VOL." IV.' NO. 47.
PORTLAND, I ORfiGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, ; 1903.' -l
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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
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Government Nearly Ready to Commence Suit Against
a EaUroad Magnate to Force Him to Disgorge Valu
able Oregon Timber Held Under Grants.
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FIVE IC
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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. ,
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isEmtfiloKjmiimJjCQnm photo -by. HEARST service photo on apher.'
FIERCE BLIZZARD
SWEEPS CHICrtGO
Women Are Blown Iiito the
Streets and Injured hy
Terrible Gale.
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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. ,
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LIGHTS AND SHADOWS f
OF THREE YEARS
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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.
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