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Show PORTUGUESE KING HAS BEEI BMISHED REVOLUTION RESULTS IN OVERTHROW OVER-THROW OF KINGDOM AND REPUBLIC RE-PUBLIC ESTABLISHED. Thcophlle Braga, Who Was In Great Measure Responsible for Outbreak, Chosen as President of New Republic People Seem Satisfied. Lisbon, Portugal. A now nntlonal flag of red and green now flics over all public buildings. A king hns been dethroned and n republic established by tho Portuguese peoplo. The capital is now completely in the hands of tho revolutlolst republicans, who havo formed a provisional government, govern-ment, with Theophilo Hrogan as president. presi-dent. That King Manuel is safely out of Portugal Is disclosed by dispatches from Gibraltar, which say ho landed there Thursday night with tho queen-mother, queen-mother, tho dowager queen, nnd the Duko of Oporto. Tho royal family of Portugal Is thercforo now under British protection. Tho outbreak against tho monarch occurred on Tuesday, a greater portion por-tion of tho army and navy supporting support-ing tho revolutionists when nn attack was made upon tho capital. Tho revolution wns decided upon only at 8 o'clock Monday night, at tho urgent Insistence of Admiral Reis. The government had ordered tho cruiser Don Carlos to leave port the following day. This tardy decision prevented profiting by all the elements favorable to tho. revolution. Some of the positions posi-tions held by the revolutionists in Lisbon havo been reinforced ns a precaution pre-caution against possible attack by troops that have not yet adhered to tho to the republic. King Mnnuel II succeeded to tho throne of Portugal following the ns-snsslnntlon ns-snsslnntlon of his King father and brother, one of tho most bloody crimes in history, nnd his reign has been a troubled one. It Is generally believed that the deposed king and tho queen mother will take refugo in somo foreign for-eign country and await events. |