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States upon special train of seven
Pulmans. placed at his disposal by our
government.
The prince himself. with Admiral
Bob Evans. his official chaperon oc-
cupied private ear previously used by
President Mckinley. One parlor err
was reserved exclusively for the partys
Wallets. The menus for the meals served
route printed a week in adj
vance, and the train carried special te-
1egraphers. stenogra pliers and BARRIERS.
1t is said that Prince Henry's visit cost
Germany S:;jo.opp. si6,tto of which went
for gifts distributed here
The present King of Siam is another
ruler who. like King Albert of Belgium.
Louis Philippe and Edward VII. visited
before ascending to his throne. With
his younger brother-a prince with name
unpronounceable and Well-nigh unSpeil-
able-he arrived in New York in October.
1852. and after being formally met in the
harbor. was carried by special train to
Washington where several troops OF
cavalry escorted him to the White Hous-
to receive formal welcome from Pres-
dent Roosevelt. A special White House
reception was held in his honor. Secre-
tary Hay dined him. cavalry drill was
given for him at Fort MNer. and the
Presidents yacht Sylph took him to
Mount Vernon where he placed a huge
wreath on Washington tomb. Then our
government sent him upon tour OF the
country. covering six weeks, during
which time Herbert Peirce, our third as
sistant secretary of state, acted as his
guide and spokesman.
When Prince Pu Lun. nephew of the
Emperor of China, visited us. in The
spring of 1894. Col Symonds. then mas
ter of ceremonies a the White House.
was designated 10 steer him about. Pres
ident Roosevelt received him ceremoni-
ously in the blue room and gave fnl-
steal in his honor. while Secretary has
entertained him at luncheon. Late IN
1904 Prince Fushimi the late mikado's
kinsman and special representative ac-
companied by retnue of servants. came
to present message of good Will to tti-
President and TO visit the St Louis eN-
pos lion. He placed in charge OF
the same Mr.. Peirce who had taken the
SiameSe crown prince in tow. President
Roosevelt dined him and the state De
partment gave him a luncheon IN the
presidential suite of the New Willard
Before leaving Washington the prince
scattered gifts right and left. Ten negro
coachmen who had driven him and MS
suite were given s16o to divide between
them and $50 was divided between s;N
policemen forming his escort when he
was driven to the railway station
The last royal parsonage to visit Us
was Albert Honore Charles, Prince ol
Monaco. who after a tour of the Inlteo
States was received by President Wilson
last October Like Jerome Bonaparte
this prince had contracted an unhappE
union with an American woman In iss'
he married the widowed Duchess de
Richeleu. formerly Marguerite Alice
Heine daughter of Michel Heine. re
tired New Orleans banker and a Chris
tianized Jew. She bore the full title oi
princess for thirteen years. at the end 81
which period their romance ended IN
divorce.
Copyright. 1914 by John Ellr.tu wa;!in~J
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tinued 1T was like building a new tun-
mel We had a pefpie3ine problem. not
only TO get the dirt removed and continue
the work. but the question OF the fault
had to be settled. and ! Was happy I"
have the judgment of one of Mr.: Ben
nett's old friends and associates VINO
came down and examined it thoroughly.
and after him an expert to both OF
whom | am most grateful The work of
taking ont those masses of earth that
packed the tunnel full for over 10 feet
tremendous. and the way those men
went at it. with such determination ara
pluck and dug il out Sas another rere-
lation TO me. The walls of the tunnel
where the slide occurred have been filed
to tine thickness of ten feet with solid
concrete.
Some of the men. Mrs. Bennett said.
We're inclined to loaf while they were
supposed to be working
Il had to find some way 10 do awaN
with these kind of workmen. said Mrs.
Bennett Il thought and thought. and
finally devised a plan. ] would sometimes
be at the work early in the morning. and
sometimes l would not go out until in the
afternoon.
In this way the men didn't know
when to expect me. | r!iSht be on the
works at any time. Sometimes would
walk over the hill to the west portal of
the tube instead of going through the
tunnel. | would suddenly appear on the
works and any of the men [ caught loaf
ing | promptly reprimanded.
''On the whole, the men were honest
and | had very little trouble with them.
l didn't have to discharge but very few
workmen They all put their shoulders
to the wheel and assisted in this great
undertaking. To my two superintenoents
l owe much. as they worked hard to
carry out my plans.
She turned and looked again at the
concrete portal. where the newly carved
name stood out for all the world to read
Nelson Bennett tunnel"
And now it is all over, and 1 cannot
tell how il affects me. L shall see Ii in
my sleep and when the trains go rush
ing through on their way to Portland 1
shall listen and think that my little
grandson. Nelson Bennett Davis. whom
his grandfather never saw. will be proud
to come here when he grows older and
read the name across the tunnel and
hear the story of its building. and know
how it was finished as Nelson Bennett
himself would have finished it,
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PRINCE TUSHIMI AND WIFE !
WHEN OUR GUESTS IN. 1904.

nary he merrily played tennis with the
fair students.
After his arrival at the White House
there was grand reception followed by
fireworks. Then there We're two state
dinners. at which the cabinet and diplo-
matte corps We're hidden in turn to meet
Lord Renfrew-for such was his incog-
nito. The British minister also dined with
him. At the Executive Mansion he occu-
pied the two northwest corner chambers
Of the upper floor. still known as the
Prince of Wales rooms.
At Philadelphia he heard Patti sing,
visited Independence Hall. attended the
races at Point Breeze. and from the bal
cony of the old Continental Hotel wit
messed the turbulent mob that crowded
Chestnut street upon the election night
Immediately preceding the outbreak of
the civil war. For use at a magnificent
ball given in his honor at the academy
of Music. New York. there was prepared
a special service of glass and china bear
ing his motto, Itch diem.
The metropolis honored him also with a
torchlight parade by the volunteer fire
department, and procession by the state
militia, in which latter an Irish regiment,
the Goth. refused TO take part. course
of conduct which, besides making a stir
! on both sides of the Atlantic. resulted in
: the regiments losing its colors Another
! regrettable incident occurred during the
: procession which escorted the prince and
: his suite from the station at Boston
When an Englshman in his party re-
marked upon the red coats of some Amer
y lean troopers one of the Bostonians re-
piled:
\ Yes. took them in 16. don't you
know.
After sitting through a chorus of ] .aE
Boston school children the prince wen,
out to Bunker Hill and swapped auto
: graphs with bona tide veteran of thai
;. battlefield. Despite the fact that he was
a lad of only eighteen, and that his
: American hosts seemed to take peculiai
pride in constantly dangling before hin
n reminders of the late unpleasantness,
: his visit greatly strengthened the ties be
;, tween Britain and her rebellious daugh
ter.
We all remember well the excitement
I caused by the visit of King Edward :;
e brother. the Duke of ConnauSht, to Presl
: dent Taft, January %, 1917.
Many OF citizens still living recall
the fiutter caused by the formal visit
, paid to the nation in 1871 by the young
: Grand Duke Alexis, uncle of the present
/ car. who came to America as the special
: representative of his father. Car Alex
: ander IL. After long and stormy voy
: age he arrived November 10 in New
. York on the Russian firigate SHETLAND
g and was greeted in the harbor by al
j American squadron and by Vice Admra
e Rowan. selected by President Grant to
! attend the royal guest while IN TINS
l. country When the grand dukes frigate
Saiuted with twenty-one guns the Rus-
: sian flag was AT once raised by all OF
$ our ships. which returned the cannon
| ade. Following the speeches of welcome
A delivered down the bay, the grand duke
o and his suite entered procession OF
carriages and were escorted by a divi-
$ sion of militia to the Clarendon Hotel
: where his highness stepped out upon a
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he visited the Capitol. where-despite his
30 pounds. he mounted the dome. Later
he drove about the city. and the day fol-
lowing visited the Capitol again before
calling informally upon President Grant
and taking an afternoon train for the
centennial exposition. in Philadelphia.
Although his Brazilian majesty thus
far is the only reigning sovereign who
ever crossed our threshold. one ex-
sovereign and quite a list OF kins-to-be
have put foot upon our soil.
y century ago. soon after the battle of
Waterloo. an American bark ran the
gantlet OF two bIockading British ships
off Sandy Hook and brought into New
York harbor distinguished-lookins
Frenchman. who had registered on the
vessels books as m. Bouchard Sus-
pecting that his passenger was the great
Gen. Carnot, fleeing from the wrath of
the allies. the skipper sent for the mayor
of New York and confided his suspicious.
When the mayor addressed the French
gentleman as Gen. Carnot," NJ. Bou-
chard shrugged his shoulders and replied:
Your honor. here in America ! can af-
ford TO disclose my identity. and have no
hesitation in telling you that 1 am Jo-
seph Bonaparte.
Thus the ex-king of Spain commenced
his period of exile in the new world. Re
fusng to be wned and dined by New
York's smart set he bought a beautiful
country seat at Bordentown. y. j., after
the New Jersey Legislature had passed a
special act enabling him to hold real es
tate. BY virtue of similar acts he
quired a mansion in Philadelphia and
summer place on the edge of the Adiron-
dack forest. His exile was shared by his
two daughters and son-in-law. but his
wife. a sister of the Queen of Sweden.
remained an invalid in E.urOpe After re-
manning in America upward Of twenty
years he spent his last days in Florence.
Bat Joseph was not the first royal Bo-
naparte to know the United States. 4
dozen wears before he commenced his
exile here his younger brother, Jerome.
then a captain in the French navy. had
during a visit to our Atlantic seaboard
wooed and won Elizabeth Patterson
daughter of a wealthy shipowner of Bal
timore. Jerome was only nineteen at
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nature of Mrs. Nelson Bennett. She
was aided by Denny at first, but was
just getting started when he was cleo
trocuted while severing some electric
wires in the tunnel the month following
Mr.. Benefits death. This did not deter
her. and with the assistance of her super
intendents she pushed the work ahead.
Then the always dreaded accident hap
pened. August 5 thousands of tons of
dirt caved in short distance from the
mouth of the east portal of the tunnel.
Tho cave-in was not due. however, to
any fault of the contractors. The slide
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Hello, Mike" or Hello. Jim she
would say as the men passed by. How
is everything today? It's pretty warm
to be working isn't it?''
All the men evinced a desire to carry
out her wishes. and when the great prof.
ect was completed. March 10, they all
were eager to work for her again, they
said, as they bade her goodbye.
Then. as she saw the railroad take up
its work in the great project. there was
sadness for her as she realized that this
triumph was severing of the great tie
that held her to the past AS She talked
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GPANDDU1ZE ALEXIS
WIEN HERE hl871

chored in New York harbor But such
was the scramble for invitations that
his highness saw fit to make a change of
base. He sailed La Belle Poule up TO
Newport. whence the elite of New York
journeyed to enjoy his hospitality At
Annapolis, his son. the Duke of Pont-
hevre. shared none of his fathers popu-
larjty in America, but was so severely
hazed by his brother midshipmen that
he has ever afterward entertained a
strong antipathy for things American.
Americas affectionate regard for Ed
ward VII. who always interested us far
more than any other royal parsonage. re-
suited from the tact and utter lack Of
afectation displayed by him when in
1890 he enjoyed the most intimate hos
ptality which we have ever extended to
a distinguished foreigner. No other ma
tional guest has ever been auartered at
the White House and the fact that he
had known President Buchanan when the
latter was minister to England made the
mansions hospitality all the warmer,
although Buchanan proved to be some
what of kll-joy. for when the royal
visitor proposed dance with the young
er guests at lcvee. the President. fear
ing the criticism of the plain pee-pul,
froWned upon the frivolous suggestion.
But later. while the prince was sailing
upon the Potomac. during an official trip
to Washingtons tomb, near which he
planted a horse chestnut tree-the deca
Of the vessei bearing him was cleared for
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. not miltarN-and
his youthful nighness gave each pretty
lass aboard a merry whirl which she has
ncve~ forgotten. 1t is recalled that at all
of the balls given in his honor in America
he tactfully devoted his first attentions TO
the matrons. who afterward in conf
dence to a young belle. he designated as
the .tod chaps" AT a Georgetown semi
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take up the heavy task of completing
this great project and make IL name
for herself and womankind that will
go down in the history of woman and
of engineering. And when it was fin
ished all she wished was that her
grandchildren will remember and honor
the memory of their grandfather
whose name is carved over the en-
trance to the great tube. And all
through her herculean task her only
thought was that her husbands great
est ambition was to finish the mighty
project in time and thus maintain his
reputation as the greatest of builders
in the northwest.
Bennett was awarded the contract for
the tunnel February 10, 1912, and the
stretch of tube I.53H feet through the
mountain was to be finished this spring
Two days after the contract papers were
signed the actual work was started. Soon
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the door knockers displayed by the resi-
dents of our metropolis
When Duke D'orleans, Louis Philippe
embraced the doctrines Of the French
revolution and performed brilliant serv-
ices with the revolutionary army. Es-
Gaping from France at the close of
that struggle. he taught school for
season in Switzerland and-after his ia
ther was beheaded-traveied under an as
sumed name i'll northern Europe. In
1896 he took passage as a Danish subject
on board the ship America. and landed
in Philadelphia during the autumn. Here
he was Joined by his brothers. the Due
de Montpensier and the Compte de Beau
jolais.
These three princes toured the United
States. travelling through New England.
exploring the great lakes, viewing the
valley of the Mississippi. surveying the
future site of Washington and visiting
President Washington at Mount Vernon.
This was a generation before Louis
Philippe was elected King of France
His son. the Prince de .Ioinville. paid
us the honor Of a visit in 1861 to place
his son. the Due de Penthievre, in the
Naval Academy. at Annapolis. Then with
his two nephews both royal princes and
grandsons of Louis Philippe-the Comte
joined the staff of Gen. Mcclellan and
de Paris and the Due de Chartres--he
took an active part in the Chickahominy
campaign
Among the functions at which the
Prince de Jonville was guest of honor
was grand banquet al the Astor House.
New York.
1T peculiarly French affair "
writes a chroniclcr Of this repast THE
menus We're printed in French and the
New York orators and aldermen tried
to talk French and Jared about as well
as did the prince himself. when he tried
to reply in English
Not 10 be outdone the prince arranged
grand ball on French frigate an
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WEST PORTAL OF GREAT TUNNEL.

WEST PORTAL OF GREAT TUNNEL.
halted operations for a while, but soon
everything was repaired
In rain or shine. Sunday or week day.
Mrs. Bennett continued her direct super
vision of the work. and was soon known
and admired by every man on the JOB
She won them because she understood
the lot of the workingman and sympa-
thzed with them. She always recognized
boy to the superintendents. and as she
would walk along the works she would
stop every now and then and chat with
the toilers.
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cited by the pros
pect of receiving
tue ro Y d ! party
from Bulgaria. But
the fact that lis
illustrious guests
will travel incog-
nito must rob their
reception here of
most of its blaze
and glory. its fuss
and feathers.
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the time. and the match was declared
null by his brother, the Emperor Napo-
leon. AS a reward for deserting his bride
Jerome was made prince of the en-
pire and an admiral of the fleet. The
French senate named him as successor
to the imperial throne in the event that
Napoleon should leave no male heir. and
the next year he was created King of
Westphalia. Soon after his coronation
he married Catherine Frederica, Princess
of Wurttemburg. by whom he had three
children.
The first incipient king to put foot upon
our soil was the youthful Prince William
Henry of England, later William ".
When midshipman of sixteen. on leave
in London. this princeling fell in love
with girl of his own age whom he
ardentiy desired to marry. but because
she was not of royal birth his stern sire,
King George ". cut short his holiday
and packed him off to sea.
Arriving i'll New York aboard a man-o'-
war in September 17Sl, he took up his
quarters in Hanover Square with Gen
Clinton. the British commander-in-c Chief
Although the revolution was then at its
height the young prince went about New
York unguarded and often unattended
fhis indifference to personal security
Jersey Regiment TO form a conspiracy
to seize the future king and hold him
as hostage. This plan had the sanction
of Washington but an inklinS of ii
reached Clinton. who augmented the
guards about his royal highness and saw
that he was safely conducted aboard the
warship that carried him back to his
royal parents.
Prince William Henry was described by
the chroniclers in New York as "a fine
bluff boy. who was frank. CHEEKY and
affable." He manifested a normal fond
ness for boyish pranks and it is recalled
that he had a penchant for twisting off
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fIILE it bears the
name OF a man, the
new on 6 million
dollar Nelson Ben
nett tunnel, near
Tacoma. Wash. is
really a monument
to woman's ability.
c o IN p | eted by a
woman and is this
woman's tribute to
that IN a n The
" q III a n is Mrs.
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According To the official code of eti-
duette. binding enlightened nations.
President Wilson would have to go all
the way to Sofia to return this royal
visit We're it paid to our nation otfi-
ciallv. Inasmuch as American tradition
forbids our Presidents going far over
seas during his term of office. foreign
monarchs. respecting that feeling. have
refrained from paying visits of state
TO our domain.
The only reigning monarch who ever
visited our shores hitherto came unof-
icially. This was the Emperor Dom
Pedro of Brazil who. with his consort
the Empress Theresa Christina was
welcomed at the New York quarantine
April Is. 1876, by Secretaries Fish, Taft
tthe eX-President's father and Robe
son; also Maj. Gen. Hancock and Vice
Admiral Rowan.
Having lost his black SLOUGH hat over
board. en- route. the emperor appeared on
deck in a black silk cap and black broad
cloth frock coat. PrefcrrinG TO be received
as Il private parsonage. as stated. ne re-
fused TO come into the ha-bor on the
American sloop-of-war which awaited
him at quarantine, where the local health
officer unceremoniously refused the Bra
lillian minister's request to go aboard the
vessel bearing his sovereign. Stepping
into the Fifth Avenue Hotel almost un-
noticed b& the crowd which believed him
TO be aboard our sloop. this democratic
monarch got busy at once ia planning
atnasements That night he and the en-
press saw Henry V played at Booth 5
Theater. and the next day. after hearing
mass at St Patrick's. Dom Pedro Wis
tied Central Park. heard Moody preach
al the Hippodrome. visited a newsboys'
lodging house. fire engine house and a
police station. well as the office of a
metropolitan daily. at the late hour when
u was going to press. And. OF the fol-
lowing day, after watching the European
steamers load at Hoboken. he visited
public schools and hospitals prior 10 TAX
ing d train for San Francisco.
Returning across continent to Wash
inSton, the strenuous monarch. after
driving from the station in an ordinary
cab, surprised the clerk of the Arlington
Hotel by registering there In the early
morning of Sunday. May .. Immediately
after breakfast he put off for mass at
St Matthew's, following which devotion
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Nelson Bennett of Tacoma. widow of
Nelson Bennett. who died in the midst
of the great work and of his great am
billion Of completing II.
Nothing daunted his wife took up the
mighty task and urged her 3oo workmen
ON that they completed the greatest
Of projects in the northwest ahead of
time and made a new field for women.
for it is the first piece of work of the
kind that has been handled by one Of the
weaker sex. Men who know say that To
The seueralship of Mrs. Bennett is due
the credit for the completion of the work
ahead OF the prescribed time.
Thus has Mrs. Bennett shown that
woman can quickly assume duties when
thrust upon her. can complete project
ahead Of time. no matter how large or
how many obstacles can handle large
number of men. can finance In large fig
Ures and at the same time he a home
loving mother and grandmother.
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TIE KING AND QUEEN
OT>BULGARLA

Ey JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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This monument to womans work and
brains is just north OF Tacoma and is
one of the Longest tunnels in the
United States. II is more than three
quarters of Il mile long. twenty-seven
feet wide and twenty eight feet high.
so that double standard gauge rail-
road track will be run through it, 1t
rost the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company $1,000. 900. but by eliminating
the steep grade and shortening the
route the railroad will save thousands
of dollars a year as the trains rush
through Point Defiance. instead of
around it,
Through sadness that would bear
many women down did Mrs. Bennett
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Bryan Has No News.
Glory's Shadow. ,
I'M the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
This great war has now reached Its
secondary stage, when those who are
engaged in it and the people whom
they represent realize its meaning.
Americans who have returned from
abroad are able to give US pictures of
it which the censored reports fail to
present. The latter deal with armies
sieees and governments. The former
individualize the great struggle In
Its beginning, as previously In the
beginning of lesser connlcts, II was
confidence and elation. Without know
ing the reason. why, the troops started
forth In a kind of patriotic ecstasy.
The bands played inspiring national
airs; the colors were unblemished. and
though grief might Turk in the back
ground the excitement and the fervor
prevented it from coming forward.
Now there are millions of troops in
the field along the far flung" battle
tween the ages of eighteen and sixty
all able-bodied men are liable to be
called upon. There are many more mil
lions suffering more than they from
anxiety and suspense. In almost every
household is felt that dull mental pain,
and after every battle comes the heart
ache to thousands of homes. Never be-
fore were the horrors of war SO widely
spread over the earth's fair face. Not
only its laws. but its licenses. are
armies march they leave a blight, hate
full, hideous, deadly. The great works
of architects and artists that have
come down from the past centuries and
escaped the ravages of what were
deemed more barbaric times are tar
gets for the war machinery of our
modern civilization or the spoil of an
unapprectattve vandalism.