Show ON AMERICAN SOIL the fugitive irishmen ar governor hill pays his respects and bids them welcome news of the old world NEW 3 special yesterday the noted irishmen obrien dillon and sullivan arrived here on the steamer la campagne Camp agre reception committee representing various irish societies met them at quarantine and when the steamer arrived at the dock a reception was held after which the visitors went to the hoffman house governor hill was one of the first to call upon them he warmly welcomed them to the city and the state expressed sympathy with their cause and signed his name to an address of welcome prepared by the irish societies mayor grant did the same obrien also read an address on the situation of irish affairs and the purport of the of himself and his fellow travelers to america we are coming to america the address said by the desire and with the approval of parnell and the irish parliamentary party speaking of the experiences of dillon and himself obrien said they were well watched by the police and boies when they took a special train at limerick the police took another special train in order to continually keep them in sight yet they were caught napping neither bribes nor threats in deuced anyone to tell the police of their departure and balfoura system of es was wasted the london times has exultantly calculated continues the address that balfourd Bal fours has cost the tenants defense fund a year and that it cost ns more to build new tipperary they calculated that the irish people at home who last year subscribed for the evicted tenants fund would not be able to come to the rescue this year and that we must appeal to america hence the tipperary arrests on the eve of our departure if the tenants would be broken by the terrorism of starvation the government could carry whatever land pur chase scheme they pleased and go to the country with triumph over the BUC cesa of coercion coer sion on the other hand if balfour has to lace the general election with a that the landlords syndicates with all their power fail to b reak the spirit of a couple of dozen bodies of irish tenantry after all these years of merciless repression the coar sion policy already disliked will be overwhelmed atthe polls for the present the question of a national fighting fund and a charitable fund are wholly separate the dancer of famine along the western portion of the seaboard is unquestionably real and horrible the irish party are watching the situation with the utmost solicitude the bill which they have called for suspending evictions for the nonpayment non payment of rent on small holdings combined with a more liberal administration of the poor laws would go far to avert any danger of general famine the opinion of the irish party is that any general american fund poured into ireland at this time would probably haye effect of confirming balfour in his polity of leaving the relief of to private initiative and afterwards boasting that the distress was imaginary while large sums disbursed with imperfect knowledge of the circumstances of the country would inevitably find its way into the pockets of the landlords whom the prospects of american alma would encourage to extort from thair fam fahed tenantry services Ser rices without the constantinople nov 2 special A crowd of Ceph alonians forced their way into a greek church at galata and performed their devotions by themselves in the aha cence of the priest and protested against the recent general closing of the greek churches the police at first offered resistance bat soon yielded to the people 1 of boar LONDON nov 2 special As a result of balfourd Bal fours irish tour the government has given for the purpose of deepening the harbor of ballina to which an appropriation had been desired for a long time the grand anke paralyzed ST nov special grand duke nicholas who became insane during the recent army maneuvers is now completely paralyzed and in a comatose matoso co condition there is no danger of a violent crisis the panama wreck PARIS nov 2 special the official liquidator of alie canal company denies fiat the negotiations of wise with th columbian government for an extension of the canal concessions have been ruptured he admits however that the process of effecting a settlement with columbia is slow and full of difficulty reliable advises advices from the isthmus describe the canal works as wreck ep and say that even traces of the excavations cavat ions are vanishing the construction machinery is stated to be worthless now and its condition so bad that it is beyond bringing the price of old iron the brazilian government has concluded with the general for a railway loan this is the european loan of the brazilian republic the credit Mo bilier has acquired the works of tes mataus for franca valleri Var leri conn nov 3 special the convention of christian workers which began today to day in the south baptist church is the largest religious gathering held in the state fur many years the list of speakers is a long one and it cont bains the names of the most prominent pro ministers in this and adjoining states sailed for india LONDON nov 3 al the marchioness of lansdowne another elder daughter diady evlyn fitzmaurice sailed from brindisi for india to y |