Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-27
HAS LOST HIS KINGDOM
King Hickey's Realm Said to Have Been Seized by England.
HE WAS A SELF MADE MONARCH.
His Realm Consisted of the Island of Trim idad I, and His Standing Army Was Jones. Hickey Had Ruled For About n Year When Trouble Came.

Hickey Had Ruled For About a Year
 When Trouble Came.
 NEW YORK, June 27.-Thcre arc wcll defined rumorS floating around in diplo- matic and other circles that the home made island kingdom of Baron Harden Hickey, away down in the south Atlantic ocean, has been gobbled up by England.
 The rumor does not state whether or not a battle was fought, and nothing what ever has been heard of King Hickey's standing army, whose name is said to have been Jones. It is possible that the stand ing army took to his heels in the face of the tremendous naval demonstration which England always makes when she cOnfiscatCs little kingdoms. At any ratc the story is that the kingdom of Hickey is no more, and that the royal cross of St. George floats over the island.
 By all the laws of nations the kingdom of Hickey should still belong to Hickey. He saw it first. He planted his flag there year ago and proclaimed himself mon- arch of all in sight, whether surveyed or unSurvcyCd.
 Does England want the kingdom for a coaling station, CT is she jealous? Here is tho history of the kingdom of Hickey. You can read it and form your own opin- ion:
 Hickey Saw It First.
 In tho first place, the Baron James A. Harden Hickey is son-in-law of the Standard Oil millionaire, John H. Flag Ter. He was born in California fl years ago, has been n ParisiHn editor, was cX- ilCd from France on account of q ra thcr badly drawn cartoon, and came to the United States
 It was on one of his many voyages that the haron discovered his future kingdom. Take map of the world and run your finger across the equator into the south Atlantic ocean. Thcrc, in latitude 20 dc grrcs 30 minutes and longit udc 29 degrees 22 minutes west, you will find n spcck not quite the size of pinhcad and labeled with "Trinidad l." There were no inhab- itantS when Hickey discovered the island, and consequently no laws. The haron said unto himself, "lo! will start kingdom on my own account"
 Accordingly Baron Harden Hickey came to the 1 nitCd States and began to formu- late his plans. In the spring of last year the baron raised his flag and proclaimed himself ruler of the islnnd of Trinidad His agents in the United States began to rally rCcruitS around the royal standard. Currency and postage stamps were print cd, laws Were made. and a navy was sc. cured in the shape of q rolling and bowl ing old bark, which, when not employed in the defense of Trinidad's solitary port, carried the mails over to Brazil. It was n halcyon sort of an existence The royal subjects did not have much to do except fish. No ships hut those in dis trrSs ever stopped there. Those that stopped were moro distressed than ever over tho circumstance. King Hickey was and k q Buddhist. and he tried to pattern the kingdom on the principles of the gen tie Gautama. He instituted the" Order de Chcvalirrc" for his SuhjrctS, and ordered n supply of gay golden crosses, with which to rCC"mpcnSc letters arts, science and in duStriCs.
 Vas a Self Made King.
 Thor, ere not many letters to recom- pcnsr They came about once every two months from the mainland. As for arts, thcr" was very little to hc observed, ex- ccpt the art of digging hait and prospect i ing for turtles eggs. science was at a like discount, and as for industry, it was away below par. But the kingdom waXcd happy for aIl,that. and almost cvcrybody wore a | cross even if he had nothing else to wear. The kingdom of Hickey hourishcd like | a green hay tree until, if rumur is true, the blighting hand of England was laid upon it.
 The next news from tho little kingdom 1 of Hickey will be awatCd with anxious | interest by many people in New York and 1 the work of procuring subjects for the self made king which has been going on in this city will be stopped until some def. nitc information is received. Aside from his mOnarchical undertak- l ing Baron Harden Hickey is a most inter. | CSting person. He is descendant of one of the families that fed with the Stuarts to France. He is something of a rover | During his life he has hrcn poet, novelist, ! journalist, duclist soldier and sailor. He has felt the bangs "f Iuvrrty, though al present he is very wealthy. He was cdu catcd in the collcgr nf .lcSuitS at Namur Belgium, and aftcrward at Lcipsic. HC entered the military school at St. Cyr where he remained for some time.
 He aftcrward devoted himself to writing and published many novels and poems.
 Three years ago, while in this city, h' met and married Miss Anna FlaglCr.
 It is probable that England. if she ha. really t:'',.n the island, bases her claim oI a pr,N:"us colonization which occurred over loo years ago.