The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-12

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termination. He Immediately started for
/ Servia, swearing that he would prevent
his son from marrying at all costs. He
has large following in the army, and
| might have caused trouble. King Alex
ander ordered him to be stopped at the
! frontier. Ex-King Milan resigned his
command in the Servian army. At the
same time his mother, Queen Nathalie,
cut Alexander out Of her will and left
her large fortune to the church
Alexander then took the bold step of
summoning the chief officers of the army
and announcing his betrothaI to them.
He told them OF the admirable qualities
! Of Nine Maschin, and that in her he
would marry a true daughter of the
country instead of foreigner, as his
| ministers wished him to do.
At first the officers listened in embar-
rassment Then a few cheered him. and
finally all Of them, with the excitability
Of the Servian nature, broke into wild
applause
After this episode many Of the people
began to take the view OF the Offices
Still the opposition is very great and
may causes a bloody revolution
Judging by the energy with which
Alexander dismissed his regents, and the
frmness with which he has kept his
vfllanous father in subsection and the
manner in which he has held his own
in spite Of all, designations, one may ex-
pect that he will carry out his purpose
in this case
The family to which King Alexander
and his father Milan belong was founded
by Milos Obernovich, a swine herder,
who became Prince Of Servia In 1899. He
was a successful leader in the war
against Turkey, which had been carried
on by the Servians since 1859
Kink Milan was a grandson of the
swine herd Milo's half brother. His
uncle. Prince Michael, was assassinated
in 1868, and Milan then a child, was taken
from his nurse in the Luxembourg Gar
dens in Paris and made a prince.
In 1875, he married Nathalie, dauthter
Of Colonel Kechko, Of the Russian army,
and Of the Roumanian Princess Stourd-
"a Colonel Kechko was immensely
rich. He gave his daughter dowry of
s5,O00,00O. but ne secured two-thirds of 1t
to her.
Nathalie was a great beauty. Her only
ravil among the royal women Of Europe
was the late Empress Of Austria The
Russian girl had wonderful black hair,
black eyes, a brilliant complexion and
a superb figure
In 1882 Prince Milan was proclaimed
King Of Servia, and inaugurated a liberal
constitution. Nathalie, of course, became
Queen.
Almost from the first Milan behaved
with an Oriental disregard of his wife's
rights and feelings. Every year, every
month, found him more outrageous. He
brought favorite after favorite into the
palace and acted without the least re-
gard to the queens dignity.
He brought an entire company Of
chorus girls from Vienna to his palace
and entertained them for a week under
the eyes Of his wife.
She invoked the help Of the Austrian
representatives and thereby embittered
the situation. In 1888 Milan divorced
her and expelled her from the country.
Then he kidnapped her son Alexander
at Wiesbaden and carried him off by
force to Belgrade. The next year he
was forced to abdicate. because the |
country was on the eve of an insurrec-
ton. His debts then amounted to 5000 |
900 and he raised money by selling dec
orations right and left
Young Alexander was made king under |
a regency. For a time Milan lived In
Paris. where his conduct was as dis |
graceful as at home He was expelled |
from club for cheating at cards and
was constantly seen drunk in public.
Eventually he returned to Servia and |
had himself made commander in chief
OF the army, position which he held |
until the other day.