Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-06
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if the proclamation has not already
been made.
! Street fighting has caused much
bloodshed in the streets of Lisbon and
when the last report was received
| warships were bombarding the royal
palace.
Details Of the outbreak are meager
as the revolutionists have cut off all
communication with the capital and
a strict censorship has been estab-
lished.
! Army and Navy in Revolt
1t is known the army and navy are
with the revolutionists, who aim to
depose the boy king and establish a
republic. The outbreak started yes
terday in Lisbon.
The plans of the revolutionists had
been laid so carefully that the gov
eminent was taken by surprise, al
though it had been known the coun-
try was in state of extreme unrest.
The London Daily Mail declares the
revolutionists were victorious only
after much blood had been shed.
| No communications passed between
\ Lisbon and the Portuguese legation
here yesterday.
Royal Tragedy 10 Recalled.
King Manuel will not be 21-Nof
| age as it is termed in America-untll
next month. Already he has been on
| the throne for two years, having been
crowned in February, 1908, just after
his father, King Carlos, and his elder
brother were assassinated.
| Both King Carlos and the crown
prince, Louis Philippe, were shot by
| two srsassins while the royal family
We're driving on the afternoon of Feb
1, 1905, in the Rua do Arsenal, op
posite the town square of Lisbon and
directly at the side of the Hotel de
! Vile.
The assassins were caught and put
! to death, and as an evidence of the
! popular spirit prevailing In Lisbon
and the country the tombs of the two
| assassins have been in the months fol
lowing the bourne of constant popular
| pilgrimages and the scene of numer
GUS public demonstrations against the
| crown King Manuel and his mother
are obliged to submit to all this. In
fact, they have been virtually prison.
ers in the shabby and appropriately
named Palace of the Necessidades.
| On Brazilian Boat.
! Paris, Oct. Sit was stated at the
Brazilian legation here today that
King Manuel of Portugal had taken
refuge on the Brazilian battleship
Sao-Paulo.
British Cruisers on Way.
Gibraltar, Oct. 5.-The British srui-
sers New Castle and Minerva sailed to-
| Il cto ELL P0r T ichn
Lisbon Harbor Closed.
| London, Oct 5.-Private services
from Lisbon received here this after
noon state that Lisbon harbor is
closed and that Portuguese warships
are guarding the entrance preventing
even foreign ships from departing.
| Spain is Alarmed.
Madrid, Oct. 5.-The situation in
Portugal has alarmed the Spanish
government, which viii adopt the
strictest precautionary measures to
preserve order in Spain. Members OF
the Spanish republican clubs and cir
cles today decorated their buildings in
celebration of the revolution IN
Portugal.
Expected In washington.
Washington, D. c., Oct. 5.-The
revolutionary outbreak in Portugal
was expected by the state department
officials as such an occurrence was in
Dictated by reports of the American
diplomatic representative at Lisbon.
American Minister Gage is now at Lis
bon, but no dispatches have reached
the state department from him con-
corning the revolution probably be-
cause Of the interruption Of tele-
graphic service by the insurrectionists