The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-10
LUCNEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
MILAN OF sERVIA. WHO HAS JUST
COME INTO HIS SEVENTH
FORTUNE.

Worst Old Mcn on Earth-Servia
Paid Him Million to Abdicate,
md Vow Alexander Is Afraid He
VIII Return-MiIan's jag of JOY in
Paris.
New York, Oct Some men are born
lucky
Old ex-King Milan, formerly of Servia.
but for the last nine years Of Paris, has
inherited another fortune.
This comes just in the nick OF time. He
was recently expelled from the most
prominent club in Paris for non-payment
Of dues. and this fortune means that he
can hold up his disreputable old head
little longer
None of Milans fortunes have lasted
him over FIVE years. This one will probably
fare no better than the rest.
Milan formerly ruled Servia with Ma
taIle, his wife. Their son Alexander was
heir apparent TO the throne. But Milan
was so bad that Natalie had TO get
divorce from him in 1885, and the next
year the Servians paid the old king mill
lion dollars to leave Servia forever. Alex
ander. the boy. was placed on the throne,
When told that his father had come
into another fortune Alexander shook his
head and said: "Oh, that it had come to
me! 1 would have given all to Servia.'
Alexander has just been q. The boy is
afraid of his father, and fears he may re-
turn with the faithful and try to retake
the throne.
Milan Of Servia is the wickedest king
that ever was. Other kings have been
bad but an analysis of their history al
ways shows some redeeming quality. Mi
Ian has none, and doesn't want any. Lee
| opold of Belgium is a wicked old sinner
| but he is a respectable member of society,
compared with Milan.
Milan has just inherited a fortune,
which brings his unsavory name again
before the public. In the days when
Madison was President the peasants Mi
| Josh and Yephrem two brothers, were
| swineherders on the Servian hills. "Black
| George" another peasant, was leading
| revolt against the Turkish rule. The
| Turks overcame him and he was forced
| to fly. When he came back to SerVia in
| 1917 he found that during his absence Mi
| lOSHs the SWllGueIU. ILi ultue ulillSell NilS
leader of the Servian national party. The
Servians wanted to reinstate Black
! George, but Milosh was in politics to
stay and had George assassinated. Aft
er many vicissitudes, Servia gained her
| independence, and the royal house of OBJ
renovich was established on the throne.
Michael, the last descendant of old Mi
| Josh, was assassinated in 1868 by an ennis
sary of the family of Black George, in
revenge for the murder of their leader by
Milosh. and Michaers cousin, Milan, the
grandson of Yephrem, became the reigning
prince. Milan inherited all the coarseness
of his grandfather the swineherd, with
out any of his redeeming traits. On his
low and depraved nature he has ingraft-
| ed all the vices which the nineteenth GEN.
| tury could furnish, and>now, at the age
| of 43, when he should be in the prime of
life. he is a burned-out debauchee.
| Nothing except his hardy peasant blood
| has kept him from dying long ago. He
| was first known as Prince of Servia, but
| proclaimed himself king soon after the
| treaty of Paris. He assembled the throne
| of Servia in 1872, and at once proceeded
to make things lively in Belgrade.
His marriage put no check upon his
| career of crime and the royal palace was
| the most abandoned house in Europe
| There was carousing and gambling from
morning until night and round again TO
morning. Dissoute women sWarmed in
the palace, and every form of vice which
| could be suggested was readily taken up
! by the drunken and demoralized gang
which composed the kings court. Milan
! borrowed money from every one who
would lend to him and gambled with any
| one who would play
| When his own subjects refused to gam
| BILE with him Milan sent over to Austria
| Hungary and imported a new lot of COM
| panions. He treated his wife as only a
man like him could, and taught his own
| son to drink and carouSe with the dis
reputable people who frequented the court.
| Once he brought from Vienna the whole
| chorus of an opera troupe and lodged
! them in the palace. Finally, being about
| s., 100000 in debt and his subjects and
ministers being heartily sick of him, he
| agreed to abdicate if he was roundy paid
| for it. His abdication was accepted and
! he was given big sum in hand and a
| heavy pension if he would leave Servia
| and never show himself there again.
Away he went, painting all the capitals
| of Europe a vivid red and indulging in
such excuses that every decent door was
closed against him. When he first went
| to Paris he was elected to the Jockey
Club, but after a while he was put out of
there for cheating at cards and now finds
| his cOmpanionship among the most disrep-
utable of the capitals which he visits.
Not long ago he removed his furniture
from the house which he had occupied in
! Paris to a house in Vienna. He is simply
sWamped with debt, and has been for
some time in the habit of black mailing
his son out of remittances by threatening
to return to Belgrade if he did not receive
the money. 1t is also pretty well known
that he has in the past succeeded in getting
money from Russia by threats of various
! kinds.
The Baron Batch, from whom Milan has
| just inherited a new fortune to squander,
was the heir of Prince Michael whose as
| sassinaton brought Milan to the throne.
Irving King,
ROYAL PILGRIMAGES.