North Carolina Newspapers

THE : SUND AY : CITIZEN WEATHER. . Fair and Colder.' NEWS SECTION 22 PAGES TODAY. VOL. XXIII f NO. 77. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AA- ft .f AAA AAA A AAA MA A A AAA MA A A A AM A A AAA AAAAA AAA A AAAAA AAA, AAAAA A A A J A AAA. 4 .4, M MAMA A A A AAAAA. A A 4 AM. 4 f r r tf .4 .4 .4 J A A A A A A A A A M A A M nd ibk '.-Crown Prince of wtugaj Assassins nds llf30 Carlos P by mm , . -9, 9 . . f, j - 9, i 9 , ' , r j LISBON, Feb. I. King Carlos of Portugal and the Crown Prince, Luiz Philippe, were assassinated today, and the ity is in a state of uproar. The king's second son, the Infanta Manuel, was slightly wounded, but Queen Amelie, who strove to save thy crown prince's life by throwing herself upon him, was unhurt. A hand of men waiting at the corner of the Praco do Commercio and the Rua do Arsenal suddenly sprang toward the open carriage, in which the family was driving to the palace, and levelling carbines which they had concealed upon them, tired. The king and the 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 Aisenal, nearby, where they expired. Almost at the first shot the king fell back on the cushions dying, and at the same nicment thb crown priuee was seen to half arise and then sink back on the seat. Queen Amelie jumped up and threw herself toward the crown prince in an apparent-effort to save his life at the ost of her own,' but the prince had received his death wound. The police guard fired upon the assassins and Killed three of them. The royal family were returning from Villa Vieosa, where they had been sojourning ami were on their way from the railroad station to the jmlace. A strong guard was in attendance ' because of the recent uprising in the city and the discovery of a plot to assassinate Premier F&eo and overthrow the-monarchy. Hut the band of murderers had selected the most advantageous ' spot for the eommission-of their crime, for they were concealed from the eyes of the police until the carriage had wheeled into the Praco do Commercio, a large square. Before any of the guards wero aware, of what was happening the assassins leaped toward the carriage and instantly a fusillade of shots rang out. In a moment all was terrible confusion, the king and crown prince being shot with out the slightest chances to save themselves. Police guards sprang upon the regicides, the number, of whom is somewhat uncertain, and killed three of them and captured three others. Ons of these crminitted suicide. after being placed in prison. It is charged that one of the mnrdciers was a Spaniard named Cordova. The bodies of thq king and the crown prince were removed fro mtho Marine . Arsenal in two closed carriages to the royal palace, the Paco Das Necessadias, the J ate resident!? of the king, escorted by municipal guards mounted. The news of the assassination swept 'through the cjty like wildfire, and tonight the populace is 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 be- ;, ing phmged into the awful throes of a revolution with all the attendant horrors and blootlshel;Throughout the city consternation reigns, and all the houses and business places are barricaded, ' t An , exaniination of the wounds of the king, who was already dead when he reached the arsenal, showed that three bullets had found their mark. One wound was situated in the nape of the neck, a second in the shoulder, and the third, which was the fatal wound, severed the cartoid artery. The crown prince, who was still breathing, but who died almost immediately after admission to' the arsenal, had ; suffered three wounds in the head and chest. Two bullets had struck PrineeManucl, one in the lower jaw and the other in the arm. Queen Maria Pia, the mother of King Carlos, the Duke of Oporto, his brother, a number of the ministers and court officials, hastened at once to the arsenal when the news reaelunl them of the attack upon the royal familj'. ,' , . At the first blush it would seem as though the assassination was the work of anarchists. Nevertheless,' the stirring events of the last few weeks has prepared the people for some startling eulmi . nation. The discovery of plot after plot, as well as the discovery of .many secret stores of weapons and ammunition, had demonstrated the existence of a determination on the part of a large body(of the Portuguese to overthrow the present conditions and proclaim a republic. The tragedy occurred at 5JJ0 o'clock in the evening, but the panic which instantly gripped the city and all its activities, prostrated the lines of communication and it was not for some hours that the news of the assassination was permitted to be sent broadcast; Lisbon tonight wears an air of utter desolation. The thea tres and cafes are all closed, the streets are almost deserted, and the electric care are moving without passengers. The minds of all the faithful monarchists have turned to the thought that the wound- ed Infanta Manuel is now king of Portugal, and courtiers thundered through the streets summoning to the, bedside of the wounded youth all the skilled physicians that eould be found in Lisbon, The latest bulletin from the bedside of Prince Manuel states that at present there is no danger of eomplicatious from the wounds. The greatest fear is or the possibility of blood poisoning later, . ; , ' k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k . k k k k k k k k k k k k k ' k k k k k k k DETAILS OF THE MURDERS WERE WELL PLANNED Slayers of Royal .Family Knew That Their .Victims, Would Be Out'. , AS; '!''TJW - - i - ' QUEEN TRIED TO SaVe TiiftfR Lives Threw 'llerself in Front of Husband5 and Son to Stop ' The Bullets:' v (By Associated tre.) LISBON, Feb. 1. The details of the murders show that they were cunningly arranged. The, fact that the royal family were returning from Villa VlcoBa had been made public In advance, and the authorities had arranged what they considered an ef fective guard along the route the carriage was to take. The trip from Villa VIcOM was" without Incident. , The kmg and his family returned n( the end of a. day of great politi cal excitement. In . the city on account of the wholesale arrests and the con ihiual discovery ' of new depots of arms and bombs. A great throng was grouped about the Barrerio railroad station and the neighboring streets, when the members or the voynl family disembarked for the inn pose of driving across the Tagus in rcachftlg the actual limits of Lis lm. The court carriages awaited th. m before the landing stage, and the king and queen and the two princes entered the leading carrlae, which started Immediately, wheeling into the, Praco do Commercio. Sud-di-nly the sharp cfack if a carbine startled the assemblage. Jhcn the air as filled With a succession of sharp r, port!, and the king was seen to jump up and reach for his throat, then to drop back on the cushions. The crown prince, almost: simultane ously was aeen to collapse and fall toward the side of the carriage, while the queen, driven to a freni: was seeking to save the erown prince and 'lie Infanta Manuel by shielding them wth her body, I "rancteod Klgueira. an orderly, who was walking near the royal carriage, ditw his revolver and killed one of the regicides, and the police sprang at the others. They turned rapidly and fled, 'the police pursuing them and killing one of them near the town hall. Both the bodies were carried into the town hall, but have nut yet been Identified. It is believed, how ever, that one of the men Is a Span iard and the other a Frenchman PACIFIC FLEET ANCHORED AT PUNTA ARENAS Salutes Boom as Battleships Steam into Port in Don-- We Column. litJ NFKOftt HTO MADE WITHOUT ACcrbENT Hearty Welcome Received By Wireless by Evans From Chilian Admiral. (By Associated Prsu.) PUNTA ARRNAH. STItAIT OF MAUK1XAN, Feb. . The American battleship fleet steamed Into Punta Arenns harbor today and came to an chor at 12:50 p. m. The American ships were sighted at 11 a. m. steam ing in double column. They came up slowly from Possession Hay. where t:iev had anchored the night before and at 1 2:33.. were abreast of the port. While yet some distance away, a salute to the port boomed out from the Connecticut and the Chacabueo replied. The British cruiser Sappho also saluted the Connecticut, which responded in kind and as the Con necticut passed the Chilean cruiser saluted the American (lag and the Connecticut saluted the Chilean flag. Welcome Hecvlveil. Before the arrival of a fleet a wire less message from the Chacabueo to Admiral Kvans, conveying a hearty welcome from the Chilean admiral to the American fleet. Admiral Kvans at once responded with many thanks. The run from Itio Janeiro whence the start was made on January 22. was marie with favorable weather and without accident. The fleet was met at the entrance of liroacl Hound by the Chilean Cruiser Chacabueo. and the English cruiser Rappho. Ar riving in port shortly after noon I' Chilean vice-minister of Marine an 1 John Hicks. American minister at Sandiago rte Chile came aboard the Connecticut and greeted Admiral Evans, who bos practically rcc from his attack of rheumatism, ui is actively directing the f the licet Court Holds Thaw p Dangerous Lunatic; Goes io Insane Asylum (By Auoclattd PrtM.) NEW YORK Feb. 1. After a ver dict of 'not guilty" of murder of H tan ford White by reason of insunUy at the time, the fatal shots Wf re fired, Harry Kendall Thaw today was held by the court to be a dangerous luna tic, and was whirled away to the state hospital foe the rlmlnar Insane ftfc&U.tuewwt f;ws ntiickr trahwitlon frp the dingy little ' cell lit the Tombd Which had beerl the young characterised h movements he aw kwardly, almost haughtily, bowed his acknowledn menu td. the weelv Jury men bi they were dlneliarged'.uy the court A snvlle played Rbmit hi pal lid feature and there evpry rea- son lo believe, that ti wae, eittlrel pleased' Hh'iH' 4ttBfc- Hl."9t after ho ha4 hwed i the weed at Justice Uowling commuting, him to man'a home or more than 1 monthti . Mattewan.oa, the ground that hi re- to the white bedded room of the I lease IW the opinion 'of ' tile court, big asylum, tucked away in the snow would efiiJatwgeri the public sufety covered sloping banks of the Hudson after the' etntton of the verdict hart river, llfty miles above the city. Idled away, that Thaw rebelled. He The verdict came after - twenty' commanded M aUotwys , Immed flve hours of nulling, and when every- lately to sue ,out a wrltl oC habeas one connected with the ease hAd Corpus to have his sanity teaesd be ubundoned all hope of an agreement 'for lie waa 'iient away to the up ever being reached In thl or any state Institution, where the insane other trial. Scarcely had the fore- of criminal tendencies were onllned. man's lips framoi the words "not . Jolpert Demand, guilty" with the accompanying lnsan- Mrs. William Thaw, from her hotel Ity clause, when Thaw, protesting that where .she. had received over the tele he was not Insane, was on his way to, phone the news of the trial' end, In the court room'ead with that lack -tinder promise that some action of grace of action which always has I speedily would be taken looking to Mattewan. A little after nightfall he had been received In the institu tion under commitment papers, which directed the detention "until discharged by due course of law." riiwllllng lo Oo. No more unwriiing patient ever made a Journey to a state Institution. Thaw's train on Its way to FIshklll landing where a carriage was taken to Mattewan, passed beneath the very walls of grim King Hlngi but St no time since hi:i arrest on the night of June 2V 1900, hud the young Pitts burg millionaire ever held the thought that he would see the Inside of thnt famous prison, and he heeded It not. The first thrill of the words of "aqulttal" brought Thaw to Ills feet Joined In fhe demund of her son. Martin W. Littleton,- chief counsel for the defense. finally prevailed against the wishes of the mother. In dicating to her that he believed It would be better fur the present to obey the mandate of the court. Justice Dowllng it wits until had been consulted In the matter after he hud signed his order of commit ment, and Informally had advleed Thaw's counsel against making an Immediate contest. The. prlsoner'H consent was not won until after a lively scene with his counsel, and his wife the latter pleading . with him for more than an limir,. to be content for u time at Ichmi with what fato had given him. the appointment of a commission to Inquire Into hie present aitlty or for hia transfer to a private Institution, where his wife , and other members or hie family might reside with htm, Thaw consented to. go," without ,.irj 1 'WW prmeai. , , . , , On his way to- Mattewan Thaw die tated the following authorised state ment to a epresetatlve Of The,A soclated Press: . ; , , "I am perfectly sane now, birt I nm going to Mattewan on the advice of my counsel who thought It unwtt to sue. for a writ of habeas corpus at this time. Counsel will proceed In the matter of my release Just as soon aa they can get together the proofs they will present that I am at prevent sane. I am .confident that my may at Mattewan will be for a short per iod of time only." Thaw was accompanied front the Tombs to the Grand Central station by his wife and Jnsiah Thaw 111 brother. Attorneys A. Hussel- Pea body mill IXllliel O'Hellly went With him to Mattewan. Mr. Littleton I understood to have talked very plainly to Thaw while the aubjeet of suing out a writ of lialieu corpus wa Under" discussion. Mr. Littleton Informed Thaw, It was stated, thut "there Is such a thing as public sentiment In New Tork City." Hut I shull not go to Mattowan " Thaw Is reported to have repeated many times. "You will have to go," replied Mr. Littleton. Dunlel O'Reilly Jollied In this it- jjKftrvuxJxrisiJKn r rn nji-Lfwin in" r i "iT ROOSEVELT AND "MUCK RAKING" - CAUSED PANIC Ro Declares Senator Fora . ker iu His Address Before : ;;bhiQS(WetyVfN.Yri (Conllnncl on age Hirer.) Rate Compromise Becomes a Law; Special Session kd'ioums (SMilal to The ritlzen.) nALBIOII. N. C. Feb. J.-The ex traordlnary session of the general as sembly adjourned sine die at 2:42 ered o'clock this afternoon, after eleven 1 days' session. The morning hours to- mo einenls iua saw nip concurrence oi ine sen- thorize the. state hoard of agriculture Only one vote was cast against to sell the Transylvania test farm (resolution. the TRIAL ATTRACTING STATE'S ATTENTION and buy one in Buncombe. (Julio way of Greene opposed this on the ground that Trans.t Ivanln county had uontrlbuted t'lao toward this test farm, and they "unlit to be notified of tfny purpose to hange. He aske.1 bill be- t , bled. This Has ate in the amendment to the senate, that the rate bill made by the house last night I done. eliminating the corporation commls-j The bill to allow wives to testify lon from any part in the operation lagainst their husbands in certain slari of the rate act and the enrollment ,ier and other cases came up as II of the act for bnal ratification. ThM had uased (he senate and was tabled was done during the few minute 'Bv Associated Press.) I r,,n.(IVU t U Ala I'Vh 1. Oil I 1)1 - ..w-mnnAXni, l.a mil. .,,., m a. ( ,.An. .,U In Cullman. Ala.. ' .rtiirtta areui iiumiifr 111 uiner Htcai aim Monday will begin (he suecial term of the circuit which was.calle dto I lotions 6f the state law; by vote of -40 to r.S. Mr. Grant (republican) Introduced resolution that the state treasurer ;lcmr Message. Governor Glenn sent to the legis lature today a spcclul message, which may lie termed the farewell order Of tin- session. He ml.l, among other things "Your work Is well done and yon d'-wrvc and will receive the plaudit of a gruieful people. In set tling the rate Uetloti on a basis Just to the Hlnte ami equitable tif the railroadv ou have restored harmony, protected all business Interests and depioristrate.1 the faei that the sov ereign .an compel obedience from Its GOO FORMEIt 0UI(MN8i ATTfcSb UAKQUET Hon. Judson ifftrmon and John D. Archhold Were ... Among the Speaker, , nvestlgate the KonraI 1,1118 lh:,t hu cen passed ,o not aept any part of the IK.DOO jrrtures which disobey Its laws an.l prohibition ,n! f,'w ay in Cullman county Judge ' railroad - " .- , ..,..,.. ..ii,.,i ,h, se.slon at morning ne weapons tney useu were repeal- Ms.'a .. -- I ratification of the act Legislation as to was also rounded up this by the linul passage and the of Gov- reouest and suggestion ernor H B. Comer to see it me sue of llauor cannot oe sioppcu. ng carbines of five chambers. The minister of state held a council and ordsred It-in rtinwl rlirorons ore- cautionary measures throughout the More than 500 witnesses r,VBO,Ilt.,ns P8 city. Th city tonight appears to be j summoned and the outcome is being . aim. the Slieftce tnat prevails oetng waiciien inrougnoni ... remarkable, and there was iiardly a Fign df life. The square surrounding i VOT VKT DKCIDKD. the naval areehul. however, the Uwn . -j- , ,,,, ,,.a. pTe'd byd,rp.k M P borwhris to oppose Cnit X. . . P . e,i states Senator Clay for re-election. on King mi i., anu " -; m,t f his candidacy - - - vi cviiih JUiuia i -s , Ai.Mn f.- ,j Un.iAin He announcflfinrnt rZVy tne meeting of t 1 fl ffMW. M . rw i Vkt. 1)1 r. - I . 1 1 1 Ie thlke- of Uragahta wa borrt of the primary will give him time j ""dmept. March 2J."' It7- - " canvas the Ute During the elevn days' session two hundred and ten hills were passed and duly ratified into laws and ten passed. bill Introduced by Speaker Justice and passed by the house, to enable certain Mate offi cials to obtain Information from the book of I he public service corpora tion or common carriers necessary for their regulation, came up In the senate and was defeated. The senate passed bills to prevent traveling ewilesmen from soliciting orders for intoxicating llijuors In pro hibition territory In North Carolina- depend upon whether the date j the senate concurring in the house In the house trill came p to au- extend its hands la helpfulness exacted from the railroads In the I !,-, . compromise for payment of the ex- w).n t. subject, acknowledging Its pense of the extra slon of the les-Lnegla m -e. ack for needed assistance. Islature. On thi Morton or New The Bti,. , raiilied the agreement Hanover called f.,i the ayes and noes j wt, tt,e railroads, and I feel I assured that the railroads will in good faith fully carry out their con- P. ed! Cooler North Carolina Kair, much cold etv Sunday, with a cold wave and higher northwest winds: Monday cold. (By AueelaUd rM.) NEW VOrtK, Teb. t. Nearly lx hundred one of the'. Buckeye state, resident of New York Clly attend ed the twenty-second annual banquet of the Ohio Boclety of New York tonignt in tne grand ball room of the Waldorf-Astoria and listened to addresses by several of Ohio's most distinguished son. Th speaker were United State Benator Joseph H. r'oraker, lroy D. Thoman president of the Ohio Society, of Chicago; Hon. Judson Harmon, of Clnclnatl; John 1). Arehbold, vice-president of the Btandard Oil Company, and Judge Elbert H, Oary. chairman of the United Btute Steel corporation. Muck Raking. Senator Fora ker openly declared that "Muck raking" was chiefly re sponsible for the present Industrial and financial condition, In which the country now find Itself. He decried the attacks or magutlnes and news papers and Investigations Into th af fairs of railroads and Industrial cor porations and then charged that President Koosevelt "not only In creased the general dissatisfaction but helped to create a general busi ness distrust and alarm.'' Henutor foraker declared that one or the evi dences or present Improvement In sentiment was found In the fact that that "the president's message of Fri day although It caused some advance alarm and proved to Iw one of the fiercest ever sent to Congress; yet Instead of producing a bad effect on Uulues. seemed lo stimulate the mar ket " He warned against the dan ger arising from confusion of exe cutive legislative and judicial powers f the government. Kuggests I'ndl.M-ks. 'Finally, It would be most fortunute if a padlock could be provided forth muck on kern, all of them, high and low, big ami little, well ItilentlcHied and eill Intentloneil: for It Is high time to 'iiilt slandering the Ameri can people They never deserved It: they were inner more worthy of praise and commendation. There never higher ideals and morals than those among the business men of OLD BOREAS HOLDS SWAY IN ASilEVILLE - i . . . , , , Hob-tail flleds and DrVOood lion's Add Delight to ' 1 the Hoj-isli Life. 8TKADY FALL Of , . ; t . - f, -SNOW LAST NIflllT the niitlftri and thr wrf rteVfr lit- tract made with me, thus showing by tr metliods employed bv them for their acts the veTlty of their Words, he control and transaction of busl when th-y profess a desire for kind-1 ties. ly relations between alt classes and condition!" "In your judgment you thought It be.-t to Milinilt the question of state prohibition to the vote of the state, and I cheerfully approve your course, and now offer -my services as a vol unteer to carry your law before the people and ask them by their votes to ratify what you have enacted. In my judgment, prohibition will win (Continued on page four.) "If the next president will le con tent and proud as any man might well be to execute plain simple, ojd fashioned Republican policies Instead of his own, our prosperity will not only come again, but will permanent ly abide with us." John D. Arehbold, vice-president of the Btandard OH Company, -warmly defended the Btandard II Com pany, which he declared was one of the country's most valuable business organisations. , ' - ' ? ,. ....... Clammy Fingers of the lee , j' King iiavo Tight Clutch ' On the City. p Wbeer aald ShA man Iri the street" as h drew hie overcoat tlehr bout hlro, turned hi collar p and ' inea to cram ni Derby .down over hie Mr, thl 1s great weather for Icicles, but foe a real flesh ant Individual, ! thl Is and juat then he , slipped on an enticing bit of Ice and' th sentence ended In a eputter of In coherency. Painfully he Arranged the tackle on his derrick and plckad him self tip. muttering unrrammatlcallv . freene, froKen and froosensst ' mwt moet alt the latter. "I'll j tell yon, , brother, Asbevlllo Isn't at bom. today, , , It' somewhere un around h ini.-' circle trvlna to nd tha hantun ink " and 1 gttes )t' going to succeed ty ' ' ini nun nr ininn vmm . .-jju. iu.-i ed here all my life end I never saw ' the dear Old eltv ni m - - " ss f is v It la doing now and I ain't no chicken euner-, he said a h stroked an Iron " grey beard. "Yesterday Was a cork.." and today is a corkerer," and his - tongue did all "the mathematical ' curve Known a ne twirled out the last Word. . .. . - Mmdi and Meet, . rrom.1 slush and sleet to a frcese a hard a the rock, of Gibraltar,' sums up In a nutshell the'story of the last two ftliva tot t Ha u.all... l, ,..tln-. i f - -" ' , K.. . . . w , -HHKUVIi 'III the city. The whole thing now resolve r Into th Jealousy between the enow s" man and the mercury. They always have been at sword point, for when the snow man wanted to have a little i( fling, and bring himself Into public , notice, the mercury would promptly ' run up to the top of the tube and ' knock the fracas In the head. Friday. however, Mercury wa caught napping , and the snow man did a he pleased for about twelve hour. Yesterday, however, the mercury decided to out- Herod Herod, and with the now mart ' down and out, with the effort of the day before, could drop wjth Impunity,' and according to tha "man on the : ? street, was mighty rkise to being out of sight when he last looked. How ever that may he. little of en ex aggeration. . i ' ' ' Thu mail boy wa the moet pleased person In the city yesterday morelng w hen he opened hi eyes and saw the blanket of snowy white covering on the ground. It was Saturday, too, and for that he gave a prayer of thanks, for It meant no school and lota of coasting. All day long, and on every hill that could buast th title, the steel runner aang out th . aong of th boy delight It was eport of the highest -type to him In the ecope of hi small horlson. and knowing that , King Frost would not always be his friend he made the mosl of what ' seemed to him the opportunity of a life time. Tumble from the fleeting sled and now ball In th neck illrt nut dim the aport but only served to emphaslae It. Last night the hard . freer made theeoastlng on the North (Continue:! on tgge Three.) :