Show rioting of dissatisfied portuguese after exciting election results in bloody battle members of mob used clubs ard stones and W repeated attacks of sold ers only to be finally driven from the streets lisbon the elections here which were conducted peaceably with tie exception of minor disorders in sone of the disaffected districts were fo 1 lowed by serious rioting which WM only out down by most vigorous ac alon on the part of the police and troops the rioting broke out in dif ferent parts of the city on sunday as though by a plan troops which had been patrolling and others that had been held in reserve were immediately ordered into ac tion and they repeatedly charged the mobs that in places filled the streets but without effect the riot ers used clubs stones and whatever other was at hand and fin ally the troops were obliged to fire upon them killing and wounding a number this determined action upon the part of the authorities seemed to have the desired effect and shortly the mobs were well dis perked in a general way the elections turned out as planned by the parties in control the republicans who had but two seats in the dissolved parliament increased their re presen tation to possibly twenty in lisbon they swept the populous sections of the city but gerrymanders including the outside districts offset in a meas ure this advantage the republican leaders are raising the cry of fraud they claim that while government pressure seemingly was relaxed the old electoral machinery was in full operation because of the fear on the part of the government of a great He publican movement and thai therefore the elections do not depre sent in any way the sentiment of the country |