Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-01

mediately in front of the American con-
suate. ~
Ignoring the repeated warnings of Judp,
Riley, the dusky queen persisted in ner
! FORMING her additions directly in front ~
tne JUDGES door One morning he discoy-
ete9 tna queen in the act of diving into th.
SURF With his double-barreled gun i'm hand
liIe Judge stood on the porch OF the con-
su'dte ana deliberately fired upon the.
queen About forty hirdshot tonk efpt
ana thereafter the queen discontinued her
H'ofhlhs piunges in front OF the American
Judge Riley declares that the Nissan,
senator's history is a peryersion ~ e..
ana ne mas been trying ever since tn sub'
sutute ms own revised version Ii is dim
oS ~ 20 90 justice to Judge Rney's account
OF that incident in his DIPLOMATS carcar
ne Judge has a boundless voca hillary ~
descriptive powers are more florid ana
SIandlioeuent than those of Senator Geores
vest OF Missouri of Senator Dapfa1 -
virginia. Born in Virginia of Scotcb o..
cesVry' the Judge has all the gai.antrv 81
me most gifted sons of the old dominion
W., In ..e added cunning of the Scotch and
'nS cohplefa-n tary humor of the Irish
Born IN Virginia, his parents were abl,
20 siEe hlin the benefit of thorough edu-
catlon. His first public Office was THAI or
commemorative attorney for the caster,
shore counties of Virginia He aftarwarI
became district judge for the same sectfon
anu, having been a whig before the war
~ me IeDeIlon and republican and a
S4iioh LidI throughout the war and altar
ward PRESIDENT Grant appointed him Judge
! OF the southern claims commission Tor rba
state OF Virginia Afterward Prasf3apf
Grant appointed him consul at La Cuavra
he dld not remain in. Venezuela Ione,.,os,t
was recalled and sent to Zanzibar on the
east coast OF Africa The judge saws the
cndHse was IN the nature of promotion.
BEFORE reaching Zanzibar ne was advised
mat former American consuls had been
subjected to many indignities nv the ma
yves, and he was prepared to encounter
some difficulties in the administration of
MS Office. When the steamer on which H..
was a passenger dropped anchor In the
harbor of Zanzibar a delegation of half
cad Arabs, prominent citizens Of the town
went aboard the ship and inquired of fha
captain if he had another cowardly Amer
lean consul on board"
Judge Riley here modestly relates that
the captain, according to records on filo
in the Department Of State. stepped for
ward and gave warning that the new con-
SUI had an Irish name. and that II his repu-
tation belied him not he was no coward.
After landing the Judge called upon tn.
representative of the three American bust
ness houses located here-Aruold Hines a
Co. of New York. Betram 4 Co. of Salem
and Ropes a. Co. of Boston. Mass Accom-
panied by the three Americans and a ma
tive interpreter. they called officially upon
t6e sultan and sultana. The sultan APP
peared to be weighed down with domestic
troubles, having seven regular wives. to
say nothing of a dozen or more members OF
his harem, and the 'sultana was evidently
the executive head of the Zanzibar admin
istration.
The Judge saws he presented his commits.
sion as consul and several letters Of intro
duction. In parting he was informed that
he would not be permitted to display the
American flag over the consulate, as IL was
distasteful to the sultan and his subjects.
The hot Virginia blood of Judge Riley
boiled with Indignation he uttered "A
most vigorous protest against the proposed
insult to the flag of his country. The lam
guage the Judge says he used on that
caSton was equal to the most patriotic ut
terances of the greatest of American
statesmen and heroes. The judge declared:
|. Il am the duly accredited representative
of the greatest nation on Gods green foot
stool. By the Eternal God, sab. the flag
of my country shall fly from the masthead
of the consulate, all objections 10 the con-
trary Notwithstanding"
He was told in reply that ii he put UP tho
flag it would be hauled down. Again the
judge asserted his patriotism, and declar-
ed he would shoot down the first man who
attempted to insult the emblem of his
country. He then withdrew and proceeded
to hoist the American flag over the consul
late.
Presently a messenger appeared, saying
that the sultana commanded that flag 10
be hauled down within twenty minutes
she would come in person and haul liz
down. The judge sent his most gracious
compliments to her majesty. insisting that
the Gag should remain. and he added that
if she assumed the offices of a man and at
tempted to insult the American flag she
would have TO accept the responsibilities of
A man.
After twenty minutes had elapsed the
sultana and her guard appeared before the
consulate. She made an attempt to cut
down the Flagstaff. He warned her to de-
sist, bat she hurled back at him an Arabic
defiance The judge says that he took his
gun and fired, and the sultana received i'm
the fieshy part of her body about forty
birdshot.
She was carried back to her palace. and
IL was found that she was not seriously
wounded. the thickness of her toga had
made the perforations scarcely skin deep.
1t declared that the judge should be-
Immediately taken out and shot. He bar
ricaded the consulate, and single handed
and alone resisted an attack successfully.
Subsequently explanations eBsued and a
commission was sent to Zanzibar to make
a thorough investigation of the occurrence.
Through the exercise Of little diplomacy
the difficulties were overcome, and Judge
Riley remained at Zanzibar for five or SIX
years.