The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1899, Page 23

Ao O D O® sion. nded to go at any rat id like so see anybody band soon found a ver: to do so. He drew 1 promised to kill the to follow our li CALIFORNIA’S ; renmariarie | \Wedding of (eorge Tubou, FEUD. . = Ki U?_OUODQE" THE SUNDAY CALL 23 FAMILY Many of the men said they in- effect- The Sunday Call presents herewith the first photograph taken of King George Tubou of Tonga and his bride, Lavinia, formerly daughter of the Minister of Police. It was-the desire of many of the chiefs that long ride, 1.2 2 . N Y . with his pistol fn George should marry Ofa, a very high chieftainess from “Niua Tobu yted ollow ~on P " . 9 are ; determined Tabu,”” to whom he had been betrothed from childhood. But the King h t of DO was pleased to marry his heart’s choice and elevate the daughter of the Minister of Police to h’s own high rank. He made an entirely new de- their long nothing but parture frem Tengan customs by publicly placing a bright golden crown upon his bride’s head as she knelt before him aiter the wedding cere- mrony, and, raising her from the ground, said in a clearvoice: ¢Lavinia, 1 I crown thee Queen of Tonga.”” He further broke all well-established con= horse and hi have another the road which we e one C ventionality by insisting that his bride sit by his side to partake of the wedding breakfast, a proceeding diametrically opposite to Tongan religion, for man and wife never are supposed to partake of foed together, the men of the family eating in one part of the home and the women in another. But King George thought otherwise, and no one dared gainsay him. Long WA A AR R ive the King! e SR AP A A A A S S S S S 4 inds of ugly things, some Sp vengeance in people were v the cooler heads, who w was settled and that they had bet go to their homes like ceable men and leave family mat- settled by il ight again. said all ged in a them declarin near futur n silenced I 1d them the r obliged to witness such a had t me kind ha a publicway ung men tions in God grant that turned over to the con ocked up in a rcom over ng guard was placed and it ntion of the people to give xt day. number of the citizens ent to the place com up The culprits were ge which spanned a outside the town. They ve minutes in which to UNSTON ,\"“ R AlTER. Y ay have 3 you could have bu God, ropes were I had one, but now ey were told to erything was d I am left h woman for v I know is to be left and. Only one man s agitation, and he was lators. It was noticed that this one was at war with his stood leaning on the rall while the solemn prepara- were being made. Finally one of companic whispered something into his ear. I know, I know,” was relatives of both families walked about his reply. “Well, I refuse to save a as if there couid be no thought of re- thief. Swing him off.” donse. and nonme of them seemed to In the morning the lifeless bodies of nave the least the three young men were found dang- ling from rail of the bridge. One of the u ates belonged to conjunction with the peculiar ef- To be sure e mine. “But the fact 2 i N in the m 0f YOUnger g ation of the Frost fami ; 1 they Some of t good people of Little Lake % : declare to this day that the leading reg- 3 ulator was a F and an uncle to X ; the boy he ordered har = 2 W. C. BUNNER. > THE RUSSIAN SONGSTRESS. TN AN T . % I:J;GANS PAYING HOMAGE TO NEWL KSLGWEDDED The Hefiograph and What It Can Do. The heliograph, under present condi- tions, can be used oniy during hours of sunshine, but on bright ¢ its trans- mitted signals are so quickly displayed and promptly read at any reasonable dis- tance that it replaces the flag on all g sible would comple are readily pene was The hostiles v, and when tion flash- they saw he ing across e mo and othe m aggr Ranges worked over. Prev was that between where mirrors of surface, costing ovl messages 117 miles. ThiS Was now s passed by a signal corps mirror of bare fwenty inches’ surface, costing $40. These the mechanical skill of American tance helio; ‘was that acc Glassford, ument ph eight inches sq nt and received betw. Utah, and Mount Unc orado, an air lin than 153 miles. Th ight m! great difficul ranges consists such elevation as is nece come the convexity tain Glassford sa: }he first gl(i‘mrr?er urh:}t\lc_‘: ){IO;JY\Q Ellen flash t appeared througl e telescope a deep dcflshh . It was about as bright T e il it e o \ SE GEORGE II KING OF TONGA AND HIS BRIDE QUEEN SAVINIA parent disk as resented by that plant in — . . our glasses. eneral A. W. Greely in MLLE. ALEXANDRA DAGMAR, at the Orpheum. Ainslee’s for August. of the “Wh