The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-06-19
ASSASSINATE RULERS
KING AND QUEEN OF sERViA
MURDERED,
Unpopulari,y Of queen Said 70 Have
Caused Slaughter Of Royal Family
and Selection Of New King.

Tho king and queen OF scryia have
been assassluatod and a now govern
mcnt set up, thus ending the obrono-
witch dynasty. which has ruled Soryia
for almost a century It Is generally
claimed that tho assassination and
change Of government was the result
Of the unpopularity of Queen Draga
According TO tho best Information
obialnablc from Belgrade scryia, the
assassination was the result Of mil.
itary conspiracy, which had tho sym.
pathy OF a majority OF tho soUian
people. and was carried out IN tho
early hours Of Thursday morning,
when King Alexander Queen Draga,
her two brothers aud several minis.
tors met death
Prince Peter Transformation, the
protondor TO tho throne, has been pro.
claimed king by the army. and there
"a every reason to believe that this
decision will be confirmed by tho scrv-
ian parliament which has boon sum
monod to meet on June 10. The rovo-
luton was executed without any op'
position on the part Of the people Of
Belgrade. and the capital and the
country remain quiet.
While tho main outlines OF the
events which took place within the
royal palace arc known. the details
arc conflicting. owing to the extraor.
binary secrecy with which the plot
was contrlvod and carried out Tho
chief consplrators were all mon Of
high rank. who acted IN concert with
tho army Tho participation Of the
iattor in tho assasslnatlons that blot
ted out tho Obornoyitch dynasty
which has ruled servia. with n short
intermisson. for nearly a century, "a
mainly due to tho attitude Of kirg
Alexander and his consort toward
tho officers Of the army whom he al
ways treated with scant courtesy. Ills
desire TO remove tho war school from
Belgrade to shobatz particularly gave
tho officers oncnse
Alexander I was born August IL,
1876. and succeeded his father, KING
Milan I. upon his abdlcatlon March g.
1889. AZ that time Alexander was IN
his minority, so regency was ostah'
lished 10 last until he should attaighis
eighteenth year. when but ~. how.
over, no overthrow tho regency ana
| assumed tho ROYAL prcroEaiiyo upon
| his own authority. On August N tnoo,
he married Drnra Maschin' who val"
horn September %, 1867.
a previous attempt was made row
years ago TO relrs'aio the karageor-
eevltch dynasty which has not been
In power since 1858. whom servla was
takon under protection OF tho euro
moan powers. II was Immediately sup
pressed. however, the leader being
captured and killed. Prince Alexis
Karagoorgovltch dcnlod that no was a
party TO tho illtlmod event
Following Is tho Official list OF the
killed: King Alexander, Queen Draga'
the queens two brothers. Premier
Markovitch, the minister Of war. two
aides.decamp. and two other oihcers
The tlme Of the transformations Is CIV
en- officially "a a. m. II is expected
that tho sltuptschlna tsoryian parlia
monn viii confirm the proclamatlor
by the army OF Prince Petor Kara
georgeyltch as king OF soryia The
newspapers forecast better future
for seryia. and the new state OF things
ia heartily welcomed by the masses
Nothing definite has been decided re
qnrdipg the burial OF the dead.
One report Of the tragedy statei
that the king and queen quarFelea an
I'm fight between supporters OF th'
two the royal couple were Killed th'
king himself killing Queen Draga' bu
this report il generally considered a.
idle gossip.