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Show Catest Itlsb news ' . ! a ; ' ULSTER. , James Muniaghan, H. L., son of Geo. MurnaRhan, Omagh, has been appoint- 5 ! pnWssor of jurisprudence and Ro- - . man law in the National university. , j That the popularity of Joseph Devlin, 11. p., js not confined to Nationalists throughout the noitli, was evidenced at i a m.-eting of Protestant Unionists in ' i .Belfast on January 13. when H. T. Bar- i ri the Unionist candidate was called 1 J , , (low,! by .several of those present for his ' tdishtiiiR remarks against Mr. Devlin. Charles Norman, J. P., Glengollan, Donegal, and John S. McCay of Troy. Derry, have been sworn in respectively as hiph sheriff and under sheriff of the county of Donegal. An enthusiastic meeting was held at Arisey, Fermanagh, on Wednesday ' night, January 12, in support of the candidature of Mr. Jt remiah Jordan for South Formauagh, warm tributes being paid to the veteran Protestant Nation-ist Nation-ist by a number of the local Catholic ckrgy and others. , Mr. Samuel Young, who sought re- j election for Kast Cavan. is the patriarch ' ,,' .f the populan chamber. He is in his Mh year, and he has only one recreation recrea-tion "omnivorous reading." As a business busi-ness man he is the head of a firm of ' Belfast distillers, and. unlike most of his brother-Presbyterians of that city, ho is a Nationalist and also a member , of the National Liberal club, where he ' resides when in London. MUKSTER. A writ has been issued at the suit of Mr. Augustine Roche against News and Sons, Limited, for damages for libel. The defendants are printers of the electioneering sheet. "The Cork Ac- ' ; cent." and in it Mr. Roche was described as "Traitor" and "Judas." I John M. CVSuIlivan. M. A., Ph. D.. has been appointed to the chair of history , in the National University of Ireland. Dr. O'Sullivan is well known in Killar-ney, Killar-ney, for he is the son of the late Michael O'Sullivan, Main street, and brother of Mr. T. Sullivan, J. P., The Emporium. With regret we announce the death i.f Mr. P. H. Lyman, for many years editor of the Waterford Star, and at one time Clonrr.el representative of that journal. He has been in failing health ' lor years. A native of Roscommon, he , . was an able and zealous journalist, and was deservedly held in respect and es-' es-' teem throughout the city and county. Dr. Windle, President of University College, Cork, has resigned his position as commissioner of intermediate education. educa-tion. This follows closely on the resignation resig-nation of the Most Rev. D. Walsh, :- ' . Archbishop of Dublin, which was due to dissatisfaction with some points of the educational policy of the board. ; Most Rev. Dr. Mangan, D. D., has been apixiinted a member of the new congested district board. LEINSTER. - Mrs. Curran, a native of Donard. passed away on January 13, at the age of 101 years. Mrs. Curran enjoyed splendid health up to a few weeks before be-fore her death. She was passionately fond of reading. Nothing gave her . . greater pleasure than to read to her son (who is aged 70), and her grandchildren. grand-children. She took a particular interest ' in parliamentary and election speeches, and read some of these only a fortnight , ' before she died. Rev. James Foley, Otttfmwa, la., has subscribed nine hundred pounds to the parliamentary founds, per Rev. James Coyle of Leighlinbridge. Father Foley is a Carlowman, and came to the United States in 1ST6. ; l Robert F. S. Colvill, Cnolock Hnuee, , 1 Coolock, has been appointed high sher iff of Dublin for 1910. Captain J. IL Greer of Curragh Grange, Curragh, Kildare, and Charles ; Daly of 25 Westmoreland street, Dub- 1 in, solicitor, were respectively sworn in as high and under sheriff for the County Kildare for the year 1910. i , CONNTUGHT. Rev. John A. Carr, who was recently ' ' appointed administrator of the parish of Ardrahan, was on January 7 pre-, pre-, - sented by the people of Gort with an , ;.' illuminated address as a token of the i. esteem in which he was held by them j during the six years he was amongst them as curate. Clifden's new hall has just been ; ' opened by the Right Rev. Mgr. McAl- ! : i , pine, P. P., V. G., who recently toured i ; , America for the purpose of collecting funds for the building. The hall is a splendid building, equipped in the most modern style. j ; , . " The death took place at the Convent ; . of Mercy Loughrea, on January 11, of .; Sister Mary Camelia Neilon, sister to i, James Neilon, J. P., Roscommon. De-I De-I ; - erased had spent 42 years in the relig-' relig-' . ; ' jous life, and for many years was in j charge of the poor of Loughrea. S !Mr. Philip M. MacDonnell, son of the late Mr. J. MacDonnell, Ballygar, has b'-en admitted a solicitor of the supreme j court of judicature in Ireland. j Outlook for Home Rule. The parliamentary strength of the j Nationalist representatives is the same , as before the election. The fact that j , six successive elections left their status ' practically- unchanged, prompts an En- ; , glish paper to remark that while the i . ', stable English vary at the polls, the j - "fickle Irish" remain invariably solid. However, they might have increased J ." 1 ; their numbers. Derry was lost by a few ' : votes, a Nationalist scat was presented : 1 to Mr. Barry, attorney general for Ire- land, another which might have been . I : ; won by a Nationalist was lost by T. W. ' , Russell, on account of his doubtful at- 1 titude on Catholic questions and home j rule, and in North Tyrone, the Nation- s , alist member. Mr. M. Murnaghan, was i : defeated by a Unionist because, con trary to the advice of the clergy, the party council set up another Nationalist I against him. The arbitrary methods of the central council in disregarding local sentiments was resented in several constituencies, with the result that ten ; ' Independent Nationalists were elected. !j . Most of these are able men. and. Mr. ; i O'Brien excepted, had . generally the sympathy of the clergy, who. however, ' took no prominent part. Cardinal Logue wrote a strong indorsement of Mr. :- " " Healy and Archbishop Walsh tele- 5 ; graphed his congratulations. The im- ' mediate result will be to stiffen the at- , titude of the entire body in regard to the budget and home rule. It is thought , . ! that a working unity will soon be ef fected as their differences are on policy and methods, not in principles. The Liberals, with a few exceptions, seem to be in a receptive mood. Messrs. Blr-rell Blr-rell and Lloyd-George have declared for a generous policy of Irish self-government. Mr. Churchill .attributed his victory in Dundee and the Liberal suc- " cesses in the industrial centres to the " Irish vote, and declared that they will i . not fail to make return. Mr. Asquith, !, j before leaving for the continent, repeat- r -d his pre-election pledge of full self- government for Ireland, and said that lie had not specified further, because he could promise no legislation of any kind 1 until we have settled conclusions with the House of Lords. Mr. Pase, chief Liberal whip, who explained that Mr. Asquith'a declaration did not pledge the Leberals to bring in a home rule measure in the next parliament, is no longer a member, having lost his seat in London. America. Irish Leader. Of John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Parliamentary party, the Westminster West-minster Gazette said recently: "In a sense, his parliamentary career has hardly more than begun, since he has not yet had the opportunity that fell to his predecessor of showing how he can hold the balance of political power." At this writing, however, it seems abundantly clear that at last the opportunity op-portunity in question has come to Mr. Redmond that upon him will depend the continuance of the Liberal party in power or their speedy overthrow. This circumstance lends an additional interest to the following sketch of the Irish leader's personality as noted by the London periodical just mentioned: Mr. Redmond's speech in the House of Commons may be taken as affording a test of those qualities which make for mastery in an independent assembly. His oratorical power is one of the most precious possessions of the House; and his persistence, courage and energy in pursuit of a great ideal have long since given him that commanding position which belongs alone to men of character. charac-ter. No one doubts that if he had chosen any other career that if, for instance, in-stance, lie had gone to the bar he would have been one of the leading advocates ad-vocates of his day. Had he entered politics as a member of either of the great parties, he would have attained a position of eminence on the front bench. He might have well hoped some day to be prime minister of this country. coun-try. But as a leader of the Irish party he can hope for no emoluments or rewards re-wards beyond the gratitude of his countrymen; coun-trymen; and in politics gratitude is a varying quantity, that may altogether disappear before the gust of popular passions. The House, therefore, takes off its hat, so to speak, when it thinks of the leader lead-er of the Irish wartv and his refusal to accept any of those rewards which other men tumble over one another to win. His own road is, of course, the highest road of all for a patriotic Irishman; but it is a road that few men would care to tread who had any thought for their own repose, or for the good things of the political world. Mr. Redmond and his party, by the way, receive a high compliment from our Quebec contemporary, L'Action Sociale. "The Irish holding the balance of power," it says, "nothing need be feared from the attacks of the Radicals on the Catholic schools." Ave Maria. Large Land Sale in Kilkenny. What is believed to be the first sale under the new land act was successfully negotiated in County Kilkenny last week, when the legal reprebentatives of Lady Annaly met the tenants of what was formerly Meredyth's estate in the neighborhood of Castlecomer. Some months ago Lady Analy made an offer to the tenants, which has been accepted bjr all of them. There are forty holdings hold-ings on the estate, and first term and non-Judicial tenants have got a reduction reduc-tion of 7s in the pound, and second term tenants a reduction of 6s in the pound. Lady Annaly accepted one and a half years' rent to February 1 in lieu of the substantial arrears that had ac-mulated. ac-mulated. and agreed to forego all rent up to February 1 next, when the formal for-mal agreements are to be signed. The Irish Vote in England. Concerning the Irish vote in England, the London Daily Telegraph says: "In many places where Radicals or Labor men are in by small majorities, they owe it entirely to the docile battalions of John Redmond's supporters settled in this country. This, then, is what we are to take for the voice of the country' a majority of one-half per cent secured se-cured by the Irish in Great Britain, in spite of the fact that the greater number num-ber of English voters so far polled have declared for tariff reform." The London Lon-don Daily Express says: "The nation is awake. It knows the dangers of the Socialist alliance, it perceives the perils of the home rule which Mr. Asquith has promised, and which the Liberal whip vainly and feebly repels." T. P. O'Connor's Brilliant Victory. In the vote for the Liverpool (Scotland) (Scot-land) division, T. P. O'Connor (N.), received re-ceived a vote of 2,943 against 776 votes cast for Moy (U.), a Nationalist's majority ma-jority of 2.157. In the election held in 1906, Mr. O'Connor received 2,808 votes against 1,117 cast for A. A. Tobin (U.). While Mr. O'Connor received a majority of 1,091 in 1906 out of 3925 votes, he received re-ceived in the last election a majority of 2,157 out of 3.719 votes. Results of British Election. The general elections for members of the new parliament are at an end and the tripartite coalition of Liberals, Laborites La-borites and Irish Nationalists will find themselves in the majority with an advantage ad-vantage of 122 seats. The position of the parties is: Liberals, 272; Irish Nationalists, Na-tionalists, 80; Laborites, 40; total government, gov-ernment, 392. Opposition: Unionists, 271. The final figures, which will not be available before February 12, doubtless will give the Unionists 274 seats, the Liberals 273, the Nationalists 82 and the Laborites 41. The Conservative papers propose that a joint cabinet be chosen from the most moderate men of both parties to carry on the country for about two vears and that a truce be declared on party questions in the meantime. A royal commission to investigate the country's fiscal policy and to make recommendations recommenda-tions regarding tariff reform is proposed. pro-posed. The newspaper scheme of coalition coali-tion government is not taken seriously by the Liberals, who, having a victory, object to having their opponents dictate dic-tate the program. Another British Alarm. Another British scare, in which, however, how-ever, Ireland will take particular interest, inter-est, is likely to be promoted after the general election. England is to take alarm at her deficiency of horses in the event of war. A census has been taken of the horses available, and the number num-ber has been found to be far short of what would be required if hostilities broke out. The best animals, it is alleged, al-leged, are being bought up on behalf of France and Germany, whose representatives represen-tatives are prepared to give bigger prices than English army agents who buy for the cavalry and artillery- The allegations of the alarmists are discounted dis-counted in some quarters, but it is suggested sug-gested that Mr. Haldane will, when parliament meets, formulate a scheme under which a certain number of horses will be held at the disposal of the war office by farmers and breeders in consideration con-sideration of the payment to the latter of a small bounty. In Land League Days. Thirty years ago about the greatest Irteh meeting Buffalo ever had was held in the Academy of Music. It was a combined meeting for the Irish party and the starving poor. Charles Stewart Parnell and John Dillon were the guests of honor and chief ppeakers. An admission ad-mission of two dollars was charged and hundreds were turned away, unable to gain entrance. It would take the whole parliamentary party to crowd a Buffalo theatre at two dollars admission for a Eimilar meeting in these less enthusiastic enthusi-astic days. Alexander Brush, then mayor, was anything but a friend of Ireland. He was asked to preside, but pleaded an engagement in New York, and is said to .have slipped down to Niagara Falls until the trouble blew over. Judge George Clinton, as fine a man as Buffalo ever claimed for citizen, citi-zen, gladly acceded to a call to preside, and he made a rousing speech. A fund running upwards of fifteen thousand dollars was raised in Buffalo and vicinity. vicin-ity. Father Cronin was the chief factor in bringing about the meeting and making mak-ing it the tremendous success. Buffalo Union and Times. Irish Gleanings. Ten Irish centenarians figure in the annual list of persons over 100 years old just published. Their ages range from 101 to 109. Eight of these centenarians cen-tenarians died during the year. The other two still living are set forth as follows: Peggy McGurk of Carrlck-more, Carrlck-more, County Tyrone,, who, it is said, is 109 years old, still acts as caretaker of the local courthouse. At the weekly meeting of the Ballycastle, County Antrim, An-trim, board of guardians, an application was made for outdoor relief for Nancy McMuIlan, whose age was given as 105 years. It will be small comfort to the temperance people to know that each of these aged folk have taken their wee drap for a great many years. Temperance Temper-ance advocates, however, can take heart when they study the revenue returns for the past year just issued, which show total receipts of almost three and a quarter millions, notwithstanding the fact that the drop in whisky receipts is over 160,000. There is a general increase in-crease of almost 103,Ono, but this is due to the enormous increase of ;i02,000 in tobacco alone, the receipts from the latter lat-ter being almost one and three-quarters millions. Inquiry Into Flax Industry. The appointment by the department of agriculture of a committee to inquire into the present state of the flax-grow ing industry in Ireland is to be welcomed,, wel-comed,, and it may be hoped that the committee as the result of its inquiries may be able to recommend some measures meas-ures which will arrest the steady decline de-cline of this once flourishing Irish industry. in-dustry. The decrease first became noticeable no-ticeable after 1SS1. when the area under flax was 147,145 acres, of which 143,873 were In Ulster. In 1891 it had dropped to 74.665 acres for all Ireland, and the decrease continued steadily down to last year, when the total area under flax was only 46,916 acres, of which Ulster contributed all but 240 acres. There must be some special explanation for this extraordinary decline in the quantity quan-tity of flax grown In Ireland, especially in view of the fact that flax to the value of 1,381,479 was last year imported im-ported into Ireland. At present the industry, in-dustry, such as it is, appears almost confined to Ulster, but there seems to be no reason why flax-growing should have practically died out in the other provinces, and some suggestions have been made to revive the industry in the south. For Higher Education. With home rule in sight, Ireland is awaking to the necessity of wider and higher education. Mr. Thomas O'Don-nell, O'Don-nell, M. P., struck the keynote in a recent re-cent speech, in which he declared that land purchase, and even self-government, would be most disappointing in their results if they did not as a na tion concentrate their energy and spend their money freely in placing the highest high-est form of education within reach of all who had ambition and brains. Education Edu-cation would, he said, sweep away many of the artificial barriers that now divided di-vided them, and instead of wasting their energies or losing their tempers in opposite op-posite camps fighting fancies, the nation's na-tion's united energies would be concentrated concen-trated on national development. Disease in Mall Sacks. At a conference of Irish postoffice clerks in Dublin on Saturday, Mr, Lynch (Dublin) said the germs of consumption con-sumption and other diseases were in mail bags by thousands, and a resolution resolu-tion was passed that all mail bags should be washed and disinfected fortnightly. fort-nightly. Curran's Sarcasm. Lord Chancellor Clare, in a discussion discus-sion with Curran in court one day on some law point, exclaimed sharply in reply to some legal point urged by Curran: Cur-ran: "Oh, of that be law. Mr. Curran, I may burn my law books." "You had better read them, my lord," was the rejoinder. Independent Nationalists Elected. Timothy Healy, independent nationalist, nation-alist, has been elected to parliament from North Louth over the regular nationalist na-tionalist candidate, Mr. Hazleton. Press dispatches also indicate the election of William O'Brien in Cork. About a year ago Mr. O'Brien resigned his scat and retired from politics, it was supposed, permanently. Always Safe Investment. Benjamin Franklin said: "If a man empties his purse into his head no man can take it from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." in-terest." Home, friends, education, health, honor and religion, these are the ministering angels that alone are worthy wor-thy to wait upon the soul crowned with the sapphire glow of immortality. |