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Show HAPPY H0aE. There's a lovely place in Erin that I shall ever love . -And cherish dearly in my heart wherever 1 may rove. . . Where the lovely little shamrock all o'er its surface twine. And may gems of golden splendor forever on tt shine. 1 How often have I wandered 'round this happy little vaie, -And matchless are its beauties, "the gem of Innisfail." Of all the famous places ln St. Patrick's holy land This is the most historic spot blessed by his saintly hand. -On every side you cast your eye 'tis charmins to be seen; Its lovely hills and valleys are fertile. rich and reen. Upon these verdant hillsides St. Patrick once knelt down. And he blessed the land where now we stand on the olains of Castletown. Let all his faithful followers that are 'round its vales todav Try to follow in his footsteps, and for peace around it pray. When other scenes are fading let your love for it be 3hown. And be faithful to that village St. Pat rick called his own. Success mav always deck it, and sorrow never frown. And happiness be -ever thine, sweet, charming Castletown. KATE HARTEN. Leggah, Castletown, Kilpatrlck. , ORANGE SATURNALIA. Kept Up Coronation Celebration by Attacking Catholics. On Tuesday a great Orange gathering, gather-ing, recruited from Belfast Lurgan, etc., is assembled in Derry, and having joined hands with the local Orangemen and Apprentice Boys, is parading the city with bands and banners. The county court house in Bishop street is decorated with flags, as also the guild hall of the municipality. These flags were put up for coronation day, and have been kept in their place. In view of the castle's action in Castlebar, the court house display today Is creating much comment. At 12 o'clock midnight the anniversary of the relief of Derry was announced by a discharge of cannon can-non from the thoroughfare of the city wall, though the city is proclaimed under un-der the arms act. During the night two plateglass windows were smashed in the national schools within the precincts pre-cincts of the Catholic chapel grounds, and in the same neighborhood several Catholic residents had their houses wrecked. No arrests have been made'. A journalist tortnir on CTiInc in Iha locality (Barrack street) to make in- I qulries, was stormed with all sorts of obscene epithets. Strong bodies of constabulary con-stabulary are posted along the route of the procession. Derry, Tuesday Night The proceedings proceed-ings during the day were marked by the grossest disorder. The contingents from Belfast, Lurgan, Portadown, etc., made revel through the streets. Drunkenness Drunk-enness was in vivid evidence from the first, and after the parade, with band and banners, to the tunes of "The Boyne Water," "Protestant Boys," "No Surrender," knots of the celebrants went swaggering through the streets, and cries of "No pope' "To hell with the pope," resounded on all sides. Songs with the refrain. "Kick the pope," were Indulged in freely, the police escorting the performers, who, for the most part, were Intoxicated and behaving with the utmost violence. On their way through the thoroughfare some of the rowdies seized handcarts and such vehicles and whirled or trundled them about. On the bridge they stopped and seized possession , of a wagon, owned by a local gentleman, and refused to quit it. The terrified driver, an old man, appealed to the police. The constables con-stables declined to assist him and the rowdy occupants set up a round of jeering and obscene epithets. A city magistrate passing that way called on the police by his authority to act, and they then induced the rowdies to get out and go on to their train. At the railway station they fought fiercely among themselves, using bottle's as weapons. Somei women were injured. During the evening, too, some of the processionists fought for the 'right to carry a banner and drum. Blood was spilled. At another - point a Belfast man struck at a policeman, and. missing .... w leneu a, .rroiesiant excursionist and' child. The police avoided making arrests, afraid, as was explained, "to create a tumult." Orange FactiorTFight in Belfast.-Friday Belfast.-Friday evening South Belfast was the scene of an attempt to hold a meeting in Sandy Row Oraxge hall in support of the candidature of Mr. Dunbar Bul-ter'.,,A,.scene Bul-ter'.,,A,.scene of neater disorder has hardly been paralleled in election warfare. war-fare. Both candidates are Orangemen; Orange-men; both numher considerable bodies of Orange supporters; -Mr. Dunbar-Buller Dunbar-Buller is the nominee of the Conservative Conserva-tive association, which is composed largely of Orangemen; and Mr. Thomas Sloan is put forward by the Belfast Protestant, association. The keenest antagonism has been aroused among the conflicting Orange factions. On Friday night the .Sandy Row Orange nail was filled by an excited crowd long before the time fixed for the commencement com-mencement of the proceedings. Mr. Buller, on his entrance into the hall was hailed with a perfect storm of groans and hisses. Mr. Gibson, the chairman, a prominent Orangeman, was shouted down. Mr. Buller's attempt at-tempt to get in a word was made a ludicrous failure, which betrayed the' most hostile feeling towards his candidature. can-didature. In vain did Mr. Buller try to make his voice heard above the babel of Confusion nnd r ri ca Ka I groans and hisses drowned his heroic efforts. A leading Orange speaker described de-scribed the conduct of the crowd as disgraceful and unworthy of loyalists' Mr. George Hill Smith, B. L., essayed to address the meeting, but his reception, re-ception, like that of the preceding speaker, was decidedly unfriendly. He said he discovered, among the principal princi-pal disturbers, a man whom he had last seen in the dock at the county-court county-court house, and who got three months. A scene of Indescribable uproar followed fol-lowed this observation, and the majority ma-jority of the crowd made a rush at the platform. Others seized the press table. Matters assumed a very awkward awk-ward complexion. The chairman endeavored en-deavored to appease the angry mob and called upon them to sing "God Save the King." While the crowd were singing, the candidate and his friends left the hall. Outside Mr. Buller was followed for some distance by a howling howl-ing mob. -$- A serious encounter has taken place at Carnan, Ardboe, between Orangemen Orange-men and Nationalists. On Monday evening Oughill and Tamloghemore, Orangemen, with a band, proceeded past M'Mordie's corner into the parish of Ardboe, an almost exclusively Catholic Cath-olic parish, with several hundred of a population. The Nationalists soon collected col-lected and a regular encounter took place. Several volleys were exchanged and a continual firing on both sides was kept up for hours, but eventually eventual-ly the Orange party had to make a hasty retreat. The police were on the scene of the occurrence at an early hour yesterday morning. Licensing Question in Monaghan. On Monday evening at 4 o'clock a meeting of County . Monaghan magistrates, magis-trates, under the chairmanship of Lord Rossmore, was held in the court house here for the purpose of considering the question of the granting of spirit licenses. li-censes. Twenty-three, magistrates attended, at-tended, and letters of apology were read from thirteen. On the motion of Lord Rossmore, seconded by Mr.' John Gray, the following fol-lowing resolution was unanimously adopted: "That we, the magistrates of county Monaghan, desire to express our concern con-cern at the alarming increase in recent re-cent years of the number of licensed publlshouses in Ireland; that we consider con-sider such an increase a hindrance to the prosperity of our country; we pledge ourselves to do all in our power to discourage and prevent any more new licenses being granted; that we trust the government will take steps to deal with the entire subject, and place the work of granting licenses on a more satisfactory basis." Messrs. John Gray and James- Daly were appointed, with Captain Madden, Mr. Evatts and Mr. Greene, as substitutes, sub-stitutes, to attend the conference of delegates in Dublin at an early date. Practical Agriculture. The monthly meeting of the Cork county organizing committee of the Irish Land and Labor association was held in Cork on Sunday. Mr. James O'Shea, chairman. uciwiiicLMiig. presiueu. i nere was a representative attendance of delegates present. The following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That, inasmuch as Ireland Ire-land is almost essentially agricultural, and considering the large number of existing cottages with applotments throughout the country and the consequent conse-quent necessity of a practical knowledge knowl-edge of agriculture, so .that the occupiers occu-piers of those cottages may be able to cultivate their plots with skill and advantage, we, the delegates of eleven branches, and representing a membership member-ship of 2,000, desire to issue this resolution reso-lution as an instruction to the government govern-ment that they shall acquire a suitable plot In the vicinity of each rural school where boys of ten years old and upwards up-wards shall be taught practical agriculture agri-culture for half an hour every second school day when the weather is favorable favor-able for that purpose, and that this resolution be sent to Mr. Wyndham, Mr. John Redmond, and Mr. D. Shee-han." Shee-han." Electric Lighting for Waterford. At Tuesday's meeting of the Waterford corporation, the mayor (Alderman R. Hearne) presiding, Councilor O'Sulli-van O'Sulli-van had three questions on the agenda paper as to the proposed scheme of electric lighting for the city. While the subject was under debate two or three councilors left the council cham- uci. ayiani xiiumas .louie sai a il was a shame to see members leaving; they were elected to represent the ratepayers, rate-payers, not the gas company. Laborers and Land Purchase. Ab-beyfeale, Ab-beyfeale, Wednesday: The land commission com-mission inspectors of holdings where arrangements between landlords and tenants have been satisfactorily concluded, con-cluded, Insist on sub-tenants or laborers labor-ers holding plots of about one acre and upwards from farmers, being permitted per-mitted to purchase their own little holdings independently of middle claims, and this has given much satisfaction satis-faction to the laboring and cottier classes in this district. In several instances in-stances farmers have consented voluntarily volun-tarily to allow their sub-tenants to participate in the benefits of the purchase pur-chase acts, for which an allowance in their purchase is almost invariably recommended by the land commission inspectors in lieu of their relinquishing relinquish-ing claims to such under-tenancies. Mr. Carnegie's Gift to Cork. At the sitting of the Cork council the lord mayor referred to the generous oftgr of Mr. Carnegie of 10,000 to the citizens citi-zens of Cork for the erection of a free public library for the city. He said that as the substance of the communication communi-cation intimating the generous gift, which had been addressed to himself, had now become public property, and as it was entirely a corporate gift, he (the lord mayor) considered the council coun-cil was the proper place at which to read the communication. Alderman Dale, in supporting the observations ob-servations of the lord mayor, proposed the following resolution: "That we, the council of the county borough of Cork, hereby tender to Mr. Carnegie our most cordial thanks for the princely prince-ly gift, of 10,000 which he has given to the city unemcumbered for the pur- jiuviuiug a. bunaoie Duuaing for the free library, and that a copy of this resolution, under the corporate seal, be forwarded to Mr. Carnegie." The resolution was unanimously Dassed. Corofln Coercion Prisoners. At 6:30 on Monday morning three of the Coro-fin Coro-fin coercion prisoners were released from Limerick jail on completion of their term of two months' imprisonment, imprison-ment, to which they were sentenced by I Judge Carton last June. The three brave Corofln men who defied coercion and refused to give ball are Mr. Michael Mich-ael Griffey, chairman of the Corofln board of guardians; Mr. Michael O'Brien, deputy vice chairman, and Mr. Michael Hegarty. D. C. The Connacht Feis. Dr. Douglas Hyde, president of the Gaelic League, will be present at the Connacht Feis which will be held at Galway on the 20th and 21st inst, and the Gaels of , the western province will have an op- 1 portunity of witnessing a performance . of his new Irish drama on that occasion. occa-sion. His lordship, the bishop of Galway, Gal-way, will preside at the Feis, and the proceedings cannot fail to give a fresh impetus to the language movement in the west. A Mysterious Death. On Sunday . ..... , umo.ii was luunu cieau in a . field on the Woodville farm, near Lurgan, under peculiar circumstances. It appears that the deceased, who has been identified as the wife of Mr. Ver-ner Ver-ner McAfee, a respectable shoemaker, left her home in John street at about 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, and was not heard of until her body was discovered dis-covered under a tree, on which it was supposed she had committed suicide by hanging. This conclusion is questionable, ques-tionable, as the neck did not present any appearance of strangulation, nor does any rope or string; appear to have been found near the body. The deceased de-ceased was a woman of more than middle life, and was the mother of a family of five children. The occurrence attracted hundreds of persons to the spot. On Wednesday the first annual conference con-ference of the council of the Irish Traders association was held in the Marlborough hall, Marlborough street, Cork, Alderman Ireland, J. P., presiding. presid-ing. The delegates were welcomed by the lord mayor of Cork. Resolutions in support of the objects of the association asso-ciation were adopted. The London Evening News Belfast correspondent states that Mr. Pierpont Morgan's offer to the admiralty to allow al-low them to exercise a claim on all ships of the Atlantic combine has been accepted, and the arrangement is an accomplished fact. The first vessel to be built for the combine and to be chartered by the government is the 10,000-ton steamship, the Corinthia which was launched a short time ago by Harland and Wolff. -3 The half-yearly meeting of the Ca-van Ca-van and Leltrim Railway company limited, was held on Friday. The report and statement of accounts, which were adopted,, stated that there had been a decrease in the receipts of 202 10s 6d, as compared with the correspond-ng correspond-ng period last year, and an increase in the expenses of 227 19s. 3. A dividend divi-dend at. th rate of 5 per cPnt per an num on the five per cent guaranteed stock of the company was declared for the half-year. Early Sunday morning a new bicycle, alongside of which was a man's cap, was found lying on the Dublin road. Drogheda, Information was conveyed to the local police, who have since been busy trying to elucidate the mystery. One theory is that the machine was stolen and abandoned by the thief In consequence of a dread of being discovered dis-covered in possession of the bicycle. Another is that it belonged to some holiday tourist who has been spirited away in some mysterious fashion. Removables Burke and He'ard sat in Templemore court house on Wednesday Wednes-day under the coercion act to hear charges of inciting to intimidation and conspiracy against Mr. Dennis Kilbride, Kil-bride, ex-M. P., and Mr. J. A. O'Rulli-van. O'Rulli-van. The defendants did not appear, and warrants were issued for their arrest. ar-rest. Mr. O'SulIivan was subsequently arrested. and in default of gLvir.? bail .committed to Clonmel jail. On Saturday Satur-day Mr. Kilbride was arrested as he was coming from the meeting of the Irish party in the city hall, Dublin, and on Tuesday was brought up at Templemore, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment. -4- At a meeting of the Limerick branch of the Irish Dairy association on Wednesday Wed-nesday the following resolutions were passed: "That we request the Irish members to support Mr. Hanbury's amendments, and to urge him to push forward the , food and drugs acts amendment bill (1902) as quickly as possible. iuai we luriner request mem io support Mr. Kearley's amendment to leave out the word 'butterine' and substitute sub-stitute 'waterine' or 'milkerine.' " A shocking accident occurred on the Great Southern & Western railway near Shaw's bridge, Kilnap, through which a milesman, employed on the Passage railway, named Jeremiah Leary, lost his life by being rolled over by a train early on Friday morning at about 5 o'clock. The body of the deceased, de-ceased, terribly mangled, was found on the line, within about ten yards of the Cork side of Shaw's bridge. Both legs were cut off and one of the feet had been carried to within a short distance dis-tance of the signal cabin, thirty yards off. In and About Dublin. On Tuesday the lord lieutenant received a number of addresses at the castle prior to his departure from Dublin. An address and handsome silver cup were presented present-ed to the Countess Cadogan by the Irish Industries association, the Moy men ciiiiuren a gunu, ana Kinarea associations. as-sociations. Their excellencies held a farewell undress reception in St. Patrick's Pat-rick's hall, at which there was a large attendance. On Wednesday Justce Barton adjudged ad-judged Lord Ardilaun. proprietor, and Mr. Tivy. editor, of the Daily Express, to be guilty of contempt of court and 'ordered them to pay the costs of the application for the publication of an extract from a Standard leader calculated calcu-lated to prejudice the fair trial of the action by Mr. John E. Redmond and others against the Duke of Abercorn and others. A public meeting was held in the Phoenix park on Sunday under the presidency of the lord mayor, with reference to the engineers' strike. It was resolved to ask the directors of the railway companies whose engineers are on strike to meet the members of parliament for the city and county of Dublin In conference with a view to a settlement of the dispute. A special meeting of the Irish Parliamentary Par-liamentary party was held in the council coun-cil chamber, city hall, on Saturday, under the presidency of Mr. John Redmond. Red-mond. A resolution was passed declaring de-claring that Ireland separated herself from the rejoicings of her imperialist oppressors on the occasion of the coronation coro-nation and stood apart in rightful discontent dis-content and disaffection. Eloquent speeches were delivered by Messrs. John Redmond, Timothy Harrington .lord mayor of Oublln-, John Dillon, William O'Brien. William Redmond I and Joseph Devlin. I |
