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Show Carlos I and Crown Prince , Luiz Phillipe Victims of Assassins in Lisbon. SLAIN BY BAND WHO -MET THEM IN STREET Police Guard Quickly Fires Upon Murderers aud Three of Them Bite the Dust. i LISBON, Feb. 1. King Carlos and Crown Priuee'Luhs Phillipe were as- , sassinatcd today. They were shot to death while seated in the royal carriage car-riage at Lisbon after their Tctum from Villa "Vicosa, whero they had ybeen sojourning, so-journing, by a bund of men, who fired a V0II03" from carbines. The ro3'al family, was driving in an opeu carriage when a group of men at the corner of Praea de Commercio and the "Rua dc Arsenal suddenly sprang toward the carriage, and, leveling carbines, car-bines, which they hud concealed upon them, fired, mortally wonndiug the king and the crowu prince, and slightly wounding the .king's second sec-ond son, Prince Manuel. Queen Amelie. who rose in the carriage and tried to shield the crown prince, was unhurt. Immediate!' the police guard fired on the assassins, killing three of them. Sketch of Victims. Carlos 1. was .born September 23. IS63, tho son of King Luis L, and his Queen, Maria Pia. He married Marie Amelie, daughter of Philippe, Due d 'Orleans, on May 22, l$8lj. He succeeded to the throne October 19, 1SS9. The crown prince, Luiz Philippe,-Duko of Braganzn. was born March 21, 1S87. While there had been considerable disruption in political affairs in Portugal Portu-gal for a long time, the strained rela- j tions between King Carlos and Parlia- mont. were brought to a head only on May 11 last by the dissolution of the chambers. The State counselors addressed ad-dressed a letter to the King protesting against the stato of absolutism whick resulted from tho dissolution, and they declared thoh. the Kiug and the conn- j try hnd boon placed in a dangerous position. posi-tion. Tho crisis in the political situation situa-tion aroso from the fact that the cabinet, cab-inet, which represented exclusively the new Liberal group, found its programme of reform obstructed by both the old 1 Conservative and Progressive parties and decided to ask for the dissolution of Parliament iu order to bring about the promulgation of a number of measures meas-ures by means of decrees. The cabinet was of the opinion that thus having established its determination radically j to reorganize the affairs of the count rjr, it could appeal with the fullest confidence confi-dence to lhe people in a general clec-1 clec-1 tiou. The opposition attacked the Iving lor dissolving t'arjiament, declaring this to bo an unconstitutional step. Trauco Became Dictator. Sonor Frauco. the premier, published a decree dissolving the chamber and staled that after seven months of parliamentary par-liamentary strife he had found it impossible im-possible to govern with -a parliament and to carry out. his executive and legislative legis-lative programme, which included a policy of social aud economic reforms, and efficent party control of the administration. admin-istration. In tiiis he established a, veritable, dictatorship, and since then has governed with an iron baud. Reports emanating from main- parts of Portugal aud through Madrid in Spain, within the last few months have indicated that trouble was brewing for Portugal, and that revolutionists were at work. After numerous minor risings ris-ings had been put down the police, on January 2.1. eanic upon a widespread plot to overthrow the monarchy and proclaim Port glial a republic. The plot was organized by a small group of advanced ad-vanced Republicans, and ihe original intention was to assassinate Premier Franco and depend upon the secret Republican Re-publican and labor organizations, armed with bombs' nnd revolvers, to complete the work of revolution in the country. But the polic.e raided the meeting place I of the conspirators and made a number j of arrests, seizing quantities of bombs and other weapons, aud since then oth- j cr raids have been made An Lisbon, j with the result that the police believed thev had the revolutionaries well in hand. Each day. however, brought new 1 evidence of the'rainilications of the plot i to remove tho heads of the slates. England May Assist. A I real v with England, however, not ; only provides for assistance from that country in event of foreign invasion of Portugal, but is also designed to safeguard the crown against ail- dom-oust dom-oust rations from revolutionists. Dom Miguel d'Braganxa. head of tho-j house of the line of Braganza, which formerly reigned over Portugal, the pretender pre-tender tn the throne, is likely to come to , tho front again because of tho death ' of King Carlos and the crown priny:. The father of Dom Miguel was the late King Miguel I., Duke of Braganza, who seized tho throne from his niece, Queen j Marin 11'.. daughter of Bmperor Pedro , L of Brazil, aud was King of Portugal ; from 1S2S to 1S.M, at which latter date UuCcn Maria was restored to the throne. There have been numerous riimoVs of a rebellion with the object of placing 1 Dom Miguel on the throne, but recently these were not. given serious consideration. considera-tion. Last .June Dom Miguel, through the medium of the newspapers of Vienna, announced his ruadiucss to fill any v.-i- canoj' in the Pprlugiiese thru 11 u afiiiug i from the dispute in that country. NSWS OAUSE OF SORROW IN GOVERNMENT CIRCLES WASHINGTON,. Feb. .1. Official news of tho assassination of King Car- ' Jos and the crown prince of Portugal v' ,. Continued on Page Two . KIXG OF PORTUGAL ' ' . IS SHOT TO DEATH j Continued from Page One was received hero late ionight through ' a cablegram from Minister Bryan at Lisbon, which conveyed the simple, announcement an-nouncement of the commission of tho crime. President Roosevelt was at I ouce notified by Acting Secretary of i State Bacon and expressed his "deep ! sorrow. He tomorrow will send his for- . mal expressions of grief to the royal family. Government officials and members of the diplomatic corps wore shocked at the nows, and on every hand were heard words of sorrow over tho tragic , ending of Portugal's monarch "Hil'TiKf to the throne. HP |