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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
KING MEETS DEATH
LIKE A HERO

Realizing the situation, he returned
to the queen, holding her in his arms to
protect her, and awaited the con-
Spirators.
Col. Naumoyics and the officers then
entered the room. Naumovics pre-
sented to the king form of abdication
for his signature. The document con-
tanned the statement that by marrying
a public prostitute" the king had de-
frauded Servia and that he must alb
dicate.
The kings answer was to draw a re-
volver and kill Naumovics on the spot.
Col. Mischics picked up the document
and presented it again. King Alex
ander waved it from him. The officer
then, with their drawn revolvers, fired
hail of bullets and the royal couple
fell together to the ground. The king
fingered until o'clock this morning,
when he died.
One account says that the bodies of
the king and the queen were thrown
from their bed room window into the
park. King Alexander was shot
through the neck at the first fire and
the rush of blood suffocated him.
Queen Draga received several shots
and after she was dead the regicides
.slashed her body with their swords
and thrust it through and through.
The rugs in the royal chamber were
the floors. The window hangings were
torn down and trampIed under foot,
the windows broken and the objects of
art shattered in wantOn destruction.
The murdererS afterward embraced
and congratulated one another on the
success of the plot and announced joy
fully to those below that the king and
queen had been disposed of.
The residence of the queens broth
er1x ooL--
ed. When the brothers were dying
from shot wounds they kissed each
others. The ministers who were killed
met their death at their homes, and
in some instances the attacks on them
were made in the presence of the
members of their families who had
run in. Thus the daughter of the po-
lice minister, Todorowitch, was
wounded. The minister himself es-.
capped with some wounds, inflicted
while he was trying to telephone to
the police headquarters for help. He
did not get in connection, as the tele-
phone exchange was occupied by
troops.
The band who carried out the as
sassinations appears to have met with
great resistance on the balcony side
of the palace. where the curtains are
torn and the window broken, as
though the occupants had tried to es-
cape into the garden. Torn gloves and
articles of soldiers clothing lie scat
tered below. This resistance was
probably offered by two loyal aids de
camp, who were killed.
A single cannon shot announced the
execution of the plot, all the terrible
details of which perhaps may never
accurately be known. Detachments
OF troops Immediately marched to the
bureaus of posts and teIegraphs and
the railway stations and occupied
them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
MAIL POUCH CONTRACTOR
GIVES TESTIMONY
Smith Is Government Witness AGAINST
McGregor and Upton.


BALTIMORE, Nd, June 1.-THE
preliminary hearing of C. Ellsworth
Upton and Thomas w. McGregor.
charged with completely in the postof-
f1ce department frauds, took place to-
day before United States Commission
er Rogers. The specific charge against
Upton and McGregof was that they
had conspired with c. E. Smith, a
trunk merchant of Baltimore, to fur
ntsh mail pouches to the government
at an exorbitant figure
AT todays hearing Smith was useal
as a witness for the government. He
testified that he bought the pouches
from firm in Massachusetts,
paying 80 and So cents a pouch. On
the advice of Upton he put in bid at
80 cents, which was accepted. When
he got the money he gave 40 per cent
to Upton and MeGregor and kept the
balance of the profits for himself. He
said he sent thesbids to Supt. A. W.
Machen.
Commissioner Rogers bound over the
accused men to answer before the
United States grand jury which meets
Saturday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
JUDGE IS CENSURED
BY HIS COLLEAGUES
Justice Magruder, of Illinois Supreme
Court. Accused of Politics.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 11.-For-
NAL condemnation Of D. B. Magruder,
chief justice Of the supreme court, was
placed on file in writing this afternoon
by the supreme court. Justice Ma
gruder is severely criticised by the
colleagues and indirectly he is accused
of assisting in the defeat of Justice
Carter, the Republican candidate in
the Fourth district. in the recent cleo
ton.
When the last legislature rearranged
this district the Democrats sought
from the supreme court a mandamus
to compel Secretary of State Rose to
certify the nomination of w L. Van
deventer, of Quincy, as their nominee
from the old district. The court re-
fused to grant the petition, but filed no
opinion. Justice Magruder immedi-
ately filed dissenting opinion and it
was circulated all over the Carter dis
trict and did much to defeat him.
though he lost only by a narrow mar
yin
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
HIGH SCHOOL HAS
SOME STORMY HOURS
Comedy Declared Off Because of Quar-
rel Over Leading Lady Question.

Special to The Globe.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June IL
These be troub1ous times" in COM
mencement week at the high school.
The comedy for which twelve girls and
boys have been rehearsing for weeks
has been declared off because of a
quarrel as to who should be leading
lady.
Leila Mogle, first assigned for the
part, quit rehearsing because of ILL
ness. When she recovered she and
her friends wanted her reinstated. The
friends of Hattie Leasure, who took
her part, resisted. A class scrap it
the building caused the principal to
send for the police. Four boys were
suspended and will not be reinstated
until they pay for destroyed property.
The annual demonstration of the
Roarers, a noisy organization, has been
interdicted. The juniors in the high
school orchestra will not play at the
commencement exercises because some
seniors stole their class banner.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12

before he had shot and killed Lieut..
Gagics.
Places of business are closed. and
many inhabitants have left the town.
Even with a pass it is difficult to OBJ
tam admission to Belgrade, so care
fully is it guarded.
Inc newspapers are almost unani-
nous in approving the revolution.
Some compassion is felt for the unfor-
tunate king, but the people generaIIv
ADMIT that no other solution to an
lntolerable situation was possible. The
radlcal papers assert that the recent
scandalOus elections were the chief
causes or the conspiracy. There is
some talk Of a republic, but the ma
Jor1ty of the people desire the acces-
sion Of Prince Kara Georgevitch.
All remains quiet tonight, an en-
/ courag1ng effect being produced by the
absolute unanimity which prevails re-
gardlngs the choice of new ruler,
whose proclamation as king by the
army Will undoubtedly be ratified by
parliament. This quiet acceptance Of
the reyoInt1on is apparently the same
throughout the country, but fears are
entertained that attacks may be made
on projects and communal authorities.
Ine government, therefore. has taken
strong measures to suppress any opno-
s1tlon to it's will.
1t had been expected that Prince
Kara Georgevitch would arrive imnle-
diately, but it is said tonight he will
arrive only after he has been sum-
moned by parliament
Col Bogdan Danijanovics has been
appointed prefect of Belgrade, and the
members of the late government who
were not murdered have been hber-
ated.
Bank Director Petrowitch. Queen
Draga's brother-in-law, and one of the
bltterest enemies of the king and
queen, will inherit her fortune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
LESS SERIOUS
AT ST. LOUIS
Water Falling and No Drown
ings on East Side
of River.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 11.-That the
crisis of the flood situation in East ST.
Louis has passed so far as that city
is concerned, is generally accepted to-
night. Boat crews, which yesterday
strained their energies to a point of
exhaustion in rescuing the prisoners
Of the flood, today occupied themselves
in saving property and in bringing to
higher ground belated refugees who
had not believed themselves in imme-
diate danger.
The river tonight is stationary at
37.9 feet.
Since the break in the Illinois Cen
trail Ievee the flood has made no dan
gerOus advances, although the food
area was increased by seepage today.
East st. Louis today as a whole was a
scene of disaster. Vague ideas of mil
lions Of dollars was the best any one
could come to property loss estimates.
No people were drowned in East ST.
Louis, it transpires, nor were there
any reports Of drOwnings today.
The work today has been and will
continue to be that of caring for the
refugees. East st. Louis was under
quasi military rule, but communication
with st. Louis was permitted.
The river has fallen inches since 6
O'Clock, the gauge at midnight reading
37.7 feet.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12

Sixth and Seventh regiments were
called to arms and We're led to the
royal palace, which they entirely sur
rounded. A band Of thirty officers,
led by Col. Maschin and Col. Mischics,
forced their way into the palace. shoot
ing all who attempted to bar their
passage.
They were aided by treason within.
The aide de camp on duty, Col. Iau-
movies, had been won over by the con-
spirators and was entrusted with the
plans for action within the royal in
closure. Several doors leading to the
royal apartments were blown in by
dynamite, Col. Naumovics himself
bursting in the door of the royal bed
chamber with bomb. The officers
had called on the king to open, but
he had curtiy refused. AS the door
fell the king rushed to window and
appealed for assistance, but no answer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
FRUIT TRUST
CORNERS LEMONS
Puts Up the Price, Controls
Transportation and Re-
tailers Are Helpless.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
NEW ORLEANS. La, June 1.-THE
fruit trust. it is said, has cornered the
supply of lemons in the United States,
and as a result prices have been in
creased over 100 per cent. Lemons
were quoted in the New Orleans mar
ket today at $4.25 and $3.50 box, an
advance of 81 and $3.50 a box.
The price, it is said, will be advanced
to $5.25 and $3.50 box before the first
of July. The trust has placed the
lemons in cold storage plants and will
not dispose of them except at its own
figures. There will be no relief from
the high prices during the warm weeks
of the summer for the reason that the
trust controls all the fruit transporta-
ton lines and it will be impossible for
retail dealers to secure supplies from
any other source.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12

$5,000,000; and that those companies
had an earning capacity of $2,250,0 900 a
year. Among the properties to be ac-
quired were the Crescent Ship Yard
company, of Elizabethport, N. J., Of
which Lewis Nixon was the head Mr.
Nixon was afterwards made the pres
ident Of the United States Shipbuild-
ing company.
1t is charged by Conklin and his CO.
suitors that the properties acquired
were worth nothing like $20,090, 900;
that the contracts on hand were only
100000; that the working capital
was less than $4,000 and that the
earning capacity was only $1,000, 600,
an amount insufficient to pay the COM
pany's fixed charges.
It is also charged that by reason of
a secret agreement between Nixon who
promoted the United States Shipbuild-
ing company, and Charles M. Schwab,
the shipbuilding company purchased
from Schwab the works of the Bethle-
hem Steel company for $40,000,000 and
that this afforded Schwab profit of
$27,0O0,000. The purchase price paid is
averred to be exorbitant.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
SHIPBU|LDING COMPANY is
IN SERIOUS TROUBLE
Schwab Is Alleged to Have Made s27,OOO,OOO
by Sale of Bethlehem Plant at Exorbitant
Price--Receivership Is Asked for Company
of Which Lewis Nixon Is the Head

TRENTON, n. j., June 11.-Judge
Kirkpatrick, of the United States cir
cult court. at his chambers IN Newark
today, made an order returnable in
Trenton next Monday for cause to be
shown why a receiver should not be
appointed for the United States Ship
building company. The application
was made by Roland r. Conklin, who
charges that the company is insoIvent
and alleges fraud in connection with
its incorporation and management.
The company was organized a year
ago with an authorized capital of $780,
100000 and with a provision for a bond
issue Of SIG. 900. Of this $9,00O,000
was to be underwritten by a trust COM
pany. The applicants for a receiver
are holders Of some of these bonds.
They assert that they acquired these
bonds on the strength Of reports that
the properties to be acquired by the
United States Shipbuilding company
were worth over $20,000,0O0; that
these companies had a working capital
Of s5,000,000; that they had contracts
on hand aggregating $S6,000,000 on
which there would be a profit of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
DAY'SNEWS SUMMARIZED

Weather for st. Paul and vicinity: Fair
and warmer today; fair tomorrow.
FOREIGN
King and queen of Servia and others
attached to them are assassinated by
army, which proclaims Prince Peter Kara
Georgevitch king.
DOMESTIC
Lemons are eornered by fruit trust
Minnesota Catholic Order Of Foresters
declares in favor of parochial schools.
James G. Monaghan, of University of
Wisconsin, will edit report of bureau of
foreign commerce of state department.
Application is made for receiver for
United States Slipbuilding company.
LOCAL
Serious charges are preferred before
the state board of control against Proba-
ton Officer George D. Holt, of Mime
apolis
Supreme lodge of the A. o. wv. de-
cides not to adopt a new ritual at this
session.
Public baths on Harriet island will open
tomorrow.
Two 14-year-old boys, riding BICYCLES
collide and one of them is seriously in
jured.
st. Anthony Park residents raise obiec-
tions to location of tuberculosis santa rim,
in that section.
Jury in Kohler case is completed and
trial will begin today
Arguments in the case Of the State vs.
The Northern Securities Company close.
Gen. Andrews sounds warning that in
terests of Chippewas in sale of pine lands
should be watched by state.
Boys of the Central Presbyterian Sun
day school entertained at the church.
st. Paul Y. M. c. A. holds its animal
meeting.
MINNEAPOLIS
Deputy clerk breaks up wedding for tha
time by refusing license to impatient nair
VINO nave not waited six months from tfrne
groom was divorced.
repairs will be made on bridge and re-
sponsibIlity fixed by court
Sheriff explains he was too busv IN go
after the tax dodgers,
BUSINESS
Wheat loses because government ro,,o-+
was bearish when it had been expected To
be buIlfsh. Corn and oats close higher
Stocks are higher and more active ord
price level is readjusted. anu
RAILROADS
st. Paul Chicago lines are forced to can
eel cheap Eastern rates because the Cen
trail Passenger association refused to hon
or the tickets.
SPORTING
Reliance again defeats Constitution in
light wind.
Rumor puts Ban Johnson at the head
of new .twelve-club league.
st. Paul team wins again from Toledo.
Score to f.
Napoleon Lajoie and William Bernhard
are purged of contempt by Pennsylvania
Judge.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
AIDED BY TREASON
WITHIN THE PALACE

The king and queen passed the eve
of their death quietly. They attended
a choral festival, then took supper in
the Konak and afterward retired to
rest Meantime, the conspirators held
a meeting in Kalimegden park. The
Sixth infantry regiment, which was
chosen to carry out the coup d,etat,
was recently punished for having used
it's weapons against crowd of demon
stratorS.
About o'clock in the morning the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12

by cesare Santo, on anarchist, June
"a, 1894.
Nasr-Ed-6in, Shah of Persia, May I,
1896, as be was entering a shrine
near his palace. The man Who shot
him down Was disguised as a wom1n.
He Was caught and suffered the most
horrible death that Persian ingenuity
could fnUeat.
John fdidrte BordGs President of
Uruguay. Aug. 25, 1897, at Monte
Uideo, by AUeiino ArredoHdo, officer In
the Uruguayan army.
Jose Maria Barrios, President of
Guatemala. Guatema City. Feb. IS,
1898, by Oscar ZoHnger.
Empress Elizabeth of Austria, stab
bed in TIE heart by Laoehini, a French
italian anarchist, at Geneva. Sept. 10,
1898. -
Nm. GoebeF, Democratic claimant to
the goUernorship4of kentucky. shot 6y
a person nnknown. Jan. 80, 1900,
VhHe on his .l0ag tazthe state capital
in frankfort. =
Humbert, King Of italy, shot to death
July %, 1900, at Nonza, Italy, by
Anglo Bresei.
William Mckinley. assassinated by
Leon czoLqoscz, an anarchist, at
Buffalo, Sept. 81 1901; died Sept. Ia.
Hexandef !, King of 8esvia, assassi-
mated tVith his wife. Queen Draga,
four nen1bersgof his cabinet and seU-
erai adhereRta 6y the army in open
reUofution On Jane-71, 1908.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12

BELGRADE, June IA military
conspiracy, which subsequent events
show had the sympathy of the major
| ity Of the Servian people, was carried
out in the early hours of this morning
and King Alexander, Queen Draga, her
| two brothers and several ministers
! were assasstnated.
Prince Peter Kara Georgevitch, pre-
tender to the throne, has been pro-
claimed king by the army, and there is
every reason to believe that this de-
cision will be confirmed by the Servian
to meet on June Is.
The revolution was executed without
any opposition on the part Of the peo-
pie of Belgrade, and the capital and the
country remain tranquil.
While the main outlines of the
events which took place within the
royal palace are unknown, the details
are conflicting, owing to the extraordi-
nary secrecy with which the plot was
contrived and carried out. The chief
conspirators were all men of high rank.
who acted in concert with the army
The participation of the latter in the
assassinations of last night, which
blotted out the Obrenovitch dynasty,
which has ruled Servia with a short
intermission for nearly a century, is
mainly due to the attitude of King
Alexander and his consort toward the
officers of the army, whom he always
treated with scant courtesy. His de-
sire to remove the war school from
Belgrade to Shebatz, particularly, gave
the officers offense
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
KARA GEORGEVITCH
PROCLAIMED KING

Other troops Immediately marched
to the barracks and proclaimed Prince
Kara Georgevitch king. A body Of
mounted officers, with Lieut. Col.
Gruics, son of the present ambassador
at Constantinople, at their mead. rode
to the center of the town and an
nOunced the arny's choice to the peo-
pie, who. alarmed. were thronging the
streets.
Enthusiastic shouts were raised of
Long live Kara Georgevitch!' and
Long live the arny!" The warmest
welcome was extended to Queen
Draga's brother -in-law, Col Maschin,
one of the regicides. The troops at
the barracks received the news with
joy. There was only one objector
Gen. Nikolics, commander of the Dam
ube division. who was promptly shot
down and severely wounded. but not
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
WHAT THE NEW KING IS.
Has Long Hankered for the Throne
and Admires Russia.

PARIS, June 1.-THE new king is
we'll known here, having frequently
visited this city. He has a cousin,
Prince Bodijar Kara Georgevitch, liv-
ing on the Avenue du Bois de BouIogne
who took part in the French campaign
in Tonquin and was decorated with the
cross of the Legion of Honor. Today
Prince Bodijar said he considered that
popular hatred of Queen Draga was
largely responsible for the events at
Belgrade. He added that his cousin.
the new king, had long aspired to the
Servian throne. and declared that the
family was closely allied to Russia,
thus assuring a pro- Russian policy in
Servia
DR.. Petrovitch. of the Servian Iega-
tion,rdescribed the new king as a stu
dent of affairs of state, as being in
tensely animated by Servia's political
destinies and as an admirer of Rus
s1a. The newly proclaimed king. DR..
Petrovitch added, is sending his son
to St. Petersburg, where he will be ed
ucated at the expense of the imperial
court of Russia. Politicians had fire.
quently sought to induce the new king
to attempt to take the throne of Ser
via, but he always replied that he
would not permit a dynastic contest to
provoke civil convulsion. and he
preferred to await the result Of the
popular weariness resulting from the
old regime.
Prince Peter Kara Georgevitch was
a member of the fashionable diplomat
ic set of Paris, and included among
his acquaintanceS a number of Ameri-
cans. He is described as having an
agreeable personality is about fifty
years of age, has been a frequenter Of
the leading clubs and hotels and was
a well known figure at the races and
sports. He was educated at the st.
Cyr military college and entered the
French army in 1870, with the rank Of
captain A brother, Prince Arsene, now
in Paris, said he probably would Join
his brother and take part in the events
connected with his assuming the SOW
ereignty of Servia
Prince Bodijar Kara Georgevitch
does not mix up in politics. He is
Well known in artistic circles and Gre
ates tasteful cabinets and articles Of
stamped leather. He told a Temps re-
porter that he did not hesitate tod
clare that he considered Queen Draga
to have been the cause Of the assassi-
nations. On becoming queen she made
herself first feared and then hated.
She brutally revenged herself for the
slightest offenSeS. and pitileSSly crush
ed high or low who had the misfortune
to displease her. The king was only
tool in the hands of this bold. domi-
neering woman. He was so weak
minded that a doctor who attended
him at Biarrfaz declared that if he
had been a Frenchman he would have
been declared Intellectually unfit for
military service. Prince Bodijar add
ed:
The youthful sovereign was the VIC
tim of the merited unpopularity of his
consort. He could not resist her. His
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
aANY RULERS DIE BY ASSASSINATION
The Notable Assassinaous of the Past Century peuds

Paul. Czar of Russia. by MOBILES,
March "a, 1901.
Capo dfstHa Count, Greek states
man (torture), Oct 8, 1881.
Ferdinand. Charles m. Duke of
Parma, March 27, 1854
Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theater.
Washington, by John Wilkes Booth on
the eUening Of April IA; died April rs,
1856.
MichaiL, Prince of Seruia, June !
1868.
Richards. Earl of Mayo, GoUernor
General of India, by Shere Ali con
Uictin Andsman Islands. Feb. 8. 1872.
Abdul Hziz, Sultan of Turkey. June
d, 1876.
Hussein AUai and other Turkish,
ministers, by Hassdn, clrcassidn Of
fcer, June 10, 1876.
Mehemet All Pasha by 4ibanions,
September IL, 1873.
alexander H. OF Ru95Ld, attempts by
KarakozoW, at St. Petersburg, April
IS, 1866, by BerezoWski,. at Paris,
June s, 1867; by Alexander ZoioUief,
April IA, 1879: by undermining a
railway train, Dec. I, 1879; by ex-
piosion of LUinter palace, St. Peters
burg, Feb. II, 1880; killed By ex-
piosion of bomb, St Petersburg,
March 73, 1881.
James A. Garfield, shot by Charles
Jules Guiteau, Washington, July 2,
1881; died from his wounds Sept. 10.
Marie Francois Carnot; President
of France, stabbed nortaHy at Lyons
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-12
STRIKE STOPS WORK
ON THE MINNESOTA
Eastern ShIpbuIldIng Company Closes Its
Works Indefinitely.

GROTON. Conn, June 1.-THE Eastern
Shipbuilding company today posted a no.
tice that the works would be closed indef-
initely. This action comes after a mass
meeting of the workmen last night. when
it was decided to strike if the company
persisted in its refusal to grant nine
hour day at ten hours pay. Work on the
steamships Dakota and Minnesota, build
ing for the Pacific carrying trade, is sus-
pended.
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PapaI peIeaate Entertained.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 1.-THE
College Of St. Thomas. Of Villa Neva,
held its sixtieth annual commencement
today. the guest of honor being the
Most Rev. Diomede Falconic, papaf
delegate to the United States. After
the exercises Mgr Falcoffc was en-
tertained at banquet.