The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-20
ASSASSINATE RULERS
KING AND QUEEN OF sERvih
MURDERED.
Unpopularity Of Queen Said to Have
Caused Slaughter Of Royal Family
and Selection Of New King.

The king and queen of Servia have
Seen assasslnated and new govern
ment set up, thus ending the Obreno'
witch dynasty, which has ruled Seryia
for almost q century. II is generally
claimed that the assassination and
change of government was the result
of the unpopularity of Queen Draga.
According TO the best information
obtainabe from Belgrade, Servia, tho
assassination was the result of mil
itary conspiracy, which had the SYM
pathy of majority of the Servian
people, and was carried out in the
early hours of Thursday morning,
when King Alexander, Queen Draga,
her two brothers and several minis
tiers met death.
Prince Peter Karageorgevitch, the
pretender to the throne, has been pro
claimed king by the army, and there
ia every reason to believe that this
decision will be confirmed by the Serv-
| ian parliament which has been sum
moned to meet on June IS. The revo-
luton was executed without any OPP
position on the part of the people OF
Belgrade, and tho capital and the
| country remain quiet.
While the main outlines OF the
events which took place within the
royal palace are known, the details
are conflicting, owing to the eXtraor-
binary secrecy with which the plot
was contrived and carried out. The
chief conspirators were all men or
high rank. who acted in concert with
the army The participation OF the
latter in the assassinations that blot
ted out the Obernovitch dynasty,
which has ruled Servia, with short
intermissIon, for nearly century, IS
mainly due to the attitude OF kinG
Alexander and his consort toward
the officers of the army, whom he al
ways treated with scant courtesy. HIS
desire to remove the war school from
Belgrade to Shebatz particularly gave
the officers offense
Alexander | was born August Ia,
1876, and succeeded his father, King
Milan I, upon his abdication March q,
1889. At that time Alexander was in
his minority, so regency was estab'
lshed to last until he should attain DIS
eighteenth year. When but II, now
ever he overthrow the regency and
assumed the royal prerogatiye upon
his own authority. On August 5, 1900,
he married Draga Maschin, who was
horn September %, 1867.
A previous attempt was made Few
wears ago to reinstate the karageor-
gevltch dynasty, which has not been
in power since 1858, when Seryia was
taken under protection of the Euro
pean powers. 1t was Immediately sup
pressed, however, the leader being
captured and killed. Prince Alexis
Karageorgevitch denied that he was
party to the ill.timed event.
Following is the official list of the
killed: King Alexander, Queen Draga,
the queens two brothers, Premier
Markovitch, the minister Of war, two
aides.de.camp, and two other officers.
The time OF the assasslnations Is CIV
IN officially as a. IN. 1t Is expected
that the skuptschina (Servian parlia'
ment) will confirm the proclamation
by the army OF Prince Peter Kara
georgevitch as king OF Servia The
newspapers forecast a better future
for Servia, and the new state Of things
Is heartily welcomed by the masses
Nothing definite has been decided re
gardipg the burial of the dead.
One report of the tragedy states
that the king and queen quarreled an
in a fight between supporters OF the
two the royal couple were killed, th'
king himself killing Queen Draga, bu
this report Is generally considered al