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arrest. No appeal from the first sen
tenee passed will be entertained.
OTHER ACCOUNTS.

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dispatches to the Times give various
versions of the tragedy. An eye wit
ness writes as follows:
The first shot pierced his majesty's
| throat. After the king fell Prince LUZ,
who had already been mortally wound
/ ed, fell into the arms Of his younger
brother, who himself had been struck
/ by bullet in the arm. Indeed, so
near was the shot fired that it singed
his uniform. AS it was, his life prob
ably was saved by his mothers quick
action.
"a bearded man next pointed his
rife at the queen, but as he took aim
an adjutant thrust his sword at the
assassin, wounding him. Without a
moments hesitation the man, feeling
himself disabled dropped his rife and,
drawing a revolver, blew out his own
brains.''
! Another account says:
after the assassination the crowd
went absolutely crazy with fright.
Numbers of women and children were
trampled under foot and some were
seriously injured.
"One officer who had been walking
by the carriage shot one of the assas-
sins. The police drew their revolvers
and fred more or less at random, kill
| ing another assassin.
Directly the fusillade began the
king stood up in the carriage and
turned as though to see what was 60
ing on. He was struck down at once,
falling across the knees of the queen"
PRINCE FIRED AT MURDERERS.
LISBON, Feb. 2.-While the bodies
of the slain monarch and the Crown
Prince rested on the biers in the royal
palace, surrounded by guard of hon
or, Prince Manuel, yet in his teens,
] was solmenly proclaimed King by the
council of state. Later his proclama-
ton 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 it has been established def
initely that it occurred at the Praca
do Commercio after the members of
the royal family had alighted from
the rain at Barrero and thence crossed
tie Tagus on ferryboat to the Lisbon
landing, where they entered a carriage
and were driven off.
A 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
death. Manuel himself, his father and
brother MORALLY wounded. drew re-
volver and fired repeatedly at the MUIR
derers until his arm was struck by an
assassin's bullet.
QUEEN STRICKEN.
All last night Queen Amelie, in the
palace, sat between the biers on which
rested the bodies of her husband and
her son, Frustrated with grief. Troops
guarded the palace, a squadron of cav
!, airy surrounded the house in which
Premier Franco passed the night, spe-
4 eial details were drawn UP before pub
lie buildings, and reserves were quar-
tered in barracks ready for call to
arms.
But Lisbon did not sleep. Scarcely a
soul in the city closed eyes. An I'M
natural silence pervaded the place, for
with realization of the tragedy shops
and cafes were closed, the doors of
theaters were hastily locked, houses
were barricaded and the streets were
next blow would fall. and fear of revo-
luton that sweeps through city like
a fire in dry places drove the people
into their homes or other places where
they might be secure. The attack on
the royal family, however. had the OPP
i,posite effect from that most feared and
peace and quiet reigned as though no
murder had been done.
/ PROCLAIdS NEW KING.
i Early this morning Premier Franco
proclaimed the accession of Prince
Manuel to the throne. The naval and
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 dawn
than that marking the date on which
King Carlos and Crown Prince Luiz
met their death at the hands of assas-
sins. Returning from sojourn at the
kings estate at Villa Vicosa, accom-
panied by the Queen, the Crown Prince
and the Infant Manuel, the sovereign
seemingly was in happy mood when
he stepped into the carriage in watt
ing at the railroad station. Thousand
of spectators gayly attired in combina-
ton with the bright decorations set out
to welcome the royal family, made an