The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
GYPSY MONARCH CROWNED.
Coronation ot the Leader of ths
Romapy rribe.

Romaby Tribe.
From the London Mail: With much
quaint pomp and ceremony, and In the
presence Of II vast concourse OF spec
tators, n gypsy king was crowned yes
terday on Kirk Yetholm green. Tho
chosen Of the Romany tribe Is namcd
Charles Blythe Rutherford. He a
passed the age OF three score and ten.
and besides being crowned king MIS-
gypsy subjects also proclaimed him earl
Of Little Egypt. Prince Charlie, as ne
IL Familiarity termed. Is n fine specimen
of manhood. IL Is years since he ave
up the rowing habit Of his tribe an"
devoted himself to the more prosa'c
occupation Of keeping n lodging MOUSSE
In the village Of Kirk Yetholm, put
his admirers proudly proclaim hat ne
Ia descended from the royal gypsy
houses OF Faa. Blythe and Rutherford
Charles Blythe Rutherfords mother
was Qlcen Esther, the last gypsy SOW
ereign crowned at Yetholm. Estner
does not appear to have been too heav-
lily endowed with this worlds GOODS.
seeing that she applied for parish re-
lief and was refused on the ground that
she had visible means of support as a
'mugger"-that Is to- say she possesSeo
a horse aud cart to convey her mugs
to the customers who p~atronizeu her-
The gypsy queen was offered admission
to the poorhouse. but refused and lived
on until 1889 in her own palace. N
low. oue-storicd, whitewashed cot
tagc. with an open hearth fire, the
smoke from which passed out throus"
q hole In the roof. Quite recently
Charles himself removed into this pal
ace" the lodging house not havlnE
proved a lucrative investment. in'
"archbishop OF Yetholm,' who piacsu
the crown on the Romany monarcns
brow. was Mr.. Gladstone. the village
blacksmith. whose father crowhe"
Prince Charles mother, and whos"
family are said to possess the herea'l-
airy privilege of browning the gypsy
sovereigns. The crown itseiI WIS
made of tin, adorned with tnsei, an"
surmounted by n thistle, and the arch
bishop, in performing the corohn',o"
ceremony. delivered n speech IN Inv
Romany tongue. After Prince Guar
lie had duly responded a processio"
was formed, In which mounted men. ~
brass band. macebearer and heraid
preceded the royal carriage, drawn py
six asses. and after the ~neiShborinE
villages had been visited the procesd-
inss wound up with athletic sports. a
public dinner and n dance. 1t Is, az
course, in its associations with the pssst
that the interest Of yesterdays ceee
mony lies. The Faas. from whom
Prince Charlie Is descended. claimed
that their name was a contraction o.
Pharaoh. and asserted that they were
connected by blood with the ancien'
kings OF Egypt, So far back as D .
James V of Scotland made n treaty
with "Johonne Faw, lord and earl o.
Little Egypt" acknowledging his KING
ship. and giving him the right to M
minister law to and in6ict punishment
Id. on his fellow Egyptians. Not long an
ca erward. however, James changed nj
de attitude. and issued an order com
Int manding, his royal subjects wheneve
ct they found three gypsies together .
nd slay two of them without mercy. Jame
in vi e~ndeavored valnly to exterminat
he the race, but the advance OF moder
" civilization has done what succeedih
monarchs vainly attempted to accom-
us plish.