The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1903-06-19
DARK AGES SHAMED
In Atrocities Perpetrated BY
Benlghted Servlans,
DEAD BODIES MUTILATEO
Remains Of King and Queen TrannpIed'
epat Upon and Given secret
and lenominOus Burial
at Night.

Later advices from Belgrade state
that King Alexander and Queen Draga,
who we're assasslnated early Thursday
In the royal palace, we're buried during
the night In the family vault Of the
obernoyitohes In the chapel OF the
cemetery Of st. Mark. The interment
was carried on with complete secrecy
between 1880 and O'Clock Friday
morning,
The strlctest privacy was maintain
cd in order to avoid hostile demon.
strations. Two collins were brought in
by servants and carried up to the room
where the bodies OF the late king and
queen were lying
The corpses we're then put in the
collins and the latter were placed In a
hearse which was hurTiedly driven TO
the old cemetery, where the other
members OF the Obernovitch family
are Inferred. In addition to the at
tendants only two priests were pres
ent at the funeral. The Metropolitan
of Belgrade was absent. The whole
ceremony lasted only a few minutes.
The body OF the late Premier Marko-
witch will be buried with military
h0nors.
Colonel Naumovlcs, who was killed
while forcing an entrance into the pal
acc with dynamite, is described In the
Official notice OF his death, as dying
on the field OF honor for his father
land" II is now confirmed that only
Queen Draga's two brothers were kill
ed. Her sisters were taken to Pana
yosa by some Of the consplrators,
Sensational stories, many OF which
are undoubtedly sent for the purpose
OF political effect, are published In Bel
grade, the most revolving Of them be
Ing that the soldiers outraged Queer
Draga and mutllated the body OF KIM
Alexander, and that those who wer,
admitted TO the palace Friday to vlev
the remains spat and stamped Of
Them.
The dispatches sert out have ever,
indication Of having been mutllate'
and censored. All telegraph lines ant
post stations have been seized by tn
newly declared government and onl
certain dispatches, such as would pu
the new ministry in favorable llghI
are believed to be sent out.
History OF servla.
Servla, one Of tho four Balka
States, was settled by the Serbs |
the seventh century. In 1859 Servi
was conquered by the Turks. II wa
: ceded to Austria In 171s; reconquere
. by the Turks In 1889 and Its indC
pendence was practically establlshe
In 1920. was recognized In 1878 an
; proclaimed kingdom In 1882.
: The population Of Servia by the las
census was 2,3l2.4S4, about 90 pc
. cent Servlans. The Slavls population
1871; Roumanlans, 1880; Egyl
tlans, $4,000 and 5000 Jews. Belgrade
n city, population Of $4,000 people,
the capital.
The government OF Servla is admir-
istered by king and council Of elgh
ministers. Military service Is compu
sorry between the ages OF 81 and Al
In 1897 the army consisted Of 1874
officers and $1,000 men. The wa
strength is 353,S66 men.
The kingdom of Servia occupies
twenty thousand square miles, TIL
surface Of the country Is very noun
talnous. Almost equally dividing TIL
kingdom Is the great river Morava
The Danube river forms the northern
boundary, separating Servia from Aus
tria.Hungary. To the east OF Servli
Is Roumania and Bulgaria. To TIL
south lies Turkey in Europe and thu
city Of Montenegro, The climate Il
healthful and invlgoratlng, but inclln
ed to tropical excuses. Servia Is rici
In mineral deposits. carries on large
live stock industry and Its marketa
BILE products are many. II possesses
modern railway facilities. telegraph
lines and many school houses The
education Of children is compulsory,