Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-06
REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL.

| Lisbon, Oct. 5.-Ihe capital is nov
completely in the hands of the Re
publicains, who have formed a pro
visional government, with Theophil'
Braga as President. A new nationa
flag of red and green is flying over
all the public buildings, including the
town hail.
King Manuel with the Queen Moth
er, Amelie, and his grandmother, the
Queen Dowager Maria Pia, has taker
refuge at MARIA, % miles from Lis
bon. Already the Spanish minister, il
full uniform, has called to pay his
respects to the Republican leaders
| 1t is impossible to estimate the num-
Der of killed and wounded in yester-
days fighting, but it is expected t
reach several hundred The city has
been considerably damaged by the
bombardment of the insurgent war
ships The buildings occupied by the
ministers around the Praca De Com
SERGIO, and the Necessidades palace
were made the particular targets O,
the shells from the warshps, and to-
day show the effects by broken walls
and turrets. The tower of the church
attached to the palace was demolished
Thus far, however, no attack has been
made upon private property and it is
reported that the banks are being
guarded by blue-jackets.
No news has been received from
the provinces, for communication has
largely been cut off and dispatches
and messages Of all kinds have been
suppressed. All through the night
artillery and rifle fire was incessan,
and towards dawn it increased in in
tensity. AT II o'clock last night in
surgents. encamped on the heights O
AVenlda Da Liberdado, tried to force
thelr way to the center of the CITY
out We're driven back by the Iowa
troops. AS the latter passed the bar.
| racks OF the first artillery they dis.
covered that it was in the hands O.
rebel civilians. They charged upon tn,
civilians and dislodged them with con.
siderab BILE loss to the rebels.
The night firing was carried on in com
plete darkness, the electric lights havin,
| failed The insurgents were led nv fin
| retired Admiral Carlos Refs. Their force
were greatly augmented by desertion
| from among the Monarchists and the,
succeeded eventually in getting contro
| OF the city. The inhabitants TODAY ar
pafadlng the streets, most of them wit
| rifles in their hands. singing the Portu
guese 'Marseillaise," which has now be
come the national anthem Red Cros
ambulances and parties of police an
men from the fire brigade are patrollin
| the Sfreptc
wounded
! The revolutionists. raided all building
which flew the old flag and tore dow
the emblems of monarchy. The warshp
greeted the hoisting of the Republica
flag with salvos of artillery
Eusebio Leao. the Republican leade:
made speech from the balcony of tn
town hall, saying that he entrusted tn
policing of the city and the maintenance
of order to the citizens
Respectable public and private prop
| erty," he explained, land the life of a,
persons. whoever they may be. The re
public is generous and magnanimous
The huge crowd that had gathered aroun
| the building cheered the speaker frant;
cally. Notwithstanding the thrllin
events of the past two days, the peopl
are now showing composure, and it seem
likely that order in the city of Lisbo
will be made 1t is rumored that Ger
Gorias. who commanded the defendin
| forces. committed suicide when he say
that the fall of the palace was newt
able
The provisional government is compos
ed as follows:
| President, Theophle Braga; minister O
| justice. Alfonso Costa: minister of for
eisn affairs, Berndno Machado: minste
of finance, Bazilo Telles; minister of pub
lie works. Antonio Luiz Gomez; ministe
of war, Col. Barreto; minister of marine
Amaro A. Zovado Gomez; minister of tn
interior. Antonio Almeida; civil governo
| of Lisbon, Eusebio Leao.
| Paris, Oct. 5.--An official commu
niaue issued today says:
| ct is confirmed by information
private but sure. that an importan
revolution has broken out in Lisbon
that bombardment of the city ha
commenced and that on Tuesday nigh
| Mig MANUEL vas sui IN the rOyd
palace. resisting the revolutionists
! Portugal. since yesterday, has beel
isolated from the rest of the worl,
and circuitous reports declare that tn
country is in the .throes of a violen
revolution.
| All of the Portuguese navy and
part of the army are reported to hav
deserted the monarchy and to hay
cast in their lots with the revolution
lists.
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