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kt p w % if * PRICE TWO CENTS. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1903. 20 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK 'A GARISH LIGHT SHED O N REBATE PRACTICE F. N. Stacy Reports That the City Has Paid Out $2,000,000 in Rebates in the r V Last Fourteen Years. Somebody Has Changed Assessment Rolls and a Big Crop of Rebates Results from Such Alterations Made Without Authority-Hau gan's Claim That He Was a Scapegoat Partially Borne Out by the RecordsHe Was Apparently Urged to Accept Responsibility, for Shortage Which He Was Not to Blame For. Revolving fund reports by Thadeus S. Dickey and F. N. Stacy were submitted to the council committee on accounts of city officers this afternoon. ^The report of Mr. Dickey relates particularly to the assets of the fund, while that of Mr. Stacy seeks to explain what has become f it. It is well known to those familiar with city finances that there is little left in the revolving fund, altho there are five instalments of deferred payments on special assessments due the fund, the first having been collected last month, but rot yet turned over/ to the city treasurer. There are also large sums said to be due from the sinking fund and the permanent improvement fund. The permanent loss- s, which are large, consist of money paid out as rebates due to annulments of va rious improvements by the council and to the Haugan shortage. It is understood that Mr. Dickey's report will show that the revolving fund, including the installments of deferred payments, should have a credit of about $900,000. . Enormous Total of Rebates. , The matter of rebates is a big problem. For about fourteen years the city coun cil, with yeoman* aid from the district court and other offices, has been order ing annulments in various ways and these have depleted the revolving and the permanent improvement funds hi the most astounding manner. It is understood that in the last fourteen years the city has refunded over $2,000,000 on taxes levied for sewers, paving curb and gutter, watermains and sidewalks. ^ _ No one seems to have cared and while there have been some mild protests, no one in authority has turned on the brakes until Mayor Haynes the other day ve toed a council resolution reducing an as sessment for a sewer in Jefferson street fcE. The Books Tampered With. Under the Pillsbury decision, rebates were due to property owners who had been assessed more than the actual cost of Special improvements. Where assessments were less than the actual cost the rolls show that they have been raised by some tody who interlined the new figures. In asmuch as these increases were without authority they were admittedly illegal and , rebates have been collected on these al tered assessments. The rebate agents are reaping a rich harvest from these illegal "changes. Instances in which politics, favoritism, clerical mistakes and unbusiness-like methods have combined to drain the, re- STOCK MARKET TIDE TURNED William Rockefeller Has Raised His Hand and Has Said ''Enough." .'SB. Combination Formed to Squeeze Some of the Short Interests. jlhe Rockefeller Interests in St. Paul and Pennsylvania Have Been Strengthened. Bpecial to The Journal. New York, June 12.If the stock mar ket is not to break wide open, according to the program outlined in some places in the early part of the week, the position of the bears in Canadian Pacific is likely to hecome Interesting. The pool has sold no stock and members of it are not at all likely to have been seriously hurt by the decline. London has taken most of the floating stock here and a serious attempt to cover will probably have rather start ling effects. A combination ,has been formed between English and American in terests to engineer a squeeze of the short interest which amounts to 50,000 shares. - There was strong buying in Canadian Pa cific yesterday. The financial situation in Canada is admitted to be much clearer. "William Rockefeller yesterday suggested to several friends who appealed to him for information that they might buy stocks now with safety. On the day after Mr. Morgan announced the organization of the great shipping trust, William Rockefeller said to friends: "Morgan has formed his last big trust. His sun is in the zenith. Sell stocks for a long campaign." Having in mind the prophetic utter ance of last year and the dire consequence to the stock market, friends to whom he confided his bullish sentiments yesterday dashed into the street and turned the tide of quotations sharply upward. What the Rockefellers have actually accomplished is still a mystery. The only thing known as a certainty is that the St. Paul railroad, which the family in the past has held largely by grace of proxies, is now held by virtue of direct ownership of stock. It is also a current belief that when the next election of directors of the Pennsyl- ,- vania company is held several more Rockefeller men will enter the board. At least one more Rockefeller representative , Is to enter the New York Central board. v ^T * BTJLGARIANS SLAIN -{*-#"* - . u* Troops and Mussulman Villagers At- - | tack Yeninege. j Constantinople, June 12.It became '-"'known to-day that twenty Bulgarians ' were killed at the village of Yeninege, ' Rumania, recently in a combined attack made on it by a detachment of troops and t neighboring Mussulman villagers. Fifty .prisoners were taken to Adrianople. panies^tto volving fund and the permanent improve ments funds may be cited without num ber. There is scarcely any limit to this question when one begins to study it. That the problem as to what has become of the permanent improvement funds is satisfactorily answered by the.reports of Messrs. Stacy and Dickey is not claimed by either. If reports are correct, the footings show that about $900,000 less has been paid into the., revolving fund than has been paid out." Whether this state of affairs is susceptible of satisfac tory explanation will doubtless be shown by the reports of the experts when they are made public. The Haugan Shortage Padded. Another reputed inconsistency in the books is the matter of the so-called "Haugan shortage," this being the bal ance claimed to be due from the late A. B. Haugan, who was unable to qualify as city treasurer in 1897, and thru whom large sums of money were lost to the city in the six or seven banks which be came insolvent while he was city treas urer. Haugan always contended that he was made the scape-goat for all the sins of the administration. Thus for instance the controller's ledger on March 19, 1897, is said to chairge Mr. Haugan with about $429,000 and the trial balance book shows the same shortage. The report of a commission consisting of the controller, treasurer and C. A. Nim ocks about the same time gives the short age as $467,000. Six weeks later, however, the net balance against Haugan had grown to $558,000 or thereabouts. Here are three different Haugan shortages, all on record. The explanation is said to be that the smallest figure does not include the amounts due the school board and the sinking fund that the second item in cludes the sinking fund and $5,200 of the sinking fund, while in the third amount the sinking fund loss has grown from $5,200 to about $10,000. One can suspect a great deal, but unfortunately that is as far as can be gone, for all the rec ords of this trying period of the treas urer's office, particularly - the warrants themselves, were sent to the paper mill a few weeks ago, after the experts were at work on the books, by Ed A. Stevens, who was employed to sort out and destroy a mixed-up mess of papers and documents which had been thrown into the old \\xm- ber room at the old city hall. While it is not contended that there is any sig nificance in the destruction of these pa pers, it is believed to be extremely un fortunate. Many other interesting features are doubtless referred to in the reports, as the problem has ramifications and compli cations enough to mystify the most astute of accountants. -$ 4 PATERNALISM OR SOCIALISM Judge Grosscup of Chicago Says It Must Be One or the Other. He Gives What He Considers a Feas ible Solution of the Trust Question. New York Sun Special Servioe. Baltimore, Md.. June 12.Judge Peter S. Grosscup of Chicago, who is here at tending the Lutheran synod, was asked: "What is the best and most feasible solution of the trust Question?" "The stupendous profits derived from a few conspicuous monopolies by their own ers have excited greedy emulation In al most every line of industry and trade,.The corporations should be forced to organize and to capitalize honestly. The federal government then should use one of its de partments as a sort of trustee for the small stockholders to look after their in terests and to protect their investments." "Would not this savor of paternalism?" "Yes. but the remedy lies In either paternalism or socialism." THE BRUTAL TRUST How the Government Proposes to Fight Rockerfellerlzation of Mexloo. New York Sun Special Service. Mexico City, June 12.EI Imparcial publishes an article which is attracting much attention as developing the policy of the federal government towards rail ways. It deals especially with the gov ernment's recent purchase of a controlling interest in the Mexican National railway in order to prevent lailroads having un due power in the nation. In conjunction with its control of the Interoceanlc rail way these two lines, extending from the Rio Grande to the Gulf of Mexico at Vera Cruz, become a part of one great unified system. El Imparcial declares that "trusts are the brutal concentrators of capital against the immense legion of the defenseless.' It says the Standard OH Company, whLh It asserts now owns the Mexican Central system, has assured its continued pre dominance In the United States by the acquisition of the principal railways giv ing outlet to the oil produced In petroleum yielding regions and it claims that this monopoly, if extended into Mexloo, might inflict great injury to Mexican interests. TURF INVESTMENT Ryan and Deppler Are Aoquitted at St. Louis. St. Louis. June 12.John J. Ryan and O. W. Deppler of Cincinnati were ac quitted by Judge O'Neill Ryan. They were charged with embezzlement by bailee. The defense contended that" the state's evidence did not show embezzle ment by bailee. The court sustained this contention and took the case from the jury. The is the first of a number of cases of men connected with turf investment com panies o come to trial - - rjws, * *V?S Sist/iiS*^ TEN HOTELS ABE TIED DP About 2,000 Waiters and Cooks in cago Went Out This Morning. The Large Family Hotels Are the 1 Principal Sufferers Chicago, June 12.Union employes in ten of the large hotels struck early to-day. Approximately two thousand men, chiefly waiters and cooks, are out. The large family hotels are the principal sufferers from the latest strike development, the large down town establishments with one exception not being affected up to a late tiwtWMMM* " r hour. At the Sherman house 350 men walked out, completely tying up the din ing-room and bar service. Among the other prominent establishments most of which will make an effort to continue regular service with the aid of their guests are the Windermere, Hyde Park, Chicago Beach, Holland, Metropole, Del Prado, Vendome, Kenwood and Lakota. THE EATING TROUBLES Restaurant-keepers' President Expelled for Bribery Last Night. Chicago, June 12.There is trouble in the eating business owing to the strike of cooks, waiters and restaurant employes. Early last evening the employes of Kins ley's restaurant went on strike, leav ing a number of Methodist ministers, who were at dinner, to shift for them selves. Later the Cooks and Waiters' union held a meeting that lasted until after midnight, and when they adjourned it was announced that to-day a strike would be called In all hotels the managers of which are members of the Hotel Keepers' association. "While the anion meeting was going on the Restaurant Keepers' association, an organization distinct from the Hotel Keepers' association, was holding a stormy meeting, and after midnight G. W. Walton, president of the association, was deposed from the chair and expelled Urom the organisation, after being Openly ac cused of acting as mediator between labor leaders and restaurant owners with a proposition to settle the strike for $7,000. After the charge had been made Presi dent Walton appealed for a hearing. Stormy scenes followed the effort of Mr. Walton. He rose to his feet and.shouted at the top of his voice, hurling accusations in the faces of prominent restaurant men. Cries of "sit down." and "question" arose from all parts of the room.. In the midst of the turmoil Max Kop pel, acting as chairman, put the motion on the question of deposing and expelling Walton and it was unanimously carried The alleged attempts kt extortion were detailed by members of the association to the meeting. "Last Saturday evening," said John Z. Vogelsang, "I met MT. Walton and related to him our failure in our negotiations with the joint board of cooks and waiters on the previous evening. Mr. Walton said to me: " 'Mr. Vogelsang, don't you know that you cannot do any business with that board unless you put up some money?' "Later In the day I was met again by Mr. Walton who told me he had been in communication with this member of the joint board, that $7,000 was the amount demanded and that if the money was de posited In escrow with a satisfactory per son they would agree to a plan of arbi tration as follows: "We would be allowed on our sjde to appoint three men the joint board would appoint three men, and a seventh man would be appointed by these six, and that we would not have to pay $1 until the 'goods had been delivered.' "I told him we would have nothing to do with such a scheme." The motion to expel Mr. Walton fol lowed Mr. Vogelsang's statement. The restaurant keepers declare that a general lockout will be inaugurated if a strike Is attempted on a large scale. The sudden breaking off in the negotia- | lions between, the unions and hotelkeep- ??$- era came thru the fact that the managers of the union became convinced that they were dealing with the hotelkeepers as an association and not as individuals. The cooks and waiters, have contended that their union could "not recognize, the asso ciation of hotelkeepers and has refused to have any dealings, -with the members of that organization save as individuals. The meeting last night was originally planned to settle troubles that have been existing in the hotels in the Hyde Park district. During the progress of the meeting the representatives of the union declared that they had reason to believe that they had' been dealing with the asso ciation and not with the individuals. It was decided after a long conference to begin a strike this morning In all the hotels whose managers are members of the hotelkeepers' association. Among some of the large hotels which will be af fected by this order are the Auditorium, Auditorium annex, Grand Pacific, Sher man, Great Northern, Wellington, a num ber of smaller hotels in the downtown dis trict arid-'nearly all of the family hotels that are not in the immediate business center of the city. The employes in the hotels are well organized, and the order for a strike will carry out all the cooks, waiters bell boys, elevator men, cham bermaids, scrub women, and all other classes of help with the exception of those employed in the offices. By noon seven large down-town estab lishments and nearly a dozen of the most prominent family hotels in the residence portion or the citj were without kitchen and dining room' help. In several in- So Far.: -' The Union Refuses to Deal With the Hotel Keepers as an As sociation. NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE ON THE BE ACH ^Ml GOAL BARONS BABELY TOUCHED Nor. Illinois Coal Men's Association Found Guilty of Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade. The Members Are Fined $500 Each Another Association's Mem bers Fined $100 Each. Coal Carrying Roads Won on Their Appeal From the I. C. Com mission's Recent Ruling. Chicago, June 12.In an opinion deliv ered to-day by Judge Morton, members of the Northern Illinois Coal Dealers' as sociation were found guilty of conspira cy in retstraint of trade and were fined $500 each. The members of the Retail Coal Deal ersM' association of Illinois and Wisconsin M *' , *'tMaaMMMMM SMMmaanM M r~^ fWWtMWMM WWWW stances the chambermaids and bellboys joined the ranks of the strikers. -*- Shortly before the lunch hour del egations from the strikers' unions visited the Auditorium, the Annex, Grand Pacific, Victoria, Palmer and Stratford and Wellington hotels arid upon refusal of the proprietors to accept their terms strikes were at once called. - - - It is estimated that 1,000 people walked out in the seven hotels. Shortly after 1 o'clock the employes of, the Kalserhoff hotel went out. The management at once distributed lunch boxes among the res taurant patrons, with the statement that the tables during the strike would be at their disposal free of charge on which to spread lunches brought from home. THE WAR WITH THE WATERS The Flood Stage at St. Louis Is De clining Very Slowly I To-day. A Fight Is Being Made to Save the North Part of East - St. Louis. St. Louis, June 12.At 7 a. m., when the official observation was made, the river had fallen.slightly more than an inch since midnight and stood at 37.6 feet on the government gate. The flood is declin ing very slowly, put with falling rivers above and no Indication of rain the pros pect for relief to! the territory in this vicinity and northi for hundreds of miles that is covered with a great body of water seems near. ' Lansdowne, the jiorthwestern suburb of East St. Louis, IS'fldoded by water from the trestle on the (Baltimore & Ohio em bankment at Hunter's Switch. At 8 o'clock this morniag the water was from six to twenty inches deep all over the suburb, and rising rapidly. A swift tor rent is running under the trestle at Lake station, meeting the backwater from the Bouth, and spreading over Winstalney suburb south of the rock road. At mid night last night the East St. Louis and Suburban company abandoned its cars sheds at Rock Road and Terminal Belt. The seventy-five cars were taken to sheds at the Bluffs. At 1 o'clock this morning 200.men and a supply of sacks were hur ried out to the belt tracks at Lansdowne. By daylight a levee of dirt banks three feet high and two feet wide extended along the tracks for 300 yards opopslte -the flooded suburb. If the water continues' rising at the present rate the fight for the north part of East St. Louis will be made at this point. were denied a motion for a new trial and fined $100 each. -8 COAL ROADS WIN A POINT Appeal Against I. C. C. Ruling Upheld by the Courts. New York, June 12.Judge Lacombe to-day handed down a decision in the matter of the appeal of the coal-carry ing railroads against the ruling of the interstate commerce commission. The coal roads win on every point. The ques tion at issue was the admissibility as evi dence of the coal-carrying contracts be tween the roads and the coal companies. In his opinion Judge Lacombe sustains the position of the railway companies in every particular except in one instance. President Baer of the Reading is di rected to answer certain questions re garding the details of general expense. Judge Lacombe holds as reason for this that documents regarding the items of expense were already in evidence. He holds that any contract referring to coal transportation alone should be produced but no such contracts were called for. The Work of Investigation. The investigation by the interstate commerce commission into W. R. Hearst's complaint that the six railroads operat ing in the anthracite regions have com bined to violate the interstate commerce law, was continued to-day. W, A. Mar shall, a 'local dealer in coal, submitted a table showing the refund made to his firm by the Lehigh Valley railroad com pany when the price of coal at tidewa ter was too low to let the dealers make a profit and pay full rates. No refunds, he said, have been made since March, 1900. Part of the evidence given by Samuel Sloan, president of the Delaware, Lacka wanna & Western before the rust inves tigating committee of the legislature of 1897, was received, despite the objection of W. W. Ross, Mr. Sloan's counsel. Mr. Sloan testified that the presidents of the coal-carrying roads in 1896 had informally agreed to a pro rata division of the coal carrying business. He adder, that the companies had never lived up to the agreement. $ THIS MEANS BUSINESS No Guilty Man Will Escape in the Postoffice DepartmentPresi- , dent's "Mad" Is Up. New York Sun Special Service. '* Washington, June 12.In view of the various conflicting publications emanating from Washington touching the scope and probable results of the Investigation into the postoffice scandals, an authoritative statement on the subject may be of inter est and serve as an assurance to the pub lic that if those in authority In Washing ton are not stopped by some power higher than that of the president of the United States, no guilty man will go unpunished. The investigation will be pursued to the farthest possible limit, and the president and Postmaster General Payne are both determined that before the inquiry is ended every man connected directly or Indirectly with fraudulent transactions in the postoffice department or other branches of the public service will be in jail or under indictment ' y^-SS ' BODIES O F THE DEAD BURIED AT NIGHT The Interment of the Assassinated Servian Rulers Was Carried Out With All Pos- . sible Secrecy to Prevent Pop- , ular Demonstrations. Belgrade Was To-day Decorated With Flags and National ColorsThe National Legislature on Monday Will Take Action on the Succes- sion to the Throne"Peter the First," Now at Geneva, Will Be Named KingSt. Petersburg Papers Indicate That Interference by Other Powers in the Affair Will Not Be Tolerated by Russia. Belgrade. Servia, June 12.The bodies j well-known traveler and author of a book of King Alexander and Queen Draga, as- on Servia, writes: sasslnated early yesterday. in the royal palace, were buried during the night in the Obrenovitch family vault in thechapel of the cemetery of St. Mark. The interment was carried out with complete secrecy between half past one and three o'clock this morning. The body of Colonel Naumovich will be buried this morning. The city to-day is lavishly decorated with flags and the national colors. All officers yesterday removed Alexander's cipher from the cockades of their caps. LaterThe funeral occurred at 1:30 a. m. The strictest privacy was main tained in order to avoid hostile demon strations. Two coffins were brought, in by servants and carried up to the room where the bodies of the late king and queen were lying. The corpses were then put in the coffins and the latter were placed in a hearse, which was hurriedly driven to the old cemetery where the other members of the Obrenovitch fam ily are interred. In addition to the at tendants, only two priests were present at the funeral. The metropolitan of Bel grade was absent. The whole ceremony lasted only a few minutes. The body of the Premier Markovltch will be buried with military honors. Colonel Naomouvics, who was killed while forcing an entrance to the palace with dynamite, is described in the official notice of his death as "dying on the field of honor for his fatherland." It Is now confirmed that only Queen Draga's two brothers were killed. Her sisters were taken to Pancrova by some of the conspirators. , "It Had to Be Done." It is said that the massacre lasted three-quarters of an hour. The assailants declared the killing of King Alexander was unavoidable because if the queen alone had been murdered or removed the court clique would have incited the king to persecution and reprisals. - A window of the Russian legation was shattered by a bullet during the fusila.de at the palace. V "V "'"^'^T "T?pter the V -='* In the course of an interview to-day Premier"Ayakumovics said: ' "WeV ministers dnl accepted office in ordtr to avoid the country falling into a condition of anarchy. *A soon as a king is elected he 'will have to appoint a defi nite cabinet. The skuptschina can de cide the fate of the country quite inde pendently of the army, altho an agree ment seems probable. In the event of the election of Prince Karageorgevitch a dep utation will go to Geneva, inform him of his election and- invite him to come to Belgrade. He will be Peter the First. "The constitution of 1901 will be the basis of the future government system. As to the pn=eit position of the country, calm prevails everywhere. There have been no disturbances and the situation promises to become better in the future. Those who speak of excited popular sen timent and predict further changes are entirely wrong." SOMETHING ABOUT DRAGA Her Advent at the court Resulted In Many Troubles. Belgrade, June 12.Draga, whom King Alexander married In 1900, was the widow of a Servian officer and was twelve years older than the king. She was introduced at the court by King Milan and Queen Natalie took such a liking to her that she made her a lady-ln-waiting. She was well educated, an accomplished linguist and well known for her wit and social diplomacy. King Alexander's lik ing for Mrs. Maschin was well known for a long time in court circles but the an nouncement of his betrothal to her in 1900 came as a great sensation. The Servian ministry. declared the proposed marriage preposterous and a menace to the state and promptly resigned. Ex-King Milan heard the news in Carls bad and immediately resigned his post as commander-in-chief of the army. He also started at once for Belgrade, but the young king showed his.spirit and?sent an officer to the frontier to prevent his father's return. He also organized a new ministry. King Alexander paid no attention to op position and married Mme. Maschin in Belgrade on Aug. 5, 1900. Tho the mar riage had been violently opposed by offi cials of the government, the people ap parently had no objection and heartily cheered the bridal party. . The king took the precaution, however, to line the streets with troops. The marriage of King Alexander and Queen Drega led to many^ scandals and quarrels in the royal household. For a while the domestic affairs of the king dropped from public attention until early in 1901 it was rumored that an heir was expected to the Servian throne. In May of the same year it was announced that the report was without foundation. This was a scandal and the queen was ac cused of wilful deception. It was also said that she had attempted to foist upon the country a bogus heir, but this was officially denied. It was said that the king was furious with his wife and public opinion was di vided as to .whether she had attempted to dupe the king. It was also said that the king intended to apply to the holy synod for a divorce, but he aid nothing, and the scandal was forgotten. There have also been numerous stories of quarrels between King Alexander and Queen Draga in which the queen as saulted the king and acted scandalously before the courtiers. Foreign dispatches have said that the king, after a quarrel once stopped the queen's pin money, for.which she boxed his ears in the presence of the court, and accused him of a liason with her sister Helen. The queen's unpopularity also gave rise to many rumors that she had been murdered or poisoned. There is little doubt that Alexander realized of late years that a revolution might break out at any time. *" ^HERBERT VIVIAN'S VIEWS, He Believes the Crime Was Done by Mai *h %'*,{ "I decline to believe this crime has the countenance of the Servian nation. I have conversed with all classes and know absolutely that the only malcon tents were a few ladles who were jealous of Queen Draga because they thought themselves more suitable to share the throne a few officers who thought them selves entitled to more speedy promo tion, and a few professional politicians who coveted office. When I last had the honor of an audience of the king be talked to me of the bad geographical position of the capital. He said no other country had a capital on its frontier. A scribe need only cross it and he could telegraph any lies he liked, while the Servian offi cials had to wait until they were pub lished before they could refute them. I gathered that the king contemplated mak ing Nish the capital. It was his and Queen Draga's favorite resort, as it was King Milan's. "Queen Draga's unfailing good humor wit, beauty and charm conquered all hearts. The devotion of King Alexan der to Queen Draga was pathetic and in spiring. Even after years of married life, when the foreign press was representing them as slapping each other's faces, they never seemed happy half an hour apart. "The Servians have oriental ideas of the subjection of women. In country houses I have protested, vainly protested, when the hostess stood and acted as wait-, ress while the men folk took their ease. The Servians were accordingly shocked when the queen was treated like a lady, and they complained that when the king drove out in Belgrade he would gaze at her and hold her hand instead of taking off his hat with regal regularity." ST. PETERSBURG HORRIFIED But Interference by Other Nations Will *! Not Be Tolerated. _v * St. Petersburg, June 12.The tragedy i % j at Belgrade yesterday caused an immense*! impression here. The newspapers ex- * ~'.\ press indignation and horror at the out rages, parallels for which, they add. are VI' only findable in ancient times. At the_,tN, same time the papers consider that the".'^ -1 interference of the powers in Servian in-',/-! \ ternal affairs at present is not permts-,"^ - - sible, altho developments might compel'tf&\ Russia and Austria to take action. '$i SKUPSCTCHINA MEETS MONDAY SI At That Time Karageorgevitch Will Be Made King of Servia. Paris, June 12.The foreign office here-^ received a dispatch from the French agent on the Servian frontier, confirming the press announcements that the new gov ernment at Belgrade had abolished the - legislative assembly created by the late King Alexander and had renewed the an cient skupsctchina, which has been or-T."^ dered to assemble next Monday for the ^ purpose of ratifying the proclamation of f Prince Peter Karageorgevitch as king. The assembly just abolished was made . up of appointees of the late king and did" / not contain a member who was opposed"' ' to Alexander's policy. c"U The dispatch adds that Belgrade con- -| tinues quiet, the people apparently being. ^ reconciled to the new conditions. V Officials here doubt the truth of the - "^ report that Belgrade is quiet, as the au- - ^ thorities here are unable to secure fur- ,* ther direct dispatches from Belgrade. X Even the official dispatches which have'-* reached Paris appear to have been mu-' ^S tilated. ^rt It Is stated authoritatively that thus'jtf }: lax there has been no exchange of com-'" munlcations between the powers concern ing Prince Peter Karageorgevltch's as sumption of the throne of^Servia, but the officials are beginning seriously to con sider the delicate question of the recogni tion of the new sovereignty. It is ex pected that the Servian authorities will convoke a meeting of the foreign minis ters . at Belgrade and present the latter wtth"xfennite evidence that the people ac cept the new government and that it has the ability to maintain order and guaran tee the safety of' foreigners. When the ministers advise their respective govern ments that such assurances have been re ceived, the various powers will deter mine whether recognition will be accord ed. It is considered probable that the - s ^'f contents. *- ,'^fe London. Jul! 12.Herbert \ Vivian, the **l VIEWS OF AVAKUMOVICS What the New Servian Premier Says of *" ' the Situation. Vienna, .June . 12.The, new Servian premier, M. Avakumovics, is quoted in a dispatch from Belgrade to-day as saying: "I returned home yesterday from Alex inatz, where I was on professional legal 'business."--!"was at ohce "summoned to the ministry where th6 other-members ha - assembled. They informed me that the deed was committed at their request. * I accept the premiership The cabinet meets to-day and will consider what steps shall next be taken At present we are not in communication with Karageorge vitch, even if the army has proclaimed him king. His election as king is proba ble, as there is no other course open. It will remain for the skupschtchina to elect him or not. The government will not propose him but will eave this task to the representatives of the people. We shall then resign.. We do not fear any external interference as there was non In the case .of Bulgaria. Please say that peace pre vails thruout the country and that It will continue. Whatever has happened now belongs to history. We should not judge the dead nOr dwell on the past, but look to the future." Sensational stories, man yof which are undoubtedly being sent for the purpose of political influence, are published here, the most revolting of them being that the soldiers outraged Queen Draga and muti lated the body of King Alexander and that those who were admitted to the pal ace yesterday to view the remains spat and stamped on them. The telegrams from Belgrade differ as to the attitude of the Servian people. Some of them say that only the military element desires Prince Karageorgevitch to be king, others say the Servians want Prince Mirko of Montenegro to rule over them, while many of the more intelligent section of the population are In favor of the establishment of a republic. r I .-43 i 1" V ' 4 '& J . ** - 1- m Hi