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more than her husband does. She Is OF
Indifferent intelligence. but OF kindly
heart and her daily amusement Is IN
venting romance between her seventeen
chauffeurs and her twelve waiting maids
Before these have noticed the color OF
one anothers eyes the romantic duchess
tells them they are in love. gives them
her blessing and bids them make haste
to wed. At the mere notion OF IA ro-
nance - and a romance aggravated by
politics-the duchess prieked UP her ears
She was won over. She joined in the as
sault on crusty Duke George Seven
times Duke George said imperauVely
No" and seven and seventy times ne
wrinkIed his shrewish browS and added
ION condition my son becomes King oil
Hanover" When he had got tired oil
saving NO" he suddenly relaxed his
brows End said Yes and Princess
Friedrich Karl flew to Berlin and spread
the joyous tidings.
Duke George tried to bargain out OF
Kaiser Wilhelm a settlement of the Han
over Brunswick quarrel. The duke s
father was dispossessed OF Hanover In
1868, and the duke claims to be rightful
king. He also claims to be sovereign
Duke of Brunswick, which he inherited in
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1884. when the house OF Brunswick Vol
fenbuttel expired. Hanover is lost for
ever, for il is now a Prussian province,
but Brunswick Is still an independent
state. waiting for sovereign. The bun
desrath declares that as long as the riSht-
full sovereign of Brunswick is practically
at war with the King OF Prussia he can
not ascend the throne. and at present the
duchy is ruled AS regent by Prince Adolf
Friedrich of Mecklenburg.
Adolph Friedrich wants to resign, and
Kaiser Wilhelm agrees to Prince Ernst
August ascending Brunswick's throne il
he Will formally abandon the claim to
Hanover. The duke refused. So it was
agreed that as long as the duke lives he
will keep his claim to Hanover, which is
worth as much Car Ferdinand's claim
to Mexico. and that when he dies Ernst
August will renounce the claim and be
installed as ruler of Brunswick. Mean
time the prince and his bride will live al
Rathenow, an ugly town in the Prussian
province of Saxony. where is stationed
his new regiment, the Ziethen Hussars
They will tenant merchants twelve
room villa decorated inside with oleo-
graphs of scenes from the life of Luther
The Cumberland Hohenzollern wedding
is a flrst-rate romance. All sentimental
lists gush over it, and in Germany, the
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NEW PALACE, POTSDAM.
Where the royal couple will be narrieds

aire. Herr Friedlander-Fuld. and ths
King of SaXony.
The King of SaXony will present
Dresden china This is the first time
the Krupps have ever been allowed 70
give a wedding present to a Hohen-
zollern. The former Krupps were never
ennobled, and as person without the
won" is not "hoffachig." he cannot
give wedding presents Now that
Bertha Krupp has married baron she
can present what she likes. Rumor
says that the Guelph Hanoverian party,
which has the closest political and per-
sonal bonds with the Cumberlands,
will give no present The Hanoyerian
mobiles are wrathful at what they con-
slider the dukes betrayal OF their
cause.
So far as is known. Court Preacher
Dryander will conduct the ceremony.
and he will deliver his usual lecture to
the pair on the true intent and pur-
pose of matrimony. It is q notorious
fact that when Dryander (whom Amer
leans here call DryasdusD does this all
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Kais Daughter ac Up Royal Quarrel of Fifty Years Standing

newly welded couples prematureiy go
TO sleep. This Will be Princess Vic
toria Louise's second religious cere-
mony on the same day.
At in the morning the kaiser VIII
ho,I his customary "familientag. or
"fot-.l L. parliament" an unofficial ana
priv 1te gathering, at which only the
ka.ai kaiserin. Princess Victoria
I.ouis and her six brothers will be
Present The family parliament VIII
lie held in Kaiser Wilhelms workroom.
Wilhelm will say something toucning:
ar3 all nine present will be expected
4, p-2y. Prince Ernst August will not
- resent Then Princess Victoria
I.vuise will kiss her father. mother and
brothers and go 10 dress for the we'd
ding.
Some apprehension is felt as to what
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the emperor, Charles V. astonished at his
assurance, demanded to know who he was,
CorteZ replied:
Il am a man, sire. who has given you
more provinces than your ancestors left
you cities"
Shortly after this CorteZ left Madrid
and died IN solitude near Seville. AS to
his estates here in the new world, he had
some in the Valley of Mexico. some near
Cuernavaca and some on the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec. He had also a palace at
Coyohuacan and valuable property there,
which remained in the hands of his heirs
until about ten years ago, when it was
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KAner Wilhelm viii say IN his wed
ding breakfast speech There il no
precedent for this. except that IL al
ways begins with the formula, My
dear -. my dear -" the bride be.
ing the first named The apprehension
is felt because it is imagined that
wilhelm may feel bound to refer to his
bonds of reconciliation" with the
Cumberlands or otherwise refer TO tn ;
quarrel. and IT is well known that the
fierce old duke hates that sort of talk
and officially denies that he has aban-
doned any of his claims He has merely
become good friends with Kaiser VIII
helm personally. And when the duke
SAYS personally he emphasizes the
word and wrinkles his prows;
said that the duke wanted 60 draw up
! .nrotocoT" OF the kafser's speech -
is always done in the case OF toast
speeches of monarchs. but Kaiser VII
duke himself has said. 10 purely per-
sonaI affair.
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OF the oldest and Quaintest in Mexico.
1t is known as the Church of San Fran
cisco, and 1t was founded at the insti-
cation of Cortez. 1t was for years the
the new world. The tower contains
clock which the Emperor Charles V
gave to CorteZ at the time he granted
him the most Of the great valley which
can be seen from the top of the tower.
This clock is run by weights which
swing almost to the ground They are
wound up at intervals by a mechanism
at the tap.
1t Is interesting to follow the footsteps
of Cortez through Mexico. He landed
first at Tabasco having sailed out Of
the harbor of Santiago de Cuba over the
very place where Hobson sank the
Merrimac during our war with Spain.
He coasted along the Mexican gulf to
Vera Cruz, and there made his first set
tlemene building rude huts and mounting
his guns to protect his party from the
Indians. He had at this time ten YES
sells in the harbor. and his force con-
sisted OF about 700 Spaniards. eighteen
horses and some pieces OF cannon. He
had already learned OF Montezuma at
Tabasco, and as soon as he landed at
by means Of picture writing, sent a mes
sage from him to the emperor, saying
that he, Cortez, came as the ambassa-
dor Of a mighty ruler beyond the seas
to carry a present to him, MonteZuma.
The postal service Of the Aztecs was
such that an answer came back inside
of a week, and this notwithstanding
Mexico City was over 200 miles away
The reply from Montezuma was that
Cortez had best not come to the capt
tai and that the road was long and
dangerous. He also added. You had
better go back to your own country with
our greetings to your mighty king"
With this letter MonteZuma sent pres
ents, and among them two huge plates
one of solid gold and the other of silver
Each plate was as big around as a cart
wheel or about twenty feet in circum-
ference. and the gold wheel was after
ward estimated to be worth 100000
There were also necklaces of rubies and
pearls and many golden shields. inlaid
and decorated
One can easily imagine what effect this
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Wilhelm ii is determined on plenty
of military display. Thirty thousand
soldiers, which is three-quarters or the
garrison will turn out to line Pots6am
and Berlin streets when the bridal PAIR
drives through. May II the second
squadron of the Ziethen Hussars VIII
arrive from Rathenow and. for week.
act as the princess bodyguard In
church will appear a deputation of
Ziethen officers, headed by the com
handing colonel. and after the wedding
the squadron will ride in the pro-
cession. Every trooper will be pre-
scented by. Prince Ernst August with
$3.50. This is an old custom. dating
from Friedrich the Greats time. For
merly the officers got the same Tip.
but for the last 100 years they have
got instead small gold three-thaler
piece of ancient design, made as a
watch chain medallion. These gifts
are distributed only when a. Prussian
kings daughter marries. and it is ex-
actly twenty years since they We're
last given.
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Princess Victoria VIII wed a lover. King
reorge OF England will pay a semi-polit-
+ cai visit. and Kaiser Wilhelm viii com
biete his reconciliation with crl.sty old
Duke George of Cumberland, prince Of
treat Britain and Ireland. hitherto chiefly
known because for fifty years he has spat
Steadily at the mention of a Prussian
kovereign name.
All these great events are the work Of
/ < atser WilheIm's sentimental sister. Prin-
! ess Friedrich Karl OF Hesse. whose clev-
r cajolings brought the Montagu Cum
erIands and the Capulet Hoheuzollerns
] ogether, and got sanction for the forbid
| n love ~ their Romeo and Juliet. Prin-
ass Friedrich Karl Is Wilhelm favorite
ster, and she is an expert AT reconcilia-
on. Her mother-in-laW. tie Landgrav!ne
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PHorOGRApA Or Tie ~BAr1r1ER, CARRIED
81 cor TEE .W5lEl7 He FOUGHT WITH I1IE AZTEcS

taken over by the town council. The
so-called palace still stands and it was
for a long time used as the city council
chambers and Jail. 1t was one of the
first buildings erected by white men on
the North American continent and 1t
bears the Cortez coat of arms over its
doorway. Similar inscriptions have been
found in Cuernavaca, Vera Cruz and
OaXaca-
This Coyohuacan palace is a rude build
ing without much architectural beauty.
The doorway inside the patio is Moorish
and the cornice of the building is very
plain. The walls are thick and the house
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The simplicity Of the wedding will
be in contrast to the gorgeousness of
the guests. No Prussian wedding ever
saw such preparations, and Berlin
dressmakers are having a record prof
liable time. Enormous sums are be
ing spent on presents for the bride
Already presents from public bodies
account for S3T 900. and from privdt,
individuals the princess will recei,', A
least $4,000 in gifts. These auI.ss
would be simple" enough in 9TH ave
nue.. New York but for Prussia tie
are unprecedented and pious pc. j
are talking sadly about the growth -
extravaganza. Rich persons who ella =
friendship and propose to give costly
gifts are Prince Christian Kraft ven
Hohelohe. the krupps. the millionaire
banker, AIandeilsohp, another million
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brought to the town of Liegnitz, where
they have been washed, fumigated, made
diseaseproof and put under the control OF
a stern doctor of medicine.
Berlins decoration firms are indignant
because the floral decorations in the
church, at the Potsdam new palace and
at the Berlin scflloss have been intruSted
to a small firm which does not count"
The reason is that the small firm which
does not count underbid all the big firms.
Princess Victoria Louise has a passion
for violets and she wanted to have the
church mainly decorated with them, but
the decorators pointed out that in the
dim church light the violets would not
be seen. Potsdam and Berlin schloss will
be mainly decorated with violets and the
violets will be sent to the ''Charite'' the
evening of the wedding
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} HE lORTURE
OTGUAUHTENOc
.ZRom Die
PAINTING In
THE NATIONAL
MUSEUM

was evidently a fortified ton as we'll as
home Not far from it is the Church of
John the Baptist, which was erected
about the same time. and not far away
is the Dominican monastery near where
Cortez is said to have strangled his Cuban
wife.
I do not know the exact extent Of the
lands given to Cortez but they probably
covered millions Of acres. The property
he had in Tehuantepec comprised several
hundred thousand acres, and it was for
many years the home of his descendants.
He erected a house there in 1927, but this
is now in ruins. The estate has been di-
vided into three ranches. One of them
has 10000 acres and is chiefly devoted to
stock raising. Another has 1000 acres of
sugar cane on it, and a third is right on
the Tehuantepec railway, having sta
ton of its own. 1t is not far from Rim
con Antonio. This property remained in
the hands OF the heirs of Cortez until
the days of Andrew Jackson, when it
was purcha Sed by the family which now
holds 1t.
When Cortez died he gave some Of his
Cuernavaca lands to the Hospital and
Church of Jesus of Nazareth, which still
stands not far from the Cathedral in
Mexico City, and in which his patent of
nobility is. The archives Of the hospital
have also his land grants. The hospital
stands on the site of Montezuma's pail
ace. and it is said that Montezuma was
killed while standing upon its roof by a
stone thrown from a mob OF Indians
whom he was trying to pacify.
Cortez built a palace at Cuernavaca
after he came back from Spain In 1880
and this for a time formed his favorite
) residence. He personally superintendent
his vast estates and cultivated them
: He introduced sugar cane from Cuba
and erected sugar mills and other works
Most of the estates have been more or
less subdvtded, and the town Of Cuerna-
vaca, which contains about 1000 people.
has grown up on his land. The place is
noted for it's beautiful views and is cele-
brated as a health resort. 1t has re-
Gently been the scene Of the operations
of the rebels, and travel there is I'M
safe.
The cathedral OF Cuernayaca is one
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1t was al this point that some Of the
Spaniards turned aside to ascend Popo-
cateptl for sulphur to be used in making
gunpowder and they entered the Next
can valley by way of Amecameca, which
is stiit small town on the slope or that
mountain. 1t is where one ieaNes the
railroad and starts up the volcano on
foot.
AS far as the Mexican capital is con-
cerned. it IS full OF the remains Of Cor
tez and Montezuma. The Aztec city was
like Venice. in that II vas built upon
islands with numerous bridges. Since
then the land has been drained and the
spaces between the islands 50 filled that
the city is now solid land. Nevertheless,
the old places of note can be picked out.
The cathedral stands whore the great
Teocali or mound upon which the sacr-
fees took place once was. The Hospltal
of Jesus is where Montezuma Welcomed
the Spaniards and AT Chapultepec, winch
is now a beautiful park where the pres-
dent has his summer home was tie
summer residence Of the emperor. Monte
yuma where he had his favorite wives,
his fish ponds, aviary and hunting lodge
You can ride out to ii now on the street
car The Spaniards made their way there
in boats and on foot. Farther out or the
city you may trace the causeWay y
which CorteZ entered the capital. ana nnh
the place where the famous gardens IN
which MonteZuma and Circumference enter
tanned the Spaniards
There is one spot however. which You
will fail 10 find and that is where Cortes
lies buried Where that is no one knows
He died in Spain. in little village near
Seville and his body rested there In OBJ
security for fifteen years. when his son,
Don Martin had IL exhumed and brought
to Mexico 1t was first kept here in the
Monastery OF san Francisco. In Texcoco.
and was then brought TO the church OF
San Francisco in the Mexican capital. IL
Law in that church for more than 15O
years. when IL was again brought forth
in a great procession and carried TO tho
HOSPITAL OF Jesus Of Nazareth. There IL
Law for thirty years, and then. for fear
of mob which proposed to destroy II,
the friends of the family entered ne
tomb by night and secretly removed Ine
remains Some believe that they were
again buried in Mexico. and others will
tell you that they rest in the tombs OF
the Sicilian branch OF the family near
Palermo. But as to the exact truth. y
am unable to say.
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Al : r r w I l. =
II L !. MS twenty
year-old daughter,
toria Lou
Use. Ill m a Try
Ernst August of
mberland NJ a V
II, and then will
be perfected a po-
liticai sentimental
event of the kind
usually kept for
m a z a zine fiction.
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THE Children of Cortez.

THE Children of Cortez.
i A Man of Many Loves
and Many Marriages-Dld
He Strangle His Wife With
Her Pearl Neutrality-suspicious.
tezuma's Daughter. Isabel,
and Guauhtemoc Marina, the
Indian Sweetheart-The Cor
tez Estates and What Has
Become of Thern-His Old
Palace at Coyohuacon Which
Is Now Used as Municipal
Ofhces-In the Footsteps of
Cortez-The Bays of Tabasco
and Vera Cruz-His Last
Days and Many Burials-I-
Illustrated by Paintings From
the National Museum of
Mexico.
copyrighted, 1913, ~ Prank =. CarPsnterJ
specisl Correspondence Of The star
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on his way 10 final meeting with one
of his sweethearts. He was only nine
teen years old when he sailed for Santo
Domingo. and there he got his first wife.
beautiful Spanish girl. named Catalina
Juarez whom he refused for a time to
marry but was afterward forced to do
so. She brought him both lands and
money. and also the friendship OF the
governor VelasQueZ. who later on sent
him from Cuba as the commander of the
expedition to push the conquest of Mex
leo.
While going to Mexico, Cortez picked
up at Tabasco, Marina, a beautiful In
dian girl, and made her his mistress. he
taught her Spanish, and she became the
interpreter through whom he talked with
the natives of different parts of Mex
leo She stuck to him in all his troubles
and he had by her son and three
daughters. When Cortez returned to
Spain he married this girl to one Of his
lieutenants.
The two lived together in Mexico City
or at Cortez's home near there and she
went with him during his tours. He had
palace there that he married this girl
milo, and by him she had number Of
teenth century the heirs Of Dona Ma
rina ard -Jazamillo were living near ORR
zaba.
L was while Cortez was living with
Donna Marina, that his wife. whom he
had left in Cuba, came to Mexico. Cortez
had then become famous, and as the
story goes his wife sneaked into the
country without his knowledge and &C
costed him at Coyohuacan. He took her
into his palace, and there, as the tradi-
ton goes, after one Of his riotous ban
quets, he strangled her with her own
necklace of pearls. Others say that she
committed suicide. At any rate after
Cortez went to Spain he was indicted for
numbering his wife, and the case occupies
many pages in the Archives Of the In
dies" which includes the history OF the
crime, giving all the judicial proceedings
against Cortez and his final acquittal
Cortez married again while he was In
SPAIN taking there wife, Donna Juanna
de Zuniga Y Arellano. woman OF title
and property. He had SON by her. VINO
was christened Don Martin and who IN
herited the most of the property.
The daughter of Montezuma whom
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MFXICO CITY.
O you know that
descendants o (
both fernando Cor
tez and the En-
peror Montezuma,
whom he conquer
ed. are still living
in Mexico? I am
told that this is
the case. and that
some of them have
in their possession
big estates which
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Cortez took as one of his wives had been
given the Christian name Of Isabella.
She had been married to Circumference,
MOnteZumas nephew and successor. who
fought against CorteZ and who was put
to death by the Spaniards In, 1922.
Circumference succeeded Montezuma, and
IL was said that Cortez had him executed
in order that he might possess Isabella
Some time afterward Isabella married
again, and this time a Spaniard. He
died and she again married. Her name
was now Sonora de Saavadra, and as
such she had three sons and daughter.
One of her sons married a daughter OF
the Duke of Toledo.
It is also said that Isabella had
daughter by Cortez named Leonor. ana
that when she died she made VIII CIV
ing her estate to her six children, stat
ing that five of them We're legitimate py
her two Spanish husbands, and that the
other, the said Leonor Cortez, was nat
ural daughter by the great general. This
will is said to be still in existence. Leonor
Cortez was married. and her daughter
was known as the Princess Acaltan, from
whom Is descended the Duke Soteles de
Montezuma of Madrid.
The first husband of Isabella, the En-
peror Circumference, was one Of the IA
nous characters of Aztec history. He
was conquered by the Spaniards and tor
tured by fire to make him confess where
the Aztecs had buried their treasure
With him during the roasting was an
other chief who could not stand the pain
and cried out that he felt he must tell.
Thereupon Circumference shook his head
and sternly rejoined:
And perhaps you think 1 am resting
on a bed of roses"
The painting of this scene is one of the
great pictures of the National Museum.
Cortez. like Columbus had sad time
during his latter days. He was given
the title of the Marquis of the Valley Of
Oaxaca, and he had great estates in
Mexico but when, toward the latter part
Of his life. he went to Spain, he found 1t
almost Impossible to see the king. At one
time he tried to force his way through
the crowd to the emperor's carriage. and
even put his foot on the step. Thereupon
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Where cosez landed there haze sprung
NJ the great wharves OF Nrra cr4z -
which a dozen or more II the best known
lines u steamers cali every month Thor
ara railroads running from there = th@
capital. the lsthmus Of Tehuantepec and
TO other parts Of the repub,ie. and about
the harbur Is a city Of aorsl nr more.
which has streets paved With asphalt
and new buildings beside those OF the
style OF old Spain The country about j.
taken mp with fruit gardens and tropical
plantations. and passing over the road
which cortez took on his Way - the cap
ital YOU go through banana rields and
great coffee estates. climbing HIGHER and
higher in plain sight OF the snow-claa
peak Of Orizaba. until at last YOU ira
verse the pass. and come down into the
famed valley OF Mexico. where. amid the
lakes, is situated the capital OF the Mex
lean republic and just where about 4D
years ago was the capital Of the Monte
Zumas
The distance from the coast i about
aD miles and CorteZ drafted l.eD Indian
porters to transport his baggage. The
most OF his way was through the wilder
ness. and it was at the town OF Tlaxcala.
near Pue5la, that he fought With the In
dams OF that name and made them his
allies. Tlaxcala Is now a shabby village
whose chief interest is in its collection
of CorteZ relics.
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