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Show I Eatest Irisl) news j . CITY OF DUBLIN. Meetings were held in different parts of the city on Sunday in support of the locked out bakers. According to a reply in the House of Commons to a question by Mr. Mooney, 200 bicycles were stolen in Dublin during the preceding twelve months. At a meeting of the Senate of the Royal University Uni-versity on Friday it was resolved that the, degree of I). Sc. be conferred, honoris causa, upon Sir William Crookes, F. R. S., and Professor James Dewar, F. R. S. ' A very successful session of the National Literary Liter-ary Society closed on Saturday evening with a social so-cial reunion in the rooms, G St. Stephens Green. Mr. T. O. Russell delivered an address on the Moore memorial movement. . .. The Very Rev. M. M'Entee, administrator, Pro-Cathedral," Pro-Cathedral," Marlborough' street, has been appointed parish priest of SS. Michael and John's, and the lie v. J. O'Keeffc, C.C., to be administrator of Pro-j Pro-j Cathedral Parish. ' . A verdict for plaintiff with 150 damages was returned in. Xisit Prius court on Thursday in an' action in which Mrs. Kate Meagher, a widow, residing re-siding in Limerick, claimed 1,000 damages' for al leged breach of promise of marriage from John Cross, a widower, an undertaker in Limerick. Both parties are of matureyears On Monday in the chancery division the case of De Freyno v. Fitzgibbon and others was again before be-fore the court. Mr. Justice Bnrtou adjourned the meeting until the first day of the Michaelmas sit-tinjrs. sit-tinjrs. 4 On WtdiiPoday in Alexandra college. Karlsfort terrace, Dr. P. W. Joyce delivered the third of his series of the Margaret Stokes Memorial lectures on "Education and "Educators in Ancient Ireland." At a meeting of tho privy council on Wednesday Wednes-day General Lord Greufell took and subscribed the oath of allegiance and the official oath on his appointment ap-pointment as commaii(.kr of the forces in Ireland. On Thursday Mr. Justice Gibson. Mr. Justice Boyd and Mr. Justice Wright, in the case of Michael Mich-ael L. Ilea rn v. the Earl of Kniiiskillen ami two others, as members of the Turf club of Ireland, confirmed con-firmed the decision of. Just ice Johnson for de- fondants. I On. Monday a Hireling was held in the Lecture theater of the Royal Dublin society with the object . of . promoting a memorial to the mi n.of ihe Royal Dublin Fusiliers who fell during the late war in South Africa. There was an exceedingly small attendance. at-tendance. About 1 o'clock on Monday a horse and van belonging be-longing to the gas' company were drawn up in front of M'Taggart's motor carriage and cycle depot in Grafton street. A passing cycle, ridden at a rapid rate through the street, frightened the horse, which at once became restive and, breaking into Mr. M'Taggart's establishment, completely demolished the fine front window of the shop. A man who is stated to be George Latch ford., in the employment of the Port and Docks Board, at JJenzille street, lell into tne Laney on Saturday between 10 and 11 a. in. and was brought to Jervis street hospital in the corporation ambulance. The man, it appears, was .walking along the quay when lie. accident ly fell in. where he remained for a short while before he was rescued by some men who were near-by. Latchford is dong very well now and is rapidly recovering from the effects of his sudden immersion. He was treated at the hospital by Dr. J. J. Ryan, house surgeon, who, though not seeing anything serious in the man's condition, detained him in the 'hospital. . ' ALL AROUND IRELAND. Weather conditions in Ireland are dry and windy, a very unfavorable omen for the agricultural agri-cultural outlook. 1 Notice of appeal, in the De Freyue ease has been served upon the defendants. An industrial conference under the auspices ot the own Tenants League, is to be held at Enniscor-thy Enniscor-thy on May 2b'. On Saturday, at Miltownnialbay, Francis W. Morony, late petty sessions clerk, was. remanded on a charge of having shot. at James Collins with intent in-tent to kill." he Most Rev. Dr. Donnelly, bishop of Canea, has written to thank the Bray Union Council for a resolution passed regarding his transference to Dublin. - Mr. Walter II. Wilson, president of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce and a member of the firm of TIarland and Wolff, -shipbuilders, died suddenly on 4Saturday morning while traveling in the train from Kilrea to Portrush. Kingstown Urban Council has accepted the tender ten-der of Messrs. Lynch. aml Egan at 19,430 for the artisans' dwellings at Cross Avenue, South. At a public meeting in Swords on Sunday arrangements ar-rangements were made for the inauguration of a fund for the erection of new schools at Cloghran. 4 . The Ulster Unonist members of Parliament at a meeting held on Thursday passed a series of resolutions placing on record the dissatisfaction of those whom they represented, ds well as themselves, with the action of the Irish Executive. ; ' 4 ! The Cashel Guarians have passed a resolution in favor of the National Exhibit ion. by 9 votes to 4 and rescinded the motion in favor of the proposed International Exhibition. ft At o o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the bakery premises of Mr. Thomas Plunkett, Co. C. Longford, which reduced the building to ruins within a short time. . 1 As a result of the sworn inquiry into the management man-agement of the Castlebar Workhouse a letter was read at Saturday's meeting of the Guarians from the Local Government Board ordering the dismissal of Mr. and Mrs. Conrov, Master and Matron. ..- Mr. W. Louis Gill Hand, ii well-known solicitor, died on Monday, after a lingering illness at ' his family residence near Derry. He entered the profession pro-fession as a barrister-at-law over 2." years ago and subsequently, in the year lSSfi, he was enrolled as a solicitor, and, in. partnership with his uncle, the late Mr. Robert Knox, they carried on a most lucrative lucra-tive practice. t LADY CYCLISTS INJURE OLD WOMAN. An old woman named Mary Barkey, Glasslough street, Monaghan. was knocked -down-.and severely injured at Sorlatt, near Monaghan, by a number of lady, cyclists, .who scurried away leaving the poor creature lying helpless on ihe road, where she remained for two hours. On information of the occurrence being brought to-the police, Sergeant Johnstone, with Constables Teevan and Ilogan. were soon on the scene, and had the unfortunate old i:..i , ,i n ,.,Tt: i i lady conveyed to the county innrmary. where tier injuries were attended to by Dr M. IL White, J.P. The names of the fair cyclists have not yet been ascertain, but their conduct is, condemned as most reprehensible. - , - IRISH CENTENARIAN HOME. After an absence of sixty-eight years in the United States, an Irish centenarian named John O'Reilly landed at.' Queen stown on Saturday. He is now hale and hearty, but he has returned to die, when his time conies, in the old country. Born in 1799, his life spans three centuries, and he has seen many changes, not the least noteworthy being the improvement in the means of traveling. When he sailed froni'Quecnsfown with his wife in ISM the passage was made in a sailing vessel which look fifty-nine days to. reach New York. During the passage there were numerous deaths. Landed at New 'York he settled down to labor-, ing work at, Forestville and Dunkirk, and afterwards after-wards at Pennsylvania, - where he accumulated enough to purchase., 5D0 acres of land, which , he bought for $2,000 and sold for $4,000. He gave $3,000 to a banker at Forestville for investment and three days later the banker failed and shot himself. . "If he had not done, so,", says Reilly, "someone else would have shot him." That was Reilly's first downfall in America and he lost all confidence in American banking institutions thereafter and henceforward kept his dollars in his trunk with his wife and himself keeping guard. ' i . ,, ,, ,v !- He had. had .little illness and JateJv ti 'resolved that while his vigor still remained lie would recross i the Atlantic, that he might be buried with those of his own kith and kin, who are numerous in West Cork. As he joined the passengers on the Lucania. all eyes were turned upon hiin. With his chin almost' touching his nose and his parehrnont-Iookiiig face, he was truly a 'figure rarely met with on an ocean liner. During I lie passage he had many anxious inquiries in-quiries after him and his reply to all was. "Slept fine, never felt better." lie, indeed, appeared to have become lejuvenated and he trod the Lucania's deck with all the elasticity of youth. REWARDS TOR IRISH GALLANTRY. At its meeting in Loudon on Monday the Royal Humane Society made several awards in cases from ! Ireland. The bronze medal was granted to William Hamilton, gunner 1 1. M.S. Emerald, for his plucky action at Quoenstown April 1. The facts showed that a lady fell overboard from a launch running j between Quoonsfown and the forts, the night being j very dark. Hamilton jumped from the Emerald's launch, which was following, caught the lady, and j i swam with her to shore, a distance of 20c yards. ! A bronze medal was also awarded to James Maw- kirk and a testimonial to Samuel Xeill, employed ' at the Queen's I-Iand. Ilelfa-t, for saving W. f!eat- ! tie. who had fallen from a ship u March J. and a j testimonial and to Joseph Maloiiey. schoolboy. ; Minister lane, Galway. for his plucky rescue of an- I other lad. who had fallen from the quay while fish- j ing on April 2S. j i MR. Win. REDMOND. M.P. i I am glad to say. writes the London eorro.-pon- i dent of the Freeman, that Mr. William Redmond, j M.P.. who has been in a private hospital in London j for the past fortnight, is now so much better that j he was able to go out for a drive on Sunday. He j hopes to bo able to leave town for a change in a j few days, but will be quite unable to attend io his j Parliamentary duties f or . a considerable ' time to come, as be has been ordered a eomidete rest. 1 come, as ne nas neen ordered a complete rest. EXTRA POLICE TAX IN ROSCOMMON. At a meeting of the Roscommon (Vanity Council Coun-cil on Friday Mr. Denis Kelly presiding, a discussion discus-sion took place on the extra police tax in the county. coun-ty. The secretary said the council might remember remem-ber that an application was made for noo for extra police in the county, which the county had not to pay. There was a further claim made for 14 :)s. J Id. for two detachments at Loughglynu. which the ; council refused to pay at the last meeting, and the inspector-general replied that it. would be stopped ' out of one of the grants if it was not paid, and he got a letter from Dublin Castle that the amount j had been deducted. lie (secretary) thought the j council was safe enough in getting off 100. j Mr. O'Rourke We should not pay any of it at j all. ! The Secretary It was deducted. A ROSCOMMON STRANGE DEATH. A dispatch from Boyle, Roscommon, on Monday Mon-day says:. An occurrence of a somewhat -tctisation- j al character took place last week, involving the death of a woman named Mrs. Beirne, wife of John Beirne, of Carrowcrin. in the Elphin district. It appears Mrs. Beirne took suddenly ill and died in a short time afterwards. The police visited the place and it transpired from a statement made by Mr. Beirne that on the evening she took ill he was-in was-in Boyle, and when he arrived home she asked him to give her a drink. He gave her some milk, but he states she subsequently told him to give her a drink from a bottle which she pointed out to lnni. He complied with her request and immediately she commenced to vomit in a violent manner. She felt so ill that she desired him to send for two neighboring women, and when they arrived she was dead. An inquest was held by Mr. J. J. Burke. J.P., Coroner1 for Roscommon. Dr. M. White of , Elphin and Dr. P. D. Cocn of Croghan made a post mortehni examination and recommended that the contents o fthe stomach be forwarded for analysis. an-alysis. The inquest was adjourned pending the result re-sult of the analyst's report. SWILLY HERRING FISHERY. Tremendous catches of herrings have foen inadv in Lough Swilly. Boats are coining in laden with herrings. Close on 1,"00 crans have been landed and boats are coming in freely. The prices ranged from 2(5s per cran in the morning, falling to 5s xer cran in the afternoon. The pier accommodation is wretched and in consequence lots of fish missed the train service. The herrings are of splendid quality; but buyers are scarce. The indications for herrings are very plentiful. IRISH STEAMERS COLLIDE. The Dublin steamer Kerry, inward bound to Liverpool Liv-erpool ,and the barquentine Ethiopian, owned by Mr. E. Pirn of Wicklow, bound from Garston to Wicklow, collided on Wednesday night in Crosby channel, near Liverpool. The Ethiopian sank in a few minutes, and of her crew of six one man is reported missing. The Kerry rescued William Doyle, first mate: William Goodman, the cook; Richard Burn and John Kinsella. seamen. A hopper barge picked up another man, but it is not. known whether he is the captain, James Doyle, or Leo Rose, seaman. The Ethiopian was 121 registered tonnage. The Kt was only slightly damaged and proceeded to' Liv-rpool. . The Ethiopian was built fifty-two years ago. LATER. The latest detail receivod regarding the ill-fated Ethiopian is that the missing man, who is stated to have been drowned, is the captain, a Wicklow man, named James Doyle. The collision occured in a fog which prevailed in the channed on Wednesday night. DEATH OF CANON CARROLL GOWRAN. With deep regret we have to announce the death r ,1 T t- T l -f 11 II i or the ery .he v. John (.anon Carroll, I .1 ., Gow-ran. Gow-ran. County Kilkenny, one of the most learned and scholarly clergymen in th' Diocese of Ossory. The deceased pastor contracted a cold some weeks ago which, developing into pneumonia, resulted in his death.. NEGLECTFUL FATHER SENT TO JAIL. On Monday, in the Southern Police Court, before be-fore Mr. Drury, Joseph Maguire. a laborer, of James street, was charged at the instance of Inspector In-spector Reilly, N.S.P.C.C.. with the wilful neglect of his three children, aged U1,-; years, 4 years and 10 months respectively. , From the evidence it appeared that the accused deserted his wife on various occasions, at one time for two years. In September last he left her again, returning about a week ago. During bus absence Mrs. Maguire and her children were supported and lodged by her friends, as her husband sent her no means whatever, and the inspector stated that the . defendant was greatly given to drink and when he returned home a week ago he was drunk and had been drinking since, and did nothing for his wife and children. He had not had a home for them for years. The wife, who appears to be a respectable woman, stated she could only earn 3s or 4s a week and only for assistance of her friends she could not support herself and the children. Mr. Drury sentenced the accused to three months imprisonment, with hard labor. DEATH OF A RELIGIEUSE. The Sisters of the Presentation Convent,' Cahir-civecn, Cahir-civecn, have sustained a grievous loss in the ''death . of Mother Mary Sianishuis Royston. a venerable and mueh-Iovod member of their eoiuruuiiiry. which took place recently. The deceased lady w;i- in the 7-'5rd year of her aire and had been in failing health for a long time. During the V, years she spent as a professed nun nothing could exceed her saintly and edifying life or the oe and veneration ho inspired in-spired by her kindly and a rfee" iona to di-po-it ion, I not only in the heart- of her pious community, but j id' all who had th" privilege or Iht acquaintance. CORPSELESS COFFIN JURIED. A dispatch from Drogheda or. .Monday say-: A very extraordinary discovery was mad'- here on Saturday Sat-urday hisi in connection with the local morgue. This structure, which is a new one. is erected on the South, quay, beside the river, and jusf in from of the South quay police barracks. ( )u Saturday last ir became necessary Io open the morgue for the purpo-e of having a post mortem examination made on the body of Francis Rrady, 'who di- d the previous day from injuries to I he bead iveeivi d by him as the ivsiiil of a fall h - go' when under tlio influence of drink. When the morgue was opined the shocking discovery was made that inside it, were the decomposing- remains of an iniant whose body was found in the Boyne several weeks ago. and on which an inqm-si was held at the lime ot" its disi-oer. It is staled that, a codin was sent, from the workhousi atitr ihe inquest for the interment in-terment of the ciiil'is body, and the coffin in question ques-tion was buried, ir now appears, without the body. BURNED IN REFUSE DESTRUCTOR. News was received in Kiellmiv, County .Monaghan. .Monag-han. that a young man named James Rush had met with an awful death on the !th iiist. by falling into the furnace of a refuse destructor at which he had been engaged working for the Glasgow- Corporation. Corpora-tion. Deceased was the son of respectable parents! of the laboring class, u siiiing in the village of Kil-leevan, Kil-leevan, and for whom great sympathy is felt. The deputy sheriff of Glasgow served notice on the father thai a public inquiry under the fatal aeei- dents act (Scotland) would bo held on I hursday, j 12th inst... to ascertain the cause of death and that I he should he present at his own expense. |