The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-22
A MONARCH OUT OF A JOB.
From the New YORK Press.


Baron James HArdean-I hickey. the
prince and population Of Trinidad, is in
California. What he is doing there no
one knows, exactly, but it is said that
Disguised with Great Britain's unceremo-
NOUS seizure of his beautiful isle in"
the ocean," he has gone out Of the king
business and set up as an. ordinary citi-
zen. ta fa
The ex-monarch is reported to have
been in New York about three months
ago, and to have expressed his determine
ton to seek an interview with President
Cleveland. asking him for the support
of the American government in protest
ing against the infringement of his legal
brights.
Some persons say that the baron has
tried to interest his father-in-law, MIR.
J. II. FIager, in his kingdom, and that
the oil man refuses point blank TO have
anything to do with it. In what light the
Princess of Trinidad looks upon this in
dignity to her injured lord cannot be
learned. She is said to have arrived in
this city about a week ago.
A reporter of the Press called at Mr.,
Flagler's Office, at No. % Cortlandt street,
found.
Mr.. Flagler was out, but his private sec
rotary said that the lady was staying
with her father in the hotel st. CloRd, at
'Forty-second street and broadway. Not
much information could be gathered
there. Mr.. Flagler was out, and his valet,
while admitting that the baroness was
staying at the hotel, said he had never
seen her.
Had not England with her. usual ready
hand, seized the little mound which rises
in the South Atlantic, the world would
have seen one Of the queerest colonial
tons in its history,
But, alas! dictatorship to the goats and
penguins that live on the island was OBJ
jeeted to, and the merry prince had TO
turn his sceptre into walking-sticlS. Eng
land wanted the island as a cable station.
Baron" Harden Hickey las he was be-
fore he made himself prince Is a rip
roaring, rollicking, jovial, deyil-may-c
lrish-ranco-A Sport.
Where his barony is no one knows. His
history is somewhat shrOuded in darkness,
but he first came before the American eye,
or, rather, ear, when he announced him
self king. Just what land has the proud
honor of being his birthplace is not known,
but it is thought that he belongs to the
"Ould Sod He says his forefathers
went from Ireland to France with the
Stuarts, and it is known that he has lived
in the Emerald Isle himself. In India lie
was in the Buddhist business, and at
tracted considerable attention here by
writing a book on the best method OF
committing suicide. This, Of course, had
nothing to do with his Trinidad scheme.
He was at one time the warlike editor Of
LIE Triboulet, a Partisan journal, which
he conducted in such q drastic manner
that he was frequently engaged in duels.
In one one of his brief periods Of peace
he wooed and welded a daughter Of John
H. Flagler of Standard Oil fame.
The baron participated in a duel at
Neuilly, and two days later-being an ex-
pert swordsman, and from other CAUSES
he found himself passenger on snip
bound for some port around Cape Horn
The ship ran aground on the Island Of
Trinidad, and it was then that the war
like editor got acquainted with the place
He crawled up the rocks. and sat upon
one of the highest points. From this ele-
walton he viewed the promised land
where he concluded to promise al sorts
of things for so many doubIoons a prom
Use. His sense Of smell being acute he
discovered that the island was fich In
guano, and he concluded to make further
Investigations. In the course Of a days
search he found four gigantic turtles and
several playful penguins.
After having found out that the island
was only about six miles in circumfer-
ence he laid his baronial head upon some
soft green seaweed and went to sleep. The
rest Of the shiDwrecked travellers were