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Show V f fill MIS MO OF TERROR Situation Not Improving, There Being Constant Rumors of Plots and Counter Plots Police Raid Restaurant In an Effort to Capture Conspirators and Are Met With a Storm of Bullets, the Conspirators Escaping. everyLisbon. While outwardly and calm seems yet peaceful, thing Itbere Is & steady Increase of nervousness and excitement among all classes pt the population, owing to the constant rumors of plot and counterplot persistent activity of the r nd the who dally and nightly examine the houses of suspect and make arpo-Ic- On OUT mi MisM IKS EXISTS III LISBON rests. IS the night of January 28 there was a bloody fight In a small rrstaurant on the outskirts of Lisbon. Suspecting the presence of a crowd fif conspirators, the police surrounded tend raided the restaurant. The authorities were right In the surmise, and they found the plotters armed With revolvers. The policemen Were met by a volley of bullets, and one of them was killed and four wounded. The conspirators managed to keep the guardians of law and order at bay until they made their escape. Later the hame night a score of suspected agitators were arrested and Imprisoned In one of the fortresses. There is almost a reign of terror among the republicans and dissident progressists, and several of the leaders of these parties, Including Deputy Almeida, Deputy Costa and Viscount Remelra, have been' thrown Into rlson. The house of Senor Alpoln, nother of the dissident leaders, is nder constant police surveillance. An official note Issued on Tuursday denies that the government intends to proclaim a state of siege In Portu-ga- l, and declares that a majority of public opinion suports Premier Franco. The police on Thursday discovered a new store of arms and confiscated n New Regime for Portugal Begin, With a4 Liberal Cabinet With Mon- archial Tendencies Supporting New King. "h Lisbon. Under a new regime, with a new king and the establishment of a new cabinet, Portugal seems to be for the moment at peace. There is an underlying current of revolution, however, and the Strictest measures are being taken to preserve order Premier Franco has resigned office Within forty-eigh- t hours of the assassination of King Carlos his dictatorship came to an end, at least for the present. Franco resigned for fear that his continuance In office would plunge tho country Into rebellion. The premier has been considered directly returmoil sponsible for the political which resulted In the assassination of the king, and his withdrawal from power Is regarded as holding a promise of political tranquility. A new cabinet has been formed under the presidency of Rear Admiral Do Amaral, a member of the Progressist-Dissident party. Some of the new ministers have notably been opposed to the rule of Franco, but on the whole the present cabinet is liberal, with monarchlal tendencies. The opening session of the new council was held on Monday, and tho young monarch-- , King Manuel II, placed himself in the hands of his ministers. He appeared before them and In a voice shaking with emotion, said: I am yet without experience either In science or in politics. I place myself entirely In your hands, needing and believing In your patriotism and wisdom. STEAMER DESTROYED BY FIRE. Burns to Waters Edge and Fifteen Live Are Lost. Halifax, N. S. In the midst of a wild blizzard Monday afternoon the steamer St. Cuthbert .was burned to the water's edge oft the Nova Scotian coast. Fifteen members of the crew were drowned by the swamping of a small boat In which they attempted to leave the vessel after fire had broken out Sunday. The other thirty-sevemembers of the crew, Inthem. Bernardino Machado, one of the re- - cluding the captain, were rescued by has been summoned! the White Star liner Cymric. After tubllcan leaders, before a police court regard- - taking off the survivors the Cymric Ing his alleged connection with recent abandoned the burning steamer and republican plots against the govern-pien- t. proceeded to Boston. , n Experts Have Harry Thaw Under Observation. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. A brief examJudge Declines to Interfere With' En- ination and observation of the mental forcement of Sunday Reat Law. condlton1 of Harry K. Thaw, now conKansas City. Judge Smith McPher- fined In Matteawan State Hospital for son, In the United States district court the Criminal Insane, was held on Monfriere, on Thursday handed down a deday by Dr. Allan W. Ferrlss, presicision declining to Interfere with the dent of the New York State Lunacy county officials of this county In the commission, and Dr. Lamb, superinenforcement of the Mlssouil statute tendent of the Institution. The examfnaking unnecessary labor on Sunday ination was of a preliminary characThe decision Is a ter, Thaw and the physicians talking ja misdemeanor. victory for Judge William H. Wal- - casually together for about half an lace of the criminal court, who in his hour. After the examination Dr. FerCampaign for Sunday observance has ries said it was too early to give an the indictment of 2,000 stage opinion on Thaws mental condition. managers and iaused as theatrical Pensions for Soldiers In Utah Indian well an hundreds of for alleged violation of the Wars. (Sunday law. Senator Smoot has Washington. succeeded in passing his bill extendMichigan Girl Who Shot Her Father ing the pension laws to the soldiers Turned Loose. of the Indian wars in Utah. He stated a jury on the floor that Cadillac, Mich. It took approximately 700 ten min- would be benefited by Thursday evening just the act Before utes to find a verdict of , ac- the senate finally passed the bill a a number of amendments were of Pearl Harper, quittal made, with girl, charged including the soldiers of the Indian fifteen-year-olfather, Melvin Thompson. wars of Colorado, Minnesota and Thompson had come home Intoxi- Idaho. Amendments were offered to cated in the night and had threat- Include those of California and Ore' ened to kill the girl and her mother, gon. but with the knowledge that they the girl breaking his skull with a might defeat the bill, the amendments stove poker when he attempted to were withdrawn. carry out his threat. French Battle With Arabs, China, Japan and India to Make Steel were Frenchmen Paris. Eight at Home. killed and fifty wounded in a despersteel New York. An enormous ate conflict which the French forces plant is to be rected at Hankow, in Morocco have had with natives in China, by a company composed large- the south. Word of this engagement ly of Chinese capitalists for the pur- was received here Monday night from pose of supplying Bteel for the con- General dAmade, the commanding ofstruction of the various railroads In ficer in Morocco, who reports that a central and northern China, but It Is French column commanded by Colbelieved that the plant will at some onel Boutegourd was suddenly attime become a factor in the general tacked by a vast horde of Arabs while steel trade of the far east. New steel marching to the south for the purpose plants are also being projected in Ja- of punishing the Chaoula tribesmen. pan and India, the total cost of the The combat opened at midday on three plants being in excess of $25,. Monday and lasted two hours. BLUE SUNDAYS FOR MISSOURI. d 000,000. Awful Deed of Boilermaker. Salt Lake City. Morbid t because his wife, who left him on account of his brutally mistreating her, would not return to him, and crazed with drink, Edgar Bowman of Los Angeles, a boilermaker, shot and fatally wounded the woman In a rooming house in this city about 11 oclock Thursday p.lght, and then turned his smoking weapon upon himself and blew out his own brains. The young wife was visiting friends when Bowman entered the room and began shooting. Twelve a Month for Widows. The house on MonWashington. the Sulloway bill grantday passed ing a flat pension of 12 monthly to all widows of honorably discharged soldiers. Its provisions were first explained by Its author, who said It Involved an additional expenditure ol He described destitute 812,741.000. widows of soldiers, who are unable to secure pensions because of some technicality regarding their property holdings, and received applause when said, these technicalities should be swept away. Makee Masterly Plea for Conviction of Harry Thaw. New York. William Travers Jerome. representative of the people, made a masterly plea' on Thursday that Justice ' be done In the case of Harry Kendall Thaw. Vindictiveness, sneers. Insinuations, all were lacking; logic, analysis and a calm consideration of the facts were their substitutes. It was no blind appeal for the vengeance of the law that Mr. Jerome addressed to the jury, but ever and always there was the note of fairness, even at times of mercy. John Mitchells Successor Chosen Thomas L. Lewis of Indianapolis. Bridgeport, Ohio, was declared electMine ed president of the United Workers of America at the closing session of the annual convention. The report of the tellers showed that 127,-02votes were cast for president, of which Mr. Lewis received 64,653 and W. B. Wilson of Blossburg, Pa., received 62,472. Lewis majority was 2,081. John P. White of Iowa was elected national vice .president, having no opposition. He received 116,078 votes. Jerome ! K u i . h-- 5 j FU THE TOMBS f APPLAUD -- TO AN ASYLUfil Harry Thaw Escapes Death Penalty for Killing White, Only to be Sent to Mad House. After Twenty-fiv- e Hours Deliberation, Jury Declares . Harry Thaw Not Guilty of Murder Because of Insanity at Time Fatal Shota Were Fired. New York. Adjudged not guilty of murder of Stanford White by reason of Insanity at the time the fatal shots were fired, Harry Kendall Thaw on Saturday was held by the court to be a dangerous lunatic and was ordered confined In the state hospital for the cilminal Insane at Matteawan. It was a quick transition from the dingy little cell in the Tombs which had been the young mans home for more than eighteen months to the wards of the big asylum. The verdict came after twenty-fiv- e hours of waiting, and when everyone connected with the case had abandoned all hope of an agreement ever being reached in this or any other trial. Four hours after the foremans lips had framed the words Not guilty." with the accompanying Insanity clause, Thaw, protesting that he was lane, was on his way to Matteawan. k little after nightfall be had been received In the Institution under commitment papers which directed hlB letentlon until discharged by due course of law. On his way to Matteawan, Thaw Jictated 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 ot my counsel, who thought It unwise to sue for a write of habeas corpus at this time. Counsel will proceed In the matter of my release just as soon as they can get together the proofs they will present that I am at present sane. I am confident that my stay at Matteawan will be for a short period of time only. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw and Josiah Thaw were the only members of the prisoner family In court when the verdict was announced. The young woman thanked Individually each member of :he jury and followed Mr. Littletons example In shaking hands with them. All of the defendant's counsel Vere elated with the verdict and declared it was just what they had hoped for. District Attorney Jerome was almost is well pleased himself. Lhe white-bedde- d . CRASHED INTO WORK TRAIN. Wreck Which Results in Death of Woman and Child. .Salt Lake City. A woman and her babe are dead, two men, another woman' and a child are badly hurt, eighteen head of cattle are dead, and three work train bunk cars, two freight ears, 'a big gas car and a locomotive are demolished as the result collision between )f a terrific rear-en- d two freight trains on the Oregon Short Line road at Layton, twenty miles north of Salt Lake, at 11:48 clock Sunday morning. A work train was standing on the main line when a freight train came around the sharp curve and crashed Into the rear end of the work train. The women and children were on the work train. It is claimed the conductor of the work train had failed to put out a flag man to warn the approaching train. -- Shot Down by Highwaymen. Portland, Ore. Held up by two on Ladds highwaymen Crystal Springs farm, just outside the city limits, south of Sellwood, five farm bands were robbed at the muzzles of two revolvers, and one of the men, August Schafer, a German, was shot iown because he offered resistance to s he thugs. Schafer is now at St hospital in a critical condition, ind the police who arrived at the icene of the Bhootlng soon after it jeeurred are scouring the country for he robbers. Vln-:ent- Accused Diamond Swindler Makes Sensational Charges. Lemonie. who is Paris. Henri charged with obtaining money under false pretenses from Sir Julius Charles Wernher of the De Beers Mining company In an alleged diamond swindle, In upholding his innocence, before the examining magistrate on Saturday, swore that the diamonds exhibited by Wernher as having been sold to him were substitutes and not those that Lemonie had manufactured. Lemonie announced that he would prosecute Wernher in the English courts for swindling. Acted as Good Advertisement. Naples The first presentation here of Richard Strauss opera Salome" was the occasion tor much excitement - The ; clergy, which denounced the libretto as immoral, and ita author, Oscar Wilde, as a heretic, urged women of the Catholic faith not to attend the performance, and it was decided by the management not to produce the opera. At the last mothe announcement ment, however, wan made that the Vatican had removed its prohibition, and the theatre was crowded to overflowing. DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION. SPECIAL MESSAGE IRRESPECTIVE OF As Reported by House Committee, Bill Carries Over $24,030,000. PARTY the Washington. Chairman Tawncy ot the house committee on appropriar tions on Wednesday reported the ur' Presidents Vigorous Deninclation of gency deficiency bill. Wrong-doer- s The bill carries a total appropriaReceives Apprival of tion of $24,174,450, including the folMembers of Congress. Don Carlos of Portugal and Crown lowing items: Treasury department. $1,688,337. District of Columbia, $304,-18- 4. Prince Luiz Phillippe Murdered Military establishment, $4,080,-87- 5. The special message Washington. Back pay and bounty claims, Band Anarchists. of of the president to congress on the by Naval establishment, $1, $300,000. subject of the employers liability act 611,790. Department of the interior, and Injunctions in labor cases was $344,647. Department of commerce presented In the senate a few minutes ' United . States after 12 oclock on Friday. When Mr Second Son of King Also Badly In- and labor, $553,900. courts. Postal service, $904,039. Latta, assistant secretary to the presl jured, While Queen Amelie Has Isthmian canal, $12,178,900. chamber . wat Deathentered the there From Narrow dent, Escape House of representatives,, $78,752. but a handful of senators present The Lisbon in State of Uproar. , Judgments court of claims, $187,569. vice president at once tore open the Auditor of accounts, $292,018. big envelope containing the message ' . The total amount ' recommended is and handed it to the assistant secreLisbon. King Carlos of Portugal $784,905 less than the total sum of tary of the senate, who Immediately and the Crown Prince Luiz Phillippe estimates presented to and considered began its reading. Printed copies ot were assassinated on and Saturday by the committee. Mr. were delivered the message by , city is In a state of uproar. Latta and were distributed to the sen- theThe FIGHT FOR ISLANDS. kings second son, Manuel, was ators, but Amelie, wounded, Queen slightly On the conclusion of the reading oi crown prince's Spirited Legal Clash May Occur Be-- , the message Senator Davis of Arkan- who strove to save the tween Mexico and United States. sas promptly moved that 10,000 copies life by throwing herself upon him, was unhurt Mexico City. The disputed ownerof the message be printed as a public A band of men waiting at tho cor- ship of gulf Islands off the Yucatan document. As the reading of the message pro- ner of the Praco de Commercio and coast worth $70,000,000, gives promise the Rua de Arsenal suddenly sprang of a spirited clash between the Unitgressed in the house numerous members were heard audibly to exclaim, toward the open carriage in which ed States and the Mexican government. The heirs of J. W. Taylor, de- - . "Most unusual, This is red hot, etc. the royal' family were driving to and, leveling carbines which ceased, claim to have acquired full The presidents vigorous denunciation of wrong-doer- s was greeted with they had concealed upon them, fired. title from Pasquala Quinan, who held prince, upon the islands by right of discovery. The loud applause, as was his defense ot The king and crown federal judges who punish offenders whom the attack was directed, were Mexican government claims that the each shot three times and they lived property is its territory. The islands for violations of the law. The frequency of the applause In. only long enough to be carried to the In question are the Arcag Keys, the h creased as the reading proceeded. Thq marine arsenal near by, where they largest of which is one and of hum of conversation over the message expired. miles long and about three-fourth- s Almost at the first shot the king a mile wide. They are located eighty subsided and the members followed every word. But the climax came fell back on the cushions dying, and two miles off Yucatan, and although I at the same moment the crown prince the Islands themselves are nothing when the reading was concluded. Without regard to party, the mem- was seen to half rise and then sink more than masses of rock, they are ; bers Queen Amelie rich In guano deposits, which Pro- loudly cheered, back on the seat applauded, thumped their desks and gave other jumped up and threw herself toward fessor Hadley of Yale uD'versity esti- evidences of their approval of the doc- the crown prince, In an effort to save mated at . 30,000,000 tons. ument. After a moments silenfce the his life at the cost of her own, but John Burns Joined Soup Line. applause broke out again, several mem- the prince already had received his London. Participating In the debers, Including-Democrats- , arising from death wound. The tragedy occurred at about 5:30 bate in the house of commons on the. their seats and clapping their hands. The message then, on motion of Mr. iu the afternoon, as the royal family question of the unemployed, John Payne of New York, was referred to was returning from the Villa Vicosa, Burns, president of the local governthe committee on the state of the where they had been sojourning. A ment board and labor leader In the strong guard was in attendance, but house, denounced the unscientific disUnion. as the party came into the Praco de tribution of religious, philanthropic FLAG SOLD FOR $4,250. Commercio, a public spare, the aswhich he declared sassins leaped to the carriage a ltd be- and private charity, was usually misapplied and diverted was moment a In all While Bugle Used at Balaklava Brings gan shooting. terrible confusion, the king and to the wrong persons. He told one ol the Sum of $500. crown prince being shot down with- his own experiences recently when, London. The flag of the American out the slightest chance to save them- after an official function, he joined r and 'Balakl- selves. Police guards sprang upon 2,000 of the unemployed at the VicChesapeake ava bugle, two of the most valuable the regicides, the number of whom toria embankment' I was In my war relics of a collection of antiqui- Is somewhat uncertain, and killed court dress, he said, but pulled my three hat over my eyes and looked miserties that belonged to the late T. G. three of them and captured others. One of these committed suiand I gotl my bowl of soup and Middlebrook, were secured on Thurs- cide after being placed in prison. It able, day at the auction sale of the collec- is charged that one of the murderers hunch of bread. tion for American buyers. The was a Spaniard. Raffle for a Baby. The peake flag was captured In the fight murder has sent a With the British ship Shannon In 1813, thrill of horror throughout the counMinn. Incensed at Minneapolis, and there was good bidding for the try, even among those who have been what they term an insult to motherfaded and torn piece of bunting, the working politically for the establish- hood," a number of women in Minnement of a republic, and sorrow Is exare making an effort to compel authenticity of which is vouched ,foi on every hand at the dread- apolis pressed of a local theater to dein & written history of ownership the manager ful end of the king and the crown since Midshipman Grundy of the royal sist from his announced plan of givprince. child of the navy came into possession At the first blush it would seem as ing chances on a a trophy nearly century ago. The flag though the assassination was the to all women who attend a certain was sold for $4,250 to a London art work of anarchists and not of repub- matinee performance, and they threatdealer, who also purchased the buglt lican sympathizers. Nevertheless, the en to secure an injunction to prevent for $500, less than half what Mr. Mid stirring events of the last few weeks it. The theatre management says it dlebrook paid for it ten years ago. 1 have prepared the people for some is a legitimate advertising scheme. The discovery The baby' has been provided and, if was upon this instrument that the or startling culmination. as well as the dis- nothing der of the light brigade toi charge at of plot ofafter plot,secret happens to prevent, the hustores of weap- man lottery many covery will continue as outlined, the battle of Balaklava was Bounded. ons and ammunition, had demon- the bhild going to the holder of the strated beyond peradventure the exAttempt to Blow Up Family of Mine istence of a determination on the lucky number. Superintendent in Colorado. part of a large body of the PortuJim Crow Cars to Be Put in Use In Trinidad, Qolo. The residence ol guese to overthrow the present condiOklahoma. A. Alexander, superintendent of the tions and proclaim a republic. Okla. The separate ccach . Guthrie, into to be called the first Among Frederick mine of the Colorado Fuel the critical created by the law passed by the Oklahoma legisla&' Iron company, twenty miles west assassination situation Premier Franco, ture at the opening of the session . was of this city, was partly wrecked by the dictator of the kingdom. Franco went Into effect in the new state on an explosion of dynamite early Fri- was protected by a squadron of cav. The measure wa3 passed as Saturday. day. The explosive had been placed alrymen as he hastened to the pal- an emergency which that it provided under a bed room in which three ace, and there he conferred with the should become in sixty days effective on state of children were sleeping. All the in- queen and high officials Colonel J. C. action should be after its passage. mates ot the house escaped with what immediate Graham of Marietta Is the author of is that taken. understood It Queen slight injuries. It is believed that the Amelie will be regent dhring the mi- the measure. All Oklahoma railroads explosion was caused by miners who their intention of comnority of Prince Manuel, who is now have signified had been discharged. w'th the plying provisions of the law. in his nineteenth year. JAPS ON THE DEFENSIVE. Emergency Increase In National Bank ' Battleships at Punta Arenas. Circulation. of Straits MagelPunta Alsenas, Not Directed Military Preparations Senator Aldrich, Washington. lan. The American battleship fleet chairman ot the senate committee on) Against Any Single Nation. steamed into Punta Arenas harbor on Thursday favorably report-- , Tokio. At a sectional committee and came to anchor at finance, Saturday meeting of the diet on Friday, M. 12:50 p. m. Almost the entire popu- ed his bill providing for an emergency,' Olshl was asked against whom were lation had gathered on the hill be- increase .a the national bank circulawas authorized at a Japans military preparations directed. hind the town and the jetties fringing tion. The report at Minister of War Terauchi replied, say- the water front to witness the com- meeting of the committee held, which all the Republican members of and the of war, friendly ships ing that they were not directed against ing present voted for a resolution authorany single nation, but against eventu- the Chilean representatives who are izing the reporting of the bill, and all alities on the Pacific, where Japan has here to greet the visitors, in the name the Democrats voted for the Baley a long coast line from Saghalien to of the republic and bid them welcome substitute. Mr. Aldrich said he would were gathered expectantly on the Formosa. on deck of the Chilean cruiser Chaca-buc- call the bill up for10. considerationjf , Monday, February lying in the roadstead. Goldfield Engineer Knocked on the Taft Refused to Talk Politics. Head. Shylocks Among Employes of Rail- Cleveland, O. Secretary Taa, acGoldfield, Nev. Charles F. Hine, a road Company. Colonel Clarence Edmining engineer, was knocked on the Omaha. Complaint . made by a companied by of the army and Congressman wards head with a gun and brutally as- Union Pacific to his departemploye saulted and robbed Friday night on ment has revealed a remarkable McKinley of California, arrived Wednesday, and was met by a reception Miner street, within a block of the growth of the money loaning by Its Hotel Casey. The crime was com- wealthy employes, often at usury as committee headedwereby Herrick.' They taken to the mitted at 11 oclock in the evening, great or greater than that required Union club, where an informal lunchwhile Hine was on his way home. by licensed chattel loan concerns In eon was served. Later Secretary Taft Hine could give but & vague descrip- the city. Immediately this condition addressed a meeting of the Ifical Red tion of his assailants, and there Is of affairs came to the notice of Vice Cross society. Asked if there was any little chance of their detection. Miner President Mohler, Ue issued a formal truth in the report that h intended street leads from the Hotel Casey to order threatening prompt discharge to resign from the cabinet, Secretary the passenger depot of the Clark for any employe of the road known Taft replied In the negaitee. He deto be loaning money to other men In clined to talk politics. road, and Is unlighted by the city. f the service. Governor Threatened With Death. Legality of Expenditure Questioned. Pressmen May Now Strike. need of Portland, Ore. A special dispatch an Washington. The Cincinnati. Efforts of the United American merchant marine as an auxto the Oregonian from Troutdale, Ore., states that Governor George E. Typothetae of America to force the iliary to the navy 'formed the princiPressmens Printing Chamberlain has received an anony- International pal topic, of discussion in the house mous letter demanding ' that John and Assistants union of North Am- of representatives on Wednesday daran to to erica live agreealleged up Branton be released from the Oregon work ing consideration of tie urgent dement whereby the eight-hou- r penitentiary, and threatens, if the day would not be instituted until af- ficiency appropriation bilL The degovernor refuses, the fate of Governor ter January 1, 1909, met with defeat bate was precipitated by Mr. LittleSteunenberg of Idaho and formet in the United States court Saturday, field of Maine, who questioned the leSheriff Harvey K. Brown of Bakei when Judge Thompson handed down gality of the provision of the bill apcounty. Branton was sent to th a decision in which he says the snlon propriating $1,000,000 to Bupply a destate p Ison from Cottage Grove committee did not have the power to ficiency for coal for the navy caused Ore., f Attempting to kill a man fo bind the union by the agreement It by transfer of the battleship Beet his Ufa durance. entered into with the committee from from the Atlantic to the Pacific. the typothetae. -- one-fourt- , man-of-wa- Ch-esa- cold-bloode- d . , 1 |