Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-07
KING OF KINGS COMES IN GLORY.
India's Potentatc, One of His Wives
and Suite See the White City.

anu u SliiAt sec tllt W Iltt Sltls
Chicago Herald.
His Highness Rajah Jagatjeet Singh
Aliwalia Rajah Rajagan of Kapurthala
is in this Worlds fair city today. He
came yesterday and will remain two
weeks. With him is one wife, par
ty of friends and attending are servants
enough to satisfy an exacting pOtentate.
This king of Kingston that is what the
long title means-has elegant quarters
in the Windermere hotel, Cornell avenue
aud Fitty-siNth street, opposite the Cor
nell avenue entrance to the exposition
grounds.
The rajah arrived ON the Michigan
Central ut IL o'clock yesterday morn
ing His attendants include:
Major Nehul Singh.
DIR. Sadie Ally.
Captain Sandal Singh
Milan Axis Baksch.
DHnlet Rnum.
Rich Buchner.
Colonel .. II. Massey, of the British
army.
The party was Installed in suite of
fourteen lrOoms, and, after luncheon,
prepared in Oriental style by the rajnh's
chef, who travels with him., all went To
the exposition. aud later attended the
Russian concert. The king seemed de-
lighted with all thar he saw.
Ihe muhardJIn Is about II years old,
> feet IL inches tall and resembles an
Al Il rican mulnttu. lie wears II sc1nt
growth of beard while his little mus
tache is walked and carefully trained, lie
has u round, fat face and II pleasant eA-
preston In his eyes. Yesterday hc wore
II gray Prince Albert suit. y large tur.
ban lpon the head was lhs only article
Of dress suggesting the orient. lie has
forty wives in India. His companion /.
has WI al ! Md RI
gentle. dainty ways, but not handsome.
She wears plain Paris GOWNS and dr.sse.i
her black hair straight back from the
forehead. She speaks no English aud but
little French. One Of the members of
the party Is the royal ply siciau Only
recently have Indian pOtcntates bacl
allowed 10 leave their country. In this
trip the mnharajuh has seen much of
Europe and was one OF the guests at
the royal wedding IN London.
The young king of kings is the ruler of
Il semi-independent state In the extreme
northern portion of British India 1t
has u population of about 100000 and
an area of about 800 square miles. The
ruler is a grandson of Randheer Singh.
for whose service TO the English IN The
Indian mutiny Of 1857 the family was
established In power. The maharaiabs
father succeeded to the throne in 1870
and died seven years later. AT this
time the mnharajah was minor Dur
lug the regency he was educated by
English teachers. The mnharajah's for
tune lis estimated at SI5O0,OO0 HIS
revenue comes from taxes levied on the
people. He is commander-in-chle of an
army composed of two regiments Of in
fnntry and one each of cavalry and ar
| tiilery. Besides many of the dialects of
India, the rajah speaks French, German,
Russian and English.
Major Nehal Singh of the party Is
one of the members OF maharajah's STAFF.
lie was asked the effect OF the demone-
tizatOn of silver In India. In reply he
said that, heretofore, in that country
| there was nothing but silver, now there
| is nothing but gold After their visit
| at the exposition is concluded the party
| VIII return home by the way of Cali
fornia.