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WELL RID Of
INfAMOUS PAIR
MURDER OF KING AND QUEEN AC-
CEPTED BY PEOPLE WITH-
OUT A MURMUR.
MANY SERVIANS FAVOR
CREATION Of REPUBLIC
ELECTION OF KARAGEORGEVITCH,
HOWEVER, WILL PROBABLY
BE CONFIRMED.
AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE
Of THE REVOLUTION
PARTICIPANTS GIVE THEIR AC-
COUNT OF THE TRAGEDY
IN THE PALACE.
Belgrade, June 14.The assassina
tion of King Alexander and Queen
Draga, the latter's two brothers, the
Servian premier, minister of war and
former minister of war, perpetrated in
the dark hours of Thursday morning
by a band of officers, and the procla
mation by the army of Prince Peter
Karageorgevitch, the pretender to the
throne, as king of Servia, has appar
ently, it may be said, now that thirty
six hours have passed, been accepted
by the capital and the Servian people
without a murmur. The meeting of
the skupschtina on Monday next is
now looked forward to to confirm the
proclamation as king of Prince Kara
georgevitch and to regularize the new
situation.
The only new element in the situ
ation is a feeling among the intelligent
classes in favor of the abolition of a
Servian monarchy altogether and the
creation of a republic, and this senti
ment is shared by at least one mem
beer of the provisional government.
Differences of Opinion
on this point developed yesterday at a
meeting of the cabinet when the new
foreign minister, Ljubnir Kalievics,
expressed himself for the establish
ment of a republican form of -govern*
meitt. The majority of the ministers,
however, declared themselves in favor
of a new king in Prince Karageorge
vitch. They strengthened their
declaration by the strong argument
that it was certain that Austria and
Russia would not countenance the cre
ation of a republic.1
This is the view
generally shared by politicians.
The remains of the ill-fated king
and queen were buried almost stealth
ily Thursday night in the chapel of St.
Mark, where the members of the
Obrenovitch family are interred.
The government has laid claim to
the possessions of the late monarch.
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Story of the Revolution.
Army officers to the number of nine
ty having formed a project of a revolt,
among them being delegates from al
most every garrison in Servia and the
majority of the officers of the Sixth
regiment, Col. Mitschitsch invited his
comrades on Wednesday evening at 11
o'clock tp meet in the Kalimagden
garden, and there the ^immediate car
rying out of the intended deed was or
ganized.
At 1:40 a. m. the officers in eight
groups went to the konak, the royal
palace. Each had a cue and especial
directions regarding his part in the
revolution. In the konak palace itself
the revolutionaries had two important
partisans in the king's bodyguard
Col. Alexander Maschin, Queen
Draga's cousin (not brother-in-law),
and the king's personal adjutant,
Lieut. Naumovics. Two officers of the
high military academy appeared at the
appointed hour, 2 a. m., at the gate of
the konak, where the king's adjutant
Panajotovic, who was
In the Conspiracy,
handed them the keys to the garden
gate, which is always kept locked.
First stepping before the guard at the
konak, one of the two officers called
"throw down your arms." a fight en
sued, with shots from both sides, in
which several persons were wounded.
The revolutionaries then entered
without hindrance and reached the
courtyard, where Lieut. Naumovich
was awaiting. He opened the lock of
the iron door leading to the front room
on the first floor. By this it was seen
that the konak was carefully alosed
and that danger Was suspected. Hur
rying upstairs, the revolting officers at
tracted the attention of the palace at
tendants and the royal couple by the
noise of the shooting. Lieut. Lavar
Petrovitch. alarmed bv the unwonted
hubbub, hurried forward with a drawn
revolver in one hand and in the other
a sword.
"What do you want?" he cried.
"Show us where the king and queen
are," came the reply.
"Back!" cried Petrovitch, and at
the same moment a ball
Stretched Him on the Ground.
The revolutionaries pressed forward,
when suddenly the electric light gave
out. All stood in darkness. In the
greatest excitement and feeling their
way, the revolutionaries climbed the
stairs and got into the dark ante-room
to the king's apartment. Here they
found candles and lit them. This seein
jJS&bUSUsh.t circumstance was decisive
to the whole action. Without light
they could not have found the victims,
who fled from their sleeping apart
ment through corridors and numerous
rooms and might have escaped, but
part of the officers, with burning can
dles and others with pistols com
menced to search for the royal couple
In breathless haste the conspirators
ran through the rooms, opened ward
robes and looked behind curtains in
vain. In the ante-room connecting
with the corridor between the old and
new konak, the sergeant of the
gendarmes was sleeping? Awakening,
he stepped before the revolutionists
who felled him.
At last Queen Drama's servant was
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The Fleeing Couple.
Indeed, this servant showed the offi
cers where King Alexander and Queen
Draga had gone to secrete themselves.
When he had told this he was shot.
Col. Maschin now joined the revolu
tionists and led them back to the
sleeping apartment, where the king's
adjutant tried to hinder the search. He
shot at Lieut. -Naumovics, who feU
dead. The others killed the adjutant.
After a long search a small door lead
ing into an alcove was discovered,
but it was found locked. It was broken
in with an axe, and here t'he royal
couple were found in undress. The
older officers first intended forcing the
king to abdicate, but the young officers
were in no mood to be held back and
shot at the royal couple.
After the murder King Alexander's
body was found entirely covered with
blood. That of Queen Draga was badly
torn by bullets. The report that the
bodies were thrown out of the window
into the garden is untrue. At 2:12 all
was over. Col. Maschin issued from
the gate of the konak, around which
great crowds had collected, and made
a speech, sayins:
"We have now destroyed the ay
nasty of the Obrenovitch and have got
rid of the dishonorable woman who
was the king's evil spirit. Long live
Servia."
The people responded: "Long live
the army."
Buried at Midnight.
Shortly after midnight the bodies of
the dead king and queen were carried
to their last resting place. It was a
pitiful sight. All day long the victims
were reposing in rough coffins and had
lain exposed to the gaze of those who
had killed them and to the privileged
curious. There have been unpleasant
evidences of the public resentment
against the late royal couple. Some
persons even spat on" the remains.
Outside the palace a vast crowd
awaited the removal, not only of the
corpses of the king and queen, but of
the bodies of all the other victims,
which were similarly interred, being
conveyed in hearses to the Belgrade
cemetery. The burial services was
brief. Not a single relative or friend
of the deceased was present.
The remains of the royal pair were
interred in a vault in the cemetery
chapel. Two wooden crosses alone de
noted the spot, marked "Alexander
Obrenovics" and "Draginja Obrono-
vics." The other bodies lie outside in
the cemetery in rough graves.
New King's Policy.
Geneva, June 14. PrtncePeteY
Karageorgevitch, the newly proclaimed
king of Servia, gave an interview yes
terday in which he repeated his dis
claimer Of any complicity, direct or in
direct, in the assassination of King
Alexander and Queen Draga. He ex
pressed his detestation of the crime
and ga.ve a brief outline of his own
political tendencies... Replying TO a
series of questions, Prince Peter said:
"You ask what will be my attitude
when i am in possession of the crown.
We will assume that I am called to the
throne. I shall not fail to take inspira
tion from the admirable institutions of
Switzerland, which I have learned to
appreciate highly. I am in favor of ab
solute liberty of press. I hope to see
Servia prosper under the constitution
of 1901, which is liberal.
"Regarding foreign relations, it has
been alleged that I am systematically
hostile to Austria. This is false. Maybe
I am in special sympathy with Russia,
to which country I sent my son in the
hope that he would take service there."
Troops March on Belgrade.
London, June 14. The correspond
ent of the Daily Express at Semlin,
Servia, a short distance from Belgrade,
says that contradictory rumors are ar
riving there from the capital. They
are all verbal, as every telegram is
censored. The only piece of news on
which implicit reliance can be placed,
because it comes from a trusted
source, is that the army is not unani
mous for Prince Peter .Karageorge
vitch. The leaders of the troops in the
Nisch di .ict did not acquiesce in Jie
killing of the king, and there is much
anxiety at _rmy headquarters concern
ing the course the Southern troops are
likely to adopt. The correspondent
adds that a report is current, for which
he does not vouch, that troops from
nisch are marching on Belgrade for the
purpose of driving out the ministry
and proclaiming Prince Mirko of
Montenegro as king.
WOULD SWAP TERRITORY.
British Statesmen Find New Guinea
Frontier Too Much Exposed.
Melbourne, June 14.In view of the
exposed condition of the British New
Guinea frontier contiguous to the Ger
man and Dutch territories, the aus
tralian government has opened confi
dential pour parleurs in order to ascer
tain the possibility of effecting ex
changes of territory.
HOOK BECOMES JUDGE.
Man From Leavenworth Named as
Successor to Caldwell.
Washington, June 14. William C.
Hook of Leavenworth, Kan., has been
selected to succeed Judge Caldwel!,
who recently resigned the circuit
judgeship of the Eighth district. Juugi
Hook is at present a district judge.
THE DAILY PIONEER.
VOLUME 1. NUMBER 48. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1903. TEX CENTS PER WEEK.
HOTELS CRIPPLED
WAITERS AND OTHER EMPLOYES
GO ON A STRIKE IN
CHICAGO.
TWENTY fIVf HOUSES AfPECTED
PROPRIETORS SAY THEY WILL
KEEP OPEN FOR BUSINESS
AT ANY COST.
STRfKI Will BE HARD FOUGHT
OFFER TO SUBMIT TO ARBITRA-
TION IS REJECTED BY THE
MEN.
Chicago, June 14.The strike in the
hotejy&gf ChicagOj impending fur the
past'fh'ree week's, materialized yester
day, and twenty-five of the loading
hotels qf Chicago are badly crippled
in all department. All of the hotels are
running, however, and the proprietors
declare that the establishments will
remain open for business at any coat.
There is every indication that die
strike will be hard fought before one
side or the.other gives in. The hotel
proprietors declare that the demands
made by the men are unreasonable,
and the unions claim to have not own
fairly treated by the proprietors, in
that the proprietors agreed* to treat as
individuals with the unions, and have
not done so
The proprietors have agreed to sub
mit nearly every point at issue to ar
bitration, but to this the unions will
not consent. They
Insist That Their, Demands
for higher wages and shorter hours be
granted before they will arbitrate any
thing, and insist also upon the abso
lute recognition of the union. To this
latter demand the proprietors say they
will never agree so long as the strikers
maintain their present attitude. The
proprietors have expressed a willing
ness to arbitrate this proposition also,
but the men will not recede from the
position assumed. The unions also
demand that the members of the hotel
keepers' association come to the olli
cers of the employs' organization as
individuals and not JUS members of any
association.
The strikers made efforts yesterday
to divert siTpplles. fwm the hotels, but
were not successful to any consider
able extent. La.st night pickets sur
rounded every hotel in,which a strike
has been declared, ancHletails of police
patrolled the .sidewalks around the
buildings. So far there has not been
the slightest evidence of disorder.
FASTER DIES SUDDENLY.
He Tried to Cure Paralysis by Not
Taking Food.
Scranton, Pa., June 14. Edward
Mclntyre, who ended a forty days' fast
at noon Tuesday, died at noon yester
day. Mclntyre bcan the fast In the
hope that it would prove beneficial
a severe attack of paralysis. Durtng
the forty days his weight was reduced
from 167 pounds to 118. He became
delirious Thursday night and later
lapsed into unconsciousness, in which
condition he remained until death.
NEW ENGLAND STORM-SWEPT.
Telegraphic Communication Cut Off
and Much Damage Done.
Boston, June 1.Telegraphic ser
1 vice In New England was demoralized
yesterday by a heavy bank of foe and
i by 3evere storms. The gale blew
I down poles In Rhode Island and caused
damage along the coast. Another blow
of hurricane proportions passed over
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BEMIDJI MERCANTILE CO.
302 Beltrami Avenue.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
GROCERIES FLOUR FEED, HAY GRAIN PRODUCE.
Phone No. 215.
Best Patent Flour Re-Cleaned Oats
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Old-Fashioned Graham Flour Shorts
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telegraphic communication by carrying
down poles and trees. Other property
also was considerably damage 1.
STRIKE IS SETTLED.
Arizona Miners Accept the Company's
Offer.
Morenci, Ariz., June 14 The strike
is settled. The men accepted the com
pany's offer oi nin hours' pay for
eight hours' work. The territorial
guard will leave camp to-day. Five
troops of regulars from Forts runt
and Huaehuea are here, Col. Leoo fn
command. Italians only are not inclu
ded in the settlement.
Student Finds Death in River.
St. Paul, June 14. Oscar LeBrun,
thirteen years old, a student it St.
Thomas college, was dwwned In the
Mississippi river at o'clock last even
ing while bathing. His father is Joan
LeBrun of Belle Coeur, N. L).
Insane Transferred.
Hastings, Minn., June 14Sixty-five
additional inmates were received from
the Rochester insane hospital yester
day, and assigned to the new west
wing by Supt. W. J. Van/.. The total
enrollment is now 203.
Troops to Protect Negroes.
Frankfort, Ky.. June 14. One hun
dred members of the Kentucky state
guard will be sent to Maysvlllo on
Monday next to protect the negroes in
jail there charged with assault on R. B.
Farrow, a prominent farmer.
Troops Reach Morenci.
Washington, June 14.The war de
partment has received a dispatch an
nouncing the arrival of troops at Mo
renci, Ariz., and stating that all is
quiet there.
FIRED HIRST SHOT IN WAR.
Soldier who Began Bombardment of
Fort Sumter Is Dead.
Columbia, S. C. June 14.Maj. W.
H. Gibbs, who is said to have flre'd the
first shot of the Civil war upon Fort
Sumter, died here yesterday. Maj.
Gibbs was a gunner in Capt. George
James' company, to whom Gen. Beau
regard sent the order to fire uoon Maj.
Anderson.
Woman Held for Murder.
Helena. Mont., June 11. -The coro
ner's jury investigating the killing O
Dick Standifer on Sunday by Mrs Leo
I Brown, his wife's ulster, at Powdcr
'ville, brought In a verdict in accord
ance with the known faets, and added
tha"t~trre~irl11tng. in their opinion, WHH
premeditated. The testimony of Mrs.
Standifer modified considerably iho
violence her husband "s('d
on Mrs.
Brown, according to Mrs. Brown's tes
timony.
Murderous Assault on Collector.
Marshalltown, Iowa, June 14 -hi a
dispute of long standing regarding an
account for newspaper subscription,
W. L. Staves and son Earl assaulted
M. A. Fisher, collector for a Oes
Moines paper, with a knife and
hatchet, inflicting wounds that are
likely to prove fata!. Both the assail
ants were arreested.
Twenty Bulgarians Killed.
Constantinople. June 14. It Is re
ported that twenty Bulgarians were
killed at Yenlje, Itoumelia, recently in
a combined attack made by a detach
ment of troops and neighboring Mus
sulman villagers.
Two Hundred Lives Lost.
St. Petersburg, June 14.The Novoo
Vremya reports that 200 lives wore
lost at Azoff June 9 as a result of the
collapse of a gangway there while a
pleasure party was landing from a
steamer.
Less Flax Grown In Ireland.
Only 49,746 acres of flax were
grown in Ireland last year. This is a
decrease of 10.3 per cent on the fig
ures for 1901.
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HIRED TO MURDER
JETT AND WHITE HAD N O
SUCH MOTIVE AS CON-
SPIRACY.
THEY SIMPLY KILLED E0R PAY
COUNTY OFFICERS, HOWEVER,
ARE IMPLICATED IN THE
CRIME.
ALL NOW QUIET IN JACKSON
MARTIAL LAW KEEPS UNRULY
FEUDISTS I N SUBJEC-
TION.
Jackson, Ky., June 14An unusual
nuntiM oi correspondents arrived here
yesterday, including, magazine writers
and artists for illustrated papers. They
will now find a quiet town. Provost
Marshal Lbngfhife has made no arrests
for two nights and two-days. Since he
closed the "blind tigers" there has
been no shooting during the night.
The free .use of weapons In the carous
als a refund these places led to reports
at times that hands or feudists were
coming Into town to attack the jail.
When court had to take the noon re
cess yesterday earlier than usual be
cause the next witness was unable to
go to the witness stand, it was evident,
that liquor was still available from
some source.
The feature of the trial yesterday
was the drift of evidence toward a con
splracy implicating county officers and
others and tending to show that Jc-tt
and White had no such motive as con
spiracy, but were simply hired to Kill
J, M. Marcum. who was the attorney
Tor parties contesting the election of
county officers". The defense during
the forenoon attempted to have tho
case continued on account of the ab
sence of witnesses, and again in the"
afternoon on account of tho Hint's.-* of
one of the attorneys for the defense.
In both Instances Judge Redwine or
dered the trial to proceed.
GEN. M'COOK IS DEAD.
Gallant Old Soldier Succumbs to a
Stroke of Paralysis.
Dayton. Ohio, June 14.(Jem Alex
ander McDowell McCook, t". S. A., re
tired, suffered a third stroke of par
alysis at o'clock yesterday morning
and died half an hour later at *ho
{home of his daughter. Mrs. Charles
Craighead, or. West Monument aveniK*.
JGen. McCook came west from Wash
irrgton a few weeks ago and shortly
afterward suffered a mild stroke of
paralysis This followed a few
days later with a second stroke, more
serious that the Best, but despite this
fact It was believed that the efeneral
would recover. He appeared to be
steadily improving until yesterday
morning, when the end came suddenly.
FIRES IN TH E FOREST.
Repetition of Last Year's Disasters
Feared in Washington.
Seattle, June 14.Reports received
here show that there is grave danger
of last year's forest fires being re
peated this summer. The crew of a
logging camp has been fighting fire in
the hills back of Enumolaw, which
narrowly escaped being wiped out last
summer for two days. The woods are
on fire all around Granite Falls. Ells
worth camp, on Nasel river, was de
stroyed. TVU
fire is still raging.
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