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Show 1 Xafestlrib Slews, FSDS'fJ Tragedy at Ipswich. Ii I jnpwich on Sunday two police of- I A went to a house, in Parliament I 'Tand found the occupant, named i I Sdd' FtrgPns violently with twq M vhbor" I" a perambulator lay the relfl b0(v of a child, 10 months old, f 1 d'- its throat cut, and on the floor a II r was found. Mudd is believed to 1 1 J0' becom; distracted by the death j I pf his wife and the cares of a lare l! family- ) Weather Fatalities. I Thf, severe wintry weather of the I .ii'friv days has been responsible for i ' af: ''fkingr deaths .from exposure in I rit.V On. Sunday the body of a I I mno"-oii:irinn named Scanlan was !' partly covered by snow on a I I mountain r;"h in County Fermanagh, f ; y-o c;iti-.-rinff firewood the previous 5 !iV '"evidently lost his way in the 'u Liponiel. County Antrim, the body nf an unknown man was on Sunday ound in n "nuFed quarry, into whiV-h lp had 'aiprentb uecn blown during lntht's gal?. Sad Fatality in Galway. Oti i risi mas morning a most grue- f0v- "fii'overy was made at a little ihvli lii'd house at Salthill, Galway, a I lM!!ii!nr resort, belonging to Barbara V"'oy? 1 'Himoiily known amongst the1 as "Hahs: of the Baths." At pboui ' V!ork that morning the millt oj,. culling at the house on her cus-TOT-iai'v rounds, receiving no answer to I,,.,- knock, went in of her own aceord .,, s.iw the bed blazing. Old Babs , 'as lying motionless across a stool, fa' downwards, before the fire, her clothing in a blaze The girl ran for .lH;-s!a:i (. but when aid arrived it was fr.iir.d that the old woman had sue-(tinibfd. sue-(tinibfd. The burning bed was speed-j,- jiinovn out. It is believed that the 'ich'' "! fire In the grate had caused s";;ir. article to ignite, and apparently br-'fo'-c jli- old woman was able, to ex- 1 tliiKiiish it. suffocation overcame her. p,.. cas'd wa a woman of So years and waS well known to .enervations of lii'lv liatherp at Salthill, where .she had K;p carried on a private bathing establishment. es-tablishment. An inquest on the body was afterwards held, and after hearing evidence the jury returned a verdict of -death through extensive burns received re-ceived accidentally. Fatality in Dublin. At 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon the city coroner. Dr. L. A. Byrne, held an inquest at the Mater Misericordiae hospital hos-pital on the body of a man named J.itnep -Connor, widower, who died in 'hat institution on Christmas morning from the effects of injuries caused by a fall downstairs. It appeared from the evidence .that dvea.sed and two men named Waters and Byrne wera drinking on Christmas ! oyp in the room occupied by the last I named man in a tenement house. 103 I";iper Dorset street. Connor left to go I to' his own room on the same landing .shout 11 o'clock. Shortly afterwards Rvne. hearing a fall, went out on the larding, where he found deceased lying pvcstiate. He raised him up and put him into his (Connor's) own room, and left him sitting on a stool. Some hours lat. t. when Waters was leaving the house fur his own residence, 30 Hardwire Hard-wire street, he found Connor lying on Hie st sirs in a pool of blood and quite unconscious. He raised an alarm and had the injured man conveyed to a hospital, where he died. The jury returned a verdict of acci-: acci-: dental death. Public House Fatalities. on Friday the deputy coroner. Dr. Ruixoss. he'd an inquest at Jervis ptreet hospital, Dublin, on the body of a man named James Fay, of 22 Lower i.i!ni, -ester street, employed as time-k'.-encr in the Alliance Gas company, J who diPd in the hospital on Christmas ri iy as a result of injuries received the previous dav. Deceased was brought to .let vis street hospital on Christmas eve in an unconscious condition, caused by iniuries stated to have 'been sus-'ain. sus-'ain. d hy falling down the stairs leading lead-ing to tha lavatory in Mr. .Egan's li-e(-fis- l premises. 16 Sackville place. ?.i'-s. Kate Fay. wife of the deceased, cave evidence of identification and sta;"d her hushand came to. dinner at 1 o'eioi-k on Christmas eve. He was tl). -'ii sober. He was a temperate man and seldom touched drink, except once in six or twelve months. Mi hael Murphy, 20 Annadale avenue. Fail-view, porter in the employment of M". Kgnn.' deposed that between 7 and nVlivk he found deceased lying at the Pot torn of the stairs leading to the mvatory. He at once gave the alarm -".d had the injured man conveyed to 1 'Jervis street hospital. To the coroner There are twelve siej.f: on the stairs. Mr. Frierv Is there a hand rail? Yes. Ave the stairs well lighted? Witness It is very well lighted. Dr. Ryan deposed he made a post-m.rtrm post-m.rtrm examination and found that th was- dn" to coma, following upon ''imv of the skull. The deceased "an died at a quarter past 2 on Christ-"'as Christ-"'as morning. T'n.- jury intimated that they did reui lire the attendance of any of assistants, and returned a verdict to the effect that deceased died from f:a. ;;ne of the skull,, presumably as ' result of a fall such as referred to. They added that the occurrence ap-)'-, to be purely accidental, and x'-iy attached no blame to anybody. ' in Thursday evening a man named r,er,:-g., t)0arji wno formerly resided 'n a . jiy common lodging house, died in M. -rrei s hospital as the result of in-.p;ies in-.p;ies said to have been sustained by don the stairs leading to the !ava;nvy t,(., pirensed premises of ''' Hall. 21 Flee-; street. At :, e , hu-k the city coroner. Dr. L. I y- Hyrrr.. held an inquest at Mercer's f -:tai ,,n the bodv of the deceased. Hie-nas I'oilard. S Aldboro' avenue, brother ,,f ;lf deceased, gave evidence "' iden'ifi.-ation. v ' '" l:"sario, house surgeon, deposed -' -,,,,, ;r. a )1(,,-t-mortem examination, ' und i hat dca'.h was due to hm-I hm-I "r,'!,;'"" pressing on the brain, caused ''.fra.-tnre of the skull. .'" Mv. Horan Ho could not say y)'.::"r do,-. ;.scd was drunk before the lie was. however, suffering: r-ii, a',, holism. He had in his pocket Wr-piM of whisky, labeled "J. Far-':'N Far-':'N House.' 112 Marlborough street. 1 n" ' "roner This whisky does not ll- ar i have been touched. It was J ' ' ' r '; .;eii. and, as a 'matter of fact, is sea !,.,) "s;,-, iunneThat is the house iia.i i...f working in. ' H- atherton, assistant in Mr. t 's ' '" '"ns '' establishment, stated p; li s; w deceased coming into the V"r''. V'r! li(1 ''t ask to be served with ',,',',:'. ,rink- but went toward the lava-v'.; lava-v'.; Immediately afterward do tKSS ,1''ar( a rash, and on going relV1 V" ,Hva4oi'y stairs, found de-!S"d de-!S"d iiiig at lho t)0lt,:nl 0f tne stairs Y i';'oi of blood. ; - 1 (, '.'.'V'r- Horan Deceased got no drink ;is V'r' Hh1i's establishment that day as witness knew. He did not ' !!Jrnt the house. drl'?r,;'l"'y returned a vudict of acci-'-lai death. - '.- fishermen Suffocated. ir Henry Harty. liart. city coroner, h-he'd an inquest in St. Mi-' hC "'ospital. Kingstown, ooncern-vi-,,. d.-ath of two fishermen who ,n 'ound on the 27th inst. lying dead lCi,."':, abln of lhe trailer Willy in tar.K, "1" liaibor- Deceased were M-jip Tho"-as Ward, aged CO, and I'ijjJ 'hn Roberts, aged S6, both of ihe l'oiioe WJe repitsented by In- IKSkfiSS5'--' diviion: Mr t and Se'-Sfant Kyle (21F). trast'e. ?che' ?Esistant harbor ide, ' ,w'f? of Tho" Ward, was 60 In, 6 l0d,es' and said Ward 'voocrts was about 56 years of age and as married, both belonging toRing- lift 1 V- the on,y ventilation in the TheesfoWaS. the S!ide in the s ori.- i burnt coal- Nobody else n -I W,th!the two men. He had been cabin ?nCe in, the he fond the cabin very close. There was hardiv anyF ventilation when "he "Kl asJfto V-'er' 1la,bor "trnan. deposed Th. d'ng th,e bodies in the i-abin. The h d, was'5,sed over at the time. h., i-7as m the harbor on 26th out he did not see the men Constable McTighe also 'gave evidence evi-dence as to his trying to restore the StDMieS-rTU-- v5sili"& surgeon of wL Mlae hospital, Kingstown, said Stii nn PS WTe bought to the abot tZ hrad a fcsted appearance about the face, it looked verv like oSnfo?111 thG ther man did nt ' elf I tbat PPrance. He could not iw?. i" He did not exami"e the body I closely because the man was desd He did not know what Ward met his death The coroner i-marked that he supposed sup-posed the jury had no hesitation in saying it was death by suffocation. bergea.nt Monks was sworn, and said j uiat he had examined the cabin, and: lound the stove, was filled with coal i so that the. top could not fit properly! There appeared to be coke in it. and the flue was choked wits coal. The cabin was very small, and had no opening from the deck except through the stove chimney. He believed it was the escape of smoke from the top of the stove which had .suffocated the deceased.; de-ceased.; The file had gone out for want of a draught. The foreman of the jury said he should like to know from the gentlemen gentle-men of the jury whether thev thought there should be a post-mortem examination. exam-ination. Would it be possible that the men died by other inans? Dr. McDermott said he could say nothing as to that. They had no evidence evi-dence of poisot.lng. The Coroner (to the foreman) Don't you believe that they were suffocated? Foreman Yes. A verdict of-accidental death from suffocation was returned. Burglary in Cork. A dispatch from Cork on Monday-night Monday-night says: This morning the extensive furniture warehouse of Thomas Stack. Grattan street, was discovered to have been broken into, probably on the previous night. The burglar or burglars ran-j sacked wherever they be'ieved money might be found. The gate was forced, and the safe, which had a special patent pat-ent lock, was found drilled in two places. The till drawers were also forced, and a deed box which contained leases and jewelry was broken open. The jewelry was lying under some papers pa-pers and documents, many of which , were disturbed, but the burglar apparently ap-parently did not pursue his search, so far as to reach the valuables. Railway Fatality in Lurgan. As one of the gangers employed by the Great Northern Railway company was proceeding to his work early on Saturday he discovered the shockingly mutilated remains of a man on the line, a short distance below Silver wood bridge. The head had been completely severed from the trunk, and was found lying about thirty yards from the latter. lat-ter. The Edward street police were immediately informed of the occurrence, occur-rence, and Sergeant Gallagher and Constable Con-stable Ferry, after making inquiries, took the body in charge. They found that the deceased Tas James McEvoy, a weaver aged about 50 years, ,W"ho resided in Ballinamoney, quite close to where the remains were found. Deceased De-ceased was seen in Lairgan about 10 o'clock on Friday night, under the influence in-fluence of drink, and it is surmised that as he was going along the railway rail-way line, which was a short route home for him, he was overtaken by the 10:55 express train from Lurgan and killed. An inquest was held in the afternoon by Coroner Atkinson and a jury, in the workhouse, and. after formal evidence of identification and finding of the body, a verdict cf accidental death was returned. re-turned. A Girl Drops Dead. Arklow. Wednesday. A strange and somewhat mysterious occurrence is reported to the coroner here from Greystones to the effect that last night whilst a -servant in the employment em-ployment of the Rev. Mr. Bluett. Del-gar.y, Del-gar.y, named Emily Kelly, was walking with her sweetheart, she suddenly fell dead. Doctor Thompson, who was called in, stated from what he saw that a post-mortem was necessary. An inquest in-quest will be held. Execution at Sligo. ' On Tuesday at Sligo, J. Doherty, an elderly farmer, was hanged for the murder of his son. Patrick. 25. The old man desired to marry a young girl, and his son objected and succeeded in breaking off the match. This exasperated exas-perated James Doherty, who shot his son dead with a revolver. The body of Patrick bore four bullet wounds', and the head had been smashed in. At the first trial the jury disagreed, but Doherty was convicted at the second. Doherty walked firmly to the scaffold, and when the rope was placed round his neck he said, "Lord, forgive me for my sins." When the executioner, one of the Billingtons. drew the bolt death appeared to be instantaneous. Cork Exhibition 1903. At the weekly meeting of the executive execu-tive committee of the Greater Cork International In-ternational exhibition, 1003, held on Monday night, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presiding. Mr. Meade moved, in accordance with i notice, that the grounds recently purchased pur-chased for a public park should be called the "Fitzgerald Park." Mr. Firmo seconded the motion. ' A.n amendment was moved by Sir j John Scott that the naming of. the park should be postponed until the end of next years exhibition. I This was seconded by Mr. Lane, out on a division was lost hy thirteen votes !to four, and Mr. Meade's motion was ! then put and carried unanimously. I The committee then proceeded to con-I con-I sider applications for the position of j secretary, for which a salary of o00 was offered. ' There were twenty-five candidates, and it was decided to postpone the selection se-lection to a meeting 'to be held on Monday. Mon-day. . Christmas Day Fatality. The city coroner. Dr. Louis Byrne, held an inquest on Saturday in Jervis Street hospital on the body of a child named Catherine Toole, aged 3 years, who died in the hospital on Friday as the result of burns accidentally- received re-ceived on Christmas Day. The child s mother stated that between 4 and t ?clock in the afternoon the child was tSfni close to the fireplace, when her clothes caught fire. She ftktm-guished ftktm-guished the flames, and brought the il-fle il-fle girl to Jervic street, where the doctor wished to detain her. The mother would not let her stay, however. On the following day she was brought I hack and further treated, but nied some Se later. Doctor Ryan stated .that deatb due to- shock, -consequent on the burns, and the jury found accordingly. Dead Body in tne Ajiffey. On Sunday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock John Ercnr.an, steward on the steamship Cork, observed the dead ; body of a man Moating in the River Liffey, opposite Guild street. He informed in-formed Constable 103 C of what he j had seen. The constable, with the as- sistauce of Denis Dempsey, 27 Sir John Rogerson's quay, and John Gibney, 8 , Moss street, took the body out of the water and had it conveyed to the j morgue. The body, which is much decomposed, de-composed, is that of a man apparently j about 50 years of age, rive feet eight inches in height. It was dressed in a suit of old black clothes and laced I boots, in the pockets were found an i empty purse, a clay pipe, a note book ; containing the names of several race j horses and of persons. In one case only was an address given, and it appears ! to be "Sir Richard Orphan, Anglesea ! street." The police are making inquiries with the view of ascertaining the identity iden-tity of the deceased. Fatality .Near Kanturk. On Monday Coroner Jame3 Byrne held an inquest at Durmsicare, near Culiin. relating to the death on St. Stephen's day of a local farmer named Thomas Murphy. From the evidence it appeared that on Christmas eve-the decease! de-cease! returned from Millstreet and on entering his house complained to his wife that he fell off a rather high fence when taking a short cut for home. He had a cut on the forehead, from which some blood was flowing. Later on he appeared somewhat worse and Dr. Ryan of Culiin was promptly summoned, sum-moned, whon it was discovered that deceased was developing symptoms of concussion of the brain. Dr. Ryan did all that medical skill could suggest to save the man's life, but on St. Stephen's morning he succumbed. The medical evidence was to the effect that the deceased de-ceased died from the effects of a wound which might be caused by a fall or a blow. A verdict in accordance with the medical testimony was returned. Release of P. A. McHugh, Iff. P. Mr. P. A. Mellugh, M. P., was released re-leased from Sligo jail on Sunday, on the completion of his two months' sentence, sen-tence, without hard labor, under the crimes act. It will be remembered that Mr. McHugh had already put in three months' imprisonment for contempt of court in connection with the same case. A large number of his friends went to the prison gates to welcome him on his release, but as Mr. McHugh did not desire a demonstration, he was released somewhat earlier than was expected, and drove to his residence. During the last two years Mr. McHugh has spent eleven months in prison for political offenses, and a sentence of indefinite imprisonment is still pending over him by Judge Ross for contempt of court, which may be put in force at any time. Dr. MacEvilly's Successor. On Tuesday the clergy of the Deaneries Deaner-ies of the archdiocese of Tuam met in Tuam cathedral for the purpose of recommending rec-ommending three names to be submitted submit-ted to the Holy Pontiff from which a successor may be chosen to the late Most Rev. Dr. MacEviily, the late lamented la-mented archbishop. At the celebration of Solemn High Mass of the Holy Ghost he Most Rev. Dr. MacCormack, lord bishop of Galway, Gal-way, presided. The following was the result of the voting: Most Rev. Dr. MacCormack, bishoo of Galway. S2; Most Rev. Dr. Healy. bishop bish-op of Clonfert, 9: Very Rev. Dr. O'Dea, Maynooth. 2: Most Rev. Dr. O'Don-nell. O'Don-nell. bishop of Raphoe, 1; Very Rev. Dean Gilmartin, Maynooth, 1. I 1 Death of the Rev. E .Mooney, P. P. A Clonnel correspondent writes: ) I regret to announce the death, which occurred on Monday, of the Rev. Fa-1 ther Edmond Mooney. parish priest, of 1 Carrickbeg, County Waterford. The reverend gentleman has been in failing! health for some years past, and by his j demise the second eldest pastor in the diocese of Waterford has passed away. Born at Kill, County Waterford. eighty-four years ago, the reverend pastor was educated subsequently at Maynooth, May-nooth, where he had a most distinguished distin-guished course. Some thirty years ago he was appointed from the curacy of Ballyneal. a parish near this town, to take pastoral charge of Carrickbeg, and j during his Long and important pastorate, pastor-ate, by his kindliness and nobleness of character, endeared himself to ail classes. He was a fluent Gaelic speaker, speak-er, and many of his sermons and addresses ad-dresses were, throughout his sacred ministry, delivered in the native tongue. Tomorrow evening the remains will be removed from the parochial house to the parish chapel at 5 o'clock, and on Wednesday at 11 o'clock the interment will take place in the parish church at Carrickbeg, where the late reverend gentleman has faithfully ministered min-istered throughout the latter portion of his life to the spiritual needs of a loving lov-ing and devoted flock. Fatal Burns. The deputy coroner, Dr. Burgess, held an inquest at Jervis street hospital hos-pital on Friday on the body of a woman wo-man named Mary Wheatly, who was very old, and who died from the effects ef-fects of severe burns sustained at her residence, 1 Graham's court, on Christmas Christ-mas day. It appeared from the evidence evi-dence that deceased was in her dotage, and that on the day of the accident she was put to bed by her son about 2 p. m. He went out afterwards, returning return-ing to the house shortly. He found her standing in the kitchen with her nightdress night-dress on fire. He at or;ce called assistance assist-ance and had her conveyed to Jervis street hospital, where she died soon after. The jury returned a verdict of accidental acci-dental death. On Monday Dr. Byrne, city coroner, held an inquest at the North Dublin Union, on the remains of a man believed be-lieved to be John O'Toole, who died in the Union hospital the previous day. It appeared that on the 26th inst. Constable Con-stable Driscoll found him lying in an unconscious condition on the footway j in Upper Abbey street. The constable consta-ble had him conveyed to the North Dublin Union in a cab. He remained in an unconscious condition in the hospital hos-pital until shortly before his death on Sunday, when he recovered sufficiently to be able to state that his name was John O'Toole. Dr. Walsh, who made the post-mortem examination, deposed that in his opinion death was due to exposure and was accelerated by drink. The jury found a verdict to this effect. ef-fect. The address of the deceased has not been ascertained. . He was apparently about 55 years of age. -v Mr. Daniel Sheedy, a well known merchant and pawnbroker, carrying on a large business in Clonmel and Waterford. Water-ford. died on Sunday at his residence at an advanced age. & A man named Robert Willis, a native of County Monaghan, was found dead in the canal near Middletown on the 26th inst. The coroner (Mr. T. G. Peel) was communicated with and held an inquest, and the jury returned a verdict ver-dict of accidental death. On Saturday evening in the John street hall, Downpatrick, Mr. John Denvir, J. P., presiding, Mr. Henry Mc-Grath, Mc-Grath, county constable for. the Downpatrick Down-patrick division of the County Down, was presented with 230, subscribed by his national friends and admirers in recognition of his services. A servant named Mary Keenan, aged 78 years, in the employment of Miss Jackson, died suddenly st her residence, Fairyland, ' York road. Kingstown. . Deceased De-ceased was alive at 4:30 On Wednesday morning when her sister attended her. - O In half an hour afterward she was found dead. The coroner has been communicated com-municated with. - . Mrs. Margaret McAnallen Corr. who had attained the ripe age of 100 years, died at the Mandeville Arms, Porta-down, Porta-down, on the 23d ult.. and was buried in the family burying ground, TuIIy-sarron. TuIIy-sarron. on Chri:-trnas day. Mrs. Coir, who was born on Christmas eve, ISO-, possessed a remarkable memory, and maintained same up to her death. At Saturday's meet of the Ormond Hounds at Rathenny, near Cloughjor-dan. Cloughjor-dan. County Tipperary, a "serious accident acci-dent befel Mr. James Rolleston, Frankfort Frank-fort castle, one of the best known and most popular gentlemen riders in the Ormcnd county. It appears he was taking a stone wall, but his mount, only breasting the obstacle, fell over and rolled on the rider. He was considerably con-siderably crushed across the groin and thighs. A determined attempt at suicide was made by Thomns Noonan, at Limerick, on Saturday night. Noonan was employed em-ployed up to a week ago as workhouse messenger, and while staying at a lodging house in Denmark street during the night he attempted suicide by cutting cut-ting his throat with a penknife. The blade was, happily, not very sharp, and though Noonan inflicted eleven wounds, they were not of a dangerous kind. He bled profusely, and was found in an unconscious state by a fellow fel-low lodger. Nconan was removed to the workhouse hospital. 9; News reached Clonmel on Tuesday I that the young man Patrick Morrissey, I who had been committed for life as an insane patient at the recent Munster I assizes at Cork to Dundrum (county Dublin) criminal lunatic asylum for' having, as the result of a sudden homicidal homi-cidal impulse, shot his sister, Mary Josephine Jo-sephine Morrissey, some months ago, at their residen.ee, Thomastown. Knocklofty, Clonmel, had succumbed to an attack of typhoid fever, and died last evenirg. The remains will be conveyed home by train on this (Wednesday) evening. A sad accident occurred near Dun-kilt, Dun-kilt, on the Great Southern & Western line, on Monday morning, whereby a young man named Patrick Power, aged 18, and hailing from Dunkitt, lost his life. On Monday morning a man named John Vereker found the body of the deceased. A railway porter named Thomas Costelloe reported the matter to the police and Sergeant Flannery, Constables Purcell and Moore proceeded proceed-ed to the scene, where they examined the body. An inquest was held on Tuesday by Dr. Walsh of Graigue. Dr. Coghlan deposed de-posed that he made a superficial examination exam-ination of the body, and he believed that the deceased died from shock occasioned oc-casioned by his injuries. The jury returned re-turned a verdict' of accidental death from injuries received. Mr. Collins, honorable secretary of the United Irish league, city branch, informs us that immediately after the holidays a special meeting of the league will be held to arrange for a reception re-ception for the editor of the Star, Mr. Lynam, on his release from Waterford prison on the 6th of January. The cooperation co-operation of the city bands is sought to ensure the success of the.occasion. |