The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-03
King Carlos and Crown
Prince Of z gal Slain
81 the state and establish republican
SIN in the country.
England May Intervene.

A treaty with England. however, moi
only provides for assistance from that
country in the event, Of foreign inya
sion of Portugal. bot is also designed
to safeguard the crown against any
LANCER from revolution in the form Of
an attempt upon the monarchy.
Dom Miguel De Braganza, head of
the house of the line of Braganza.
which formerly reigned over Portugal.
the pretender to the throne. is likely
TO come TO the front again because of
the death Of King Carlos and tn.
crown prince. The father of Don
Miguel was the late King Miguel l..
Duke of Braganga, who seized the
throne from his niece. Queen Maria
IL. daughter of Emperor Pedro l., of
Brazil, and was king of Portugal from
1928 to 1884, at which latter date
Queen Maria was restored to the
throne. There have been numerous
rumors OF rebellion. with the object
of placing Dom Miguel on the throne,
but recently these were not given
serious consideration. Last June Dom
Miguel. through the medium OF the
newspapers OF Vienna, announced his
readiness to I'LL any vacancy in tho
Portuguese throne arising from the
constitutional dispute in that coun.
try.
The tragedy occurred about $3.50 in
the afternoon. but the panic which in
stantly gripped the city and all its
activities Frustrated the lines OF conf
munication and It was not for some
hours that the news of the assassina-
ton was permitted to be sent broad
cast.
Prince May Recover.
The latest bulletin from the bedside
of Prince Manuel states that at pres
ent there is no danger of complica-
lions from the wounds. The greatest
fear is of the possibility of blood polls
oning later.
1t is understood that Queen Amelie
will be regent during the minority of
Prince Manuel, who Is now in his nine
teenth year. II the assassins were in
spired in any way by the Republicans
there was no evidence after tho king
and his son were Sian that the Repub-
licans intended Immediately to follow
up the advantage their cause found in
the death of the two highest person
ages in the country.
The details of the murders show
that they were cunningly arranged.
The fact that the royal family were
returning from Villa vicosa had been
public in advance and the authorities
had arranged what they considered
an effective guard along the route
which the royal carriage was to take.
The trip from villa vicosa was with
out incident.
Before the Killings.
The King and his family returned at
the end of a day of the greatest ex-
citement in the city on account Of
wholesale arrests and the continual
discovery OF new depots OF arms and
bombs. A great throng was grouped
about the Barreiro railroad station anil
the neighboring streets when the mem
bers of the royal family disembarfed
for the purpose of driving across the
Tagus is reaching thine actual limits
of Lisbon. The court carriages await
ed them before the landing stage and
the king and queen and the two princes
entered the leading carriages which
started Immediately, wheeling into the
Prado Do Commerce.. Suddenly the
sharp Crack Of Caroline
startled the assemblage. Then the air
was filed with a succession OF sharp
reports. and the king was seen to jump
up and reach for his throat, then to
drop back on the cushions. The crown
prince also almost simultaneously was
seen to collapse and fall toward the
side OF the carriage, while the queen,
driven to frenzy was seeking to save
the crown prince and Prince Manuel
by shielding them with her body.
Francisco Flgneira, IN orderly. who
was walking near the royal carriage
at the time of the outrage. drew his
revolver and killed one Of the regl-
cides, and the police sprang at the
others. They turned rapidly and fled.
the police pursuing them and killing
pne OF them near the town hall. Both
the bodies were carried into the town
hall. hut have not yet been identified.
It is believed, however, that one OF
the men is a spaniard and the other e
Frenchman.