The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-16

General L. JubaSivkOVicS and called
upon King Alexander TO abdicate in
favor of Prince Peter karageorgevitch.
The King refused and shot Colonel
NaumOvics who made the proposal.
The other officers t~hereupon summoned
the war minister, General PaTloTitch
| and TudorovicS, the minister OF the in
terror, and shot the King and Queen
| and PetrOvicS. one OF the king aid de
| camps n other royal officers. The
leader of the actual assailants was
Lieutenant Colonel Mischief, wno him
self murdered the Queen. The latter,
together with her brother and sisters
was struck down with an axe. h
queen died Immediately. The King Iiv-
Cd a few minutes.
The immediate cause Of the reVOlu-
ton vas the return % Belgrade OF Lieu
tenant L~ungievitza. brother of the
Queen, and d supposed candidate for
the throne.
The surviving ministers have been
arrested.
The o~bsequfes Of the king and queen
viii be held June 14th.
A festal Illumination of Belgrade is
projected for this evening"
The dispatch concludes with stating
J-AdN 4HNOA-@N J'E 49, O.
The German Government cannot be
said 70 have taken up any attitude as
yet regarding the provisional admins
| tration of Servia- Horror was express
| cd at the foreign office at the bloody
coup d'etat. The Immediate feeling is
| one of antagonism 70 the new ministry
| and there is an indispOsition to make
its path easy. The foreign office for
the present is simply waiting full in
formation from its legation at Belgrade
and IS also sounding the other chancel-
tories.
The fact that tho late King AIexan-
der. was not allied 20 any European
reigning family. IS regarded as simpli-
flying the situation.
Geneva. Switzerland. June 11.-1903
Prince Peter kaTagorgevitch, who hal
been living here for some time. appear
ID % b. greatly astoEished at the news
from Belgrade. which he said. he had
only learned through a private telegram
from Vienna.
Prince Peter karagorgevitch ives in
a modest apartment on the Rue de 1t
Bellotte. Recently he has been in con-
slant communication with Servian pol
~iticians, has been several times to Vi
enna and he has also visited St. Peters
burg. where his son is at school.
THE VIENNA VERSION.
Vienna, June 1~1.-Dispatches from
Belgrade says that since the late King
A~lexander's last suspension of the
Servian constitution. the army has been
| animated by hostile feeling toward both
the King and Queen.
The revolution was planned weeks
ago. Secret committees were organized
in the country and worked in ~co-Opera-
ton with the army and with the leaders
of the revolution, who are said to be
the new minister of justice and finance.
respectively NJ. SchiokovicS and NJ.
Velikovcs. The sixth regiment of in
fantry. garrisoning Belgrade, was de-
signaIed to carry out the plot. It was
originally intended that the plot should
be executed later, but fears that the
new SerVian parliament would settle
the question of the succession to the
throne, FASTENED matters. Colonel
! NauInOVics, the a~djutant OF the King,
was entrusted with the execution of the
plans. While on duty at II o'clock last
night. NaumOvics burst in the door
leading 10 the sleeping apartments Of
the royal couple with a bomb and then
entered, accompanied by Mischics and a
number Of junior officers. Previously
the palace guard had been overpowered
and Us commander, Captain Pauajo-
WIGS. was killed. Naumovics presented
10 the King a form of abdication for
t his signature. The document contained
the statement that by marrying a pub
lie prostitute" the King a degraded
Servia and THAI therefore he must alb
dictate. The King answer was 20 draw
a revolver and Kill Naumovics on the
spot.
Mischics then picked up the document
and presented it again. and the King,
who perceived his danger. fled with
Queen Draga 10 the palace roof. both
being in their night clothes. The Off
GERS followed. continuously firing and
ultimately shot down the royal couple.
Major LUka Lazarewsics. who had been
under the Kings displeasure for two
years. IS said to have fired the shot
which actually killed the king.
At about , o'clock this morning Queen
Draga's two brother were shot at their
homes. as we'll as Premier Markovitch
and his brother-in-law " Milkovitsz.
the minister OF the interior. and his
daughter and the war minister. General
PavIovitch.
While these events Were proceeding
At the palace the streets Of the city wera
already occupied by soldiers and an
armed force surrounded the royal RES
dence. The horses and guns of the
batteries of artillery We're all decorat-
ed with evergreens. as for a festival.
The soldiers discarded the badge of
King Alexander from their helmets.
An attempt was made 10 support the
dynasty by the commander Of the
Danube division. who tried TO march
the eighth regiment OF infantry into
the city 10 help the late King, but he
was opposed by a body of roops under
Colonel GagoWits. In the fight which
.rS1ra1 both ~. ,-T..~S mentioned v-ara