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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21

be your royal highness" And all her
family connections will be either your
royal highness," too, or your grace
| Prince Hero Of Many Romances.
Similarly, too, the dashing princes
Fname has been mentioned before in
alliances with the daughters of Ameri-
ca. AS joke some of his European
friends used to call him 'tthe perpetual
nance" Pressed by creditors-the
house OF Braganza is not rich, though
royaEit was said that he had assert
ed that he. was to marry Mrs. Samuel
Sloan Chauncey Of Brooklyn, mil
lionairess and a widow. Next Miss
Mary Pullman of Chicago was report
ed as about to become his bride. Then
only this past winter he was engaged
to miss M. Vanderbilt of New York"
There is no such person in New
York society.
ct The present pretender, Dom Miguel,
was born in Austria on 1853. His faith.
er was John VI, king of Portugal from
1923 to 1884, when he was deposed and
the present reignfng house set on the
throne. Dom Mtgueps son, the prince,
whose full name is Miguel Macmillan
Sebastian Marie, was born at Reiche:
nau,. Lower Austria, on September %,
1873. His mother was the Princess
Elizabeth of sThurn and Taxis. There
is a younger brother, Francis Joseph,
born in 1879.
All the matches made by the Bra
ganzas have been royal ones. One of
the princes aunts is the wife of
Charles Louis, archduke of Austria !;
another married Prince Alphonse, the
brother of old Don Carlos; his sister
married her cousin, the prince of
Thurn and Taxis Other alliances are
with the royal house of Bavaria and
the grand ducal houses of Parma, Lux
embourg and Austria. Miss Stewards
fiance is not only the grandson of a
king and long line Of sovereigns
from the days Of Alphonsus l., in the
I fourteenth century, but he is related
or connected by marriage with nearly
all the crowned heads of continental
Europe.
That the two will make princeIy
looking pair must not be gainsaid.
Miss Stewards beauty has already
taken London by storm. She is tall,
slender, svelte. She has the daintiest
of rose pink compilations, wealth of
! fluffy light brown hair and little tip
tilted nose. The prince is dashing,
mustached, erect Of carriage, with
| fiaxen hair, blue eyes and fine. we'll
nodded head.
And how could his bride be queen?
Just this way: II Manuel II. and his
uncle. the duke Of Oporto.. neither Of
whom is married, should die, and il
the people OF Portugal should repudi.
ate the renuncia1on Of the princes
grandfather, then, ct the death Of his
father, now Dom Miguel, the pretend.
er. II would be your majssty!. the
first American queen! "a lot of .dfs. I
But stranger things have happened!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21

was in black. accentuatsd By superb
rope Of pearls, and the young daughter
wore filmy pink chiffon over cloth of
silver. Altogether the entertainment
was very smart affais, and it much
impressed the noticeable number Of
Austrians who were present.
Next day came the announcement
from the Austrian embassy.
Just as soon as TRUNKS could be
packed and travel accomm odations ar
ranged, Mrs. Smith and Miss Stewart,
with a retinue of servants and van
load of baggage, started for Austria.
There conferences are now on with
representatives Of the8Braganzas ar
ranging those little details which are
always SO necessary ina foreign ALI
ance, especially when one Of the con
tracing parties has q title to hestow.
10 Prince Miguel Is heir to the ducal
title and the appelIat3en az ""your royal
highnesss" SO Will his wife eventually
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21

who is now "a years old. Mr. Stewart,
though by birth member of the So
called "400." cared nothing for the
little things Of society. He belonged
to a few well-chosen clubs nothing
more. He was studious, serious man,
interested in economics, good govern.
ment and charities. President Of the
state board Of charities, he devoted
himself wholly to that and to the af-
fairs of his estate. His library saw him
more than his club.
No one guessed the secret. but the
home life OF the Stewards grew dis
tasteful to both. The break came
when both children were grown up
and the parents had been married
more than quarter Of . century.
Meanwhile James Henry Smith Of New
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21
A CAT OF ANCIENT EGYPT
FeIines Considered Sacred and Were
Worshiped in Olden Days-One
i ; Preserved in Bronze.

Philadelphia.-Aninte volume
on "The Place of Animals in Human
Thought has just been written by
the Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Ce-
saresco, who shows us that the life
of the meanest animal is full of mys.
ferrous and uncomprehended possibili-
ties. The beast is not merely the
servant of man; he is his friend and
ally. He occupies complementary
place in the great scheme of creation.
Such conception of animal life is q
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21
OLD VESSEL NOW a CHURCH
Seaman's Bethel, on Island of Call.
fornia Coast, Is Refuge of
Sailors.

= , y
San Francisco-It would be difficult
to find a greater oddity in church ar
chltecture than the Seaman's Bethel,
on Rattlesnake Island, close to the
port OF San Pedro, off the coast Of
California. It is the decayed and
weather-beaten hulk Of an old ship
that used to ply the salt seas. Be
coming unseaworthy, it was beached,
made, fast with cables, and trans
formed into church.
The Seaman's Bethel is a mission
church, maintained for the benefit of
the sailors that come into San Pedro
harboF, and Of the fishermen of Rat
tlesnake Island. All the machinery
and sea-going fixtures have been re-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21
that she had begun proceedings for d.

vOrce. -..-
Judicial Separation Made.
This was granted on August "a, 1906
the guardianship of the daughter
going to the mother. Mr.. Stewart kept
more to himself than ever, but Mrs
Stewart started straight for Europe
There in Scotland, on the September
IL following, she was married to Mr..
Smith. They started around the
world on their honeymoon, taking Miss
Stewart and party of friends with
them, but the pleasure trip was cut
short at Kioto, Japan, by the death of
Mr.. Smith, on March 49,. 1907.
In his will it was found that Mr.
Smith had left his widow $4,000, 900,
and his step-daughter, Miss Stewart,
a life interest in 100000 invested in
the bonds of the Chicago. Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway Company.
So, If Mrs. Smith leaves her $4,000.
900, or any large part of it, to her
daughter, at least some of the Smith
millions will go back to Europe,
whence they came to silent" Smith
as he was called. The bulk of them is
booked to stay here, however. The
chief legatees Of the $21,O0O.O00 estate
are two nephews, William Smith Ma
son and George Grant Mason, who got
$5,O00,000 and $10,000,OOO respectively,
Mrs. Smith and her daughter soon
went abroad and stayed there, return
ing to New York only for brief peri
DDS. This summer, however, the wild.
ow l1ghtened her mourning for the
London season and took the mansion
belonging to the duchess of Somerset.
In Grosvenor square. There she began
to entertain beautifully for her daugh-
ter. Lady Cooper, her sister-in-law,
sister of Mr.. Smith, and Mrs. A.. J.
Drexel, her sister, also lent their aid,
and Miss Stewart has now become one
of the premiere bellies Of London,
thanks to money and tact, to say moth.
ing of her own charm of manner and
her fresh, girlish beauty.
Miss Stewart Meets the Prince.
Before this years London triumph
Miss Stewart had met the prince.
They were introduced in Paris last
April, where Prince Miguel at once
was attracted to the winsome Ameri-
can heiress. When the London season
opened he followed her there. He was
at her side at every opportunity; it
was plain that royalty was smitten.
Pretty much all London society had
an inkling of what was to come when
Mrs. Stewart gave her final big affair
of the waning season on July 8. The
scion Of the house OF Braganza was in
close attendance upon the daughter Of
the hostess throughout the evening.
Mrs. Stewart in turn, took pains to
treat the prince as specially distin.
guished guest The gossips therefore
came to the conclusion that there was
an international alliance In the air.
Mrs. Smith, who has been called the
most patrician-looking woman in New
York" never looked more so. She
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21

toward $4,O0O,O0O It was audacious
to propose shooting full grown river
through mountain. Enormous diff
culties have been met and conquered
in making that subterranean channel
for the river since the beginning of
the work, four years ago.
1t was comparatively easy to work
at the west side of the tunnel. The
slope of the mountain towards the
Uncompahgre valley is gentle, but on
the Gunnison side it was Necessary to
build wagon road leading into the
frightful canyon, where the work at
the east portal was started. This
road is 16 miles long, and in some
places rises % feet in every 100 feet.
Down this road heavy machinery was
hauled, and the materials for build
ing a town of workers at the portal.
Tremendous flows of water encoun-
tered in digging the tunnel added to
the difficulties. The water going down
grade with the slope of the tunnel had
to be pumped out at the rate of 500 900
gallons day. Subterranean lakes were
tapped, and when the drills penetrated
the water a stream 40 feet in length
would shoot out through the hole,
knocking the men away from the air
drills, and even knocking the muck
ers" off the tram cars. Hot water was
encountered at times, raising the tenn
perature Of the tunnel to such an ex-
tent that the miners were compelled to
work almost naked. At one time a
heavy flow Of carbon dioxide, or choke
damp, caused the workers to run for
their lives, many narrowly escaping
asphyxiation. It was three weeks be-
fore it was possible to work again in
the headings, and then a ventilating
shaft $50 feet deep had to be sunk. A
long stretch of fossil sea shells loose
and crumbling, compelled the use of a
special system of timbering, causing
another vexatious delay and extra ex-
pense.
But the tribulations of the mountain
borers are over. Only a few rods Of
shale and rock remain to be blasted
by the tireless force of miners, work
ing IN three shifts, day and night The
IL by 10 foot hole is faced with
solid concrete, backed by giant tim
bers, which in turn rest against the
solid rock. Through this waterway.
which will last for countless ages, VIII
rush body Of water nine feet deep.
with carrying capacity of 1900 cubic
feet a second. The Great Spirit Of the
Rockies will mourn vassal torn from
his dominions, and everywhere peo-
pie will enjoy peaches and muskmel.
ons and Potatoes grown in the arid
soil Of the Uncompahgre valley by the
aid OF the tanned and civilized Gunni
son river. s.,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21

~ EW YORk.-Pr1nCeSSeS We
IA have, one or two; and duch-
esses, quite few Mapchion-
Vi esses and harnesses there
are by the score, too, and
- any quantity of matrons who
49, enjoy the proud distinction
of being Lady This or the Countess
That. r..
But now we're going to marry royal
ty; an American girl is to make an
alliance with a prince Of the blood
royal. Miss Anita Stewart Of New
York, daughter Of William Rhinelander
Stewart, and stepdaughter of the late
James Henry Smith, multi-millionaire,
Is soon to become the bride of Prince
Miguel Of Braganza, eldest son of
Dom Miguel Of Braganza, pretender to
the throne of Portugal
This is not the gossip of club or
boudoir, this royal romance. Nor Is
1t announced in the regulation Ameri-
can way-by the mother of the bride
to-be. It has been done as royalty does
1t. The Austrian embassy in London,
in which city Miss Stewart has spent
the season, gives formal authority to
the statement, just as all embassies
do when there is marriage in their
reigning house.,
Instead of the brides family making
the pleasant news known, the royal
fashion Is for the embassy of the fam
lily of the bridegroom to make the an
nouncement. The person chosen to
speak on this occasion was the Arch
duchess Maria Theresa, Prince Mig
uePs aunt. She gave luncheon at the
embassy and there issued the formal
statement. Afterward Mrs. Smith, the
mother of Miss Stewart, confirmed it.
Gould she ever be queen?" was the
question that instantly arose every
where. For Prince Miguel's family is
not now reigning, though it would like
to be, and the brides friends instant
ly began specializing on it's chances
for restoration to the throne it claims
as belonging to it by right.
American Millions in Scale. =,
Would it be morganatic marriage?
Would the pretender ever gain the
throne of Portugal, for which he has
been plotting for years and years? If
he died, would the son have the nerve
to plot as his father has ever plotted ?
Is the present reigning house of Portu-
gal so secure on it's foundations? And
what effect would American millions
have If thrown into the balance on the
side OF the house of Braganza? These
were the questions that Europe and
America began asking.
1.-THE pretender is always ready"
answered those who know best the in.
trigue and diplomacy of Europe.
Unrest rules in Portugal today. It
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21

commonplace with many Of the older
religions. It has permeated the phil
osophy of the east to so great an
extent that the devout Indian Will not
willingly injure fly or a worm, lest
he invoke divine retribution. In an
Client Egypt cats were considered
sacred and were worshiped. One of
these Egyptian cats, preserved in
bronze, in the collection of the French
ambassador at Rome, forms one Of the
illustrations in the, volume and is re-
produced here.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21
Never Missed School il q Years.

NeVSr MISSED Scnool IN TT Years.
The managers Of the Sheerness
schools have had their attention called
to the remarkable attendance made
by the family of a resident named
Hutchings. His daughter Bertha,
who is leaving school at the age of
IA, commenced attending at the
age Of three years, and has never
missed an attendance nor been late
during the whole period OF II years
in which the schools have been opened
1853 times. Another daughter, Eth.
.el. was presented with a. gold medal
q few years ago 40 a reward for seven
years, perfect attendance, and there
are five other children Of the family
who have medals for similar records.
The council school managers have de.
icided to ask the Kent education
committee to make some ,offcial rec.
ignition Of Bertha Hutchings' re.
mar1kable punctuality London Nah.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
The Women are Aroused.

Moplie ReSlsetr.
 The women's Clubs of Montgomery are after Governor Conner for his re- fusal to appoint delegates to the child labor convention that Is to be held in New Orleans.
 Governor Conner Is the only execu- tive in the South who has refused
 His assumption Is that we have good enough child labor laws in Alabama. body: we are perfect.
 AS for imparting any of our perfec- tion to others, the thought does not seem to have occurred to the governor.
 The governor was never accused of a generous disposition. Spontaneous outbursts of altruism are not expected of him.
 When 1t was question of obtain hama. he opposed the movement.
 The people took the other view of the motter, and. after hard fight. got to have combatted them to the last moment, now says they are perfect.
 Insularity and provincialism!
 There are Alabamians who contend that the laws only start toward per lection, and have not reached there by
 Snail we not send delegates to the general conference and find out who
 The governor says. no; He is satis- fled. Perhaps, he is afraid we will find out he Is wrong.
 not need to have delegates at this con vention. the governor Is bound to stick to it. The women, however, are aroused. and we think they will not neglect the opportunity to voice their opinion of an act that puts the state in so bad a light-this boasting about a condition of things that all students of the subject say does not exist and ness to the demands of Twentieth cen tury progress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
FRIDAY. MARCH 70, 1909.
THE CRIME OF KIDNAPPING.

There are few crimes so repulsive as the crime of Kidnapping and few crimes which so stir the interest of man as the misfortune of his fellow man, who as a father suffers from the cruelty of this crime.
 There Is something, pathetic and ap- pealing in the helpless situation of a father and mother, who know that their child is held by remorseless crinn- lnals for a reward. and who fear every hour that their grief. as great as 1t Is, may become even greater with the news of horrible tragedy.
 It is not surprising that the entire country should have lent an attentive ear to the story of the little Pennsyl- vania lad, snatched from the love and care of his home and made a pawn in a cruel and sordid game. It is not sur prising that news of Kings, Presidents and Potentates should be held back or pushed in an obscure corner while column after column was printed of the chase aIteT elB1I year Olu boy ana the interruptions people who had him in charge. What Kings, Presidents and Potentates were doing was common and usual, but the country wanted to hear with avid interest of the hunt for the boy and his captors.
 < The incident was another touch of that nature which makes all the world kin. All humanity knew and under stood the sufferings of the father and the mother The great community of human interest and human affection had been touched. Paternal love had been assaulted and humanity resisted the assault.
 A united country cheered by the re- covery of the lost boy of whom a week ago 1t had never heard, is joined in the wish that the perpetrators of an abhorrent crime shall be rigidly pun tshed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
This Date in History
March 26.

164s-John Winthrop. first governor of Massachusetts, died Born January l2, 1888.
 1694-Bank of England incorporated
 1776-South Carolina adopted con stitution.
 1Sb6-The first street railway in New England, from Boston to Cambridge was opened.
 1ss1-First State Legislature of Kan sas met
 1se4-Confederate force took Padu- cah. Ky. ascended the throne.
 1sS5-Northwest rebellion in Canada began.
 fs92-Walt whitman. American poet. died. Born May S1. 1S19
 190O--John M. Stone. ex-Governor of Mississippi, died. Born in 1890.
 I9O5--Mildred c. Lee, youngest daughter of General Robert F. Lee died at New Orleans.
 19O7-The Russian Duma adopted a resolution providing for the abolition of drum head courts-martfaL
 ls0S-Earthquake in Southern Mexi- co destroyed Chilapa and several other towns.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

been accorded to the "horizontal~ measure. When that bill was pending the plea most heard against 1t was that 1t made a flat reduction. and was not scientific, logical nor polite. The | second bill did not' make a horizontal reduction. but considered each article on its merits. When it came to the matter of taking it up for considera- ton. MT. Morrison moved that the House go into committee of the wholo | for that purpose. Here was the first test vote. and. as afterward developed. | the only<vote. By 157 to 140. a Dem- ocratic House. with clear majority of forty. refused even to disc;ess the measure and the tariff question was a dead one in the y-ninth Congress. Strange as 1t may seem to the aver age reader neither of these bills was introduced with any serious hope that It would become law. The Senate was safely Republican, and was stand- ing pat on the high tarin. But the idea was to get the House to pass a bill which could be set in opposition to the prevailing tariff In other words. such action would afford a definition of the tariff polices of the two parties, and the question would thus be made the political issue before the country. Everybody knew that even if the Morrison bills should get through the House they had no chance 
 to negotiating successful passage through the Senate. In fact, a Senate pigeon-hole was then staring them in the face.
 The House vote on the Morrision bill demonstrated one thing: That the country was for protection, and that It wanted higher duties than had been levied before the civil war. Although it was plausibly argued that if pro- lection was the success 1t was repre- scented to be. the manufacturers of the country ought to be able to get along with less of 1t as the years went by, rather than to need more of it. tho trough of the tariff wave had been reached. and now came the upward turn that should oulimate in the white-capped crest. the Mckinley law Copyright, 1909, by Frederic ].
 Haskin.)
 Tomorrow-Amerfcan Turin Lawsi XIXI-The Mil1se Bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
A Striking Contrast.

New fork World.
 Twelve years ago plus few days Grover Cleveland retired from the of flee of president. "the best-hated man in sthe United States"
 Ills own party as an organization had abandoned him and repudiated vention which nominated his successor had said of his administration: :: Every consideration of public safety and individual interest demands that the hands of those who have shown themselves incapable to conduct 1t without disaster at home and dishonor abroad" The independent ticket ed only 133,000 votes-fewer than one- third as many as the Socialist ticket boiled last fall.
 Yesterday. the seventy-second an- niversary of his birth, was observed by two large memorial meetings in New York City. At one of them addresses were made by the Republican presl- dent of the United States and the States supreme court At the other addresses were made by eminent Demo- crats and by the Republican governor of New York and a Republican United States Senator from New York
 The popular verdict of 1897 has been reversed. Among thoughtful men of all parties Grover Cleveland has been awarded place among the great presi. dentB, and II IS the Ju0gment or thoughtful men which makes the final judgment of history.
 MT. Cleveland held tenaciously to old fashioned notions about the powers, dignity and responsibility of his of flee. He believed that "it is a solemn thing to be president of the United States" He had no gift of public brawling or sensational preaching or class agitation. He had small genius for acclaim and self-exploitation. What he believed he ought to do as President of the United States he did. Whether 1t was followed by applaus or condemnation. he went his way do- ing his mistakes as best he could. dreading no blame and seeking no adulation.
 MT. Cleveland had the opportunity to be great Demagogue. Had he ac- cepted 1t he need not have sacrificed his administration and his party and might have retired from office as popular as he was unpopular. Instead he elected to be a great Democrat. subordinating to high principle every other consideration and trusting to time and to the ultimate common sense of the American people to vindicate him.
 In 1897 1t would have seemed impos- sible that in twelve years Democrats and Republicans alike would be testi- flying to Grover Cleveland's moral and political greatness; but history plays many pranks with contemporary judg- ments, and the Cleveland memorial meetings held yesterday carry their own lesson.