The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13
DETAILS Of THE
LISBON TRAGEDY
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end of the King and the Crown Prince
At the first blush it would seem as
though the assassination was the work
of anarchists and not of republican
svmpathizers Nevertheless, the stir
ring events of the last few weeks has
prepared the people for some startling
| elimination. The discovery of plot
after plot, as well as the discovery Of
many secret stores of weapons and
ammunition, had demonstrated beyond
peradventure the existence of deter
mination on the part of large body
of the Portuguese to overthrow the
present conditions and proclaim re-
public.
The tragedy occurred about $50 IN
the afternoon, but the panic which in
stantly gripped the city and all its ac
Invites Frustrated the lines of COM
munications, and it was not for some
hours that the news of the assassina-
tion was permitted to be sent broad
cast.
WOUNDED YOUTH NOW KING.
Lisbon tonight wears an air of ut
ter desolation. The theaters and cafes
are closed, the streets are almost de-
serted and the electric ears are moving
without passengers. In short, the city
has shut itself up in its houses. The
minds of all the faithful monarchists
turned at once to the thought that the
wounded youth, Manuel, was now King
of Portugal With this thought came
the other that all must be done to safe
guard the boys life, and couriers went
through the streets summoning to the
bedside of the wounded youth all the
skilled physicians that could be had in
Lisbon.
The latest bulletin from the bedside
of Prince Manuel stated that at present
there is no danger of complications
from the wounds. The greatest fear is
of the probability of blood poisoning
later.
PREMIER FRANCO DICTATOR.
Among the first to be called into the
critical situation created by the as
sassination was Premier Franco, the
dictator of the kingdom. Franco was
protected by squadron of cavalry
men as he FASTENED to the palace and
there he conferred with the Queen and
high officials of state on what imme-
date action should be taken.
1t is understood that Queen Amelie
will be Regent during the minority of
Prince Manuel, who is now in his nine
teenth year.
If the assassins were inspired in any
way by the Republicans, there was no
evidence after the King and son were
slain that the Republicans intended i'm
mediately to follow up the advantage
their cause found in the death of the
two highest personages in the State.
The only striking sequence to the
tragedy was. the complete and bewilder-
ing silence. in which Lisbon is en-
wrapped.
MURDERS WELL PLANNED.
The details of the murders show that
they were cunningly arranged. The
fact that the royal family were return
ing from Villa Vicosa had been made
public in advance, and the authorities
had arranged what they considered an
effective guard along the route which
the royal carriage was to take. The
trip from Villa Vicosa was without
; incident. The King and his family re-
turned at the end of day of the great
est excitement in the city on account of
the wholesale arrests and the continual
discovery of new depots of arms and
bombs. A great throng were grouped
! about the Barreiro railroad station and
the neighboring streets when the mem
bers of the royal family disembarked
for the purpose of driving across the
Tagus in the limits of Lisbon. The
carriages awaited them before the land
ing stage, and the King and Queen
and the two princes entered the leading
carriage. which started Immediately,
wheeling into the Praca = = -mmercia.
Suddenly the sharp crack 81 ?, carbine
startled the assemblage. Then the air
was filed with a succession 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 simultaneously 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 the young Manuel
by shielding them with her body.
FULL POWER FOR CABINET.
A decree was gazetted today giving
the Cabinet unlimited power to repress
revolutionary agitation in Portugal.
= This decree is framed on the lines of
I the bill recently introduced in the
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