched the lurid play of rockets and roman candles, but the brightness falls to scatter the gloom that has fallen upon the commu nity and seems but a reminder of the ter rible events of the wedding day. Lines of cavalry guard the entrance to the royal psiace. Lights sparkle In many windows of'tUn paYaie. but the vastness of the structure gave a sombreness correspond ing with the prevailing foeJIng of awe. Will Continue Festivities. King Alfonso wishes to postpone the royal ball set for tomorrow night, but the Ministers are seeking to persuade him, that the programme should be carried out. The ministry probably will prevail, and every effort will bo made to efface by tlie splendid spectacle of tomorrow's roy al bullfight and the wedding ball the memory of the tragedy following so close upon the nuptials. Suspected Assassin Caught. The police today arrested an elegantly dreswed Englishman as he was boarding a train as the person nearest to fitting the description of the author of the out rage, but a lengthy Interrogation- of tills prisoner in the presence of the .proprietor of the chamber from which the attempt was made gave no satisfactory results. A member of the civil guard this after noon recognized Hamilton as a companion of Manuel Morales on the balcony from which the bomb was thrown at the royal carriage. The two men also were seen together at Barcelona. Funerals of the Dead. The funerals of eight officers and men. the Marquis of Tolosa and her daughter and the Countess of Orderes took plnce in the presence of a vast concourse. At the cemetery military honors were rendered. The King and the government were rep resented. Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, husband of the Infanta Maria Teresa, visited the hos pital this afternoon on behalf of Queen Victoria. He talked with the wounded and eent a royal chaplain to comfort and aid them. He also viewed the body of Lieutenant Prendergast. the sight of which moved him profoundly. Today's programme of receptions and banquets at the palace was carried out, but the spirit of gaiety which should have marked the occasion 'was absent. By di rection of the Ministry, no flowers were received at the palace today, in conse quence of the danger of missiles being concealed in bouquets. Will Suppress Anarchists. The Ministry is considering stringent measures for the suppression of anarch ism, and bills will bo presented in. the Cortes to stamp out the movement. Ar rests are being made of all anarchists without regard to their whereabouts at the time of the bomb explosion yesterday, and each suspect is required to establish his Innocence of connection with the out rage. Several men who were arrested near the scene of the bomb explosion were taken to the municipal laboratory and ex amined. Slight Thing Causes Panic,. The bursting of an automobile tire to day In the Puerta del Sol caused a panic which threatened to be serious. The nerves of the people are so tense that the explosion of the tire was believed to be another outrage. There was a mad rush. In which women were knocked down and trampled under foot and cafes were Invaded and damaged. Order was restored with difficulty. Count Romanes, Minister of the Inte rior, says the attempt on the lives of the King and Queen may be definitely as cribed to anarchy, both in Us preparation and execution. Ab examination of the royal coach shows It to be badly scarred and dam aged. The lamps were shattered. ASSASSIX EVIDENTLY NOVICE Articles Left In Room Show This. ot Known as Anarchist. MADRID, June 1 At the time he threw the bomb the author of the outrage evidently suffered some injury or burn, as one of the garments he left behind showed bloodstains. Hamilton was arrested, it now ap pears, as he was on the point of taking a train leaving Madrid. He was said to have arrived here from Cata lonia, the hotbed of agitators, and, to have first gone to . Calle Arsenal, on the route of the wedding procession, where he engaged a room but, falling to secure a front balcony, gave up his room and went to Calle Mayor, where he offered to pay any price for a balcony. They were all occupied, but a Catalo nlan artist was Induced by the offer of a large sum of money to give up his apartment, in front of which was a stone balcony with an Iron railing. This imme diately faced one of the handsome arches under which the cortege was to pass. The stranger who hired the artist's apartment gave the name of Manuel Morales. He lived on a lavish scale. A few minutes before he threw the bouquet containing the bomb, or, as some reports have it, an infernal machine which was fired by, a storage battery. Morales sum moned the wife of the proprietor of the house and asked her to bring him a glass of soda water, apparently to steady his perves. Among the many articles of luxury left by Morales in his room were.a suit case containing handsomely mounted toilet requisites, valued at 100: a light Summer overcoat lined with silk, worth JfiO: several articles of linen having the Initials cut out; a plan of Madrid with the route of the cortege traced upon it: a number of tins containing chemicals, evidently used as Ingredients in the manufacture of the explosive with which the bomb was charged, and a white cloth with several blood spots on It. At first this was a mystery to the po lice, but the theory of the chief of de tectives accompanying the Prince of Wales that the spots resulted from an accident while fixing the chemicals. The detective says this indicates that the perpetrator of the outrage was not skilled In the use of explosives and probably bungled during the first passage of the cortege before No. 88 Mayor street, as otherwise the explosion would have oc curred while Their Majesties were on their way to the church instead of when returning., as their route was through Mayor street both going and re turning. M. Palblnl. chief of the Italian detec tives accompanying the Duke of Genoa, says the description of Morales does not correspond with that of any of the known anarchists on the lists of the police. The general theory of the police la that the author of the outrage had a larger political end than ordinary an archists and was connected with some general policy BI.OO!) ON' BKIHAIi TKA1X. Queen Victoria's Nuptials Marked by Evil Omen. MADRID. June 1. As she stepped from the splintered royal mahogany carriage to the ground, just after the bomb hurled at King Alfonso yesterday had exploded, the 12-foot train of Queen Victoria swept around into the bloody pool on the pave ment, and as she entered the new car riage to be driven to safety at the palace, she bore with her a bloody Imprint of the dreadful scene created a moment pre viously. On the superstitious Spaniards the remarkable incident has created a most profound Impression. Some think It is an omen of dire misfortune for Alfon so's house. Miraculous indeed, much more so than is generally known was the escape of King Alfonso from the assassin. Only the chain of his Portuguese Order of San tiago saved his life. A fragment of the bomb struck his breast where the chain crossed. The chain was broken, but It stopped the piece of steel that otherwise would have entered the young sovereign's bre;fst and probably left him lying on the Calle Mayor beside the bodies of over a score of his bravest soldiers. Assassin Wus Wealthy. The searches made by the police disclose the fact that the author of the outrage was a man of luxury and wealth. He left many valuables and fine clothes behind him In his hurried flight. He bought a boquet of flowers before the attempt and concealed the bomb within it. This bou quet was thrown amid the strewing of the flowers which fell upon the coach as a greeting to their Majesties. The would be assassin rented an overlooking balcony at a fabulous price. The individual ar rested this morning and taken to the Medio Dio Police Station closely corre sponds with the description of the author of yesterday's explosion. Weyler Among Injured. General Weyler was seriously wounded by the bomb explosion. Five of the wounded are dying. The magnitude of the affair increases. The number of killed Is now given at 20 and the wounded at SO. During the night 30 arrests were made, but the person who actually threw the bomb Is apparently still at large. The Ministry has decided to continue the fetes for the purpose of allaying public appre hension. Queen Victoria is inconsolable, declaring that she is responsible for so many per sons being killed. The officials here are beginning to be lieve that two bombs were thrown at the King and Queen yesterday, and that the missiles exploded simultaneously with only one vivid flash. The scene which followed was like that witnessed on a battlefield. Corpses, pools of blood and wreckage were strewn upon the ground, the front of the house. No. 88 Calle Mayor, before whicji the explosion occurred, was covered with holes and blood dripped from the curtains of a window on the first floor. Finds Wife and Child Dead. In the apartment of the Duke of Ahu mada, the Marchioness Tolosa and her daughter were killed. One body was jammed In the balcony railing and was removed with difficulty. No. 88 Calle Mayor and all the near-by houses were surrounded by police, who prevented ingress or egrees until they had been thoroughly searched. A tenant on the third floor and a young man who was leaving the house were among those ar- (Concluded on Fag 5.) T. T. GEER FLAYS THE GOVERNOR Effective Hit Made by Ex-Governor. ROUSING REPUBLICAN . RALLY Democratic Nominee's Record Is Exposed. , FALSE CLAIMS DENOUNCED Fallacy or N'on-Partlsanshlp Talk on the Part of the Democratic Can didates Is Clearly Shown In an Able Address. No candidate ' for Governor ever re ceived a more demonstrative reception in Portland than that accorded to Dr. James "Withycombe when he addressed an audience that filled Burkhard Hall In East Portland, last night. When the Republican nominee for Governor en tered the room he was greeted with an outburst of applause which continued until he reached the platform. As he rose to speak, prolonged applause and cheers grave expression to the admira tion, confidence and good will which the people feel for the Republican lead er. At the conclusion of his remarks the crowd again gave way to cheers and applause, with such enthusiasm that Withycombe was compelled to re turn twice to the front of the stage to bow his acknowledgements and thank the audience for Its extremely cordial reception. Withycombe's speech was not the principal address of the. evening, but in his brief remarks he made a most favorable impression upon his hearers by his earnestness and sincerity. All over the state he has been making ad dresses in which he has discussed the issues of the day in every detail. L4at nigh; he yielded the principal place on the -programme to ex-Governor T. T. Geer, who exposed the unfounded claims that have been made by the Democratic Governor. Goer's effective puncturing- of Democratic, campaign ar guments was greeted with applause so frequent and so hearty that it is evi dent the people are not being success fully deceived by Chamberlain's self praise. Chamberlain's Law Partner. Geer made one of his most effective Tilts when he produced an advertise ment in The Dally Oregonian which shows that Chamberlain's law partner, W. E. Thomas, Is acting as agent for the State tand Board in the lending of THE CHIEF SOIJI.OQur BT THE Ml'I.E "I HEARD THAT THE OREGOVIAX. A 1.0X0 ABOUT ANDREW JACKSON OR THOMAS JEFFERSON, OR SOME OTHER OF UNO IT AND SPRING IT. AND HEXJf ELECT CHAMBERLAIN AND GEARLN." state funds, for which service he re ceives compensation in ' proportion to the amount of work done. The crowd saw the point when Geer remarked that of course the partnership had nothing: to do with the agency. The meeting was presided over by City Treasurer J. E. Werlein, who opened the meeting In a short address, in which he called attention to the great difference that exists In the Republican party now as compared with four years ago. Then the Republican party was divided upon factional lines because of dissatisfaction with nominations made by conventions. This year, as a result of direct primary nominations, the party is united and Re publicans are working in harmony for the success of the ticket. R. G. Morrow, a candidate for the nom ination for' Circuit Judge in the Repub lican primaries, made a brief address in behalf of his successful rival. Judge A. F. Sears, as 'did also the Republican nominee for Supreme Judge; Robert Eakin, whose excellent record on the Circuit' bench has been shown by the small percentage of reversals he has sustained. Ir. Withycombe's Address. Dr. James Withycombe was Introduced In a neat address, giving an account of his work In bringing order out of chaos at the State Agricultural College when it GEER EXrOSES CHAMBERLAIN'S CLAIMS. Chamberlain's law partner acta a asent for the Stat Iand Board In landing stat funds, and draws com pensation therefor. The corporation and Inheritance tax bills, for the enactment of which Chamberlain claims credit, were drafted and introduced by Republican members of the LeKlBlature before Chamberlain made any recommenda tions on the subject. The loaning of idle school funds was brought about by the , reduction of the rate of Interest on school dis trict loans from 6 to 5 per cent, and not by any act of Chamberlain, as the latter claims. The official records disprove Cham berlain's assertion that when he went into office lieu lands were selling for $2..0 an acre and the price was raised to $7..0. Before Oeer's term ended the board raised the price to $5 an acre. The Democrats will show their nnn partisRnshlp by voting the Democratic ticket straight. Let Republicans show their non-partisanship by voting the Republican ticket straight. was upon the verge of dissolution, eight years ago. Dr. Withycombe prefaced his remarks by speaking of the great Industrial devel opment of this city and state since he came here 35 years ago, and congratulated the people upon the great prosperity they were enjoying, largely as a result of the good influences of the supremacy of Re publican p'.inc'plc i. He urged tt;e main tenance of high 'ideals In public life by the election to office only of men who have led pure and upright lives, worthy of the emulation of the young men of the country. He touched upon only a few of the issues involved in this state campaign, saying that he would be followed by ex Governor Geer. who would discuss these questions at length. In support of, his assertion that the office of State Land Agent should be abol ished, which assertion Governor Chamber lain has criticised, he said that he had been informed by men high in authority that the duties of the State Iand Agent could be performed by the clerk of the Concluded on Paw 10. PASTIME OF THE OREGON DEMOCRACY 1 1 J U' LJ L ! STONE INVADES '5 FIELD Missourian Makes At tack on Roosevelt. SAYS HE YIELDED TO TRUSTS Purchase of Canal Supplies Furnishes Text. PUTS ONUS ON CONGRESS Resolution Requiring Government to Give the Americans Preference . Causes Outbreak of Oratory. Calls President Weak. "WASHINGTON", June 1. When today Aldrich sought to secure the passage by the Senate of his resolution giving the President authority to go outside the United States to buy supplies for the Panama Canal in case bids in the United States are extortionate and unreasonable. Stone took the floor In opposition to the resolution. He based his opposition on the ground that It was useless to pass It. "No one can doubt," he said, "that the President will buy practically all canal materials in America, no matter what the difference in prices here and abroad may be. If we are to judge the future by the past, there is no room for ques tioning what course the President will adopt. Tho men who contributed the stupendous slush funds, aggregating mil lions upon millions of dollars, to carry the last three Presidential elections for the Republican candidates, almost of ne cessity have their grasp upon those who accepted their princely donations. The beneficiaries of those enormous corruption funds may sometimes wince and shrink from the task imposed upon them, and. to hide the shame of it. may now and then perform some spectacular stunt in the limelight and before the galleries, but In the end the T ines which operate behiiid the curtain and hold the strings will have their way. Calls It Food for Credulous. "But there has been so much of this blustering, and It has attracted such wide attention, that something must be done to relieve the situation. Something must be provided for public credulity to feed upon. A door must be opened for escape, and a soft place must be made for the President to fall. The scheme for all this is wrapped up in this resolution." Stone said that about a year ago the President and Secretary of War had an nounced that they would not be held In the purchase of materials for the canal to American manufacturers or ABOUT 1s61. SAID SOMETHING NICE US DEMOCRATS. I AM (iOING TO TLLMi t i American shipowners. This declaration, he said, was unexpected, but neverthe less approved generally by the Ameri can people as in the Interest of the gen eral welfare. But he declared that the special Interests affected resisted and won. President Not Iron Man. "Promptly they organized their forces to resist and to. desclpline him. The 'standpatters' came swarming in from every direction and a storm of protest was raised in every available quarter. The President's courage was put to the test, and it, as usual, proved unequal to the strain. There was a great thundering by him in the index with the customary Rooseveltian fiasco at the finish. The iron man at the White House' again proved himself to be no Iron man at all, but only what Bismarck once declared Salisbury to be 'merely a pine lath painted the color of iron." The. President surrendered and, instead of buying- canal materials, as he vowed he would and as he repeat edly asserted It was his duty to do, in the cheapest market, he bought prac tically everything he purchased 9S per cent of the whole at protected trust prices in America." Purchase of Two Steamers. In support of this contention he. cited the facts in connection with the purchase from the Ward line of two ships for the canal service. '.'The President," he said, "opened negotiations for the purchase of foreign ships, but at the same time the batteries of American shipbuilders were opened on the President. For awhile a short while It really looked as if the President, for once at least, would stand his ground. But alas, our hopes were in vain; he was not equal to the task. He hauled down his flag and surrendered. Instead of buying the foreign ships of 6000 tons each for $750,000, he bought two American ships of 5700 tons each for Jl.300.000." These vessels, said the Senator, had cost originally not to exceed $ti00.000 each, and as they had been in service about eight years, were worth 40 per cent less. This he pronounced "a shameful instance of treasury looting." He declared the President's "weakness" to he a costly thing for the country. Unload Sins of Congress. "And so," SMone proceeded, "the Mace donian cry comes over from the While House to Congress. This joint resolution is the response Congress makes to that appeal. Hereafter, when the President goes on buying, trust materials at trust prices, as he has been doing, and would continue to do. whether this resolution should be adopted or not, he can excuse himself on the ground that Congress has established a rule for his guidance. He can shelter himself under this resolution and unload hl.s sins on Congress. This is about the only possible use to which this resolution can- be put. This resolution merely crowns the triumphs of the trusts over the President." 1'orakcr Tells Plain Talc. When Stone concluded Foraker read the testimony of Mr. Shonts before the lnter oceanic canal committee showing that the two Ward line ships had been built at a time when material and labor were cheap er, and that they had subsequently been so strengthened as to Improve them ma terially and really make them a bargain at the price. Carmack suggested an amendment to (Concluded on Page 5.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YKSTKRPA Y'S Maximum tPiupTaturff. 7fl; minimum temperature, 4H. Precipitation, nonf. TODA V'S Fair nnd continued warm. North westerly winds. Foreign. Gloom spreads over Madrid In consequence of bomb-throwing. Page 1. English man named Hamilton minpeoted and arrested as bomb-thrower. Page 1. Radical division In Russian rarllament on land bill. Fag 3. National. Senator Stone attacks President's pollry re garding supplies for ranal. Page 1. Eenata committee declares Smoot . not en titled to his seat. Page 2. President will send meat report to Congress Monday. Page -I. Conferees on rate bill agree on almost all points. Page 4. Plan adopted to kill statehood bill. Page 2. Politics. Patterson nominated, for Governor by Ten nessee Democrats. Page T. Domestic. Congressman Adams of Pennsylvania com mits suicide. Page Z. Important decision on fraternal Insurance. Page 4. Jury acquits Josephine Terranova. Page 2. Railroads max concessions to lumbermen. Page 3. Striking Mexican miners slaughter Amer icans and Mexican troops and Arlzonians go to rescue. Page 1. San .Francisco. Relief committee has trouble about sale of surplus flour. Page 4. Great open-air graduation of school chil dren. Page 4. Governor calls extra session. Page 4. Insurance companies agree on basis of set tlement. Page 4. Sport. Portland again defeats Oakland. Page 13. "Pete" Uhmann sent to insane asylum. Page 13. University of Oregon ball-tossers defeated by Willamette at Salem. Page 13. Pacific C'oaat. All Indications point to big majorities for Republican state ticket in Coos County. Page 6. Bill Miner and William itnn. C. P. P. ban dits, get life sentences at Kamloopp, B. C. Page 6. Ren ton murder mystery depried by Cor oner's inquest; boy suspect released. Page 6. Floods in Eastern Oregon subsiding. Page . Slight earthquake shock felt in Seattle. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Important wool sale at Shaniko next week. Page 17. Wheat declines sharp at Chicago. Page 17. Stock market inactive. Page 17. General trade reports good. Page 17. Numantla clears for the Orient. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Nihilists have an organized branch here and it is reported have selected one of their number to assassinate Roosevelt. Page 16. Railway fight for supremacy In the North west Js on between Hill and Harrimao. Page 12. Vice-President Fuller appoints D. C. Free man to have charge of street railway business at the Oaks. Page 12. Yellowstone Park contest ends with unpre cedented number of votes and 0,000 In coin for the last day. Page 11. Council passes measure by which city may buy Front-street line from I'nited Kail ways when It so desires. Page 11. Five couples are divorced. Page 11. Anonymous circular against Bourne proves a roorback. Page 11. MEXICANS SLAY MANY AM C ANS Anarchy Follows Strike at Mines. SURVIVORS STANDING SIEGE Infuriated Miners Use Bullets and Dynamite. TROOPS HURRY TO RESCUE Threat to Kxtcrmiiiatc American Col. ony at Circonc's Mines at Cana iiea Arizona Volunteers .Help Brethren In 1'eril. XACO, Ariz., Juno 1. Korty-five Amer icans and Mexicans were killed today at Cananea, Mexico, 40 miles south of here, where Is located the great copper camp of Colonel ". C. Greene. The camp is on Hie, and it is reported that the Mex icans are defying all auihorfty. They are leported to he using dynamite in blowing up the great smelters and mills owned by the Greene Company. The trouble nrose at Cananea over the demand of the Mexicans for an Increase In wages from S3. 50 to 5 per day. Parties who left there at 1:30 this afternoon said that Colonel Greene was addressing prac tically the entire population of the camp In an effort to pacify the excited Mexi cans. However, between 4 and 5 o'clock this afternoon the Mexicans opened Are on the Americans, and 40 or more were killed. Colonel Greene wired at once to Bisbee for all the armed men that could be sent to protect the Americans and their prop erty at Cananea. The population of Cananea Is 23,flno. of which aOoO are Americans. The family of Colonel Greene arrived here this after noon, but the. Colonel remains with his property. Two trains loaded with refu gees are now on the way here from Cananea, and will go to Bisbee. Iterugees Tell of Blots. At 11:30 tonight a tralnload of refugees arrived here from the scene of the trou ble and confirmed the stories received earlier In the evening. It is known that at least a dozen Americans have been killed, and 40 or 60 Mexicans. George Metcalf, who was In charge of the large lumber business of the Greene company, was one of the first men to be killed. The Mexican laborers had been gather ing In a great crowd during the fore noon, and this afternoon about 1500 of them started from the vicinity of the Sonora Hotel toward the lumber-yard. On the way they stopped at a livery sta ble, and tried to persuade two Mexicans at work to join them, but they refused, and, when the proprietor told them the stable was his individual property anil was not connected with the mining com pany, they left. At the lumber-yard a large Are hose was brought out, and, as the crowd approached the office, water was turned on them. At the same time Metcalf advanced on the crowd with a rifle. The Mexicans closed on him. took the gun from his hands and beat him to death with it. William Metcalf rushed to the rescue of Ms uncle, and was shot by the Mexicans. Battle Willi Mexican Police. Alter killing the two Mctcalfs, the Mexicans rushed into the office and lum ber yard and set Are to both, causing the destruction of property valued at JOO.000. The general office of the Greene Company was also burned. They then left the lumber yard and dynamited a powder-house near the Sonora Hotel for the purpose of securing arms and ammunition. ' Here the Mexican police attacked the mob, and a tierce battle ensued, sev eral officers and a dozen strikers being killed. A train carrying 100 men left here for Cananea. Twenty-five armed men came down from Bisbee and are guarding the American line here. There has been fighting btween this party and Mexican customs officials. The posse started to cross the line half a mile below Naco and was fired on by Mexicans in ambush. One man named Buckner was shot through the arm and several are missing. Shots are frequent ly heard, and it is feared that others may be killed or hurt. It Is not known whether any of the ambuehed Mexicans were killed or not. Make last Stand in Church. , When the last train left Cananea Colo nel Greene's residence was being bar ricaded and all the remaining Americans were gathering there and arming for de-. lease. The Presbyterian Church, which is near the Greene residence, is also filled with people and barricaded. The Amer icans are said to be seriously handi capped for lack of ammunition. ' The number of striking Mexicans Is estimated at 5000, and they were making threats against all Americans when the last train pulled out from the camp. There are 50 to 75 Mexican police in Cananea, and they are doing what they can to quell the disturbance. Urgent mes sages have been sent to Washington for assistance. Call on I'nited States for Help. It is said that United States Consul Galbralth wired to the State Department that his life and those of all Americans (Concluded on Pace 2.) I