Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-12

rounded the Konak palace. They were not
able to force all the doors and gates and
burst some open with dynamite.
I'm the first ante-chamber they met Ad-
jutant Naumovi and killed him. In the
second ante-room Adjutant General Petro-
witch fred on them, but missed and was
shot dead. King Alexander was calling for
help through the window of his bedroom.
When nobody came he gave himself up as
lost and returned to the queen. He put
his arms round her and waited until the
officers burst open the door and fired upon
him. The king and queen. still tightly
clasped in each others arms, fell to shots
fred by Captains Jwkowil and Glschitch.
"other detachments of officers entered the
houses OF Ministers Markovitch. Pavlovitch
and Tudorovics, killing the first two and
mortally wounding the third The news
was taken to the barracks and camp,
where It was joyfuily received. Only Com
mander NikoIics resisted. He killed lieu
tenant and was shot dead.
when the king and queen were dead the
officers drew the bed linen out OF the bed
and wrapped each body in sheet and
dropped them into the garden, where they
were placed in an arbor until q hearse took
them away at daybreakt The other bodies
we're similarly treated. The new premier,
Avakumovics, gave a formal promise on
his life that everybody was safe in the
army's hands and declared formally that
Prince Peter would accept the crown only
II Austria and Russia approved .g
All the Servian newspapers were inspired
to publish articles approving the coup
d'etat and proclaiming that the king had
been rightly treated and deserved no bet
ter fate for having compromised setyaa
Axyb de- rtu md ma xul1thh
he allowed the queen to dominate him
and the country .s-azs -,-s -..'
The cause Of the nights work is stated
to be due to the kings desire to name the
queens brother as heir 10 the throne.
This is false. The plot was the result of
years of mismanagement and discomfort
in tho army, which felt itself governed by
Queen Draga. The revolt who no sudden
outburst, but a long-planned and we'll
timed plot maintained in secret by earnest
men, not recoiling from bloody deeds, to
liberate their country from an abominable
government. The day was fixed long ago
for the anniversary OF the day Prince
Michael Obrenovltch was murdered in Toph-
schieder.
The officers who carried out the plot
last night pretended to, be drinking hard.
At mess they, called for Queen Draga.s
March repeatedly and applauded the band.
The palace guards at first resisted the at
tack. A gun had been fired to give the
signal to all divisions to act at once.
Panajotovics, captain of the guards, was
shot for refusing to give up the keys. =
Commander Nikolic attempteds a. counter
coup in the military camp.
Banjitza found death by many bullets.
The queens brothers. were shot. in the
streets of Belgrade while rushing to asl
slst the queen,
According to the constitution of 1901, re-
established by Premier Avakumovics, the
new King must be elected by a majority
vote of Parliament, which numbers 1s0
members
Prince Karageorgevitch will remain OUT
side Servia until formally summoned by the
legislative assembly.
The radical leaders, Nicholas Paslc,
Michael Vuic and AIilosavljevic, in exile at
Abrazia, were summoned to. Belgrade by
telegraph. IS Ltstt 81
Various rumors are inycirculation regard
ing the disposition, Of the remains OF King
Alexander and Queen Draga. one report
says they were thrown into the street from
window Of the palaces another that the
bodies Of all the murdered were buried,
but that the kings body will be dislnterred
and given a church burial.
What purports to be an offioiaI explana-
tion Of the tragedy was issued at Belgrade
during the day. 1t says. IL. q, = .ss
After dinner on Wednesday evening the
king ana queen, with some of their rela-
tives and several ministers, sat on the bal
cony OF the palace Suddenly the king de-
manded that Queen DEaga leave the coun-
try. She refused and was supported by
some of the ministers. When the king saw
this opposition he ordered the military ID
occupy the palace, In the meanwhile the
queens friends were also active and coll
lected her supporters. 1t was In a flght be-
tween the two factions that the king and
queen were killed. = = =