18, 1903. KING AND QUEEN KILLED BY MOB Servian (Government Overthown By Military Conspiracy. PRETENDER ELECTED KING Premier Maskovitch and Other Not- ables Also Slain, NEW MINISTRY FORMED AT ONCE Army Officers Forced Their Way Into the Palace at Night, Killing All Who Opposed Them, and Shot Down the Royal Killed Re: sisting Arrest — Hastily Buried at Night. Belgrade, June 12.-—A military con- spiracy which subsequent events shows had the sympathy of the ma- jority of the Servian people was car ried out early yesterday morning, and King Alexander, Queen Draga, the queen's two brothers, Premier Marko vitch, the minister of war, two aides de-camp and two other officers were assassinated Prince Peter Karageorgevitch, pretender to the throne, has ! Couple—Others Victims the een pro Dis ander sin tion last time t Organiz carried The king f thrown quietu je cent it the conspirators bad decided on J 10 as the date for the revolution, for was the King Al and. secondly, because it that further skupschina settle the question of succession the throne according the king's wishes, and it was believed that brother of the hated queen would be his choice Story of the Tragedy. The following is a narrative of the revolution, given by men who an active part in it Army officers to the number of 90, having formed a project of a revolt, among them being delegates from al exe two reasons annive of the mur rsary exander's grand delay would (Servian parliament) to to to Ea an RO ah QUEEN DRAGA, most every garrison in Servia, and the majority of the officers of the Sixth regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Mits- chitsch invited his comrades on Wed. nesday evening at 11 o'clock to meet in the Kaligmagdan Garden, and there the immediate carrying out of the in tended deed was organized At 1.40 a. m. the officers, in eight groups, went to the Konak, the royal palace. Bach man had a cue and es pecial directions regarding his part in the revolution. Two ofMicers of the high military academy appeared at the appointed hour, 2 a m., at the gate of the Konak, where the king's adjutant, Panajotovie, who was in the conspiracy, handed them the keys to the garden gate, which Is always kept locked. First, stopping before the guard at the Konak, one of the two officers called “Throw down your arma” A fight ensued, with shooting on both sides, In which several per sons were wounded Hurrying up stairs to the first floor, the revolting officers attracted the attention of the palace attendants and the royal con ple by the nolse of the shooting. Lien tenant Lavar Petroviteh, alarmed by the unwonted hubbub, hurried for ward, a drawn revolver In one hand and in the othdr a sword, “What do you want?” he cried, “Show ns where the king and queen are,” came the reply, “Back.” cried Petroviteh, and at the same moment a ball stretched him on the | took | ward, when suddenly the electric Hight gave out, All stood in darkness. In the greatest excitement and feelin: their way, the revolutionaries ¢!'mbed the stairs and got nto the dark ant room to the king's apartment. Here they found candles and lit them Without light, they could not have found thelr viesMims, who fled from their sleeping apartment through cor ridors and numerous rooms, and migh! have escaped, but part of the officer with burning candles and others wi! pistols, commenced to search for th royal couple, : King and Queen Shot Down. last Queen Draga’s servant was He wounded Captain Dimi severely, but spared b he was needed in finding th fleeing couple Indeed, this servan' showed the officers where King Alex ander and Queen Draga had gone to secrete themselves When he had told this he was shot Colouel Maschin now joined the revolutionists and led them back to the sleeping apartment, where the king's adjutant tried to hinder the search. He shot at Lieutenant Naumecvics, who fell dead. The others killed the adjutant After a long search a small door lead. ing to an alcove was discovered, but was found locked It was broken in with an axe, and here the royal coun ple were found In undress. The older officers first intended forcing the king to abdicate but the At found trevic cause was young officers were in no mood to he held baek and i noOws 4 NODOAY § ctimg Exposed to Public Gaze. evidences again taneously brief Not a single dead king and queen was pre TOYA pair the only two priests be esent friend or relative of the sent. The | remains of the were in terred in a | chapel | noted spot, marked “Alexander Obrenovics” and Drajinga Obreno cica.” The other bodies lie outside in the cemetery in rough graves. The sisters and nieces of the late queen, who had been arrested by the military authorities, were expelled from the country. Late at night her sis | ters were permitted to take a farewell look at the dead queen's remains They were subsequently conveyed by the police on board a Servian ship, which brought them down to Panc sova. They were Jucky to escape with their lives The autopsy held has proved that the late king received 30 shot wounds, many of them deadly. Queen Draga had numerous shot and sabre wounds, and it is alleged that her body was torn in a barbarous fashion. The ap- pearance of the royal apartments Is indescribable. The doors and floors are shattered and the ruins drenched with blood There has been no sign of mourning, but it is not certain that every sec tion of the public will quietly ae quiesce In the revolution, and the ten. sion will continue until Peter Kara georgevitch's ascension has been re cobnized Joyful demonstrations were {indulged in by the populace throughout the day and business has not been dis turbed. A new government was formed, as follows: Jovan Avakumovitch, premier Liubohur Kalievitch, foreign minis Jer Stojan Proties, terior. George Genshies, merce | General Jorvan | tutor of war | Vojislay Vellkoviteh, | finance | Colonel Alexander Machin, minister | of public works | 14ubomir Bchiokoviteh, minister of Justice, PETER ELECTED KING Prince Karageorgeviteh Unanimously Chosen Ruler of Servia. Belgrade, June 16.-With scarcely the excitement which marks an ordi nary fete day In the capital, Servia has instituted a new dynasty. Within less than two hours from the timo of meeting In the wing of the royal palace, where King Alexander and his queen were shot down, the senate and Skupshtina, In joint session, had vauit in cemetery the minister of the In minister of com Alanazkovitch, min minister of | the Two wooden crosses alone de- | THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. JUNE egally and with due ur elect ed Prince Karageorgevitch king of Bervia, and had notified him by tele. | graph of the fact The senate and skupshtina on as sembling listened to a proclamation | signed by all the ministers, which was read by Persident Velimirovitch, The | mlity | tion of mitted suicide in a Newark, N ‘cum, at A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Wednesday, June 10. James Jones, of Philadelphia, com- J., hotel, 8. N. D. North, the new director of the census, has taken the oath of office and entered on his duties Clara Nicols, soclety editor of the Chicago iribune, was crushed to death in an elevator in the Tribune bulldng Governor Hunt and family, of Porto Rico, have arrived in New York. They will spend the summer In this country. The jury to try Curtis Jett and Tom White, charged with shooting J. Mar Jackson, Ky., has been com pleted and taking of testimony begun Secretary Root has placed the execu- the new militia law in the hands of Assistant Secretary Sanger, in | order to take up other department mat- ter, Thursday, June 11, Forest fires in the Adirondack moun- tains, N. Y., have been subdued, PETER KARAGEOROEYITCHR. members then proceeded to church, returning a little later to the palace The ceremony of electing the king was conducted in the Salle des Fetes which had been specially arranged for the occasion The metropolitan the bishop of Nish, of office, lent the press nes and robes of Belgrade in their full roval fire The from the marched was streamed fort! palace, the soldiers on guard and Ir five minutes Konak had AWAY space | front resumed its ne The town unsavory gossip concerning queen, and there is not a scintilla of sympathy for the murdered royal A telegram to the government rived from the new king. It ran “The proofs of devotion from my beloved people army and patriotic deeply touched me of a true Servian heart | thank provi dence. which has vouchsafed me of the rmal aspect is full of the late couple Ar splendid government have ascend the throne of my famous ances tors colleagues in the government to ac cept my royal acknowledgement with | the assurance of my particular good will” A DASTARDLY CRIME. Giri Feioniousiy Assaulted and Feft For Dead Near Wilmington, Del. Wilmington, Del, June 16 Helen 8. Bishop, aged 17 years, daughter of the Rev. E. A. Bishop, superintend. ent of the Ferris Industrial School, four miles from here, while on her way from a trolley car at Prices Corner to the school, was attacked and felo niously assaulted and left in an un scious condition on the road Her throat was cut three times with a knife, and she was terribly bruised The girl is still unconscious and her condition ls critical The police arrested George White, a negro, who has been out of the county workhouse but a short time He was found in bed at the Wood. ward farm, near the, scene of the out. rage. A man supposed to he White was seen by a neighbor following a young woman along the road. White was brought here. The police say they think they have the right man Fired First Gun In Civil War, Columbia, 8 C., June 13. Major W H. Gibbes, who i= sald to have fired the first shot of the civil war upon Fort Sumter, died here. Major Gibbes was a gunner in Captain George James’ sompany, to whom General Beaure- gard sent the order to open fire upon Major Anderson. He served as post. master of Columbia under President Cleveland. Wilkesbarre Editor Drops Dead. Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 18-George WwW. Coolbaugh, editor and proprietor of the Telegram, a real estate jour nal of this city, dropped dead in the office of the gounty controller. The deceased was 50 years of age. Death was dus 10 apoplexy. my faithful | From the bottom | by God's mercy and through his will, to | I beg you, the premier and your | The Bupreme Lodge, Anclent Order United Workmen, held {ts bi-ennial session at St, Paul, Minn, The property of the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware has been at- tached in Boston for $1,850. 000 Georgetown University conferred the | honorary degree of doctor of laws on Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cor- | telyon A stage coach and Redding, Cal, robbed by two masked cured over $700 from sengers Weaverville up and who hetween was held men the LA eight pas- Friday, June 12, » A sharp shock of felt at San Francisco, but was done The Gener Church 1} earthquake was no damage x] Synod of the Lutheran *t In Pitts burg on J The cooks’ and walters’ strike In | Chicago has spread to the hotels, over 2,000 employes going out, A large grain elevator at Kansas bushels of wheat and en- Postoffice Inspectors are looking | over the territory in the vicinity of Wilkesbarre, Pa., with a view of es Ing towns Monday, June 15, Bellamy Storer, American ambassa- | York | dor to Austria, arrived in New from Bouthampton for a vacation | | The annual convention of the Inter. | national Printing Pressmen’s Union is | Cincinnati, O., over 300 | in session at delegates being present, Surgeon General O'Reilly, of the United Stages army, returned to Wash- ington {rom a long trip through Eu- | TUES, JUNE 30--WED, Ju | preached by Rev, A. 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