The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-05-31

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purpose. One of the youths was Rob.
crt w. Wilcox. n delegate in'con.
grcss from the American territory III
Hawaii. On August 20. i-sO, with the
three youths under his guidance,
Moreno sailed from Honolulu for this
country.
Unfortunately for him. Moreno did
not cunfnr himself alone to the dn.
ties drYoiving upon him at that time.
"" was burning Tor ru,cngc upon
those who had caused his removal
from the position uf prime minister,
Tie went Ia rrc,idrnt-clcc, Garfield,
told him that the United States min.
istcr at Honolulu had intcrfcrcd with
the government Of the king. lie told
his story also to Secretary ~ State
Evarts, and was making progress,
when n revolution occurred In Hawaii.
whereby King kalakaua was Obliged
to form another cabinet, aud Mnrcno's
credentials were revoked.
This sinRuinriy gifted man was born
near thiayaSsn, Piedmont, Italy, In
1850. From an humble ri-dmuniesr
he rose to riches and Ia the confidence
of rulers. In the days of his nnluenc.
aud power he counted among his
friends King Humbcrt. I'll Hung Chang.
King Kalakaua. Napoleon III. John
sherman. James q. Blaine. Leland
stanford, and others high In the 60.
tcricS OF wealth and power. lie re-.
cciycd his education from a Catholic
bishop. who was his uncle. lie became
proficient in languages, mastering II
different tongues. including his "
Italian, English, German. French
Spanish. modern Greek. Arabic and
the court dialects ~ China. Japan and
Hawaii. as well ~ several other dla.
lrcts which were useful to him ~ a
man of the world and It's affairs. In
his dealings with national and intrrnn.
iionnl men and affairs. he found his
conversational powers "a he OF great
value, because he could converse with
men In their own language without
the aid or interference of M inter.
prefer. lie often said that interpreters
were more often causes % interior.
e and annoyance than aids.
In his young manhood Moreno owned
his merchant vessel. and sailed II
wherever he chose to cruise, lie set.
tied in Sumutra In 1901 for a time,
and there married u daughter of the
sultan. Because ~ u revolution IN
Sumatra, Moreno, a. u son-in-law Of
the sultan. was obliged To ilcc, and
he never dared go back To claim his
wife, lie went to King Victor Emnan.
uel. then 10 Emperor Napoleon, aud
to other rulers, urging the colonizu.
tion of Sumatra by Europeans. Ma.
poleou was especially pleased with
Moreno's suggestions, bestowed upon
him u medal NJ the Legion Of Honor,
but was unable To carry on, his col.
oni2ntion scheme. Napoleon sem him
to Tunquin In IN official capacity,
where he served two years. lie then
went to China, became acquainted with
Ii Hung Chang, received n concession
~ establish q steamship line under
the Chinese flag. between Shanghai,
Honolulu and San Francisco.
~ wan NHANN w NHtN hlinNANN NnlN lt
became n favorltc OF King Knlukaua,
and was made prime minister, giving
up his Chinese concessions,
Later he proceeded with his Ha.
waiian protege to European countries,
and was received royalty in France,
Germany and Italy, lie made the nc.
quaintances OF uambctta, Victor Hugo,
DE Lcsscps and Crown Prince William
now the German emperor.
Subsequently he returned TO this
country and spent his declining days
defending the Italians who were here
In scrvi,udc under the padrone sys.
TEN. One by one his great friends for.
got him, and the old man IN poverty
declined to claim their recognition. His
pride was all that remained of his
former self. On March 10, of this year,
he fell speeches. On the sidewalk near
Pennsylvania emu lie was taken
to Providence hospital, fingered ops
day IN Inconsistencies. and died. lie
who had possessed the sincere friend
ship OF potentates, princes ard mill
,ionalres thus passed away. The pass.
ing of Baron Faya from this country
recalls the passing Of Celso Caesar
Moreno. II does seem a pity that he
might not have lived n few month,
longer. But human views of men, ma.
tions and epochs are circumscribed.
for "there Is a divinity that shapes
our ends, roug hew them how we
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