The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-13
For Weeks Previous to His
Assassination.
HAD $4,000 IN CASH.
That Amount Was Found With
His Private Papers.
Queen Draga Was Making Prep.
aratiOns for Flight.

Vienna. June 13.-It is now known
that the late King Alexander lived in
a state of terror during the last weeks
of his life. Nightly soldiers belonging
to the pioneers division searched tht
palace from roof to cellar. peering int
ali dark corners for bombs. Each nigh
the king was securely locked in hi.
bed chamber by the adjutant in tn
presence Of the palace commander.
1t is also stated that for several
weeks the late queen had prepared for
flight. independent of the king. who is
supposed to have been gradually grow
ing reconciled to the project of his di-
vorce from Draga and his narriags
with Princess xenfa Of Montenegro
The conspirators are reported TO havs
learned this. and fearing the marriage
would prove a continuation of the OBJ
nervotieh dynasty. hurriedly com
menced the task Of determination.
Lately King Alexander vainly tried tc,
become reconciled with exiled Servians.
which also Increased the anxiety Of tbs
eonsDirators.
Queen Draga's sisters were permitted
to have last look at the body of tn.
late queen. They say the corpse was
shrouded in white silk. The youngest
of Draga's sisters was carried away un-
conscious In the late kings desk thers
was found, in addition to various in
teresting private papers, about $4,000
The Austrian foreign office pays scans
attention to the reports that Prince
Peter may renounce his claims to ths
SerVian throne in favor of his eldest
son. The officials here consider this
quite improbable especially as il womb
itetesslI Iate a regency, which under the
. present 81 a cr,.ar
gerous The chances of Prince AIirl(r,
OF Montenegro are said to be slim.
Farls. June l5.-At the council of min
lsters today Foreign Minister Delcasse
communicated to his collea CUES the tel
egfams from Belgrade saving that the
provisional government mad communf-
Gated to the Servian minister abroad a
formal notification of the new regimes
assumption of po7sef and that Servisn
authorities were determined to give the
! skuptshilla complete liberty of action
! in the choice of king
The Servian legation here has received
a number of dispatches from Belgrade
Ihey say no woman except Queen
Draga was assassinated, and declared
4 that it was not intended to kin her but
/ to compel the royal pair to consent to
/ a divorce When they refused it was
! proposed that the king abdicate and de
part with the queen. He answered by
shooting Colonel NaumoVics which
brought on general melee resulting
in various deaths. The queens sisters
have been conducted to the frontier.
The official Servian dispatches con-
firm the press and other statements to
the effect that the provisional govern
ment has decided to leave the choice OF
a king to ths .skuptshina Patrie quotes
NJ GeOrgeyitch. secretary of the lega-
ton as saying that Queen Draga was
the chief cause of the uprising which
was also due to popular resentment at
King Alexander's course in establishing
a legislative body without including in
it any representations of the opposition.
Rome. June 13-Prince Peter Kara
! georgevitch has written an autograph
letter to King Victor Emmanuel It's
contents are not generally known but
it is supposed that Prince Peter refers
to his ascension to the throne and asks
what attitude Italy viii take. The for
eign office here denies that an agree
ment has been reached among the pow
ers concerning Servia.