Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-19
KING AND QU ZEN OF
SERVIA ASSASSINATGD
Both We're Shot to Death in Royal Palace
During the Night
were BURIED DURING The NIGHT.

/ DelSIduS, O6fVld, June lo.-A mill
tary revolution broke out here We'd
nesday night. The troops, who re-
| VOTED under the leadership of Major
/ Angikovics, surrounded the palace, as
sassinated King Alexander, Queen ORA
ga, the iatter's sister, the queens
brother, Nike Dem; Premier Marko-
witch, Ministers Petrovitch and Tudor
OWES, General Pavlovitch, the former
minister of war, and some of the mem
bers of the royal guard.
| Prince Karaggeorgevitch was pro-
claimed king.
A new government was formed and
the following proclamation was issued
"The Servian People:
Last Wednesday night the king and
queen were shot. In this grave and
fateful moment friends of the father
land have combined to form a new
| government. While the government
makes this announcement to the peo-
| pie, it is convinced that the Servian
people will gather around it and lend
it their aid to maintain order and Sc
curity throughout the land.
"The government hereby makes
known that from today the constitu-
ton of April 1, 1891, comes in force. A
meeting of the national representa-
tives dissolved by the proclamation of
March "a is summoned to meet at
Belgrade June Is.
| sJovan Avakumovics premier; L.
Jubonis Kalievics, foreign minister;
Stojan Protics, minister of the interior;
George Genshics, minister Of com
merce; Gen. Jorvan Alezkovitch, min
lister of war; Volivijav Kolivics, minis
ter of finance; Col. Alexander Machin,
minister of public works, L. Schikovis,
minister of Justice"
The streets were thronged with peo-
Eple whose actions seem to approve the
Iooup d'etat. M. Protics, the new min
lister of the interior, was loudly cheer
ed as he drove to the ministry.
M. Avakumovics, the new premier,
belongs to the Independent liberal par
ty.
AS the morning advanced the excite
Ement in the streets grew steadily. In
espite Of the pouring rain, thousands of
Rpeople gathered in the vicinity of the
palace. Everywhere troops of all arms
fwere posted and field guns were placed
in position to deal quickly with any
opposition to the newly formed gov
ernment's will. The soldiers discard
bed their cockades bearing the late
King A1exander's cipher, and substi-
3tuted for it flowers, green twigs and
fleaves.
I Bands of young men paraded the
streets, waving flags and shouting,
Long live Karageorgevitch.
| Flags are flying from nearly every
Ahouse in Belgrade, and there is abso-
tlutely no display whatever of Grape
or other signs of mourning.
The royal standard has been lower
ed from over the palace. Reports from
lplaces outside Belgrade indicate that
the country accepts the disappearance
of the Obrenovitch dynasty without re-
greet.
| According to the best available In
formation obtainable from the mass O
contradictions, the crime was carried
Tout by members of the Sixth infantry
sunder the command of Colonel Mis-
chich and Machin. The latter is 6
brother-in-law of Queen Draga and Is
minister Of public works in the new
cabinet. The soldiers appear to have
fought their way into the palace
shooting down the tide de camp on
duty, Colonel Naumovics, although ac-
cording to another version, the KING
lshot Naumovics because he opened the
gate to his assailants, thereby creating
suspicion of his connivance. Some
of the ither persons killed were sur
prised in their houses, simultaneously
with the attack on the palace.
King Alexander and Queen bragg
we're buried during last Thursday night
in the family vault of Obrin-
lovitches, in the chapel of the old Gem
Detery of st. Marks, while all Belgrade
was rejoicing over their deaths. Thu
Iinterment was carried out with com
plete secrecy between 1870 and
IN. 49,
Colonel Naumovics, aide de camp o
the late king, was buried last Frida,
afternoon.
The city is lavishly decorated witt
flags and national colors.
officers last Thursday removed Alex