The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-11-27

Ths young queen Of Holland, who re-
Gently displayed her strong win by recall.
ing a whole issue Of postage stamps be-
cause her portrait on them made her look
zoo gfriish. IL again showing her spirit in
tho question Of her bethrothal 10 Prince
William, Of Wiede, an officer in the Ger
man army. which has been practically
settled upon. The onhcial announcement
OF the betrothal has been kept back on
account Of certain differences in the pro-
tocol, the question being whether the
prince should be vested with the rights
ana prerogatives Of prince consort. or
retain his present rank Unless the for
mer plan IL adopted neither the laws Of
Holland nor the foreign courts will rec
ognize him as a menber Of the Dutch
royal family. The Wlede family insist
upon the title Of prince conSort. but
Queen wiIhelmina demands that Queen
victoria's precedent be followed. and
that the title OF prince regent be not
conferred until eight or nine months
after the marriage II is expected, how
ever. that the difficulty will be overcome
before long. The wedding has already
been fixed TO take place al the Nague
next spring. It has leaked out that the
betrothal Of the queen to the Prince OF
Wiede Is Of romantic origin. The elder
brother Of the prince married Princess
Pauline Of Wurtemburg. who was VIII
helinina's intimate g1rlhood friend. Once
when they were staying together and In
duIging In dreams Of the future, they
vowed, according to the story. that they
would only wed two brothers. The Prin-
cess Pauline afterwards married the
elder Prince Of wiede. and Welheluina
determined TO keep her vow and wed
his brother, Prince William. who Is four
years younger than Prince Frederick
This, Il Is added. explains Queen Will
helmina's indifference to other sultors,
which has caused 50 much comment.
Other reports. however, say that the real
reason for the selection Of Prince VII
liam Of Wiede as husband for Queen
wIlheamina Is that his mother is a
princess Of the Netherlands. and that,
therefore. he is likely to be more ac-
ceptable TO the people OF Holland than
an entirely foreign prince.
Advices from Brisbane. Queensland.
contain a ghastly story Of cannlbalism
In the Goldman group Of the Salu Islands.
Il appears that Queensland trading
cutter, the Sea Ghost. with three white
traders and crew OF seven natives,
was boarded by the treacherous natives
Of the island OF Baku. who murdered
two Of the whites and six Of the blacks.
Their bodies, 1t Ia asserted, were then
dressed for a cannIbal feast In the
meanwhile the natives found keg Of
run and soon they were all helplessly
drunk. Before they recovered from their
stupor the surviving white man and the
native seamen managed to unloosen the
ropes with which they were bound and
escaped In a small boat, from which
they were picked UP by a British ship.
Dispatches received here from Rome
say that the action OF the American pub
fishers in refusing to buy a book. lie
Pere Hecker'' to which the Vatican had
given Its imprimatur and which contained
alleged reckless statements regarding
Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishop Ireland and
other distinguished prelates will consid-
erably influence the pope's coming de-
clsion on the orthodox OF the doctrines
OF American Catholics.