The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-01
sERvIAN gbLINe FAMILIES.
BIoody Feuds Ef the obrenovitehes and

Bloody Feuds bf the Obrenoyitches and
 the Kbrageorgevitches.
 Servia, whbse king and queen were assassinatedI last Thursday, is little more than ione-third the size of the state of Nsw York, with a population about equal to that of the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. It is famped into the southeastern corner of Europe. like small charge of dyna- mite. The explosive stuff of which Ser via is made differs. however, from what is used to blast rock. After one explo- sion It is as good second time, and, should the opportunity offer, for still other detonations. This country has stunned Europe with three assassina- tIons in the last century. First, George, named Kara. the Turkish word for black, founder of the family to which Peter Karageorgevit1h. the newly pro- claimed king, belongs, and the liberator of Servia from Turkey, was slain in ISIS through the treachery of Miloseh Obrenovitch, from whom King Alexan- { der was descended. Fifty years later Michael, son of Milosch, was slain at the instigation of the father of the new king. And now again an Obrenovitch has been slain by the Karageorgevitch faction for gambling. The king was losing heavily. and at last surrendered his last pile of francs. After the men had left the room the little play boy slipped away from his nurse and began to play with the roulette wheel. He twirled the ball around the bowl and watched 1t drop down with click into the circle of boxes with great enthusi-- asnl.
 And what are you doing ?" said Mi- Ian, who happened to re-enter the room.
 T want to be a gambler same as those white faced men
 Before Alexander fell under the evil influence of his future queen he was be- lieyed to have much of the bold, war like qualities of Milosch. the swine heard. He was an expert swimmer, a skilled swordsman and an all round athlete, who rejoiced in a struggle. Before he was called to the throne, in 1889, when only lad of thirteen, he used to spend his summers with his mother, the stately Natalie. Their fa- vorite place was the fashionable sea- siGe resort of Biarritz, on the French coast close to the Spanish frontier.
 The first morning after he arrived in Biarritz one summer, the young prince
 ounted his wheel for a ride after reakfast. In order to attract atten- ion he did not ride along the thorough- Fares, but over the lawns and through She. flower beds of rich residents. When reprimanded by one merchant whose roses he had wantonly destroyed, he ran to a neighboring fountain and distended his cheeks with water. Re- turning to the merchant as if to apolo- gize for his insolence the lad suddenly ,spurted the whole mouthful of water into the old mails face.
 On bicycle he tried to perform many dangerous and foolhardy feats. Riding down steps, balancing himself Rjn walls and dashing along the Wet beach within striking distance of the Waves were favorite diversions In Heed, he was so rough that he broke live wheels in less than a month. N When he went out boating he delight- "a in upsetting the boat and watching IS companions struggle with the waves. Is for himself, he seemed to be in his Aement in the water. He was never lnxious to arrange "a swimming match, ind occasionally his rival was drowned Sn the attempt to keep up with him. pn one occasion a workman at his Alother's villa spoke of his prowess as
 swimmer, The Servian prince imme-
 lately challenged him. Tn the race the brkman was overcome with cramps : Ed sank. Alexander waited for him at
 shore, but the swimmer never reap #ared. The next day the sub-prefect aeid some town officials called to con- Fetulate the youth on. his escape from Browning. The prince burst out laugh Ing and answered:
 z TIa& chicken was drowned. but the
 skipping his breast proudly, iselsly lket his feathers.
 Before his father Milan was forced to ftodicate the throne because of dissipa .tions and bankruptcies which even dis Egusted Servian society, his mother IS lsaid by some to have sought to soften her sons brutal temperament by pa