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Show ASSASSINATE IMJLERS KINQ AND QUCEN OF SERVIA MURDERED. Unpopularity of Queen Said to Hjvc Caused Slaughter of Royal Family and Selection of New King. Tho king nnd unoon of Scrvln have been nssnsslnnled and a now government govern-ment sot up, thus ending tho Obrcno vltqli dynnsty, which hns ruled Sorvla for almost a century.. It Is generally claimed that tho assassination and change of government was tho result of tlm unpopularity of Queen Urnga. According to tho best Information obtnlnablo from Ilolgrndo, Scrvln, tho assassination was tho lesull of a military mil-itary conspiracy, which had tho sympathy sym-pathy of a majority of tho Servian people, and was cairlcd out In the early hours of Thursday 'morning, when King Aloxandor, Queen IJrngn, her two brothers and several ministers minis-ters met death. Prlnco Peter Karageorgovltch, Uio pretender to tho throne, has been proclaimed pro-claimed king by the nrmy. nnd there Is every reason to bollevo that this decision will bo confirmed by tho Servian Serv-ian parliament which has boon, summoned sum-moned to meet on Juno 15. Tho revolution revo-lution was executed without any opposition op-position pn tho pnrt of tho peoplo.of llolgrarfo, and tho cnpltal and tho country remain (pilot. Wlillo tho main outlines of tin-ovents tin-ovents which took place within tho royal palaco aro known, tho details aro conflicting, owing to tho extraordinary extraor-dinary secrecy with which tho plot was contrived and cnirlod out Tho chief conspirators woro all men of high rank, who acted In concert wun tho nrmy. Tho participation of tho latter In tho assassinations that blotted blot-ted out tho Ohornovitch dynasty, which has ruled Sorvla, with a shoit intermission, for iruarly a century, lj mainly duo to tho attitude of King Aloxandor nnd his consort toward tho officers of tho army, whom ho always al-ways treated with scant courtesy. Ills doslro to rcmovo tho wnr school from Ilolgrndo to Shcbatz particularly gnvo tho officers offenso Alexunder I was born August 14, 187(1, nnd succeeded his father, King Milan I, upon his abdication March C. 1889. At that tlmo Alexander was In b's minority, so a regency was established estab-lished to last until ho should attain his eighteenth year. When hut 1". how-ovor how-ovor ho overthrow tho regency nnd nssumod tho royal prerogative -upon his own authority. On August C, 1900, ho married Draga Maschln, who ui. horn September 23, 1807. A provlous nltempt was made a fow years ago to reinstate tho Knragoor-gcvltch Knragoor-gcvltch dynasty, which ha not been In power sinco 1853. when Sorvla wns taken undor protection of tho Cuio-penn Cuio-penn powers. It was Immediately suppressed, sup-pressed, however, tho leader being captured nnd klllod. Prince Alexis Karageorgovltch denied that ho was n party to tho Ill-timed event. Following Is tho official list of tho killed: King Aloxandor, Quoon Draga, tho queon'a two brothers. Premier Markovitch, tho minister of war, two aldos-de-camp. and two other ofllcers. Tho tlmo of tho assassinations Is glv-in glv-in officially as 2 a. in. It Is expected thnt tho skuptschlna (Servian parliament) parlia-ment) will confirm tho proclamation hy tho army of Prlnco Potcr Knia-georgovltch Knia-georgovltch as king of Sorvla Tho newspapers forecast a bettor future 'or Sorvla. and tho now state of things Is heartily wolcomed by tho massos. Nothing definite has been decided regarding re-garding tho burial of tho dead. Ono report of tho tragedy states that tho king and queen quarreled and In a fight between supporters of tho two tho royal couplo woro killed, tho king hlniBelf killing Queen Draga, but this roport Is generally considered as Idle gossip. |