The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-06-17
BUTIgHERED KING.
and QUEEN BURIED.
Put away Secretly With Utter
Lack Of Ceremony.
HHlT THE NEW PREMIER SAYS.
Chief of the Conspiring Assassins
Talks BoastfulIy of His Own
Nlurderous Work.

Murder0uS M0rK.
BELGRADE, Servia, June 12.-Every-
thing is quiet thus far throughouS the
country according to all the ofnclai
and other reports. King Alexander
and Queen Draga were buried our
sng the nightin the family vault OF the
Dbrenoyitchs in the chapel OF the Old
cemetery of st. Marks.
The interment was carried out Wlta
sonplete secrecy between l.o0 ana .
S,clock this morning.
Col. Naumovics aide de camp OF, the
late king was buried this afternoon.
The city is laYishly decorated with
Hags and the national colors. All oth-
gsars Yesterday removed Alexander,s
ripher from the cockades OF their
capitalis
The funeral, occurred at 1.30 a. m.
Mhe strictest privacy was maintained
In order to avoid hostile demonstra-
ions. Two cohns were brought IN by
sgryants and were carried up to the
ICON whore the bodies Of The late king
and queen were lying. The corpses
Fsre then put in the cofhns and the
latter were placed in q hearse, which
mas hurriedly driven to- the old ceme-
sery. where the other members of the
Dbrenoyitch family are inferred. In
addition TO the attendants only two
PRIESTS were presen5 at the funerai. ihe
Metropolitan of Belgrade was absent.
The whole ceremony lasted only lew
ainutes. - -
The body of The late Premier Mako
sHiteh will be buried with military
donors.
Col. Naumoyics, who was killed
while forcing an entrance into the
Dalace with dynamite, IS descrl bed IN
The official notice of his death as
dying on the field OF honor for his
fatherland.; &
is now confirmed that only Queen
Draga's two brothers were killed.
Her sisters were taken TO Pancsoya
by some Of the consplrators-
In the course of an interview tooay.
Premer ATakumovics said:
Ne ministers only accepted oflee IN
order to avoid the country falling into
condition ofanarchy. AS soon as
ling IS elected he will have to appoint
defnite cabinet. TIE skupshtina
can decide the fate OF the country quite
independently of the AMY although
AN agreement seems proEabie. In the
event of the election of Prince Kat
rageorgeyiteh, a depntation Will 60 to
Geneva, inform him Of his eiecsle n,
and invite him to Belgrade.
The constitution OF 1901 Will be the
basis OF the future government system.
AS TO the present position OF the coun-
sry, calm prevails everywhere. There
have been no disturbances and the
situation promises to become better IN
the future. Those who speak Of ex-
cited popular sentiment and predict
farther changes are entirely. wrong. "
HAD TO KILL KING.
Berlin, June PA dispatch to The
Cologne Gazette from Belgrade today
says the massacre lasted three-quarters
OF an hour. The assailants declared
the killing of King Alexander was un-
avoidable because if the queen alone
had been murdered or removed the
court clique would have incised the
king to persecution.
The hsg was half masted over the
SerVian legation here today. Most OF
The members Of the diplomatic corps
called to express condolences.
dispatch TO The Lokal Anzeiger
from Belgrade says the provisional
government of seSyia is bringing
Sroops there from the country, prepa-
Fasoy to resisting Austrian insefven-
zion if 1t comes.
Yhe backbones Of both King Alex
ander and Queen Draga. it IS an-
nounced here, were broken IN cohse-
quence of violence with which the
murdered sovereigns were thrown from
the windows of the palace. A special
dispatch from. Zurich says Prince
Peter Karageorgervitch studied at the
university there for eight years. He
Is described as a jealous socialist ana
as being the companion now Of the
German socialist leaders, Won VOL
mar. Fischer and Tauskey. The
prince at Zurich was called Red
Peter, or the red prince. -
An interview with Col. Mischief,
who was the leader Of the military
narty which burst ingo the palace
Belgrade Wednesday night, is pub
lished here. The colonel is quoted as
saving: There we're number OF US.
Whether it was or another who hEed
the first shot is simply conjecture.
The chief point for us is that our
work was successful. We have render:
ed the fatherland a tremendous service
and we are highly satisfied at our sue
cess. The first shot at ID. Peteroyitch
was from the revolver of Capt.
Rigtics, who is noted marksman;
Peteroyitch was hit in the forehead
and fell dead. -
DUMPED IN A PIT.
London, June 12.-The Servian
minister here has received conhrma-
tion of the statement that neither
Russia nor Austria will interfere in
the Servian choice Of a sovereign. He
anticipates that Prince Peter Kara
georgevitch will await at Geneva
Summons from the skupshtina, dep
utation from which will probably go
TO Geneva and escort the new king to
4 special dispatch from Belgrade
h1ovon1or and