The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-08
king CARLO STLAIN
RULER or PORTUGAL, TOGETHER
WITH CROWN PRINCE,
SHOT DOWN.
Second Son Wounded, But Miraculous
~ Escapes Death-Deadly Fusiilade
Closely Follows Decree Giving Fran
co Despotic Power.


co Despotic Power.
Lisbon, Feb. king Carlos of Por-
tugal and the crown prince, Lutz- Phil
ippe, were assassinated yesterday and
the city is in state of uproar. The
kings second son, the Infant Manuel.
was slightly wounded, but Queen
Amelie, who strove to save the crown
princes life by throwing herself upon
him, was unhurt.
A band of men waiting at the corner
of the Praco de Commerce. and the
Rua de Arsenal suddenly sprang to-
ward the open carriage in which the
royal family was driving to the palace,
and, leveNng carbines which they had
concealed upon them, fired.
The king and 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 arsenal near by, when they ex-
PRED Almost at the first shot the
king fell back on the cushions, dying,
and at the same moment the crown
prince was seen to half rise 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 cost of her own,
but the prince already had received
his, death wound The police guard
fired upon the assassins and killed two
of them.
The royal family was returning from
Villa Viclosa, where it had been So
journing, and was on the way from
the railroad station to the palace. A
strong guard was in attendance be-
cause of the recent uprising in the
city and the discovery of a plot to as
sassinate Premier Franco and over
throw the monarchy. But the band
of murderers had selected the most
advantageous spot for the commission
of the crime, for it was concealed from
the eyes of the party until the vehicle
had come into the Praco de CONNER
clio, a large square.
Before any of the guard were aware
of what was happening the assassins
leaped to the carriage and instantly a
| fusillade of shots rang out. In a mo-
ment all was terrible confusion, the
king and crown prince being shot
down without the slightest chance to
save themselves. Police guards sprang
upon the regicides, the number of
whom is somewhat uncertain, and
killed two of them and captured one
of the others, who committed suicide
after being placed in prison. It is
charged that one of the murderers is
a Spaniard.
The assassination closely followed
the giving of almost despotic power to
Premier Franco.
Lisbon, Feb. 3.-The boy king, who
henceforth will be known as Manuel
H., is tonight the ruler of the king
into which the instigators of the
bloody events of Saturday had hoped
to plunge the country has not up to
the present engulfed the nation. Fran
co, the dictator and real commander
of the country's destinies, whom the
moral and physical might of all par
ties and powerful interests has not
succeeded in destroying, remains the
triumphant leader, not only uncon-
quered and unaffrighted, but retained
in power with the king, determined at
all hazards and at all cost to prevent
further violence and insurrection and
to preserve the monarchy.
Lisbon, Feb. 3.-All Portugal is in
mourning for the king and crown
prince, who Saturday met death at the
hands Of bands of assassins In this
city there is to be seen on every hand
evidence of sincere sorrow unlike any
thing ever before manifested in the
history Of the monarchy. A food of
kilograms from every section of the
country express only grief over the
tragedy and assurance to the authori-
ties of the support from the people.
The act of the assassins has had a
result directly opposite to what they
desired. That the monarchy will con-
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moment. The leaders of all the mon
archist parties have reached a COM
plete agreement to this effect. They
are bending all their efforts toward the
maintenance of order in the country.
Today the Official Gazette an
nounced the accession to the throne OF
Prince Manuel, who, with the queen
mother. had an almost miraculous es-
cape from death in the storm of bull
let's which poured into the royal car
rage Saturday. His wound proved to
be OF comparatively slight conse-
quence. and today he is well on the
road to complete recovery. The young
man, In his accession to the throne.
will find his great task considerably
l1ghtened owing to the fact that he IL
known to be Of a charming, sympa-
thetic nature, which has always been
q delight to those about him.
Gomez u Barred From Assembly.
MANILA Feb 3-Tha aSeornhlv o1cc-