PORTUGAL AFFAIRS.
ALT. QUIET POLITICALLY
[UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT.J PARIS, Jan. 1. The latest Lisbon advices state that all is quiet. Colonel Machado explains that the warships are absent, chiefly on hospital duty in connection with the outbreak of cholera at Madeira. AN INTERRUPTED BALL.
Brigands attacked on isolated house belonging to Dom Juan Rios, a wealthy banker, at Puerto la Luz, during the progress, of a ball. Dom Juan Rios’ guests barricaded the doors and windows, armed themselves with fowling pieces and revolvers and held the brigands at bay for two hours, until the civil guard ' drove the assailants into the mountains. Two robbers were killed an dsix wounded. Several of the guests were slightly wounded.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3109, 4 January 1911, Page 5
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116PORTUGAL AFFAIRS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3109, 4 January 1911, Page 5
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