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VOLUME LXIII. NO, 305 ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, FEBUARY 2, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS IT GUILTY SAYS JURY Oil Account Of Insanity, But Held by Court. TAKEN TO MATTEAWAN Thaw Elated When The Foreman of the Jury Said "NOT GUILTY" OBEYS ORDERS OF THE COURT Commanded His Counsel to Cet Out , Habeas Corpus Papers Littleton Succeeded in Persuading Him to Obey the Order of the Court NEW YORK, Feb. L-Adjudged not guilty of the murder of Stanford White by reason of insanity at the time the shots were fired, Harry Kendall Thaw today was held by the court to be a dangerous lunatic and was whirled away to the state hos pital for the criminal insane at Mat tewan. It was a quick transition from a dingy little cell in the Tombs which hid been the young man's home (or more than 18 months, to white-bedded ward of the big asylum, tucked away on flie snow-covered banks of the Hudson 50 miles above the city. The verdict came after 25 boors of wait ing, and when every one connected with the case had abandoned all hope of an agreement ever being reached In this or any other trial. Four hours after the formau's lips had framed the words "Not guilty" with the occom panying insanity clause, Thaw, pro testing he is sane, was on his way to Matteawan. A little after' night fall he had been received in the Insti tution under commitment papers which directed his detention "Until discharged by due course of law." The first thrill of "words of acquittal brought Thaw to his feet in the court oom and with a lack of grace of ac tion which has always characterized his movements, he awkwardly, almost haughtily bowed his acknowledg ments to the 12 jurymen as they were discharged by the court. A smile played about his pallid features and there was every reason to believe he is entirely pleased at the outcome. It was after he heard the words com mitting himself to Matteawan on the ground, in the opinion of the court, that his released endangered public safety and it was after the elation of his acquittal had worn off that Thaw rebelled. ) ', lie commanded his attorneys to sue out n writ of habeas corpus to-have his janity tested before he was sent away to the asylum and Mrs Thaw joined in the demand of her son. Little, however, after a lively scene, finally prevailed against the wishes of his mother indicating he believed it better for the present to obey the mandate of the court Judge Dowling it is said had been consulted and had advised against Thaw's taking immediate action. On the way to Matteawan, Thaw dictated' the following authorized statement to a representative of the Associated Press:" "I am perfectly sane now but I am going to Matteawan on the advice of my counsel, who thought it unwise to sue for a writ of habeas corpus at this ) time. My counsel will proceed in the matter just, as soon as they get to gether the proofs that I am at pres ent sane. I am confident my stay a) Matteawan will be for a short period Thaw was cheered by the crowd of several hundred persons as he was whirled away from 'the Tombs in his wife's uutomobile. If he heard he paid no heed. The machiue was so filled with the deputies and the mem bers of his counsel that neither Thaw nor his wife were visible to the wait ing throngs. GREAT SOUTH BAY FROZEN. NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Great South Bay on the Long hland Shore is frozen over from shore to shore for the first time this winter and ice boat owners are preparing for a series of regattas. Boats are also be Ing shipped from here , to Orange Lake, near Newburgh, N; Y., where a series of challenge matches between boats from the two localities will be ailed. SHAW TO RIDE HERE. NEW YORK, Feb. I. It was learned last night that Jockey Win, Shaw who has been riding with suc cess in Germany has decided to re main in America and rides on the tarcks in the vicinity of New York. Shaw is likely to don the colors of the Cassidy stable. TOURIST RESORT BURNED. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 1. The Hamilton Hotel, a tourist resort on the banks of the Suwance river, at White Springs, Fla., was complete ly destroyed by fire last night. The house was crowded with winter visi tors and many narrow escapes from death, eight being overcome by the smoke, and carried from the burning hotel, All cottages and outhouses on the hotel property were also destroy ed. The loss is estimated at $100,- 000. The firm, it is said, was caused by a defective electric light wire. KING CARLOS AND i! PRINCE ASSASSINATED Lisbon Is Panic Stricken and Wears an Air of Litter Desolation. : PRINCE MANUEL NOT SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Among ;the First to be Called into the Critical Situation Was premier Franco, Dictator of the Kingdom He Was Pro tected by a Squadon of Cavalrymen. QUEEN WILL BE THE REGENT DURING MINORITY OF PRINCE TRAGEDY OCCURRED ABOUT S:30 IN THE AFTERNOON-IT was BOMB HOURS BEFORE ASSASSINATION WAS PER. MITTED TO BE SENT BROADCAST-THEATRES, CAFES AND ALL BUSINESS AT A STANDSTILL COURIERS SENT wui .o summon ALL SKILLED PHYSICIANS TO SAVE LIFE OF PRINCE MANUEL -PREMIER IS SUMMONED FULTON'S TWO BILLS Reported Favorably by the Sub Committee. THE REVENUE CUTTER BILL Earnest Effort is to be Made to Pass the Bill in the House and the Dele gatlon Think it Will be Accom plished. WASHINGTON, Feb. l.-Senator Fulton today took up with the House members of the Oregon delegation his bill appropriating $250,000 for a revenue cutter for the Oregon Coast service, which passed the Senate last evening. Earnest effort is to be made to pass the bill in the House, and the delegation believes this will be ac complished, The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee has referred Senator Ful ton's bill amending the rate law to a sub-committee consisting of Clapp, Dollivcr and, Lattimer. The subcom mittee today informed Senator Ful ton that they would report bill favor ably, amending it so that discretion will be given the Interstate Com merce Commission to suspend or al low an advance in freight rates pend ing a hearing of complaints by the commission. The request of the rail- toads for a hearing prior to action on the Fulton bill will not be granted. BILLIARD MATCHES NEW YORK, Feb. l.-A series of matches between billiard experts will begin Monday night when Ora Mprningstar and Thomas J. Gallagh er will start play at 18.2 balk line billiards of 500 points each, to be played on successive evenings. ESCAPED CONVICT CAUGHT. BUTTE, Mont., Feb. l.-Detective Williams has apprehended an escaped life convict from the state peniten tiary at Joliet, 111. The man is lodged in the- county jail, doing a tcrnis for '.vagrancy. His name is John Sullivan alias Shannon,,and was sent up for murder. He admits his Identity. ' ; . . -, LISBON, Portugal, Feb. l.-King Carlos and the Crown Prince Louis Philipe have been assassinated. The three persons who committed the murders were killed on the spot The royal family were seated in an open carriage in which they, just re turned from Villa Vicoza, where they had been sojourning. At the corner of Peraca dc Commcrcio and the Rue de Arsenal, a group of men suddenly sprang toward their carriage and lev eling carbines which they had con cealed upon themselves, fired and mortally" wounded the king and the crown prince, and slightly wounding the king's second son, Prince Manuel. Queen Amelia, who rose in the car riage and tried to shield the Crown Prince was unhurt. , The king and crown prince upon whom the attack was directed were each shot three times and they lived only long enough to be carried to the marine arsenal near by, where they expired. Almost at the first shot the king fell back on the cushions, dying, and at the same moment the crown prince was seen to half rise and then sink bark into his seat. Queen Amelia jumped up and threw herself toward the crown prince in an apparent ef fort to save his life at the cost of her own, but the prince had already re ceived his death wound. The police guard fired upon the assassins and killed two of them. The third is be lieved to have committed suicide af ter he was placed in jail. A strong guard was in attendance, because of the recent uprising in the city and the discovery of a plot to assassinate Premier Franco and overthrow the monarchy. But a band of murderers had selected a most advantageous spot for the commission of the crime for they were concealed from the eyes of the party until the vehicle had come into the Praco de Commercio, a large square, and before any of the guards were aware what wan happen ing the assassins had leaped to the carriage and instantly a fussilade of shots rang out. In a moment all was in a terrible confusion, ,the king and crown prince being shot down with out the slightest chance to save them selves. The police guards sprang up on the regicide's, the number of whom is somewhat uncertain, and killed two of them and captured a third who is believed to have committed suicide. It is charged that one of the murder ers was a Spaniard. The bodies of the king and crown prince were re moved from the arsenal in two clos ed carriages to the royal palace. An examination "of the wounds , of the king showed three bullets had reach ed their mark. One wound was situ ated in the nape of the neck, a sec ond in the shoulder and the third which was the fatal wound, as it se vered the cartoid artery. The crown prince was still breathing, but who died almost immediately after his ad mission to the arsenal, had suffered three wounds in the head and chest Two bullets had struck Prince Man uel. The news of tht assassination swept through the ciy, like wild pn through dry grass, and tonight half the populace are panic-stricken, not knowing where the next blow may fall. There is the greatest dread for the future of the country which seems on the verge of being -plunged into the throes of a revolution with all the horrors of bloodshed. Throughout the city consternation reigns and all the houses and busi ness places are barricaded. Cold blooded murder has sent a thrill of horror throughout the country eyn among those who have been working politically for the establishment of a republic and sorrow is expressed on every hand at the dreadful end of the kind and crown prince. At first blush 'twould seem as though the assassi nation was the work of anarchists and not of Republican sympathizers. Nevertheless the stirring events of the last few weeks have prepared the public for some startling culminat.on. The discovery of plot after plot as well as the discovery of many secret stories of weapons and ammunition has demonstrated beyond peradven ture, the existence of a determina tion on the part of a large body of Portuguese to overthrow the present conditions and to proclaim a republic. The tragedy occurred about 5:30 this afternoon, but the panic which in stantly gripped the city and all its activities prostrated all kinds of com munication and it was not for some hours that the news of the assassina tion was permitted to be sent broad cast. Lisbon tonight wears an air of utter desolation. Theatres and cafes are closed, the streets are al most deserted and the electric cars are moving without passengers. In short the city has shut itself up in its houses. All efforts are being made to save the life of Prince Manuel and couriers went through the streets sum moning all the skilled physicians that reside in Lisbon. The latest bulletin from the bedside states that at pres ent there is no danger of complica tions from the wounds. The greatest fear is the possibility of blood poison ing later. Among the first to be call ed into the critcal situation was Premier , Franco, dictator of the kingdom. Franco was protected by a squadron of cavalrymen as he hast ened to the palace where he conferred with the queen who it is understood will be regent during the minority of Prince Manuel who is now in his 19th year. The details of the murders show that they were cunningly ar ranged, The fact that the royal fam ily were returning from Villa Vicoza had been made public in advance and the authorities had arranged what they considered a sufficient guard along the route which the royal car riage was to take. The king and family had returned to Lisbon after s day of the greatest excitement on ac count of the wholesale arrests, and the continual discovery of new de pots of arms and bombs. DAN WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-Official news of the assassination of King Carlos and the Crown Prince Louis Philipe of Portugal was received late tonight in a cablegram from Minister Brian. The President was at once notified by Acting Secretary of State Bacon and expressed his deep sorrow. FOUR YEARS FOR ARSON. NEW YORK, Feb. l.-Mrs. Annie Ackerly, the first woman ever ac cused of arson in Brooklyn has been sentenced to service four years in prison. According to the evidence, Mrs. Ackerly in order to collect on a $1,000 fire insurance policy, set fire to the contents of her apartment in a Brooklyn tenament house, endang ering the lives of scores of people living in the same building. The evi dence showed that oil soaked rags had been spread about the rooms and candles set where when they burned down they would light this combusti ble. Beds and furniture were also soaked with oil and blankets were tacked over the windows to screen the light of the fires from passers on the street HEPBURN BILL HELPS. ' CHICAGO, Feb. l.-'From a help less condition of rebates and prefer- tial rates the Hepburn law has re leased the railroads and its value can hardly be over-estimated, both to the railroad and to the great majority of the public which did not participate in profit by such practices. "T"t; KELLY LOSES OUT Statemeut Of Clearing House Banks For Week MILLIONS ABOVE RESERVE Loans Decrease Deposits and Sur plus Increase Nearly Fifteen Mil lionsReserved Required $28,' 625,375. NEW YORK, Feb. l.-The state ment of the clearing-house banks for the week shows that the banks hold $40,520,725 more than the require ments of the 25 per cent reserve rule. This is an increase of $3,462,225 in the proportionate cash reserve as com pared with last week. The statement follows: Loans, $1,133,786,100; decrease, $1, 783,600. ' Deposits, $1,138,501,500; increase, $11,333,500. Circulation, $62,263,700; decrease, $789,600. Legal tender, $67,012,500; decrease, $1,601,300. Special, $258,139,600; increase, $7,- 896,900. Reserve, $325,152,100; increase, $6, 295,600. Reserve reuired, $284,625,375; in crease, $2,833,375. -',-' Surplus, $40,520,725; increase, $3, 462,225. ' Ex-U. S. Deposits, $55,782,725; in crease, $1,316,125. AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. NEW YORK, Feb. l.-At a meet ing of the newly appointed referen dum committee of the American Kennel Club held here yesterday, it was decided after a long discussion to leave the question of constitutional reconstruction to a sub-committee of 12 to be appointed. by W. G. Rocke feller with John G. Gates as secretary. Fails For Place In A Trial Heat SMITHSON ALSO RAN Boston Athletic Club Holds In door Games With Two Ore- ; jon Entries. fc . " THEY MAKE A POOR SHOWING Dan Kelly Who Holds World's Championship for 100-Yard Dash, Fails to Make Good Expectations Smithson of Portland Also Outrun. BOSTON, Feb.. 1.-A11 the promi nent athletes of the big colleges and the big clubs of the east, participated tonigh tin the annual indoor games held under the auspices of the Bos ton Athletic Association. Prominent among those who entered were Dan Kelly, the holder of the record for the 100-yard dash, and Forest Smith son of Portland, Oregon. These men failed to win a place and Kelly was shut out in the trial heat' The 45 yard hurdles was won by Shaw, of Dartmouth, scratch; O. E. Holman, Dartmouth, second; eight feet; and Smithson, third, scratch; time, six seconds. ' HALL-MAYS CASE. Heney Coaxed Mays Into and Admia-. sion Before Latter Got Wise. PORTLAND, Feb. l.-F. J. Heney and former ex-Deputy United States District Attorney Edwin Mays, co defendant with ex-United States Dis trict Attorney Hall in the conspiracy case now on trial in the Federal court today came to loggerheads while Mays was undergoing a cross-examination by Heney. It was at first an interesting display of verbal warfare that has occurred during he trial and it came after Heney had coaxed Mays out beyond his depth in explaining why he had not secured indictments of the parties connected with the al leged "Thayer frauds" in Western Oregon. Mays declared he refused to grant immunity to entrymen to induce them to testify against those who are alleged to be the real con spirators. "You did not expect these men to offer their services as witnesses if they knew they were to be prose cuted on the same basis as real con spirators?" interrogated Heney. ' "If "I am to understand from your question," answered Mays, "That you wish to know whether or not I ap prove of your policy of conducting land fraud prosecutions, I can say I do not" "No," restorted Heney, heatedly. "I know that, of course you do not en dorse my policy, but it is fact, is it not, that all the time you were deputy district attorney you never secured a single conviction for land fraud?" STEERAGE PASSENGERS. NEW YORK, ; Feb. l.-Figures compiled by steamship agents show that nearly four times as many steer age passengers weer carried on east- bound steamers during January from North Atlantic ports as traveled to this country in the steerage during the same period, the figures .being 254,432 arrivals and 58,837 departures.
