The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-16
Assassination of the Royal
%famiIyby the Revo-
lutionists.
A NEW MONARCH REIGNS
Prince Karageorgeyi'ch Proclaimed King and
Another Government Formed--Th he Country
Accepts The D.wnfaIl of the Obren-
oyi.ch Dynasty Without
Regret.
(By the Associated Prcss.)

tCeIC
(By the Associated Press.)
Belgrade, Servia, June IA military
revolution broke out here last night. The
troops who revolted under the leadership
of Major Angikovics, surrounded the pal
ace. assassinated King Alexander, Queen
Draga, the ~latter's sister, the Queens
brother, Nikodem; Premier Markovltch,
Ministers Petrovitch and Tudroyics, Cen
eral Pavlovitch, the former Minister OF
War, and some of the members II the
royal guard.
Prince Karageorgevitch was proclaimed
King.
A new government was formed and the
following proclamation was issued:
ITO the Servian People: Last night the
King and Queen were shot. In this grave
and fateful moment friends OF the Father
land have combined to form a new gov
ernment. While the government makes
this announcement to the people, it IS con-
WINGED that the Servian people will gather
round it and lend their aid to retain
order and security throughout the land.
1.-The government hereby makes known
that from tonight the constitution Of April
6, 1901, comes in force. A meeting OF The
national representatives dissolved by the
proclamation Of March "a, is summoned
to meet at Belgrade, June 18th.
(Signed.)
"JOVAN AVAKUMOVICS, Premier.
Il. JUBONUR KALIEVICS, Foreign
Minister.
"sTOJAN PROTICS, Minister of the In
terror.
GEORGE ~GENSHICS, Minister of Com
merce.
GENERAL JORVAN ALANAZKOVICS,
Minister OF War.
"vOJISLAv vELIKOvICs, Minister OF
Finance.
COLONEL ALEXANDER MACHIN,
Minister of Public Works.
81. JUBOMIR SCHIOKOVICs, Minister
of Justice"
The streets are thronged with people.
whose actions seem to approve the coup
d. etat. NJ. Protics, the new Minister Of
the Interior, was loudly cheered as he
drove to the ministry.
M. A~vakumovics, the new Premier, be-
longs to the Independent Liberal party.
AS the morning advanced the excite
ment in the streets grew steadily. IL
spite of the pouring rain thousands ct
people gathered in the vicinity Of the
palace. Everywhere troops Of all arms
were posted and field guns were placed il
positions to deal quickly with any oppo-
sition to the newly formed governments
will. The soldiers discarded their cockades
bearing the late King Alexander's cipher
and substituted for it flowers, green twlgs
and leaves.
Bands Of young men paraded the streets
waving flags and shouting Long Live
Karageorgeyitch." Flags are flying from
nearly every house in Belgrade, and there
is absolutely no display whatever of Grape
or other signs of mourning.
The royal standard has been lowered
from over the palace. Reports from
places outside Belgrade Indicate that the
country accepts the disappearance Of the
Obrenovitch dynasty without regret.
According to the best available informa-
ton obtainable from the mass OF contra
dlctions, the crime was carried out by
members of The Sixth Infantry under the
command Of Colonels Mischief and Machin.
The latter is a brother-in-law Of Queen
Draga and is Minister of Public Works in
the new Cabinet. The soldiers appear to
nave fought their way into the palace.
shooting down the aide de camp on duty.
Colonel Naumovics, although, according
to another version, the King shot Maui
vomics because he opened the gate to his
assailants, thereby creating a suspicion of
his connIvance. Some of the other per
sons killed were surprised in their houses.
simultaneously with the attack on the
palace. The remains Of King Alexander
will probably be buried at the convent OF
Rakovssa. The other bodies will be IN
tered in the local cemetery.
Cannons were fired as a signal for the
carnage to begin, and the trops surrounded
the ministerial esidence at the same time
as they moved on the palace.
After the drama at the palace officers
Galloped through the streets of the city
shouting out the new that the King and
Queen had been killed.
Queen Draga is said to have sustained
numerous wounds.
A post norton examination was held OF
The local papers embellish their reports
of the tragedy with all sorts of extraor
binary statements. According to one OF
them the bodies of the King and Queer
were paced in shrouds and were lowered
from a window of the palace to the gar
den, whence they were carried away III q
baggage wagon.
The new ministry tonight published the
following statement:
Certain differences which arose a
court have led 10 the intervention Of The
army and a conflict in which the Kins
and Queen lost their lives.
with a view to maintaining peace anC
order in the cOuntry-at the present mo
ment difficult and fateful-the representa-
tives of all the political parties hav.
FASTENED to come to an understanding ant
form a provisional government in ordcl
to re-establish the constitution, existing
before March %, 1903, and to re-assembl'
the representatives elected under the con
titution of April 6, 1901.
AT a sitting to be held on June 16, tn
national representatives will elect a SOW
ercign and assume control of the SItua
ton. According to the reports receive
up to the present from the civil and mill
tary authorizes, order has not been dis
turbed in any part of the country, am