A newspaper correspondent porting the matter avers that various omens went before presaging _his Geath, for all of which there is good evidence. He had five dogs which were his constant companions, _and two days before he met his' death they began howling miserably and} "weeping floods of tears". About the same time a great crow suddenly came down in front of his residence; one of his guards, the same who was' killed with him, caught it, but tet ft go again on the advice of fan official standing by, who told bim that it was a bird of very evil omen. Also three days before his death he told one of is officers that he had dreamed the night before that he had been attacked by bandits when! fon road inspection and had been wounded and brought back to his yamen. On the night before he met hig end many of the servants and attendants heard a great sound of "devils weeping" outside his bed. room, It is noted also that the day' and hour of his death, 11 o'clock on the 10th, were exactly' those of—his assumption of office seven months id seven days ago; and astrological wiseacres assert that It was an unlucky day and hour for taking office.
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