The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06

ran up 10 the sides of the carriage
and poured in a hail OF lead before
the stupefied escort could intervene.
The king and row prince. half RS.
ing. fell back into the cushions, he
blood gushing from their wounds.
Tries to Shield Her Sons.
Queen Amelie, uttering a scream
that could be heard by all who had
not become frenzied by the attack,
threw herself toward her sons, shield.
ing their bodies with her own. She
frantically struck at the murderers
WITH a bouquet of roses which she
had been carrying, but even in the
face of this the men fred again and
again. AS he saw his father and his
brother fan, Prince Manuel whipped
out a revolver and discharged it at
the men, but he was himself struck
on the right arm by a bullet FROM a
carbine. A footman in the carriage
also was wounded, and it was stated
that a bullet grazed the queens shout
der, but did not do her harm.
Three Reaicides Killed.
Only mounted police accompanied
the carriage, as the king had refused
military escort. The attack came from
the rear, for 1t was found afterwards
that the king had been shot in the
ly unexpected that the murderers lal
employed their carbines and revolvscs
almost before the police knew what
was going on and had turned to fee
into the crowd that now, panic.
stricken, had dropped back before
their weapons. The guard charged
upon them, pursuing them down the
street and Kidding three of them with
bullets. Hundreds of the people join
ed in the pursuit and the others OF
the band of assassins were made Eris'
oners.
Grief Is Heartrending.
The royal carriage had by this time
been driven into the quadrangle and
the gates of the arsenal were shut,
The grief of the queen and Prince
NloluCI al hCdl CdhllSs
The news of the assassination
spread like wildfre and thousands OF
people, bewildered and terrified, pour
ed into the streets. Soon the troops
and police occupied all the prominent
places and the people hurried to their
homes and barricaded the doors and
windows to await In fear the unknown
future. The strictest measures were
taken by the officers in charge of the
troops to suppress the slightest sign
of disorder, but their work was light
There have been no disturbances In
Lisbon in the last twenty-four hours,
and Sunday passed off only in the
deepest gloom, with the populace
mourning on every hand.
Queen Sits With Her Dead.
The bodies of the king and crown
prince rest in the royal palace, and
beside them the queen sat throughout
the night, sometimes with her hand
pressing the forehead of King Carlos
and sometimes stroking the face OF
the dead crown prince. The condition
of the newly proclaimed king, Manuel
is satisfactory to the physicians in at
tendance. His wounds are not severe
and if there are no complications, Of
which there are no signs now, he is
expected to make speedy recovery. He
carries his arm in a sling and de
clares that he suffers no pain.
The bodies of King Carlos and
Prince LUZ were embalmed yester
day and will lie in state, according tc
the custom of the court. The funera.
probably will be held on Feb. 10.
Work of RevoIutionaries.
The republicans disclaim RESPONSE
bility for the assassinations, which
they lay at the doors of the anarchists
but the Identification of a dead regi
eide as a cavalry sergeant is accepted
by many officials as proof that the as
sassinations were the work of revolu
tlonaries, who had successfully spread
the propaganda, Struggled in arms and
bombs, and who, headed by prominent
republicans, plotted to proclaim a re.
public a fortnight ago.