Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-13
The Greatest Resentment Shown
Alexander and Draga'
BURIAL SERVICE WAS BRIEF
No Friend or Relative PTseni-rWo
wooden Crosses Alone benoie
where Their MnJestics Lie'

Belgrade June 12.-Almost simultane-
ouay with the butchery In the palace
the troops endeayorel TO arrest all the
relatives Of the queen and those min
listers whom the conspirators disliked.
Two brothers OF the queen, Coils, Nj
ltola and Nldokern Lunteyois, were
seized and escorted by detachment Of
troops from their dwelling to the guard
room VI the divisional commander.
They were evidently unsuspicious Of
their doom and were lighting cigarettes
when they were shot dead by eight
soldiers,
Gen. zinzar Marloylcs, the premier
Gen. Paloyics. ministers Of war and
NJ. TodoroWcs, minister Of the interior
were shot by the troops as they at
tempted to defend themselves from ar
rest The former two were killed, while
Minister Todoroyics is just alive late
tonight
Shortly after midnight the bodies of
.he dead king and queen were carried
to their last resting place. 1t was
pitlful sight. All day long the victims
were rcposing in rough coiips and had
lain exposed to the gaze of those. VINO
had killed them and to the privileged
curious. There have been unpleasant
evidences Of the public resentment
against the late royal couple. some
persons even spat on the remains
Outside the palace vast crowd
awaited the removal not only OF the
corpses of the king and queen, hut OF
the bodies OF all the other Victims
which were simultaneously Inferred, De-
ing conveyed In hearses TO the bel-
grade cemetery In the streets thYe
was p dead silence, and the public was
kept back by the troops
The burial service was briet. Two
priests We're present, Inside the celne-
terry no one was allowed, except q
strong force OF gensdarms ana rev
officers. Not a single friend or relative
Of the deceased was present the re-
mains Of the royal pair were inIelleh
In a vault in the cemetery chapel Two
wooden crosses alone denoted the spot,
marked Alexander Obrenovics ana
"Draginia Obrenovics.' The other
bodies lie outside the cemetery 1T
rough graves,
TO-DAY the sisters and the nieces OF
the late queen. who had been arrested
by the military authorities, were eX-
pclled from the country Her sisters,
late last night. were permilteh TO take
| a farewell look at the queens remains.
iTnev we're conveyed by the police on
hoard a Serylan ghip which brought
| trn,n down 10 Paucsoya They were
! lucky 20 escape with their lives. An
! other niece Of the queen who was or
| her way from Paris TO Belgrade was
! compelled to stop al Semlin. E%-Queen
| Natalie vas DESTROYS OF coming 10 Bel
| grade to see the body OF her son. but
| Was dissuaded by the government,
Some shouts for republic have been
| heard I'm the streets which are still
! ratroled. The military authorities
seem 10 apprchend complications aris-
| nC. and are anxious 90 get formal
communication regarding the attitude
| Of the powers toward the new govern
| ment. II is also stated that the formal
| ties connected with the proclamation oi
| Prince Karageorgevisch as king may
| take longer than was at FIRST expected
There has been no sign of mourning
! but II Is not certain that every section
OF the public viii quietly acQuiesce IN
| the revolution,
The autopsy held has proved that the
| late king received 80 shot wounds,
maNy of them deadly Queen Draga
| had numerous shot and saber wounds,
ana II is alleged that her body was
! torn In q barbaric fashion The APP
! psarapco Of the royal apartments Is
| ndescribabe The doors and the floors
are shattered and the ruins drenched
| with blood.
| joyful demonstrations were INDUCED
! I'm by the populace throughout the day
| and business has not been disturbed
| The Radical leaders have made fiery
/ speeches To hundreds Of people In the
open air, declaring the act was the will
| OF the people.
Although II IS believed the king was
! completely surprised. many stories are
/ current that ne received wapings that
| a conspiracy was brewing, and had
| oven taken precautions II is also as
serted that Count Lamsdorf, the Rus
| sian foreign minister, had warned and
| odYised him 10 separate from Queen
| Draga. !, is also reported that the late
queen bequcathed her private fortune
| to a bank director named Pitrovitch
who was one Of King AleXander's bit
| ter enemies.