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
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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.