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THE SUNDAY OREGOX1AX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 26, 1903
A QUAINT, Picturesque Man of the Wil
. derness, Whose Vanity Led Him to
Political Disaster, and Who, Seeking a New
Career; Found Its Beginning and End in the
Alamo, Where His Heroic Death Made Him
Qne of America's Immortals.' '
BT RICHARD SPILLANE.
PROM the Capitol at Washington, in
the Spring of 1834, there went
forth on a trip to the East and
North a rude, vain, picturesque man
who firmly believed that within a few
years he would be called to the Chief
Magistracy of the Nation. Never before
had he been in a large city. The
wilderness had been his world, and he
knew the bear, the panther, the wildcat
and the deer better than he knew men.
Three times he had served as a member
of Congress and twice he had been a
member of the legislature of Tennes
see. He was 35 years old before he
could read or write and he never got
on familiar terme with pen or pencil,
hut. aside from his vanity, he was a
magnificent type of the pioneer Ameri
can, valiant, hardy and indomitable.
In Congress he had Deen a bizarre
figure. No one went to the Capitol
without seeing him. for the moccasin
suited his feet better than the tiffht
boots of the day and he Ould not wear
the stiff clothes and the starched linens
of his fellows after knowing the hunt
ing shirt and deerskin trousers from
his boyhood.
He had a little of that homely philo
sophy and that aptness in story telling
that later won for Abraham Lincoln a
place unique among great Americans,
and he had all the rugged honesty of
the child of nature, but applause turned
hl head and he loved flattery so much
that he never questioned the sincerity
of the flatterer. Throughout the
United States he was famous as a
huntsman. Marelous stories were told
of his deeds in the wilderness. With
the rifle he was believed to be the
greatest shot the Nation ever had pro
duced. His watchword. "Be sure you
are right, then go ahead." had caught
the fancy of the multitude, and in a
day of hero worship he was a good deal
of a hero. Such was Davy Crockett
when he started on the tour that he
n k.i would Vave the way to a
nomination to the Presidency to suc
ceed Andrew Jackson.
The Wonders of Uie East.
At Philadelphia a monster crowd
turned out to greet hira upon his ar
rival In the city. s Crockett describes
it, "the whole face of the earth was
covered with people." Hundreds of
prsons pressed forward to shake his
hand and to gaze upon him. It was
with difficulty that lie was escorted to
a barouche drawn by four horses and
. . .mwriAl and the win-
dows were filled with sightseers, and
Crockett, bowing to right and left, felt
like a conquering hero. In Washington
he had opposed President Jksn as
no other member of Congress did. They
were from the same state and had been
enemies for many years. In the Creek
war Crockett had served under Jack
son and he ridiculed Jackson as a
soldier and a statesman. Clay and
Webster were the men with wjiora
Crockett trained in Congress. It was
a time of rabid partisanship and bitter
cersonaliUes and as much attention
probably waa given to Crockett on. ac
count of his political attitude as on
aecoant of his fame as a mighty hunter.
Fnt Crockett took it all as a personal
tribute- .
He made speeches to thousands of
persona erode speeches they were, full
of platitudes and having none of his
simple, homely language in them and
he waa cheered and felt delighted, but
he did not seem to appreciate that he
was looked upon more as a sort of
wild man from the West than a person
to be considered for klgh office. In
New Tork he was the guest of the
Mavor for a day. and Philip Hone
entertained htm so handsomely that
Crockett publicly declared Hone to be
the highest type of gentleman he ever
had met, but it was In Boston that
Crockett received the most considera
tion. For a week or more he practically
was the guest of the city. The great
Industries of the neighborhood were
shown to him. and every night he was
at a banquet. In an India rubber
fartorv a hunting coat was made for
him while he looked on amazed. In a
nhoe factorv he Raw thousands of shoes
made bv machinery. In a carpet factory
carpets for his forest home were woven
before his eyes, and in cotton mills he
saw enough cotton goods made in a
day to supply all Tennessee for a year.
But the most surprising thing of all.
according to his own statement, was
what happened to him the last day of
.his stay in the city.. There came to
his hotel a blind boy bearing an invita--tlon
from the superintendent of a blind'
asvlum. asking Colonel Crockett to
visit the Institution.
"How do I get there V asked Crockett.
"I ll take you." replied the boy.
Betsy.
Crockett hardly could believe It when
he was told the boy could pilot him
throughout the city. And when at the
institution he saw a blind girl take up
a Bible and read chapter after chapter
the tears camo to his eyes. He exam
ined the raised letter of the book with
the deepest Interest, and when It was
explained to him that the blind.
Through their keenness of touch, were
taught to read the stamped type, he
declared it was the most glorious in
vention of the human mind, for 1t
brought light into darkness and lifted
the burdens of the most sorely afflicted
of sll God's creatures.
On his return from Boston Crockett
stopped again in Philadelphia and there
was presented to him the finest rifle
made up to that time. With this rifle,
which he christened Betsy, he gave an
exhibition of shooting that was wit
nessed by an Immense gathering.
From Philadelphia he proceeded to
Pittsburg, where he boarded a steam
heat which took him to a point In Ten
nessee withlna few d.-xys" Journey of
his home. Ho much attention had been
shown to him. so many persons gath
ered at the points through which he
traveled, that even a' more sophisti
cated man than Davy Crockett might
have been mjsled Into believing these
were evidences of popularity instead of
curiosity.
Home in Tennessee he started in at once
preparing for the election. His return to
Congress was looked upon as a" foregone
conclusion. His opponent. Adam Hunts
man, an old follower of Jackson. and a
veteran of the Creek war. was a poor
eampaigner. The crowds turned out to
hear Crockett and to cheer the man who
had made the triumphal trip through the
Far East. Every one wanted to hear from
his lips the stories of the wonders he had
seen the trains of stage coaches that
were drawn atthelightnlng speed of 15
miles an hour by a steam kettle on wheels;
the monsters of the deep nearly 200 feet
long; that had sails to use when the wind
was favorable aad steam when the wind
failed; the gigantic tavern to be called
the Astor House that John Jacob Astor
was building in Broadway, New York, on,
the block adjoining St. Paul's Church,
that would house a tremendous num-ir
of people, and that had a barroom nearly
half an acre in extent.
Never had Davy Crockett been more
popular. Throughout his district he was
acclaimed. To add to the discomfiture of
Adam Huntsman, Crockett played a Joke
on one of Huntsman's followers, the tell
4ng of which never failed to raise a laugh
at the campaign meetings. When the
campaign closed the only question waa In
regard to the size of Crockett's majority.
, ' Tlie Awakening.
" But to the consternation of Davy Crock
ed he had no maloritv. His opponent beat
Lhim by 230 votes. .How It happened he
could npt imagine at first. All tnat ne
could realize was that he had been de
ceived by many persons. Later he came
to a better review of the situation. He
w that in his vanity he had been offen
sive; that a backwoodsman hardly was
the man for the Presidency; that his peo
ple appreciated tills fully and while listen,
tng to his storieaxwith open delight felt
cpntempt'for. him In his presumption and
determination on a rebuke that would be
salutary and complete.
Jt was a rude awakening for Crockett.
AH his castles had come tumbling down.
From what he trad considered greatness
he had been transformed in a day into
mediocrity. A few years before he had
.been eent to Congress with a majority of
mora than 3000, which was a tremendous
majority lit V"se days. Now, talking of
himself as a possibility if not a probabil
ltjkJor the Presidency, and only seeking
.re-election to Congress as a matter ef
form,, he had been cast aside.
I i u vrwueii umjr " ' " 1 ...... ..
j open. To go into a new country and re
habilitate himself; to turn nis iih.ch. uu
the past and begin over again. And this
he did. Many other' men have done the
saine, but to few have come as much re
nown" and such lasting fame as Crockett
won In so siiort a time.
To Crockett the door of opportunity was
in Texas. There the struggle for Inde
pendence was under way. An empire was
soon to be born and men of force, men of
dash and men of daring might rise to sur
prising heights., Tne- spirit 01 auveiiimo
-n r. - ntmmr in the heart of Davy
Crockett. Forty-nine years of struggle had
not chilled the fires or his araent nature.
There was something almost blithesome
in the way' he turned his back on the
tTnlted Eftates and Bet out to blaze a new
life for himself.
While he' was closing out his alTairs
preparatory to starting on his trip he aid
two surprising things. He began to write
a history of his life, and he blossomed out
as a poet. His history and his poetry
v. , . t Aittnir hut each had merit.
Queer that a man who had difficulty in
spelling simple words should do so wens
But, aside from any" merit there Is In the
plain story of Davy Crockett's life as
written by himself, it has one great value
it contains His account of the siege of
the Alamo up to the time he ceased writ
ing, the daybefore the end.
Crockett's Earl, Life.
From this story of Davy Crockett's life
comes a tale of boyhood hardship such
as was familiar probably to the border
land of a century ago. He was born in
Eastern Tennessee August 17, 1TSS. His
father was born In Ireland or on a ship
en route from Ireland to America, Davy
did not know which. Davy was the fifth
son of a family of six sons and three
daughters. , The family was. extremely
poor, the poorest, of Improvident "white
trash." Davy's father had fought in the
Revolutionary War and fought for the
rest of his life against a burden of petty
debts.
He never seemed to get square with the
world. Once Davy worked for six months
to clear up a 'Sill of 2o the father owed.
Another time he worked nearly a year
LAST OF FAMOLS LAXGHORXB
. SISTERS IS HARRIED.
Hn, Paul Pfclpps.
NEW TORK. Sept. 25. (Spl.)
Mrs. Paul Phipps, the last of the
famous Langhorne . sisters to be
married. 1 visiting' her sister,
Mrs. Waldorf Astor, at Cliveden.
She has taken to archery, which
has been recommended to her
a healthful exercise and good for
her figure. She Is a daughter of
Chlswell Dabney Langhorne. of
' Virginia, and her sisters are Mrs.
T. Moncure Perkins, of Richmond,
' Va.; Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson,
of New York; .Mrs. Reginald
Brook3. of Long Island, and Mrs.
Astor, of England.
to pay a debt of $50 that oppressed the
family.
For his father Davy seem to have had
more affection jthan the faPner had for
him. To esrupc a licking from his parent
Davy -ran away from home before he was
10 years old tnd for several years worked
for teamsters, who carted goods between
the forest settle u'ents and the border
towns. When he returned home he was
too big to be whipped, but he had to help
support the .family. From the time he
was IS until he was 21 he worked chiefly
for people to whom . his father owed
money. Then Davy determined on mar
riage. . He was in -,love with an Irish
girl who was as poor as wajj he. They
did not have a penny when they married,
nor a house to shelter them, but he built
a rude shack of a house and somehow
they prospered At the opening of the
Creek war Crockett volunteered. He
served .throughout the campaign as a
scout and hunter, and when the war was
over he moved his wife and children Into
the lands taken from the Creeks. The
country teemed with game. Bear and
deer were plentiful. Crockett, who was
remarkably skillful with the rifle and
who knew Intuitively the habits of the
creatures of the forest, got the reputa-
tlon of being a mighty hunter.
Magistrate of the Forest,
That he deserved it there is ample tes
timony. But aside from being a great
hunter, he had another honor. That was
In beeng a magistrate of the wilderness.
All that portion of Tennessee through
wnlch he traveled was beyond the limits
of organized counties and knew no law
but the law of might or the law of com
mon sense. The people 'of the forest
elected Crockett magistrate. He appointed
his own constables. There was no appeal
from his decisions. Later, when the terri
tory was added to Giles County and Croc
kett was recognized officially as a mag
istrate, he had a shock. He received no
tification that he must thereafter keep a
record of his proceedings! But he could
not read the notification, and when it was
read to him he was Just as badly off; he
could not write his own name if his life
depended upon it. His constable could
read and write, however, and this con
stable taught Davy Crocgett how to
write his name. Hardly had Davy learned
to do this than he waa elected a mem
ber of the Legislature. This was when
he was 35.
How glie managed to pick up the fair
amiunt of education be displayed later on
Is not clear, but he must" have put in
some earnest hours at study, for he got
to read easily and to write intelligently,
even if his spelling was a bit grotesque.
9o long as he stuck to plain subjects and
natural narration he .wrote clearly and
grammatically, but when he sought for
effect he achieved wonders in the way of
distorting and misusing the English lan
guage. He remained In the " Legislature until
1KJ4, and it was In the last year of his
service there that he and Andrew Jackson
became the most Implacable of enemies.
Although It was a certainty practically
that Jackson would be the next President,
Old Hickory was not content. As boss of
Tennessee, he wanted the Senators from
the state to be. subservient to him. Sena
tor John Williamhad not obeyed Jack
son's commands . and, lacking a ' better
candidate to oppose Williams, who waa up
for re-election. Jackson offered himself.
Old Hickory was elected Senator, but
Crockett voted against-him.
Tn 3ongress.
In 1824 Crockett tried to get to Congress
but failed. In IS26 he again was a candi
date. This time- he succeeded. In 1828 he
was re-elected, "but in 1830 he was defeat
ed. In 1S32 back to Congress he went once
more. . Quaint and crude, he was and an
odd figure he made' In the National Legis
lature, but he had lots, of sense and no
one ever questioned his' honesty. To his
mind the $8 a day he received for each
day Congress was In session was big pay
Xor any man. no matter how talented, an'd
one of the measures he earnestly advo
cated was for the reduction of pay of
representatives in Congress to $5 a day
for each day of the session. For Van
Buren he had contempt and for Jackson's
kitchen Cabinet he had no words strong
enough to express his sentiments.
But his political career did not cut him
off entirely from his old pursuits. Be
tween sessions of the Legislature or of
Congress he was back in his home in the
wilderness. Just before going to Congress
the first time he had moved to a place
on the Obion River, and there one Fall he
did soma great bear hunting. Within one
month He killed, 48 bears. One day he
killed etKht. The first 13 months he. was
on the' Obion he killed 105 bears. Such a
record probably never was approached by.
any other hunter. , '
When Crockett started for Texas- bent
on making a new name for himself In
that country, he took with him only one
friend, the rifle he called Betsy, and which
he had received from the people of Phila
delphia. He went by way of Little Rock
to the Red River, and by steamboat down
the Red River to Natchitoches, La., at
that time the principal station on the
southwestern line of the United States.
The steamboat by which Crockett went
down the river was crowded with gam
blers, border ruffians, adventurers and
homeseekers. Among the gamblers was
a thimblerigger, who tried his best to get
Crockett to play- against his game. Crock
ett never gambled, and could not be
drawn Into the game, but between the
thlmblerteger and the backswoodsman a
strange friendship developed. When
Crockett, during a lull in the play, sat
beside the thlmblerigger and told him
what he thought of men who preyed upon
their fellows in such' a way the thimble
rigger tried to Justify himself by telling
how often he had failed -of success in
honest work and how Nature bad fitted
him for only one thing the shell game,
or' the thimble game, as it was known
then.
Throughout the trip at odd times Clock
ett and the gambler discussed the gam
bling question, Crockett always denounc
ing, Thlmblerlg always defending. At last
when they had reached Natchitoches the
gambler asked Crockett how on earth he
could live if he gave up gambling.
"Die Iiike a Brave One."
"If you cannot like like an honest man
you have at least the next best thing in
your power." was the reply. "You can
die llke a brave one. And I know not
whether, in the eyes of the world, a
brilliant death is not preferred to an ob
scure life of rectitude.- Most men are
Bee Hunter suddenly dashed away and
was soon lost to view. Next Crockett,
who never had seen a buffalo herd be
fore, was so carried away by the sight of
a herd that he raced after it to shoot
the leader of the Jot, and when the chase
was ended he had- lost himself on the
prairie and Thlmblerlg was alone. Next
a troop of wild horses appeared and cir
cled about him and his mustang until his
mustang, animated by the spirit of his
early days, dashed off to lead the bunch.
When night overtook Crockett his horse
was spent and he was on the' banks of a
river, across which the wild horses had
no difficulty in swimming, but which his
tired mustang could not negotiate.
Thlnkln his mustang was near death,
Crockett prepared to sleep in the top of
a fallen tree, but as he started to climtJ
among the branches he heard the growl
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lived. We gaze wrth admiration upon the
glories of the setting sun', yet scarcely
bestow a passing glance upon its noonday
splendors."
The gambler had learned who Crockett
was and agreed to accompany him and.
like him. begin life, anew. Together they
Journeyed to Nachogdoches. Tex., where
the. Old Mexican trail begins. There they
met a young man known as Ned the 3ee
Hunter, who was known throughout the
Southwest by reason of his travels in
search of beeswax. The bee hunter Joined
Crockett and Thlmblerlg when they took
to the road to San Antonio. The thtee
were well mounted and made good prog
ress. They bad not gone many miles be
fore they overtook a strange pair of men,
one heavily bearded and scarred, the
othe very dark and having a mixture of
Indi Sn blood. The two were known to
the bee hunter, who told Crockett the
bearded man had been one of Lafltte's
pirates and the Indian was athunter well
known in .South Texas. The pirate and
the Indian were en route for the Alamo
soldiers of fortune playing in the great
game for possession of an empire.
The Queer Company.
The pfrate and the Indian joined Crock
ett's party by Crockett's invitation.
Queer company a man Sfho had an idea
of being President of the United States
was keeping. But as Crocket, Thimble
rig and the pirate and the Indian were
afoot and Crockett was eager to press
forward, they separated the following
day. Then a strange combination of ad
ventures crowded in ?g Crockett. , The
of a cougar. Before he couldtake aim
the cougar sprang. He dodged and fired
as he jumped aside. The cougar was
wounded, but not seriously. Then as the
cougar prepared for another spring he
clubbed his rifle- The blow he struck
the animal dazed It for a moment, but
soon the advantage was with the cougar,
for-' Crockett . tripped and fell. The
cougar was on him in an instant, grab
bing him by the thigh. The tall of the
cougar was toward Crockett's head, and
clutching the beast's tall he tried to tear
the animal off and throw It into the
river. He succeeded In rolling over the
animal, and then, drawing his knife, he
managed, after many efforts to reach a
vital spot with the blade.
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Davy and the Chief.
Torn and bleeding, he climbed Into the
treetop to 'sleep. When he awoke In the
morning he-was sore and weak. He made
a fire to cook a little cqfee the Bee
Hunter had given -to him, and was re
freshed from drinflng the liquid, when,
as he looked up, he saw . a band- of In
dians sweeping across the prairie toward
him. The Indians divided so that he was
between the two parties, and then "the
chief advanced to hold speech. Crockett,
with no hope of escape, was delighted to
find the Indians friendly. The chief
could speak a little English. When Crock
ett told his story df the fight with the
cougar, the Indians were amazed. They
hardly could believe him. When Crock
ett told of the mustang the chief
laughed. .The mustang, he said, had
played 'possum on the hunter and had
run away in the night. The Indians of
fered to escort Crockett to the Colorado
River, but the chief wanted Crockett's
rifle, eBtsy. This Crockett refused . to
give. '
As the party proceeded they saw smoke
in the distance. When they reached it
Crockett discovered Thlmblerlg .almost
scared to death by the prospect of death
at the hands of the redmen. But there
he was on the prairie where Crockett had
left him the day before, and he had put
in the time mostly practicing with the
thimbles and the little bean.
The Indians escorted the two to the
Colorado River, and there left them. A
little further on Crockett met the Bee
Hunter, the pirate and the Indian hunter
again. The Bee Hunter, It seemed, had
seen a bee flying by and had raced after
It to discover the hive. That explained
the Bee Hunter's strange conduct the aay
he raced away. When he returned and
took up the trail again he soon . overtook
the pirate and the Indian, but could find
no sign of Crockett and Thlmblerlg.
Fight Ontslde. ;
" The party of five adventurers contin
ued their Journey," and had no further
troubles until 20 miles from San Antonio,
where they were halted by a body of
Mexican cavalry,-' about 20 strong, the
Captain of which called on them to sur
render. The pirate had informed Crock
ett the soldiers were ex-convicts, and
had Instructed Crockett to pick off the
Captain at the first fire and the jothers
would flee. Prompt with the order to
surrender, Crockett blazed ,away. The
Coptaln fell, and his men put spurs to
their horses and ran away.
In San Antonio Crockett was received
by Colonel W. B. Travis, commander of
the Texas forces, with rejoicing. Knowl
edge that Crockett was on his way had
reached Travis weeks before. With Travis
was Colonel James, Bowie, he of the fa
mous bowie-knife; Colonel- Bonham and
about 150 others.
It was early in February, 1836, that
Crockett reached the Alamo. On the 19th
Travis received word from scouts that
Santa Anna, with a force of 1600 men,
was near the city. On February' 23 Santn
Anna arrived, and Travis and his men re
tired to the Alamo, In the night Travis
sent out an express messenger to Colonel
Fannin at Goliad, advising him of the
situation and asking for aid. The messen
ger was the Pirate.
, Tale of the Alamo.
On February 24. Santa Anna put a bat
tery 350 yards' from the Alamo and began
firing, but without effect. In the after
noon a stray shot struck Thimblerig, who,
sitting in an exposed position, was prac
ticing Jils everlasting game with the thim
bles and the bean. The wound was slight
and gave little trouble to him, . but he
dropped the thimbles and the bean "then
and took to a rifle, declaring he was go
ing to pay the Mexicans back in full end
with generous interest, too. From that
time on he was the most faithful of sol
diers. Never did he tire of watching for
a shot at a Mexican, and many1 were the
men who dropped from his fire.
On February 26 Bowie was stricken with
a fatal Illness. To make up lor his loss,
as it would seem, came the Indian hunter
who, seat to Gonzales for help, returned
with reinforcements of 30 men.
Day after day the siege progressed, day
after day the situation become more des
perate. On March 4 shells had been fall
ing into the Alamo at regular Intervals.
About dusk the Bee Hunter observed a
man running toward the Alamo, pursued
by about, a dozen Mexicans. It was the
Pirate, returning "from Goliad. With
Crockett and a few others the Bee Hunter
raced out to the aid of the Pirate. Be
fore they reached him he. to the amaze
ment of the Mexicans, turned and became
the assailant. He clubbed his gun and
swung it with furious, vigor. But Crock
ett and his party, when they turned to
escort the Pirate to the fort, found their
way blocked by a cavalry force of 25
Mexicans. There was nothing to do but
fight their way through the enemy. They
cut a path for themselves, but It was not
without heavy cost. The t-Bee Hunter
and the Pirate" were mortally wounded
and Crockett received a sabre slash across
the forehead. '
So far goes the story of Crockett as
told by htmseJf. Under, date of March 6
there is this:
The Final Tragedy,
"March 6. Pop, pop, pop! Bom. bom,
bom! throughout the day. No time for
memorandum now. Go ahead! Liberty
and independence for ever!'"
On March 6 the Alamo was carried by
assault. "Bowie, dying of disease, fought
to the last. Five Mexicans were dead at
the foot of his bed. One lay dead across
Bowie's body, slashed by the dying man,
whose terrible knife carried death at
every blow.
Travis had been killed the day before.
Of the whole garrison only six survived
the final assault Crockett "and five others.
At Crockett's feet was Thimblerig. dead.
He had met death like a hero, lighting to
the last. Within a short circle of Crockett
were at least 20 Mexicans, dead or dying.
When unable to use his rifle Davy had
used a bowie-knife. At last, bayoneted
and weak from many wounds, he had
been overcome. 1
The following day he and his five com
panions were shot to death by order of
Santa Anna. t
. Within one year of what he thouslit
was his crowning disaster Davy Crockett
had become one of America's Immortals.
And what of Thlmblerlg? His real name
never will be known, but In the records of
the Alamo heroes he Is listed with the
others, but Just as Thlmblerlg. Copyright,
1909, by Richard Splllane.
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the invention of Dr. Anschuetz-Haempfe.
A nine-pound wheel mounted in a
holder of quicksilver Is made to rotate
at the rate of 21.000 revolutions a minute
bv an electric motor. After running for
two hours the wheel Is set in the di
rection of the mathematical meridian,
which direction it maintains. The ad
vantage of the new compass is that it
is entirely unaffected by neighboring
Iron or steel or by vibrations and rolling
of . the vessel.
A compass card attached indicates dl- .
rection In the usual wav.
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NEW . YORK, Sept. 2ri. Spe
cial.) Princess Kuni is - the
wife of the. representative of
Japan to the Hudson-Fulton
celebration in New York next
month. She was born in Chick
aho In 1873, and Is the daugh
ter of Prince Shimazu. The
Prince and Princess arc ex
pected to arrive In New York
next week.