Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-20

Tuesday-First shot fred shortly
after 1 clock in the morning.
Whole city engaged in fighting by
daybreak.
Duke of Oporto captured after lead
ing a futile defense, but afterward lib
Grated.
Cruisers Adamastor and Rafael
shelled palace and Ministry building.
Palace guard surrendered late in the
afternoon.
Total casualties estimated at 5000.
King Manuel escaped to MARIA, revo-
lutionists permitting him to leave, not
wishing to harm him.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. government
established under presidency of Theo-
phile Braga.
New ministry issued reassuring proc
lamation, favorably received by all for
eign powers.
Spanish and English ministers pay
respects to new administration.
Two British cruisers sent to Lisbon
to protect British interests.
Members of the kings cabinet re-
linquished portfolios, pledging support
to the republic.
Portuguese minister to England con-
ferred with British foreign Office, Civ
ing rise to fear that England intended
to intervene.
Revolutionists entrenched city against
possible attack from provincial roy
alists
Thirty-one hours of fighting brought
to a virtual close.
Thursday-King Manuel and other
members of royal family conveyed on
royal yacht to Gibraltar, where they
were refuged under the British flag.
Exile ban placed against royal fam
lily, but proclamation issued that their
private property should be respected.
Order prepared for expulsion of all
religious orders from Portugal; time
limit set at "a hours.
Friday-Attacks made upon many
monasteries, the most serious being at
the monastery at st. Louis of France
on Quellas street, where many were
killed.
aturday-Manuel iitimated to Gov
ernor General Hunter of Gibraltar that
he might return and lead movement
to regain his throne.
Lisbon.-The whereabouts of King
Manuel is causing considerable specu-
lation and some worriment on the part
of the leaders of the new republic. Dis
patches from Madrid state that he has
left Gibraltar for Lisbon for the pur-
pose of starting a counter revolution
in the hope of restoring himself.
The dispatches declare that in this
move he will have the support of both
England and Germany.
The suddenness of the sweeping
change and the ease with which the
people adapted themselves to the new
regime have had few parallels.
History Is Bested.
From a state of gross misrule by a
boyish king, whose excuses shocked
the decent people of his realm, and
from absolutism that seemed never TO
have thought for the 5,50O,O people
of the country, Portugal has emerged
a republic She has exiled the royal
family and adopted program that
ranks with any of the governmental
documents of the most enlightened pop
, ular governments.
The revolution had been carefully
planned, but the coup was not to have
been sprung until the date of King
Manuel S proposed visit to the prov
inces. A series of unlocked for events,
however, caused a premature launch
ing of the fight for liberty, and the
success of the venture proved that the
leaders of the revolt were indeed led
by happy divinity
Outburst Was Spontaneous.
The presence of nearly all of the
Portuguese warships in the harbor at
Lisbon, assembled for the purpose cf
sorting out the officers and sailors re-
puted to be affected with the revolu-
tionary spirit and their transfer to
distant points, and the assassination
of DR.. Bombarda, one of the anti
clerical leaders, combined to put the
situation beyond control of the lead
ers of the revolution. Before they
realized fully what was happening
the ships had struck their royal colors
hoisted the red and green flag of the
republic, and the battle was on in such
force that it swept everything before
it.
The fighting began at an early hour
Tuesday morning, and lasted all that
day, and the greater part of Wednesday
Practically all of the sailors and soldiers
Joined the revolution when the strength