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Show i - - : : - CITY OF DUBL1X. The directors of Messrs. Johnston, Mooney and O'Brien have declined to submit the dispute to ar- j bit ration. , - The annual meeting of Arnott & Co., Ltd.. was held on Saturday, Mr. Kobert Wallace presiding. It was announced that the chairman, to show his appreciation of the compliment of being -raised to the highest position in the company, had decided to give 1,000 to the Employes' Benevolent fund. At a meeting of the Dublin corporation on Monday Mon-day a resolution, moved by Mr. Kelly, reducing the salary of 'the lord mayor by 2,000 from 23d February. Feb-ruary. 1905, was adopted by a majority of 40 to 2(5. The salary heretofore paid to the Wd mayor was I :3,1S1 30s, 2G2 10s of which was int uded to rc- ! numerate his secretary. I At-a meeting of the collection committee of the ' Irish language week, held at 24 upper O'Connell street on Saturday evening, Mr. Hanrahan presiding, presid-ing, alb the arrangements in connection with the collection in aid of the Irish Language National fund were practically completed. On Thursday, .when the employes of Mr. O'Mea-ra's O'Mea-ra's licensed establishment, 145 Xorth Strand road, proceeded to open the establishment for business, they found the place had been broken into during the night. The promises were closed as Usual op Wednesday night, at 11 o'clock, and the employes left Ihe shop in about a half an hour afterwards. At 7 o'clock yesterday morning they found that during the night the safe containing the receipts of the previous day, as well as checks and other documents, docu-ments, had been removed. The police, were communicated commu-nicated with and a search having been mtklc, the safe, broken open, wa3 found lying on the Great Northern railway, near Newcomen bridge, a place not far from North Strand road. It was found that , a sum of about 30 ia gold, notes and silver was missing. The burglars did not remove the checks or other documents, and in the hurry to get away they left five pound notes lying on the ground. It is conjectured that 1 ho burglar Or burglars concealed conceal-ed themselves in the house before the closing hour and, opening the door during the night, succeeded in taking away the safe to a quiet spot, where it was broken open without attracting any attention. The police are investigating the matter but so far no one has been apprehended -in connection writh it. ALL AROUND niELAND. Only faint hopes arc entertained of the recovery of Mr. Thomas McGovern, M. P. Galway is organizing a celebration of the National Na-tional holiday. On Thursday a fire broke out in th? premises of the Sligo Catholic institute. The damage done is estimated at over 1,000. T Considerable damage was caused, by a fire on Thursday in the workyard of the City of Cork Steampacket company. . Colonel Lynch writes thanking the Irish party, the Irish people and the electors of Galway for their assistance and sympathy. The Limerick chamber of commerce on Tuesday received an intimation that Limerick will not be included in the forthcoming royal tour. . " . Sligo assizes were opened on Monday. Lord Justice Walker stated that the constabluary returns showed that the country was in a satisfacory condition. condi-tion. i: i A hockey match played at Belfast on Saturday 1 between teams representative of Ireland and Scotland Scot-land resulted in the victory of Ireland by eight goals to one goal. The death of Kov. P. McCarthy, T. P., D.D., In-niscarra. In-niscarra. deprives the Church of one of the most distinguished Irish ecclesiasts. He was a leading Irish scholar. " On Saturday afternoon the lord mayor of Cork received by appointment at the municipal buildings a deputation from the Cork Evicted Tenants' association. asso-ciation. It is stated that the Earl of Dudley will relin- miieVl ha rsmt- r T 1 J ' -ir , will be succeeded by the Duke of Marlborough. I Mr. John Redmond. M.'P., has written a letter approving of the Irish Brigade, a new organization for the promotion, principally, of national games and customs among the young. -il Official information has been received that the king will visit Waterford during the first week in May. Improvements are; being carried out at Punchestown in view of the approaching royal visit. At a meeting under the auspices of the Belfast Catholte association on Sunday in connection with the water board election, a letter was read from the archibshop of Dublin explaining his attitude to-ward-i the association. At the Dundrum petty sessions on Monday Alice Riggs, alias Ethel Brownlow, was remanded. on a charge of having obtained goods by false pretenses from Messrs. Oetzmaun fc Co., furniture warehouse. ware-house. Grafton stroet, and also with having obtained by false pretenses the tenancy of a house in Dun-drum. Dun-drum. ' J he trial was continued at Monaghan assizes on Saturday of Joseph Fee for the murder of John Tlanagan. Mr. Justice Kenny having .summed up, the jury retired at 4 :4.". They returned an hour later, lat-er, the foreman intimating that they 'could not agree. The jury was af tcrfards discharged. At Armagh assizes on Monday the four men Rice, Blakeney, Caughey and Kelly were put on trial for a serious assault on Father Brown and Mr. John McGrath, near 'Markethill, last Nevcmber. Rice pleaded guilty and the jury convicted the others. oth-ers. Sentence was deferred. In summing up in a charge of wounding at Limerick Lim-erick county assizes on Saturday, the lord chief baron said if acquittals were to follow as a matter of course, he would not wonder if every man used a knife when he got into a quarrel. The jury disagreed dis-agreed and was discharged. The Press association's Limerick correspondent states that Queen" Alexandra will present each soldier sol-dier o fthe Irish regiment of guards with a bunch of shamrock on St. Patrick's day, and has given or ders to that effect to the Shamrock league, of which the Countess of Limerick is president. The police authorities in Donegal arc investigating investigat-ing a matter brought under their notice in reference refer-ence to an alleged discovery on the grounds of the workhotiso in County. Donegal. The inquiry is so far conducted in strict secrecy, but the information on which the police are acting is of a most sensational sensa-tional character. . - A dispatch from Cork on Thursday says: An extensive fire broke out in Cork tonight, the workshops work-shops of the Cork Steampacket company being completely com-pletely gutted. The outbreak occurred in one of the lofts, and the adjoining shops were soon involved. At -t he cutset the flames threatened the immense stores of the company, and it was deemed advisable to call out the military, who arrived in large num- ' hers with two manual engines. The water supply was, however, defective, andit took nearly three hours before the fire was got under. Over 100 are thrown idle. The damage done extends into several th6usancls. f - ' At 3: CO o'clock on Saturday, during sone shunting operations at Athboy, the engine attached to the train due to meet the Dublin and Navan con-nccions con-nccions at-Kilmessan station, ran off the line. A wire was promptly sent to Kilmessan acquainting the stationmaster of the occurrence, and 'an engine which was attached to a hunting train and which was fortunately available, was quickly dispatched to Athboy. . A disnateh from Muliingar on Tuesday says: Some anxiet" was felt this morning when the limited lim-ited mail, which leaves Broadstone at 7 a. m., did not arrive at the usual time here, about 8:15. It , soon, however, became known that the cau3e of the delay was an engine attached to a goods train breaking down between Moy valley and the Hill of -Liown srations owing to the smashing of a piston rod. A locomotive was quickly sent out from Mull-igar. Mull-igar. and after some time managed to get off the goods, the limited mail ariving in Muliingar some minutes over an hour late. ACCIDENT TO A PROTESTANT BISHOP. A dispatch from Waterford on Monday says-Jhe says-Jhe Et. Rev. Dr. QTlara, the Protestant bishop of Cashel and Emly, met with a serious accident at aterford yesterday. He was passing along the street, and in stepping off the footpath to make war for some passers-by, he was struck by a jarvey's car, which was passing at a rapid rate. He was dashed to the ground with great violence, and cut and bruised about the face and badly shaken. Dr. O'Hara was driven to his residence, where he was medically attended.. No dangerous symptom has developed. His lordship has been ordered complete com-plete rest for some days. HOCKEY ACCIDENT TO YOUNG LADY. ' A dispatch from Middleton on Monday savs: A serious accident is reported here this evening as having occurred to a -young lady named Miss Maxwell, Max-well, cf East Ferry house, near Midleton. It appears ap-pears that Miss Maxwell, while playing in a hockey contest with a team of the Midleton Ladies' Hockey club, of which she is a prominent member, in the vicinity of Cork, received a violent blow of a hockev stick on the nose, resulting in the organ being badly shattered. The injured young lady, who is only 22 years old, and an only daughter, was removed in a prostrate condition off the ground, and medical aid was speedily summoned. It was found impracticable impracti-cable to have her removed to her own home, which was deemed too long a journey to be undertaken. She has been conveyed for treatment to Sydney place, Cork, where she lies in a critical condition, under the care of three medical doctors. Being largely connected with sporting and social circles in County Cork, tho deepest sympathy and regret are felt at the untoward occurrence, especially by the Midleton Hockey club. f On Monday afternoon, when riding with the Wexford hounds near New Ross. Mr. John O'Neill of Sparrowlands, master of the Bree Harriers, wa3 thrown from his horse and killed. NOBTHEEN" LONGEVITY. An old man named Sylvester Brennan, aged 103 years. wa3 buried the other day at Tvdvanet. De ceased; who had many relatives, was hale and hearty up to a few months before his death, and used to relate re-late with much interest to his many hearers, the incidents in-cidents of a century ago. Deceased lived iu Eshna-lough, Eshna-lough, near. Scotstown, before his death. At the present time there is living at Dramman, beside Scotstown, a man named Owen Smyth, who is aged 110 years. He is healthy ami active, quite recently I "talking several miles without the aid of a stick. There is at present living on her comfortable farm at Dernish island, in the vicinity of Crom. a Mrs. Catherine Cairns, who recently attained the remarkable age of 101 years. Mrs. Cairns, whose maiden name was Hughes, first saw the light at Derrycorbin. near Lisnaskea. On last New Year's day the old lady had the pleasure of entertaining fourteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren who visited her, and on the same morning she received a letter from New Zealand enclosing a photograph of a group of four children of the fourth generation. For the past eighty-three years Mrs. Cairns has resided at Dernish island. Her ,.,t.,o-.fi TWrd Cairns, whom she married at the ge of 18, died two years ago at the ripe age of 97, ! FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A fatal railway accident of a shocking nature occurred on the Dublin. Wicklow & Wexford railway rail-way line on Tuesday at Kileommon Crossing, about midway between Rathdrum and Glenealy railway , stations. It appears an old man named Philip Bell, aged 80 years, who resides in a cottage beside the crossing, was crossing the line, when the 7 a. m. train from Wexford to Dublin struck him and ran over him, cutting him into fragments. The matter was reported to the coroner, Mr. James Murray, J. P., who was on the train at the time, and an inquest will be held today. - The death is announced of the Hon. Reginald Ward, Diuiner of the lord lieutenant of Ireland, and one of the Royal Equerries. Mr. Ward was a well known amateur rider. IRISH MAGISTRATE'S TRAGIC DEATH. On Thursday the lifeless body of Mr. Hugh Ross, J. P., was found lying in a field adjacent to his dwelling the Glebe, Rooskey, County Roscommon with a discharged shotgun beside him. Deceased had taken out a double barreled gun, and proceeded I toward a point in his farm where he had learned from a workman that some wild birds had perched. He was not seen alive afterwards. A servant was sent in search of Mr. Ross and found his lifeless body. The roof of the head was blown away and one of the barrels of the gun was found to have been recently discharged. The surmise is that the gun accidentally went off. MOST REV. DR. SHEEHAN AND THE NATIONAL NATION-AL HOLIDAY. A dispatch from Waterford on Monday says: At the several masses iu the city churches yesterday yester-day the officiating clergymen read the following letter: ."The people of Waterford celebrated the Feast of St. Patrick last year in a manner altogether worthy of an Irish Catholic cit. All classes cordially cor-dially united to honor the memory of the national apostle, and to honor it as it should bo honored. In a few days the feast comes around again. We ask the people, all classes, again to do their part, as thev did in 1903. for the glory of God and the honor of Erln. RICHARD ALPHONSUS. "Bishon of Waterford and Lismore." DEATH OP CARMELITE BROTHER The many past students of St. Joseph's seminary, semi-nary, Clondalkin, will read with sincere regret the announcement of the death of Rev. Brother Anthony An-thony (Russell), which sad event took place on the 3d inst. Deceased was the son of the late Michael Russell, of Charleville, County Cork, where he received re-ceived his early training in the local grammar school, and had as class fellow the late Most Rev. Dr. Croke, archbishop of Cashel. After some years -ho was sent to pursue his higher studies at Castle-knock Castle-knock college. Feeling a call to the religious life, he sought admission to the Carmelite monastery, Clondalkin, and received the holy habit about the year 1S52, and after his profession devoted himself to "the education of youth imparting that knowl edere in which he was so well versed.-"V" versed.-"V" ' . |