Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-04

The Assassination.
The king and his family returned
at the end of day of greatest ex-
element in the city on account of the
wholesale arrest and the continued
discovery of new depots of arms and
bombs. A great throng were grouped
about the railroad station and the
ne1ghboring streets when the royal
family disembarked for the purpose
of driving across the Tagus in reach
ing the actual limits of Lisbon. Court
carriages awaited them before the
landing stage and the king and queen
and the two princes entered the lead
| Ing carriage, which started Immediate
ly wheeling into the Praco de Com
mercio. Suddenly the sharp crack CT
carbine startled the assembage
The Tragic Scene.
Then the air was filled with success
sion Of sharp reports and the king
was seen to jump up and reach for
his throat, then to drop back on the
cushions. The crown prince almost
Immediately was seen to collapse and
fall toward the side of the carriage
while the queen, driven to frenzy
was seeking to save the crown prince
and Infant Manuel by shielding them
with her body. Francisco Figuearia
an orderly, walking near the royal car.
riage, at the time drew revolver and
Killed one of the regicides, and the
police sprang at others. They turned
rapidly and fed. the police PURSUING
them and killing one near the town
hall. Both bodies were carried into
the town hall. but have not yet been
identified. The weapons they used
were repeating carbines of five cham
bers.
Reports from many parts of Portu
gal and through Madrid in Spair
within the last few months have indi
Gated trouble was brewing for Portu
gal and that the reyolutionists were al
work. After numerous minor upris
ings had been put down by the police
on January 90, the police came upor
widespread plot to overthrow tbs
monarchy and proclaim Portugal :
republic. The original intention .
the plot was to assassinate Franc.
and depend upon the secret repubii
can and labor organizations, armed
with bombs and revolvers to complete
} the work of revolution in the streets
Police Make Raid.
But the police raided the meeting
place of the conspirators and made
number OF arrests, Selling quantities
or bombs and other weapons, an
since then other raids have been mad
. in Lisbon, with the result that the pc
lice believed they had the revolution
aries well in hand Each day, how
ever, brought new evidences of tn
ramifications of the plot to remov
the heads of the state and to estah
fish repnblicanism
Don Miguel De Braganza. head :,
, the house of the line of Braganza
!, which formerly reigned over Portuga
and pretender to the throne, is likel
. to come to the front again because !,
the death Of King Carlos and tn
crown prince
7 Don Miguel on Throne.
The fathersof Don Miguel was tn
t late King Miguel l., Duke of Braganz
l who seized the throne from his nice
: Queen Maria H., daughter Of Empero
5 Pedro L., Of Brazil, and was king &
) Portugal in 1928 to 1884 at which lat
ter date Queen Maria was restored
the throne There have been hume,
Gus rumors of rebellion with the OF
, 1ect Of placing Miguel on the throne
. but recently these were not given Sc.
, ious consideration. Last June Migue
!. through the medium of the newspe
pers of Vienna, announced his read
ness to fill any vacancies in the Por
:, uguese throne, arising from the cor
= stitutional dispute in that country.
Lisbon DesoIated.
f Lisbon yesterday wore an air of u
e ter disolation. Theaters and cafe
|, were closed, streets We're almost di
a serted and electric cars moved will
r out passengers. In short. the cit
l. shut itself up in it's houses.
n While the people communed upo
), the future of their country, the mind
Of all the faithful monarchists turne
I. at once to the thought the wounde
$ Infant Manuel was now king of Port,
I gal. With this conviction came tn
l. other that all must be done to SAT-
guard the boys life, and all the skill
Y Ell physicians in Lisbon were summon
n ed to his bedside
S 1t is understood Queen Amelie wi
be regent during the minority
e Prince Manuel, now in his nineteent
J. year
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