The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
WOMAN UPSETS STATE.
shrewd Adventures From South
America Spells Plans of Ruler.
iNhlca 20 NeWs-


Stein. and who claimed 10 be tha widow,
Of a German baron who had been dead
couple OF years. She spoke German.
English, French and Spanish. She had
three or four servants. lots of baggage
and seemingly no end of morev. The
baroness made such an appearance that
she would have been received in The
pest OF society for what she claimed
to be. but she did not seek it. On the
contrary, she persistently refused in
NltdtlOhS, ana explained to al. that she
was on a mission. Instead of seeking
society she sought capitalists ana snec-
uiatOrs During the threa months she
remained in the metropolis. with ire
quent visits to Washington, she had
interviews with half a dozen leading
capitalists and as many members Of
congress.
what IS not generally known 20 this
day is that the Baroness Stein was an
out-and-out adventures from Brazil
she mad even been the consorL Of the
mead or 8 South American state. While
IN TINS position she had learned of a
new diamond field. The p-oDerty was
owned by private individuals. She de-
sired to possess it. but so did the presi-
dent of the state. The result of indf-
Vldual greed was quarrel AMI a sepa-
ration, and the president was proba Div
rejOiCed when she pocketed a 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 pref
~ well, but the results astonished him.
To capitalists, senators and others She
proposed a combine or trust to get pcs-
session of those mines It could not
be done without a revolution, and she
proposed one She might have attempt
ed one alone if she had sufficient funds
She would throw in her all and go back
and be the head and front of the af-
fair. while the others were to stand
by her with the sfnews of war, and that
was exactly what happened
One day the Baroness Stein sailed
away, bag and baggage, and she did
not leave debt unpaid. She landed
at certain port in South America AMI
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 CT
the president and brought them into
the combine. She used money and she
used her personal influence, and tbc
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 won't, / will sweep YOU
out of power within three months"
The president laughed srimly. He
was solidly seated, and bad been fol
eight years. He was at peace Nth the
neighbOring states. His people were
never so contented. The idea that he
could be bounced out. and that by =
woman, was SO absurd that he laughed
in her face. She reiterated. and he sent
hen tn 10 o..h Ia.. hi
and dignity In three days she won
over her jailOTs and disappeare1. Two
weeks later the president made his
move against the owners of the mines.
They were not residents of this state
and his plea was that they were Sc
ditionists who were fomenting rebel
ion. They were summarily arrested
and thrown into prison, and I'm due time
had things gone the even tenor OF their
way, evidence would have been manu-
featured to hang OF outlaw them. But
morning revolution broke Dur in a
town distant from the capital. The
president spoke Of it sarcasti ally. All
other and another town followed and
he finally gave the order for troops
10 march against the rebels. The troops
refused to stir foot. On the contrary,
the general in command Informed the
marched him away @ prison
A new dictator appeared. He was a
man chosen by the baroness. He had
aims and ambitions and he had agree
to become her tbpl. TIL re- .O'Utionsts
were armed and equipped from he
United States. and inside Of ten days
the baroness was the power behind the
throne that was directing everything.
1t was an almost bl9odless revolution.
4 woman had guided and effected Il.
She had even marched at the head or
the troops. The old Dresl,a II was a d
enough to be shipped out Of the coun-
try, and the new one. formally Clecte d
by the people after being placed a 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 polite
ians and the ingrs citude Of man. The
conspiratOrs had the diamond mines
and a good thing all around, but they
were not satisfied with that. They de-
manded concession after concession w
til the people Of the state began TO won
der what would be left TO them. Their
investments profite1 them 1000 per
cent. but stiu they must have more.
The baroness and 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. The trust could buy as
Sistance and allegiance outside of them
and il did so. The day came when they
practically controlled the state and de-
fed it's people Then came another
revolution, and it was swept out of
power and made 10 disgorge. but it had
made millions The baroness. I'm one
way or another, had been Dlucked OF
her all She who had engineered the
whole thing had to leave the country
as a steerage passenger, while the
ring" sailed away with a full treas
ury She landed one day at Bahia.
broken in health and Denniless, and
that night in a cheap lodging house she
committed suicide. In overthrOwing
republic she had accomplished what a
hundred men might have failed to do
and, in trusting TO the integrity of can
italists and politicians, she had worked
her own downfall.
HIS WORK TIRED CARNEGIE.