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Show i ! Mr. William Vesey Harrel, inspector of Irish prisons, has been appointed assistant commissioner Dublin metropolitan metro-politan police, in succession of Mr. John Mailon, retired. At Kilmainham sessions on Friday Patrick Brennan. farmer, Finglas, was awarded 162 compensation for the malicious destruction of thirty-six tons I of hay, which were burned on his hands ! on the 20th of October last. i In all the churches in Dublin on Sunday Sun-day u letter was read from the archbishop arch-bishop warning the faithful to be on their guard against all persons who come to them soliciting subscriptions for religious purposes without having the requisite authorization. j On Friday the port and docks board of Dublin decided by a majority of 20 votes to 3 to confirm the resolution of the board to promote a bill in parliament parlia-ment duroing the coming session to effect various improvements in the port and raise a sum of 675,000 for the purpose. pur-pose. A resolution was passed at Thursday's Thurs-day's meetings of the rural district council and board of guardians of the North Dublin Union requesting King Edward to convey to his cabinet his desire that that portion of the coronation corona-tion oath offensive to Catholics should be removed. The directors of the Munster and Leinster bank, limited. Dublin, an nounce a dividend for the half year ended Dec. SI last at the rate of 11 per cent per annum, the addition of 2,500 to the reserve fund, the placing of 5,000 in reduction of bank premises account, with 5,070 forward. An influential meeting of citizens, convened by the lord mayor, was held in the Mansion House. Dublin, on Friday Fri-day for the purpose of raising funds to recoup the employes of Messrs. Todd, Burns & Co. and others who suffered through the recent fire. The lord mayor may-or presided and a long list of subscriptions, subscrip-tions, including one of 25 from his grace the archbishop of Dublin, having been submitted to the meeting, a representative rep-resentative committee was appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting. S On Tuesday at 3 o'clock a meeting of the national directory of the United Irish League was held at the Gresham hotel, Dublin. Mr. J. E. Redmond, M. P., presided, and there was an extremely extreme-ly large attendance of members of parliament par-liament and representatives of divisional divis-ional executives. Mr. William Redmond, Red-mond, M. P.. and Josenh Devlin. Bel fast, were appointed to proceed to America to aid in the organizing, of the auxiliary organization throughout .the LTnited States and Canada. A most tragic and appalling accident happened on Wednesday at Giasnevin cemetery. ' The leading horses of a hearse took .to flight near thte cemetery Rate and collided with another hearse. The horses vyere overturned, the coffins thrown on the roadside, the hearses smashed into matchwood and the glass littered the ground. The two drivers were thrown underneath the carriages, one of them was in a shockingly mutilated mutil-ated condition. The left leg was severed sev-ered from the body, blood oozed from the ears and the brains protruded from the scalp. Happily a priest was at hand, who administered the last rites of the Church., The other driver was severely injured and has been removed to the Mater hospital, where he lies in a serious condition. con-dition. The man who met with such a sad and horrible ,end Is Robert Murray, a driver in the employment of Mr. Scully, Percy place, . undertaker. Murray was an old man' and the father of a large family. His remains have been removed re-moved to the Mater Misericordiae hospital, hos-pital, where an inquest will be held. The other driver, who is in the employment em-ployment of Mr. Nichols, undertaker, escaped' with a few bruises and a severe se-vere shock. ouim ,i. narie, ageu orf years, an upholsterer, up-holsterer, committed suicide at his residence res-idence Sunday's Wells, Cork, on Thursday morning. Mr. William Anderson. J P.. has been elected a director of the West Clara Railway company in the room of the late Mr. James F. Lombard, J. p. The Waterford corporation on Tuesday, Tues-day, on the proposition of the mayor, unanimously decided to confer the freedom free-dom of the city on Mr. John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary party. par-ty. A destructive fire broke out in the Shrigley Spinning mills on Thursday, near Killybeilgh. County Down, belonging be-longing to Mr. John Martin, and property prop-erty valued at over three thousand pounds was destroyed. A special court was held at Bray on Sunday, before Mr. Edward Watson, J. P., when an ex-soldier named John j Lewis, was brought up in custody in connection with the sacrilege at the Church of the. Most Holy Redeemer. Prisoner was remanded for a week. On Wednesday night a storm of great force raged over the whole district of North Tipperary. The gale was accompanied ac-companied with torrents of rain and at times with sleet. The low lying i uisiricts around Nenagh are all submerged, sub-merged, many thousands of acres being be-ing under water. At Limerick Quarter Sessions on Saturday. Sergeant Richard P. Kennedy Ken-nedy R. I. c. claimed 500 compensation compensa-tion for injuries to his head, indicted by a blow of a stone last Julv while conveying prisoners who refused to pav J tines imposed in an illegal burial case to jail. He was awarded 150 and costs. ,.AJ tht"1oetin& ,1f the executive of cork exhibition, on Thursday, the Lord Mayor presiding, Mr. Atkins, the honorable hon-orable secretary, reported that, even with the second addition they had made to the great Industrial hall the space was filled and they had to refuse re-fuse several late applicants. Sir John Scott mentioned that many strangers whom he had met expressed themselves delighted with the site, the building the rapid progress of the work, and its brilliant promise. v At Ballygar petty sessions on Tuesday. Tues-day. Messrs. James t Lyman. United Irish League ore-anirot- onri tv, 1 ' wt-asue oiganizer, and Thomas Granger. P. L. G.. Mount Bellew.- were I charged with having on December 1 "together with other evil disposed persons, per-sons, unlawfully assembled at Ballv-gar. Ballv-gar. wiUi the object of disturbing the peace and endeavoring to Intimidate John Hughes." The magistrates were equally divided and they adjourned the case for a month. At Nenagh, on Saturday evening a gentleman farmer, named John Dagg residing at Ballinweir, near that town' was committed as a lunatic to Clonmei asylum. On Friday Dagg bought a rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition ami began firing out of his window. When a cousin of his. named Richard Dagg, came with a couple of policemen police-men to secure him, John Dagg fired point blank at them, wounding his cousin. At Frankfort sessions on Thursday Constable David Kelly, who is stationed sta-tioned at Killoughey. charged Constable Con-stable John Gallaher. of the same station, sta-tion, with unlawfully wounding him at Gortacurra on the 8th of November It appears that on the night of the date mentioned both policemen were returning return-ing from a night patrol, and came part of the way on a cart of a district councillor coun-cillor named Joseph Gleeson. The complainant com-plainant alleged that in consequence of some dispute, Gallagher attempted to pull him out of the cart. He resisted, and the defendant struck him heavily on the head with a large stick, inflicting in-flicting an ugly wound. At the Roscommon petty sessions on Monday, Mr. R. Brown, R. M., in the chair, a boy named James Hoare was charged with the larceny of a sum of money from the poor box in the Catholic Cath-olic church, Roscommon. Evidence was given that the defendant went i over to the box, which was placed beside be-side the crib in the chapel, on the 26th of December, and, after apparently praying, put his hand Into the box and removed its contents. He was sent to jail for a month with hard labor. 'The death is announced of Mr. Jas. W. Cunningham, High street. Tuam. at the age of 86 years. Mr. Cunningham had been ill but a few days prior to which during his long life he had been hale and hearty. He was a native of Cavan, and settled down in Tuam over fifty years ago. where he opened a drapery establishment. nd amassed a large fortune. An old man named Michael M'Hale was found dead on Thursday morning in a ditch, about 300 yards from the town of Swinford. In returning home from Swinford fair on the previous night the old man. who was 80 years j of age. appears to have struck his foot against a low fence and to have fallen, head first, into the water. He did not appear to have made any struggle. On Friday afternoon the body of Thomas Templeton, who met his death under such tragic circumstances by falling from a cliff opposite Craig-dhu-Varren, near Portrush. on Wednesday, was washed up by the tide, and recovered re-covered by some of the men who had been daily searching for the remains. It was found about 150 yards from the scene of the accident, having been tossed by the waves into one of the small inlets which are so numerous along the rocky coast. On Monday evening a serious shooting shoot-ing accident occurred at Ballagh, near Roscommon. It appears that a young man named O'Connor, son of Mr. J. O'Connor, J. P., B. L.. Ballagh house, was carrying- a loaded fowling piece, and as he was leaving the house the door slammed after him, striking the gun, which exploded, the charge of shot entering the thigh of a girl named Kate Cordoran. daughter of a neighboring neighbor-ing farm. The charge caused-a very ugly wound, from which there was great loss of blood. The injured girl was at once conveyed to the Roscommon Roscom-mon infirmary, where she remains under un-der the care of the house, surgeon, Dr. Blakeney. i. Very deep regret was aroused in Arklovv when the intelligence reached the town that Mrs. Hagan, wife of Mr. Frank Hagan (of Ballykillagear, Bally-coage), Bally-coage), and mother of the Rev. Father Hagan, C.C., Ballintogher, County Kil-dare, Kil-dare, had died somewhat suddenly. The deceased lady had been suffering from a cold since last Saturday, but she appeared to have recovered from its effects. Mrs. Hagan belonged to a well known and highly respected family of the farming class in the County Wick-low. Wick-low. -$- At Derry petty sessions on Thursday, Alderman Bell presiding, a former poulterer poul-terer named Edward Devine, of Ross-ville Ross-ville street, was sent to prison for six months for neglecting and ill-treating his five children, of ages ranging from 14 down to 2 years. From the evidence evi-dence it appeared when defendant took drink he assaulted his wife, and his children had to fly out of the house for safety. The wife was Industrious, but instead of him helping her he squandered her earnings. In December, Decem-ber, 1900, for a like offense Devine got three months in jail, and after evidence now by Inspector Brown, NTS.P.C.C, the magistrates imposed a sentence of twicp that rtiirntlon Vr. BahTng-tOTi. I solicitor, prosecuted. The Bantry estate offices, which werb recently fitted up at a good deal of expense, ex-pense, were completely burned on Thursday, and nothing remains but portions of the walls. The building, which was a small one. was situated on the quay, adjoining Messrs. W. M. Murphy and Company's timber and coal yards, at the eastern end. and the main entrance to Bantry house and demesne on the western side. Elvery bit of wood, furniture, papers, books and documents of every sort were burned, save what were stowed away in the safes. In Limerick the magistrates, by refusing re-fusing to grant new licenses, have set an example to their colleagues all over the country. They have refused for the good reason that there are already quite enough public houses in the various va-rious villages In the country and their action on this and former occasions has evoked the commendation of his honor. Judge Adams, who feels very strong on the subject of "stuffing the country" with public houses. In certain cer-tain towns in County Limerick, as in other counties, there are more than enough' public houses. The main streets in some cases contain a dreary array of such houses, dismal, squalid looking, but nevertheless a fruitful source of fomnta tir.n anrl a hirhlv nnnloa on n t itiupia uou, anu a nigiiiy unpleasant spectacle for a self-respecting Irishman. Irish-man. A movement against the spread of this scandal must commend the approval ap-proval of the whole country. New Ross has been duly visited by the desecrating ruffians, who have with impunity committed sacrileges all over the country. Every other day the breaking into a church is reported. The sacrilegious miscreants who broke into two churches in New Ross on Friday Fri-day night succeeded in getting some money. The precaution of clearing the boxes had not been adopted, as it was in several other churches. No arrests have been made up to the present. That is the usual tale in connection with these outrages. Only one arrest seems to have been made in regard to the disgraceful crimes committed every other clay during the past six months or so. The constabulary seem too busy suppressing the right of public meeting meet-ing and free speech to pay any attention atten-tion to the perpetrators of these hideous hide-ous offenses. |