Ma Charles S. Hendel, a goods store here, claims to be the rightful heir to the throne of Poland, should monarchy ever be proclaimed in that country. Hendel claims to be in possession of papers which will prove that he descended from John IIT of Poland (Sobieski) who gained the throne of Poland by his victories in 1673 over the Swedes, Tartars and Cossacks and 10 years later the Turks.
Hendel fled from Poland when a boy and went to America, but returned to his native land at the outbreak of the Russo-Japanes: war, during which he served in the Russian ambulance corps. He was personally decorated by the Dowager-Empress of. Rustia-—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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