The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-14
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF REPUBLIC
Is NOW REGARDED AS
COMPLETE.
PRESIDENT A GOOD man
Lisbon Shows Few Signs Of Recent
Struggle for Liberty-RoyaI
Family Still at Glib
raIter.

Lisbon, POrt.-The establishment OF
a republic in Portugal is an accom-
plished fact. For a city that has just
passed through the throes Of a bloody
revolution and sustained a lombard
ment, Lisbon is in cloudless sunshine
and years a smiling aspect.
The republican flag flutters on near1
ly every building and from every We
hicle, the streets are thronged with
promenaders, including a good sprinkle
ling of tourists with guide books in
hand; shops and offices have been re-
opened and business generally has
been resumed. The only evidence of
the recent perturbation are small
bodies of troops stationed in the prin.
cipal open spaces of the city and the
passage now and then of red cross
ambulances.
The noticeable outword signs Of the
new regime are the presence every
where of the green and red flag of the
republic and the complete disappear.
nee Of King Manuel's portrait from
public exhibition. In fact. not a yes.
tige is now seen of the picture post
card portraits Of the king or of any
other member of the royal family.
These have given way to pictures of
members of the new government and
Photographic records of the revolution
in the shape of groups of armed lead
ers and companies of insurgent troops,
not in action, but posing for the
camera.
The damage done to the city by
the bombbardment was surprisingly
slight. The total number of killed has
not yet been definitely ascertained, but
it probably does not exceed 800.
The streets were never as busy as
at present. The republics troops on
repass, all carrying the republican flag
which the people massed on the pave
ment salute, respectfully doflng their
hats and cheering. There is no un-
usual excitement.
The recent events which startled
the world are discussed by all classes
with phlegmatic calm. The general
feeling evidently is one of relief that
a crisis so long anticipated as newt
able was surmounted so speedily with
comparatively little violence.
The most interesting man in Por-
tugal at the present moment is the
new president, Theophile Braga, who
may be said without exaggeration to
be the father not only of this revolu-
ton, but of that in Brazil, having by
his standing as a professor of history
and philosophy prepared the ground
for both movements. His ~unassuming
may be inferred from the
fact that Thursday night, after having
been elected first president of Portu-
gal, he returned as usual in a second
class compartment of the train to his
unpretentious little home in the sub
urbs, quietly receiving the %congratu-
lations of the richest and the humblest
of his friends and deprecatingly &C.
knowledging the frantic ovations of
his fellow passengers.
Braga particularly desires it to be
understood that the revolution had no
military or personal aim, but like
those in Brazil and Turkey, was pure,
ly the outcome of philosophical ideas.
The Braganza dynasty had failed to
keep abreast of modern progress, he
said, and had done nothing to render
the people masters of the own des.
TIMES.
One of the means by which the late
dynasty had tried to maintain its posi-.
ton, he said, vas continually to men.
ace the people with British interven.
ton to crush popular sentiment, as
if an ancient alliance between the two
nations was n between dynasties
and not peoples. Senior Braga added
that he had every confidence in the
national resources and was convinced
that an honest administration would
suffice without adventurous means to
put the finances of the country on q
satisfactory footing and achieve the
moral and physical improvement the
nation so much needed.