San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-12
AMERICAS ONLY KING.


scribed by an American.
The king of the Mosquito coast has
lost his pension, and now Americas
only monarch has no visible means of
support. A few weeks ago the Mica
raguan republic. which holds suzerain-
ty over his majesty on condition Of the
annual payment of pension, withdrew
this allowance. ,.s
AS result, the king has complained
to his old friend, the British govern
ment, and temporarily abandoned his
dominions to sojourn in Jamaica un-
der the protection of John Bull.
Complications are feared, as in 1860
Nicaragua agreed, in treaty with Eng
land and the United States, to pay the
Mosquito sovereign and his successors
$4,000 per annum forever. This treaty
was broken in February, 1894, when
the Nicaraguans invaded the Mosquito
coast, and John Bull and Uncle Sam
were forced to interfere once more.
Since then a bare remnant of the pen
sion has been paid yearly to the Mos
quitoes, and now Nicaragua, in defiance
of England, has fatty refused to dis
burse further. This announcement has
caused futter in British Honduras,
and it is highly probable that trouble
like that of 1894 may ensue.
1t is a popular belief that, since the
star of imperialism paled in republican
Brazil, no monarch has reigned in all
America-that from Behring straits to
Terre del Fuego every royal throne on
the continent has been swept away.
And yet on American soil at the
present day there dwells and rules q
king, the heir of o line of potentates
which extends far beyond the ken of the
chronicler. This sovereign is almost
ignored in American Biographies, but
in England and throughout Europe gen.
orally he is described as "his majesty,
George William Albert, king Of the
Mosquito coast"
A description of the only existing
American king by one who knows him
intimately may be of interest. Arthur
F. Sandman, a well-known civil engi-
neer and mahogany trader of Roxbury,
Mass, has recently returned from a
sojourn of years on the Mosquito coast.
In speaking of King George, he says:
Tknow the old king well. He was born
in AZ, and is q really intelligent old
chap. The Indian and the negro are
about equally strong in him, while
there is just family describable leaven
of white. His palace lay just out of
Bluefelds, but at present he lives in
Jamaica, on $3.50 day from Great
Britain.
"The king resided when at home with
his wife, mother and grandmother. The
center hut was reserved for King Freder-
lex Albert and his dusky consort. The
cares Of state (Which in truth are few)
the king left to his prime minister, an
American named Cuthbert, but In all
cases of litigation among his subjects
the monarch acted as supreme Judge
and jury. When holding court he re-
clined in hammock under the trees
and smoked cigarettes. His wife, Queen
Elizabeth Victoria. is addicted to clay
pipes.
"The kings costume is, except on
ultra-state occasions, very light and
airy. A pair of light duck pantaloons
and webwo1k shirt from his everyday
dress. On grand occasions he dons a
somewhat faded but still gorgeous uni
form, once worn by ex-Prime Minister
Patrick Walker when color sergeant of
the Kilkenny militia, and bequeathed to
King George as a token of affection."
1.-THE king is not a drunkard, like his
uncle, King George Charles Frederick,
but he likes rum and does not abhor
whisky. His fayorite tipple is English
pale ale, casks of which are struggled
to him from British Honduras. AS ]
was anxious to secure mahogany con-
cessions, and willing to pay for them,
the king and Premier Cuthbert were
quite friendly with me, and I was a
guest at dinner of honor. 1 wrote
out the menu of the dinner in exact or
der that same evening. 1t ran as fol-
lows:
Pale Ale.
Chicken with Herbs.
Frfcassee of Young Monkey,
Rye Whisky
Green Turtle with Broth.