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The Wingham Advance, 1908-02-13, Page 3- —awe --eseassreseeeerierwerforeel! ASSASSINATION OF ENO CARLOS AND CROWN PRINCE OF PORTUOAL or, • Shot Down By Band of Men While Driving in an Open Carriage In Lisbon. Manuel Proclaimed King of Portugal—Three Amassing Killed by rake, Three Taken Prison- ers—Queen Marie Amelie, Who Bravely Tried to Shield Crown Prince, Escaped Unhurt—Itler Second Son Wounded—Consternation in the Capital—Attack on Premier Franco's Residence —Assassins Believed to be Anarchists—Sympathetic Outbreak Feared in Spain—Sympathy From the Other Crowned Heads, 'Lisbon, Feb. 1, ---King Oerlos of roam.- . :gal and the Crown Prince, Lula were assasshiated to -day, anti the city 'is in a state of uproma The King's sec- ond son, the infant Manuel, was slightly wounded, but Queen Marie Amelia), who strove to save the Crown Prince's life' by throwing herself upon hina WAS un- hurt. 4 band of men waiting at the corner fof the Privet) Commereia and the Rua slo Altannal saddeniy spraug towaid the event carriage, in which the royal family 'were driving te the palace, and, levelling carbines which they had concealed upon them, fired. The King aud Crown Prince were removed from the Marine Arsenal la two cbesed carriages to the royal pal- ace; the PACO des Necessidades, the late residence of the King, and. eacorted by ,munieipal guards, mouated, Murders Cunn;ngly Planned. details of: the murders show that they sore cunningly arranged. The fact MIA '41e royal family were returning froai. Villa Vioesa had been made pub - 'lie in advance, and the authorities,' had. arranged what they considered an effec- tive guard along the route, which the royal carriage was to take.. The trip from Villa Vicosa was without incident. The .King his family returned. at the end of a day of the greatest excite- knent in the city on account of . the wholesale arrests and the 'continual dis- covery of new depots of arms and bombs. A great throng were groupee about the Barrier° station and in the. rieighborina streets when the members of the roasta family disembarked, for the 'purpose of driving; across the Tagus in veaching the actual limits of Lisbon. The court couriers awaited them before the Ilandiag stage, and the King and the queen and the two Princes -entered the leading carriage., which started immedi- 'lately, wheeling into the Praco do Com- mercio. • • A Shower of Bu lie ts. ' by: ".ihe King. and Crown Prince were tenderly carried into the imildieg, laiareee a surgeon, one of the spectators, 'astily, did everything passible.to putt the' • 1 t 1 f a • out avail, The Meg deed, and the Prince eapireil within a few moments, '11 'he Queen's. Night Watch. The news of the assassination spread like 'wildfire, end thousands of people, bewildered 'and, terrified, poured into the streets. Soon the troope and police occupied all the pronlineht places, and the people hue -elect to their homes and barrieaded the doors and windows, to Wait in fear the unknown future. aim ' strictest measures were taken by the of- ficers in charge of the troops to sup.' press the slightest sign of disorder,. but their Work was light. There were no, ' disturbances of any account in the city, The bodies of the King and Crown Prince rested in the royal palace, and beside them the Qaeen sat throughout the night, sometimes with her hands pressing the forehead of King Carlos mid sometimes stroking the face of the dead Crown Prince. Thu bodies 'were embalmed. and will lie in state aedord- ing to the eustom of thp Coe& The funeral probably Will bb held on Febru- ary 10th. The condition of the newly -proclaim- , ed King Manuel is1 satisfactory to the physicians in attendance. His wounds are not severe, and if there are lib com- plications, of which there ate no signs now, he is expected to make a speedy recovery, lit entries his arm bi a sling and derhires that he suffers no Bain. :he Country Horrified. The cold-blooded murder has sent a .hrill of horror throughout the country, even among those who have been work- ing p.litically for the establishment eventually of a republic, and sorrow is expressed on every hand at the dread- ful end. of the King and the Crown Prince. At the first blush it would seem as though the assassination was the work of Anarchists and not Republica,n sympathizers. Neaettheless the stirring events of the last few weeks have pre- pared the people for Bente startling cul- mination. The discovery of plot after plot as well as the diecotery of many secret stores of weapons and ammuni- tion had demonstrated beyond. perad- venture the existence of a determina- tion on the part of a large body of the Portuguese to overthrow the present conditions and proclaim a republic. The tragedy. occurred about '5.30 in the' afternoon, but tho panic which in- stantly gripped. the city and all its activities prostrated the lines of com- municrtion, and. 'it was not for soma hours hat the news of the assassimie tion was permitted to be sent broad- caet. Lisbon to -night wears an air of atter desolation. The theatres and cafes are closed, the streets are almost deserted and the electric cars are mov- ing without passengers, In short, the city has shut itself up in the houses. The New King. While the people aommunea on the future of their country, the minds of all the faithful Monarchists turned at once to the thought that the wounded. Infant Manual was now King of Portu- gal. With this conviction came the other thought tbat all must be done to safeeuard the boy's life, and couriers thunbdered through the streets summon- ing to the bedside of the wounded youth all the- skilled physicians that could be found in. Lisbon. Among the first to • be called into the cribcal situation caused by the assassination was' Premier Franco, the dictator of the kingdom. Franco was protected by a squad of cavalrymen as he hastened to the palace, and there he conferred with the Queen rind high- er officials of State on whet immediate action should be taken. It• is Under- stood that taneen Amen° will be Regent during the minority of Prince Manuel, who is now in his nineteenth year. All -Portugal is overwhelmed at the Killing of the King and the Crown Prince. Though torn by internal dissen- sions, the past few months, terrorized by acts of crime and bloodshed, upris- ings in the streets, outrages with knife and bomb, and always fearful lest these signs of revolution would culininate in seine dreadful outburst of passion, Por- tugal was not prepared for the blow th•at fell yesterday. • Returned to Lisbon for Safety. Atrording to news received here, the murders of the King and Crown. Prince were executed under the orders of the Republican Ferreira,' and the intention was to assassinate the whole Portugatese -oyal family. Premiee Franco haa an intimation of these intentions, and, fearing that the noliee woeld be unable to give the royal family adequate protection at Villa Vicosa, had arranged for their return to Lishoe, after taking precautionary meas sures for their safety, such as stationing special serviee police and detectives at various points and occupying the landing stage by strong forcee. Crossing the Tagus by steamer was advised by hint in preference to the long toute by railroad, where notective measures would be more difficult. Prominent Republicans Implicated. It seems that altogether some thirty men concerned in the plot were secreted among the trees aloag the Villa Vicosa, in the vicinity of the landing stage, and at other points along the route, 'a group was stationed at the Primo Conemermo. There were a dozen: men in this group, and all of them wore long cloaks. to con- eeal their weapons. It is evea stated that the Portuguese Governmeet has proofs that several men prominent in the Republican party, in - chiding one ex-miriister belonging to the Regeneration party, were toneented ia end defrayed the. 'costs of the plot. Some of these men, it is said, have ee-. capea acrose the frontier. The Vertu - aurae Government halt reqemeted the Spanish raithorifiee to guard the fron- tier and preveut further esettpee, end rigorous measaree have bee» takett in all Porttigiteme porte to Merest; any tate- It was because of the beautiful weath- er that an open carriage -wad in waiting for tho royal family, and when they took their places they were greeted with some lifting hats. but mostly in. silence. Then as the carriage sharply turaed in- to the Rua, do Arsenal there was a cracking of guns, and a shower of bullets snade their way into the .bodies of the Xing and Crown Prince, and the little Princet who proved an easy target. The assassins, numbering six in all, boldly ran up to the sides of the •carriage and epoured in a hail of lead before the stu-. ipefied escort could intervent. The King und Crown Prince, half rising, fell back into the cuehions, the blood. gushing from many wounds. The coachman -brought his whip acioes the flanks of his horses and with a bound they dash- ed away, 'disappearing into the Arsenal quadrangle. The panic-stricken people, who had fled en all sides, could. see the Queen leaning over the earown Prince and her younger son, eano also was bleeding from wounds by the assassin's bullets. a The Queen's Bravery How many shots were fired no one can say, but it was a veritable fusilade eorning from the right side of the etreet. The effort of the Crown Prince, who was sitting opposite to the King, to riae was pitiable, and without avail, for he ad - pasted himself sufficiently to pitch for-. ward. and ',al over the prostrate body of his father. Queen Amelie, uttering a scream that could be beard by all who had become frenzied by ' the attack, • threw herself towards her sons, shielding their bodies with her own. She franti- cally 'struck at the murderers with a bouquet of roses which she had been carrying, but even in the face of this the men fired again and again. As he saw his father and his brother fall Prince Manuel whipped out a revolver and discharged it at the men, but was himself struck on the right arm by a bullet from a carbine. A footman in the carriage also was wounded, and it was stated that a bullet grazed the Queen's shoulder, but did not do her harm. • The Attack From the Rear. Only mounted "police accompanied the carriage, as the ICing had refused mili- tary escort. The atteck tame from the rear, for it was found afterwards that the Ring had been shot in the back of the neck, and. it was so entirely tmexpected that the murderers had .emptied their earbines and revolvers, al- most before the police knew what was going. on, and hau turned to flee into the erowds that, now panicatricken, h pressea back before their weapons, Then •the guards charged upon them,. pur- suing them down the street and riddling three of them with bullets, Hundreda of the people joined in the pursuit, and theaothers of the band of assassins wer3 made prisoners. The royal carriage had by this time been driven into the quadrangle, ant the gates of the. arsenal were shat. The grief of the Queen and Prince Manuel' was heart -breaking. Within a fey minutes the Queen mother, the dowager Queen Marie Pia, the Duke of Oporto, the King's brother, and the Minieters of State assembletal eifeaping bitterly, in the •Royal Carriage. The Queen, who hademiraculouely es- capea unhurt hone the veritable rain oe bullets, was kneellieg beeide her • husbana and son. The, excitement the vicinity of the tragedy threatened to beeothe serious, and the soldien the Want Mantiel, with blood stream. ing from his mouth, *leaning over the bodies of his father and his dying brother, Meanwhile en unhappy seene was i peogreee at OW royal carriage, where King Carlos lay dead,. the Prince ue- Nail:alone and In e hie last, and quiekly suit -minded the entiage, whiea Was driven to the 'Marine Atonal near 1 peeted persons attemptieg to leitae the country, . Latate Stara 'r'ef Bornies Seized. ° buring the night following the assas- sinations the police of Lisbon discovered and 'seized a large itore of bombe and arms and Republican preclaniatione, anel arrested a number of Reptiblicans mid Regenetateia ificlialing a feat Well-known men, Tho reported attack on Premier Franco's house would• seem to indicate that there wee foundation for the re- ports current of the intention of tho conspirators after wiping out the mem- bers of the royal household to kill Franco and proclaim a repablie, It is difficult hero to prociite tellable details of the assassitiatioa. Oile dc - 'Count says fourteelt of the itektesine weee killed, incladitig theit leader,. axid that only half a dozen of theta effected their escep.e. It ni aleo ititted here that QiieeriaAme- lie only eecqped by 0, meracle, several bullets strikide hoe Hitt the luarderers having fired eentli aleadly accuracy at ; the heade of thieie Victinea [ A Boy kiag. A boy Ring, who henceforth will be known as lefanuel II., le ,to -night the ruler of the kingdom of Portugal, and the revolution into which the instigators of the blbodY events of yesterday had hoped to plunge the country has not yet at least engulfed the nation. Franco, the dictator and real commander of the country's destinies, whom the moral and physical might of all parties and power- ful interests has not 'succeeded- in de- stroying, remains still the triumphant leader, not only unconquered and unaf- frighted, but retained in power by the new Ring, determined at all hazards and at all costs to preveat father violence and insuitectiori and to preserae the Monarchy. Early this morning Premier Franco proclahned the accession of Prince Manuel to the throne, and the naval and military chiefs and high dignitaries of the Stai,e swore allegiance to the new King, and Portugal still lives under a monarch. Franco at the Helm. Having proclaimed the accession of Manuel te the throne, Premier Franco announced hie intention- to adopt the most rigorous measures to crush any possible insurrection. In the absence of the Chamber ef Deputies, the Premier announced the House of Peers will. be convoked, to recognize the accession of *Manuel, and he would then again take the oath of allegiance. The. army and navy have sworn allegi- ance to Manuel, as well as all the gar- risons and naval statioxis in the king- dom, and the new King has confirmed the dictatorship. King Manuel's Proclamation. Later in the day came a solemn. pro- cleunation from Manuel IL, announcing that he would uphold the constitution and preserve the integrity of the king- dom. in this proclamation, which is addressed to the Portuguese people, he s?ys: ',`An abominable crime has stricken me in my heart as a son and a bro- ther. I knew the nation shares my sorrow and indignatioaaand detests the horrible net which is unpreeedented history. I am called upon by the ton- stitution to preside over the, destinies of the nation, and conformable there- with shall do my utmost to promote the -good of the fatherland end merit the affection .of the Portuauese people. I swear to maintain thebeatholio religion and the integrity ol" the kingdom, and to observe myaelf and enforce observ- ance by all of the nation's political con- stitution. I also declare that it is my pleasure that the present Ministers shall remain in office." The proclamatiOn is sigrted by Dom Manuel IL and is countersigned by all the Ministers. King Carlo's Career. Dom Clarlos I. was born September 28, 1883, the son of Ring Luiz I. and his Queen, Berle, Pia, Ile married Marie Amelie, daughter of Philippe, Due &Or- leans, on May 1880. He succeeded to the throne 'Oct. 19, 1889. The Crown Prin•ce, Luiz Philippe, Duke of Brag- iinza, was born March 21, 1887. Dom Carlcs was tall, stont and fair, strongly Germanic in cast of feature and countenance, though half Italian by birth. He was athletic and sportsman- like, being quite agile in running, riding, jumping and tennis nlaying, also smart at fencing, a fair player at billiards, a clever musician and a capital shot, gun- ning being, in fact, his favorite sport. fhe King was exceedingly versatile, add - tag to his other accomplishments con- siderable -ability as a sculptor, -an art- ist, a pastel drawer and a painter, Published notes of his aiseoveries in ocean researches akoig the Portugal coast show him to be well versed in oceanology as well as an interesting Writer. His linguistic skill Was great, for he read no fewer than seven lan- guages rind could speak most of them also. He was a brilliant 'talker and 80 was one of the most charming of Eu- ropean royal hosts. Ile was apt at speechmaking, and the 13ritish people have oecasion to remember more than one kindly reference. to Great Britain made by him sometimes when Britain's friends were few arrionn the nations, Both Ring Carlos ana Queen Amelie lov- ! ed England and her people. He heel i minty English ways about him, Ana was proud of his relationship to the Brit- ish royal family. He was the grand. - nephew of the Itite Queen Vietoria's mother, whose brother Duke Verainand of Saxe -Coburg, Matrfed Donna. Meek, III, of Portugal. Queen Victoria used to address him ns &my dear nephew." The 'Present Was not the oely attempt upon the life 'of laitig Carlo, During the financial strait in Portugal in -1802, ; deeming it expeilient to reanee his nwri ineome, the Ring lopped off a fifth of it for his country's benefit, bet even this act of mantle:then did eat *Aso all the peeple, foe la .the felloWline near an attempt wag Made arieeeeittate ea he was driving front Lisbeil, An. QUot tt.ttompt mrso. Ilia.de ,18d0: $1400 that tiling. the .0011015 et tile Ring end his andante -qtlee,ii. in tefoi•pling itf• rLtito thole onei liouse Ilea. been Ion lowed by goveimmentiel end nunlie bodies; with tile edeelt .tilet Mann. tibiieee 5410 bUell ,piV; ddina dad liriberen ana mi reptiog liae;nneen greatly, elleeken, . the. PrOW.n The (frown P.rince WitFollet Yet twenty- one when. he Maine death. lie was. not Iv.ell known to the people ef Portugal. In Britain, however, he became- a nen. eral favorite during his visit et..elie tune of the Kiagni coronation six yeere ago. • 1Iis good looks, las charming meaner and lie sunny disposition so won the heart of Queen .alexandra that it Is Baia ene pleaded with King Edward to be. stow the Order of the Garter on the lad. And the Meg. conseated, the tesalt. be- tbat the Crown Prieee had the die- tinetion or beirig the persort who. ever recanted the Cartel' at the Orly age of fifteen. Then was a tumor in Lis - nen, recently that the Pride° axid King, had quarrelled o'Ver the ipiestibil. Of tile abtlitettibli Of Oarloe ia faVoe of 'Ills aou. alid that the Prince liaa b5Onelniaished from the eepitiil, .Tilis, howeeeti was deilital shtti.q artoi• the Kilig and Niece were seen iu close companion- ship, The Political drisis, • PolitIcal troubles liaire been brewing la Portugal for 0, long time, but It was not alibi last May that anything approach- ing a crisis was reached. On. the lith of that month the Cabinet, which repre- sented exclusively the new Liberal group, finding its programme of reforms ob- strueted by both the old Progreasive and Conservative partiee, decided. to aek for the diseolutiori of Paillaineet order to bring about the peonnilgation of a Aumber Of tnetteuees by nieitile of de. crees: The Cableiet was of the opinion that, thus haning established its deter- niluatiori tadierilly to reorganize the af- fairs of the country, it would appeal ivith the West corifidefice to the people in a general , e The Kiagdiesolved the Ciiambere, and was vigoroasly attacked for this by the Opposition, which declared the dissolu- tion to be unconstitutimal, Senhor needled, the Premieie stated that after seven months of political itiefe he had found it impossible to govern with a 1 arliament and to carry out his legisla- tive programme, which included a policy of social and economic reforms and effi- cient party control of the adminstration, In this manner he established a veritable dictatorship, and since then lies govern- ed with an iron hand. —Plot Against the Dictation. Reports emanating from many parts of Portugal and through Madrid, in Spain, within the last few months have indicated that trouble was brewing for Portugal, and that revolutioxiists were at week. After aumerous minor risings had been put down, the police on Janu- ary 23 came upon a widespread plot to overthrow the monarchy and proclaim Portugal a republic. The plot was or- ganised by a small group of advanced republicans, and the original intention was to assassinate Piamier Franco and depend upon the secret republican and elabor organizations armed with bombs and revolvers to complete the work of revolution in the streets. But the police raided the meeting places of the conspirators and made a number of arrests, seizing ”antities of bombs and other weapons, and since then other raids have been made in Lis- bon, with the result that the police be. lievecl they had the revoltetionaries well in hand. Each day, however, brought new evidences of the ramifications of the plot to remove the heads of the State and establish republicanism in the coun- try. Dom Miguel the Pretender. A treaty with Great 13atain net only provides for assistance from that coun- try in the eveat of foreign invasion of Portugal, but is alio designed to safe- guard the Crown against any danger from revolution iu the. form of aa at- tempt upon the monarchy itself. Dom Miguel do Braganza the pretender to the throne. mid head of the house of the line of Magenta which formerly reigned. over Pottugal, is likely- to come to the front a,gititi beertuee of the death of King Carlos a.nd the Crown Prince. The father of Dein alive]. was the late Xing Miguel I., Duke of Biaganza, who seized the throrie kohl his thece, Queen Maria. ditughtee .of Emneror Pedro I. of Brazil, mid was King of Portugal from 1828 to 1834, at which latter date Queen Marie was restored to the throne. There have been namerous rumors of rebellion with the object or placing Dam .Miguel on the throne, but reeently these were nob (riven serious consideration. Last- June°Dom Miguel through the medium of the newapapers of Vienna ananuncedbis readiness to fill any vacttucy in . the Portuguese throne arising from the con- stitutional dispute in that country. It was long ago stated that the result of the political crisis in Portugal might not determine whether a new and bet- ter order of administration should pre- vail, but whether monarchial rule sbould not give way to a republican form of government. The republicans believed that Franco by exposing the .practices of the monarchiet parties administered a blow to the prestigaof the King and the monarohy from which they could never recover and had made a republic a' probability. It is probable, however. that the assa.ssinations were met inspit- ed by the republican leaders, ds there was no evidence that they intended to follow up the advantage their cause had found in the death of the two highest pereemages the State. Trouble Feared in Spain. Madrid, Feb. 2.—The assassination of Ring Carlos and. Crown Prince Luiz . Philippe has created general sorrow in Spain, but at the earne time it luta awak- ened the fears that 'once obtained that a recrudeacence of Anarehistio deeds are not improbable in this momerchy, where the propaganda ol the Anarchists al- ready has secured foe them a strong foothold. Espeefelly in Baroelona, where the Anarchists mid revolutionists are not- ably' powerful, dia the news of the ea• eassinations cause great excitement. It is underatoott that for a long time there has been. native Cornminization be- tween the %%Altai revointionaeies Portugal and Spakt, having in view ad. ininegriti.n ace -Ord at the ps'yehelegicid 'Thee° facts inatitea the Geverinneat to -day to Wee 0, firm Op On the Spent- ish situation, with the intention of fore- stalling a, possible' outbreak of vieknee in the montereliy.. A meetieg of the Council of State was held to -day, at which ib Was decided tO obserVe especial Preeautions at the frontier, and rigid rules will be enforced toncerning the paseage atrose the frontier of individu- als, traffic end etierehandise. Premier Fratmos' .Home Atfacked. The Foreign °Mee toalety issued a Aida:lent Butt tbe kektssills Wore' paid by politieal agitators, enereiet of the flovernment, One of the slain regieidee was a Frertelimeinaceording to the state - merit, and eteeirelleg bin hody wee le:belt • • THAW'S CONSIGNMENT TO the Dittederelle aen . SintininneoilelY th the aeleadsitide - - — - Ames; the retatem t -0 ennei dean isti4 inkrohlid (i • hull 6 #11111. 10 NA* Of in' eifY, , but, i+11$ ;bbalbji off by the gnat SyniOati*. pf the,u4 ot.porpott ow 13.aitii, tot: oir tate. Tai64.. rowo, riiitco wire telephoned .-to. Pa:cleetly i?Othijoartly14atteir4tiefoi'elfilk. morning, When VW press newei was commurneetaa to. the Emperor about 0 o'clock in the morniug the 'Emperor was greatly distress,e4, as he Was eapeclally fond Of the Crown. ef whom be saw Innen nurieg, bie visit O. Portugal .ouce telegraphed to the Ql-leen .and Prince Manuel WS con. aoleueeS, and later (*octet' that the Court Amid. go into monrning for three woke. eleo waned the invi- tatione to the., Cott ball, whieh Was to liaire Weir held en Wednesday next. Telegeafe Frein King edWard# Lonna, Pei); 0,-1)4n:en:hes from Lieboa say that the etrietest eeneoeshia is still ineentaiaed the) 0-RVernment, and in eobsegyenee the ()UMW,. reports that thil aSaassilis Woke Anardhiste, in- stead of Republieensi is eeeelvea with reserve liere, Tile censored telegrams state that -the effece of the aseassiaa- tidne heti been to strengthea the mon- aerehist feeling emong the massee, and that the army spirit. ana discipline are perfect. Reports respecting political conditioup in Portugal will be regarded suspiciously throughout Europe until news through uncensored &impels be. cernes available. Kin Edward and Queen Alexandra, on learning of the tragedy,. tlisnatched telegrams of walla .eyhipatlig Qtleen Amelie het beteateitent, The iatend- ed e visits eI theft- Majeaties to the Courts of .Nerwaer also the next beet at Bitchinglildi Pal- ace have beck caneeiled. es. ti tekerl 'respect for the memoit of the kilig and Prince, • It is reported tilat the A.* tian- tic fleet now at :Vigo tide heed oedered to Lisbon to watele eeente. The - Dictator Blamed. Paris, Feb. 2.—Premier Clemanceau .ancl. Picaon, Foreign Minister, as the representatives of President Fallieres, the etpre.sentatives of foreign- natioas and other prominent 'officiala called. at 'the Portuguese Legation to -day to offer their sympathy on the assassination of the Ring and Crown Prince. President Fallieres received the news of the tragedy aireet from the Duke of Oporto. The Fre•nch President in reply tele- gra,phed his condolences to the Duke and. also ta Queen Ainelle. The death of Ring Carlos and Prince Luiz Philippe and the manner of their taking off causea a profound sensation among the Portilguest colony in Paris. There was geilerra eetprestiotis of -grief and horror at the crime anal exeerallon of the murderers. Seidler Magalbies Lima, a prominent Republican and a •Grand alaster ' the Portuguese Masonic fraternity, who was banished from. the country for treason, toeday charged Premier Franco with be- ing one -respoesible. Sorrow in Rome., The whole press and email° is horri. fied, and express violent indignation at nie assassination in Lisbon. The mourn- ing at the Court is deep and sincere, and everywhere sympathy is heard for Queen Amelie, who is most populee Rome. King•Victor Emmanuel has order- ed the observation of strict mourning for thirty days, and hues cancelled all Court functiens for an indefinite period. Dowager Caine* Marghetita, to whom the announcement of the tragedy at Lisbon was a great sheets, tte tecallett to her the murder of King Ilunibert at Monza in 1900, sent a meeeage to Qtieen Amelie, -saying: "None bettet than my- self can undetstaiid your tetrible fortupe." After' sending a telegram of condon awe) the Pope asked the Cardinal to go personally to the Portugaese Ettibassy and express- the Papal sympathy. i'he Queen's Great SoeroW. Madrid; Feb. 3. --The despatch di the cruiser to Lisbon is eaplained by the etatement that the warship is to be pat the'disposal of the Spanieh Minister. The Lisbon correspondent of the Ina parcial says that when 7the Dowager Queen Maria Pia arrived at the arsenal the doctors were bathing the faces of the Ring and of the Crowe Prinee. The Queen threw herself upon, the body of her son, the King, and the doetors were obliged 'to aemoveher by force. Whea the -Queen arose her robe was crimsoned with .blood, then site swooned. • All travellers crossing the Portugaese frontier are.being.subjected to ft rigor-• ens examination. s On the evening of the assassinations no bugles were sounded in the barracks of Lisbon for fear -that their notes %mita be taken as a signal that the Govern- ment had been overthrowe, Advices re- ceived here from Huelva say that Portu- guese families are taking •reftige in great numbers on the Islands' of Ciistina and Aya,monte, a Spanish town on the Portuguese frontier. Public opinion at Jporto held Franco responsible for the iseassinations. a COLLISION AT TUROOT. Engineer Smith and Fireman Miller Were Killed. Montreal, Feb. 2.—An itecident occur- red on Saturday nialit on the aatrand Trunk, by which two engine men lost their lives at Threat village. The Ot- tawa passenger train craelied into the two engines, whit& were coupled togeth- er at Turcot, anti Enghieer A. Mille and 1Ni-email R. Smith, oathe Ottawa train were killed. There was a blinding snowetorm the time, and although there was a watchman stationed beside. the -engines to protect them, the wind blew out his lantern and he was unable to flag the • Ottawa exprese. •e. t Nova. Scotia. Halifax, Ist. C., Vet% 2. —With the wind. at times eeaelling the velocity of seventy mike, a driving snow, a furi- vas thatletorm rind as climax, a single peal of thunder, will& mimed thousands from their heda, all com,binotl on Satur- day night to niake the evoret gale Nova Se.otia haa experienced sinee tire mem, orable Staley hurrkaae, _ _ KILLED HIS MOTHER: •Syracuse, N. la, tab. 3.—Tearly toalay the pollee telephone rang and a mart who said that lie 'was William II. Gray, jun., called: "Please eoma to 441 Burnett etv- time, I have killed my mother." 'Upon reaching the house the officers found Mrs, Clem Gray, 40 years ()Id, dead from strangulation. ' Miss Gladys Wagner, Of 125 Men avernie, Toronto junetieri, had both her feet frozen at Rita -one. Park 'link on Thursday night, and for tiMe Iwas In danger of 'losing. them, She is, however, but will be confined to her home for at !least two Menthe. AN INSANE ASYLUM. Closing Scene of the Trial When Jury Rendered Its Verdict • New York, gob:. aaaaljtalged not guilty of the murder el Stanford White hy' reason of insanity at the time the fatal shots were fired,. Harry Kennel', Tbaw to•day was lield by the court ti lee a dangerous limanc, and was whirled Amoy to the State Hospitel for the Crim, Mal Insane et Matteawan. it was a meek ansitiou from the dingy little cell in the Tembei. winch Wet been the youag enalle honie for more than oigh, teen mentlis, to the Otte -headed wards of the big esylum fifty miles above the city. The verdict (Mem after twenty- five hours of waiting, and when every conneeted with the case hari aben. cloned all boo itgrechnoni ener being reached in tine ot day other trial, Four hours after the iotenictiel lipe UM( liana , . "The firet thing we will do with Mtn," said The Lainb, "as with all patients, is to Vete the obeervation ward, there te *mein foe a week or two, or probably longer. naafi -we Mete his Mental cottatiolt. Tina teethe 0040010,1aY Piaui and it will bo fullfeeed to to ins ease. Then we ean, after studyirig his mental derangement, •assign larn With some judgment to some particular ward in the hospital. Ife caunot have any anecial quarters, for ell the patients here' are treated Alike. "During.the day Thaw will Associate with Om other Men and (line at the table in the maiu dining room. Thaw will be given no special work to do. He can take daily walks In the large court, and if he is so dispeeed eari have tobacco and dainties sent to him or he can on , an order, accompanied. by the cash, pro- cure any grticle7 he desires for his cona fort in ed the words "Nat doilty), \mil the ae- MAD CHINESE compaaying ineanity clause, Thaw, Pro- testing tbat he was sane, wile on his way to Matteawan. A little atter nightfall, he had been reeeived. in the institution under commitment papers, which direet. ed las detention "mita discherged by due coUrse of kw." Thaw Bitterly Disappointed. The first thrill of• the words of acs quitted brought Thaw to his feet in the court rootin mid With that lack of grace of actioe Whitt always has chatacter, ized mevements he awkwardly, almost hurriedly, bowed Itie aeknowledgmeats to the tweiee inegmeu as they were dia. charged by the court. A mile played about featitrea, and there was every reason. to ildlieVe that lie WW1 en. tirely pleased -With the dateame, It was after he liad heard the Wofds elf Justice Dowling &titillating Itini lt) Matteawan on the ground that his release, in the opinion of tlie eourt, would endanger the public safety, mid after the elation ot the verdict had died away, that Thaw rebelled. He commanded his attorneys immediately to sue out a writ of habeas corpus to have his sanity tested before he was sent away to the up -State insti tution, where the insane of crimiunl I:endemics are confined. Lunacy Commission to be Appointed. Mrs, NVilliam Thaw, from her hotel. where 'she had received over the tele: phone tlie acarei of the trial's end, joined in the aeraend of her mon, Martin W. Littleton, whoee eeaduet of the ease as chid counsel fat the defeuee had won so melt Wettable finally pre- vailed against the wiShISS of the niother, indicating to lier Hat he believed ie woald be better for the predefit te obey the emedete of the couit. Jiietice Do w; Lig it was said, had been cenaula eel in tee matter after he hue signed his order of commitment, and inform - Idly had advised Thaw'e counsel against making an immediate contest. The pri- soner's consent was not W011 until after a lively seene with his counsel and, his wife. the latter pleading with Mtn for more than an hour to be content for 'a time at. least with what fate had given h im, -Ocrifident ,of Gaining Freedom. Under promise that some eretlea . would be taken leoking to the ap- pointment of a-commizeion to inquire into hia preseat sanity, or for Ms trans- fer to a private inatitution where his wife a•nd other. members of his family might reside with him, Thaw consulted to go without further protest, On his iVay to liatteitWan Thaw dia tated the foal:tieing autho. Mont to the. repteeentatiee of eat; As - 'sweated Plass: "1 aM perfectly sane now, but I am going to MatteaWan on the advice of my counsel, who thought it unwise to sde for a writ of habeas corpus at this time. tiouusel will pro- ceed in the matter of my release just as soon 00 they can get toaeether the praofs they will FirbSent that I am al present sane. I am eonfident that my stay at Matteawan will be for a short period of. time only." Mr; Littleou utideestbd bo have talked 'Very phuhly to Thaw while the subject of suing- out e. writ of habeas corpus was under discussion, and is said to have told him there was such a -thing as public sentiment in New York. So far as lies within his power District Attorney Jerome will resist any effort to have Thaw liberated at any' time in themear future. Neither will he will- ingly consent to his transicr to a sani- tarTihummw, was cheered by a crowd of sev- eral hundred peteone as he was whirled away from the Tombs iu his wife's auto- mobile. If he heard. he paid no heed. The 'machine was se filled with deputies and members of counsel that neither Thatir nor his wife was 'visible to the waiting thianigs: Proceedings Brief and Businesslike.. From the moment that word came from the jury roam at 12.40 p. in. that a report was about to be made the closing events of the famous case moved with almost cyclonie rapidity. For a day and a night. there had been absolute si- lence the part of the jury. Not a suggestion or requeet of any sort bad collie to the court, and when Jostioe Dowling came down to his chambers late tho moreing he axon:aimed 'net he would not send for the jury until they sent for him. Few speetators were allowed in the room, end an. incipient demonstration • was stepped by the Officetg when they arrested Theodere Roosevelt Pell, the well known Amateur tennia player, for a burst, of applause.: Pell Was fined $25 by Justiee Doivliag for contempt, of eon& Mrs. Evelyn Thaw and Josieh Thaw were the only members of the prisoner's family hi eonet when the vele diet was atm.:Awed. The yeeng wounni thanked individnally• each member of the jinn? raid folloeved Littletoit's (maniple in shaking Inunie with them. All of the defendant's eounsel were elaten with the verdict, and declared It Was inSt What they hoped for. District At- toreey Jerome was. alraost 'well pleas- ed lurneclf, Ile has tontended from the first that ThitiV wa,s medically, if not iusaere, and his effort this year has plainly not been direceed toward vediet of ilinrder the first deem The proceedings in the couvt rooni Were brief and businesslike, and, at no time Was there the semblance of a dramatie effort. NO Special Privileget, Dr, ttobeet Lainb, Medical superinteed- ent of the hospital at, Matteawan, when told Chet Thaw had. beau committed to the institutioe, rend the prisoner would be. given lin special privileges while thete, Thaw's Ward Mate in Matteawan Asylum- . Matteawan, Feb. 2.—Harry K. Thaw spent his first night at the Matteawan State Hospital in ward No. 1. His com- panions, numbering -about six, paid no more attention to him taan is accorded to any other new arrival at the institu- tion. Thaw, was assigned to a cot be- side Quimbo Appo, the Chinese murder- er, who slew Paul Kelly, the prize- fighter, 33 years ago, and for an hour oi two was eoirepelled to listen to the maudlin ravings of the old Celestial, who imagined that he is the owner of a hundred or two ten million dollar ho- tels and all that goes with them. Thel men in the wad, are white with the exception of Appo and a negro who oc- cupied a bed three or four beds -from Thaw, Many of the patiente imagine themselves millionaires and Thaw is looked upon as a pauper by them. Thaw paesed a very restless night, and had just slipped the leashes faith his fevered brain for few moments when lie was awakened by an attend-. ant in company -with the other inmates of the weed. APPLE SHIPPERS ^ • Wrongly Marked Barrels Cause TrOuble at Leeds. Ottawa; Ont. Feb. 3.—(Special.)— Carladds commercial agent in Leeds arritee the department that the Fruit Act's mark le not being observed and that all kinds of ripples are being pui into a barrel and wrongly marked. This, he says, should be remedied. In one ease a dealer paid 17 shillings for a barrel and had to sell them for 15 .shillings. There were some very fine barrels sent from Ontario, but because of the dissatisfaction which 'arose from defective marking the price was not realized. TREATY. V71,.._0T11 FRANCE. It is Favorably RepOrted on in French Cbamber. Paris, Feb. report on the Franco -Canadian treaty eves present- ed in the Chamber of Deputies by M. Jules Siegftied, member for Havre; in the name of the Customs Commit- tee,* and has been issued as a Par- liamentary paper. M. Siegfried con - chides iri favor of the ratification of the. teeaty, as it leaves France free to do as she likes in the revision of hen: 'tariffs, lie has no doubt the new areangement will develop trade between the tato countries. French exports will be stimulated by the low- . ering of duties on Frelneli products, and on the other hand, many Can- adian prochicte will profit by the French minimum. tariff, But France has agreed .to no permenency, in the dates of this tariff. M. Siegfried does not believe the increased sale of Can- adian products in France can do any serious harm to Feench agriculture or industry, - A HAS TITLE BUT NO REVENUE. A C. P.*R. Auditor Succeeds His 'Uncle as. Baronet. Montreal, Feb. 3.-13y the death of Sir William George johnson,•which took place a ,few days ago at Nice, in the south of Prance, Edward Gor- don johnson, anditor • in the engin- eer s office of tht? Canadian Pacifies Railway, is now. Sir Edward Gordon Sohnson, he neing the rieXt in line to the dead baronet. Tile new baronet has been a rest- denf of Montreal all his life, his fa- ther being the late A.rehibald Ken- nedy Johnson, of this city, youngest brother of the deceased barenet, Sir Edward. Gordon johnson has been with the Canadian ruffle RailWay nOw for about five years, and as yet has not made any plans for the fu- ture. It is Understood that the sue.. cession to the title carries no revenue with it. The family estate is at Woodland Grange, at Mathias, Riche- lieu County:, rind the family history elosely identified with the early history of this continent. - CLOSE BARS AT S/X P. M. Latge DepUtatiOn Waits en Manitoba Government. Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 3.-- A large depettation waited on. the Govetriment to -day in, the offiee of the Minister of Publie Works and urged the grant- ing of the prayer of the petition pre- sented to the I.egislature with some 9 000 signatutes, asking that the IA. quer Lieense Law be amended S to require tbe elosing of all bars n3 p. m., the hour at which the Early Closing Act requires other lines of boeifiess to be closed. 1 7 Cleveland Newspaper Office Iluened. Cleveland, Ohio, Peb. 2 —"rho plant 'of the niameetder was to -day totally deetroyed by fire. A heavy wind Was blowing, end des- pite ties efferis of the firemen, *he worked tbrougeout tim wbolo den, the ruin was linen . et:replete. 'elle finaneIrt1 loss is C100.000, ado- erivored by insure:we. "rho Ptah - defiler will bo 1pAuet1 troIlt otItOr neweetiper offieee teneortow. • a TRAIN WRECK. Two Woman Passengers Killed on Wabash Rood. Detroit, Feb. 3.--Wabeell Paeeenger trein No. 4, ernitbound, from (lineage and St. `Louie, due here at 8.20 p. in., was wrecked near ,Drittou station, 47 miles fano Detroit, last night, probably by ,a broken rail. Two WOMen peeeengers were killed and thirty•four people were injured, The dead: Mrs, Prances Vargo, Budapest, Hungary; Mrs. John Smith, 18a Sixth street, Mihvieukee, Wire The injurecl: Mrs. W. 0. Metz, Detroit, several ribs broken; Mr* J. .A. Mackay* Detroit, several ribs cracked. The re- maining injured were reported to have sustained only sprains and bruises. The injured were a number of theatrical peo- ple, who were registered as being front the "Masco Theatre, New York. The injured were brought to Detroit on a relief trein, and sent to hospitals and hotels here, - HELD UP AT THE FALLS. The Unpleasant Experience of Three Toronto Men. Niagara Falls, Feb. 2.—A. E. Mercer, who holds a position under the Gov- ernment; 0. H. Roberts and C4. n, Brazier, all Toronto men, had an un- pleasant experience with the United Statee Immigration Department °Hie ials on the Niagara frontier. The three gentiement arrived at .the Falls from Toronto, en route to Virginia, where Mr. Mercer had Immo land. They were going to inspect the land, and, iftconditions appeared favorable, intended to remain and cultivate it. When they crossed the. frontier they were questioned by. the immigration inspectors as to their nationality, des- tination and business. They. made no secret of the purpose of their trip, and when it was all explained the inspectors told them that they considered their entry into the United States would be a violation of the provisions of the alien labor law. and that they would have to re- turn to Canada. They came bacic, registered at a downtown hotel and took action to bring the. case before a higher official, After twelve hours' delay and the unwinding of interminable red tape, or.ders were received from some man higher up than the three were to be permitted to continue their journey. The delay was most unfertunate' for :aim, .m.arty Wey,, They missed Vain corthectione; 'Which were of great importance to them. AUTO OUSTING HORSE. Decrease iri Paris Shown of Ten Per Cent. in Ten Years, Paris, Feb. 2.—Is Paris going to lose its ancient reputation as a hell for horses in which they serve only as the favored possession of the 'rich or food for the poor? Is animal traction digs,. appearing before automobiles? Thatia such an improvement on the horse's destiny is steady is shown by the care- ful horse census which is taken an- nually by the military authorities. Tais shows that Paris possesses to -day y83e,a415.s8. horses, as compared with 92,020 in 1897, 10 per cent. diminution in ten That the diminution is due to the in- crease of automatic traction is proved by the fact that it is greatest in tho fashionable quarters along the Champs Elysee. The decrease is not limited to private individuals, for a company which runs all the Paris omnibuses shows a de- crease of 3.972, owing to the use of motor 'busses. One cab company's horses decreased in use to the number of 1,878 in the same period. :- DUCHESS WANTS DIVORCE. She ;gas. M;irnraiedyetaorsa AFgrorch Count Berlin, Feb. , reported in various quarters athat the Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, daugh- ter of the reigning Grand Duke cf Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Adolphe Frederick, e is about to cuter a suit for divorce against Count George Jametel, a French- man. Their romantic marriage, in 1899, caused a stir among the minor royal houses. No confirmation of the report can be obtained. Duchess Marie, it was alleged several years ago, after an adventure with a servant in her father's household, left Germany and went to France. At a sea- side resort in that country she met Count Jametel, the son of a patent medicine manufacturer-, and married him. It is said the Infanta Eulalie engineered the mateln It was reported in 1900 that, owing to differences between her husband and her family, the duchess had. taken sides with her blo:dtrelation,s and left the count. OVER TWENTY KILLED. Immehse Damag—e D:ne by Cyclone in Mississippi. Hazelhurst, Miss., Feb. 2.—More than a:score of persone were killed. and near- : ly twice that number were injured in Friday's,tornado, according to latest re- ports. Relief partios were sent out to day. Among those hurt are Samuel Ni- chols and Robeet :Middleton, fannefs. They were fatally hurt, and members of their families Were also hurt. All streams are swollen, and the country roe& are strewn with fallen trees. A rough estimate of the property loss 'Amos the damage at about a quarter of a, minket, It 'ayas learned to -day that Georgetown, where teveral buildings, were lest reported to have been wreck- ed, was entirely wiped off the inan. No one at Georgetown is reported killed, but many were injured. TO CHANGE FISCAL YEAR. Frentenac Coucil Will Ask for Per. missive Legislation. Kingston, Feb. 2. — The Frontenne County Council has decided to ask the Legislature to so amend the Manicipal Act that any Cowan Couticil nifty, by passing a by-law to that effect, instruct the treesurer of the comity to se keep his books and fteeounts that the county fiscal year shell. end on Nov, 30, inetead of Dee. 31, awl shall instruct the atalitor to prepare his yearly audit in accordance with the change. Blown Up by Dynamite. ' Kneeler, Fan. 1.—AMIrew Peterson, a Swede, employed hy the Grand Trunk Pacific on their casitril eoltstruetien works near Drydee, WAS blown up by dyrunnite this Morning at the tow:patty's magazine. Details of the necident are meagre. An inquest will be held to -Mot - row. The elatholies of Paris took oeeteleion of Cardinal Richard's fonertil to make manifestation of strength. •