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VOL." IV.' NO. 47. PORTLAND, I ORfiGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, ; 1903.' -l PRICE ; FIVE ) CENTS. hisses Yl rH : r r J my 4 ',-' I - - - - : I II I TiSItlilSi mm . si.- Police-Guards Open Fire on Regicides Killing Three-City of 'Lisbon Is in State of Anarchy Uprising Sched ) uled for Thursday. Takes Place Lisbon, Feb. 1. King Carlos and r the crown prince bare been assas sinated. Three of the regicides who participated In the deed were them selves instantly killed by the soldiers guarding the .royal carriage, .while, one who was placed under arrest 'committed suicide in prison. , It is charged that one of the murderers was a Spaniard named Cor dova. The names of the others are unknown. The royal family were returning from Villa Vlcosa, where they had been sojourning. The carriage bad arrived at the corner of the Br ado de Commereio and Ru ado arsenal, when -the assassination took place. The assassins sud denly sprang toward the carriage and leveling carbines which they had concealed upon them, fired, mortally wounding the king and crown prince and slightly wounding the king's second son, Prince Manuel. The king and the crown prince, upon whom the attack was di rected were each shot three times and they lived only long enough to be carried to the Marine arsenal nearby, where they expired. Almost at the first shot the king fell back on the cushions, and at the same moment the crown prince was seen to half rise and. then sink back on the Beat. Queen Amelia attempted to shield her son but failed and had a narrow escape. The bodlea of the king and crown prince were removed from the . marine arsenal in . two closed carriage to the royal palace, tb Paco daa Necesst dades, tne late reafcMnce ef the. king, escorted by municipal guards. Exam ination of the wounda of the king, whe waa already1 dead when he reached the arsenal, showed that three bullet had found their mark. One bullet waa In the nape ef. the neck, a .aecond . lodged In the shoulder and a third, which was the fatal - wound, severed the cartold artery. The crown prince, who was atlll breathing,-, tut who died almost Immediately 'after admission to the ar senal, had suffered three wounda In the head and chest Two bullets had struck Prince Manuel, oneym the lower Jaw and the other In the arm. Queen Maria Pi a, the mother of Klnf Carlos; -the -Duke of Oporto hla brother: a number of ministers and eourt officials, hastened at once to the arsenal when the news spread of the attack upon the royal family. The tragedy occurred about 6:80 In the afternoon, but the panic which Instant ly followed had gripped the city in all Its activities, prostrated the. lines of communication and it was not for some hours that the news of the assassina tion was permitted - to be Bent broad cast The cold-blooded murder has aefct a thrill of horror ; throughout the coun try, even among those , who. have .been working politically for the J establish ment eventually of a republic, and sor row la expressed on every aide -at the dreadful end, of the king and the crown nrlnce. 'V- "-'"' The news of the assassination swept through the city like wild fire tnrougn dry: grass, and tonight bait the popu lace la panic stricken, not knowing where the next blow may rail. , Lisbon tonight wears an air of utter desolation. The theatres and cafes are Cloned, tb streets are. almost deaertea and the electric cars are moving with out BiaintrL . There Is the greatest dread for the ruiure or tne country wnicn seems on the verge of being plunged. Into tbs awful throes of a revolution with all the attendant horrors and bloodshed. Mobs are in' control of the streets, All authority Is set at defiance. That which every one has been expecting for months and- which the government vainly ' tried to prevent by repressive measures, has come to pass. The last of these repressive measures was pro mulgated by the government today. It went further - than any of Its prede- WNGDQNiiiimpmsmwmc story :10F!TEMES COMBHIWENPTO ASYLUM . (Continued on Page Twelve.) Government Nearly Ready to Commence Suit Against a EaUroad Magnate to Force Him to Disgorge Valu able Oregon Timber Held Under Grants. ' . 1 &P) FIVE IC ' f - . August Schaeffer, Laborer, Fatally Wounded on He sisting Highwayman : With Whom He Put Up Brare Struggle. V Squad of Police From Port land and Detail From Ore gon City Scouring Conn try Near Crystal Springs: Farm for Bobbers. , i i . - ; . . . . uj isEmtfiloKjmiimJjCQnm photo -by. HEARST service photo on apher.' FIERCE BLIZZARD SWEEPS CHICrtGO Women Are Blown Iiito the Streets and Injured hy Terrible Gale. 1 I v (Bptelal OUpatch "Tbe Jooratt) ' "Washington, .Feb. 1. Another sensa tlonal move Is about, to be made by the administration In Its battle against the predatory corporations. Final prep arations are being .made for the lnstl tutlon of suits against the Southern Paclflo railroad for the forfeiture of its Immense- land grants In Oregon, In volvlng property estimated all the way from $30,000,000 to $60,000,000 In value and cbmprlslng some of the finest tlm- the department ber land in the state. ,i Several months aeo of Justice began gathering evidence for this litigation and special representa tives were sent to uregon ror tne pur pose of searching the records and pro curing descriptions of all lands sold by the railroad company since the original grant. With this preliminary Informa tion In hand, the department Is now ready to begin suit. The resolutions aaoptea yesterday Dy the senate. calling upon the depart ment of Justice to commence proceed ings, are believed to have 'merely antic ipated the action already ' decided upon. Thousands of OeODle In western 'Ore. gon are waiting wltu the deepest Inter est to learn the nature of the proceed ings which the government proposes to bring against the Southern Pacific rail road on account of its failure to ob serve the conditions of its land grants in tnia state, it the suit should be in the nature of a aweeDlna demand for nullification of the entire grant It would unsettle tne title to thousands-or acres bought In good faith, by genuine set tiers, wno nave put suDstanttaf im provements upon the land. If oh . the other hand the suit should be In the nature of a demand for speclflo per formance of the conditions under which the railroad received the grant a horde or speculators stand ready to jump in and file claims on the railroad lands, expecting to acquire at $2.60 an acre land worth from 10 to 20 times that amount The lands In this state granted to the Oregon & California railroad ' (in other words to the boutnern Fact no comorlsed more than 4.000.000 acres. The railroad received every alternate section from Portland to the California state line, though much of the land was afterwards exchanged for rich timber tracts under the lieu land act and sue- clal' statutes. It was stipulated In the grant that the railroad should sell to am actual, settlers in tracts or not more than 160 acres at a maximum price of (2.50 an acre. Up to about 1899 the railroad com plied substantially with the nrovlslons of the grant, selling only quarter sec tions to actual settlers ana at tne rate of 12.50 an acre; But about that .time Continued on Pago Two.) APARTMENT HOUSE BURNS-4. FAMILIES LOSE THEIR HOMES 'Four families were made homeless ty the fire which gutted the apartment house at 489H to 473 - .Jefferson street, near the corner of Fourteenth, at 8:30 last evening. The interior of t)ie building and ' all the furnishings were destroyed, entailing a loss of about $8,000. - ' v It la supposed4 that an overheated furnace was the' cause of the fire. VTh flat building; was of frame construc tion' and burned quickly, it being neces sary 'for those in the house to -flee for their lives without - stopping to. save many of -their valuables or more cloth ing than they had on their backs. They I were taken m an carea ror ey .neicn ! bors and friends until they can. find 1 new homes. ;- . -'rrv. ; r. .The ' building" belonged to. the Reed estate; of which Martin Winch, in the Abington - block, ' is the : agent, Mr. Winch said- that he could not exactly estimate his loss, but was pretty sure that it was covered by insurance. The exterior" of the building did not seem to be greatly damaged, but the 'Interior waa entirely ruined.- Miss Ixl8h C NeU son. a teacher in the Chapman school, was one of those who apartments, were burned out .hy the fire, and Oeoree P. Story., travel ing agent- for.O NV & E, Walter . A Ce., . was . also , completely burned out; ' : :" . ' . . . - . The house furnishings ami . clothing of the tenants will be in most cases a total loss, as but little insurance was carried, on them. . " (Catted-Press Leucd.Wlre.) Chicago, Feb. 1. The most disastrous bliuard of . the year' has-been parsing over Chicago and vloinlty for 24 hours Snow and sleet have been at the worst severities ; and - below sero . temperature la predicted' hy Sunday morning. The extreme cold la expected .'to ilast 24 hours longer All day. and. up to mid night a gale haa been blowing eastward across lLake Michigan. ? Skyscraper piercing tne aerial wines - nave ara them down v into . the canyons- peon with human beings and they Jiave f rosen Chicago wlth frigid blasts. Women passing high buildings have been blown into me street ana nurt - -, anlel , Lambert of . Evanston was killed by a. Chicago & Northwestern train while at work on the tracks d urg ing the --. snow storm. Michael- Llpka was killed by a Chicago belt line switch engine, because lie was overcome by the storm ana could not see the approaching engine.- ,. .. Howard Jennings, 40 years old, was rendered unconscious and so Dadiy hurt mat ne is not expectea to live. TOWII PAPER PAYS FOR GirardJ Kansas, Putting Up Coin for- Road Projected 25 Years Ago. . : (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Glrard, Kan., Feb. 1. ' Twenty-six yeara ago Glrard voted $26,000 in bonds to secure the Nebraska, lola, Topeka A Memphis railroad,' The. line waa to have been built from the Nebraska boundary southeast to the Mississippi river. The railroad has never been built Glrard is still making payments on these bonds. " - ; - - - r , 1 The. city oliicials are in a ouandarr. They can't make - the payments, they can't forfeit the bonds and they can't build the railroad,. . CHESTERFIELD MUST :- ; STAN1) SANTO TEST "(Special Wtpatch' to The Joornsl 1 .' a waua jvaiia,, waan., eeo.. 4.--jack Chesterfield., , the King .county convict who gained notoriety by. attempting to blow up the "Seattle Jail a' year ago. 'r'ef', at ma gates or the peni tentiary today on an insanity charge fclv : ,j, .jrvi - n ma county jail. -t;nes terfleftl will be examined Monday, on recommendation of Governor Mead. ', j Oregon Sunday ; Journal Correspondent Especially Detailed on. FampusOase Draws Picture of Proceedings in Court and of What Happened After Jury- Returned iVerdicfpf Not Guilty BY LANGDON SMITH. NewTork. Feb. 1. After deliberating-25 hours, the Jury, having under consideration the case of ' Harry? Thaw 'for the killing of . Stan ford White, brought In a verdlpt . of "Hot' guilty" shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon. The verdict was arrived at on the ground that Thaw was Insane at the time the deed vwas' committed. " Although practically cleared of the charge of murder, Thaw is not yet a free man. On the recommendation of , Justice ' Dowllng he was 'taken to the Insane asylum' at Matteawan as a-dangerous person, and one wb.ose malady Is likely to recur -at any-moment. ' t Here 'Harry Thaw slept tonight, aurrounded .by the Insane and here he will remain until pronounced permanently. sane by the proper authorities or until released by a, writ of habeas corpus. " - . And so, after all,-In fulfillment of . a thousand prophesies, the gold of Harry Thaw will eventually pave' his ,way -to freedom. CLARK TO PEACH 'When the heavy doore atrMatteawan clanged upon him, a ghost of Stanford Whte vwaavlald,' and unto an 'eternity theidead will - rest : But Harry ThaW will come among us again with hU swagger and his strut, his millions and hla mania. ' Steps are now being taken to that end. ' ' Bad .be been 1 a poor - man, he would have been shocked to death, burled and forgotten a year-ago. What a strange commentary upon, Justice! The Thaw family are not at all pleased with the action of Justice Dow ing. Harry maw was especially hit ter. He thought that in view of the verdict of the Jury he should have been released. ' Mrs. William Thaw was also displeased. There were sev eral .conferences. In which Messrs. Lit- tleton, O'Reilly, Peabody, Josiah Thaw, Harry, Thaw ,and his wife ' took' part Thaw protested loudly. He did not seem to realise hla luck In escaping the chair.' Once more he was insolent and egotistical. Mr; Littleton announced to Justice Dowllng that no writ of habeas corpus would be applied for at this time; and Thaw would obey the order of the court; Ooes to Depot In Auto. So that it happened ht Thaw tooJc the. 4:30 o'clock train for Matteawan, accompanied by Daniel O'Reilly and Deputy tsnerirrs Bpeiiman and Bell. Thaw rode to the Grand Central depot in nia wire s automooue. on Monday another conference will be held, at which all of the Thaw relatives will be present. , (Continued on Page Two.) LIGHTS AND SHADOWS f OF THREE YEARS t . . . i. . ' April -23,190 5 Harry K. Thaw and " Evelyn Nesblt were mar ried In Pittsburg. :-June 25, 1906 Harry Thaw killed Stanford wlilte. ' . Jan. 23, 1907---Flrst trial began before Justice Fitzgerald. Feb. '2, 1907 Jury completed. . " r.:.---v" . Feb.7, 1907 Eveljn Thaw tells Jury of wrongs by : White. ' -MarcTi 26, 1907 Lunacy commission appointed. V April 14,(1907 Harry Thaw declared1 sane.' AprlI 12, 1907 Jury disagreed,' after being out 48 hours.- ' ' ;jan. ,6, .ao8 5ecpna;tnai Degan. ; f , ., . s. 4 Jan. 10, 1908 Jury completed. ; ..1. a'-:';. ; -'-: - ' ' st Jan. 17 1908 Evelyn Thaw again tella her pitiful story. ': , r Jan.' SI. 1908 Jury retired. v r '-. v .' .' Feb! 1, 190 8 Thaw acaultted, sent to Matteawaii asylum. , i f44w4e4Temf Two highwaymen held up , flva men, shot one of their victims and robbed the others at 7:80 last night at Crystal Springs farm, just be yond the southern limits of the sity; on the east side of the river. . The man who was shot was ser iously and probably fatally, wound ed. The highwaymen escaned. run ning south along the line of the Southern Paclflo railroads tracks. A squad of 12 policemen and de tectives are scouring the country in the vicinity of the farm and ; the peace officers of every town and hamlet between,- this city and Ore gon City have been notified of the crime and ara on the lookout for the desperat.thuga.'4';,'f.'.l:;;. The wounded man la August Schaef fer, a laborer, employed at the Crystal Springs farm. At the time the hold-up occurred he and . four companion. Ed ward Spencer, Tony Skanderup, Simon I Rumbo and Fred Roefta, were on their way from the farmhouae . to the , ter minus of the - streetcar line, - It being their intention to apend the evening in, the city. ' ,'r'. ; A lane about quarter of a mile lit length leads from the farmhouae to tha county road. This , lane la bisected by the railroad tracks about half way be tween the house and the road. .- A small bridge spans the lane at this point and Itwaa from under this bridge that the ronbera sprang as their intended vic tims approached. Both of the - thug were armed with revolvers, which they , presented, together with the commaml that the workmen hold un their hands and keep quiet on pain of instant deatlu One Han Xaeape. ; All of the men compiled with the command ' except Ram 00. who' was slightly ahead of the othera and bad thua passed the robbers before the or der to halt was given. Ram bo took do a outer argument between arriman iy" "re he eoughtrefuie in and former Senator William A. Clark of the house of Horace Mann. Montana. Without paying any further attention Tha eonner magnate la antaeonlslne I to th0 flying Kamoo, tne roDDera pro ine copper magnate la antagonising 1 ceeded ln an MPeditIoua manner with the work ln band so far aa the other men were concerned. While one of the . highwaymen stood -guard with leveled revolver," the" other "proceeded to search. " the victims. From Bpencer he took $'. The pockets of Skanderup yielded a like amount, while all the 'cash that could -be found ln the pockets of Roefta waa 67 cents. ' - When the industrious thug reached Schaeffer, the scene changed. Whll the others were, 'being - searched, the German had time to regain a hold en his courage and had mentally , deter-, rained to fight for the retention of his personal property. Aa the robber ai-- , proached, Schaeffer grasped the hand that held the revolver, and a furloim struggle began there in the dark an i narrow lane. .5 1 -.'( " .. The highwayman who was on guant advanced threateningly and ? yelled to tha other three men to keep their hands up or he wodld' Shoot them where thev stood. He 'then stepped forward, an. I, lacing his gun close to the hod y or Ichaeffer as the two struggling 'men reeled toward blrav pulled; the trlgRfr. Schaeffer sank back with a groan nn t relinquished his hold on the roMt r with whom he was struggling. Xobbera Take XlSght. As soon as the shot put an end tn tl fight, both robbers took to their heel-, running up the railroad tracks tow ;n t Former Senator . Will Tell : All About Eailway Deals on Witness Stand. , - (United Preis Letud Wlru) .,, Washington, Feb. 1. One of the most sensational and spectacular features of the government's suit to dissolve the Harriman system, begun at Salt Lake today, promises to be the beginning of der to halt was given. the, railroad king. Both are million aires.. They have renewed the warfare waged, for years, and which was-only abated .when. Senator Clark, after blood shed and great financial losses, was dragooned into turning over to Harri man the line having been built by him through which he expected to escape the extortions exacted by the Southern Pa cific: Although Clark is named as one of the. defendants in tne reaerai com plaint along with Harriman, Stlllman, Schiff. Rogers and the Union Pacific in the transaction of conspiracy Charged, it is understood upon excellent authority, that ciarK nas agreed to ten on the witness stand the story of all dealings with Harriman and the latter's associates will be governed thereby. It Is believed ClarkV narrative will be the most -remarkable of Its kind In the his tory of the country: that the greatest exposure ever made of financial meth ods will be made. It is nointed out that the Interstate commerce commission never permittee Harriman to testiry regarding the . San fearo matter. THREE FOOTPADS Victim Had No Jloney and Was Injured Only by the Fright. Three men stepped out of a shadowy spot on the Macadam toad at 10 o'clock last night and stuck three revolvers Into the face of A. Howd. who lives at 1054 Macadam , road, ; Howd had bo money ' on bia person and ottered no re sistance to the highwaymen, who, after searching bun, allowed him to go unin jured, A He reported - the holdup to the poltce, but . waa too .frightened to be able to give a very detailed description of the men. . . .They wore no masks, but had their soft hats pulled well down over their eyesi. . Officer NewelU who made an in vestigation of the robbery, was able to A i Mfov.'r nnthlnor tf lh nhft'jhnnt ftf' the footpads. The hnUlun took Placa a ! short distance from HowJ'a home. 4t (Continued on Page Two.) NUKSE GIRLS BOYCOTT A ' - WEALTHY HAN y Special' Dispatch to Journal.) New York, Feb. 1. Svet al weka i ago ' Ferdinand Cook, a wealthy New Yorker, complained to the police because nurse girls With baby buggies, blocked the sidewalk in front of his home, .A policeman waa stationed In front of Mr. Cook's hue tn 'compel the nurse girls to wal.'i aingle f He. . , '. For having caused t'ats the Nurse Maids' .union I...-. ; blacklisted Isabel! M-irl.'. t- Infant daughter of Mr. C"K. i other words, no iure v ''! v tot ,hJm. ; JjanwUi J, r. t has taken the -on ! -: courts and fa auH: h;.i Child. 71
