Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

| discovery of many secret stores OF
weapons and ammunition. had demon
strated beyond peradventure the existence
! of determination on the part of large
! body of the Portuguese to overthrow thu
present conditions and proclaim a re-
/ public
! The tragedy occurred at $50 o'clock in
/ tie afternoon. but the panic which in
/ stantly gripped the city and all its ac-
/ tivities prostrated the lines of communi-
cation. and it was not for some hours
/ that tie news Of the assassination was
/ permitted to be sent broadcast. Lisbon
/ toright wears an air Of utter dasolation
The theaters and cafes are closed the
streets are almost deserted and the cleo
1 tric cars are moving without passengers.
In short, the city has Shut itself up in it's
/ houses.
Guarding Boy King
J future of. their country. the minds Of
all the faithful monarchists turned at
I once 10 the thought that the wounded
Infant Manuel was now king of Portu-
gal With this conviction came the
other that all must Be done to safeguard
E! the boys life. and couriers thunderad
4 through the streets summoning to the
| bedside OF the wounded youth all the
! skilled physicians that could be found in
Lisbon.
/ The latest bulletin from the bedside of
Prince Manuel states that at present there
is no danger OF complications from the
Wounds. The greatest fear is of the pos
4 sibiiity of blood poisoning later
Among the first to be called in to the
critical situation created by the assassina-
tion was Drender Franco ,the dictator OF
/ the kingdom. Franco was protected by q
squadron Of cavalrymen as he has,ened
70 the palace, and there he conferred with
the queen and high officials of state on
what immediate action should be taken
l. Is understood that Queen Amele will
De regent during the minority of Prince
Manuel, who is now in his nineteenth
year.
. If the assassinations were inspired in
any way by the republicans there was
no evidence after the king and his son
were slain that the republicans intended
Immediately TO follow up the advantage
4 their cause found in the death of the
two highest personages in the state The
i only striking sequence To the tragedy
was the complete and bewildering silence
! in which Lisbon is enwrapped
Details Of the Tragedy.
The details OF the murders show that
that the royal family were returning from
Villa Nicosa had been made public in ad-
vance. and the authorizes had arranged
what they considered an effective guard
along the route which the royal carriage
was 10 take The trip from Villa Vicosa
without incident. The king and his
} family returned at the end OF the dav Of
he greatest excitement in the city on
account Of the wholesale arrests and the
continual discovery of new depots OF arms
and hombs
a great throng Was grouped about the
Barrcr.o railroad station and the neigh
boring streets when the members OF the
royal family disembarked for the MIR
pose Of driving across the Tagus In
reaching the actual limits of Lisbon. Tn 3.
court carriages awaited them before fne
landing stage and the king and queen
and the two princes entered the leaning
carriage. which started Immediately
wheeling into the Praco do Commercio
Suddenly the sharp crack OF carbines
startled the assemblage. Then the ar
filled with a succ assion of sharp re-
ports and the king was seen to jump up
and reach for his throat then TO drop
back on the cushions. The crown prince
almost simultaneously was seen to col,
lapse and fal toward the SIDE o. the car
ria2e. while the queen. driven to a frenzy.
was seeking TO save the crown prince and
the infant Manuel by shielding them with
her body.