The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
which I propose to establish you as an

| independent sovereign.
 Fourth-My plan is to successively oc- cupy all the islands, leaving the capital till the last. When others have fallen the capital, being cut off from all re- sources, will be easily taken, and may even very likely fall without a fight. I do not expect in any case to have to fortify myself or to take the defensive or to have to issue call to arms, but 1 shall have an overwhelming force to join me also, in addition to those who go with me, who by themselves will be sufficient to carry everything before them without active cooperation from people here. Fifth-The Government forces consist of about 160 men and boys, with very im- perfect military training, and of whom about forty are officers. They are or ganized as infantry. There are also about six hundred citizens enrolled as a civil guard who may also be called in case of an emergency, and about 150 police We can fully rely upon the assistance of all the police and from a quarter to half of the troops; and of the remainder many will, under the circumstances, en- gage in sharp fight in defense of the present Government. There are now on the island plenty of men and arms to ac- compliSh our purpose, and if my eXpedi- tion does not get off very soon the peo- pie there will be organized to do the work without assistance from here other than the direction of a few leaders, of which they stand more in need than anything else.
 Sixth-The tonnage of the vessel is 146. She at present has berth room for twenty men, but a bunk room can be arranged in the hold for 25S more, with provisions for ample ventilation. She has one complete set of sails and two extra spars. The ipin inf tiOn n hnr I r-ill have to obtain and send you tomorrow. I think it must be clear to you that the opportunity now offered you will be of incomparably greater value at once than Trinidad would ever be. Still hoping that may have an interview at an early day, respectfully yours,
 RALSTON J. MARKOE.
 There were also papers showing that he had once been possessed of large es- tates in the Republic of Mexico. Among the newspaper clippings was an ac- count of his marriage in New York City three years ago by Rev. John Hall to Anna Flagler, daughter of the Stand ard oil magnate.
 That the Baron had only followed his own teachings in ending his life by poi son was evidenced by a book of which he was the author entitled "Euthania; or, the Ethics of Suicide
 Baron Harden Hickey was the first of the royal dynasty of Trinidad. He was born in San France December B. 1854, of Catholic and old royalist fam fly. His ancestors, the Hickeys, orig finally came from Ireland, having ac- companied the banished royal Stuarts of England in their flight to France. i, @l,o college of Jesuits at Namur, and after ward at Leipsic. Here he established a reputation as a first class and fear less duelist When 19 years of age he entered the French military college at St. Cyr, but he abandoned martial life on the death of his father in 1S73 and devoted his life to sculpture and literary pursuits.
 His talents first found recognition in the shape of translations for Eng fish magazines, but he also wrote quite a number of works in his native lan- guage. In 1878 the irrepressible writer started weekly satiricaI paper in Paris called La Tribotteta which landed him in constant tribulation. It was devoted to the interests of the royalists. and its editor, the baron, made 114 appearances in the police courts, paid fines amounting to 300-' 900 francs, and fought no less than a dozen duels. Among his antagonists were Aurelian, Scholt, A. Lavsrtujon, Taine and De Cyon. He was eventu- ally compelled to leave France, going to England.
 The baron was thoroughly conver- sant with the Sanskrit language, and after studying it's literature, deter mined to propagate the religion of Buddha throughout the United States. Tn the meantime he met and married Miss Anna Flagler, the daughter of the Standard Oil magnate, and gave up his intentions in that direction. He then set about starting a new kingdom on the island of Trinidad, but the revolu- ton in Brazil interfered with his plans.
 The enterprising Baron claimed to have hit upon the last bit of habitable earth upon the surface of the globe capable of supporting a considerable population which escaped the grabbing greed of the annexation passion of the powers that be, and he proposed to make it a little power to itself. The territory which was thus about to be raised to the proud eminence of inde- pendent nationality is little island which pokes it's nose out of the bed of the South Atlantic Ocean about lati- tude 20 degrees 30 minutes south and longitude 29 degrees p minutes west, which everybody knows is TOO miles off the coast of Brazil, at the point where stands the town of Victoria. Being compelled to abandon his kingdom before it was born, the Baron then be- came a soldier of fortune.
 IMAM iTT NTTIN