The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-25
FROM OTHER LANDS.

/ When King Kalakaua was in China. on
his trip around the world, the Chinese
| emperor presented him with a. number
Of Chinese deer These were turned loose
| in the mountains of the island Of MoIo-
! kai, the most broken and least tbfcklv
| populated island in the Hawaiian group.
There they thrived and multiplied until
| the island became truly royal deer pre-
serve. When the American Sugar COM
! pany purchased the larger part of the
island from c. r. Bishop who had re-
ceived it along with thousands of acres
| of other lands from his wife, Bernice
| Pauahi Bishop, as a part o. her vast
estates, the deer became the property of
| the sugar company. A deer preserve and
sugar plantation cannot exist in close
! proximity, and the sugar company deter
! mined to get rid of the deer. Two men
were hired to eXterminate them, at $50 a
| month, and the deer skins as a bonus.
| These men, one of whom, the Chicago
| News says, has acquired the sobriuuet
| of ''Deerslayer Bill" have been at work
ever since. They now have 5000 deer.
skins on hand; for which they have been
| offered $125 apiece, but they are holding
! out for $3.50 each. Notwithstanding this
! slaughter, deer hunting on Molokai Is
! SIllI a sport THAT cdn De 1nQuISeQ In WITH
! reasonable certainty Of success by any
| one who Is willing to undertake the toll
| Of hunting over an inexpressibly rough
| and broken range of mountains.
Lucchenf, the assassin Of the empress of
! Austria, is confined in the dungeon of
| the prison of rEvecf1e, Geneva. This is
| a change from his former airy abode
| Not long ago two prisoners escaped from
| FEveche, and the governor of the prison
~ nod how
! loose surveillance of his charge. Now,
| it is said, In order to divert public atten-
| ton from his own shortcomings he has
confined Luccheni' in the dungeon on a
charge Of attempting to assault him. The
Italian murderer, finding time heavy on
| his hands, even though he had two trades
| at which he worked. asked for some
| books. The governor refused his request
whereupon Luccheni. q, who was armed
with a sardine-box key, threatened to
kill him. Summoning his men, the gov
ernor had his so-called assailant thrown
into the worst underground cell in the
prison. The affair Is being investigated
| and is causing quite a sensation in Gen
eva.
The Earl of Dundonald who had the
honor of riding at the head of the British
cavalry which first entered Ladysmith
is a Scottish nobleman who comes of an
| old family which has produced many
fighting men since the time of AleXa nder
III. and has served its country in many
ways and In various capacities The peer
age dates from 1917, when Sir William
Cochrane OF CoWden was created Baron
Cochrane of Dundonald The same gen
tleman was advaneedsto the dignity of a
Scottish earl in 1861 and was created
Lord Cochrape of Paisley and Ochiltree
One of the Cochranes was a,colonel in the
army of Charles l., the seventh earl was
a military officer, who fell at the siege of
Louisburg during the American war of
independence, and the son of his success
sor. who was, aid-de-camp to Lord Corn
wallis, was also killed in battle in the
same war. Several members of the fam
lily fought in the peninsular war. Thorn
as, the tenth earl, better known as Lord
Coehrane, as admiral of the fleet, made
for himself great name for his daring
courage and brilliant exploits. One of
these was the destruction of a French
fleet in the Basque roads, which greatly
crippled the power of Napoleon. Suisse
quently, in 1913, the earl entered the serv-
ice of Chile and Peru, which had re-
belled against Spain, and the assistance
he gave them at sea helped them to win
their independence. Many daring deeds
are reported of him at that period The
present holder of the title Is the second
son of the eleventh earl. He was born
in 1852, was trained for the military pro-
fession. and rose step by step until at the
outbreak Of the war he held the impor-
tant position of colonel of the Second
Life guards He has a brother in the
Argyll and Sutherland HighIanders. Lord
Dundonald, who succeeded to the title
and estates in 1885, is married to a daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Robert Bamford-H esketh, of
Gwyrch castle Wales, and has four chill
dren, his son ana heir, Lord Cochrane,
being at present fourteen years of age.
1t may interest 1Americans who intend
TO travel In France this year to learn of
the following verdict rendered by the AK,
Provence, Court of Appeals last month:
In April, 1898, wealthy French family
engaged suite of rooms in a fashionable
Marseilles hotel Upon reaching her
apartment Nine III. deposited a small
satchel containing her jewelry, to the
value of 21,00e francs, in the wardrobe,
which she subsequently, locked. She then
went to the dining saloon. leaving the
key Of her room in the lock During
Nine. HIS absence her trunks were
placed in her room. When she returned
from dinner she discovered her jewelry
| had been stolen. All efforts to trace it
have failed. NJ. and Nine H then in
| stituted proceedings against the hotel
! proprietor for the full value of the stolen
| jewels. The case went to the court of
oppVdIS dIlOE having Dcen lost In the
| court Of first instance. The second YER
| dict was more favorable to them. The
| judges decided that, although Nine. III.
| was guilty of gross negligence in not hav,
| Ing locked the door of her room, and
despite the fact that there was notice
| in her apartment to the effect that the
[ proprietor would answer for no loss of
valuables not deposited at the hotel OF,
flee. the proprietor's Responsibility for
such valuables was not entirely annulled
| on that account. He was therefore order
ed to refund to M. and Nine H two
| thirds of the value of the jewelry stolen
from them in his establishment, and also
to pay two-thirds the costs of the legal
proceedings.
The war in South Africa is still the
chief topic of interest throughout New
Zealand and q third contingent of xolun-
teers is being organized to be sent tc
the seat of war; The two contingents
which have already sailed were sent al
the expense of the New Zealand govern.
ment, but the third is being equipped hJ
private subscription. When the first con.
tingent was acceptable, at the beginning
of the war, 1T was thought at Auckland
that the appearance of Australian troops
at the seat OF war would be little more
than a demonstration the loyalty oil
the colonies to the mother country, but
events have proved that Great Britain
needs the assistance OF her colonies ir
the present crisis. Already the frs
Australian and New Zealand contingents
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