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KENTUCKY SAMERICAN 1VOL lNO 4 LOUISVILLE KY SATURDAY JULY SO 1898 FIVE CENTS I IRELAND Financial Grievances of the National Teachers to be Recognized The Earl ofHowth Originates the Irish Fisheries Discussion Governors ofthe Bank of Ire land Report Prosper ous Year An Important Meeting Held Relative to Railway Matters WHAT TilE INDEPENDENT SAYS On the consideration of the Irish estimates lately the attention of the House of Commons was directed to some of the financial grievances which affect the National Teachers On the vote of the 625734 to com plete the sum for National Education in Ireland including the grant in aid J Wt l P 1 pointed out the extraordinary positioni in which the arrears of the fee grant stand It appears that under this head the sum of 195000 is due to the teachers They have been agitating to have this amount paid but the Governmental s been exceedingly slow in recognizing the obligation that lies upon them for prompt settlement The debate however forced the ques tion on the Government in a manner which prevented it being evaded any longer and it will be observed with satisfaction that as a discussion ofthethe Chancellor Ex chequer promised that threefourths of the amount involved would be paid over to the teachers and the remain ing onefourth placed to the credit of the pension fund The Earl of Howth who is deeply interested in the question of Irish fisheries originated discussion in the House of Lords which it is to be hoped may be productive of some good He called attention to the present unsatisfactory condition of the Irish salmon fisheries and urged that as a Royal Commission was recently appointed to consider and report on the laws modes of fishing and conditions governing certain Scotch fish eries Ireland has now a paramount claim for a similar Royal Commission or commtttee to advise and report on the salmon fisheries of this country Speaking on behalf of the Govern ment the Earl of Denbigh admitted the justice of Lord Howths com plaint but went nb further than to undertake that the recommendations of the inspectors and the views of Lord Howth Lord Clifden and Lord Mayo who took part in the discus sion would receive the earnest atten tion of the Government Official promises of this kind are generally only a method for shelving a ques tion but it is to be hoped that Lord Denbighs announcement is for once an exception to the rule not a mere empty form of words and that it in dicates that the Government will really do something to place the salmon fisheries I of Ireland at least in the same posifinas regards encouragement and support as those of Scotland The Governors of the Bank of Ire land have issued their report and Matement of accounts to be submitted rJ fJ 41 Il 7 h at the general meeting of proprietors on the 19th inst The accounts which are made up to the the 3oth ofr June 1898 disclose a very prosper ous state of affairs After meeting allexpenditure providing for bad and doubtful debts for interest due on deposits rebate on bills not at matu rity and writing down bank premises by 13000 there remains a balance at credit of the profit and loss account amounting to 177836 odd The boardrecommend the payment of a dividend of 6 per cent on the half year being at the rate of 12 per cent per annum Two years ago the divi dend was at the annual rate of roj per cent so that substantial progress has been made since then notwith standing the widespread financial de pression These figures are evidence of healthy and progressive manage ment and the shareholders have every reason to be gratified An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders and stockholders of the Waterford Limerick and Western Railway was held at the Waterford terminus The meeting was held in compliance with a circular signed by shareholders and was for the purpose of considering the action of the die rectors of the company who dissent or have dissented from the proposed amalgamation with the Great Southern and Western Railway Company Besides the chairman Hon Percy Bernard D L there were eight directors present at the meeting Mr Synott one of the shareholders who signed the requisition calling the meeting made it pretty clear that any of the directors who persisted in their opposition to the scheme of amalga mation would be expected to resign and make room for others who would 1 z ibrVm r I the board Lord Castletown In a characteristic and able speech ex plained his reasons for having opposed the scheme He was convinced he said that a powerful railway system could have been formed by an amal gamation or tacit understanding be tween the Rosslare Railway the Dungarven Lismore and Cork Direct the Rosslare the Great Western and the Waterford and Limerick Com panies After referring to the pas sages in the report of the Hybrid Committee dealing with the objections to the amalgamation Lord Castletown said he was in agreement with that report He was not opposed to amalgamation on good terms for the share holders but was opposed to throwing away a property which as he thought had a growing prosperity before it The matter was adjourned till the or dinary meeting of shareholders on the 26th of August Beyond the able and lucid explanatory statement of Lord Castletown little was done at the meeting beyond revealing the de termined attitude of a large body of the shareholders in support of the majority of the directors After an nightssitting the Local Government Bill passed through the report stage says the Dublin Inde pendent It will be read the third time on Monday and then it will have to face the ordeal of the House of Lords That some attempt will be made to amend it there is pretty cer tain but it is stated that the Irish peers have not been able to make up their minds as to how far they will go in the effort to whittle it down It is re markable that Cot Sanderson the leader of the Ulster Tories moved after the bill was reported to the House that it should be read a third time there arid then and this would seem to indicate that having done their best to secure amendments in its passage through the Commons they are willing to take it as it is But Lord Londonderry and some others of the Irish Unionist peers who see in every extensional the popular rights an attack on their class will of course assail it but they can not hope to carry if they venture to propose any amendment which would strike at the principles of the bill for if such an amendment were carried it would U 10 r rr I I bring them in conflict with the Com mons who would not give way It iis to be regretted that more time was nott available for the discussion of many important amendments which had been moved during the committee stage and onreport but the House of Commons is not likely to waste much time over the further consideration of amendments by the Lords This iis the opinion we observe which is put forward in todays Express which deprecates at this late hour any seri ous attempt to alter the bill We may take it therefore that the bill will be come law almost in its present form and it is only fair to admit that the Government have fairly kept the pledges which they had made in respect of it It was a pleasant change j too to find the House of Commonss engaged in an allnight sitting passing a measure to enlarge the liberties of the Irish people instead of as so often in the old days forming measures of coercion But still the Coercion Act is on the Statute Book and so long as it is and so long as we are denied the right of sending our members to an Irish Parliament so long shall we regard even such a measure as the Local Government Bill as nothing more than an installment of justice and as an in centive to further efforts in the Na tional cause j FRANKFORT The 0 A II Picnic Being Looked For ward To with Anticipation of Pleasure Bro P J Coleman returned from a business trip last Monday much inv enbadlt 1aRt Rev Bishop McCloskey of Louisville and Father McFarland spent Tuesday last in this city the guests of Rev T S Major Bro Wm Cushion the silver tonguedorator of Division No t is contemplating a trip to Philadelphia Pa in the near future with i view to locating The membership is still increasing in the local Division A O H Every meeting since organization there has been from three to seven candidates for membershp Every member is hustling in order to bring the membership up to fortyfive or fifty beforethe charter closes Dan Callihan Jr died at the home of his mother Mrs Catherine Calla han in this city Sunday last and was buried from the Church of the Good Shepherd Monday evening at 430 May his soul rest in peace I Among the representative young IrishAmericans that was elected to positions at the local pen last week were Thos G Newman Fox Noonan James Tobin James Larkin and Ed Meagher guards and Dr H LI Tpbin prison physician Edward McGrath deputy warden is also an Irish American An event that is now being looked forward to with much pleasure in Frankfort and surrounding towns is the picnic to be given by Division No i A O H of Frankfort at Cove Spring Park Tuesday August 16 The Committee on Arrangements are sparing neither time nor money to make the affair a grand success and announce several attractions prominent among which isa game of base ball between a team composed of members of the Frankfort Division and a team composed of members of a Louisville Division Excursion rates have been secured from Ken tucky towns and an effort will be made to either run an excursion from Louisville or get up a crowdand come up on the morning C 0 returnat 615 in the evening Quite a number of members will undoubt edly come up and spend a day in the capital city with Division No i A- OH A good time is guaranteed all who come for dancing as fine music has been engaged xs- P2 S J I fLj u c WflRJER DUUOUTI 1 iewis Warner the Massachu setts Defaulter Caught in This City ne of the Most Sensationall Captures Ever Made by the Local Force p e Had Been Here for Three Months Without Being Known A pw on His Way Back to J Stand Trial for His It Crimes 1 W TILE GAME WAS BAGGED j r- The arrest of Lewis Warner the h assachusetts bank wrecker reflects great credit on the Louisville De Active Bureau particularlyupon Chief of Detectives William Sullivan and Detectives Martin J Donahue and Charles Hickey all young Irish m ricans IWarner fled from his home North am ton Mass on April sg When ji ti Warner was missing they started an investigation It revealed that the Hampshire County National Bank and the Hampshire County Savings Bank were broke The banks were 640000 short Warner had disap peared as completely as if the earth had opened and swallowed him up Instead of crossing the border into Canada Warner came West He reached Louisville on Derby Day Between the races and the appearance ot the city Warner became so fasci nated that he could not leave For several weeks he boarded at the hotels and then chose a nice quiet boarding house on East Broadway While in Louisville he sailed under the name of L D Williams He visited the bucketshops churches dectectives offices and newspaper offices He learned that no descrip tion of him had been sent to Louis vine He even had one of the de tectives show him the rogues gal lery Finding that his picture was not there he felt secure lOne day he met a man on the street neighborIofrecognized Warner and reported to the detectives Chief Sullivan at once detailed Detectives Donahue and Hickey on the case Meanwhile the Northampton officers were communi cated with anda description of Warner was sent to Louisville Detectives Donahue and Hickey went to work with a will They found traces of Warner every day but failed tolocate the man On SaturdayChief Sullivan was walking up Market street between Third and Fourth when he saw an elderly man who answered the descriptions given of Warner Chief Sullivan accosted him and tqld him he was under arrest Warner said his name was Williams He claimed to be a New York business man and pretended to be indignant about his arrest Chief Sullivan brought him tq the detectives office While there- a card dropped out bearing the name of Miss Warner a sister of the man under arrest Chief Sullivan was then doubly sure he had the man Warner finally admitted that he was the man wanted and offered to go back without requisition papers Chief of Police Maymudof uL rJ r t 5U i i 1 ic 1It ir Northampton reached the city on Monday and fully identified Warner He thought best to telegraph for requi tion papers They were promptly sent and Friday morning Warner started back to Massachusetts iin cherge of the Northampton authori fJrrtiesChief Sullivan is the happiest main Louisville over his big catch but does not take all the credit for him self It was only a question of a very short time before Donahue and Hickey would have had Warner They knew his haunts and habits an were gradually running him to earth Sullivan Hickey and Donahue area trio of officers that any city might be proud of By the way nearly all of the Louisville sleuths are Irish Americans Tom Maher is a terror to evil doers Capt Eugene Daleyis one of the best known detectives iin the country and John Sexton is com ing to the front as one of the shrewdest in the business POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN Something About the Hours They Are on Duty Here Is a Chance for Needed ReCormI A certain newspaper when short ofI localnews has repeatedly endeavored to supply the deficiency by making unjust and uncalledfor statements relative to the policemen and firemen of this city This week the paper referred to tried to create a sensation by stating that policemen and firemen were being forced off four days at a time in order that the Board of Safety might live within the appropriation for the fiscal year interviewGrwltha 4ep rtermadutliefol Owm statement The Board of Safety has no authority to lay off or dismiss any policemen or firemen except for charges preferred and sustained by the evidence in the trial of the case The board has not laid off a single man and does not propose to do so The statement is entirely untrue Some of the men are allowed a few days leave of absence according to custom in the midsummer months and those who have asked for their vacations have been given them as far as possible The appropriation made to the Board of Safety is run ning short This is because it was thought the board would have a bal ance left over from the old board of about 40000 But a failure to windup the franchise tax suits knocked us out of this money and we will run about 6000 short of the appropri ation When the usual yearly re vision of the appropriations is made at this season we will be allowed the amount needed to run our department That is all there is to it Policemen and firemen are always on duty firemen having only three hours out of the twentyfour which isI allowed them to go to their meals It would be only just that they be per mitted to have at least one day off each week and when the next salary ordinance is adopted provision ought to be made for carrying out this much needed reform Policemen who patrol i a beat all night and serve as witnesses in the courts during a great portion of the day and firemen on duty in the engine houses twentyone hours are entitled to more just considerationI Mr William P Ryan of New Haven Conn is compiling an IrishI souvenir calendar to commemorate the uprising of 98 A page will beI given to each month with the list of tht events that occurred thereinand i the dates It is Mr Ryans intention to publish with portraits in the book sketches of OConnell Emmet Lord Edward Fitzgerald Wolfe Tone Gratton and Father MurphyI Dick Moore of St Paul says that he has been matched to meet Austra lian Jimmy Ryan at Fort Wayne Ind on August 20 The pair will box twenty rounds r i o 1 i FAMINEI The Terrible Situation as at thenOld Country + r KerrydDonegal Mayo and Galway The British Government Is Charged with Heartless Indifference A Strong Appeal for Aid fori the Destitute and Un fortunate ii- II PATRICK FORD DOING GOOD WORK 1 At the present time there exists a most deplorable famine in certain parts of Ireland and prominent Irish men and societies in the Eastern States have been making strenuous efforts to relieve the distress of their fellow countrymen The New York Irish World hase n wt 5 p i r Hi fP p wvrer IffiJlI IItime past and a circular lletter from its editor has been received in this city Contributions to the fund may be made to any of the divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Louis ville Jeffersonville or New Albany The cause is a worthy one that calls for prompt action and no doubt our IrishAmerican fellowcitizens and many others will respond as liberally as their means will permit The let ter is as follows Dear SirYou are ofcourse aware that there is a famine in Ireland This famine prevails in parts of Kerry parts of Donegal but chiefly in Mayo and Galway and along the western coast Their sole reliance the potato crop utterly failed yet they must pay the rent to the remorseless land lord all the same Many persons have already died of hunger in the dis tressed districts Many thank God have been saved through aidsent them by the charitable but many more will surely perish unless this aid is sustained and reinforced This terrible situation of affairs has been made known to the British Gov ernment by the Irish members in the English Parliament but that Government now as in times past has shown only heartless indifference What it has ventured to do in the way of relief is a grinning mockery The British Government does not wish to save the Irish people Nothing remains for us who are kith and kin to the unfortunate vic tims of Englands misrule but to stand by them as Christians and as men of the same blood we are under double obligation to come to their rescue Will you my dear sir be pleased to present this sad state of affairs to your society for its earnest considera tion and urge your kindly influence with a view to prompt and favorable actionThe Irish World will gladly receive and very thankfully acknowledge in its columns any contribution you or your society shall send to it for remittance to Ireland Very sincerely PATRICK FORD The Frankfort Hibernians hope to have State Secretary Coleman and State President Ousick with them on the day of the picnic 1 v- n I I I 2 b KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN TIE STORY OF 90 The Rising inAntrimMaroh Upon the Town Under McCracken Desperate Valor of the Insur gentsAntrim Is Captured The Tide of Victory Turned Through Overconfidence- of Insurgents 4 Capture and Execution of One of Irelands Brav est Sons GALLANT GEN HOPE AND HIS BAND r From the Irish World The seizure of Russell and Neilson was a cruel blow to the Ulster United Irishmen Neilson in particular had been the life and soul of the organ ization He better than anyother man knew its resources and capabil ities and during the events which preceded and followed the murder of Lord Edward Fitzgerald had given ample evidence of his courage and astuteness His unexpected arrest therefore threw his followers into dis order The rising in Ulster as in Leinster had been fixed to commence on May 23 but it was not until a fortnight afterward that the insurgents showed signs of activity A meeting afllhjurjeadejrs wasjield and itwas decided that the men of Antrim and Down should assemble simultaneously in their respective counties on June 5 Unfortunately the leader of the Down men the Rev Steele Dickson was seized while on his way to the place of meeting and this further mishap dampened to no small extent the hopes of his followers When the men of Antrim assembled there was found to be much difference of opin ion regarding their course of action Some declared for an instant march upon Antrim Others counseled delay and recommended that a few weeks should be spent in consolidating their forces providing ammunition and supplies and introducing initiatory dis cipline into their camp While debate was at its height news arrived that a bodyof soldiers was marching against them and was only a few miles off This was instantly decided then They had rio choice but to stand their ground or disperseto play the part of heroes or cowards Without a moments hesitation it was decided to advance against the enemy Having no recognized leader they held an election and the choice fell upon the heroic Henry Joy McCracken who at once issued a manifesto to this effect Army of Ulster Tomorrow we march on Antrim Drive the garri ron of Rondalstown before you arid haste to form a junction with Com manderinchief HENRY JOY MCCRACKEN First Year of Liberty June 61798 On the evening of June 6 men might be observed hurrying toward Cregarogan fort from all sides of the country Some had muskets others shotguns a few were without arms expecting to find a supply in camp but the majority carried their trusty pikes over their right shoulders In every eye shone the light of hopeof fierce desire to grapple with their ruth less foes and avenge the wrongs of centuriesThe dawn of Liberty too soon alas to suffer eclipse bathed them in radiance IOht then tell me Shawn OFerrall- Tell 1 me why you hurry 10 Hush ma houchal hush and listen And his cheeks were all aglow iI bear orders from the Captain Get you ready quick and soon For the pikes must be together o1te rUing of the moon Themorning of the jth witnessed u A a glorious sight Under the brilliant rays of the June sun three thousand men stood under arms Considering their want of training it was wonderful with what skill andcelerity they took their places The gunsmen were put in front next came the pikemen and a few insignificant pieces of artil lery all they possessed brought up the rear When the standard of Greer was unfurled at the head of the insur gent army a mighty cheer rose from the ranks Then the command was given Quick marchl and as they broke into a swinging stride the glorious strains of the Marseillaise made the mountain echoes ring The town of Antrim is situated on the banks of the Six Mile Water river on the great road from Belfast to Lon donderry At that time it consisted of two principal streets with others branching from them On the north ern side it was protected by a sharp rise of ground and Ion the southern by a strongly fortified castle Col Lumley who commanded the garri son made an able disposition of his forces The militia were placed in guard of the castle in front of which a regiment of regulars was drawn up At the other end of the town the hill adjoining the cathedral was occnpied by the yeomanry and the Twenty second Regiment of Light Dragoons while the artillery was stationed in the middle of the main street In this order they awaited the advance of the insurgents who were marching on Antrim in four columns by way of Belfast Ballymena Carrickfergus and Shones Castle roads McCracken having at last reached the gates of Antrim and reconnoitered the enemys position divided his men into two bodies who were to attack each end of the town simultaneosly A few well directed shots from one of their small field pieces forced the in fantry to abandon their position in front of the castle and to take refuge behind the gates Here being under cover they were enabled to keep up a heavy fire on the insurgents without sustaining any damage themselves Orders were therefore givento the Ivpikemen to dislodge them With a lusty cheer the pikemen dashed for ward in the face of grapeshot and though numbers were mowed down they were soon at close quarters with the regulars whose short bayonets proved of little service against the long pikes of their enemies British skill and British pluck gave way be fore the resistless onslaught of the despised Croppies A few minutes more and ths soldiers were flying up the main street and scattering in all directionsMeanwhile the northern division of the insurgents had attacked the cav aIry and ater a series of desperate charges had driven them from their position The dragoons and the yeo men dismounting from their horses retreated to graveyard in the vicinity of the cathedral and took refuge be hind the tombstones But the insur gents were not to be balked Despite the musketry fire they clambered over the cemetery walls and piked half the royalist troops The remainder took to their horses and made a wild stam pede down the street toward where their artillery wis stationed Here they were met by the infantry who were fleeing in the opposite direction and in a few moments the royalist troops became an indiscriminate mob inclosed between two lines of victori ous rebels Colonel Lumley their brave commander endeavored to rally them but it was of no avail The rout be came a suave qui peat and cavalry and infantry dashed helterskelter out of the western streets of the town the fleet pikemen hanging on their flanks and bringing them down in scores To all appearances the battle was now won In face of desperate odds the insurgents had attacked the town completely routed its garrison and now remained in undisturbed possession With exciting cheers they gathered about the abandoned cannons and fired off a salute to their departing foes But here occured one of those totally unexpected and trivial incidents which often turn the tide of victoryAs Twentysecond Light Dra goons and the yeomanry galloped alongb1 the wildest terror they were confronted by another body of insurgents These were men from f 1c x I the Rondalstown district who hadnot been able to reach the camp at Cre garogan in time and who were now hurrying up to the relief of their com rades in Antrim Knowing nothing of what had taken place they natur ally mistook the flight of the redcoats for a charge They did not stop to reflect that fear lends fleeter and more powerful wings than courage That troop ot desperate looking men and maddened horses plunging forward with reckless speed must surely be bent on a hostile mission They paused a moment a panic seized them as might have happened in the case of seasoned troops and the next moment they were dispersing in every directionThe which had seized the Rondalstown men aroused the military from theirs They suddenly came to a halt and to their great astonishment perceived that they were not pursued a fact which need not have aroused any surprise seeing that the insur I Jennings Bryan as Colonel Volunteers gents possessed no cavalry The sight of a fleeing enemy renewed their courage and their commander passed along their ranks assuring them that reinforcements were on the way In confirmation of his words alarge body redcoats from the garrisons of Belfast and Blanis Moore were observed hurrying up A junction was soorj effectedand after a brief breathing spell it was determined that they shouldretrace their steps and endeavor to recover their lost position- It is often easier to enforce discip line in moments of danger than iin those offancied security So it proves with the Ulster insurgents While engaged in attacking Antrim they had obeyed their leaders instantaneously and with an utter disregard of peril but now that the was appa rently won McCracken found it be yond his power to keep them under control They had gained the town after a long and weary march and after desperate fighting in which many a gallant comrade was laid low The ehemy was flying like redshartks toward the north and by this time were not less than a score of miles away Surely it was time to wipe off the blood and dust of battle refresh themselves arid rest their weary limbs Accordingly they put aside their arms and gave themselves up to rest and enjoyment Glasses were clinked The Rapparees The Wild Geese and Sarsfields Rovers were enthusiastically toasted and songs liberty rang in the startled ears of ter ror stricken Antrim loyalists Precisely the moment when the fr T e f r insurgents thought all danger had passed the military entered the southern gate Cries of alarm were raised but it it was too late Instead of find ing a serried body of insurgents con fronting them the military found only a disorganized mob McCracken endeavored to rally his men but they had dispersed in every conceivable direction and the majority knew not where they had left their weapons The dragoons with their long sabres apd the yeoman with their heavy cavalry pistols had but to deal with a mass of unarmed men To this organization there was one noble ex ception Gen Hope who commanded one of the divisions of the insur gent army gathered around him a gallant little band McCracken afterwards designated it the Spartan Bandwhich for a long time kept the whole force of British at bay Attacked on every side by yeomanry militia cavalry and infantry they held their ground in the face of over William of of victory of pt I whelming odds and repeatedly re pulsed their assailants As evidence of the gallantry and chivalry which animated these men one incident deserves to be recorded in letters of gold On one occasion a company of regular troops mistak ing their direction amidst the smoke of battle got mixed up with Hopes division and suddenly found them selves surrounded It was the easiest matter in the world to cut them off to a man but Hope scorned to take ad vantage of their mistake Advancing to the officer who had led the red coats he told him to go back as he had comethat the United Irishmen felt no pride in destroying the weak and defenseless So without a hair of their heads being touched the little troop of military retreated to their own lines If Hopes oppo nents had fought in the same spirit of chivalry what a different tale might have been told But the insurgents received no quarter Unarmed as theywere they were cut down mercilessly as they fled towards Ron dalstownand Shones Castle Hopes little band after sustaining many des perate cavalry charges at last fell back upon Donegore Hill where Mc Cracken had taken up his position accompanied by a few faithful adher entsHere out of all the thousands who had advanced upon Antrim only about a hundred were now mustered The battle of Antrim had been won arid lostwon by means of pure valor in the teeth of military prowess arid discipline lost l1roUJhfat1self J o 1 i 1 I confidence and carelessness Upward of eight hundred insurgents had fallen but they did not die unavenged At least onethird of their opponents had reddened the streets of Antrim with their blood and above all Lord ONeillthe recreant heir to a noble name who had led the cowardly yeoman on many a bloodyraidnow lay with a pike driven right through hi body McCracken or Hope did no yet despair Though a British force under Col Clavering four hundred strong lay a short distance from Dune gore Hill the insurgent leaders deter mined to keep their little band to gether as the nucleus of the insur gent army in hopes that an opportunity for striking another blow woul quicky come Col Clavering being afraid to at tack the gallant little band endeav ored to effect their dispersal by subter fuge He tendered complete amnesty to all of them except four of their leaders including Hope and Mc Cracken for whose capture he offered a reward of 2000 a head The in surgents who would rather die than betray their leaders indignantly re torted by offering a similar reward for his own head Thereupon the noble Britisher threatened that if they did not disperse he would burn and raze to the ground every cottage in the surrounding country Fear for his personalsafety did not weigh with the intrepid McCracken but pity for his helpless and inoffensive friends shoo his resolution With tears in his eye he bade his followers disperse an then accompanied by seven faithful1 friends he took refuge in a cave iinI the neighboring mountains For a long time he eluded the bloodhounds who were day and night upon his track Nothing but his own skill and courage and the abso lute incorruptibility of the peasantry saved him from capture At last he assumed the disguise of a carpenter and made his way toward the seacoast with the intention of sailing to France After many adventures he reached a little village in the neighbor hood of Carrickfergus He was iinI liropes that vat yrnte hi troubles were over and that he woul soon tread the free soil of La Belle France But it was not to be One day while passing through the village he was recognized by one of a squad of yeomen and after a desperat- resistance was captured and lodge- in Carrickfergus jail Thence he was sent in chains to Belfast where the usual mockery of a trial took placeMcCracken was offered his life on condition that he would divulge the secrets of the organization and in par ticular declare who the leader of the Ulster insurgents was originally to have been His indignant reply was How can you expect me to be such a villainHis father was asked to use his influence with him in this regard but he proved incorruptible for he said I would rather my son shouldI i die than act dishonorably- The end of the tragic drama came soon On July 17 1798 Henry Joy McCracken emerged from Belfast jail His sister was in waiting and after embracing the two walked to the scaf fold lovingly hand in hand Indeed it was only by the imperative ordersi of Gen Nugent that she was pre vented from mounting the scaffold with him The ghastly procession stoppedopposite the market place which is situated in High street Bel fast With cruel irony the gallowsi had been erected on a site whichwasi a free gift of his grandfathers to the inhabitants of Belfast He was not suffered to address the weeping multi tude who surrounded him He had scarcely given a farewell wave of his hand when the executioner seized him and in the course of a quarter of an hour after barbarously hacking and mutilating his helpless remains Englands minions had taken their finalvengeance upon him He died in the prime of life a gallant clever and accomplished gentle mana dutiful son a loving brother an unswerving friend and above all an incorruptible and dauntless patriot In the scrolls of history no nobler name appears than that of Henry Joy McCracken the leader of the Antrim United Irishmen CONTINUED ON SEVENTH PAGE J r l I 0 TRIBUTE TO AN IRISH SOLDIER Speech of George Washingtons Stepson Dellrered In Washington City In the Year 1882 John Byrne the Irish soldier of Washings LadytWashington and the adopted son of aI t speech delivered at Washington on the 6th of August 1832 when speak ing of the Irish soldiers in the Revo lution told the following anecdote p IThe recollections of Americas days end dear to her the memory of the Irish mens services in the times that tried mens souls Perhaps I may tire you j withla thricetold tale yet if the Americans were as much instructed in the history of their own times as they are in the records of antiquity they would find as brilliant instances of courage and patriotism to admire in the lives and actions of the heroes of the Revolution as those who flour ished in the days of Rome and Greece Do the mellowed recollections of antiquity contain a finer in stance of courage and fidelity under the severest pressure of misfortune than is found in the story of poor John Byrne the Irish soldier of the Revolution Years have passedaway camekto my and saluted me with God Washingtonsdold come to see 1you I am proud to tell you that I often received a call from the honored remnants of the Revolution They say that they can not pass my domicile without calling upon one they are pleased to term a member of the old family And so hear me GodlI more welcome to my house and my heart are these gray and withered relics of the heroic time than would be the presence of an emperor Byrne was one of the finest types of that order of beings now almost extinct that ever met my notice Never can I for et the touching scene that ensue cheerdex- pression of his features when having drunk to my health he reverently turned his eyes toward higher and better worlds and exclaimed Heres Washingd a such as Guido might have painted over which seventy winters had shed their snows while tears ofveneration at the remembrance of a loved commander coursed each other down the channels which time and hard service had worn full many and deep The sufferings which Byrne endured were even a refinement upon the hellish usages of the prison ship For this preference he was entirely indebted to his brogue which betrayed his be ing a native of the Emerald Isle and then as he emphatically observed they added their tortures as a civility due to my native country Ohl1 ye who jest at scars that never felt a wound picture to youself a being captive and desolate knawed by famine breathing the air of pestilence associated only with the dying and the dead But see there appears the commander like an angel of mercy having healing under his wings hav ing pardon protection food raiment gold But mark ye the price of all these benefits Twas like the devil tempting the Son of Man of old IAll these will I give you but you must abandon the cause of American liberty said the English Admiral Byrne when the latter had crawled upon the deck and confronted the arbiter of his fate And what was the suffering heros reply Hear it Americans treasure it in your hearts aye and write in your books that future ages may read it and admire the cry of brave Byrne in the prison ship at Charleston and amid the ranks of death at Eutau Hurrah for America Turn over the pages of the past dive into the depths of centuries and you can find no more brilliant example of courage 11the midst of despair of zeal and fidelity to the cause of human liberty than is shown in the story of John Byrne the Irish soldier of the Revolution Fever closely resembling the famine fever of 48 is scourging the starved peasantry of Kerry C 0- n roI 0 IKENTUCKY IIRISH AMERICAN I 31JOHN SULLIVANS ANCESTOR Was Born in Limerick In 16901Ie First Came to This Coantrj at the Age of ThirtyThree At the first annual field day of the American Irish Historical Society held recently at New Castle N H Mr Bernard Corr of Boston read An interesting paper giving the fol lowing account of the first Sullivan Two or three years ago a gentleman of my acquaintance while con versing about the Irish settlers in New Hampshire and Maine made the remark that most of those who bear Irish names were ScotchIrish at least that all the most prominent I families were of that mythical race j I undertook to dispute his statement i and instanced General John Sullivan of Revolutionary fame who I told I him sprang from the genuine Kerry 1 and Cork stock and was related to the oldest Irish families in Munster This he stoutly denied so I hunted 1 the matter up and soon presented 1 facts which convinced him there was a nothing Scotch about the Sullivans of New Hampshire and too without reflecting on the character of the brave Scottish Gael 1 In this way I became particularly interested in the family history of Gen 1 Sullivans father and mother and t when I told my neighbor and friend Dr John Sullivan the great grandson of the General that I would like to get all the facts about the old folks I he cheerfully gave me permission to read all the books and papers in his possession bearing on the genealogy of the family From these I took f copious notes and extracts and will s present a few of them here this even ingJohn Sullivan the old Berwick schoolmaster or more properly Owen OSullivan for that was his name before he came to America was accord ing to most reliable accounts born in Limerick Ireland June 17 1690 But in Ardea in the County of Derry was the family estate and as Major Philip OSullivan his father was an officer in the Irish army fighting Against the Prince of Orange and was serving under Sarsfield when the garrison surrendered in 1691 his another may have been with her husband in Limerick for the time being At any rate it was about this time and amid these stirring scenes that the founder of the noted New Hamp shire family was born- I need nut go into any particulars here about the seige of Limerick or- t the surrender of the gallant patriotic army or basely the terms of the treatyII were observed the treaty broken ere the ink wherewith twas writ could dry Such Catholics as were unwilling 1 I to abandon their religion andI swear allegiance to the government of William of Orange were allowed to depart for France or any place out side of Great Britain Major OSul Jivan was one of the noble band that preferred poverty and exile toI living in their native land under such conditions aud with the brave Sars field and his army of about 1300 men he crossed over to France where the Irish exiles in other wars made England bitterly repent the lost serv ices of the noble patriots- It was George II I believe who said after hearing of the defeat of the English at Fontenoy Cursed be the laws that deprive me of such sub r jeers With the large number of exiles who left Ireland at about this time went the wife of Major OSullivan and her baby boy it is supposed but nothing definite is given of her inI history after that time The Major died in France some years afterward frm a wound received in a duel with enchofficer I he future American schoolmaster Jtas carefully educated in the schools r of the Continent and it is said Wai in tended for the church But for ome reason that idea was given up and we find him in 1716 when he was about twentysiz years of age engaged in an effort to restore the Stuarts to the throne of England He was next heard from in Ireland where itappears he was mixed up in another patriotic intrigue in 1721 Having become disgusted with the condition of affairs in his native iouhtrjr like 1lUlyothers of his kind f he decided to emigrate to America He must have been without money for the records state that he pledgee t his services to one Mr Nowell of Newburyport for the payment of his passage and he landed at York Maine in 1723 when he was about the age of thirtythree One of his fellow passengers was a poor friendless little girl from Cork about nine years af age whose serv ices were also pledged for the pay ment of her passage money She like OSullivan was a redemption a term applied to those who had not the ready cash but were willing to pledge their services for a time in America until the debt was paid It seems that in this manner a great many of the early Irish emigrants found their way to this land of prom iseOSullivan and this little girlwere hired by the person inYorkand from this time he never lost his interest in Margery Brown as she was called and when she grew into womanhood he sought her for wife Here are ma terials for an interesting novel but as plain reciter of facts I will leave the story for some imaginative writer Sullivan who dropped the 0 and called himself John soon found that hard labor was not to his liking and he wrote a letter it is said in six languages to the minister of the town the Rev Samuel Moody who no doubt was impressed with the scholarship ofthe redemptioner for he loaned Sullivan money enough to pay his passage debt and become a free man The good minister also obtained for Sullivan the post of schoolmaster at Berwick and here he settled I believe For the remainder of his life His salary as schoolmaster was small but Tho DealingI he wrote deeds at a shilling apiece and f did other clerical work at times it is I said acting as religious instructor in the little meeting house although he had been brought up a strict Catholic 1 Soon he earned enough to liquidate his debt to the Rev Mr Moody and I also to redeem his little Mar gery Brown who was toiling in aii farmhouse and who became his special Although he had never seen her until he met her on board of the vessel on his way to America and had no knowledge pf her family he at tended to her instruction and when she bloomed into maidenhood and handsome and consulted him about an offer of marriage she had re ceived from a youth of the town he told her that he wanted her for him self She consented to become his wife Of their progress in Berwick as man and wife and of their six chil dren I need not say much here The histories of New Hampshire and the nation tell much of them Mrs Margaret Brown Sdllivan wasI a woman of great strength of charac ter il quick generous and impulsive like all real Irishwomen and of sturdy build She performed most of he outdoor labor for her family in order that her husband might devote his time to his teaching and studies It was no uncommon thing to see her working in the field with one or two of her children by her side In this way the two future Governors John and James were initiated into the af fairs of life John Sullivan school for over fifty years in Berwick and died in 1796 at age of 1 06 years Mar garet his wife 4in her eighty year in 1801 five years after her husband Both lived through the exciting times of the Revolution and U 1 rr jll I rIJIi I- j i had the distinguised honor of being parents to the hero of the War of In dependence Gen John Sullivan and afterward Governor of New Hamp shire of Daniel the brave militia Captain of Frenchmans Bay and ot James who was Attorney General in 1817 and Governor of Massachusetts for two years Eben their fifth son was an officer in the Revolutionary army and a lawyer by profession Mary the sixth child and only daughter was the ancestress of Gov Samuel Wells of Maine AMERICAS GREATNESS It Consists of the Principle of Natural Right and JusticeDr Staffords Eloquent Sermon The Rev D J Stafford D D preached an able and eloquent sermon in St Patricks Church Washington D C on Sunday July 10 taking for his subject President McKinleys proclamation recommending the peo ple to offer thanks for our victories in the war Dr Stafford said These words of the Chief Magistrate of the nation scarcely need comment they are as beautiful as they are patriotic and as patriotic as they are i religious At a time of strife when the worst passions of the human heart are called into action the head of a great people does not forget that God holds the nation in the hollow of his hand and asks us to pray that peace may return to our dear land and that the domain now ravaged by the i cruelty of war may speedily be blessed with the priceless boon of security and tranquility It is a great example Most I for which every Christian man be gratefulYesterday the country was divid ed There were many opinions as to war in general and this war in particular in the breast of every loyal man there is room only for one Whatever may be our opinion of war j in general or this war in particular when once the supreme authority ofI the nation has declared that it ii necessary to begin the dreadful as it is then no loyal man can hesitate It is the plain duty of every citizen to aid by all and moral means in his power to give his treasure his substance and if need be his life to carry the flag to vic tory When action begins discussion ceasesThe country has not failed in its duty From the North and the South from the East and the West from every race condition class creed and party of men the country has answered with a magnificent which will make us the stronger at home and the more respected abroad Never in the history of our country has the guidance of heaven been so much needed as at the pres ent time and the President does wellI to point us to higher considerations The atmosphere is surchargedI with change There are rumorsI afloat and indications of radical de partures new and untried measures policies which in a very great sense would bea repudiation of the past anentrereversalof all our history of which there is no precedent or warrant in bur national life I will not discuss these here as they maybe called party questions But if change must come God be withus and God direct us God grant that we may be right and always justt 411 III 5 nI jo f lf- q a s here are greater than terri tory greater than multitudiuoi population greater things than armies and navies glorious as these are Greater than all these is justice greate than all these is the right Now it is this idea of natura justice and right with which we began that made us a great and were we bounded by one State or did our national limits extend no further than the District of Columbia we would still be the greatest nation in the world provided we guaranteed to everyone his right and protected him in the pursuit of life and happiness Right not territory makes a great people So there is a logical growth and evolution of nations which if the nation is to be great you must not interrupt You can not force it you can not change it though direct it you may and when that law of growth is interrupted then you must sustain the nation by forcerepression with in resistance without But no nation sustained by force is a strong The history of empires proves this Alexander conquered half the world but his empire did not outlive himself The Romans conquered all the world btu when they arrived at universal cinquest the were knock ing at their gates Napoleon con quered all Europe and kings knelt at his feet to receive their crowns but empires away like the baseless fabric of a dream And even now nations that seem strong are really weak and look about for some acci dental means to add to their life and increase their power Now the greatness of America Mid we should remember it now above ill timesdoes not consist of territory p Kathadin the Powerful Death Vessel Afloat charge charge strong taught the seventh should Today combat physical unanimity always things things people inalienable liberty nation barbarians passed population exhaustless resources the braveryof her children though we are blessed with all these But the beginning and the end and the cen ter and circumference the alpha and omega of all things American is in that principle of natural right and justice with which we began and which we have proudly asserted in every phase and contingency of our history It made us a great nation from the beginning and when we were but a handful of people scatter ed over a great continent and battling with the elements for life we were already a great people for we had natural rights and justice for a foundation and the surpassing greatness of an universal idea to ennoble and to elevateOh let us not forget it Where that principle may go let us go where it goes not let us not enter for if we should forget it and if we should forsake it then America has ceased to be and God save the people and God pity the world This is our principle To wrong one man is to violate it unjustly to acquire one foot of territory is to de stroy it Europe may call it vision ary but it is ours We are committed to it we began by it and have grown strong with it On the field of battle and amid the dash of fleets we have maintained it In the hourof disaster we have still appealed to it and still found strength in it It is our glory and our greatness God protect it Whatever change come then may we be right and wh ie we render thanks to God for the victory vouchsafed our trmslet us beseech Him U be with us still Oh God in whoa our fathers trusted be with us still Look down upon the tented field and turn the hearts of our soldiers to thee I I l1 19eI t s S i i SIll a Ackerman Brewing Co INCORPORATED MAINSTREET BREWERY Laoor B66f anti rOft6f its Pure LOUISVILLE KY MEHL BURNS Eighteenth and Chestnut DEALERS IN CHOICE GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS We have always on hand a large and varied stock of all grades of goods usually handled by a firstclass grocery house all selected by experienced buyers including Fine Groceries Teas and Goiiees Creamery Butter Fresh Vegetables All Kinds oi Moats We also handle special brands of Flour that can not be surpassed We guarantee every brand to give satisfaction and prove as repre sented Our prices are the lowest for the best goods Telephone orders receive prompt attention and goods delivered to all parts of the city A large number of wagons in our service i e- II Eighteenth and Chestnut LOIIISSEEQEfiSixteenthI FAMILY BAKERY This is one of the finest bakeries in this city and employs only the most experienced and competent workmen Our varied assortment of Breads Rolls and Gales can not be surpassed as personal attention is given to each and every department- In connection with the abooe there is a fine Annex where an elegant lunch is served and only the finest goods handled LOUIS SEEQER Sixteenth and Madison Sts il IAflO TIER RDfflft 1436 W MARKET ST MMBRCIAL RSITLII STBIOTLY UNION OFFICE Card Dodg n Letter Heady Oh- eAlare Badges Haagen BID Head PVMTMMM IatitatieaiFaau etc JceofcUd lartiitically axd promptly Arm us only for the right and let us dol attle only for justice Protect guard and save America and let her still be the home of right the sanctu l ary of liberty and the country ot man 4 I t rtu It is a fact worth noting that Cincinnati Boston Baltimore Cleveland Chicago and Pittsburg went South for spring practice while the other teams did their practice work near home e I Ci I 4 KENTUCKY 1IIRISH AMERICAN I Kenny Irish flmertean DEVOTED TO THE MORAL AND SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT OF ALL IRISH AMERICANS WILLIAM M HIGGINS PUBLISHER Entered at the LoulaTlllo I est of1ce a Sec ond claee Matter SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR Address all Communications to the KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN Car 3d and Green Sts Louisville SATURDAY JULY 30 1898 j A PLEA FOR THE FORMING OP FAMILY TREES Scarcely any of the younger class of men tmd women take any but passing interest in the history of their Irishancestors Genealogy has become a fad with those whose forefathers have for dec ades been born and raised on this side of the water Why not our Irish Americans cultivate a love for the same To many it would prove great pleasure to all it would be i l structive Should it be impossible through lack of resources to trace our family line back any farther than three or four generations let us at- leastdothatmuch keepingaa ddtte n record of the names of great grandparents grandparents father and mother whence they originally came and where settled after marrying In years to come our children will know something of us and of our dear ones whom we have known and have laid away but whom they have never seen There is generally ample room iin the modern family Bible for all such history to be written Let us have pride enough to trace back our particular house and its different ramifications whilst many of the older memo bers yet remain What a tragic grand and pure story will be unf djd before our ken ires Then why let these deeds be unknown and why regard these treasures as jewels too remote to claim Near akin to many of us yet living were the historic men of 98 Write down and guard wellI each name fact and date so that a correct genealogical tree will be the resultIt is indeed time that we form thej acquaintance of our forefathers and realize something of their native landI Bards have sung its praises tourists describe its glories and in the hearts of its patient children is echoed all I that can be said of its beauty If so jf much for the soil how much more for I its sons and daughters I ANCESTRY OF AMERICAN HEROES The following very interesting com munication was recently published in Leslies Weekly It was written by Mr George M Hall of Cork Ire land and we believe its publication- in these columns will be appreciated by our readersecI get your paper regularly ands have been much interested in your series ofarticles dealingwith the Anglo American projected alliance But in your issue of the 16th instant dealing with the ancestry of your present gallant commanders I can not altogether agree with the deductions youq arrive at as to their An lo Saxon de scent Sir as to Admiral Dewey are there Deweys in Kent Dewey is from the pure Celtic ODuhig Anglice Duhe or Dewey like of Chauncey from OShaughnessy You also say Sampson is Anglo Saxnn well sir one may perhaps not deny the immediate progenitors but is he not rather of Jewish extraction Let r us hope like his great ancestor of 1 Bible fame he is equal to strangling a lion or twisting his tail should necessity arise and if he has noh trrrrgatesof Gaza to carry off one canonly admire the equanimity with which he bearstleloadof responsibility placed L o- t n n P on his shoulders As to Fighting Bob Evans good heavens si I Evans is pure Cymro Celtic and savors of the leek and cheese in ii- a svery sound As to the great Lee you say they are pure English b indeed I think we could claim the Lees too A friend of mine of that name who lives on the banks of the river Lee can trace his ancestry back for 600 years before the No man mark you with the Saxon his train as serf and scullion set foot gottaant Bagley too rest his soul is simply spance to consider your further names but I have mind to consider your patience and before closing venture to say that I am of Saxon descent but have become more Irish than the Irish themselves and would fain break a lance for Ireland and Irishmen when I can TALENTED POETESS The talented editress of the Times Tattler column Miss Elvira Sydnor Miller is rapidly coming to the front as one of the most promising of American poets Her Three Loves I whichrecentlyappeared in the TimesI is a perfect gem Indeed many of her recent productions would do credit to any writer in the country There is a depth of feeling wealth of pathos and exquisiteness of finish in the ntiJjThree Loves which have rarely een surpassed by any modern writer J OPENINGS FOR YOUNG AMERICANS Learn Spanish young man Cuba f Porto Rico and the Philippines will soon be opened to American enter prise and there will be great oppa- I tunities for youths of energy ability and character to get ahead Indeed all Spanish America is a land scarcel 9 touched as yet says the editor of th New York Journal The moneymaking possibilities of Cuba alone are far greater than thoseI offered by the Klondike There will1 be chances there for the best kind omen f men who are willing to build u I fortunes by steady work and the api plication of intelligence Plantations that under proper management willj1 produce enormous fortunes will beII open to purchase cheap and there I will be a demand for the services ofrr overseers engineers clerks and allj kinds of subordinates with educated brainstCuba is a marvellously rich coun try Under a free government prop will be safe and public order The Cubans will welcome a American capital and American imia migration of the healthy kindCThe young man who goes to Cuba iu with a knowledge of the language good habits a determination to get a willingness to work and equipped by training for business will land on his feet- Recently Lord Cadogan paid one his flying visits to London thoughi the Castle was full of guests says iis Truth Lord Cadogan goes through or changes of character so rapid that they must puzzle even himself He leaves Kingstown a Viceroy withaUt the privileges and precedence of the position At a point m the channel owever a certain number of miles by from shore his privileges and prece dears vanish without even a change Yy511 S a 4 L of costume he lapses into a plaijn English nobleman and Cabinet Miiii ister At this point too no doub his mind till then neutral and loftily free of party feeling assumes tli Conservative tinge suitable for tlj Council the attendance at which the object of his journey No wonder ruleKrLord Arron who received the ribbon I of St Patrick vacant owing to the death of Lord Carlingford better known in England than iin Ireland though of late he has lived rlgood deal at his picturesque residence near Foxford where Lady Arron has 18 been active in promoting home indusj thufamily of Gore one of whose men bers the Duchess of Inverness w the wife of the Queens uncle th Duke of Sussex One of his daugh intern is married to Lord Salisburys eldest son Lady Arron was well known in Dublin society and as a debutante was one of the beauties at Dublin Castle Her father Mr John Reilly was an official at the Four Courts and married the daughter of the Chancellor Lord St Leonards After fighting the lottery grants iin the courts for twentyfive years past the highest courts in the land have decided that it is a felony to conduct i lotteries The character of the lottery is no longer in dispute its legal status has been defined beyond dispute and the local papers call upo the police to break up such business a new lottery institution having re Gently been run down in the historic old town of Clarksville Ind with a number of industrious agents oper atingin Louisville An effort will be made to stop this kind of gambling The Spanish floating debt has in creased 78189500 pesetas durin the nast financial ear- CObiMUNICATED1 DISRESPECT SHOWN WORKING GIRLS 0 see you not yon narrow road briarrThat is the path of righteousness Though after it but few inquire Constance Cottrell in Sketch 9We often hear that young women- e employed in our large stores have much to contend with in the shape of undue familiarity rude speeches andI too often grossly insulting remarks 1made to them by their fellowemployes This state of things is connived at by evilp1 instead of being crushed is encouraged by these bloatedmoneybags 1who bear the semblance but not th hearts of men We are shocked and pained when a story of this kind reaches us but what is every mans business is no mans in particular land consequently no steps are taken o punish the offender and the evil goes on unchecked It is a cruel fate that compels a poor girl to stand or remain all day in store clad in lightlyfitting garments nd wearing heel shoes with no of enjoying even a slight restili the afternoon Add to this dis comfort small wages and the likelihood of rude or vulgar treatment and we can not but wonder that there are not universal uprisings among working girls and demand for better treatment That they are patient too patient is the reason The instant that any unduly familiar remark or even look given a young woman in any store office the should take note of it and inform the proprietor as soon as possible Uhe does not reprimand the insipid+ empty dawdle or even kick him out altogether let a respect able public punish such a proprietor withdrawing its patronage When alas itcomesto light that money bags is himself the offender quickas I f- IJ a lightning from the clouds let his name be known To delay is folly Speeding toward a maelstrom only mildly expresses the danger- e That they are such proprietors- e working girls only too well know- is Why not let us all know Because they are afraid of losing their employment and with that their poor lit salary II Great God I must our innocent ones learn evil to earn breadI Must their souls be polluted because isof their poverty The remedy can applied when these fiends are known- a Let them be treated as putrid cancers cleansed of their poison or else cut away altogether eKENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN The second number of the Ke- as n tucky Irish American published bye Irish American William M Higgins found its way to our sanctum It 1is a bright and interesting publication full of juicy meat just such a paper as should meet with solid support from the hands of the people iin whose interest it labors In typ graphical appearance it is neat and clean while the editorials locals personals and general miscellany are prepared with an eye to accuracy in the construction of them We wish the Irish American success New Era SMALL SHOTS From the Dublin Independent The poor Spaniards are beaten to gonn1far enough When war was declared we wrote that whenever the Americans would meet the Dons they would beat them hollow no matter whether it was a the sea or on land in war balloons or in mines And so it has come to pass Th r Spaniard didnt look in His wa gung ners had no practice his ii nA UU IUf t and his forts were bandboxes for modern artillery to blow into splinters The deceptive tactics of the Spanish Admiral were right at first but ended j in a trumpery attempt to aida tow that could be abandoned without dis aster and a final heroic but headless dash against abnormal odds Cevera ill Santiago harbor was like Bazaine ii- Metzno in use When he found his position to be hopeless he should have made for the west and at night time He might have made some show then i but in broad daylight he was simply putting his ships up for three shies a penny for Yankee gunners who couldi blow him out of the water at a rangeI of 6000 yards The fighting around Santiago was of Americanettoops felt their superiority and fought as if they knew they would win The Spaniards who were badly handledjji ought with the energy of despairII Their Generals died at their head but it would have been more to the purpose I if they had disciplined their j troops and then commanded themI1 from the rear These Spaniards t walked gallantly to their death toI show to the world they are no cow f ards but if half the time they spent iin smoking cigarettes and flirt ng with Cuban belles was devoted to1 digging rifle pits and trenches and dragging guns into position they might now be writing home letters of en i couragement to their sweethearts in MadridrWhen news was brought to the American front that Cerveras fleet had had been made little pieces of the Yankee brass band struck tlbeThe time and place for there were thousands of dead and wounded in about was scarcely appropriate for the sentiment yet this element of grim humor is part and parcel of the composite Yankee fighting man and helps to endow him with a distinctive individuality The lesson of this war jroves heyond the smallest shadow of pIbacked boy who today marches under the Stars and StripesOld Glory as they love to call it The comical element in the situation but like all humor having it strain and pathos is the situation i Madrid How the bulletins are fake up for the popular taste spiced wit news of victories and garnished wit givtiethe Government to cope withth revolution that will follow fast on the heels of the truth Although Cerveras illfated squadron is old iron just now Iethe wrecks of his vessels studding the coast of Cuba the populace of Madrid is in the wildest state of joy and1 enthusiasm over his gallant rush through the enemys fleet When they learn the truth there will be another hotold time in dur town tonight The Queen meantime ha sent her jewels and other portable belongings to Vienna and is making what preparations she can against the inevitable rainy day This attempt to humbug a nation with bogus bulletins is a false move When the people learn the truth their temper will be ungovernable andj their dislike to the Ministersthis i thoe Monarchy will be intensified by th trick that has been played upon them Napoleon who was a trifle superiorr in abilities and tactics to these Mad rid muddlersnever made these bogus bulletins pay They overwhelmedI him with ridicule and lost him pres tige The hotheaded Madrid mob rushed the Queen and the Ministr into war and now they will turn andj tear them to pieces Again this iis exactly ast we have said it would bee CHURCH NEWS Rev Dennis Murphy assistant att St Johns has gone to Owensboro McnLaughlin iis taking his place St Georges church at Eighteenth tt firsrsI is a recently established church butt wonnderfullv under the Rev Georee Weiss It is rumored that the Rev Louis G Deppen pastor of St Mary Mag dalenes has offered his resignation toI the Bishop and it has been accepted 1It has long been Father Deppens cherishedambition to work among Indians or uncivilized peoples and he wishes now to put that project into execution The annual excursion and outing of St Patricks congregation Monday There was probably the largest crowd of the season at Fern Grove and all the ladies and gentleI men comprising the various commit tees labored assiduously to make theI occasion a pleasant one for their friends While the rain interfered with the outdoor amusements somewhat in the afternoon there were none who did not enjoy themselves St Johns congregation will have its all day outing this year at Fern Grove August 18 These affairs are usually held in May principally for the recreation of the school children But this year it is intended to be a moneymaking affair the congregation having spent considerable in reott modeling the pastors residence Refreshments will be served and a good I time is promised The ride on the boat will be particularly delightful andall will return to the city by dark The Princess of Wales is ever active in charitable work but her opening a bazar for a Catholic orphanage last was the first time she ever officiated in behalf of Catholic charity The bazar was held at the Imperial Institute to aid the Norwood Orphanage t for girls which institution is under direction of the Sisters of Mercy On account of the high standing of this patroness the bazar was a success every way and a considerable sum was realized to be used in the work of caring for young girls The feast of St Ann the mother of the Virgin mother was celebrated last tlTuesdayChildren of St Ann at society comu of little girls under 12 years of age A novena in the Saints honor was made and ended on the feast day i o + v I These little girls in their white dresses and blue sashes made a charming picture in the church as they were grouped there to honor Marys- s mother This parish has two societies Knightsd thehgirlshyoungsters take great delight organizationsein them the practice of piety which is never entirely forgot ten The Catholic Summer School or Champlaim Assemblage which open ed at Cliff Haven N Y last week far exceeded expectation for attend ance The first week has usually a comparatively small crowd but this year has been a record breaker All- s the cottages were filled and the at tendance at the lectures unprecedent ed Some of the most brilliant pro fessors and orators in the county are there and will deliver their lectures during the six weeks the school is open The pretty little church of the Holy Name at the corner of Fourth ands 0 streets always has a much larger attendance during the summer thane during the winter months The reason haverand on toward Iroquois Park and it is an accommodation for wheelmen and women who take an early morn Ing spin The congregation was much larger before the establishment theYSeventhstreet road SA novena in honor of St Dominic was commenced at the Dominican church on last Thursday This feast which is always celebrated on the Sunday suceeeding the day on which it falls will be solemnly observedat the church of St Louis Bertrand on August 7 In accordance with a timehonored custom a Franciscan father will deliver the sermon these two orders reciprocating on the feast days of St Francis and St Dominic The music will be of a high order under the direction of Prof Charles Weiss The Right Rev Louis Francois La fleche for many years Bishop of Three Rivers Quebec died a few days ago in his eightieth year He was the oldest Bishop in Canada He was born in St Anna de la Perade in 1819 and was educated at Nicolet College His first mission was in the Red river region Later he was ape pointed a Professor in Nicolet College his old Alma Mater then Vicar General of the Three Rivers after ward Coadjutor Bishop and in 1870 he was consecrated Bishop of the dio cese in which office he died The cornerstone of the new Catholic church of Chrisney Indwill be laid with appropriate ceremonies Sunday August 7 The usual Sun day morning services will be held in the open air at the church foundation at 10 oclock and the cornerstone will be laid at 3 oclock in the afternoon Catholic Knights from Evansville Jasper Ferdinand Rockport Tell City and other places and a large number of visitors are expected A big dinner will be served on the fair grounds and every effort will be made to hospitably entertain all visitors on that day Several brass bands will be present to assist in carrying out the programme of the day IN THE PHILIPPINES Women exceed men in numbers All the women smoke large cigars The natives bathe three times a dayAll the inhabitants fall asleep at middayKnives and forks are unknown in islandFreedom of speech is absolutely prohibitedA delicacy for the menji is the grasshopper The poorer classes robe themselves- in one yard of cloth The common laborer receives as muchas ten cents a day The chief occupation of some of he savage natives is murder The streets of the capital city are wafer much of the time The land is fertile but the natives ignoranttQculHvateit n c U r t 4 A o er t a I KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN 5 I oeiety gossip Mrs Mary Cummins is visitiri friends in New York Mrs Will Shelley is visiting friends si and relatives in Frankfort Miss Blanche McDermott is visiting friends in Breckinridge county Miss Annie McGill is making her annual visit to Paris and London Miss Ella Croghan and Miss Lizzie McSheehy are visiting in Stithon Ky Col P J Breen has returned from a visit to friends in Southern Indiana Miss Martin is spending a pleasant vacation with Mrs Kecfe in South Louisville I Mrs W J Lochra will spend the coming two months with friends in Marietta 0 Miss Mary Monahan has returned to the city after a weeks sojourn at Rest Cottage Mr Michael Tyner Sr will leave shortly for Chicago where he will visit his sister Miss Mary McDermott of Under hill street will spend the coming two weeks at Rest Cottage Miss Katherine A Bell one of Louisvilles pretty girls is visiting her brother in Indianapolis Miss Nellie Creeda of East Main street will spend the month of August with friends in St Louis An enjoyable surprise party was given Miss Mamie Fitzpatrick at her home 1203 Twentieth street Mrs Wm P McDonald and her little son Byran have gone to West Baden for a two weeks stay Mrs William Patterson accom panied by Miss Louise Patterson are at Warm Sulphur Springs Va Miss Nellie Shea of East Main street leaves today for a months visivi rien s a e a o Miss Annie White left Monday for Limerick Ireland where she goes to visit her mother and relatives i Mrs P J Breen is spending the summer with the family of Mr John Breen near Mooresville Ind The Crescent Club celebrated its ninth anniversary Wednesday night t y giving a dance at Fountain Ferry Park Misses Mamie and Anna Sullivan of Frankfort have been the guests of Miss Alice Hickey 1205 Twentieth streetMiss Annie Bannett who has been enjoying a pleasant visit with relatives in Southern Indiana has returned toC the city City Assessor Murphy and family have returned to the city after aII pleasant vacation at Sweet Sulphur Springs Ind Miss Sallie Meehan a charming young society lady of Bedford Ind is the guest of Mrs Curran 1208I Seventh street Mrs W H Price and Miss Rosa Gault left Wednesday for an extended visit at Chalybeate Springs in Ed monson county Mrs John Kenney of Jefferson 1 ville is visiting Mrs Milton Wallace in Henry county She will not return until September The many friends of Mr Thomas Tobin will be pleased to learn that he I Iisabout to accept an important posi tion at Eddyville Mr William B Thomas for some time with the Dispatch left this week for Buffalo where he will spend the summer with relatives William Bosler the popular Bailiff of thb City Court has returned to the city after a two weeks sojourn atI Sweet Sulphur Springs Mr Joseph Brbnger the Deputy M Constable in the Eighth district will leave for Niagara Falls during Au gust Joe was at one time a well t t U t t known policeman and many would like to see him carrying the baton again higconnection withe Kentucky Wagon n Works Company and has gone t Lebanon to take a much neededrest Misses Pattie and Mary Wathe- have returned from a months visit t the families of Mr Henry Sandife and exGov J Proctor Knott at DanvilleMr C James of Dayton 0 who has been spending the past tw weeks with his family at Grayso Springs is the guest of Hon Mat ODoherty Miss Stella Tynan one of the pret tiest of the younger set of Indianap olis is visiting Mrs Maurice Dooling and other friends She will remain here untilSeptember The many friends of Mr Roge McDermott of West Oak street who has been seriously ill for some time will be pleased to learn that he is im proving and his recovery is now hoped for Mrs David OConnell of East Washington street accompanied by her daughter Miss Katherine will spend the remainder of the summer with friends in New Castle and Emi nenceMr Thomas F Henley has returned from a visit to Memphis where he went to superintend the transfer of the office of the Supreme Secretary of the Catholic Knights and Ladies of America Miss Rose Reilly of High avenue left Tuesday for a visit to her mother in Ireland Miss Reilly who is very popular was tendered an enjoyable reception by her friends previous to departureMrs Goodwin of 614 Thirteenth street accompanied by Miss Edna Earl Goodwin is visiting Miss Lora May Barrell at Meadow Lawn Bullitt county where they will remain till September The man friends of Will L Hie gins who has for some time past been located in Syracuse N Y will be surprised to learn that he has enlisted in a New York regiment and is anx ious to go to the front for Uncle Sam Mr Martin Cusick who has been making a business trip through the Southern States suffered a severe attack of cholera morbus while in Mis sissippi His friends will be glad to learn that he has resumed his trip and will be home in about two weeks Mr and Mrs Dave Murphynee Potter two of the most popular young people in the West End who were married last week at St Patricks church by the Right Rev Mgr Gam bon have returned from their wed ding trip Mr Murphy is connected with the Pearl Laundry Company Mr Marmaduke Morton one of the most popular newspaper men in the city and State has resigned as city editor of the Courier Journal to become managing editor of the Nashville Banner His associates hate to see him leave but at the same time rejoice that he has secured a higher position Miss Mary Doyle the talented organist of St Mary Magdalenes church is at present resting after a year of arduous professionalwork which has been eminently successful- as the brilliant musicale given by her pupils in June demonstrates As an organist Miss Doyle ranks among the foremost in Louisville There was an enjoyable supper party at Phoenix Hill Roof Garden last Monday evening given by Miss Alice Corrigan in honor of her guest Mayme Seltzer of Utica Ind Those present were Miss Seltzer Miss Cor rigan Miss Nickels Miss Underhill Messrs T W Furlong Gus Byrd fohn Bradley and George Deer Mr James Newman until recently connected with the Commercial has resigned to become Frankfort cones pondent of the Courier Journal Mn Newman is a young Irish American and although he had been only a short time connected with the Louisville papers made a record thatearned u t c r 1 him promotion His friends predic that it will not be long before Jim iis brought back to Louisville to fill a mor- s important position Attorney Charles F Taylor will onI Tuesday leave for Omaha to visit hi e mother He has not been In th trinj severalot years of hard work during whichi time he has risen to be one of the political leaders and foremost lawyersi of Louisville Mr Taylor has just finished a temporary term as Prose cuting attorney of the City Court and the ability he displayed in this capac ity was marked His vacation is well earnedand his friends wish him all the pleasure and recreation possible A most enjoyable reception was held Tuesday evening at the residence of Mr and Mrs J T Torpey Mrs Torpey was assisted in receiving by Mesdames John J Barrett John Pur cell E M Sullivan Daniel Keating and Connor Those present were Misses May Bradley Dollie Burns Nettie Alice and Dora Mulcahy Maggie Mary Julia and Annie Ford Mollie Katie and Florence Barrett Maggie and Cora Wallace Nellie and Gertrude Purcell Mary and Katie Bradley Susie Brower Dora Woelfin Virgie Dozier Ella and Annie Lyons Kate Lyons Mary Griffin Annie Devine Miss Carrie Wallring Gracie Brown Fannie and Cornelia Minton Mamie and Lizzie Keating Delia Mahoney Katie Gaffney Wolf and Annie ONeal Messrs John Wallner John Whalen William Hannon Mau rice Donahue J J and Edward Bar rett Dan OConnell John French Dr Heffernan Thomas Minton Fred Stark David Hannon James Pat rick Martin and Michael Bradley James Devine James Threlkeld Ed Honaker Mr and Mrs James Mc Gill Mr and Mrs Lyons Mr and Mrs Roe and many others WILLIAM 51 LAWLER We herewith present the picture of William M Lawler whose speech published in last weeks edition created such favorable comment Mr Lawler was born in 1860 at Hunting ton Ind and pursued his earlier studies in the Catholic and public schools of that city Later he entered St Josephs College Bardstown where he spent three years Leaving there he went back to his native city teaching in both the public and Catholic schools But Mr Lawler being ambitious wished for a wider field and came to Louisville where he might have better chances for achieving success His first business experience was with the then popular Musselman Tobacco Company with whom he remained for six years be ing their city salesman and collector and having in charge the cities of Louisville New Albany and Jefier sonville His term of employment and the very complimentary recom mendations from the firm when they dissolved partnership are the best evidences in what esteem he was held by that firm The idea of opening a tobacco business for himself was sug gested which he did in the beginning of 1887 Later on he added the manufacture of cigars and the popu larity of his wellknown brand Law lers Monarch is sufficient proof that he is possessed of that energy and pluck which eventually wins success Mr Lawler also takes a great interest in fraternal socities being we un derstand a member of the Knights and Ladies of Honor HepUsophs Young Mems Institute and Ancient Otdrof Hibernians before whom he is often called upon to make a talkor to take a leading part in some good work and it is unheardof where he u p f failed to answer the summons when iit in any way promoted the good of thee cause DIVISION JOTTINGS attendede fromjThe Hall Board met last evening and reported everything in firstclass condition An elegant prize is offered to the member bringing in the greatest number of applications The attendance at the meetings of the various divisions is large and in dicate a great interest in the order in this city The Hibernian Knightsare drilling regularly preparatory to their appear ance at the coming lawn fete of Di vision NO3 James Cusick of Division No i has been transferred from No II toI Fo 3 engine house and he will now be seen at the meetings Division No 3 is doing all that canoe done to prepare a pleasant time for all who attend the lawn fete to he given at Lion Garden All the divisions are receiving ap plications for membership at each meeting and it is predicted that the membership will be largely increased this summer and fall The young ladies who are candi dates for prizes at the coming Hiber nian entertainments are hard at work and some of them arc as shrewd and skilled as a politician There is a heated though friendly rivalry between a number of young men who are backing their lady friends for prizes and the contest is being watched with much interest There was a large attendance at the last meeting of Division No i in Jeffersonville This is a large and prosperous division where visitors from Louisville are warmly wel corned Division NO5 announces its great social and picnic to take place at Lion Garden and the members of its amusement committee are pre paring a fine programme for the occasionIt that Patrick B How ard a popular member of Division NO4 contemplates associating a partner in business with him The new member is a fascinating brunette of the South End P R OKeeffe formerly of Rich mond Va now holding a responsible position with the Finzer Tobacco Company has connected himself with Division NO2 He is very favorably impressed with Louisville Division No1 at Jeffersonville is making arrangements for a great out ing and excursion for its members and friends The various divisions of this city are being invited and the indications are that this will prove a most pleasant and successful reunion of Hibernians Nothing will be left undone to make the event a memor able one No ss committee on arrange ments held a meeting Wednesday evening and heard reports which were of a very flattering nature It was reported by those having in charge the sale of tickets that everything is moving along in such a way that the picnic and social should prove a success No 5 has always been partic ularly fortunate in giving entertain ments Those who attend are always pleased with the character of the entertainments Dr Charles MCarty of Sydney New South Wales is one of the most patriotic Irishmen in the colony He is heart and head of the movement to commemorate the insurrection of 98 in the land neath the Southern Cross and the demonstration organized under his Presidency to honor the ashes of Michael Dwyer the Wicklow rebel who found a grave in Australia was one of the most imposing and sig nificant witnessed in that far off coun try The vault where now rests all that is mortal of the brave Irish outlaw lies beneath a splendid marble monument which cost just j 3ooo Dr MCarty also organiseda Ladies 98 League which found employment for energies ofmany patrioticwomen of Irish birth and descent H A CORCORAN W J CORCORAN I M A CORCORAN BRO 11- i i WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WI Commission Merchants AND DEALERS IN flay horn Wheat Rye Oats and Straw 139 and 141 Fourth Ave LOUISVILLE KY relep110X1e ia3 9 Rica S8 r 1 1 Olatlw l Im i I 629 EighthStreet t the Tee Cream man Irealtelephones 2144 t258 J I DANIEL DOUGHERTY THOMAS KEENAN Dougherty Koonan- UNDERTAKERSvvvoVVNNIVVVNVVVvN 1229 W Market Streeet Bet 12th and 13th Telephone 12402 All Calls Promptly Attended to Day or Night Carriages Furnished for All Occasions p IIJIIUlauon MOflilUijilt AND BUILDLRB 0 DompagD81- 0NCR8 I ITALIAN MARBLEAMERICAN ANDSCOTCN GRANITE M0NUPI NTSm mArtltlo Italymm Work Only Solicited Workshops StudiosI CarrRR WAREROOMS 322 to 328 West Green St FRANK FEHR BREWING CO INCORPORATED BREWERS AND BOTTLERS LOUISVILLE KY otolBionoIiOU CAFE AND J E TAORANT PL J SBEEHEY PBOP 221 THIRD AVENUE Private Dining Room Open Day and Night Beit of Wines and Cigars v TELEPHONE 602 LAWLERiiiiv FIRST CLASS GrDoerg0 l anda Saloon NORTHWEST CORNER NINETEENTH AND DUNCAN ST8 1X LOW PRICES GOOD WORK R E fleffernan JOB PRINTERS No 1522 Portland Avenue PROMPTNR NEATNESS GRIMES GARRY Nineteenth and Bank I Grocery Saloon IWA full line of FlntCltx Family Wine and Liquors slwaya on tjand Orders promptly filled CORRAN J JCURRhr P Curran Co WHOLESALE DEALERS Wins Liquors Brandies Gus KENTUCKY WHISKIES 212 FIRST vyntKET LOUISVILLE KY 4- i Irs r 16u KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN 1 IRELAND Echoes of the Most Important of the Recent Events Compiled from Our Exchanges Clonmel is to have a memorial the Manchester Martyrs A great Sanitary Congress is to beheld in Dublin in August It is intended to hold a flower fruit and vegetable exhibition at Galway on August 1 8 Steps are being taken to connect Kilkenny with the rest of the United Kingdom by telephone The Guardians of the Stranorlar Union have ordered forty potato spraying machines for the seven divi- ions of the unions The Birr Town Commissioners have adopted the petition to Parliament o the subject of financial relations which the All Ireland Committee have drawn up The tenants on the Parnell estate in the County of Wicklow are making arrangements to purchase their hold ings under the compulsory clauses of the land acts A committee has been formed fo the improvement of farms and holdings in Milltown district Galwa Prizes will be given to farmers for improvementsOwen has given a site for the erection of a monument in histori- Carricknagat e to commemorate th memory of the heroes who died fo Ireland in 1798 A fourth Local Government Com missioner has been appointed in th person of James H Monahan Q C whose father was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in the sixties It is said that St Patricks well where the patron saint paptized the converts has been discovered during the excavation for the electric railway in Nassau street Dublin According to D F McGinley a the Gola Island National School speaks Irish and the priest usually preaches in that language- At a meeting of the Parnellites or the Dublin Corporation it was decidedI by 1 6 votes to 15 that Sir Robert Sex ton Conservative would be that partys candidate for the Mayoralty of 1899Bishop ODonnell of Raphoe whoI had appealed against a jddgment in- case a brought by a firm of the Dubli- timber merchants was unsuccessful in his suit the court dismissing the ap peal with costs Great Britain bleeds Ireland finan cially for every five hundred dollars of taxable property to the extent of fortyfive dollars If Ireland were taxed as England is the charge would be only twentyfive dollars Thenarrow gauge line from Strabane to Derry promoted by the Donegal Railway Company is being actively pushed forward by the London firm who succeeded in obtaining the contract It is expected to be finished in about eighteen months 1 The old mills at Killavullen theII property of G C Foote J P ofJ Carrigacunna Castle once famous for its meal and an old landmark of in dustry in days gone by has been destroyed I by fire The mill had not been working for thirty years A commemoration demonstration was held in Lurgan graveyard recently when the grave of John Reilly who was shot three years ago by ant emergency man was decorated with wreaths A Celtic cross has been erected by the Nationalists of Lurgan and Virginia over his resing place At a meeting of the Ennis Town Commissionersthe circular ofthe Local Government Board asking the views of public bodies as to the system which they considered best in the new elec tions was under consideration It was decided to approve of the present 1 system of the annual elections of a portion of the body o Several farmers who attended the a weekly market in Killarriey on Satur day gave painful accounts of the prevalence of the blight and its ex tensive destruction lltthe potato gardens within a radius of five miles off n KiUarney Not alone has the bligh 1 1 U r A appeared but extensive failures of the seeds have been visible in many districtsSteps are being taken to form an Irish social club in London from which politics will be excluded as rigorously they ever were frdm any formedtoSeveral attempts of the same kind have been made during the past three or four years Let us hope the more recent effort will meet with more success The Rt Rev Dr Browne Bishop of Cloyne County Cork Ireland presided at a meeting of the priests of the diocese held last week at which a resolution was passed protesting most emphatically against the depri vation of their civil rights intended by their exclusion from the members ship of the County Councils under the new Irish Government bill The only Irish speaking parrot inn the world is that possessed by P Casey T C VicePresident of the Cork Gaelic League He salutes you withuDia dhuit and Coinnas ta tu and whistles none but Irish airs This bird was brought to Cork two years ago by a son of Mr Caseys who is first officer in the steamship Hubbock Lunds Blue Anchor Liner Ireland is heavily taxed for the maintenance of British forces kept in theypeaceable inhabitants Great Britain has in Ireland this moment in peace as many soldiers as the United States Besidese isrBritish justice and British civilization with a vengeance lateeMr Edward Ryan 75 Percy place were interred in Prospect Cemetery Glasnevin Messrs J Power 1Vr Rosney and J Grimes veterans of the Battalion of St Patrick represented the surviving members of the Popes Brigade in Dublin The Old Guard Union of which body the de respectedfHowth is one of the few really rural ts tnt tet ig eriocdof ubli rmost of the other seaside resorts hav ing been overbuilt and overcrowded Lord Howth absolutely refused to give permission for the erection of any more houses on his property and as the greater part of the hill belongs to him there stems every prospect of Howth retaining its rural character The result is that it is very difficult to obtain accommodation in Howth but pleasantnand invigorating sojourn is bound to result as the sea breezes there are par ticularly bracing For the historical and archaeological student Howth is a happy hunting ground as many inter esting traditions are connected with it The oldfashioned gardens of the Castle also repay exploration Branches of the United Irish League have been formed at Mul loughand Doonbeg Mr Matthew Kellya wellknown Nationalist has I has been elected President The I great necessity for this powerful wea pon of the peoples rights is evidenced I by the fact that cases of landgrabbing have cccurred To combat this sys I tern the United Irishmen have ar ranged for the holding of monster demonstrations Several members of Parliament and heads of National I public bodies have promised to attend 1 Though the period of the establishment I of the league is short they have scored a victory A herdsman who J was caretaking a grabbed holding I came before the members and agreed vacate the job at once This he t did next day willing hands coming to his assistance to remove his effects I and stock Mr Thomas Drew the consulting I architect fSt Patricks and Christ Church Cathedrals Dublin has pre pared plans for additions to St Pat ricks Cathedral These additions are chiefly intended to contain much needed accommodation for the clergy and choristers As St Patricks Cathedral has not suffered greatly at the hands of the restorer it would be pity to spoil its appearance by new work but it is said that this workiif carried put will be only completing what has been left unfinished since the year 1270 In connection with the proposed work at St Patricks Cathe drat the church body hope to derive a 0- w ti F great benefit by the creation of the St Patricks Park It will be remem bered that last year Lords Ardilam and Iveagh and Mr James Talbot t Power were created trustees by a pri vate Act of Parliament of this park but as yet no public intimation has been given of the exact manner in which it is to be constructed nor has any movement been made towards commencing the work The London Irish Rifles assembled in Hyde Park recently for their annual inspection The regiment which mustered 1050 men was divided into two battalions of six companies each Col Howland Roberts was in com mand and MajorGen KellyKenny and Col H W L Corry conducted the inspection After the inspection of arms and accoutrements the regi ment performed a march past and was then drilled as a brigade At the conclusion of the days work Col Corry on behalf of Gen Kelly Kenny said that the evolutions could not have been better executed by any and that the march past was superb The latter opinion was apparently shared by many of the spectators who were demonstrative in their approval as the regiment with the band playing Garryowen marched past the saluting point HurroolI TipperaryI shouted one enthusiast and a loud cheer followed and was maintained whilst company after company went by A meeting of the National mem Dufflold Who Severely Wounded bers of the Dublin Corporation was held in the City Hall last week to lect candidates whom the party will support for Lord Mayor in 1899 The meeting was summoned by Al derman John OReilly and Councillor Buckley honorary secretaries The chair was occupied by Mr Peter OHara and there were thirtytwo members present Alderman Flan agan proposed that the meeting support Sir Robert Sexton Alderman Downs seconded the motion Alder man Kennedy moved that the present Mayor Mr Daniel Tallon receive the support of the meeting for a second year of office Alderman OReilly seconded the motion After protracted discussion a division was taken when there were 16 for Sexton and 15 votes for the Lord Mayor the chairman not voting Mr OMeara proposed and Alderman Kennedy seconded an amendment that the matter be postponed to Janu ary next after the elections under the County Councilsact when the repre sentatives of the new electorate will have the right of selecting the Lord Mayor The voting resulted in a tie 16 for and 16 againstand the chairman gave his casting vote in favor of the postponement to January Friday last being the thirtyfourth anniversary of the death of William Smith OBrien paid a visit to Rath ronan church where rest the mortal remains of William Smith OBrien A pleasant walk of two miles from Ar dagh railway station and through a delightful portion of country brings the visitor to the graveyard pictur esquely situated ina quiet and cluded spot The beautiful foliage oft the trees the hawthorn in full bIoS I 1 J som the carol of the feathered songsters preparing notes for an evenings melody added an additional charm and impressiveness to the scene that lies around you as you tread on the sacred soil and gaze on the an tique elaborate mausoleum where rests the leader of the young Ireland party What thoughts rush to ones memory The ancestral surroundings I of the manhe who was wiling 1 sto sacrifice his life on his altar the advantages of his position in life and all the temptations of personal ambition his singleness of purpose and his heroic devotion to an oppressed land William Smith OBrien like unto Mucius Scaevola put his hand in the fire with equal courage and disinterestedness He loved his country ardently and risked and forfeited all even life itself for her honor and her welfare He was convinced and millions of Irishmen shared and still share his conviction that ths old land of ours was not onl robbedand ruined but also enslave- and d debased by England He longe- to free his country His gentlest andj and bravest blood aye the blood of royalty was flowing in his veins for long ere a Homeric poem was chanted1 in the streets of an Eastern city the spears of his ancestors were gleaming oer the fair plains and valleys of Mononia He thought was his duty if it was any ones duty to lift up his country his own dear land from serfdom and slavery Now stilled forever Brave Gen Was I se Lord votes I se their it is the proud heart lightly falls thet dew of Heaven over the crypt which is in this memorable year the Mecca of many an Irish pilgrim who fondly turns to that grave and to the halol lowed scenes around with an undy ing love where oft in the stillness of the midnight hour William Smith OBrien and the young and silver tongued orator Thomas Francis Meagher in private conclave dis incussed the ways and means for the liberation of their native land The angry waters of the deep flowing Missouri now flows above the whitened bones of the latter while the wild flowers bloom and shed their fragrance 0 over the grave of the other but Irishmen yet unborn will deeply cher ish the memory of bothThe Limerick Leader This fight is the greatest one in the history of the League pennant II- SIuncerp tainty was never demonstrated in a better manner Do you know the in teams that have played the best ball against the Birds this year Washington and Louisville Contests with those teams in the old times you could of count Upon as victories In Louisville we were beaten largely through is the work of little Ritchey He played a sensational game at short and killed hit after hit for us The Senators who used to be our meat and drinka have licked us five times League players generally denounce the knockers who are trying to drive b Hugh Jennings out of the business They say that the claim that he has fallen off lamentably in his fielding is rot- H u JII t HIBERNIANS One of tho Leading Social and Bonerr lent Societies of Today Some of Its Members P B Flanigan is a prominent Chicago i lawyer hassa The bar of Kentucky is ably represented by Judge Shine of Covia ton James F Stratton was formerly a member af the Massachusetts ture John L OKeefe of the Kansas delegation is the City Attorney at Leavenworth State Senator E J Slattery of Massachusetts headed a strong delegation from his State Indiana had able representatives iin ColldAlderman Bignane who represents the Twentyeighth ward in ChicagosI Council ably represented Illinois Among the delegates to the late A O H convention at Trenton were many Irishmen who are well knownl locally and nationally Judge Morris F Wilhere of Philadelphia has been a valued member of the Executive Board having served four terms as National President With the Pennsylvania delegation was T V Powderly now United Commissioner and formerly the successful leader of the Knights of Labor Former Repreaentative John P Quinlan of Pennsylvania is a promi ent Scranton lawyer and commanded the greatest attention when on the floorThe I souvenirs at the convention i were pretty being a celluloid medallion j of Bishop McFaul suspended from a pin by a strip of green silk ribbonJudge Maurice F Wilhere of Phil adelphiais brotherinlaw of William t F Harrity and has been one of the leading spirits in Hibernsinism for a j scare of years The Ladies Auxiliary has 298 divisions 18915 members paid out 31108738 in sick and funeral benefits 1914384 for charitable pur poses and has a balance of 48545 40 John McLaughlin with the Mich gan boys has the look of a church dignitary In addition to being an enthusiastic Hibernian he is an ElkG and an oldtime friend of Mayor SickelBishop Foley who is treasurer of 50000 fund of the American jis branch to endow a chair in the Cath j olic University to teach the Celtic language has 21970 balance on in excess of the endowments fund One of the conspicuous firgures from the West was genial Tom Harmon for three terms Mayor of I Kansas City and an important factor the politics as well as the business of his State Another wellknown of Westerner is Judge T J Mahoney of Omaha Neb Mr T J Dundon of Columbus is a big lumber merchant and a man of wide influence both in hishj private and public life Mr Dun is dons popularity among the Hiber nians is manifested by the fact that he has been honored eight successive terms as National Treasurerc Mr James OSullivan the National its was formerly a bright news aper man who gave up hSII der the alluring temptations set fortht a political life He has been mostf successful and at present is enjoying the benefits of the lucrative position- of superintendent of the letter carriers Philadelphia P J OConnor the ex President a lawyer of high standing through out the South where he has the tltitleSouthland He is both respected tlliasbeenSl the same office He was also a memoIi er of the National Executive Board for anumber of yearsOHon E J Slattery is the State President of Massachusetts the banner State of the Order His brilliant 1 g 6 ttN abilities have been the means of mak ing him the choice of the people of Massachusetts to represent them in the Senate Chamber at Springfield Mr Slattery is Postmaster of the city in which he resides and is a forceful and eloquent speaker Mr John C Wheadock is a promi nent lawyer of Bay City Michigan where he has been a most successful practitioner having represented his district in Congress and also been countygfavorably known in the order as one of its brainiest men having been National termssJohn Dillon the Irish member of Parliament sent the following congratulatory telegram to the conven tionIII heartily congratulate the members of your great organization on their reunion They have set an example to the Irish race which will I trust be followed and they hive added one more to the many great services rendered by them to the Irish cause The last report shows that the mem bership in the American wing of the order was 90967 and that there was a balance on hand of 64852519 The total number of county organiza tions is 47 1 total number of divisions 1481 number of military companies 38 There were initiated in the order during the past two years 34628 and 5006 were reinstated making the total increase 30319 Americas first division of the A O H was organized in New York City in 1836 Since then the growth has been rapid and continuous until now the order has divisions in every State and many of the territories as well as in the Dominion of Canada The membership is over 100000 and the society is rated among the most important of the many fraternal bene ficial organizations of the country The sixteen divisions of the A O A were well represented at a meeting of the county board held in the hall of the local division of the order in the Foster building Pottsville Pa- Th divisions were shown to be in a flourishingconditionrThei jreconi mendations of the National Boarda that a record of the members volunteering in the present war their deeds etc be kept and sent to the national secretary were adopted TheIIHi ernian Memorial Day project was also indorsed St Clair Division has sixteen members to the front in the present war and McAdoo six All the other divisions are represented HISTORY AND OBJECTS OF TIlE A 0 II The Ancient Order of Hibernians indeed an ancient organization as its history dates back into the early years of the eighteenth century The order as the name implies was in Ireland and is the outcome of the religious and political strife so common in the history of the Emerald Isle As the time went on the popu larity of the organization increased and the membership also increasedso rapidly that soon the narrow confines the mother country were too limited to longer restrain tho society As a result the O A H was transplanted in other lands and today wherever the Irish emigrant or his son raised his banner there also is a division of the A O H The order both beneficial and social the intent and purpose of which is to pro mote friendship unity and Christian among its members by raising and supporting a fund of money among members for maintaining the aged blind and infim and for the legitimate expenses of the organization The motto of the order is Friendship Unity and Christian Charity Friendship in helping and assisting one another in every possible way unity in combining together for mutual support in sickness or dit tress Christian charity in loving one another and obeying the teachings of golden rule If the Reds finish first or second season theywill try to arrange a of games with their nearest to be played for the worlds championship commencing Sunday ctober 16 that date to be played in Cincinnati and the series to be closed the following Sunday in either Chicago- or St Louis I n J l KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN 7 I THE STORY OF 98 CONTINUED FROM SECOND PAGE END OF THE REBELLION Battle of Balllanhlnch Root of the Insurgents The Execution or Gen Sluuro Quite undismayed by the cruel fate which had overtaken McCracken and his followers the men of Down re solved to strike a blow for freedom They assembled in the little town of Saintfield to the number of5000 men and chose as their commander a trusty patriot named Henry Munro Munro was a man of provedcourage and as we shall see presently of exceptional military skill but he labored under one great disadvantage His instincts were so chivalrous that theycompelled him to treat the rede vals as honorable foes and not as aslravenouswould be a national service to kill on sightIThis is a fault that can be found with the general body of the United Irishmen and their leaders Their methods were often better suited to the days of knight errantry than to modern warfare When we recollect that Ireland was overrun at this epoch by a horde of brutal soldiers in whose vicinity no mans life and no womans honor was safethat murder lust and incendiarism stalked through the land we marvel at the patience of the peasantry Perhaps it is his lively sense of things spiritual his firm belief that his enemy is in the hands of God which make the Celt often resigned to sufferings that would crush others to earth or drive them to madness After a few preliminary skirmishes at PortaferryandNewtownards Munro captured Ballinahinch which he occu pied with his men On hearing the news the authorities took steps to crush this formidable enemy Two large forces conspicuous among which were the Argytshire Highlanders were dispatched simultaneously from Belfast and Downpatrick with orders to effect a junction and move upon 6aninahtnch This mancuvcrMunra endeavored to prevent He sent a body of guardsmen to intercept the redcoats as they advanced from Down patrick but unfortunately it was too late Before the rebels were well on their way the enemy had already reached headquarters Munro now divided his men into three bodies The first was stationed on Windmill Hill which is a sharp eminence on the northern line of Bal linahinch The second occupied the town itself while the third which he commanded in person took a position on the hill of Ednevady in the rear of the town Having come within artillery range of Windmill Hill Gens Nugent and Barber opened fire whereupon Capt McConce who with a small body of rebels lay in ambush a short distance off poured a deadly fusillade upon the gunners This unexpected volley compelled the red coats to retreat for a time but fresh troops were hurried up and they attacked McConce in overwhelming numbers They then turned attention to Bal linahinch itself training all their can non upon the town and shelling it to such effect that Munro determined to abandon it for the moment and concentrate all his forces upon Edne vady Hill A messenger was straight way dispatched to McConce bidding him to retreat but McConce who possessed more of the intrepidity than the discipline of a soldier refused evacuate his position and sent he messenger back for reinforcements bidding him tell Gen Munro that he would die rather than give way an inch to the bloody redcoats Indeed so bravely obstinate was he that it was only under imperative orders and after many fruitless messages that he reluctantly gave the signal to retire The royalists now occupied Windmill Hill and Ballinahinch while the United Irishmen were drawn up in battle array in the slopes of Ed- neIVady For some time the former remained inactive but at last they summoned up courage enough to charge the rebels So warm how ever was the reception they received that they quickly fell back upon Hal linahinch considering that they had had quite enough fighting for one day Soon the darkness came and immedi O 1 V c 9 ately the soldiers gave themselves up to drunkenness violence and rapine of every description For a longtime the streets of Ballinahinch rang with the groans of men and the agonized screams of women Then silence fell The brutal redcoats were at last over come by their potations and excesses and the majority of them lay dead drunk in the gutter This news having been brought to the insurgent camp a council ofwar was held It was the general opinion that a midnight descent upon Ballina hinch would be irresistible and that the enemy was absolutely at their mercy Unfortunately Munros deli cate sense of honor would not permit him to take advantage of the royalists helpless condition No plea or argu ment could induce him to give orders to advance His officers sullenly left his tent inwardly cursing his chivalry and one division of his army amount ing to close on 1000 men were so disgusted that they quitted the camp and dispersed Munros foolish mag nanimity seems all the more remark able when contrasted with the conduct of the royalists under similar circum stances Not only did the latter never hesitate to attack the insurgents whenI Major General R Brooke United unarmed and carousing but it was a favorite device of theirs to send bar rels of whisky into the insurgents camp so that the resultant drunken ness might render them an easy prey At sunrise on June 13 the insurgents fell into ranks and Gen Munro passed along the line urging them to strenuous action As the flag of green was proudly unfurled a deafening cheer arose which reverberated along the hillsides and startled the royalists in Ballinahinch Munro divided his men into two bodies one of which he led in person against the eastern side of Ballinahinch while the other under Capts McConce and Townsend assaulted it upon the opposite side Munro was astute enough to place very little reliance on the few anti quated pieces ofartillery he possessed or indeed upon the musket which about fourth of his men carried He saw that the pike would win or lose the day Accordingly he drew up his pikemen and ordered them to charge the guns behind which the royalists were drawn up in a solid square According to the usages of such exploits as the capture of artil lery are generally reserved for cavalry There is no feat that requires such dashing courage and resolution as for infantry to take possession of the enemys guns at the bayonets point With a thundering + FaughaBal laghl they broke into a run and hnndredsweremoweddown OCanisterandgrapejlIhlt ct- zt n i i zj 7 t f reached the cannons mouth and piked the artillerymen In the mean time McConce and Townsend had advanced on the opposite side with equal success driving the royalists before them like a flock of sheep The result was a complete rout The redcoats flung down their arms and fled helterskelter out of the town in the Belfast direction leaving the in surgents in complete possession of BallinahinchHere occurred one of those trivial mischances which followed the fortunes of the 98 men with strange persistence and helped in no small measure to win the cause When the British commander Gen Nugent lost all hope of rallying his men he gave his trumpeters orders to sound a retreat whereupon the shrill blast of bugles rang over the bloody battle field Halfblinded by the smoke that filled the narrow streets the in surgents who were mostly simple peasants thought the enemy had just receivedstrong reinforcements and that the bugle blasts they heard were the signal for a charge A panic seized them suddenly and they turned about and fled While therefore the military were running north as fast I John States Army I a warfare 1 I as their legs and horses could carry them the rebels were running south in the direction of Downpatrick The former were the first to recover from their panic and were astonished on halting to perceive their dreaded enemies hurrying away from Ballina hinch This unexpected spectacle renewed their courage The Twenty second Light Dragoons and the yeomen received orders to pursue the fleeing foe and instantly put spurs to their steeds Soon they were riding among the unfortunate insurgents whom they cut down mercilessly with their long sabers No quarter was given and above 500 perished Munro fell back upon Ednavady Hill where with a band of faithful followers he held out for some time but he was soon captured The usual farce of a trial was held and he was found guilty of high teason He was hanged in front of his own house in his native town of Ballinahinch then his bead was cut off empaled on a pike and placed asa warning sign above the market place With poor Munros death the rebellion ended in the North Mr Patrick OHogan presidedat the last meeting of the Desertmartin Branch of the 98 Centenary Asspia tion and said the soldiers now wearing the United States uniform were the descendants ofthe men butchered by England in Ireland during 1798 He denounced the proposed Anglo American alliance r r do I f IRELANDS ASSIZES Light Work for the JudgesNo Serious Crime Reported Anywhere in the Country The Clare Commission of Assizes was opened at Ennis on Friday last before Mr Justice OBrien The Kilrush bribery charges formed the only important business and Michael Cullinan and Michael Griffin who were found guilty were sentenced to one months imprisonment and were ordered to be dismissed from the office of Poor Law Guardian and disqualified from holding any public office for seven years The Summer Assizes were opened for Meath before the Lord Chief Baron He congratulated the grand jury on the peace and order of the county In the Duleek burning case the prisoners were acquitted- Sir Peter OBrien Lord Chief Justice opened the assizes at Nenagh Tipperary In his address to the grand jury his lordship said that he had much pleasure in congratulating them on the satisfactory condition of the North Riding of Tipperary- Mr Justice Madden addressing the grand jury of Westmeath said their duties would be very light as there was only one case of a serious nature to go before them On Saturday Mr Justice Kenny opened the County Longford Assizes and congratulated the grand jury on the continued immunity of the county from serious crime The criminal calendar for the Waterford Summer Assizes is an ex ceptionally light one and the busi ness of the legal lights will not con sume more than a few hours The city presents a clean sheet not a sin gle case being listed for hearing In the County Court only one case of assault arising out of a drunken row will occupy the attention of the court The appeal cases are few and will not take long to dispose of The city and county have both been notted for the Absence ofseriouscrimeandthtfast- has beet commented on by the various judges MICHAEL DWYER A Monument to Be Raised Over the Irish Patriots Grave at Sydney Australia A cablegram from Sydney says The celebration today of the cen tenary of the Irish rising of 1798 was very largely attended The remains of the wellknown insurgent chief Michael Dwyer and his wife were exhumed at the old Devonshirestreet cemetery and reinterred at the Waver ley cemetery where the foundation stone of a national monument was laid The body of the wife was in a remarkable state of preservation due largely to her great age 95 when she died The features and hair were perfectlyrecognizable Mr Dwyer was buried 73 years and his wife 38 ago Speeches were delivered in eulogy of the heroism and patriotism of the leaders of the rising Over the vault containing the remains of Michael Dwyer and his wife an imposing monument will be raised We learn from the Sydney Freeman that a fine site has been secured in the new Catholic portion of the Waverley cemetery Standing as it will over 30 feet high the monument should be a conspicuous and com manding object in the cemetery Roughly estimated the monument will costloooo The tall Celtic cross and the principal inscription panel are to be pure Carrara marble The rest is to be of polished trachyte The monument is to cover 30 feet by 24 feet The flat portion immediately over the vault is to be in mosaic and will serve as a place for those to kneel who visit the tomb in a spirit of patri otism and reverence It is estimated that the monument will take twelve months to complete The potato crop around Banagher is seriously injured by blight The effects of the disease are not apparent- in the early gardens and in the loamy soils bordering on the Shannon One week ago the farmers were hopeful of a bountiful potato crop but the dread disease dissipated their expectations 00 r O JJFpjgggg H The Kentucky risfiI Rrrierican Will be a firstclass weekly journal which will be printed and mailed on Fridays so that its city readers may take advantage of the announce ments it contains and be directed where to make their Saturday purchases This will result in great benefit to our advertisers Tho SubsoriptioQ PriOR Will be only 100 per year invari ably in advance and for this small sum we promise to issue one of the Brightest OIeaos1 Jowslost u Irish American newspapers printed in the United States We will en deavor to furnish our readers a fear less liberal and honest publication one that may be relied on for its every word Bous ana Girls Are requested to canvass for sub scriptions A list will be kept of all subscriptions secured by each from the first issue so that when we an nounce our list of premiums each will receive due credit for what he or she has done Now is the time to begin Do this during the vacation and secure a handsome prize gvertsers Q Will serve their interests by sending in their copy as early in the week asIpossible They will find that adver tisements placed in this paper will be prqductive of the best results as it will have a very large circulation among the best class of our citizens Address all correspondence and business communications to the Kentucky Irish American Third and Green Sts Louisville Ky U Q IJ n F yI r rn3av 113 KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN 1 lootuotg Irish RmBrioao ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY Subscription Price One Dollar Per Year Address all Business Communications t0 William M Higgins Northwest Corner of Thirdand Green streets Louisville Ky LOCAL BRIEFS It is reported that Peaslee Gaulben Co of Louisville will lease the bottle department of the DePauw Glassworks and operate it this fall Unity Council will hold its next meeting Tuesday meeting when all members are expected to make final reports relative to their excursion and picnic tickets Unity Council Y M I has elected C H Zook and R A Keyer as del egates to the Y M I convention which meets at S Louis in Septem ber W J Scheusler and E OSul livan were elected as alternates Secretary of the Treasury Gage has appointed Capt James ODonnell Teller of the Check Stamp Imprint ing Agency recently established in this city at a salary of 81 200 Capt ODonnell is an old soldier and his appointment pleases his friends The Columbia Minstrel Company an organization connected with Trin ity Council Y M I will give a floating minstrel performance and ex cursion on the steamer Columbia next Monday evening The boat will leave the foot of First street at 8 oclock Officer Thomas Cochran has a let ter from his son M L Cochran who is with the Louisville Legion in which the young man states he has been transferred to a company of sharp shooters During the rifle practice at Chickamauga Cochran led the Legion in markmanship He is only nineteen years of age The outing and excursion of the Cathedral congregation Wednesday was largely attended and all enjoyed a pleasant day Rev Father Rocks auction caused a great deal of mirth and Mr Thomas Tobin amused the young ladies and gentlemen by show ing how an Irish jig should be danced There were amusements for young and old The many friends and patrons of John Moriarty Son will read with regret the announcement of their assignment They conducted the gro cery at Seventh and Oak streets and their assets and liabilities are about 2500 each The failure was due to the hard times but it is thought they can arrange the matter so that they will be enabled to continue as they are capable business men Monday the liquor dealers will commence paying their annual license The liquor license forms a big item in the city and county revenue All saloonkeepers must pay the Sinking Fund 150 without regard to the character of the saloon Besides pay ing the city they must also pay 150 to the county 825 to the Federal Government and 5 to the City Treasurer for advertising The saloons pay to the Goveanment the city and county annually nearly 300000 In 6view of the fact that they pay such a heavy tax they are entitled to a great deal more consideration than some accord them The local employes of the Southern railway including shopmen yard men and trainmen held a meeting at Knoxville Tuesday night at which a report was made by a committee re cently sent to Washington to consult with General Manager Gannon rela tive to a wage increase The meeting was secret but it is authoritatively stated that the committee made a favorable report the extent of which was an assurrance that the 10 per cent cut made in 1893 will be re stored It is probable that a 5 per cent increase will be made at once and the additional 5 per cent three or four months later Bro Wm Newman of Frankfort Division NO1 will shortly leave for eksvacat1on Bro New man will be sadly missed from meet ingsashe always attends so dili gentlyCol John J Barrett Frank Cun ningham Joe Taylor W T Meehan 2 R Mitchell D OConnell and Tim Sullivan are expected visitors in the J State Capital August 16 to attend the A Of H picnic n th I lrJ SPORTY ITEMS All the talk about Louisville regret ting having let Tom McCreery go is all boshHoy Clarke and Wagner are all near the 300 mark and will soon push over the line The seasoned pitcher with the brain and the back bone is in his element this season as usual Van Haltren and Hartman are the only New York players who have not missed a game this year Dad Clarke is keeping in good con dition at his home and is not over anxious to play again this season Since Wagner has been with Louisville he has played center field right field third base second base and first baseCanada is taking very kindly to professional ball and promises to have four clubs in the Eastern League next seasonDemontreville has acquired the abil ity to place hits and now is second only to Keeler and McGraw in that respectThe Chicago Club has already see cured two Springfield players Catcher Nichols and Outfielder Green for next year Pitcher Phil Ehret has in an ap plication for a trial as National League umpire He has been promised the first vacancy After the games with the Easterners here the Colonels take another long trip playing Baltimore Philadelphia and Washington Matty Matthews Frank Erne and Billy Moore of Syracuse are all go ing to challenge the winner of the Kid McPartland Dick Everhardt con testSheckard whom Brooklyn was tout ing as a second Fred Clarke has dropped to the 300 mark in his hit ting and he is no longer the idol of BrooklynSeveral members of the Cincinnati- t m who saw Tom Brown in Philadelphia say that e ames a is troubles on Jack Doyle and he is about right- Hughey has been of much more service to St Louis than Hart has to the Pittsburgs It looks like Hurst knew what he was about when he made the deal The condition of Jem Mace the veteran English heavyweight has become so precarious that his friends have conceived the idea of giving him a benefit which will come off at Lon don in two weeks I pick the teams to finish in this order said Ned Hanlon Balti more Cleveland Boston Cincinnati Chicago New York Pittsburg Phila delphia Brooklyn Louisville Wash ington and St Louis Cy Seymour is the wonder of the League If he had a heart as strong as his arm he could win seven out of every ten games he pitched with only ordinary support The slightest hitch however is likely to frighten him and rob him of control The queer names of some ball play ers have often been commented on An Indiana University student named Pitcher is the catcher of that team Reference to him as Catcher Pitcher in the reports of games is apt to confuse those who have not the key to the puzzle Those Colonels played fast ball here and Harry Davis addition was by no means a poor one Billy Cling man played third base in peerless style Both Joyce and Doyle are of the opinion that the Louisville team as it stands today is a stronger aggregation than the Pittsburg ClubNew York Letter in Sporting Life Although Kid Lavigne is practically matched to meet Dick Burge in New York City some time in October he declares he will not lose a chance if possible to bring Spike Sullivan to time Billy Lavigne who is managing the llightweight champion thinks that Sullivan is doing everything in his power to evade a match Homer Selby has resigned the man agement of the Hawthorne Club in order to devote his entire attention to the training of his brother Kid McCoy and also owing to the com nent resulting from the fact that he 0- l t a l V J ft THE ALBIN GUi HAS RF114 OVFD mTO m 524528 W6st MM SI y i l COMPLETE ESTABLISHMENTS IN BVSRYDETAIL I t tct t LtE4r 3r r Sr 3a r r r r JV V PICNIC AND SOCIAL GIVEN BY Divisipfl nO s K 0 1B AT LION GARDEN AUGUST 22 1898 VARIOUS AMUSEMENTS FOR YOUNG AND OLD Admission for Centlemen 25 Cents Ladles Accompanied by Gentlemen Free No 6 never does anything by halves and ifyou wish to spend a pleasant evening do not fail to attend aXBOGXBffiffiffifflffiSXS was also managing his brothers fistic affairs He left the first part of this week for Ballston Spa to take charge of McCoys training Jack OConnor was called home from Washington recently by a tele gram announcing the serious illness of his wife An operation was per formed and there is now a good chance for her recovery Jack whose heart is as tender as a babys was in tears when I saw him today His devoted helpmate has been an intense sufferer for weeks and the operation resortedaai heroic effort to save her Sporting LifeAndy Mulligan the matchmaker of the Louisville Athletic Club said Monday night that the contest be tween Australian Jimmy Ryan and Jack Bonner had been definitely declared off In Bonnets place Mulli gan has secured Bob Douglas of St Louis and the match between Ryan and Douglas is scheduled to come off about August 15 Mulligan says that the Louisville Athletic Club proposes to give a number of good bouts at Music Hall within the next few months and that he will see to it that they are on the level Ryan and Douglas have signed articles IllS HIGHNESS BARKED SHINS In the excitement incident to our international strife there is danger of overlooking the distressing accident which befell our old acquaintance the Prince of Wales His highness had the misfortune to fall down two steps resulting in a painful hurt to his imperial shins Anybody who has experienced what the small boy terms barking his shins will know how the Prince feels or felt when bounding from step to step The saddest feature however is that several social functions in Lon don have been deferred and the Prince has canceled his engagements for the next four weeks By that time it is sincerely hoped the royal thin will have been rebarked so as to be presentable in public duly socked and trousered of course The accident has stirred England and a part of Ireland and so deep is public interest in the development of the case that the royal physician is sued bulletins at Marlborough house One of them informs the expectant world that the Prince of Wales has passed a fairly comfortable day con sidering the severe accident from which lie is suffering We are also tojd that the Prince is quite cheer ful Mr Patrick Heeney brother of Jas and Frank Heeney of Frankfort left for an extended tour of Europe last Thursday He will be gone three months and will spend several weeks visiting his birthplace Kellybeg County Donegal Ireland tunUO1 i i S v MIKE D UGBERTY DEALER IN Boats hoes RUDDers 616 WEST MARKET ST Bet Sixth mill Seventh South Side M11 1 MADEELDEALER Choice Groceries Vegetables Fresh Meats NE COR TENTH AND WALNUT GRAVE OF PATRICK HENRY Not in Richmond but Charlotte Where He Lived Every now and then we see in some newspaper the query Where is Pat rick Henry buried and tourists in Richmond constantly ask to be shown his grave with the mistaken idea that it is in that city where much of his public career was passed Few people comparatively know that the man who acquired the title oftThe Tongue of the Revolution lies in a quiet grave on the estate in Charlotte county where he formerly lived Over it is a marble slab inscribed with one line His fame his best epitaph The estate lies on Staunton river 38 miles from the town of Lynchburg near the border line whichseparates Charlotte and Campbell counties It derived its name of Red Hill from the peculiar color of the soil in that vicinity When Patrick Henry bought the place it comprised about 3500 acres The land is richthere was a saying in the neighborhood that poor land and Henry could never be mentioned together corn grows there as high as a man on horseback j there is a general air of smiling fields and abundant prosperity Its situation in early times was very remote Neigh bors were few one of the nearest being the celebrated John Randolph of Roanoke who lived in his chosen solitude 15 miles away Red Hitl is now owned by Henrys grandson William Wirt Henry a clever cultivated gentleman of the possession brated granfather including the desk he always used which still contains his letters from Lafayetter Washington Madison and other great men of early days j the large round backed chair in which Patrick Henry died and a portrait of him by the elder Sully under which hangs a yellowed slip of paper signed by Chief Justice John Marshall and several others of his friends testifying to the faithful nessof the likeness q j u v 011 i Lawn FeteTO BB GIVER BY DIVISION No3 A 0 H1 AT LION GARDEN AUG 15 There will be an exhibition drill by the Uniformed Hibernian KnightsThe garden will be brilliantly illuminated and there will be music dancing and various other kinds of amusement To all who attend are assured a pleasant time Aelmicsaion only 10 Ceiatw The cars will run until the fete closes and transfers can be had to all parts of the city juimiimiiumi I 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