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Show Latest Irish News From the Pilot, i Antrim. Tev. Brother Benedict of the Snle&ian Order, whose lay name was Daniel Mc-Keown, Mc-Keown, met with a shocking death re- cently on the Midland railway, near t Antrim. He was run over by the night - express from Belfast to Ballymena. i about a quarter of a mile from his I birthplace. i i Cork. I ! Mr. Denis J. Donovan, son of Mr. M I chael Donovan, of Clonakilty, who was i for some year;? in the penf-rpl postof- fice, London, England, died at Clona-. kilty on Nov. 4. John Sheehan has died at Slvibbereen i at the age of 101 years. He paw among ; other things, when he was in the prime of manhood, the lerrible effects of the I great famine of '47. Throughout life he was a total abstainer, to which fact he I attributed his great longevity. I The Kanturk Total Abstinence socle-, i ty, through the exertions of its presl- 1 dent. Canon O'Conncll. and its vice I president, the Rev. K. Griffin, have suc- I reeded in purchasing outright their I present meeting rrnres, which in future will be the property of the parish. The late Mr. Michael McNamara, of Belleville, St. Luke's, who died on the Rth of May, left the following charitable charita-ble bequests: 100 to the North Charitable Chari-table Infirmary, Cork; 100 to the South Charitable Infirmary: 100 to St. Patrick's hospital for cancer, and 100 I to the Mercy hospital. Cork. I Kerry. I The Rev. Patrick Courtney, the lote I beloved curate of Killorglin, died at the I Mater private hospital, Dublin, on Nov. of pneumonia. A poiemn mass of re-juiem re-juiem was celebrated in th? cathedral. Killamey, on Nov. 12 for the repose of j his soul, and the interment was in his- loric Muckness Abb- y. Kilkenny. On Nov. 4 a hurling match was played at James' park, Kilkenny, between Mooncoin and Crospatrick. The play-was play-was brilliant considering the sodden nature of the ground, and resulted in a I victory for Mooncoin, who scored 5 I goals 5 points to 1 goal 2 points for 1 Crospatrick. I King's. I Universal sympathy was extended to 1 the Messrs. Aylesbury, the well known I proprietors of -the sawmills, Edenderry, I on the death of their mother, which oc curred on Nov. S. Leitrim. , : The Very Rev. Canon Cahill of Killi-; Killi-; namunery. Dromahair. died on Nov. 7, to the keen sorrow of the entire county. Louth. w The death took place last week of a Ktr.tleman who was well known to many in Drogheda Mr. David Jack, ; Pair View. Dublin, of the firm of Ca meron & Ferguson, Glasgow. Scotland, says the Drogheda Ai gus of Nov. 10. Roscommon. The death of Major General Ma gen is occurred last week nt Ballymoney. County Antrim. He was 69 years of age, and lost his eyesight three years ago. He served in the New Zealand campaign against the Maorics. and in i Afghanistan . under Sir George White. 1 He was a brother of F. Cole Magenta of Drumdoe. Boyle, who inherits a good deal of property under his will. Tipperary. AVe are glad to see a Christian Brothers' Broth-ers' pupil. Master Thomas Cuddy, heading head-ing the list in the first competitive examination ex-amination for clerkships on the Irish railways. This pupil of Nenagh Christian Chris-tian Schools deserves great credit for placing himself first among 200 competitors compe-titors for thirty places, and moreover, for almost doubling the marks of the Inst successful candidate. It trust be a source of satisfaction to Mr. J. Mac-Vcagh. Mac-Vcagh. M. P.. to Fee such a result after his efforts in paiiiamVit to open up these examinations to the youth of Ireland. Ire-land. Tyrone. The Rev. Michael MOamee. late curate cu-rate of Markethill, Armagh, died at Drumduff, Beragh. on Nov. 9. Irish Home Rule. Before the end of the present parliamentary parlia-mentary term at Westminster we may look for home rule for Ireland. Eng- IJand may not be thanker for it. Even America, which gave thousands for promotion of a propaganda that lasted cades and invoked the best talents and fives of the most brilliant of modern mod-ern Irishmen, will claim but little credit cred-it for this ultimate triumph of Irish character. Irish home rule is within sight. It is assured. Let us hope that the Irish U1 govern themselves with sagacity in tune with the infinite persistence with which they have pursued theirnational rights. We believe that the modern Irishman is without a peer in the world in the genius of Christian citizenship citi-zenship or in the might of assertive individually. in-dividually. All of the history of all of 1h nations, races and peoples of Europe Eu-rope and of the world shows nothing comparable with the indomitable insistence insist-ence of the Irish people in their demand de-mand for self-government and for national na-tional rights. The military "struggles of Greece are opera bouffe compared with the bloodv and parliamentary battles waged through centuries by Irishmen in behalf be-half of Ireland. The American rcbel-v rcbel-v lion against England, successful as it was. is a mere episode in the historic struggle of races for freedom and of all those straggles, in war or peace, in diplomacy di-plomacy or in intrigue, th Irish Ftrife for national mastery remains today the epic of national romances, the full and most final battle of a race for the rights of nationality. Commenting upon the impending triumph tri-umph of Irish nationalism, the Washington Wash-ington Post says: "It was m the year IS00 that the Irish parliament was abolished and the 'union' accomplished, and it was the fruit of open and shameless bribery, but !Jt is also true that the British ministry of that epoch supposed that the union .would result in incalculable benefit to Ireland and to England as well. No doubt Lord Castlereagh, who effected the union, believed that he was rendering render-ing Ireland a great service when, he - bought the thing and paii for it with money, with titles and with places. "Scotland had been annexed by the same corrupt means a century earlier, and Scotland had a miserable government govern-ment afterward, as she had had before, be-fore, but there is a big difference between be-tween your Scotchman and your Irishman. Irish-man. The Scotchman will rule himself under any form of government, and insist in-sist on having a hand in the government govern-ment of his neighbors at the some time. The Irishman is -too careless for that he ,1s a poet and a soldier, and would rather sing: and dance, fight and laugh .. than to rule himself or rule anybody else. "The English rule, in Ireland is the greatest blot on the page of English history, and it. is quite likely that it would have been corrected long ago if the Irish had been governed by sagacity as much as they were by sentiment. The race has given great names in history his-tory soldiers, statesmen, jurists, orators, ora-tors, poets and much of the glory that is English was the work of the Irish. It was an Irishman, indeed, who led the charge of 'the Light Brigade' at Balaklava." Events in Irish History. 432 Conversion of the Irish by St. Patrick. 737 First invasion of Ireland by the Danes. 1014 Rattle of Clontarf; defea't of the Northmen. 1169 Invasion of Ireland by Strang-bow. Strang-bow. 1172 Henry II of England landed in Ireland. 1315 Edward Bruce Invited by Irish chiefs; lands at Carrickfergus. 1316 Edward Bruce crowned king of Ireland. 1318 Edward Bruce defeated and killed in battle of Dundalk. 1393 Rebellion in Ireland. 1394 Richard II arrives at Dublin; Irish chiefs submit. 1463 "Poll Act:" price put on head of certain Irishmen. 1494 "Poyning's Act:" all laws relating relat-ing to Ireland to be first approved by English council. . ; 1634 Attempt to introduce the "Reformation" "Re-formation" into Ireland. 1569 Rebellion by the Butlers suppressed. sup-pressed. 1574 Rebellion led by O'Ncil. The Earl of Essex fails to quell it. 1601 Arrival of Spanish force to aid O'Ncil "-and O'Donnelel; defeated and captured. 1607 "Flight of "the Earls" O'Neill and O'Donnell. 1612 Confiscation of Ulster by James I. 1646 Battle of Benburo; defeat of the English by Owen Roe O'Neill. 1649 Thee Catholic confederation. . 1649 Cromwell's ruthless campaign of slaughter and murder. 1689 King James II lands at Kin-sale. Kin-sale. 1690 Battle of the Boyne; defeat of King James. 1691 Battie o Aughrim. St. Ruth. French general In command, killed. Irish defeated. 1699 Confiscation of Irish estates for English adventurers. 1745 BaUle of Fontenoy; was largely won by valor of the Irish brigade. 178,?- Dungannon convention. 1Y9S Rebellion of 1798. 1801 Emmet's abortive attempt at an uprising. 1823 Catholic emancipation. The Clare election. 1841 Agitation for "Repeal of tho Union. 1843 The Irish state trials. 1847 The famine. Death of O'Con-nell. O'Con-nell. 1867 Fenian uprising. 1570 The "Home Rule" agitation. 1879 The Land league. Parnell. 1886 Gladstone's home rule bill for Ireland. '.. 1890 FalT of Parnell. ) William J. Onahan in j Catholic Union and Times. . ! No Anglo-Saxon Race. Whatever may .be thought of President Presi-dent Roosevelt's prompt intervention between the government and the revolutionists revo-lutionists in Cuba, says the New York Freeman's Journal, it cannot be denied that Secretary Taft has done his part with consummate skill and diplomatic tact. He has managed to take control of the island and at the same time to win the confidence and good will of the Cubans. He wedged his way in between be-tween the two warring parties without any serious opposition from either; each preferring his rule to that of the other. It was a delicate and difficult task and he has thus far accomplished it in masterly manner, and without bloodshed. But he has his limitations. Joseph O'Connor in the Rochester Post-Express Post-Express directs attention to one of them thus: "In his address at the University of Havana. Secretary Taft paid a compliment compli-ment to the great work of Spain in modern civilization, and then, after cbmplimenting the Latin race for certain cer-tain of its achievements, intimated that self-government was an invention of the Anglo-Saxon . race. There is no 'Anglo-Saxon' race; and there is no Anglo-Saxon republic. Moreover, the republic of Rome flourished centuries before the various peoples of modern Europe were civilized and formed into nationalities. Greece, too, had Its democracies; de-mocracies; and before the English language lan-guage existed,' Aristotle discoursed wisely on the various forms; of government. gov-ernment. Secretary Taft Is : an able man; he understands government wojl; and he can teach the Cuban3 ho'v to run things; but he need not attempt at-tempt to' lecture an history. Because President Roosevelt lectures wi;;h great intrepidity on all subjects, his cabinet officers . sbuld not assume to Imitate him. Nay; rather tlicy. might take warning." The Pilot. ; . |