Evening journal., 1895-06-27
has LOST HIS KINGDOM
King IIiclzey's Realm Said to
Have Been Seized by England.
rE WAS A SELF MADE MONARCH.

A-A " Ao "a ILL1 MAUL MNNA0tHt
His Realm consiatea Of tho Island Of Trin-
idad 4, and His Standing Army Was Jones.
Hiel.oy Had Ruled For About Year
When Trouble Came.
Nrw YonK, Juno e7.-Thcre are wen
defined rumors floating around in diplo-
matte und other circles that the home.
made island kingdom 90 Baron Harden.
Hickey, nwny down Ia the south Atlantic
ocean, has hcCn guhblcd up by England
Tho rumor does not state whether or
not a battle was fought, and nothing what
ever has hocn heard Of King Hickey
standing army, whose name is said to have
been JunCs 1t IS possible that tho stand
ing army took to his heels in the face Of
the tremendous naval demonstration
which England always makes when she
eoniiscatcs little kingdoms. At any rate
tho story Is that the kingdom Of Hickey is
no more and TINT the royal cross of St.
George iloats over the island
by ail the laws Of nations the kingdom
of Hickey should still belong to Hickey
He saw il first. He planted his flag thero
year ago and proclaimed himself mon
arch Of all in sight, whether surveyed or
unsurvoycd
Docs England want the kingdom for
coaling station, or is she iealouss Here is
the history Of the kingdom Of Hickey.
You can read it and form your own opin-
ion:
Hickey Saw It First.
In the FIRST place, the Baron James A.
Harden-H Hickey is a sonln-aw Of tho
standard oil millionaire, John II. Flag
Ter. He was born ia California II years
ago, has been q Partisan editor was ex-
lied from Hance on account Of rather
badly drawn cartoon, and came to the
United States
1t was on one Of his many voyages that
the baron discovered his future kingdom
Take a map Of the world and run your
finger across the equator into the south
Atlantic ocean. There, in latitude 20 de-
grees 30 minutes and longitude 20 degrees
- minutes west, you win find a speck not
quite the size of pinhead and labeled
with Trinidad There were no inhab-
itants whom Hickey discovered the island,
and consequently no laws. The baron said
unto himself Lol Twill start a kingdom
ON my own account
Accordingly Baron Hnrden-Hickey came
to the United States and began 70 formu-
late his plans. I'm the spring Of last year
the baron raised his flag and proclaimed
himself ruler of tho island Of Trinidad.
His agents in the United States began to
rally recruits around the royal standard.
Currency and postage stamps were print
ed, laws were made and a navy was se-
cured in the shape of rolling and bowl
ing old hark, which, when not employed
in the defense Of Trinidads solitary port,
rnrpfpI fha f1eafla pxsar e., Tft.o I'll
1t was q halcyon sort Of IN existence
The royal subjects did not have much to
do except fish. No ships but those in dis
tress ever stopped there. Those that
stopped We're more distressed than ever
over the circumstance. King Hickey was
and is "A Buddhist, and he tried to pattern
the kingdom on the principles Of the gem
tie Gautama He instituted the Order dc
Chevaliere" for his subjects, and ordered
a supply Of gay golden crosses, with which
to recompense letters arts, science and in
dustries.
was a Self Made King.
There We're not many letters to recon-
pense. They came about once every two
months from the mainland AS for arts
there was very little TO be observed, cx-
cept the art of digging bait ana prospect
ing for turtles eggs. Science was at a like
discount, and as for industry, it was away
. below par. But the kingdom waxed happy
for allsthat, and almost everybody wore a
cross, even if he had nothing else to wear
The kingdom of Hickey flowshed like
"A green bay tree until, if rumor is true,
the blighting hand of England was laid
upon it
The next news from the little kingdom
Of Hickey viii be awaited with anxious
interest by many people in New y ork, and
the work Of procuring subjects for the self
made king which has been going on in
this city viii be stopped until some def
mite Information is received.
Aside from his monarchical undertak-
ing Baron Harden-Hickey is a most inter
esting person. He is a descendant of one
of the families that fed with the Stuarts
to France. He is something Of rover.
During his life he has been poet, novelist,
journalist, duelist, soldier and sailor. He
has felt the pangs of poverty though at
present he is very wealthy. He was edu-
Gated in the college Of lesuits at Namur,
Belgium, and afterward at Leipsic. Flo
entered the military school at St. Cyr,
where he remained for some time.
He afterward devoted himself to writing
and published many novels and poems.
Three years ago, while i'm this city, ho
met and married Miss Anna Flugler.
il is probable that England, if She has
really taken the island bases her claim on
a previous colonization which occurred
over 100 toqrs ar-