Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-08-01
REAL CANNIBAL QUEEN.
Cape Cod will Soon Have Visit
FrOm Queen Emma.

CHATHAMPORT. Mass, July 30-This
little village is all agoS over the anticipation
of a visit from real, live queen, and u
queen of cannibals at that. Her German
name now is Mrs. Paul Kobe, but she is tho
queen of the Bismarck archipelago and is OF
Samoan and American descent
Queen Emma, as she Is known by her
subjects, who inhabit her islesin the Pacific
Is now on a tour around the world, accom-
panied by her third husband, prominent
German official. They have visited Berlin
and other principal cities of Germany, where
they were received with marked attention.
They will be due in New York in Il few days.
The queen will visit all the principal
places of interest in the new world, and as
cape Cod is now in a measure the seat of
government of the United States, since II
contains within its borders the president
and two cabinet officers, it seems lifting that
in visiting this country she should pay cape
Cod a visit.
Queen Emma will be entertained while
here by captain Hiram Harding, Jr., who
became her uncle 22 years ago by adopting
her youngest sister as his own child while
visiting the port of Apta, Samoa.
Captain Harding said 81 was master OF
the American bark Sterling 20 years ago,a and
having discharged u cargo ut Honolulu wa
ran down to the Samoan islands TO load for
home.
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and being detained some time ut Apia we
became very intimate with the family of
Jonas NJ. Coe. who was then U. :. consul at
that port. He was Virginian who when u
young man was brought up In the banking
once of Brown Bros. at New York his sister
having married james Brown but being OF
rowing disposition, he shipped at New
Bedford on whaling bark and afterwarl
landed at Samoa.
"He finally became American consul and
married beautiful native. They hal
six children, and we became 80 captivated
with Laura, the youngest, then only three
years old. that Mr.. Coe allowed us to adopt
her, thinking her advantages in the states
would be superior to a life in Samoa.
Emma, the oldest child, is now queen,
and will take advantage of this trip her first
to the states to visit Laura. who is now
married and lives at Is Observatory aveuue,
in Haverhill. Both will then come 10 ,ne
cape and visit myself and wife IL few days"
Her son, the crown prince. came as far as
San Francisco last year, and had u royal
time there, drawing on London banks and
spending money freely and declaring that he
would have steam yacht on his. return to
the palm-covered islands, instead Of bang
ing around ON his mothers trading schoon-
ers any longer.
To look at the young man no one would
suspect that he was crown prince of the can
UlDdl SlaHuS unu W pe TecoSHlNeu Us tne
only authority on the death of his mother,
his whole appearance being that OF II stu
dious gentleman hardly accustomed to the
wildness of equatorial islands.
But about queen Emm,, whose life is
one of the r mances of the South seas.
She married II captain Farrell, who came
to Samoa from the Bismarck archipelago ON
a trading expedition. He had made some
Investments down there and on his death the
willow n ,tu ma rhp new woman Of tina SOufh
Pacific, the one person of her sex in that
part of the world who has proved herself
the possessor Of great business and execu-
tive ability, and who has come to be every
where recognized as the most progressive
and interesting of island queens.
SO full of tact has her rule been that she
constantly adds TO her possessions. till she
owns five groups of islands purchased from
the original tribes and from them she re-