Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-18

abundance in the lowlands, good white
wine is produced in some districts,
but horses, cattle ard sheep and swine
are the chief sources of wealth. Man.
ufacturing consists mainly of articles
for home consumption. The chief i'm
ports are salt, sugar and manufactured
goods.
Dynasties Are Better.
Rival dynasties, both of plebian Or
igin, have made Servia their battle
ground since the first years of the
last century. Now one party was in
the ascendency, now the other. The
constant aim of their intentions was
the Servian throne, and it was rarely
that the country was without turmoil
over the wars of some pretender or the
designations, real or fabricated, in
which the rulers were from time to
time involved.
In the accession of the new king an
ancient prophecy about "swineherds
on a throne" seems realized, as Kara
georgevitch l, the ancestor and name
sake of the newly created potentate,
was "herder of swine" in 1904, when
Servia sought to throw off the yoke
of Turkey. By his fighting prowess
Peter Karageorgevitch attained the
rank of prince, which in Russia and
Germany as well as in Servia and the
Balkan countries generally, is title
of power. 1t was this swineherd,
known as Kara (Black) George, that
the successful revolt of Servia against
Turkey was chiefly due.
In the beginning of the nineteenth
century Servia was Turkish province
and was governed by Hadji Mustapha,
just and humane pasta. But his pa
ternal rule did not suit the soldiery
and they murdered him. In the reign
of terror that followed many Servian
leaders were killed Among those who
escaped was the swineherd George
Petrovitch, better known as Kara
george (''Black George'O.
In briskly waged war "Black George
drove the Turks out of Servia On
the ruins of the Ottoman government
he erected liberal monarchy, reduced
taxation, punished corruption and sup
pressed vice. Beset by his enemies,
he resigned the crown after a reign of
nine years. His descendant, Prince
Karageorgevitch (Black Georges SOM
is the man who has just been pro-
claimed king of Servia to succeed the
murdered Alexander
A rival to "Black George" appeared
in the person of Milos Obren, another
peasant, the son of a household SER
want. When King George abdicated
Milos was appointed governor of the
country by the Turks, who still at
eignty over Servia. 1t was not long
until Obren procured the assassination
of Kara George. Thus began the feud
between the rival claimants to the Ser
Wan throne-a feud that has lasted
to the present hour and in the bloody
annals of which is to be written the
deed of assassination that has just oc-
Cured in Belgrade.
1t has been a war of houses like that
of Montague and Capulet save that
the Shakespearean way of ending the
feud by marrying two members of the
rival families has never been resorted
to or, at least, has not been success
full.
Milos Obrenovitch was the ancestor
of Alexander, who obtained the sup
port of the first Karageorgevitch in
the successful battle against the fol-
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flag. But when Obrenovitch made his
peace with the Turkish sultan of the
day Karageorgevitch was left out He
was forced to betake himself to his
mountain Businesses. AS a reward
for the treaty with the sultan Obreno-
of Servia and the throne was to be
hereditary in his family.
From the royal house thus founded
King Alexander was descended. But
the representatives of the house of
Karageorgevitch were pretenders to
the Servian throne from the day the
sultan recognized Obrenovitch and, in
fact, for some years before. Bitter en-
nifty was thus engendered between
the two houses and the feud extended
through the reign Of each succeeding
monarch.
In 1868 King Milan w was assassi-
mated and Prince Karageorgevitch,
father of the newly proclaimed king,
was convicted of being one of the prin-
cipal instigators of the plot.
Considering the humble origin of the
Karageorgevitch family it seems not
a little strange that the Servian people
or the army should be ready to believe
that the ruling house could be i'm
proved by changes wrought through
assassination. 1t Will be remembered
that the chief cause of Alexander's I'M
popularity was his marriage with
Draga, whose family at the time OF her
marriage were swineherds. But per-
haps it was thought better to have
upon the throne a man whose no very
remote ancestors were swineherds
than to have with Alexander a queen
consort whose very father was reputed
to have been a swineherd. At any rate