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Show SELECT NEW KING. Prince Peter Is Chosen to Rule Over Servla. Tho Bkupschtlua nnd sonato of Servla Ser-vla met in Joint session precisely nt noon Monday, and withlni fifteen minutes had olected Prlnco Peter Karageorgovltch as king of Sorvla. Long conferences woro hold between be-tween tho ministers and Dcputlen on Sunday night and all Monday morning. morn-ing. Thcso resulted in a cut and dried programme, which went through without with-out a hitch. Tho Inhabitants of Delgrado aro remarkably re-markably quiet, and apparently unconcerned. un-concerned. Tho cafes aro filled with people, reading tho newspapers and playing cards or chess, and thoro is llttlo to Indicate that tho nation has been engaged In tho election of n now Bovorelgn. Tho election closely follows that of 1888, and Is oven moro democratic. It Is described as making Servla virtually virtu-ally a republic with a king at its head. |