Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-03

Excitement pervades the city, whose
population still are fearful the crimes
will be followed by other bloodshed
and are only the prelude to series
of national disasters.
The Republicans disclaim RESPONSE
)ility for the assassinations, which
they lay at the doors of the anarchists,
but the identification of dead regicide
as a cavalry sergeant is accepted by
many officials as proof that the as
sassins were revolutionaries. who had
successfully spread the propaganda,
smuggled in arms and bombs and who,
headed by prominent Republicans.
plotted to proclaim a republic a fort
night ago.
1t is also recalled that it was official
! ly giver, out by the police that an elab-
crate plot had been prepared for an
uprising on January 81, the anniver-
sary of the revolt at Oporto. The plot
included the assassination of Franco
! during the night, general rising at
daybreak, the cutting of all wires and
the seizure of the reins of government.
Prince Proclaimed King
While the bodies of the slain mon
arch and the crown prince rested on
the biers in the royal palace surround
ed by a guard of honor Prince Manuel,
vet in his teens, was solemnly pro-
claimed king by the council of state.
Later his proclamation swearing to
promote the good of the fatherland and
the integrity of the kingdom was read
to the populace.
The accounts of the assassination
vary, but 1t has been established defi-
nltely that they occurred at the Praca
do Commercio after the members or
the royal family had debarked from
the train at Barrero and thence crossed
the Tagus on ferryboat to the LISBON
landing, wher they entered a carriage
and were driven off.
smiling maiden had offered a
beautiful bouquet of roses to the queen,
and it was with these that the queen
later, in flood of motherly instinct,
vainly sought to protect her son from
leath. Manuel himself. his father and
brother mortally wounded, drew re-
yolyer and fired repeatedly at the muir
derers until his arm was struck by an
assassin's bullet.
Portugal Overwhelmed
All Portugal is overwhelmed by the
assassination of the king and crown
prince.
Although torn by internal dissensions
In the past few months, terrorized by
acts of crime and bloodshed, upr1sings
in the streets outrages with knife ana
bomb. and always fearful lest these
signs of revolution would culminate in
some dreadful outburst of passion,
Portugal was not prepared for the blow
that fell yesterday when king and
prince were shot to death in a public
place where thousands had gathered TO
greet their homecoming.
All last night Queen Amelie, in the
royal palace, sat between the biers
where rested the bodies of her hus-
hand and her son, Frustrated with grief.
Troops guarded the palace; squad
ron of cavalry surrounded the house
in which Premier Franco passed the
night; special details were drawn up
before public buildings, and reserves
were ouartered in barracks ready for a
call that might come to spring to arms.
Mo Sleep for Lisbon
But Lisbon did not sleep. Scarcely a
soul throughout the city closed eyes,
An unnatural silence pervaded the
nlace for after the first awakening to
the tragedy that had been enacted,
with its attendant noises and confu-
sions. shops and cafes were closed; the
doors of theaters were hastily locked,
houses were barricaded and the streets
were cleared.
No one might say where the next
blow would fall, and revolution that
sweeps lnIOu6h a WY inv q AA+ - -
nlaces drove the people into their homes
or other places where they might be
secure.
The attack on the royal family, how
ever, had the opposite effect from that
most feared. and peace and quiet
reigned as though no murder had been
done.
Early this morning Premier Franco
proclaimed the accession of Prince
Manuel to the throne. the nava! ana
military chiefs, the high dignitaries of
state, swore allegiance to the new king
and portugal still lived under a mon
archy.
No more beautiful day could be inn
agined than that which will hereafter
mark the date on which King Carlos
and Crown Prince Luis met their
death at the hands of assassins.
Returning from a so1ourn at the
kings estate at villa Vicosa, accom-
panied by the queen. the crown prince
and the infant Manuel. the sovereign
seemingly was In a happy mood when
he stepped into the carriage In walt