The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-04-20
CARNARVON DIES IN
EGYPT; DREW AN
GENT CURSE?
HUNDREDS BELIEVE DISCOVER
Err OF PHAROAH'S TOMB VIZ
TIM OF FATE.
INCARNATION OF 80 CENTURIES
AGO PROHIBITED Disturbing
DEAD.

Cairo. EgvoC. April 4.-'The Ean ct
Carnarvon died peacefully at 2 o'clock
Wednesday morning. He was con-
scl1us almost to the end. HIS death
was due to blood poisoning through
the bite of an insect with the latter
development Of pneumonia.
Death occurred at the Continental
hotel in Cairo, early Wednesday
morning.
The death of the Earl of Carnarvon
the exploit that brought him chiefly
into public notice-the discovery OF
the rich tomb of the Pharoah, Tut
J Anhk-Amen, in the valley of the
Kings in Egypt, by the archaeological
, comes soon after the elimination OF
expedition which he headed.
While the press of the world was
still devoting no small amount of its
space to the notable contributions to
the worlds art and history which
Lord Carnarvon and his fellow-eXplOr-
ers had uncovered, came the news
that he had been suddenly stricken
down and was lying seriously i'll IN
Cairo from the bite of an insect.
Curse?
BY the public at large the misfor-
tune which the earl had met was re-
garded as a lamentable incident of
what might happen in tropical cline
such as that of Egypt. But to the
credulOus students of Egyptian mystic
ism the news did not come as a sur
prise.
Even before Lord Carnarvon was
stricken with blood poisoning, an
nounced as due to an insect bite, there
had been talk of curses laid by the
ancient Egyptians with mystic meant
atoms on any who dared disturb the
sleep of a Pharooh After he was
stricken, the old legends spread anC
hundreds were to be found, not before
superstitiOus, who were ready to be.
lieve that the old Egyptian curse haC
fallen on the rich and famous English
{ man. There were some who ever
questioned whether it was an insec
bite that had dealt him the poisonous
stroke. 1t was suggested that h
object in the tomb itself, set 80 cen
: turtles ago to revenge the dead king
: on any who might disturb his rest.
FL Warned
Marie Corelli, the noted writer, re
? Gently declared that she had called tn
E attention of Lord Crnarvon to the be
liefs of Egyptian mysticism and ais
S expressed herself as not surprised a
e an accident occurring to "those durinj
y explorers who rife the tombs of dea
n monarchs."
: GenealOgy
: The fifth Earl of Carnarvon wa
born June 26, 1866, and succeeded hi
Y father to the earldom in 1890. Hi
h mother was a descendant of the fam
: Gus Lord Chesterfield, author, states
n man and man of fashion.
: His father, the fourth Earl of Car
e narvon, was British colonial secretar
S under Lord Derby, and while holdin
e this portfolio, moved the second read
p ing of the bill for confederation Q
c the Bristish North American coIonie,
e Resigning under the passage of tn
n reform bill in 1867, he again becam
Y colonial secretary under Disraeh /
d 1874, serving until 1878. Later, h
n served for two years as Lord lieuter
f ant of Ireland.
The fifth Earl of Carnarvon is SUI
vived by son and daughter, beside
his widow. Lord Carnarvon was re
!. ported to have spent more than 500
600 maintaining the expedition whic
o uncovered the Pharoah's tomb las
, December, after seven years of fruit
q less excavation.