The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-21
LUIS OF PORTUGAL.
Romantic Incidents In the Life Of the
Dead King.

LISBON, Oct. 19-The King of Portugal
who has been i'll for some time, died today.
Death occurred at IL o'clock this morning.
The Duke of Braganza. the eldest son of the
King who succeeds to the trone, will assume
the title of Carlos /.
The Premier waited upon Don Carlos and
presented the resignation of the cabinet
ministers which the King declined to accept.
deputies will proceed tomorrow as fixed be-
fore the death of King Luis as there Is now
no time to postpone them. The Queen was
present when the King died. and kissed her
husbands corpse. She then embraced Don
Carlos, saying: II bless you. As monarch
hope you will prove as good king as you
have always been son."
The new King has issued a procla nation
In which he promises faithful observance to
the political Institutions of the country and
says he will follow the example of his father
and try to merit the affection of the people.
He swears to maintain the Catholic religion,
the constitutional laws and the integrity of
the kingdom. Lie declares 1t his pleasure
that the present ministers continue In office.
LISBON, October 2O-The elections of men,
bers OF the Cortes today were peaceful. The
ity. The funeral of the late King will take
place at the royal pantheon PROBABLY on Sat
urday next. Monday night the body, accom-
panied by the royal family, will be taken to
Belem where the remains will lie In state in
the monastery church of st. Jerome.
Owing to various rumors the royal doctors
advised that press representatives be allowed
TO view the body of the late King before it
Is embalmed. They declare that no amputa-
tion was performed and that there were no
signs Of gangrene.
the Times says the late King suffered re-
peated surgical operations deemed necessary
to. prolong his life. He bore his sufferings
with patient, almost heroic resignation.
Luis /, King of Portugal was the eldest
son of D0na Maria de Gloria H., Queen of
Portugal and Dom Fernando, Prince of Sake
1888. He passed his 5lst birthday on his
deathbed. In his cradle he was dubbed
Duke of Orp0to, and called after the Virgin
Mary, three archangels. four Iberian saints
aud divers Bourbon, Braganza, Austrian and
Saxon ancestors. 1t was also decided In the
nursery stage Of his existence that he should
get into the navy-a pet service Of theBragan-
zas. He was early placed under an English
naval Instructor and taken on cruise. As
his mother. Dona Maria, lived in dread Of
Liberals, she was anxious that her five boys,
should, when they grew up. act as rampant
to her throne. The utmost care was taken
with their technical education in preparing
them for the army and navy. She died in
1853 and Dom Fernando became regent and
guardian OF seven children. During the reg
ency, cholera breaking out in Lisbon, the
young King and Duke of Orporto were sent
on tour round Europe. They paid a visit
to the court of England, and being Saxe-Co-
burgs, they were affecti0nately received.
The Duke OF Orp0to returned to England In
1861, as captain of the BarthOlOmue Diaz. In
London the Portuguese prince heard of the
dangerous illness Of Queen Stephanie. Toe
Ntow. nl.nsYkH
The King aud a. younger brother dying
Of, 1t was supposed typhoid fever. They had
all been taken i'll after hunting party in
the royal domain of Vallavicioso. Before
Luis and his brother Juan bad time to en-
bark at Southampton, the former was
hailed King Of Portugal. The latter was
seized on the passage with fatal malady.
A cry went up in Portugal against the Mig
ueltes. who were accused OF poisoning Dona
Maria's sons. 1t was even reported, that, at
a banquet given in England, poisoned food
intended for the sailor prince by the Legiti-
mists was absorbed by the prince consort,
who died In the following month of appar-
emily, typhoid fever also. The story was
that as the captain of the Bartholomew Dias
was the guest of the evening. the highest
place was offered him, but he refused to sit
above the Queens husband, and was saved
by his m0desty. Dom Juan, who kept his
place, was drugged. This explanation of the
sudden and sweeping mortality in the royal
house took hold of the national imagination.
The bad od0r into which 1t threw the Legiti-
mists enabled Dom Luis to sell the church
lands and effect many reforms. Dom Luis
was two years on the throne when he mar
ried Queen Maria Pia, daughter of Victor
Emanuel, King of Italy. She was In her
10Th year, and went to Lisbon escorted by
the united fleets of Portugal and Italy. The
King was greatly interested in dramatic lit
erature, and had translated number Of
Shakspearian plays into the Portuguese an-
Iuapp.