Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-03
Assassination of Kingand Crown
Prince Of Portugal Forces Out
Power Behind Throne
Effort Made to Give Dissatisfied Ele-
ments Representation in Powers OF
/; Government - Boy King Emanuel
! Makes Pathetic Speech to His Min
/, isters. -

Lisbon, Feb s.-Premier Franco has
relinauished power, and new cabinet
has been formed With Judge Admiral
Ferreai Do Amaral as its president
This step signalzed the practical
withdrawal of Franco from power. he
agreed to this measure as one calculat-
ed to pacify hostile public opinion at
time when only a spark was needed
to inf1ame the whole country and hurl-
ing it headlong into revolutiS Never
theless it is believed Franco Ssl still
be the man of power" but his Of
fetal prerogatives are at least shorn OF
real authority.
The opening session of the council
was held today. King Emanuel Ii ap-
peared before his ministers, and With
voice vibrant with emotion said:
81 am yet without experience in sci
ence or in politics. l place myself en-
tirely in your hands, needing and be-
lieving in your patriotism and wis
dom.s
The new cabinet is made up of a
coalition of elements in the hope OF re-
conciling the many disturbing ele-
ments. Some of the new ministers
have been notably opposed to Frances
iron rule. Not one of the Franco min
listers remain.
TheS city hail is still in the throes
of intense excitement and the author
tiles continue to follow increasingly
the details of the plot which culmln-
ated in the assassination OF the KING
and his heir. 1t was established today
that Buixa, ort. of the regicides, is q
,aWidower with a, daughter aged seven
and son only a few months old. A
newspaper notice says one of the regl-
cides who was killed was Spanlard
who was taken into custody recently IN
connection with the discovery of a de-
rot of bombs, bat who was later re-
leased, One man not under arrest is
Y Cuban who played in the orchestra OF
a theater in Lisbon. This man is IN
an extreme condition of hysteria. His
food in prison is served him without
fk knives or forks for fear he will kill
himself.
tention Of sulnmoning parliament and
of taking the oath to preserve the in
tegrity Of the kingdom before that
body. The new cabinet is liberal, With
monarcllial tendencies.
Up to 4:SO this afternoon there had
been no recurrence of disorders III
Lisbon. The Portuguese frontier is be-
ing closely guarded to prevent the es-
cape Of suspects. The authorities are
maintaining strict censorship on all
outgoing teleswaphic messages.
The Spanish government has or
dered a cruiser to come to Lisbon and
1t is learned today that two British
warships are on the way to Tagus. n
The general opinion is that there will
be q mobilization in the ministerial
program after the funerals of the late
king and crown prince. These proba-
bly, will take place Feb. 10.
New King Popular, Army Loyal.
Berlin, Feb. S.-The Darmstaedter
bank has received the following pri-
yate dispatch from Lisbon:
"The king Of Portugal is unusually
popular and the army is thoroughly
loyal. All alarming rumors should be
received with the greatest caution
coalition of the ministry will receive
the support Of ,he entire country
The Portuguese legation here has in
formed the tIerluan foreign office that
<.xaa. ,,,a,-oils. in port,loaI and that the