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Show Cafes! Wish flm$.rrffis$f:.pns At the meeting of the Dublin Trades Council on Monday a resolution was passed unanimously endorsing . the candidature of Alderman Dowd for the lord mayoralty for 1903. The Dublin Recorder has confirmed the sentences of three months, two months, and six weeks' imprisonment passed on certain of the engineers at present on strike. The offense charged against the men was assaulting at Inchicore some non-union men who have taken their places at the Great Southern and Western company's works. A young Dublin man named Henry G. Cribbin. asred "22 vears. an electrical engineer, was drowned on Monday whilst bathing at a place known as "The Long Point," distant about three-cjuarters three-cjuarters of ;t mile front Longhrea. Deceased was very respectably connected con-nected in Dublin, and a rather sad coincidence in connection with the occurrence oc-currence is the fact that deceased's mother was found drowned in a bath last Christmas. On Saturday tbe funeral obsequies of the Most Rev. Dr. Croke. the archbishop arch-bishop of Cashel, were celebrated in the Cathedral Thurles, in the presence of a great assemblage of bishops, clergy, cler-gy, and people. Cardinal Moran, Cardinal Car-dinal Logue, and the archbishop o Dublin were amongst those who took part in the ceremonies. Mr. William O'Brien. M. P., attended as one of the deputation from the Irish parliamentary parliamen-tary party, and Mr. Michael Davitt was also present. Shortly after 10 on Monday night, while a crowd was watching a fire in Limerick in its later stages, a woman, whose name has not transpired, fell into the dock, and would certainly have been drowned had not two soldiers sol-diers belonging to the Yorkshire Light infantry, who had 'come with the military mil-itary fire engine, jumped into the water and kept her afloat until she was hauled ashore in an exhausted condi-. tion. She was at once taken to the house of the harbor master, Captain Fitzmaurioe, and soon recovered from the severe shock occasioned by her sudden immersion. Mr. David Sheeny, ex-M. P., was released re-leased from Mountjoy prison on Sunday Sun-day morning at 7 o'clock, after undergoing under-going a period of five weeks' imprisonment impris-onment under the coercion act. Mr. Sheeny was welcomed back to .liberty by several friends,- who were much pleased to learn that he is in excellent health, and that the imprisonment has had little effect upon him physically. It fleed scarcely be added that otherwise other-wise the operation of the coercion sentence sen-tence has in no way affected him. . Denis Doyle, a butcher, living in Bray, met with a horrible accident at the Bray railway station on Sunday. It appears that he was on the platform of the station and fell on to the rails, and was rolled over by a passenger train. AVhen he was discovered later his body was fearfully mutilated. The right leg was completedy severed from the body,-the left arm was broken, and the left foot was terribly torn. Medical Med-ical aid was immediately summoned, and arrangements were made for the conveyance of the injured man to Dublin. Following up the recent purchase by the Congested Districts board of three large sections of Lord Lucan's estate, the same board have now completed negotiations with the same landlord for the purchase of a large tract of land, comprising several hundred acres, situate sit-uate at Ballinahul, a few miles from here, and adjoining' the Pheasant Hill property, which, has already been purchased pur-chased by the board from Mr. James Faulkner, J. P. The board, it is stated, has also purchased from Lord Lucan a large farm at Annagh, which is at present held by Mr. Michael Quinn as a yearly tenancy. Mr. Do-ran, Do-ran, Lord Bingham (Lord Lucan's son) and Mr. A. C. Larminie (agent) visited the places above mentioned last week and all arrangements have been completed com-pleted for' the taking over of the lands by the Congested Districts board. An extraordinary attempt at suicide was reported on Thursday night from Donegal. Sergeant Gaddes, in Killeter, arrested a man supposed to have stolen seven cattle from. Mr. James McGlin-chey, McGlin-chey, near Donegal. The accused, when accosted by the sergeant, gave the name of Martin, said he was a returned American, but a native of the county. Money was found on" him to the amount of the price of one beast, but he denies any knowledge of the theft. Whilst in the barracks he mentioned to the sergeant he required to go to the back premises, and as there was nothing suspicious in his demeanor, he was allowed. After a reasonable time the police orderly was sent to see .why he was delaying, and the officer was ; horrified to find that the prisoner, who possessed a dagger or clasp knife, had cut his throat, and, also, extraordinary to say, cut off some of his fingers. The prisoner was at once seized and medical med-ical aid promptly obtained. He was then removed to a hospital. On Thursday afternoon an exciting scene was witnessed in the River Lif-fey Lif-fey near Fast Arran street. A young woman, whose name is said to be Mary Kavanagh, suddenly handed a child to Mary Conroy, of Arran street, and then got up on the wall and leaped into the Liffey. It was about half-tide at the time, and fortunately some constables con-stables were in the vicinity. Constable Williams.. 93 D, at 'once got down the iron ladder and swam towards the woman in the water. He caught "her, but she struggled to remain. In the meantime 156 A and 62 E went to assist as-sist Williams, but it seems that they could not swim, and got into difficulty in the water, and two lifebuoys were thrown to them. One failed to reach them, and by that time 183 B had got down the ladder, and, wading over, reached them. At this time, Constable Williams had brought the Woman to the foot of the ladder, and she was brought over the quay wall, the other constables also being, assisted in an exhausted ex-hausted condition to the roadway. Tile three constables and the woman were taken to a hospital. Fire in Limerick At S on Monday evening a serious fire was discovered in a large store rented from the harbor har-bor commissioners by Messrs. Banna-type Banna-type & Sons, grain, importers and millers, mil-lers, alongside the new dock. The tore was chiefly composed of wood, and.burned rapidly. Fortunately there was little or no wind, or the sparks from the burning building would certainly cer-tainly have injured large piles of timber tim-ber in the back premises and the shipping ship-ping in the dock. The store contained some 300 worth of grain and 400 worth of empty casks. The loss is supposed to be covered by insurance, i On Wednesdays night the premises and stores of Mr. J. F. O'Neill, pharmaceutical phar-maceutical chemist. Main street, Car-rick-on Suir, was gutted by fire. The fire originated in a cell.ar, where a cask, of methylated spirit took fire. The blaze spread with lightning rapidity rapid-ity owing to the inflammable stores, and at 11 o'clock the roof of the rear premises fell in. The houses adjoining adjoin-ing were for a considerable time in great danger. Willing hands poured water on the fire with buckets, and an old military fire engine was got to work, but, practically speaking, there is no .piean.i of putting out a fire in the town, no water supply, except i y pumps and wells; , no fire engine. The lire brigade at Clonmel was telegraphed tele-graphed to, but the corporation engine en-gine could not leave the borough without with-out special permit, and the military engine there had gone to Cahir. Had a high wind been blowing half the town would have been burnt down. Thousands watched the fires throughout through-out the night. The damage is estimated esti-mated at 1.000, which is not covered by insurance, and the utmost sympathy sym-pathy is felt for Mr. O'Neill in his great misfortune. Fortunately no lives were lost, as the lire commenced about half-past' 8 in the evening. Grand Sight in Arran. On Sunday a scene long to be remembered was wit nessed at Arran island. Galway. It was the closing of the mission which had been during the previous fortnight conducted by the Kedemptorist Fathers, Fa-thers, and n Sunday evening, after solemn benediction, the blessing of the mission cross was performed by Father Fa-ther Maenamara, accompanied by his brother and parochial clergy. During the procession hymns were sung by school children, who were tastefully dressed and well trained. Since the days of St. Enda no such demonstration demonstra-tion was witnessed in Arran na Naoim. At least L',000 people were present, and, as on bended knees, with heads bent, the canopy of heaven above and the sea all round, they received the last blessing of the mission, the scene was. one to move anyone. Add to this the simple fervor which was displayed by the hardy islanders, and you might say Arran was again peopled by the saints long since gone to a better home. There was in all this a most noticeable drawback, since the devotions had for the most part to be carried on in the open air. How keenly the parish priest feels this could easily be seen each day, and let us hope the project of building a new church, which he has inaugurated, may meet with the support sup-port it deserves. Anyone who could give would do so if only they were vouchsafed a view of the scenes to be witnessed daily. On Monday the mis-sioners mis-sioners took their departure amid a scene as edifying as it was enthusiastic. enthusi-astic. The fishing boats all turned out bedecked with bunting, and. with a good breeze, were swiftly away. Many fervent prayers for good luck and a safe journey were wafted after the good fathers. Extraordinary Fatality. A fatal accident ac-cident of a painful and unusual character char-acter occurred at Celbridge on Saturday Satur-day night. It appears that three farm laborers named William Mane. Red mond Hogarty and James Coffey went into Dublin on Saturday with three loads of hay. Coming home they all went into Coffey's cart, tying the two horses behind. It is alleged that after crossing the bridge over the Liffey at the entrance to Celbridge the men were asleep, and that the leading horse went down a slope leading to the water's edge, where animals usually go to drink, and walked too far in. The river was very much swollen, and the current, always swift at this point, was running at a very high rate, so much so that it swept the horse off his legs. The rope between the second horse and the cart parted, and the vehicle on which the three young men were seated was borne .down the river. Mape plunged off the cart and was never seen again. The others held on. and" the horse, finding footing, they came to the bank nothing the worse for their immersion. No trace could be found of their companion. They reported the matter to the police. Constables Con-stables Lewis and Atkinson went to the' river at the spot, pointed out as where Mape had disappeared. They searched along the bank, but they found no trace of the unfortunate man. The three men belonged to Bally Bal-ly teigue, Robertstown. A most interesting and edifying ceremonial cere-monial was the presentation of an address ad-dress to Cardinal Moran by the Sodality So-dality of the Children of Mount Car-mel Car-mel at the Hospice for the Dying, Harold's Cross, on Sunday. The presentation pres-entation was preceded by a brief eulo-gium eulo-gium by his grace, the Archbishop of Dublin of the sodality, whose missionary mission-ary character and labors should comment com-ment it especially to the Australian cardinal. His grace recalled the reports re-ports which from time to time he had made of the sodality. They contained indeed an astounding record of zeal and devotion on the part of its members. mem-bers. "In the first , report," his grace declared, "I was able to mention that out of this association over three hundred hun-dred young girl had become nuns, and were then in the religious life in various convents throughout the world, some, no doubt, here in Ireland, and in England and Scotland; others in some of the European countries, such as France and Belgium, many in Australia, Aus-tralia, and Africa, and Jfw Zealand, and the United States, and Mexico, and even in the Scandinavian countries of Norway and Denmark. .That number has gone on increasing. When five years had gone over the number was practically four hundred. When the second period had elapsed it was con-f con-f siderably over five hundred, and at the I present moment there are six hundred and three former members of this as sociation of the Children of Mary nuns i in different countries of the world some here in Ireland and some abroad." In his response to the address. ad-dress. Cardinal Moran, in a most in-I in-I teresting speech, warmly eulogized the missionary spirit displayed by the Irish race from the earliest times till our own. Every country in the world was full of the records and the fruits of their labors, and the young ladies of this sodality were worthy children of the great race to which they belonged. The reception of sixty new members into the sodality by his grace the archbishop appropriately concluded a most interesting proceeding. More Seizures on the De Freyne Estate. On Monday morning at 5 the occupants or Mr. Freeman's house, Kilbrudape, were early aroused by a raid of bailiffs. A daughter of Thomas Freeman was up early that morning, and shortly after 4 o'clock in the earty i dawn she espied McNiff. De Freyne's ' bailiff, and his escort of some thirty ! police. The police surrounded the j house on every side,' and Mrs. Freeman, Free-man, whose i'amily of ten lived in the humble house, and whose husband and son are away in England to earn rent and food, was naturally much upset. Her husband has lived in England for years, and has only visited his home about two or three months in winter. Three of . the girls are in America. Thomas Freeman holds some seven Irish acres of bogland, with an acre of heavy clay land. This small holding is divided between him and his sister, j Mrs. Moran, so that the actual acreage is some four acres each. Upon this land some little potatoes -are raised, and a little oats. The holding js only sufficient to graze a cow. . "Not a bit o' hay ever on it," the description of ! this marsh, which is half flooded eigh months in the year. Even at the best season this poor family has been hardly hard-ly able to walk on the la. The holding hold-ing is rented at 5 4s. 6d. for the miserable mis-erable swamp. There are five years' arrears due for the last eighteen years, and erh year a year's rent has been paid since that time. The last two years Thomas Freeman and Mrs. Moran Mo-ran have paid three years' rent and costs. The agent. Woulfe Flanagan, has put costs on the last two years in collecting this rent, and the people have never been able to pay more than they have paid, and only this by the English earnings. The arrears, which were unheeded for the last eighteen years, were totted up. and a writ served last January. The land, with other farms, was put up for sale in Roscommon, and the usual proceedings adopted. So that this holding of n few acres is now taxed with almost 10 costs and the five-years-old ar rears, some lh; 2s. w.. niakin ;l ,, . , ' - f of some 66. That morning Mi F l 1 , 5 man's two cows were taken nu .v T" f Hailiff McNiff and his drover. -p ' neighbors were naturally in her) at", o'cIock in the morning, an, i tin- , 1 were driven to Frenchpark. and M " 1 Freeman was not even asked t j 1 The outhouse in which u. e;ltt!.- , " f been was securely locked, and t!v , I- I was broken by the bailiffs and t ! cattle takfn away. On this h, ,;,.,, '. like many others on the i.v. f,..', ,"7 ' estate, no fair rent has been ever jx'.. i The same rent of 5 is. Hd. has I,... !.' paid by the Frymans since Mrs. man remembers, some thirty y -ago. although land values have "g.'.V- down by one-half sine- t,70. Tl, ...... is no word of when the two cows . ; be sold, and in the meantime the p;.'..' children, who had milk each day j their scanty meal, will have ' to ., I without it. |
