Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-04
ENTIRE CABINET
HAS BEEN REMOVED
DOM MANUEL, THE NEW kiN0,
IN ELOQUENT APPEAL TO MEM
RERs OF MINISTRY, ASKS AID
IN PREVENTING cRlsia

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Washington, Feb. 3.-The fol- .
lowing cabIegram Of sympathy =
for tho king Of Portugal was to- :
day dispatched from the White
House: -
u hasten to express to yau :
and your bereaved Queen moth :
er my heartfelt condoienee by
reason Of tho tragic death OF
your royal father and brother.
The American people feel a Pc
culiar bond of sympathy with. :
the royal family and the people :
Of Portugal In their great afflic- =
tion and they have boen lron+
pressbly shoesed and grieved =
at the dreadful tragedy.
Theodore Roosevelt"
Senate Deplores Tragedy.
: Washington, D. c., Feb, S.
: The senate adopted without de- :
bate resolution offered by SEN ?
ator Cullom, dePloring the ur,- =
lawful and inhunan death OF \
the king and Drown prince OF
Portugal and requesting the
President 10 communicate the 4
= resolution to the government Of y
Portugal.
" y
Lisbon, Feb. 3. Premier Franco
has relinquished his power and new
cabinet has been formed with Admit
al Ferreira Do Amaral as It's presi-
dent. This step signalized the practi.
cal withdrawal Of Franco from power.
He agreed to this measure as one
calculated to pacify the hostile public
opinion at time when only spark
was needed to inf1ame the whole
country and hurl it headlong into rev.
olution. Nevertheless it Is believed
Franco will still be the man OF
power but his official prerogatives
will be at least shorn of authority.
Boy King Appeals.
The opening session of the new
council was held today. King Manuel
II appeared before his ministers with
a voice vibrant with emotion and
said:
II am yet without experience either
in science or in politics. place my
self entirely in your hands, needing
and believing in your patriotism and
wisdom"
The new cabinet is made UP of the
coalition elements, in the hope Of re-
conciling many of the disturbing e1e-
ments. Some of the new ministers
been notably opposed to Francois iron
rule. Not one Of the Franco ministers
remain. 81
Manuel is Proclaimed King.
Lisbon, Feb, 3.-Prince Manuel yes
terday was proclaimed king of Portu-
gal, succeeding his father, Carlos, who
with the crown prince, Luiz Philippe,
was shot down in the streets Satur.
day.
The new kings proclamation, sign
ed by himself as Dom Manuel H., and
countersigned by all the ministers.
was read from the balcony, but be-
yond this there was no public cers.
mony.
The only word indicating that uni
versal order in Portugal possibly had
been broken came from Oporto. 1t
was a rumor that republic mad been
proclaimed there, but this was not
confirmed.
Nevertheless the officials feared the
youth might be attacked should he ap.
pear before the public, and they also
feared serious results from the
wounds the boy received when the
royal carriage was attacked Saturday
should he attempt to leave his close.
ly guarded bed chamber.
Premier Plans Rigid Support.
The proclamation was made by Pre-.
mier Franco early in the morning and
Immediately afterwards he announced
his intention to adopt the most rigor.
GUS measures to crush any possible in.
surrection.
In the absence Of the chamber oi
deputies, the premier announced, the
house of peers will be convoked To
recognize the accession of Manuel.
All is still confusion as to the origin
and full significance of the crime
Many including the queen herself, in
sist tnat il was the work of foreign
anarchists.
mo Portuguese could have done
this thing" her majesty exclaimed tr
Premier Franco late last night.
She was right to this extent, thai
King Carlos was not personally un
popular among his subjects. His per
sonal bravery during the crisis of tbs
rtnpffpued On oaro cN