Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-10-06
A New King and Queen.

A New King and Queen.
King Milan Obrenovich ". is hs;f a
Roumanian in blood, his mother having
been Mile. Catargi. member of one of
OF the oldest and best known families
OF Roumania. On his fathers side he
comes from the Peasant Mlloch Obre-
novich L.. his grandfather, who sue
ceeded kara-George (Black Georse) =,
the first liberatOr of Serbia from the
immediate domination of the Turks.
Prince Milan was proclaimed Prince Of
Serbia on the I'd of July, 1868 after the
prncipality had been governed several
years by a Regency appointed BY the
SkOuptschina (National Assembly,
after the terrible assassination of his rel
ative and predecessor, rrince Michael
Obrenovich ILL.,, the most enlightened
ruler Serbia has ever had, who laid the
foundations of the best institutions now
enjoyed by the inhabitants. The King
Of Serbia is about five feet eleven in
height, and very strongly built; he has
black hair and eyes and swarthy COM
plexion; his face IS broad, and when
his features are at rest he is rather a
handsome man. His majesty appears
singularily i'll at ease in public; his ewes
dart furtive glances in every direction,
and he is so embarrassed at times that
his attempted no. chalance is COM
plete failure. This nervous bearing
when he is in the presence of q general
audience has been attributed to the eff
feet produced upon his mind by the
horrible assassination of his predecessor
on the throne. Prince Michael. King
Milan was married on the 18th of Octo-
Der. 1870, to the Princess Natalie,
daughter of Russian Col. kechko, who
had espoused the daughter of Prince
Stourdnaof, the late reignine femily of
Moldavia, before that province was
united to Wallachia to form the present
kingdom of Roumania. The Queen of
Serbia is perhaps the most beautiful
member of the reigning families of
Europe; she is above the middle height,
with an elegantly-mOlded form, black
eyes and hair, brunette complexion,
almost faultless features, and 4 manner
that wins its way at once to the hearts
of all whom her majesty endeavors to
please. Dressed in long trailing robe
of black velvet, the Queen of Serbia
would grace the proudest Court in
Christendom. Two Children have been
born; the eldest, born August II, 1876,
was named Alexander after the En-
perOr Alexander III. of Russia, who was
godfather to the young prince; the
younger, born two wears later, only sur
vived few days after seeing the light
of day.
The chief royal residence is at Bel
grade; it is two stories in height. fronts
the main street of the city. is separated
by a small yard from the pavement,
and is fenced in by tall iron railing in
front. In the right-hand front corner
of the yard is the small one-story and
basement house occupied by MilOch l.,
the founder of the Orenovich dynasty.
1t contains only half dozen rooms;
but in those simple days it deeply i'm
pressed the imagination of the simple
minded subjects of the Serbian ruler
The second residence is in Nisch, the
capital of the territory ceded to Serbia
by the Turkish Government after the
late war. Nisch is a historical old
town, and was the site of the conical
tower of human skulls collected by the
Turks from the battle-fields where they
had triumphed over the Giaour, and
exhibited for generations to the travel
ers who journeyed hither as the chief
curiosity of the old town, which saw
the legions OF Rome in its streets long
after it was first founded. The third
residence of their Serbian maiesties is
the old summer-house of Milcch Obren.
ovich. 1t is situated at Topchidere,
the Kings park, which lies about two
miles from Belgrade, and is large
billy tract of forest almost untouched
by the hand of man. The only drive
of the population of the Serbian cap
ital is along the bank of the Save to
Topchidere, where there are cafes and
other attractions for the entertainment
of the habitues of the place and their
friends who may accompany them
thither. TOpchidere is also the Kings
hunting-grOund, where deer and game
can be found in the proper seasons, the
cafes referred to being situated near
the entrance to the park. The last
named royal residence is now devoted
entirely to the preservation of relics of
Miloch l., and of those of Michael
Obrenovich I'LL, who was murdered in
the forest of Topchidere in 1866. This
building is almost destitute of furni-
ture. and is a counterpart of the usual
country residence of a Turkish pasha
OF hundred years ago. The Nisch
palace was formerly the konak (official
residence) of the pasha appointed by
the Porte to rule over that district of
the Ottoman empire.-Lonlon World.