Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-06
An Aged Crossing Sweeper Who
Seeks Title and Seat 10 House
OF Lords,
OTHER STRANGE pRETENSES.
Australian cabmsn lnhsrls Irish
Barouetcy aud Comes to London by
Storage TO Take It.
sp~Ial Correspondence

spc,Ial correspondence,
ONION, April 2s,--'rhat nltra'ar.
ls,oornllc osscmbluge, the house OF
lords. which narrowly escaped
- having to admit an organ. grinder
~ ltg august councils n while nRo, soon
may have 10 confer the honor Of mems
bewhIp upon u crossing sweeper There
are lot Of folk who think that the
Young man who claimed tho title NJ
ylscount poulctt folrly proved his
right TO a seat IN tho upper house, and
would have got II II II hadn't been
for tho record with n 'hurdy.gurdy"
n remalne 60 be seen how far Charles
Edwin Cooper Collins still humber
occupation viii affect his chances OF
BUSTING the Earl OF SALISBURY ana IN
c.dentnlly acquiring possession ~ cs.
,ntes valued Ut $40 600 with nm ln-
,ua rental ~ something like s,O0O,Sjo
History records more than ono case OF
peers who have died beggars, but none
a. q beggar being elevated 20 tho poer-
sac. That sort OF thing has been con-
ancd 10 fairy tales heretofore
SWEPT A CROSSING,
For over q years collins has swept
4 crossing IN nrlstocratic Upper Brook
Atreet one 0f the most fashionable
,horonghfarca OF the West End That
means that for that period he has made
his living BY begging, for crossing
sweeping IA merely n tolerated form ~
,nendlcanoy. Especially IN the West
End where tho official street cleaning
IA well done there IN, no need &C tho vol.
unmry broom.plitr who makes u pre-
itnso Of Industry, and, by obsoquipUsly
touching his hat 70 every passer pleads
for aims. Hut tina crossings where
tSeepers are least needed arc those
fwells haR enabled Collins 10 1.-Two IN de-
cent comfort nj ono OF tho Rowon
hoiscs-thc cheap hotels which tho
practical philanthropy ~ lord Rowton
has scattered through London
COOPER THE FAMILY NAME,
Cooper II the family namo Of tho
lans Of SALISBURY, one OF whom
Richard Cooper, II In alleged, was the
great-grand father of the crossing
sweeper lie had an only daughter,
harah, In whose favor, II Ia declared
he made q VIII. leaving her oil his
wealth real and personal, But after
the earl's death this viii could not
be found ana IN the settlement Of the
estate sarah came IN for n very small
share, She subsequently, married VIII
liam Collins and thereby became tho
claimants grandmother, Tho crossing
sweeper 10 u fino looking old fellow
with q face OF slngularly benevolent
Inspect ~ no ever occupies n seat IN
We house Of lords no viii owo II cn-
Nfcly TO the fact that although h0
practically lives on charity no looks u
hhllN thropist, Seward pearcc, q for
mor hlgh sheriff of Southampton,
shonced TO Visit tho particular Rowton
mousse whore the crossing sweeper puts
w, lie was struck by his resemblance
" Tho late Earl of Rhafteabury, who
vas renowned for his good works and
many charities. ana engaged tho old
chap In conversation, In this way Mr.,
pearcc learned hie story and act him.
tef 10 work ON thu case with all tho
moro AVldity because. ~ IA Radical
who has no particular use FOR tho
nrlslocmcy no thought he would
krm.ly enjoy turning an earl
nut 10 mako room for n beggnr, II ls
now stated that tho missing viii has
poen round and lots or 0thor important
evidence, and that tho crossing sweeper
I'Alp stands an excellent chance of
tome day being acknowledged tho law
wv Earl OF Shaftosbury. There In no
Ooup' mat IN ernine robes ana with n
.orohcl on his bend no would present
much moro digniiled figure than thu
present earl who II only 90, and who