The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-29

What is not generally known to this
day is that the Baroness Stein was an
out and out adventures from Brazil.
She had even been the consort of
heads OF South American States. While
in this position she had learned of a
new diamond field. The property was
owned by private individuals. She der
sired to possess il, but so did the preSi-
dent. The result of individual greed
was a quarrel and a separation, and
the president was probably rejoiced
when she pOcketed a certain sum of
money and sailed away for the United
States. leaving him to work for his own
private scheme to enrich himself. He
thought he knew the baroness pretty
well. but the results astonished him.
To capitalists, senators and others she
proposed a combine or trust to get pos
session of those mines. 1t could not
BE-. done without a revolution, and she
proposed one. She might have at
tempted one alone had she had suf-
ficient funds She would throw in her
all and go back and be the head and
front of the affair, while the others
were to stand by her with the sinews
of war, and that was exactly what hap
pened.
One day the Baroness Stein sailed
away. bag and baggage. and she did
not leave a debt unpaid. She landed
at a certain port in South America
and began her work. She had inter
views with adventures. She had talks
with solid men. She sent for the own
ers of the mines and told them of the
plot of the president and brought them
into the combine. She used money,
ard she used her personal influence,
and the day came when she had the
backing to return to the president and
say:
eff you want to come in with us all
right; if you don't, 1 will 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
he laughed in her face. She reiterated
and he sent her to prison to teach her
his power and dignity. In three days
she won over her jailors and disap-
peared. 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
We're seditioniSts who were fomenting
rebellion. They were summarily ar
rested and thrown into prison. and in
due time had things gone the even
tenor of their ways, evidence would
have been manufa ctured to hang or
outlaw them But something hap
pened- At sunrise one morning a rev.
olution broke out in a town distant
from the capital. The president spoke
OF it sarcastically. Another and an
gave the order for troops to march
against the rebels. The troops refused
to stir q foot. On the contrary the
general IN command informed the
president that he was under arrest
and marched him away to prison.
A new dictator appeared He was a
man chosen by the baroness. He had
aims and ambitions. and he had agreed
TO become her tool. The revolution
lists were armed and equipped from
the United States, and inside of ten
days the baroness was the power he
hind the throne that was directing
everything. 1t was an almost blood
less revolution. A woman had guided |
and erected it. She had even marched
at the head of the troops. The old
president was glad enough to be
shipped out of the country, and the
new one, formally elected by the peo-
pie after being placed at the head of
affairs, set out to obey the mandates
Of the woman who had put him there
Then followed the greed of capital
lists. the lack of honesty of the po1iti-
clans and the ingratitude of man. The
conspirators had the diamond mines
and a good thing all around, but they
were not satisfied with that. They
demanded concession after concession
until the people Of the state began to