The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-07-20

a queer Story About Mrs. Kent.
VINO Claims to Be Queen Vtctorta,s

: a queer Story About Mrs. Kent
Who Claims to Be Queen Victorto,.
Daughter.
The emperor of Germanv's death hos ,.,vor
ireSn lie 10 an old scandal, and will certainly
ing une" INTO prom lnence a strangely sen.
'0'ionai story which has been familiar for
years 10 every crowned head in Europe. say.
the New York Herald. The scandal referred
10 is that connected with the name of Mira
Kent.
Ihis lady claims to be the eldest dauphter
Vi queen Victoria of England. Prince Albert
she says, was in love with German countess
at the time when arrangements were befno
Lnaue Tor his marriage with Queen Victoria.
ana THIS countess gave birth to girl baby
ABOUT the time when Queen Victorja
gave birth to the Princess Victoria
Inc countess, she continues, prevailed on
rrlhce Albert to substitute her baby for
| queen Victoria's, and the natural result was
| that the English queens eldest child "a.
Iradulently deprived of her birthright. VIII.
the German countess child became tho
rrlncess Victoria, and in due time the wife
OF the crown Prince of Germany. TODAY tbo
matter stands thus: The dowaper emnress
0i Germany is an impostor, according to
hent) hp
real legitimate eldest daughter of Victoria
queen OF Great Britain and Ireland and ON.
press of India "NU 0AA
- Mrs. RENTS story is generally believed by
German reVolutionsts, and its publicity il
daiEey uue 10 the help which they have |
given her Its Immediate interest now how |
ever, Is due to the emperor of Germanv;a |
ueath ana to the steps which Mrs. Kent has
III consequence, been taking to recover what
sue sue f e. her birthright. A few DAYS
49, II Is sald' she transmitted for safe keep.
ing 10 the Vatican all the documentary evi
uehce IN her possession, with Instructions
mat IL snail not be published until certain in.
crested parties are dead, and since then il il
ga on the same authority she has changed
nol Ihinu somewhat, and i'll view of recent
Tnsents' mas decided to lay her case before the
brltlsh house of lords and to appeal to that
IGS IslatlVe body for justice. She is convinced
6hc says, that Prince Albert on his death he'd
,oi9 queen Victoria how a strangers child
dl"u Heen substituted for her own, and she is
cquaily convinced that Queen Victoria ON |
her deathbed, will make a public confession
VI Che "hole story and will do her best to re-
PAR the wrong that has been done to her 1
I ,rnwn EVIDENTLY however, Mrs. Kent has
crown weary of waiting for her alloUoJ | :
mothers public confession, and has defer
nlneu 10 hight for what she considers her
!lrthrlght She might have held her peace +
oTeFer had the world treated her fairly I
ven, but her friends say that the handSon1o 7
annuity which she used TO receive from somo !
MYSTERIOUS source in England has been snd1 !
IehlY stopped, and that poverty and inability
o make both ends meet have forced her ~ q
l4ke her story public. The same friends saw 4
nat during her childhood and early woman, d
oou she was plentifully supplied with Y
honey, and that the last remittance r. q
er came only few days before the death IF q
3ueen Victorias most favorite attendant a
lnce then, it is said, she has not received h
emmy from England, and has been OBLIGED n
support herself by writing autObIopranh- ri
al sketches and other literary work. y,
personally Mrs. Kent is stout, tlOrid and f.
)t unlike Queen Victoria. Her portaIt. in ol
'ed' Is strangely like that of her alleged m
other' and has strangely impressed MANY VI
'rsOns, to whom her queer storv ~
ems utterly incredible Mrs. Kent Is f.
thlS city at present, and is nc
ing her best to win symnatbv IN
I, herself and for her cause. She is said NJ
have many friends, and Herald reDorter ffa
lfned enough yesterday TO satisfy him thai or
e intends to begin The fight for her So In
He'd bIrthright without much further delav m,
+ name, by the way, is an adopted one Nh
any members Of the Guelph family have is
rne ~, and it is not that of her deceased of
sDand, who was a journalist IN