The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-30

| baudy's force consisting Of many of
the members of the Legion of Honor
and soldiers Of fortune, was equipped
with sixteen rapid fire Hotchklss guns,
an ce-making plant and condensed
rationS to last. him six months.
The Moors were cowed. Labaudy
terrified them with his cannon, and 1t
is reported, seating himself upon an
| improvised throne, ordered them to
| bring their chief to him. The chief
came, and Lebaudy declared himself
the ruler Of the territory.
The men over whom Lebaudy will
rule are fearless .barbarians, eintolerant
of restraint and so constituted as to
stand the most taxing rigors of their
wild country
The powder play" the national
sport of the Moors, gives some idea of
their martial spirit. If, as has been
reported, several chief have given al
legianee to the adventurous Frenchman
it is probable that he has seen this
picturesque function.
Wherever court Is stationed the
powder play" becomes a state occa-
sion in the presence Of the governors
and retainers. In the army it amounts
to cavalry drill in which a. company
dashes across the field. brandishing it's
guns and firing on signal. The pow
der play" on foot is matter for the
infantry and others. Then the men In
a center of a great crowd Of specta-
tors spin their guns In all directions,
firing them during the evolutions.
These Moorish horsemen and foot
soldiers properly drilled and disciplin-
ed would make formidable fighters to
follow any king, pretender or even an
adVenturer who made himself king, as
M. Lebaudy has done
He has established his capital at
Hia. But England has asked Spain if
| Morocco is to disrupt her empire and
whether France does not consider the
capital of Hia an excellent frontier
post in case of trouble: Who knows?
Many a civilian has found himself a
king by design or accident. There are
white rulers today in remote parts Of
the world where dusky denizens are
the support Of the government. Ship
wrecked sailors have mounted thrones
in South sea islands.
Listen to the weird tales of a few
kings and how they came to reach
their thrones:
James |. of Trinidad.
Baron Harden Hiekey's rule was al
most as short lived at that of many a.
European monarch. Harden-d Hickey
really set out with great purpose
in view. He had an idea of
Wrestling a possession from ignorant
saVages. He was endowed with the
belief that he could establish a colony
upon the island of Trinidad, 700 miles
from the coast of Brazil. It is an island
hve miles long, with great quantity
of extinct vegetation, yet with suffi-
Client fresh Yerdure to make the seen
cry savage and grand. The surf rolled
in awful force upon the hard and stony
beach for days at time, yet there
were many weeks when a landing could
easily be made.
Harden-H Hickey was styled James I.
Of Trinidad. with few select, picked
men, and guarding safely the coat Of
arms which would be embIazoned upon
the royal standard Of Trinidad, he be-
gan his great task of repeopling and
retaining the island. That was along
in 1893. The British government diff
fered with them in their views In
June, 1895, that country seized the
island and broke the heart of James
l. of Trinidad. Harden Hickey had an
adventurous career. He had been in
many fearless sessions in Ireland, ENG
land and upon the continent, but this
venture was the aim and ambition of
his life.
Some years previous Harden Hickey
married Miss Anna Flagler, daughter
of John III. Flagler, Of Standard Oil