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The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06
Carries His Coffin Around the World.

The viceroy of China, Lii Hung Chang
is coming to America, and he Is bringing
his coffin with him. In China it Is the
custom for wealthy men to purchase the
Baskets in which they intend to be buried
and they remain a suggestive part of the
household furniture until the owners
death.
1t has also been custom for wealthy
Celestials to carry their collins with them
on their travels through the empire, so
that their bodies might be placed immedi-
ately in the receptacle designed for it in
case of death. But no record is made of
any Chinaman having taken his coffin out
side of his country.
Now Ii Hung Chang, one Of the five
richest men in the world, has not only
done that, but he is carrying it with him
on his trip around the world. 1t is the
most conspicuous article of the vice regal
baggage.
The coffin is made of mahogany, and
the wood was cut from single tree trunk.
The bottom Is curved and rests on sup
ports at either end. Its exterior Is veneered
with highly decorated carved wood. The
coffin is feet 8 inches long, 8 feet wide
and nearly feet deep. 1t is fitted inside
with costly silk and metal ornaments.
Many suits of uniform are always kept in
it, When the viceroy is buried, some cost
ly jewel diamond or ruby will be
placed inside as q tribute to the spirit who
will guard LIS soul.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

heroine OF Midland, mountain village in
California. One of her scholars had pet
antelope, q sweet, dOcile little creature that
followed its mistress to school, remaining
quite near the door during class hours.
One day it lay, as usual, near the door,
lazily baskinR in the sunlight, while the
children pored over their studies. Sudden
ly there came light thud and a scream.
There, with his fore feet crushing the little
creature, crOuched big mountain lion,
savagely switching his tail from side to
side and eying the children. The little
tots screaming wildly, ran to the farthest
corner, budding there in o heap.
The teacher, although pale with fear,
did not for a moment lose her nerve, but
searched the room for some means of res.
cuing her little scholars. Hanging on tho
wall near the door was shotgun, and she
determined to obtain IL, although to do so
she had to pass the lion. Summoning all
her courage, she advanced down the room,
facing the savage beast who stopped tear
ing at the antelope and growled ominous
ly. She passed by him and took the gun
from the pegs.
The lion turned his head and curiously
watched her as she retrcated up the room
again. The gun being empty, ii was nee
essary TO return 10 her utSk 10 procure
some shells and load it, Savage from its
taste of blood, the lion left the antelope
and prepared to spring upon the group OF
children. He made one leap over the
benches, which landed him in front of the
teachers desk, and his eyes catching sight
of her, he changed his purpose, and swing
ing around was about to spring upon her.
Noticing this, the teacher, who had been
watching for good opportunity to shoot
instead of waiting for him to make the
leap, walked quickly up To him, and before
the astonished brute could recover she
placed the muzzle of the gun in his ear and
pulled the triggers.
The reooil knocked her over, and she
fell to the floor senseless. The gun did its
work, however for the lions head was al
most blown to pieces, and the brute lay
a quivering heap upon the floor.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

were unfavorable. ::|~g siia5s wait al
morning." said the captain. The anchor
was being raised at daylight when his
lordship was arrested and the plumber
seized
The impostor is now in the Queensland
penitentiary, and when his ten years are
up he will have to answer to the other
colonies for despoiling them.
1t is said that Mrs. Ward and her daugh-
ter still believe in his "lordship," and of
course they are ridiculed by those who
were not duped, and who know that his
lordship was at one time the French valet
Of the Earl of Dunraven, at one time gov
ernor general of Canada.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06
A DARING IMPOSTOR.
How "Lord Henry Pembroke Cavendish"
Fooled the Antipodeans.
BY ALFRED R. CALHOUN.

For an English commoner of fair address
a nobleman is such an everyday occurrence
that IL may be suid to have but little dan
ger In 1t. 1t would certainly require q
great deal of daring or total absence of
sshse for man without shadow Of war
rant to attempt TO pass for a lord in Eng
land or in ono Of her colonies, and yet this
very thing was successfully done in Aus
tralia few years ago.
The governors Of all the British colonies
of Importance are men of title and as a
rule of tho privileged "house of lords"
class, as some one has called 1t.
In 1899 Lord Glasgow was governor of
New Zealand, Lord Jersey of New South
Wales and the Earl Of Hopetoun of Vic
toria. At the same timo one of the most
prominent statesmen In England was the
Duke of Devonshire, who as the Marquis
of Harrington had been leading Liberal
and friend of Gladstone till the question
Of homo rule made him Tory.
AS every one knows, the family name of
the Duke Of Devonshire is Cavendish, pro-
nounced "Kan-dish, /" and the male men,
bers of his family below the peer, who is
marquis, take by courtesy the title Of lord.
1t will be remembered Lord George Fred
erick Cavendish, brother of the present
duke, was murdered some years ago In
Dublin.
There are scores Of lords in Ireland and
Scotland who have no right to sit in the
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

the old law of THE BOY WHO WAS HANGED.
torture, seeking to purge the boy Of his
evil deeds and make him confess. In lieu
of rack and thumbscrew, stocks and old
instruments for loosening suspects
tongues, the trio seized an inch rope and
strung their victim over beam. The ter.
rfed lad finally gasped out a confession
duplicating others, whereupon he was
turned over to the police.
When Tom Reynolds had a chance to
tell the story of his arrest, he created
something of a sensation, and now Herold
is threatened with dire punishment for his
high handed conduct. II was going along
attending to my business" Reynolds said,
when i was lassoed by Herold, who
threw an inch rope over my neck and drag
ged me into his barn back of his black
smith shop. He was soon Joined by Billy
Riordan and Henry Leopold. They strung
me up to beam, lifting my body at least
foot above the ground, and when l was
choking they swore they would kill me If
would not confess that robbed Herold's
house. To get out with my life l said 1
did it, and now propose to fight the case
and make it hot for the gang"
Reynolds bears no marks Of his torture
save q slight scratch on his neck. But there
can be no doubt that he was actually
hanged, for San Francisco newspaper has
printed picture of the rope.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06
Deyoured by Wolves.

Notwithstanding the construction of so
many roads and railways in the interior of
Russia, the wolves are apparently not de.
creasing In numbers. Only recently, says
st. Petersburg correspondent, a pack of
these voracious creatures attacked and tore
to pieces a woman in the neighborhOOd Of
Tsatitzin, on the Volga. The woman was
warned by peasant not to proceed on her
way. 1t is curious fact that her infant
child, which was swathed in cloth, miracu-
lousy escaped. The wolves in their eager
ness to devour the mother apparently quite
overlooked the child.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06
A Noblewoman as a salvatiopist.

Only recently released from the great
lunatio asylum of Copenhagen, the Count
ess of Schimmelmann, favorite lady in
waiting of old Empress Augusta of Ger
many is now devoting the large legacy in
herited from her imperial mistress to an
extraordinary mission Of evangelization
along the coast of Denmark, Sweden and
Germany.
She has bought an old yacht, the Duon,
from Prince Waldemar of Denmark. In it
she cruises about from one village to an
other, preaching to the simple folk who
get their living from the sea. Under an
awning spread on deck she sits at a table
simply dressed in black and receives her
visitors several times day.
She tries to promote their welfare by
preaching oontentment with their humble
lot and showing them that peace and hap
piness are compatible with lowly state In
life. She ends with prayer for all suffer
ers and then shakes hands with her visit
ors.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

that of John Farver, colorcd alias Viper
John confessed to having been active III
stealing 35 bicycles and told where all Of
them could be found. When Farver was
taken into the office of the lieutenant, it
was dark, and the light had not been lit
John" said the lieutenant, did you
ever steal n bicycleY'
Never, sir, " said the colorcd man.
At that moment in the corner Of the
room, above the officers desk, appeared an
Illuminated skull with hollow blood red
eyes that flashed with blush light. 1t
passed away in an instant.
Fob de Lawd, what was that SEEM"
whispered the startled negro.
"See? WhereP" said the officer.
''In dat cohner l seen dc ole boy hisself,
bleever'
"Now, see here" said the lieutenant,
don't try to jolly me. Haven't you stolen
any bicycles?'
"Well, didn't steal 'cm"- Just then
the skull flared into view and began to
crunch its teeth fearfully. With a yell of
terror the negro leaped to the other end Of
the room and crawled under the patrol
sergeant's desk, shrieking: II stole'm
stole'm Don't kotch me, Mr. Debil! I'll
git every one of EN-, foh de Lawd l will! ="
Farver confessed while under the desk,
and the 30 wheels were regained.
Simon Smith, who stole lineful of
clothes that were hanging in yard at
Forty fourth street and Grand boulevard,
was introduced to the skull and told where
the clothes were hidden. There have been
numbers of similar cases where persons
against whom there was no evidence 20
connect them with the crime have given
information that has led to the arrest and
conviction of other criminals.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06


Fink for his homily by throwing the ciga-
rette in his face. Then Mr.. Fink butted
Mr.. Holland in the stomach, and Mr.. Hol-
land retorted with a swipe of IA razor that
inflicted serious injury on the neck Of Mr..
Fink.
Mr. Fink is disabled but not dismayed.
81 would die" he said, "bcfore would
give man a light for cigarette. When
this man asked ne for light, told him
cigarettes were the meanest things made
and that the fumes made mo sick. He in
sisted and when l still refused he threw
the cigarette into my face"
when any one throws cigarette into
my face, continued Mr.. Fink, lit means
just one thing" And Mr.. Fink settled
back on his pillow with the air of n man
who had braved death for principle.
For" he continued, az would rather
have man point pistol at my head than
one Of those cheap cigarettes"
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06
Four Red Lines-Death.

Here's "sign of the four which is q
little different from DIR. A. Conan Doyle's
idea of 1t. The names of the men in Sing
Sing prison who are to die are entered in a
book, alphabetically arranged, with the
crime and sentence affixed. After man
is executed or escapes and is subsequently
found to be dead four red lines are drawn
through his name. The lines have been
used only after executions, except In the
cases of Pallister and Roll, who escaped
and were drowned In the Hudson.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06
A Convict Receives a Legacy

Clark Bedell, who is serving Ga year
sentence in Auburn prison, has been left
a fortune. BY the will of his mother,
Mrs. Martha Galloway, who has just died
at Fort Scott, Kan, Bedcll is given half of
her valuable estate, leaving her husband
unprovided for. The convict was for many
years prominent man of Fort Scott, and
his parents have succeeded in keeping his
disgrace a profound secret until the moth.
er died and the stepfather retained counsel
to contest her will.
Bedell left Kansas In 1874 and went east
He organized and became the leader of the
famous Earl gang of masked robbers, who
operated successfully in Oneida, Onondaga
and other counties of central New York
for several years. Bedell assumed the name
OF Leon Earl, and his brother Charles, who
was member of the gang, also took the
name of Earl.
After long series of depredations and
rich harvest of booty the gang was finally
captured in Onondaga county, where they
were tried and convicted. Clark Bedell,
alias Leon Earl, was found guilty on five
indictments, and the sentences aggregated
Ga years.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

LORD GEORGE FREDERICK CAVENDISH.
house of lords and who are but little
known outside their own set, so that a
man in distant land, even though 1t were
an English colony, might successfully pass
for what he was not.
But it was the sublime audacity of the
character in question that made him sue
cess in Australia as Lord Henry Penn
broke Cavendish," a scion of the great
house of Devonshire.
Australasia was just recovering from
the excitement caused by the trial and ex-
ecution of the monster Deeming when q
handsome young man, accompanied by a
colored valet, came down to the charming
city of Auckland, New Zealand, from the
Fiji islands
This young man was, or said he was,
Lord Henry Pembroke Cavendish. He
had been doing Polynesia and visited
Apia, in Samoa, where he was entertained
by the famous writer, Robert Louis Ste
veGson.
Mr.. Stevenson gave the young nobleman
letters to his friends in the colonies, never
for an instant doubling he was all he
claimed to be.
Lord Cavendish was slender, of medium
height and had light yellow mustache.
no SpOhO EuBllSu WlOil oil abUIhCblNo uO-
cent, due, so he explained, to the fact that
he had lived on the continent since his
childhood.
His mother, who died when he was
year old, was cousin Of Count Henri
Rochefort, the famous socialist, and his
father was the man assassinated decade
or more before in Dublin.
Fortunately for his purpose, there had
haan cnch "a and ~ oraatad mn
end of talk at the time, though the lady
in the case was of a nobler family than the
house of Devonshire
Had this man claimed to be an heir
Burke's Peerage, called the Englishman's
Bible would have shown the fraud at once
but as it was his story-always told mod
estly-received full credenoe and made
him social lion during his brief but brill
liant career south of the equator.
The servant, a native o. Singapore, knew
but little English, while his lordship, who
had an Ollendorf knowledge of Malay,
always addressed him In that language, a
fact that added to his reputation for schol-
arship.
At Auckland, Lord Cavendish was "put
up" at all the clubs, and that able and
venerable statesman, Sir George Grey, to
whom New Zealand owes so much, paid
him attention. Here his money ran short,
but no had unlimited forged letters of
credit, and the bankers tumbled over each
other In their eagerness to cash his drafts.
Auckland Is noted for its pretty women,
and many of these, 1t Is said, fell madly in
love with the handsome young nobleman.
He was invited to visit Wellington, the
capital, where the colonial parliament was
in session and he could meet the governor,
Lord Glasgow. He declined for the pres
emit, saying he must be in Brisbane, Queens
land, by certain date. but would accept
the invitation on his return In few
months.
He declared, and with truth, that New
Zealand was the loveliest land under the
sun, and he limited that after he got his
affairs settled up in Europe he would re-
turn and 60 into the sheep business or be-
como ga squatter," as 1t is called out
there.
When he reached Brisbane, he had letters
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06
AnticiRarette Hero.

William H. Fink Of Chicago lies today
on a bed of pain, but he is a hero and has
the satisfaction Of knowing that if he
should die the Anticigarotte league would
erect monument in his memory, for he
suffers in n noble cause.
He refused to give light TO cigarette
1end.
When one Thomas Holland asked him
for q light for his cigarette Mr.. Fink
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

A complexion doctor says that the beauty
bills of good many of her clients run into
three figures for cosmetics and massage,
etc., every year. There arc half dozen
women in society who actually enamel,
Several go to her to be done about every
three months. 1t is painful, tedious and
expensive thing.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06
Ube Queer Sioe Of Site.


Lieutenant Samuel C. Rank of the Elev.
enth precinct police station, Chicago, has
new and ingenious instrument for scar.
ing confessions out of superstitious pris-
oners. 1t is a human skull, rugged up with
blood red pancs of glass in the eye sockets
and an electrical attachment to make the
jaws clank and the eyes flash fire. BY
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

waxed indig-
nant and pro-
cceded to en-
tighten Mr.,
Holland on
the pernicious
practice Of
putting an
enemy in his
IN o nth to
smoke away
his brain s.
II h en- Mr..
Holland wax
ed wrOth and
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

I o m Reyn-
olds, a youth
of Is who had
just got out of
the house of
CORE C ton.
He kidnapped
Il ey o / d s.,
with the as
S stan C Q of
two friends,
and took him
20 his shop.
There the trio
res ected
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

William Penn an Indian living at Elm
wood place, Cincinnati, was seriously in
jured about the spine last week by being
buried under several tons Of ice at the
Chester lake icehouse, in st. Bernard
Since that time Penn has been unable to
move, and his physicians decided to adopt
heroic measures He was hung by the
neck and left in that position for several
hours until his spine had again assumed
normal position. A strap was placed un.
der the shoulders to avoid strangulation,
He was able to walk about the next day.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06
An Amateur Hanging.

Judge Lynch has a worthy representa-
tive at present in the person of one Charles
Herold, u blacksmith living in that part Of
the San Franciscan suburbs known rs the
Mission. Herold's house had been robbed,
and the outraged blacksmith suspected
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

Scarlet fever kills yearly In the United
States, on the average, about 81 900 per-
sons, chiefly children not exceeding 10
years OF age.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

means or the
ID G q { h S
h G a d " so
stolen bicy.
C | e S have
been recover
cd since last
u ccen Der
and a quaint.
ty Of clothes
and other ar.
{ | C ! G 5 of
which every
human trace
s. e III @ d to
have b G. II
lost.
The most
notable case
of voluntary
confession in
duced by a
sight Of the
8 |, IL WIS
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

The Mountain Lion Went to School.
Aiss Edna Booker. schoolteacher. Is tie
The morning times., 1896-01-09
RECORD OF THE COURTS.

Equity court. No. 2, Justice Hagner-Mc-
Cartney and Fletcher; on hearing.
Circuit court. No. l Justice Bradley-In
re estate OF Katie II. 0lnstead; case certi-
fled to circuit court, No 2. for trial on
motion. Second National Bank vs. Soule;
judgment by default. SeCond NatiJuai E-liIA
vs.. Barrett; do. Davenport VS.. Fisher *
Co.; judgment OF justice OF the peace
affirmed against plaintiff. and surety.
Same VS.. same; do. Same VS.. Walker; do.
Collins VS.. Leightfoot; plaintiff called and
suit dismissed.
Equity court. No. 1. Chief Justice Bingham
Fletcher VS.. La Tourettc; David l. Coon
appointed receiver. Lewis VS.. Schneider;
sale finally ratified. Blrgee VS. Burgee;
ordered taken. Armstead VS.. Armstead:
do. before X. ] Murray. Funks s. Wagnals
Company VS.. Quinby Hutchinson Company:
rule on E. L. Murray returnable January
10, 1896. granted. Connolly VS.. DIETRICH;
sale Gecreed; X. Byrd Lewis, William Stone
Robinson VS.. Douglass; decree removing
cloud from title. Zihimann Glass Company
VS.. Augenstein: rule on defendant return
able January l l. 1896, granted.
Probate court. Justice Hagner-Estate OF
William b. Griffith; simmons against Will
liam q. Burn returned served and Will
partly proved. Estate OF John E. Gowen;
affidavit of Sarah Hale flied. Estate or
Robert Dick; proof OF publication filed.
Estate of Wesley W Bassett; executor
bonded. Estate OF Timothy 0'Connell; do.
Estate OF Beatrice W Brown: will filed.
Estate OF Enoch F. Eel. sr.: proof of pub
lication filed. Estate of William G. New
ton; Will partly proved. Estate OF John II.
Hall; petition for probate of VIII filed and
will fully proved. Estate of Henry II.
Carter; will filed, with petition of Mary II.
Carter. for probate.
The morning times., 1896-01-09
COAST DEFENsEs NEEDED.
Gen. Craighill Explains the Matter
to Iiis. Seuhie Com miIiee.

ten. CraiEhiu Explains the Matter
to the Senate Committee.
A meeting of the Senate Committee on
Coast Defenses was held yesteIda y
Gen. Craighiil, chef of engineers, and his
Assistant, Captain Black, Of the Engineer
Corps, made important statements.
Gen. Craighill explained to the committee
the great need OF additional appropriations
Tor coast defenses and stated the amount
which could be economically and proritably
expended by the bureau OF engineersfor that
purpose during the current fiscal year, and
tie larger additional amount for each year
thereafter until the completion OF the pro-
sect Of the government.
The defenselcss condition of the sea-
coast cities was explained, showing that
the amount proposed in Senator SQuire's
bill for coast defenses is not only none too
large, but absolutely required.
Gen. Craighill explained that if the bill
shall be passed Immediately the sum OF
81, 500 900 could be economically expended
by the bureau of engineers alone during
she present fiscal year.
The committee then proceeded to inves-
ugate the question OF torpedoes, the provi-
sion already made therefor. and what is
contemplated in the plans of the government,
sliciting much information upon that impor-
tant branch of our national defenses from
Capt. Blackwyo, who is recently from the
torpedo school at Wietts Point, N. Y.
and is an expert on that subject.
The importance OF this matter is such
that the committee will continue its ses-
sions daily during the present week and
next week, hoping to be able to report bill
ut an early date.
The morning times., 1896-01-09
DATE FOR THE PRIMARIES
Board of Three Fires It for jan
uary %.
Judges of Election and Methods of
Voting Discussed at. a Meeting
OF the Supervisors. s,ssi. =.


Messrs. Gleason, Carson and Parker held
a meeting yesterday afternoon in the Of
flee of Mr.. Parker, at which several resolu-
tioDs were offered and passed and mucl
routine business disgosed OF.
Mr.. Parker introduced a resolution which
WAS adopted that ''there should be three
judges at each voting precinct. or legis-
lative district to be appointed by the board
OF election
In order to obtain fair representation of
the Republicans OF the District OF Colum :
bia and to carry out custom heretofore
existing, IL was ordered that 1.-The delegates
to the next Repub ican national convention
shall consist of one white and one colored
delegate and one white and one colored
alternate"
II was further ordered that 1.-THE primary
election for delegates and alternates shall
be he'd on the 25th day of January, 1896,
and that the polls shall be kept open at
the severII voting precincts between the
hours of 8 and 6 O'Clock in the afternoon"
Upon motion of Mr.. Gleason 1t was voted
that the deleg ties and alternates should be
elected by the people direct.
Mr. Carson introduced a resolution order
ing that the several candidates submit to
Mr.. William K. Brown, the secretary of the
board, a list OF their choice for judges and
supervisors. The board then took up minor
routine business and later adjourned.