The times., 1897-09-13
MILAN INHERITS MILLIONS.
A Fortune for the Man who Sold
His Throne.

Vienna, Sept. 12--Ex-King Milan, OF
Sci via, has inherited the entire fortune
OF the late Baron Baich amounting to
many millions of fiorins. Earon Raich was
the heir II Prince Mic hazel III, of Servia,
who died in 1868 and was succeeded on
the Servian throne by Prince Milan, after
ward proclaimed king.
New YORK, Sept. I2.-H any man Of
royal associations needs other peoples
millions he is Milan, once of Servia, but
more recently OF any European city where
gambling. questionable women and I'M
scrupulo1s men about-town are plentiful.
He has been champion spendthrift OF
Europe, excepting nobody. His debts ran
far above 10 100000 francs when ne was
on the Servian throne. He borrowed from
his cabinet ministers, from his tax officials,
from the princes who visited him. frU1n
the Hebrew money lenders of Berlin and
Vienna. No moneyed man who once
came within his reach escaped him. No
seeker after crosses or stars went un
decorated from his door If he had the
cash wich which to pay for the TO yaI honor.
Milan made his Belgrade palace volup-
tuaries and gamblers resort GambIingwas
the order OF the night, as well as day,
gamble with, Milan would bring over the
border from Vienna a company of Austro-
Hungarian fair women to entertain him
Once he imported " hole burlesque trope.
A & another time he had at his palace for
a " eek the happy chorus tsf comic opera
Company. His wife, the beautiful Natalie,
wEo had endured about every variety OF
dehlueE known TO Balkan ma nhoOd, lost
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the palace to Milan and his riotous crew.
she was d woman of ordinary Russian
extinction and Balkan morality but even
so, Milan's pace had become trifie too
uncarny for her.
From the day of the chorus arrival
dated the acute quarrel which ended in
Nittalies expulsion from Seryia and
Milan's abdication in favor OF his son.
OF COURSE, he die not abdicate free OF
charge. That was not his royal highness
style. He was paid for it. He was paid
for abdicating and keeping his disreputabIe
person cut ur Servia, then and for everInOre.
He cons0led himself with the fortune his
abGication brought him by carousing in
Paris, Nlre aud London. He Gambled to
his hearts content, until he was put out
of Paris club for cEeatingat cards. Then
he betook himself tC a dancer, who has
made herself as notorious here as in five
capitals abroad. and lavished the wages
of his ahdiCation on her. 1t was a gay
season while it lasted Lut when it ended
Milan was egain a financial ruin. At
cnce he threatened 10 80 back to Servia.
His son, King Alexander, paid aim to stay
away. Others, too, have helped pension
Sim, but not in way TO suit his extrava-
CANT tastes
A man accustomed to chartering a whole
chorus and gaming away half a million
IN week was not TO be satisfied with d
couple OF hundred thousand d year
Nevertheless, he patched along with it in
retirement leading such quiet life that the
gay continental world would have for
gotten him, but fol the broad, red streaks
which ne had LEFT from Paris TO st. Peters
burg and from Vienna to Nice.
With his new millions ne doubtless viii
see To it that the capitals OF Europe again
turn red in his wake, and that the scan
ials with Inch he once astounded mar
yelling society on three continents are sue
ceeded ny others not less amazing and ex-
pensive. For he is the same old Milan;
everybody in Europe who has written a
paragraph about him in the last year, has
said so.