MURDER OF THE QUEEN'S BROTHERS.
FUNERAL OF A CONSPIRATOR. EXPULSION OF QUEENv DRAGA'S SISTERS. BURIAL OF THE VICTIMS. (Received' June 15, 9.9 a.m.) BELGRADEi June 14. Queen Draga's brothers were persuaded to leave their residences and join a convivial party. Insults levelled at the Queen provoked a scuffle, the entertainers killing the brothers, who died embracing one another. , ; ' . Colonel Naumovich, whom King Alexander shot, was accorded a great military funeral. Queen Draga's sisters were conducted to the frontier. , King Alexander and Queen Draga were buried in one grave. Two priests only were present. The murdered Ministers were interred in a common grave without ceremony, and the murdered officers were buried without honours. ST PETERSBURG, June 14. The Russian Press is calm, and is preparedi to acquiesce to the Skuptchina's decision on Monday.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7731, 15 June 1903, Page 3
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