The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-27
A Woman's War.

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Copyright 1907. BY II. NJ. Cunningham
fifteen years ago there appeared in
-lew York woman about thirty years
olu VINO gave the name of the Baroness
Stem and who claimed 10 be the Wild
CIV OF German baron who had been
deceased a couple OF years. She spoke
German, English. French and Spanish
she mad three or four servants. lots OF
baggage ana seemingly no end OF mon
ey On the contrary. she nersistentlv
refused invitations ana explained to
all that she was on a mission In
stead or seeking society she sought
capitalists and spectators. During
the three months she remained in the
metropolis. with frequent visits To
Washington. she had interviews with
half a dozen leading capitalists and
as many members OF congress.
What is not generally known to this
day is that the Baroness Stein was an
cut and out adventures from Brazil.
She had even been the consort Of
heads of South American states. While
III this position she had learned of a
new diamond field The property was
owned by private individuals. She de
sired TO possess 1t, but so did the presi.
dent The result of individual greed
was quarrel and q separation. and
the president was probably reJoiced
when she pocketed certain sum of
money and sailed away for the United
States, leaving him to work his own
private schemes to enrich himself He
thought he knew the baroness pretty
well, but the results astonished him.
To capitalists, senators and others she
proposed combine or trust to get
possession of those mines. Ii could
not be done without a revolution. and
she proposed one. She might have at
tempted one alone had she had sniff.
cient funds. She would throw In her
all and go back and be the head and
front of the affair.
One day the Baroness Stein sailed
away, bag and baggage, and she did
not leave 4 debt unpaid She landed
at a certain port in South America and
began her work She had interviews
with Adventures. She had talks with
solid men. She sent for the owners Of
the mines and told them OF the plot of
the president and brought them into
the combine. She used money. and she
used her personal influence, and the
day came when she had the backing
to return to the president and say:
IF you want to come in with us all
right; If you don't / win sweep you
out of power within three months
The president laughed grimly. He
was solidly seated and had been for
eight years. He was at peace with the
neighboring states. His people were
never so contented. The idea that he
could be bounced out, and that by a
woman, was so absurd that hel@ughed
in her face. She reiterated, 1nd he
sent her to prison TO teach II his
power and dignity. In three days she
won over her jailers and disappeared
Two weeks later the president made
his move against the owners of the
mines They were not residents of his
/ state, and his plea was that they were
seditionists who were fomenting rebel
lion They were summary arrested
and thrown into prison, and in due
time, had things gone the even tenor of
their way, evidence would have been
manufactured to hang or outlaw them.
| But something happened. At sunrise
one morning a revolution broke out In
town distant from the capital The
/ president spoke of it sarcastically. An
other and another town followed, and
he finally gave the order for troops to
march against the rebels The troops
refused to stir a foot. On the con-
trary, the general In command INFORM
ed the president that he was under ar
rest and marched him away 10 prison.
A new dictator appeared. He was a
man chosen by the baroness. lie had
aims and ambitions and he had agreed
TO become her tool The revolutionists
were armed and equipped from the
United States. and inside Of ten days
the baroness was the power behind the
throne that was directing everything.
II was an almost bloodless revolution.
woman had guided and effected IT..
She had even marched at the head or
+be troops. The old president was
glad enough to be shipped out OF the
country. and the new one, formally
elected by the people after being placed
at the head of affairs, set out to obey
+he mandates OF the woman who had
put him there.
Then followed the greed OF capital
lists. the lack Of honesty Of the poll
ticians and the ingratitude Of man
The conspirators had the diamond
mines and a good thing all around, bu
they were NOT satisfied with that
They demanded concession after con
cession until the people Of the STATE
began to wonder what would be left t.
/ them. Their investments prohted then
a thousand per cent. but still they
must have more. The baroness and
i the new president were almost ignored
They were made the victims Of SHARP
practice. In time they became ONLY
puppets in the hands OF the trust Th'
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