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Show Death of Mr. E. Leamy, M. P. We regret to announce the death of Mr. Edmund Leamy. M.P. for North Kildare. The sad intelligence reached Dublin on Saturday from Pau, France, where Mr. Leamy was staying for the benefit of his health. : Mr. Leamy. who was born in Water-ford Water-ford fifty-six years ago, was one of the best known members or the Irish party, which he joined in 1S80 as rep resentative of aterfoid. Subsequently Subse-quently he represented North East Cork and South Sligo. He was a member of the Irish bar, but devoted himself to Journalism. A charming book of Irish fairy tales remains re-mains as evidence of hjs rich Celtic fancy and graceful style. He was a speaker of singular ability, but owing to the state of his health delivered few speeches during recent years. The last notable occasion upon which he was heard in the house r,f commons was when the inspection of convent laundries laun-dries was proposed. Mr. Leamy delivered de-livered a speech that moved members of all parties in the house. He was very popular with his colleagues, col-leagues, and his death will be specially regretted by those Who remember him as a comrade in the fight for ckse on a quarter of u centuty. Mr. John E. Redmond, M.P., received in the afternoon confirmation0of the sad news of the drath of his old friend and colleague, and finding that Mrs. Leamy Mas in PaU alone, and unassisted, unas-sisted, look the prompt step of communicating com-municating with Mr. Patrick O'Brien, M.P., and requesting him. in the name or and oh the part or the members of the Irish party, to proceed forthwith to meet the bereaved lady at Pau, and leuaer an necessary assistance m the sad circumstances. Mr. Patrick O'Brien accordingly left Pau on Saturday evening. Drank a Pot of Paint. On Sunday a male patient of the asylum at Waterford died under rather "peculiar circumstances. About elevert days previous he, during the tempor ary absence pf an attendant, drank a pot of paint, painting werk being going go-ing on in the vicinity -of a building to which he with two other patients- had been brought. It appears the 'attendant 'attend-ant having located the two other . patients, pa-tients, returned and" found the" thira man s face smeared all over with paint, the man subsequently vomited the paint, and appeared little the worse for his adventure, until Saturday, when he was noticed to be looking badly, and was put back to bed. He died on Sunday, it is. said, 'from apoplexy. apo-plexy. Donegal Herring Pishing. The men engaged in the herring fishing fish-ing on the northwest coast of Ireland have made more exceptionally heavy catches. On Wednesday and Thursday the local boats, mostly open, were coming com-ing in all day filled with herring of splendid quality,, upwards of fifty tons being shipped fresh to different markets, mar-kets, besides what are being cUred on yie spot. It is surmised that the recent re-cent heavy weather has driven the fish' towards the coast in shna'fl. The crew of a Scotch herring drifter, "Queen."' comprising the owner and three men, were sent to Glasgow tonight by the Derry agent of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Mar-iners' society. The crew- of the Thistle follow tomorrow. Both boats are total wrecks at Downing?. The Land Act ' in Clare. ' An Ennis correspondent reports that on Sunday laflt, at Kilmaley, County Clare, his lordship the Most Rev. Di Eogarty referred as follows to the working of the land act: "The time is not far off when the Irish tenant will no longer be a tenant, but a free and independent owner. All the energies of the country are at present engrossed In an effort to settle the land question. Until that great question is finally and properly adjusted there can e no permanent per-manent progress or improvement. Until Un-til r that consummation Is realised the baleful class war So "fatal to public lifer will continue with, all its injurious effectsunrest, ef-fectsunrest, distraction and paralv-sls paralv-sls of Industry., it is deeply to be re-, gretjed. that the land purchase - act J working so' "slowly in this county of J Clare where its operation is most nec- essary. I know that the tenants are I prepared to pay a reasonable price- I I know from your parish priests that this is true of this parish, and I hope that the Clare landlords will not be long wanting- in public spirit, as well as a rightful perception of their own interests, inter-ests, which will induce them to come forward and meet their tenants on fair and reasonable terms. -Everybody who has the welfare of the country at heart yearns for the settlement of thiis question. ques-tion. Now, in the landlords' case, the sands are running steadily in the hour glass. Their market is a diminishing one; if we once had this land question settled, my tlearly beloved people, we could turn our attention to improve the social condition of our people, but nothing noth-ing can be done until thii3 land question ques-tion is settled. It is fortunate for you that you have a guide amongst you. in the- person of Father Glynn, an able and popular parish priest, reasonable and just, devoted to your welfare, ofie who desires your pi-03perity. and, what irt best of all, knows how to promote U- |