The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-02-07

ran up to the sides Of the carriage
and poured in d hail of lead before
the stupehed escort could intervene.
The king aud crown prince. half ris.
ing, fell back into the cushions, the
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 sne
had been carrying. but even in the
face of this the men fred again and
again. AS he saw his father and his
brother fall. Prince Manuel whipped
out a revolver and discharged it at
h 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 srazed the queens shout.
der, but did not do her harm.
Three Regjcides 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
back of the neck, and it was SO entire
~ unexpected that the murderers .lad
employed their carbines and revolgsts
almost before the police knew what
was going on and had turned to flee
into the crowd hat 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 iris
OnerS.
Grief Is Heartrendlng.
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
Manuel was heartbreaking.
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.
deepest gloom. with the populacs
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 to
the custom of the court. The funeral
probably will be held on Feb. 10.
Work of Revolutionaries.
The republicans disclaim RESPONSE
bility for the as~sassinations, which
they lay at the doors of the anarchists,
but the identification of a dead regi.
as a cavalry sergeant is accepted
by many officials as proof that the as
sasslnations were the work Of revolu
tlonarles, who had successfully spread
the propaganda, struggled in arms and
bombs, and who, headed by prominent
plotted to proclaim a re-
public a fortnight ago.