The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-04
FRANCO AND HIS
MINISTERS OUT
Coalition Cabinet Formed in
Portugal With Admiral Do
Ferreira Amaral at Head.
PROMISE OF TRANQUILITY
YOUNG KINGS SPEECH TO THE
COUNCIL.

Lisbon, Feb 3.-Under a new regime.
with new king and the establishment
of a new cabinet, Portugal seems TO De
for the moment at peace. There is an
underlying current of revolution, how
ever, and the strictest measures are
being taken to preserve order. At noon
TODAY an official statement was given
out that perfect order existed through
out Portugal
Franco, the once dictator. was forced
to resign because of the bitterness of
the people against him, and the new
cabinet will strive for the welfare of
the fatherland under the presidency OF
Rear Admiral Do Amaral. Another
official statement given out was to the
effect that the president Of the cabi-
net would be supported by all the
groups of monarchists, who had agreed
to forget all previous differences.
Franco Was Doomed.
The situation for Premier Franco
after the assassination of the king and
the crown prince became impossible.
During the days which preceded the
tragedy and during the tumultous
manifestations on the streets, with the
later discovery of vast stores # arms
and bombs public opinion backed him
in his efforts to maintain order, but
the murders changed the entire COM
plexiOn of the situation. He has not
been seen on the streets since his
meeting with the king Immediately az
ter the latter's arrival from Villa vi
cosa, but all possible places where he
might have been are closely watched
and guarded.
The new cabinet. which is composed
of the strongest members of various
factions, but all opposed to Franco.
has drawn to it strong patriotic SUD
porting movement. During the night
Admiral Do Amaral and the chiefs of
the monarchist parties held a protract-
ed session and laid out program look
ing to the pacificatiOn of the people.
Word has been received here that a
British fleet, the number of vessels not
being stated, passed OpOTto this morn
ing, bound for Lisbon
Murders Carefully Planned.
The Investigations of the police show
that the murders were carefully plan
ned. On Saturday the assassins met
secretly in the back room of a cafe AMI
there laid out every step of the plot,
which they were enabled to do as all
the details relating to the home-Com-
ing of the king had been made pub
lie. To each was assigned a post in
the work of shooting down the MEM
bers of the royal family, but lots were
drawn for the selection of each par
tieular victim. Those who drew Queen
Amelie and Prince Manuel failed to
carry out their bloody task.
The chamber in the palace where re-
pose the bodies of King Carlos and the
crown prince has been draped in
mourning and arranged to resemble a
chapel. The biers are surrounded by
lighted candles and Queen Amelie,
widow of the king, and dowager Queen
Maria Pia, his mother, watch continu-
ally at the side of their dead.
The body of the king is clad in the
uniform of the COMMUNICATIVE chief of
the army. while the prince wears
uniform of a captain of the Second
lancers. Several masses for the re-
pose of the souls of the departed al
ready have been said in. the mortuary
chamber.
Funerals Feb. 8.
The funerals will be held Feb. 8 and
the bodies will lie in state probably
beginning tomorrow. 1t is expected
that the funerals will be attended by
the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles of
Bourbon, the Duke of Aosta a cousin
of King Emmanuel. a special French
embassy and attachments of the for
eign regiments of which the late king
was honorary colonel.
The condition of. Queen Amelie. con-
trary TO rumOrs, is relatively good. The
Duke of Oporto. brother of the late
king. has established his residence at
the palace, where he will remain for a
time. The Countess of Paris, Queen
Amelie's mother, is on her way here.
Charles Page Bryan, the American
minister to Portugal, was the first dip
lomat to offer condolences to the royal
family.
Little by little Lisbon is regaiuing it's
normal aspect, although all the public
buildings and the palace are still
guarded by cordOns of soldiers and de-
tachments of the municipal guard. A
number of the newspapers of the CITY
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