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Show RULES DW TRIBE AMERICAN CH08EN MONARCH OP THE ILOCANOS. 'Former Omaha Messenger Doy Now King In a Section of the Philip-pine Philip-pine Islands How It All Came About. Omaha. From messenger hoy tn king is the long Htcp which Iiiib boon taken hy Chiirlcs HnfTkc, formerly Western Union Telegraph messenger No. 7 at the Omnhn ofllco, now king nnd ruler over the Ilocnnos trlbo of 100,000 FlIlplnoH In the Interior of the Island of Luzon. "King Carlos" In nt present In Nebraska prnctlcliiK law, hut IiIm "pcopln" stilt look to him no their ruler nnil continually Implore him nnd beseech him to return to the Islnnds and rule them as ho once did.' Hnffku was on tlio Olympla with fl Dewey when tlio American fleet Railed Into Mnnlln harbor and thoro saw for the first time some of tlio people M, .whom ho wns aftorward to rule. 1 Tho young follow continued his stud-les stud-les while In tlio navy and when his term of cullHtmcut expired, enmo back to Omahn, Htudlcd stenography, took B' the civil Hcrvlco exnmlnntlon nnd re- turned to the Philippines a fullllcdgod court reporter. As a reporter Hnffko followed tlio court on Its rounds through the Islands and nt odd times, when nut on duty, ho studied law. In the course of -court business n ' enso came up In which n number of the Ilocnnos tribe wero Interested. Ilaffke reported tlio enso nnd became fl acquainted with the lenders, who took a great fancy to him. Later, theso leaders camo to 111 I n with scvernl le-gal le-gal questions which llnffke's knowl-edge knowl-edge of law enabled him to answer nnd arrange for tlio tribesmen. Then came tlio cholera scourgo and H. umong those who died wiib the king of the Ilocnnos. Along with tlio king went tho ontlro roynl family nnd tlio throno was left vacant. About that time tho Judgo to whom Haffko acted na reporter began n ses slon of court ut Llngnycn, tho nearest railroad town to tlio llocanos country. And this Is what happened: "After court, ono day," says Hart-ko, Hart-ko, "I was sitting on the vernndn of tho hotel, when flvo natives approached. ap-proached. I heard them nuking for Don Cnrlos Ilnffke.' 1 wns pointed out as tho 'don.' They enmo up and prostrated themsolvos at my feet. "What's tho matter with theso fellows?" fel-lows?" I asked tho Interpreter. "They are Ilocnnos; they say their trlbo has olectod you king nnd this Is a notification coinmlttco," ho Bald, after aft-er tnlklng with tho flvo strangers a few minutes. "Sovernl days later, when court nd-Journed. nd-Journed. I 'blow' myself to tho finest pougco Bilk suit 1 could find, dressed up my servant In the most gorgeous j outfit I could Invent and stnrted out, horseback, for Natlvldad, tho largest town of tho llocanos, -IS miles from VA Langnyon and about 200 miles from Manila. Hj "That night wo had a business tneot- In the palace, about 40 of tho head j men of the trlbo taking part. J "Finally wo struck a bargain. I was to receive thu palaco, nil necessary uorvnnts, all my household supplies, clothing nnd ovorythlng necessnry and llvo per cent, of nil tho crops raised ft by my Biibjects. In addition, every mnn, woman and child of the tribe wns to subscrlbo $1 each to a fund which I was to uso for tho purchase of ma-chlnery, ma-chlnery, farm ImplemcntH and othor things needed most by thu natives. "On my sldo, I wub to teach them agriculture, attend to their legal busl-ness, busl-ness, assist thorn In remaining on friendly terms with tho Americanos and generally play tho part of a king us best I could. "I held that Job Just about three .months. I had been planning a trip to HI (America to seo a certain girl back In H Nebraska and I couldn't hold out any longer. So I took leavo of my sub-JhcIs sub-JhcIs and camo over to this 'country, llofore leaving tho Islands I took my exninlnatlon and was admitted to tho |