The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-03
PORTUGUESE TORN
BY THE REVOLUTION
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youth and good health it is not expect
ed thar il will prove At all serious
\ little care. it is said. is all that will
be necessary 10 restore him TO com
plttc health
Franco in Charge.
Premier Franco seems to he in
charge of the situation. He has had
troops placed al points OF vantage
throughout the city. and the main
thoroughtares are patrolled by mount
ed men, Premier Franco announces
that any attempt at a revolution will
be put down with an iron hand and
that no lenienCy will be shown toward
those concerned in the plot 10 Kill the
king or OyeuhTown the government.
Concerning the details OF Saturdays
assassination and the names OF those
suspected of participation in ii the
greatest secrecy is being maintained.
Unpopular Is King Carlos was.
there is genuine regret among the
mass of the inhabitants over the man
ner OF his death. Telcgrams of con
dolencc are pouring in from all PARTS
of the world, and there are many
signs of mourning among the people
of the city. The recent disturbances
seem for the moment to have been
forgotten, and all classes of citizens
are joining in sympathy for the be-
reayed Queen.
DiscIaim Responsibility.
The republicans disclam RESPONSE
bility for the assassinations. which
they lay at the door of the anarchists,
but the Identification OF dead regi-
eide as a cavalry sergeant is accepted
by many officials as proof that the
assassinations were the work Of revo-
lutiOnaries, who had successfully
spread the propaganda, struggled in
arms and bombs, and who, headed by
prominent republicans, plotted to pro
claim republic a fortnight ago. 1t
is also recalled that it was officially
given out by the police that an elabor-
ate plot had been prepared for an up
rising on January 81, the anniversary
Of the revolt at OpOrtO. the plot includ-
ing the assassination of Franco dur
ing the night, a general rising at day
break, the cutting OF all wires and the
seizure of the reins Of government.
Just before the shooting a smiling
maiden had offered a beautiful bou-
Quet of roses to the Queen, and it was
with these that the Queen later, in
mOtherly instinct, vainly sought to
protect her son from death. Manuel
himself, his father and brother mortal
ly wounded drew a revolver and fired
repeatedly at the murderers until his
arm was struck by an assassin's bull
let.
The assassins who are under arrest
are maintaining a stolid silence
The government has given out a
statement that Saturdays events will
only strengthen mOnarchistic senti-
ments, both among the civil and mill
tary classes OF the nation that the dis
cipline and temper of the troops is
admirable and unfaltering
The Official Report.
The temper Of the troops is admir-
able and unfaltering The principal
regicide killed has been identified as
Manuel Bulca, a sergeant in the Sew
enth cavalry in a teacher in an elem
entary school. For years he acted as
a private tutor in this city. He was
about 80 years of age. The two other
assassins killed are believed to be
Portuguese. The police, however. re
fuse to make public the result of their
examination of the men under arrest.
An official report Of the tragedy which
was given out by the government to-
night to the newspapers reads as fol
lows:
"The king. queen and Crown prince
We're riding in the first carriage to
their villa outside OF Lisbon. Prince
Manuel, with officers from the royal
palace. was in the second carriage. In
front of the Praca do Commerce. a
man armed with a carbine suddenly
broke through the front row of the
crowd and shot at the king. The dis
tracted queen tried to shield the
crown prince, who was defending him
self courageously with his walking
stick against two men. Suddenly
more shots were heard and the prince
fell wounded. The queen, shouting for
help, bent over the body of the crown
prince and received his last kiss The
prince Immediately expired. All three
perpetrators of the crime were killed
i by the mob and the police"
1t is announced that Jose V Alpoim,
a prominent opponent of Franco and
who was under surveillance by the
police, has left Lisbon and gone to
Salamanca.
HEROISM DISPLAYED.