Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-26

NEW YORK, July 25.-Among the names
on the passenger list of the White Star
steamship Teutonic, which sailed from this
port on Wednesday, appeared that of Mr..
r. Boyle. This plain Mr.. r. Boyle was
the missing Richard Henry Viscount Boyle,
now (because of the death of the old EarD
Earl of Shannon, Of Castle Martyr, county
of Cork, Ireland.
Lord Boyle, or Earl Shannon, as he is
now called. is an eccentric young man,
with decidedly interesting history. At
the age of %, just seven years ago, the
young Viscount left his home to seek his
fortune in the great Northwest. He is
young man of a decidedly rowing disposi-
tion, democratic in his tastes, fond of out
door sports and hunting and fishing, and
equally fond, as it would appear, of indulg-
ing in what is known in this country as
high rolling"
ANXIOUS TO TRAVEL.
The young heir to the earldom of Shan
non chafod and fretted under the restraints
and restrictions of the paternal roof, and
longed for the more liberal freedom which
new and undeveloped country promised to
afford. His Lordship landed on these shores
about seven years ago, with unbounded am
bition, a pocketful of money and a general
desire to have good time, so far as circum-
stances would permit. After thoroughly
doing" this metropolis, in company with
other kindred spirits, His Lordship went to
ranch in Manitoba and engaged in the
delectable pursuit of punching" cattle and
waging sportsmanlike warfare upon the
wild denizens of the great Northwestern
forests and streams.
The walls of his mountain home were
adorned IN time with giant antlers. and
spread upon his cabin floor were the pelts of
many specimens of the wild animals that
had fallen victims to his unerring rifle. Nor
was the pursuit of politics forgotten in the
land of his adoption. A real live Irish lord
who could put an artistic brand on the wild
cattle OF the great Western foothills and
BEARD THE SAVAGE GRIZZLY.
in his lair without finching was person to
command respect and Milford Bowie was
therefore elected a member of the Macleod
Legislature. He served term with great
credit to himself and to the unbounded salts
faction of his constituents. His Lordship
next embarked in the banking business at
Winnipeg, Man., becoming one of the
firm of Macarthur, BOYLE & Campbell, The
junior partner of the firm is the Youngest
son of the Duke of Argyle and brother of
the Marquis of Lorne, then Governor Gen.
eral OF Canada. With the COLLAPSE of the |
Winnipeg boom, however, came the dissolu- |
tion of the firm and again his cratic lord |
ship struck out for the frontier.
Lord BOYLE was next heard of in Victo-
ria, B. c. There, according to accounts
published in the papers at the time, he ap-
pears to have led rather fast Lille. Then
His Lordship suddenly disappeared, and |
from that time, over two years ago, until |
within the past week, when he was located |
in this city, his whereabouts have ever been |
veiled in misty uncertainty. As His Lord |
ship had not written home since his depart |
ure, over seven years ago, it is not to be |
wondered at that his relatives were worried |
by his erratic and wayward conduct.
This anxiety was in no degree 'lessened by |
the numerous reports of unpaid bills and |
angry creditors who seemed to follow upon |
His Lordship's trail up to the time of his |
disappearance.
A PROMISING YOUTH.
That he was young man of great "prom- |
Use" appears to nave been an accepted fact |
among certain hotel proprietors and other |
business people of the Northwest with whom |
His Lordship had come in contact prior to |
his departure for parts unknown. Then |
came all sorts of conflicting reports as to |
where Lord Boyle had hidden himself. One |
gentleman, who claimed to know, located |
Lord Boyle in the diamond fields of South |
Africa Others had met His Lordship |
digging for golden nuggets in the mines of |
Alaska, while not a few were positive that |
he had gone to the Bengal jungles to wrestle |
with the tigers and the huge-eared ele- |
plants.
After speculating upon His Lordship's |
whereabouts until the four quarters of the |
globe had become well exhausted it was de- |
termined to declare the young man dead, as
the best and only means of disposing of the |
matter.
Like Stanley, therefore, Lord Boyle was |
killed in various ways. From this time on |
His Lordship died, at intervals, all man.
ner of deaths. He was, according to |
various newspaper accounts, frequently !
scalped by the Indians, was frozen to death |
several times, and, on the authority of
newspaper published in this city, Yesterday,
the whitened bones of His Lordship still lie |
bleaching under the scorching rays of an
Alaskan sun.
HIS BROTHERS SEARCH.
OF course when the old Earl of Shannon,
ago and the missing Lord himself became
the Earl, it became matter of some mo-
ment either that this much-killed Young
man should be resurrected or that proofs of
his death should be well established For
this purpose Lord Boyle's brother Henry
came to this country soon after the Earl's
death. Mr.. Henry Boyle (who is the Hon
orable Henry Boyle at home) secured the
great Northwest on the trail OF his missing
relative, but finding no trace returned dis
heartened to this city.
The brothers search and inquiries, how
ever, were not without their fruits, for a
telegram was received two weeks ago from
Idaho from his missing Lordship, stating
that he was alive and well, and would
shortly arrive in New York. Closely fol-
lowing the telegram came His Lordship
himself, bronzed and weatherbeaten as a
Sioux Indian, but splendid specimen of
physical health and robust manhood.
The new Earl of Shannon remained
quietly In this city for few davs. when he
purchased his ticket at the White Star
office, giving his name as "the Hon. Rich
ard Henry Boyle, Earl of Shannon" This
name and title, however, seemed to lar upon 4
the democratic ideas which His I,ordsbin
had acquired during his ''cow puncbino'
experiences in the wilds Of the Nortbwes.
SO the high-sounding name was. at His |
Lordship's request, shorn OF its embellisb-
ueuts and made to read "Mr r. Boyle."
STILL DEEPER MYSTERIES.
It might also be mentioned that the Hon
Henry, seemingly imbued with the demo.
cratic principles of his brother. likewise
sailed under the unpretentious title of 'Mr.
n Rovle"