The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-12
Proclaimed by Army and Parliament Will Ratify
 Choice.
Alexander and His Consort Slain in Their Bed-room-King Refused to Sign Document an-
 nouncing His Abdica-
 tion of the Throne.

Belgrade, June 11.-A military conspir- acy which subsequent events show had the sympathy of the majority of the Ser vian people, was carried out in the early hours this morning and King Alexander, Queen Draga, her two brothers and sev- eral ministers were assassinated.
 The following is the official list of the killed;
 King Alexander, Queen Draga, the Queens two brothers, Premier Markoch, the Minister of war, two aides de camp and two officers.
 The time of the assassination is given officially as 2 a. m. It is expected that the Skuptschin (Servian Parilameno will confirm the proclamation by the army or Prince Peter Karageorgevitch as King Of Servia. The newspapers forecast bet ter future for Servia and the new state of things is heartily welcomed by the masses.
 Pretender Proclaimed.
 Prince Peter Karageorgevitch, pretender to the throne, has been proclaimed King by the army and there Is every reason to believe that this decision will be con- frmed by the Servian Parliament which has been summoned to meet on June 15.
 The revolution was executed without any opposition on the part of the people of Belgrade, and the capital and the country remain tranquil.
 While the main outlines OI tIe events which took place within the royal palace are known, the details are conflicting, owing to the extraordinary secrecy with which the plot was contrived and car ried out
 The chief consprators were all men of high rank who acted in concert with the army. The participation of the latter in the assassination of last night. which plotted out the Obrenovitch dynasty. which has ruled Servia for nearly cen- tury, is mainly due to the attituhe of King Alexander and his consort towards the officers of the army whom he always treated with scant courtesy.
 His desire to remove the war school from Belgrade to shebatz particularly gave the officers offense.
 Dynasty's Sinister Day.
 Today is a sinister one in the history of the late house, being the thrty-fifth an- niversary of the assassination of King Alexander's grand uncle, Michael, who was done to death by agents of Alexan- der Karageorgevitch, then leading mem ber of the house which has long disputed the throne of Servia against the Obren- ovitch family and whose head. Prince Peter Karageorgevitch, has been pro- claimed King.
 Dissatisfaction against King Alexan- der's rule has been great since his sus- pension of the constitution last April, and
  plot dates.
 The origin of last nights bloody deed was carried out with consummate skill. The King for the last two months was thrown off his guard by the apparent Quietude of the reception of his recent coup d'etat. In the meantime the con spirators had decided on June Il as the date for the execution of the revolution for reasons, firstly, it is the anniversary of the murder of King Alexander's grand uncle Michael and secondly, because 1t was feared that further delay would per init the Skuptschtina to settle the sue cession to the throne according to the Kings wishes and 1t was believed that the brother of the hated Queen would be his choice
 The prime movers in the plot were Ltn- bomir Schickovics and Vogislav Veliko- vics, who have entered the new cabinet as Ministers of Justice and Finance re- spectively. M. Schickovics was con- demned to twenty years penal servitude for an attempt to assassnate the former King Milan.
 9th Infantry Chosen.
 The King and Queen passed the eve of their death quietly. They attended a choral festival then took supper in the Konak and aft2rwards retired to rest Meantime the consprators held a meet ing in Kalimegden Park The 9th Infan- try regiment which was chosen to carry out the coup d'etat. was recently pun ished for having used it's weapons against a crowd of demonstrators.
 About 1 o'clock In the morning the 9th and 7th regiments were called to arms and were led to the royal palace. which they entirely surrounded. A band of thIr- ty officers led by Colonel Maschin and Colonel Mischics forced their way into the palace, shooting all who attempted to bar their passage. They were aided 1NN- he da duty Colonel Naumovics, had been won over by the conspirators and was en- trusted with the plans for action within the royal palace. Several doors leading to the royal apartments were blown in bv dynamite Colonel Naumovics himself bursting in the door of the royal bed chamber with a bomb. The officers had called on the King to open, but he had curtly refused
 As the door fell the King rushed to a window and appealed for assistance but no answer came Realizing the situation he returned to the Queen, holding her in his arms to protect her. and awaited the conspirators.
 Accused of Wedding Prostitute.
 Colonel Naumovics and officers then entered the room. Naumovics presented to the King a form of abdication for his signature. The document contained the statement that by marrying a public prostitute" the King had degraded Ser via and that he must abdicate. The Kings answer was to draw a revolver and kill Naumovics on the spot. Colonel Mischics picked up the document and presented it again. King Alexander waved 1t from him. The officers then, with their drawn revolvers. fired a hail of bullets and the royal couple fell together to the ground. The King fingered until 4 o'clock this morning. when he died.
 The hand who carried out the assassi- nation appears to have met with a great resistance on the balcony side of the pal ace where the curtains are torn and the window broken as though the occupants had tried to escape into the garden. Torn gloves and articles of soldiers clothing hs scattered below. This resistance was