St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-12
AN INDIAN POTENTATE
THE NAW0B or RAMPUR AND SUITE
IN TIE CITY ON A VISIT.
HIS QUITE ENGLISH GUARDIAN.

The Distinguished Youth Has an.
Income of Over a Million a
Year-Educated to Rule the
Province OF Rampur, Under
the PaternaI Government. ,
81 haven't had me bawth yet. l
cawn't talk before I've had me bawth,
dontchu KNOW
So spoke Capt. COIN, of her majesty's
troops stationed in India. temporarily in
America to take care of an Indian po-
tentate bent on seeing the world. The
captain was plainly annoyed, and his
manner was testy.
The reporters next question was
calculated to rattle any one. ''Is the
nabob of Dampoor simply travelling for
pleasure?" The scribe realized his error
at once, but concluded to stand pat and
Ter Ter go as she lay.
HE is not nabob. and he is not
dampoor," said the captain, with a hope
less frown. II thought once we were
travelling for pleasure, but now begin
to doubt it, donchu know"
Although the reporter was instructed
to see and talk with the party for the
benefit of the readers of the GLOBE, he
retired fer the time being, as that
seemed the only recherche thing to do
at the moment. Later he tackled the
party at luncheon. Capt. Cohn was
feeling somewhat better, and was smok-
ing cigarette. Across the table from
him sat the nabob-no, the nawob-of
Rampur, which, by the way, is small
British dependency in India. The re-
porter thoughteSSIy laid his hat on the
table and worked his cane into such
position that if ID. Sui Majidkhan leaned
too far forward he would Dunt his eve
Oh it. ID. Sui and the rest looked so sur
prised at these moves that the inter-
viewer saw he had Numbered. So he
removed the articles to the floor and set
tied away for quiet talk with
very quiet party. The nawOb-a bright
looking, smOuth-faced, olive-skinned
young man who is yet single and with
out relatives, which latter fact was de-
velOped later-leaned over the table
and regarded the inquiSitOr with
kindly but wondering interest. His
black eyes never blinked, and he SEEM
ingly did not miss word of the CONVEX
sation. At his right sat ADdussmad
Khan, portly man with a full, blank
looking face, covered with a big, black
beard, parted in the middle. Next to
him, at the end of the table, was Fable
Cab Kahn (who had nothing at
all to say, despite his name) and
Month FaXakhi. Both were OPEN
eyed listeners. Facing them, at the
other end of the table, were two Eu-
ropeans, w. Ii. o. Baden and w. G. T.
House, who were plainly bored and
restless, but sat the seance out as a
matter of duty. On one side of the
reporter sat ID. Sui, aforementioned,
and on the other side was Capt. Conn.,
whose good breeding was evidently
restraining his desire TO bolt or kick the
visitor out OF sight.
ANY relatives of the nawob in the
party, eaptain"
No, the nawob has no relatives, ex-
'eept younger brother. He is making
of his education. We have come
through China and Japan from India,
and landed i'll San Francisco the first
week III June. The naWob has enjoyed
the trip immensely, seeing so much
that is new and strange to him. We
90 from here to the worlds fair and
thence to New York. From there the
party goes to London. where consider
able time will be spent before the re-
turn to India.
Asked as to the effect of the stoppage
of silver coinage by India, Capt. Cohn
said while it might raise the value of the
gold rupee for time, eventually the
thing will readjust itself to the old lines.
In reference to England'S possible
action, he thought the mother country
would not interfere unless British trade
should be disastrously affected in some
way. ''Then she might take hand"
SAID he but really" he continued, 81
know little of the financial problem. l
am a soldier on duty i'll India and have
| nothing at all to do with monetary
| policies. We have been ENJOYING our
| selves to the extent OF our ability, and
paying little or no attention to political
matters"
The nawob can understand and speak
| English very well, but intimated that
he relied on Capt. COIN to do the talk
Ing for the party. Except for the fez
| that each of the Indians wore they
might easily have been taken for a
party of weather-bronZed travellers en-
| joying meal in private. The nawob,
| who will be rich and powerful in his
| own land IN two years, left with his
| party over the Burlington at $3.50. 1t
| takes no less than five servants to look
| after the traps and attend to the wants
| of the royal traveller and his companion.