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Show Eatest Irish new$.a49 1 A two-story dwelling house took fire on Thursay in East Belfast. It was got under control, little damage being done, but on a search being made of the premises, the occupier, a man named McWatters, was found dead in bed. having evidently been suffocated by the smoke. At a conferenceheld on "Friday in Belfast, of representatives of the Ulster Ul-ster Farmers' and Laborers' union, at which Mr. W. T. Russell was the only member of parliament present, it was resolved to ask the Ulster members to' vote against the second reading of the new land bill, unless clause 36 was withdrawn. A warrant was issued Monday by Mr. J. Woulfe-FIanagan, R. M., for the arrest ar-rest of an ex-rate collector of the King's county council named Walter Kane, on the charge of having embezzled em-bezzled a sum of 89 4s. 7d., which he is alleged to have received as rates ! from the Great Southern fe Western ! Railway company, and failed to lodge to the credit of the county council. The information was sworn by Mr. John V. Brown, assistant secretary of the county coun-ty council. The defaulting collector has not yet been arrested. ' Early on Wednesday a erious fire broke out at the dwelling house of Mr. Martin Quilty, Ballydaheen, Bruff, and resulted in doing very considerable damage before it was overcome. The lire was discovered by a man named Nolan, who at once gave the alarm, but by this time much damage had been done. The thatched portion of the house was destroyed, and seven valuable calves in an outhouse were also destroyed. a A t Limerick quarter seesions on Thursday, before Judge Adams, the Limerick fishery conservators appealed from the decision of the magistrates at New Pallas petty sessions, dismissing three summonses for illegal fishing by a spear on the part of two men named Martin and Frank Ryan. His honor reversed the decision of the magistrates magis-trates and imposed a fine of 4 in each case with costs, remarking that persons per-sons killing spawning fish should be sent to jail for eighteen months. The Kildare county council, at its last meeting, received Dr. Joseph Smyth's resignation as coroner of North Kildare. Dr. Smyth has recently been appointed medical inspector to the loeal government board, and in consequence had to resign the position of dispensary medical officer of Naas, medical officer of health to Naas urban council and coroner. He Is a Nationalist. National-ist. Local interest in the elections for dispensary doctor and coroner is very keen, and for many weeks back a vigorous vig-orous canvass for both positions has been pursued. Mr. John Redmond, M. P.. was presented pre-sented with the honorary freedom of the city of Cork on Friday. Addressing the corporation, he claimed that the attendance of the Irish party in the house of commons this session had been far better than that of any English Eng-lish party, and better than that of any Irish party he had known during his twenty-five years of public life. He described the land bill introduced by Mr. Wyndham as a halting and insincere insin-cere measure, and said he did not believe be-lieve the government had any sincere intention of going on with it. - - The congress of the Irish National Teachers' organization concluded at Cork on Friday. A resolution was passed rescinding that passed on Wednesday Wed-nesday in reference to residual grant, on the motion of Mr. Thompson of Belfast. Bel-fast. Among the resolutions passed at Thursday's sitting was one trusting 1 mat managers ana teacners wouiu introduce in-troduce the teaching of Irish in their schools, and expressing the opinion that students in all training colleges In Ireland should receive instruction in Irish. Information has reached Sligo that a man named Moye. aged about 30 years, who had spent some time in the United States, was found dead, hanging from a greased rope, which he had apparently appar-ently adjusted with great care. His mother, who was sick in bed. heard a scream, and. on going into the room, saw the terrible sight. Deceased's niece, who was about to go to the United Unit-ed States the following week, had left the house on some business, and he took advantage of her absence to commit com-mit the awful deed. An inquest was held by Dr. Flannery, and the usual verdict was returned. The members of the Skibbereen Young Ireland society decided at a recent meeting to start a fund for the erection of a monument in Skibbereen to the men of '98, '48 and '67. Already the arrangements in connection with the collection are. well under way, and the members intend traveling through and soliciting subscriptions in all the towns and districts of south and west Cork for the purpose. They have already al-ready received many promises of support, sup-port, not alone In the locality, but from Cork men in America and other countries. coun-tries. They hope to be able to erect a monument which will be worthy of the town. On Friday a circus performance was given in a huge marquee erected in' the Haymarket. Armagh, by a traveling company. There was a large attendance attend-ance of spectators, and towards the close of the performance a panic was caused by the stand, which was reserved re-served for two shillings ticket holders, collapsing all the people on it being thrown to the ground. Luckily the stand was not too high, and the occupants, occu-pants, including a number of children, escaped without injury, but were terribly ter-ribly frightened. The Incident created creat-ed considerable panic and excitement. Dr. Kenna. coroner for South Kil- : dare.held an inquest at the Curraugh J camp hospital on Saturday on the re- j mains Of Private Johnson and Corporal I Taylor of the Irish Horse whose deaths j were caused the previous evening by the accidental discharge of a Colt quick-firing automatic gun while the members of the corps were engaged in gun practice. Private Johnston lived at Donneybrook and Corporal Taylor was a native of Monasterevan. The jury found that the occurrence was accidental, and they did not attach 1 blame to anyone. -$- A shocking discovery was .made on Monday night at 113 Rialto cottages. Dolphin's barn, all the Inmates of the house being found dead, having been I suffocated by escaping gas. The victims vic-tims were Augustus O'Neill (a fitter), his wife, and child, aged five. They had not been seen alive since Saturday, Satur-day, and it is surmised that after retiring re-tiring to bed on Saturday night they were overcome by the gas fumes. The neighbors, whose suspicion that all was not right was aroused by their nonappearance, non-appearance, communicated on Monday with the police, who on effecting an entrance found the three inmates dead. . . -S Serious Accident at B'ackrock. On Sunday an accid-nt o an extraordinary extraordi-nary nature occurred near Blackrock, resulting in Injuries of a more or less serious nature to' four men and fhe instantaneous killing of a horse. . . It appears that between 4 and 5 o'clock a man named Charles Daly, of Alma road, Mokstown. was . driving from Stillorgan to Blackrock. and that there were three other men on the car Alfred Al-fred Chaise, Sweetman's avenue. Black-rock; Black-rock; James Coll. and Henry Shannon, Temple road. Blackrock. v When the party arrived at Ovoca avenue at which is a rather sharp turn la the road the driver was making for Blackrock,' when the horse suddenly fell and the occupants of the car were Hung violently on to the road. Daly, the driver, was severely injured, his left shoulder being dislocated; and Shannon received wounds on the face and hands. The other men escaped with a shaking. It was found that the horse was killed by the fall. As was the case in the Limerick city quarter sessions, there was no criminal business for trial at the county side of the court, which was opened on Thursday by his honor Judge Adams. iHs honor was accordingly presented with a pair of white gloves. He said that he was very glad to receive the presentation, especially on that occasion. occa-sion. He rejoiced, for the sake of the county and the honor of the county, that there were no criminals, and also because it would facilitate him in getting get-ting to Liskennet races, for which he would start in twenty minutes (laughter). (laugh-ter). The licensing business was then proceeded with. At Kilrush petty sessions on Tuesday Tues-day a milk contractor named Mary Williams was charged by the: guardians guar-dians with supplying the union with milk of a debased description. The master of the work house produced the certificate of Sir Charles Cameron declaring de-claring that the milk had been deprived de-prived of 16 per cent of fats. The master mas-ter said ort another occasion Williams drove in her cows and they were milked in his presence, and a sample of their milk forwarded for analysis. The anaylst's certificate showed that it was a debased article also, and stated that it was deprived of 5.6 per cent of fats. The court imposed a fine of 5 and 12s 6d costs. An appeal was lodged. At Dundalk petty sessions on Friday a young man named James M'Keown, of Bridge street, was brought up, in custody, charged with stabbing Mrs. Julia Murphy, who keeps a lodging house in the lower end. Cyclist's Tragic Death. On Monday Dr. L. A. Byrne, city coroner, held an innnoct at St Vlrcont's hosnlfal on the remains of Thomas Redmond, aged 24, a carpenter living at Ballyedmunduff, county Dublin, who died in the hospital hospi-tal on Saturday from the effects of injuries sustained on Wednesday as the result of colliding with a wall at Bar-nactillia Bar-nactillia hill, near Stepaside, while riding rid-ing his bicycle. Jv Evictions in Wst Care. At the weekly meeting of the Kilrush board of guardians on Saturday, Mr. Thomas Talty. chairman of the board, presiding, presid-ing, with a large attendance of other guardians. Relieving Officer Downes of Carrigaholt made a report that a poor man named Martin Collins, of Lisheen, who, with his wife and family, numbering num-bering seven persons, had been evicted out of his little holding on Thursday last by the sheriff, was in utterly destitute des-titute circumstances. The landlord was Colonel MacDon-nell. MacDon-nell. The relieving officer said this family was terribly poor and looked for outdoor out-door relief. It was also reported that the holding was taken the very same day by a brother bro-ther of C011ins. Abortive Grazing Sale, On Monday the Cusack estate, in the parishes of Meadow, Ardagh and Carrickedmond. comprising 587 Irish acres, was put up for sale for grazing purposes for a period of ''eleven months, at the court house here,, by. order of the master of the rolls. The auctioneer was Mr. George-tampbeli and Mr. William T. Daniel, sollcitbrf Jor the trustees, was also present. Mr. Campbell said that j all the offers would be submitted to I the court for approval. The estate was I put up in ' lots of from ten to sixty I acres, and no more than one bid was given in most of the cases, and in many instances no bids were given. Mr. Daniel said that none of the offers would be accepted by the court, at they were not half what the lands were let at last year. A considerable amount of Interest was aroused by the sale. Terrible Donegal Fatality. On Sunday Sun-day night a farmer named Boyle, aged 50, belonging to near Adara, County Donegal, met with a terrible death. He left Klllybegs on the evening train. Some distance outside Ardara Road station level crossing the engine driver felt a. chuck, and then heard a sound as of an engine passing over gravel. The sound became so marked that he stopped the train, but saw nothing. He reported the matter at the next station sta-tion and men went back. They were horrified to find that portions of a man's body littered the track for nearly near-ly a mile. The engine had caught the unfortunate man and had carried him In front of it. The feet were torn off first, and afterwards the legs. The body itself fell off when the train slowed, and before the engine driver got down to examine it. Pieces of cloth and flesh were found at intervals when the track was examined this morning. It is, not known how deceased de-ceased got on the track, except that he walked along the rails to the level crossing, ihe gates along, the public road were closed for the passing of the train, and the lamps lighted. Deceased De-ceased was respectably connected, and the occurrence created a great sensation sensa-tion in the district. Death of an Evicted Tenant. On Thursday the funeral took place in County Meath of Michael Fullam, late of Gormanstown, who died in Drogheda workhouse hospital, after a long illness. ill-ness. He belonged to an old and respected re-spected family; they were leasehold tenants on the estate of Lord Gormanstown. Gor-manstown. The deceased and his brother bro-ther Frank were both evicted together, and In the days of the Land League took an active part in the land agitation. agita-tion. Frank was arrested under the coercion act. The farm from which j they were evicted was worth 1,200. The Irish Viceroyalty. The Daily I Telegraph states: It is reported that Earl Cadogan may, after all, continue as lord lieutenant of Ireland, certainly until the end of the present year, and possibly for an even longer period. There is also a rumor that Mr. Lecky will be raised to the peerage, prepara- I tions for a new narliamentarv pleetinn I at Dublin university being already stated to be on foot. Licensing in Gahvay. It appears that two, at least, new public house license applications will come on at the CTifden quarter sessions on the lath inst. Great interest is being taken in the proceedings, as it is wondered how far the Clifden division of the county will be affected by the recent magisterial magis-terial action at Galway quarter ses-j ses-j sions, when all new license aapplica-tions aapplica-tions were thrown out by 32 votes to 1. Both cases will, it Is stated, be opposed by the parish priest. Having regard to the eloquent appeal of the bishop of Galway and of so many of the areh-bishops areh-bishops and bishops against the granting grant-ing of new licenses, it is believed that the opposition Vill prove successful. 3 Dedication of Ballymore Church. The beautiful new church which has been erected ' at Ballymore, near Queenstown, was solemnly dedicated to the Sacred Heart on Sunday by the Most Rev. Dr. Browne, bishop of Cloyne. After the first gospel the Rev. Paul Murphy, Bagnalstown, preached the dedication sermon. There was a large and representative gathering of prominent Catholics present, pres-ent, among whom were the residents of Cork, Midleton, Queenstown, etc. The village and roadway leading to the church were gaily decorated with bunting- and evergreens, and the sanctuary sanc-tuary presented a beautiful appearance. appear-ance. The choicest of the season's : flowers were used for the purpose. The new church, which is in the earlv Gothic style of architecture, is .situated in a historic district, where O'Connell received some of his early I education, and close to it is a cave and j altar stone, where mass was celebrated when there was a price on the priest's head. Land War Meeting at Lisacull. A meeting of all the people in the town-lands town-lands of Lisacull and Gortaganny was held at Lisacull. The greatest enthusiasm enthu-siasm prevailed, wrhich was lessened in no way by the absence of the police. They- swarm all over the district like midgts in summer time, yet those in charge of the fight on the associated estates have no trouble in evading them whenever or wherever they wish to hold a meeting. Mr. J. McCormack, D. C, presided, and addressed the meeting at great length. Mr. William Duffy. M. P., also addressed ad-dressed the people. He said that having hav-ing visited every parish on the fighting estates, he could say that the tenantry-were tenantry-were absolutely firm and united in standing by one another. (Hear, hear.) Already three landlords had succumbed suc-cumbed to the power of the combination, combina-tion, and he trusted that the two remaining re-maining landlord? Lord De Freyne and Murphy would see their way to effect a lasting peace between themselves them-selves and their tenantry. (Cheers.) The tenants were ready, willing and anxious for peace (hear, hear), but if war. if seizures and evictions, were meditated, they were equally prepared to meet them. (Cheers.) i A resolution pledging those present to stand firmly and faithfully by one another, until a settlement was effected, ef-fected, was passed with acclamation. Sequel to the Arderry Evictions. At ! the Castlebar sessions on Wednesday, before County Court Judge Dane. K. C, the most noble the Marquis of Sligo sued Michael McGiney of Ardery, Aughagower, for 31 18s Id, arrears of rent. McGiney is one of the tenants for whose shelter the huts were put up i on the roadside at Arderry when he was evicted by the Marquis of Sligo, and in which connection an injunction was obtained by the attorney general against the Mayo county council to compel them to remove these huts. Mr. Malachy Kelly, crown solicitor, appeared for the landlord, and Mr. Ed-mond Ed-mond Barry, solicitor, W'estport, for the tenant. Mr. Barry said in this case he would appeal more to his honor's heart than to his head. Defendant was evicted from his holding early in 1900, but he was reinstated the following December. On being reinstated he paid 17 710s. The land is about the poorest in the whole county of Mayo, being situated in the mountalny district of the parish of Aughagower. The defendant met with several misfortunes. Shortly after he was reinstated he lost his wife and son and daughter, and also all the stock he had. He (Mr. Barry) would therefore ask his lordship to give the defendant some time to pay. considering consider-ing that he was now derelict and penniless. penni-less. He sent a son of his to America some time ago, and he expected help from him to pay up the arrears. Mr. M. Kelly The landlord remitted nearly 60. Mr. Barry But the man was evicted. His Honor Has a fair rent been fixed? Mr. Taylor No, my lord. Gavin, the defendant, now came on the table, and he seemed to be laboring under strong excitement. Addressing the judge, he cried out "I beg the pardon par-don of the court and judge, but .why isn't Mr. Powell (agent to the Marquis Powell here. Justice before God and man, my lord, is what I want." His Honor-rYou must be quiet. Gavin (excitedly) If all you had was taken from you wrongfully, would you be quiet? His Honor Who took It from you? Gavin Lord Sligo; they bound me down with a chain like, a prisoner in jail. Mr. Malachy Kelly This has been I practiced in other places. I would ask you not to hear it, my lord. Gavin They took my land and gave it to six other tenants the land that : was made by my father over seventeen seven-teen years ago. Mr. Malachy Kelly This kind of talk may be all very well for elsewhere. I suppose he would like to get his views circulated elsewhere. Mr. Barry said the rent was raised from 8 to 15. His Honor (to defendant) Why did I you not go Into the land courts? Gavin I couldn't, my lord; they bound me down. His honor gave a decree for the amount claimed. Tragedy in Belfast. On Friday a shocking tragedy was enacted in Belfast. Bel-fast. The scene of the affair was 5 Antrim An-trim street, where a young laborer named Charles Murphy and his wife resided. For some time past the man had been out of work, and as a result was financially embarrassed. He appears ap-pears to have been making every en- aeavor to secure employment, out unfortunately un-fortunately without success, and lawt night he returned home in bad spirits. His wife and children were in the house when, without any warning, he seized a hatchet and made a determined deter-mined attack on the former. The unfortunate woman shouted for assistance, and the children ran crying cry-ing into the street, but before aid had arrived she had received a number of wounds on the head, inflicted by her husband. Murphy appears to have then left the house, and procured some poison, which he took, with the result that in a few minutes he fell senseless to the .floor. The ambulance was sent for. and by the aid of the police the unfortunate man and his wife were conveyed to the Royal hospital. They were at once attended to- by the medical med-ical staff, but in about twenty minutes the man died. His wife had her wounds dressed and was allowed to depart. Police Bludgeoning in Cork. At the conclusion of the "Dandy Fifth" comic opera in the opera house, Cork, last night, a scene of a most disgraceful character on the part of the police was enacted. During the progress of the periui mauve-, ihuj w nicu are mu ouuceu some characteristically jingo songs, a large section of the audience marked their disapproval of them by throwing oranges at the artistes. The jingo element el-ement applauded the artistes, and this lent fuel to the fire, because those who objected to the singing of such productions produc-tions displayed the Boer flag in the gallery gal-lery and cheered loudly for the Boer leaders and sang "God Save Ireland." On leaving the opera house a large section of the audience was charged by the police with drawn batons, and many severe injuries were inflicted. A number of cases were treated at the local infirmaries. The "Dandy Fifth" was repeated in the opera house. Cork, on Tuesday under un-der altered conditions as regards the audience. The management made admissions ad-missions to the gallery two shillings, with the result that its occupants were confined to half a dozen small boys and an equal number of policemen. The pit, which remained at the usual price a shilling we a mainly occupied by soldiers and policemen In plain clothes, who obtained the privilege of the early door. The remaining parts of the ho-ise were practically untenanted; so be khaki performance proceeded quite srnonthly. Outside the theatre a large force, of . policemen, with batons, was drawn up, and a crowd gathered toward to-ward the close of the performance, who contented themselves with cheering for Kruger. Dewet and Delarey, and sing-mg sing-mg snatches of "God Save Ireland This continued as the aud!ence dispersed, dis-persed, and as the soldiers appeared the See drew a line across Patrick e, bridge and refused to nll.,w ,. -pass till the soldiers !,.,-.,.''"( way to barracks. T!r v;w"n remarkable absence of t;,,. ,l f, ness which characterized t!. , ' of the police the previous :nstX 'll!1'1'. brutal batoning of ino;Y,.1Sl7-i; ' .';. is the subject of goneri:! .,.,:,.)n""-i1 |