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I KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN I I L VOLUME INO 11 LOUISVILLE SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 1898 PRICE FIVE CENTS SILVER JUBILEE I Anniversary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in This City Movement on hoot fa Appropri ately CcluurntotlWciit Next Year Front One Division the Number Has Increased Until Now There Are Six WOULD DRAW CROWDS TO THE CITY With the approach of next spring or summer the Ancient Order of Hibernians will have existed in Louisville for twenty five years and a public celebration of the silver jubilee of the order is very warmly advocated by a large contingent of the more prominent members Owingto the large number of Hibernians and Irish Americans who during the past year have enlisted and gone to the front to battle for our glorious country and a feeling that while the present war existed all our efforts and means should be devoted to bringing the same to a successful issue plans that had been mapped out for dirf ferent celebrations were abandoned For the foregoing reason the celebration in honor of the one hundredth anni versary of Irelands heroes of 1798 which was to have been on a magnificent scale did not take place In fact the course pur sued in Louisville was followed through out the entire country Now that the war is over attention can be given wholly to home affair and when the date of the celebration arrives great numbers of the soldiers will have been mustered out and will thereby be enabled to participate in the event The Ancient Order of Hibernians is composed only of patriotic and respecta ble Irishmen and they possess the ability to arrange a celebration that wduld reflect credit on the order and be of vast benefit to the city of Louisville For several years past nothing has occurred to attract strangersto our city The Kentucky Irish American heartily favors the cele bration of the coming silver jubilee on an elaborate scale which night takethe foiulaRr Bsu + ItAi IJgYoat night to be followed by addresses by some of the great Irish American orators and banquets and balls numerous enough to accommodate all who may come here on that occasion The six divisions at present in this city would be augmented by those throughout the State New Albany and Jeffersonville and excursions could be arranged for from Cincinnati Chicago Indianapolis Nashville and other cities in adjoining States which would bring thousands of visitors to our city and be of incalculable benefit to our merchants Various plans for the celebration are under consideration and it may be that all the IrishAmerican societies of the city will be induced to take an active part In the affair and make it of a nature which will include all The history of the organization in Louisville is an interesting one and the good it has done for its members and others is beyond computation There are a number of the original uiembers of the first division established here still living and they would undoubtedly by gratified to see their labors of the past twentyfive years thus properly appreciated There is no doubt that the Hibernian Knights would take a very prominent part and add A very interesting feature to the celebration of the anniversary With the matter in the hands of County President John Murphy Martin Cusick Thomas Keenan James Rogers William Median John J Barrett Joseph Taylor William Lawler P J Breen John H Hennessy Frank Cunningham and many others whose names might be mentioned the success of the undertaking wild be assured and our Irish Antericau citizens could look forward to a demon stration reflecting credit not only upon t themselves but also the entire com munity SACRED HEART PICNIC Success of the Year Scored Handsome Sum of Money Realized The Sacred Heart picnic given last Monday was an immense success It would be difficult and invidious to men tion all who contributed to make the pic nic the splendid one that it was but it would be almost treason to consign to silence the names of those who signally distinguished themselves Miss Lily Kir ley and her many beautiful assistants 0111Mrllmatrons who helped her at the dinner table The officers John P Toner President Walter Hensley Secretary T D CIairet Treasurer were faultless in their management which made the picnic the most enjoyable and decided success of the whole season Mrs Mary Curran the heroine of 100 picnic battles wontime prizea handsome goldlwatch donated by Rather Walsh 1 1and hiss Annie Curran earned off the pretty amethyst ring also given by- FatherWalsli asa second prize I 1 1 Too much praise can not be bestowed upon the following young ladies who so pleasingly presided over the refreshment booth They formed a strikingly hand some group all proved a de cided attraction Misses Lily Kirley Mary Glenn Julia McDonough Agnes McDonough Mary Higgins Lizzie McCdrinickMamie Rolland Nellie Holland and Mrs A J Norton chape rone The dining table was in charge of Mesdames Mary Curran Mi Burgy James Tighe James iJcNamee T W Tarpey Cronan Walker and Misses Mamie Gan non and Mary McDonald and their patrons were treated to an unexcelled dinner The fishpond was conducted by Misses Mary Belle Cronan Annie and Katie Vaughn Lizzie Tarpey Lily Shaughnessy and Barbara Balhnan and they caught everything tint came in its vicinityThe Heart congregationpastor- and people are deeply thankfull to all patrons especially to Ir L Simons who gave the park free with manyother favorsThe entire proceeds 11 000 will be devoted to paying off the debt contracted on account of the awful destruction caused by the cyclone of 1890 LEXINGTON Observations Taken in the Bluegrass Metropolis Visit to the Soldiers at Fort Hamilton Having been called to the Bluegrass Capital upon a mission of business com bined with pleasure I determined to see all that could be seen in the limited amount of timeat my disposal The day of my arrival in the city happened to be Labor Day and an unusually large crowd was in town I was told that it was al most as large as the crowd that welcomed William J Bryan in J890 The Labor Day parade while not near as large as previous ones was exceedingly good and much of its success is due to the printers who got the parade up Col James Weeks the handsome standardbearer of the local Typographical Union headed time parade and many a young maiden cast sweet smiles at the young Apollo as he passed by The Fourth Kentucky Volunteers turned out and added greatly to the parade The corner stone oT the new Court house was laid on Labor Day under the auspicies of the Masons with very im pressive ceremonies Fifteen years ago the writer stood upon the Same spot and witnessed JherJayingiOfthejcorrieyStcrie eonTt hmt il stroyed by fire a little over a year ago As I glanced over the surging crowd of humanity but few old familiar faces greeted my eye Many that witnessed the ceremony fifteen years ago on that July day have gone to their eternal rewardOne of the busiest institutions in the city is St Josephs Hospital on West Second street The hospital is in charge of the Sisters of Charity Sister Euphra sia is the manager and has proven herself a very competent and careful one Since she took charge many new and important improvements have been made At present a beautiful chapel is nearing comple tion Rev John J ONeill is the chap lain and he is loved very much by both sisters and the patients He never tires of ministering to their spiritualwants and day and night can always be found at his post- Father McMahon chaplain of the Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers is at the hospital sick with typhoid fever as are Also several soldiers The most interestingpoint around Lex ington at present is Camp Hamilton five miles from the city on the Lexington Eastern railway Col L J McNamara a wellknown young Lexington news paper man acted as my guide and board ing the train in eight minutes we were at the camp A more ideal spot could not be selected in all the Bluegrass region than the one where Camp Hamilton is located It is situated upon a gradually sloping hill and the slightest breezethat stirs is wafted to the travelstainedand weary soldiers The division hospital is an ideal institution and over 700 soldiers are now inmates of it Fifty Sisters of Charity arrived Tuesday and took charge All the delicacies usually furnished thb sick are prepared and given the soldiers Everything is carefully and systematic ally arranged There is no confusion everything goes on like clockwork The Twelfth New York Eighth Massachu setts and Twentyfirst Kansas are three of the finest regiments in camp The Second Kentucky arrived last Tuesday and went into camp They will get thirty days furlough and at the end of that time will be mustered out I found quite a number of people that had seen and read the Kentpcky Irish Americrn and spoke very highly of it There is strong talk of organizing branch of the Ancient Order of Hiber nians in this city There is an excellent field for a division there being over five hundred representative Irish Americans in this city A division will probably be organized about the second Sunday in October Quite a number of Hibernians from Covington Louisville and Frank fort will be up to assist in the organiza tion D J M ST GEORGES BAZAAR The members of St Georges congregation will bold a meeting Sunday to make the necessary arrangements for a bazaar to be held in St Peters Hall front November 17 to 24 Father Weiss is very enthusiastic and will mho doubt wake the bazaar a great CceM 1 ff o l fcI- I A NEW SYSTEM Irish Local Government Act Will Cause Many Changes I The County C JJlcUS Mil Give II Somethingic IDlfPinCrR lo- In Every Cpititty Cities and TWiitjj1 iKiM First Experience tko jforaflohs d of the Act FEATURES OP A GOOD MEASURE The new local government act for Ire land causes nmcny changes in existing conditions Section one of the act estab lishes in every administrative county a county council consisting of a chairman and councillors To this council is transferred all the fiscal business of the grand jury with the exception of the power of making presentments for malicious in jury which passes over to the county courts The presentments of the grand jury had to be formally approved of by a Judge of assize This fiat is now abolised as is also the traverse before alluded to so that in all general natters the county council is practically an independent local parliament Besides the powers of the grand jury the county councilwill have the power of the board of guardians with respect Jto raising and levying the poor rate in other words all the rates in each county for the future will be raised by the county council in one generalrate In addition the county council will have transferred to it the administration of the diseases of animals act the explosives act the acts relating to technical education and the management of lunatic asy lums including all the powers of the board of control which is Abolished Upon the county council is also conferred large powers for acquisition of land for county purposes and a number of other duties and powers to be considered here after in detail The new councils thus constituted will be elected by parliament ary electors for the county with the ad dition of women and peers whbare qualified ino11cr reSpects and U I IF- atins wlllbeby ballot Itvilll duty+bFthejlocalgonerrn6titl fr r11f the purpose of the first election to divide each county into electoral divisions each ofwhich with certain exceptions in the case of urban districts will return one member to the county council The county council may coopt two additional members from among the electors and the grand jury may as regards the first county councils nominate three of their number to be members of the body They will all hold office for three years and then go out in a body So far for the county councils For the discharge of the business of the more circumscribed local areas with in the county subordinate bodies called district councils are established These are divided into two classes urban district councils and tural district councils Where there is an urban sanitary author ity at present existing this council within its own area will have all the powers of the grand jury with regards to roads etc and will raise its own rates while being subject to some general control and answerable for certain contributions to time county council In the areas where no urban sanitary authority exists rural districts governed by rural district councils will come into existence The rural district will as far as possible correspond with the existing poor law union and will be composed of councillors elected on the same franchise as the members being elected for each electoral division now electing one guardian with an in creased number for electoral divisions or wards which now elect more than one guardian The district councillors for each di vision will also be the guardians for that division so that in time rural districts there will be two distinct bodies consist ing of the same individual members but having separate functions The district council will have the powers at present possessed by the baronial presentment sessions and also will take over certain of the powers of the guardians Neither these councils nor the guardians how ever will have any power to make or levy taxes this being done by the county councils who will provide funds for local purposes Like the county council the rural district councils have the power of cooption being authorized to elect three additional members in this way As regards tune first cpuncil three persons who have been exofiicio guardians of the union must also be selected Six boroughs namely Dublin Belfast Cork Derry Limerick and Vaterford will become administrative counties for the purpose of thauct The act however will not change time constitution of their corporations and will practically speaking only operate in two respects 1 to give them any powers given to county councils under this act and which they do not already possess and 2 to extend the franchise In the rase of all these cities except Belfast and Londonderry where under local acts elections on an extended fran inheof all urban and other municipal districts the first elections will take place on January 16 next and alt the members of J 1Itt r the municipal bodies will be elected The cities and toy ns will thus be the first to experience he operation of the act the first clectioi s in the counties not taking place till March 25 next In the case of towns V hicu arc not urban districts the proves on enables the local government board ti constitute any town having a population over 1000 into an urban district a rovision which if widely applied cannot fail to have an enormous effect for the betterment of town government i11Irelam1 HIBERNIANS What They Hive Been Doing the Past Week General News Notes Now Jor the jubilee The membership ii this State should be pushed to the 10000 mark The Hibernians ijiave one of the best managed sick benefit plans in existence The uniform rank is still drilling on the first and thin Friday nights at Seventh and River1 Edward Clancy aHd Secretary Cusick of Division 1 havea faculty for making it pleasant for visitors Time outing of l1e Ladies Auxiliary was largely attend and was It great success socially amid financially Our exchanges report a great increase in membership since the results of the Trenton conventton have been made known In Hibernian KJiights circles it is rumored that geniifl James Keane will soon renounce the olitary life of bach lorhood I Tom Dolan entertained the members of No JI with a vcr jamusing story To know what it was onyyou must attend the meetingsCounty President Murphy attended time meeting of Division rand entertained the members with some very entertaining and instructive remarks Officer Pat Kenealy was warmly greeted by time members o J Division 4 atthe meeting Wednesday evening Pat is one of the stalwarts of the order Tom Keenan of the Hall Board is the man for the place and if his plans are carriedout the A 0 H will take steps to erect a fine building and hall for the order J Martin McNaJlyaof Division 4 was sorely disappojntedWu being unable to attend thetfeteofiJieiLadics Auxiliary Vh erc VvvJv c 91aIr utnally tobe- Onll Treasurer Gus Mulloy of Division 1 is coming to the front as a financier In handling the receipts of his tea and cof fee trade and the money of time division he displays ability of the first order Division No1 held a largely attended meeting Tuesday evening Additions were made to the membership and the prediction was made that besides being the oldest it will continue the largest division Division No1 will in he neat future give an entertainment to its friends and members that will be a surprise and will undoubtedly surpass anything that has heretofore taken place in Ancient Order of Hibernian circles Our readers are reminded that on the evening of Thursday September 22 Division 2 will have an open meeting at A O H Hall There will be no pre arranged programme no one knowing whftt part he will be called upon to take Members of the order and their friends are invited to attend Thee will be plenty of fun The members of the uniform rank had an enjoyable time at their last meeting After the business was transacted a stag party was formed Joe Taylor opening the proceedings with one of his inimitable speeches after which Tom Langan and Arthur Campbell gave an original and very amusing performance of three acts each act being of one round Col Mike Tynan was the cynosure of all eyes at throe meeting of Division No1 The anxiety was caused by the recent publication of the following by Miss Miller the Tattler One of time most strikingly handsome figures in the Labor Day parade was that of Deputy Mike Tynan He attracted generalattention and keptin time to the music like a vet eran as the procession filed along He got the tunes so grounded in his head that when the marchers disbanded Col Tynan kept right straight on as if all the bands were playing and the people staring with bulging eyes The sessions of the City Court opened and shut for three days and still he was missing from his place of duty Prisoners were tried and convicted cleared and fined and yet he was not Other men who had been in the parade had returned to their sphere of labor but not so Deputy Tynan Shermans march to the sea was not in it with the steady and incessant tramp he kept up wheeling around corners and some one insinuated that he had been gotten between the bases somewhere and the crowd was after him Finally after three weary days hadl passed Deputy Tynan made his appearance he appeared sad and preoccupied and marching in Central station walked up to Adonis Collins and asked for One beer with a sausage His friends looked signifi cantly at one another and Deputy Na pier remarked sadly that it seemed to be all day wid Moikc Mike was too gallant to offer any explanation as the author of the interesting story was a lady other than the Mikes mixed and her 1uetwas really in tended for were it a man lIe the clock MlkemCkeiStUl1 a r- f 1 f + II SIXTY = NINTU Deeds by Which Its Title Was Won in Our Civil War Cheerfulness Shown Under Pri vations nut Courage III Face of the Enemy Hardships Met With Jokes Irish Wit Displayed Oil the Battlefield WON THE DAY FOR GEN MDOWELL The gallant Sixtyninth was the army designation during the civil war of the famous New York regiment And this title it won during its first service when it took the field in response to the call of President Lincoln for three months men The people of Maryland and Virginia whom they were among held the men in high esteem They neither invaded any private house nor looted any abandoned home and these latter were in plenty as was discovered on the march to Bull Run Some showed that they had been vacated in great haste the owners evidently dreading to be caught within the Union lines or fearing for the safety of their families in the presence of the Yankee soldiery The first experience of the Sixtyninth regiment as soldiers was camping tent less at Annapolis and again along the line of the railroad leading to Washing ton conjoined with all the inefficiency for a commissariat that officers wholly ignorant of the duties of their stations could effect Officers and many of the men were proficient in the school of the soldier how to conduct themselves in the camp or on the march was a lesson to be learned The men proved apt pupils Meanwhile conditions were ac cepted as inevitably associated with soldier life criticism and condemnations of superiors were few and generally in the nature of an explosion of speech which excited laughter all around On arriving at Washington the regiment was camped1 in Georgetown College Here the men were expected to learn to eat nmeat onPridayPatler Mooney the chaplaini and the rector of St Bridgets church New York City was the mentor The men were hungry often andwhen told that it was all right for the soldier in the field to cat meat on Friday the chap lain was asked if it wasnt possible to have the meat served on another day Father Mooney said one of the soldiers our camp is just like an Irish souphouse in famine time plenty of meat on Friday but the devil a bit on any other day of time week Of course everybody laughed including Father MooneyFather Mooney cried another now that the humor was on many a good man in Ireland lives without meat for a week maybe we aristocrats could get along without it for one day in the week And so it went on The bread and coffee disappeared the meat remained un tasted by nearly the whole regiment for truth to say those of the men who were not Catholics entered into the full spirit of the fun and badinage Why dont you eat your meat Jimmy asked one nudging his neighbor Ah sure you wouldnt be asking Jimmy with his fine taste to be eating the meat thats only intended for common soldiers interposes another How the devil do you think Jimmy could ever run for Alderman if he eat meat on Friday remarked a third And thus went the pleasantry with lifesus taining variations of expression The commissariat was improved in Fort Corcoran as jyiy change could only be improvement But the cheeriness of the men no matter how gnawing the hunger never deserted them While short commons was the rule a company went out one night on a about Returning to Fort Corcoran in the morning the men sat down in front of the tents for a much desired breakfast By and by a piping hot loaf was served to each man coffee to follow Gen Sherman the brigade commander came along just then got a sniff of time newly made bread and had it all collected and carried back to the bakery to be redistributed to the men when it was cooled There was no audi ble protest Everybody accepted the in evitable One genius remarked Tis well man does not live by bread alone If he did wed all be dead didntArrab rebukiugly put in another ye hear the General say hot bread would destroy our stomachs He just wants to save us from indigestion that we may enjoy the good things hes going to give us And so it ever was Everybody was made merry or was mak ing merriment in his misery- A clerical friend of Father Mooney looking on at the men building Fort Corcoran remarked- A match for Southern chivalry is Irish shovelry- A correspondent of the Evening Ex press of New York of the time a private of C Company had already written that paper We are little better than an armed mob the other side doesnt differ On to Richmond has no fears for us Gayly the march was taken out of Fort Corcoran to the music of The Girl I Left Behind Me trilled and warbled Jl c j by an inspiring fifer accompanied by a couple of kettledrums The camp at Falls Church developed in a night two or three bad cases of rheumatism but the poor fellows kept with the regiment being attached to the commissary depart I ment As we passed through Fairfax a few small houses were ablaze reported to have been set on fire by the retreating Confederates and to contain some sick men but the men were saved iit was said at the time- Centreville was our next camping ground Snpperless and tentless the men gathered their blankets about them and were lulled to sleep by a pretty smart shower During the days here uniformed visitors from other regiments were frequent and active endeavoring to induce the men to demand their discharge from the army their tern of service it was contended having expired These were quickly informed that if they did not make themselves scarce they would be handed over to Gen Sherman the brigade commander This put a stop to the missionary work of organized dis organizers and the first Bull Run was made possible Gen McDowell himself pointed to the ForwardMarch of the Sixtyninth when a New York battery was demanding and receiving its dis charge almost in the presence of the enemyThe men of the Sixtyninth who en gaged in this effective action were all pri vates The only officer who had an inti mation of it was the chaplain Father OReilly The men held that the Seven tyfirst Regiment might demand its dis charge under the circumstances and that if such action should be taken by them and have its denouncers the men and their action were sure to have de fenders and apologists But should the Sixtyninth demand discharge under the same circumstances on the march to battle under a plea of expiration of term of service they would be branded as cowards and be held guilty of treason to the country and its cause that the native land of most of thin would cry Shame These privates recognized that they might be in the Sixtyninth by the sentiment of birthplace yet they were in the United States army by the obligation of citizen ship and a knowledge of their duty to the Union Neither Ireland nor Irishmen nor America nor Americans would be disgraced or dishonored by them On the morning of that fateful Sunday in July 1801 when the Sixtyninth was lined up to support Ricketts Battery which was to open the battle of Bull Run or Manassas Gen Sherman walked along the left of the regiment and asked for volunteers to scout and scour a flanking woods Who volunteers he sai- diI do I do came the answer quick ly front every throat as the men stepped forwardYou are the men I like to command spoke out the General and he detached a platoon or so for the work Again as the day advanced and the Sixtyninthwas ordered to a new posi tion it got there after a run of more than half an hour in a blazing sun cross ing Bull Run which was waist deep with a regimental frontscurrying through long grass of the swamp lands which fringed the Run and crowding up the bank beyond by a narrow path which scarcely admitted two men abreast and this in face of a fire which numbered its dead and wounded LieutCol Hagger ty was among the killed Three volleys silenced the enemy who made a rapid retreat from in front of the Sixtyninth In a little while Gen McDowell and staffrode up Time General was a de lighted and delightful looking person just then His countenance was radiant in smiles and lighted up with the fire of victorious battle Gesticulating with head and hand he said- I thank you boys you have won the day for me The General was loudly cheered a private remarking I would hurrah more if it was sundownit cant be much after 2 oclock and he looked up the surf blazing high in the heavens The Stars and Stripes and the green flag had been carried side by side in tri umph thus far throughout the dayand were now flying high together In the fresh Southern breeze Gen Sherman at this time had the green flag lowered and put away saying This is an Amer ican battlefieldthere is but one Ameri can flag The force of the Generals remarks was appreciated however much regretted and there was uncomplaining compliance It Was said at the time also that the removal of the green flag was due in part to the fact that it subjected the regiment to the special attentions of the Southern forces It made a con spicious mark The Stars and Stripes remained the inspiration for the further work of the day The rattle of distant and approaching infantry firing and occasional canton shots passing uncomfortably close over head caused Ricketts Battery to limber up and make off at a mad gallop to a better position and the Sixtyninth to fall in quickly Such of the men as heard the privates remarks following Gen McDowells announcement of VI- Ctory were at once of opinion that sun down was a safer time to hurrah for the day being won than the early afternoon Broken and breaking brigades in an other part of the field and the arrival of fresh Confederate forces madeitneces sary to bring the Sixtyninth again into action and from that time until the finish the Sixtyninth was under continuous fire fortunately for the men only some times well directed This change of position was effected by a quickmarch over open fields by the edge of woods from which the Southrons had been driven and along a dry run that in storms CONTINUED ON THIRD PA1CI tv MANILA BAY Interesting Letter From a Former Irish Resident of Louisville Inhuman Cruelty of the Philippine Insnrjfchts to the De feated Spaniards Rowed Amu mig the Eleven War Vessels Destroyed hy Admiral Dcvey I MEN OF OUR NAVY NOT AFTER PRAISE Timothy J Riordan formerly of this city but now at Cavite Arseual Manila has written an interesting letter to Mr Thomas Langan from which we are al lowed to publish a few extracts Mr Riordan came to this country from Cork Ireland five years ago and while a resi dent of Louisville made many friends He is a member of Division No4 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians which pays time dues and assessments of all its members while in the service of Uncle Sam The paper upon which his letter was written is of a very tough quality and was taken from one of the books used by the Spanish Weather Bureau The sol diers sent to the Philippines are much more fortunate than those who vent to Cuba His letter was as follows DKAR TotI take pleasure in writing to you these few lines looping they will find you in good health as this leaves me at present thank God Well old man I am now sleeping where the Spaniards quarteredinthe navyyard and I tell you it was a handsome place but the insurgents tore it all to pieces everything that they could lay hands on even the altars in the churchesandalso the graves of some of the Spanish Generals Graves were opened and the bodies Spaniard throat cut They also killed the two prieststo make it short they destroyed everything We have about 500 Spanish prisoners here and the insurgents got prisonhereevenhospitals We are getting ready to leave here and take the field today or tomorrow The city of Manila is about a mile and a half from where we are and it wont take us long to get there Everything you read in the papers about the battle of Manila bay is all correct There are eleven Spanish ships sunk right outside the navyyard wall We go out around them in skiffs They simply are a sight to see Dewey did not lose a man and three days after the fight theyfonnda large shell in the bunkers of the Balti more I was talking to some of the sailors and they do not look for praise and they said it was a pretty hard fight for awhile and that what they had done was nothing The big monitor Monterey has just arrived and our funwillsoon start as Dewey delayed the bombardment of the city till she got here Well old man I want to tell you something about our trip I was in San Francisco for a couple of weeks It is a fine place sure From FortMcPherson Georgia to Frisco peo pIe met us at every depot at all hours of the day and night and we were covered allover with flowers and our coaches were filled with fruit of all kinds As I am writing this letter a telegram has been received saying that Spain has asked for peace but it says that the war will go on the same as ever There was an engagement fought the other night I sat up and watched it through a fieldglass I could see the flashes of fire from the artillery and rifles There was only one American killed and over 200 Spaniards killed and wounded That is a report only I am writing this letter on a can non that Dewey knocked h out of and killed eleven men I did not have any writing paper so I thought I would tear a leaf or two out ofa Spanish record book and write to you as it will be a curiosity any way How is Division No 4 getting along I wish them every kind of success Well I guess I have said enough I will conclude by sending you and all yrfriends my kindest regards TIMOTHY J RIORDAN- P SIt took us five weeks to get here from Frisco We got here on July 31 It was Sunday and we had a gay old tiine on the trip There were five ships with about C000 men There were 950 men on the ship I was Oil time Ohio Two firemen jumped overboard and couimit ted suicide This will show you how warm it was T JRtS KNIGHTS OF CpLTJflJTBUS For some time past a number of prom inent gentlemen have been interesting themselves in the organization in this city of a branch of the Knights of Colum bus a fraternal order that is very trong matsing this object in view a meeting was held i at the Louisville Hotel last Wednesday Mr Matt J Winn wits elected to preside SecretaryAfter iness it was decided to hold another Wednesday tion will be effected Mr Winn would make an excellent President f 4 NTUCKY IIS7SH AMERICAN I KENTUCKY IRISH flMERKM N11NIIIIIIN1111IIIIIN Devoted to tho Moral and Social Advancement of ell Irish Americans WILTiIA1K M IIIGGINS PubliAhor SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR SINGLE COPY 50 Entered at the Louisville Postofflce as SecondClass Matter Address all Communications to the KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN 326 West Oreea Streett LOUISVILLE KYr SATURDAY SEPT 17 1898 1 NOTICE The Kentucky Irish AmericanL respectfully asks the members ofr the Ancient Order of Hibernians iin Frankfort and every Irish Ameri can not a member of the order to give their subscription for one year to our agent Mr D J McNamara 311 Broadway Frankfort Ky who will receipt for same and see that every subscriber receives his paper regularly In connection L with this we wish to assure our readers that the paper will shortly be greatly enlarged and improved FORGETFUL The Evening Times has been ii- a in bad humor lately and Thursday it completely lost its head when iitt gave place in its columns to the following screed relative to the ap pointment of Mr Frank Dugan If there was needed any further proof of Whallens bossship ofr this town it is furnished in his transfer of Peter Brown to the de tective force in order to make a place for his protege Frank Dugan as Superintendent of Gasoline Lamps at a salary of 75 a month in the face of the determination off the Board of Public Works to save the amount of this salary and more by letting out this gasoline lighting to contract What is the sense of paying the two executive boards nearly 20000 a year in salaries iif Whallen is to run the business of both in the interest of himself and his personal dependents The Times fails to remember that Frank Dugan has like Col Whalleu here tofore been held in high esteem by its wing of the party Mr Du gans career in business in this city for many years past has been both creditable and successful and the intimation that he is the protege of any man is as silly as it is laughable It was not so long ago that each issue of the paper contained favorable mention of one or the other of these gentlemen The Times should bear in mind that it Is not the only director of the munici pal government There are others whose integrity is unquestioned and they are entitled to some consideration y AFTER THE POLE There is a lively race now in progress to discover the South PoleI It is between a British and a Bel gian expedition The English party under C E Borchgrevink has just started from London while the Belgian company went a year agoIt I is ostensibly a purely scientific 1 expedition but there is every reason to show that it is an immense landII grabbing scheme hatched by the loyal subjects of Queen Victoria to Ij add to her territory In the hold of Borchgrevinks ship the Southern j Cross there were stowed away five hundred Union Jacks which were there for no other purpose than to plarit on new islands or headlands in that region to betaken t in the name of Englands j sovereign Then all their resources k minerals fisheries and guano de posits will be under the control fc Great Britain The Belgian expedition started out a year ago and nothing has- T been heard of it since Borchgre vink goes better prepared andc above all with a correct idea and lextepsive knowledge of the laud he it about to visit He has already been on the Antarctic continent in 1894 and 95 whither he went as a whaler and landedl on Victorias Land He claims that be is the first white man that ever set foot rr on that unknown land Many wonderful iI sights met his gaze there An active volcano on top ofa cliff 2000 feet high rising perpendicularly from the sea throwing out a whole Niagara of molten lava was one of the most wonderful Curious fish that came out of the water and went to sleep on the rocks whales that leaped out of the water and strange birds that walked around and at the approach of men flew at them to attack them instead of being afraid of them He sa wonderful plants apparently growing in the snow and ice in glorious rainbowtinted hues equally as beautifulasanythingseeu in warm climates and certainly more rare Borchgrevink claims that far inI land there is a broad stretch of ter ritory real terra firma and he iin tends to make his way to the magnetic Pole His vessel is beautifully and su stantially fitted out with everything known to science both physical and medicinal His cedar chests are storehouses of wonderful value How delightful it would be if when this British expedition arrived at the South Pole a company of Uncle Sams brave boys had anticipated them and had taken possession of this unexplored territory and plant ed the Stars and Stripes That would indeed be glory Captain John Wilkes of the American navy in 1840 was the only American that ever sailed any considerable distance beyond the Antarctic circle He went two thousand miles below Cape Horn and was met by such immense ice bergs that he turned back Borch grevink claims though that there are immense plains many miles iin extent back of the inlets and it iis on these plains that he will push his journey of discovery and re search ENGLANDS VICTORY We certainly ought to be dis gusted with and ashamed of our shortsightedness and bad manage ment when we think of the horrors our poor soldiers have had to con tend with dying of neglect and starvation as compared with the excellent condition of the British soldiers after their late conquest of Soudan These men under strict discipline have marched and fought every inch of the way across thousands of miles under a blazing tropical sun their antagonists men whose very religion is the sword coming out victorious over the most skilled cavalrymen in the world and marvelous to relate leaving a railroad laid and built behind them This is certainly the acme of skilled generalship Not a man died of disease during the whole time Per haps oUr conceited young officers and old ones too might learn a few practical lessons from officers such as these There is an old Latin proverb which says It isI allowable to learn from our enemies It would not hurt anybody to consider the matter Something is terribly deficient among officers and War Department officials This elusive something should be discovered and laid hold of at once that new horrors and new miseries may be averted Now that we are to have an increased standing army do we not need to learn all that we to save our men There is no glory in dying for sheer want of care or starving to death in a land of plenty through criminal supine ness of conceited officers In the heart of Wall street two of the greatest trusts of the century are fighting a battle to the death L Henry Havemeyer the aggressive head of the Sugar Trust and John Arbuckle the controllerinchief of the coffeeroasting monopoly are the participants The old tradi tional condition is reversed It is the battle of might against might of millions against millions of brute force against force The working mails coffee cup is the only winner up to date Mr John L Dunlap has been elected Chairman of the Democratic Campaign Committee and will1 make every endeavor to insure the election of Hon Oscar Turner to Congress from this district The manner in which the Commercial1 and the Evans faction have treated Mr Hambrick and many others will not aid the Republican can didatc Coarse pictures bordering on obscenity pasted up in conspicuous places are among the evils of our day Our youth of both sexes can learn the whole story of licentiousness and degradation from glarin- tv pictures on the walls and fences off our public streets Is there no law to wipe out these flaming nui sauces 1If America should insist that Ireland is equally entitled to self government with Cuba and should refuse any friendship or alliance with England until that is granted i incalculableblessings would result meetinbin Dublin some days ago The inhabitants of the island of Jamaica near Cuba now under British misgovernment are having a plebiscite vote taken which will1 demand from Great Britain th reliuquishmeiit of their island so that they may become part of the United States Women can not be too high minded Better to be considered i prudish if necessary than com monplace There would be fewer examples of immorality if our women would refuse to condescend to anything coarse or vile Herbert the son of the late Iron Chancellor Prince Bismarck has inherited the title of his illustrious father That his mettle may be more tempered with mercy is to be hoped The Commercials fake stories as to meetings being held by Mr Turner and others will mislead no one They might pass in Cleve land but not in Louisville The tax rate for New York hasII been fixed at2o1 on every 100 of assessed valuation This is nine points lower than when the great reformers were in office The assassination of the Empress of Austria during the past week has shocked both continents Ver ily in the midst of life we are surrounded by death The Tory and AntiHome Rule Organization in England now en roll as members children from seven a to sixteen years of age DEATH OF COL OBRIEN Many of the readers of the Kentucky Irish American will learn with regret of the death at Boston of Col John B OBrien late United States Inapector of Boilers and Steam Vessels the result of a stroke of apoplexy caused from over heat while on an inspection fourCol OBrien was made Master Mechanic of the Louisville Southern in the year 1893 having been appointed by Col J II Murphy now General Superintendent of Queen Crescent He remained with the Southern only a few months being persuaded by President Cleveland to accept the position of United States Inspector of Boilers and Steam Vessels at the Bosfton port which he held until his death While here he was a general faverite a man that all sought for advice and wan always ready for any emergency He was of a genial kindhearted disposition and as he styled himself a true blue Irishman MEETINGS RESUMED ofhtheBall on Thursday evening September 22 inwhen the regular meetings will be resumed The society has been enjoying a summer vacation and now that theaevenings are cool and pleasant a large number are expected to be in attendance The election of officers for the ensuing gterestg Secretary will also have a large list of membershiproll is rolli 1 i Jr Misses Mamie and Anna Barry leave 1next week for Nashville Miss Anne ODonnell is home after a short visit to friends at Bardstown Miss Anna Mullen and Misses Margaret and Mayme Donnelly are visiting friends in Cincinnati Mr and Mrs Cassilly and childrenI have returned home after a pleasant sum mer at Crescent Hill Miss Anna Mullpn left this week to visit friends in Bullitt county where she will remain a month Miss Maude Kelly who has been the guest of Miss Nettie Kelly has returned to her tonic in Lexington enjoyingsa e guest of Miss Sadie Struble The friends of Miss Josie Hartnett will1 be very glad to learn that she is out after a serious illness of two weeks Miss Ella C Keane of Worthington was the guest of Miss Marguerite ODou nell at South Park during tin week Mr and Mrs J Donnelly and Mr James Cooney have returned home after a pleasant visit to West Baden Springs The engagement is announced of Mr Linerga young lady End Miss Delia Cunningham a pretty West End young lady left Wednesday for St Paul where see will be the guest of her sister Mr Michael Tynan Sr leaves today hiesister He will remain there about three weeks Father Kearney a visiting priest to the Dominican parish delivered an eloquent and able sermon at the late mass last Sunday His host of friends will regret to learn that Deputy Constable Bert Keegan is still seriously ill at his home on West Broadway Dan Break and Will Bierod have been visiting Towhead Island for the last few days where they have been guests of a fishing camp Miss Annie Monohan of the Sacred Heart parish did great work towards the success of the picnic which was given at Riverview Park last Monday The Orpheus Male Glee Club announces the first of its series of winter entertain ments to take place at Fountain Perry Park on the evening of October 24 Misses Carrie Scally and Maggie Mal loy have gone to Yonkers N Y to pay a visit to their cousin Miss Rose Malloy They will be absent about a month Messrs James and William Hannon are back from the Omaha Exposition They report the Exposition as a great success and are well pleased with their experience in the West The engagement is announced of Mr Joseph Flaherty and Miss Mayme Hays wellknown young people of Jefferson ville The wedding will be solemnized next month A Jallyho club has been organized with the following members Nellie G OBrien Della B Fleming Belle M Akers W A Robinson Louis G Robin son and Sam O Davis Dan Creedou of the City Engineers Department who has been seriously ill for several weeks past is now reported in fair way of recovery and his friends hope to soon see him able to be out again Mr and Mrs William Metcalfe of Lydia and Hickory streets are happy over the arrival of a stalwart little boy i painterat their home They will enter tain their friends tomorrow in honor of the eventIThe many friends of Mrs Thomas DeI gun of West Green street will regret to earn that her condition is quire serious She is suffering front fife infirmities incident to old age and has been unable to leave her bed for several weeks James J Reagan and John Schaefer are amusing their friends by accounting the events of a recent trip tQ Cincinnati Mr Regan will soon entertain his namesake rom up the river whom he pronounces- one of the greatest men in Ohio The inembersof the Aquinas Union are expecting wedding invitations in the near memberspopular the neighborhood of Eighteenth and Wale nut are causing them to be suspicious Misses Nellie and Nora Hannon are ome from an extended visit at Omaha where they attended the great Exposition that city They were the guests o5 Dr WI McCrann formerly of this city and were the recipients of marked social The engagement of Miss Aline Lithe i Muldoon tbMr Byron Hijlard has announced The marriage will take a- place early thi vi inter Misa Muldoon the youngest daughter ofCotM Muldoon the weliknaym nlomimentde I signer and builder She is an amiable and beautiful young woman Mr Hil Hard is the son of Mr J J B Hilliard The young people have been friends andi neighbors since early childhood Mr and Mrs Daniel Dougherty and Mrs John McElliott returned Tuesday from a pleasant tendays visit to Cincinnati where they were handsomely enter tained by Mrs Pat OHearn While there they attended all the important G A R exercises Mr Dan Canty a wellknown Louis ville Nashville brakeman spent llastt Sunday with friends in Bowling Green Rumor has it that Dan will shortly re turn from one of these visits accompanied1 by a lovely young lady of that city They will reside permanently in Louisville One of the leading church workers in the Dominican church parish is Dr C F Melton Always at the head of any movement or enterprise which will benefit the church or congregation in anyway he is an untiring and faithful1I worker By his charity and good deeds he has the respect and goodwill of everyman woman boy and girl in the congregation Misses Nellie and Lizzie Hannon and Mary McGinn who have been spending the last six weeks at Indian Neck Long Island Sound where they occupied a handsome cottdge have returned to the city While away they visited Narragan sett Pier and Newport and were greatly admired by the many visitors at these popular resorts They had a very enjoy able vacation l d anthappy social events was the celebration by Dr and Mrs J W Fowler of their twentyfifth wedding anniversary Saturday evening which was attended by more than 200 of their friends Besides good wishes and congratulations many handsome presents in silver were received Mr W W Morris made a happy speech in which he felicitated Dr and Mrs Powler in their successful life and envi able domestic relations Dr Fowler iis one of the best known and most highly citytAn enjoyable hayride was given from the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Peel of Fifth street Monday evening The party stopped at the home of the Misses Woods for lunch and a cakewalk Among the company were Mr and Mrs Feely Mrand Mrs Owens Misses Gallagher OMalleydaceWeber and Florence Niebuer Messrs Prank Feely William Cole James Ar nold John Weber P Punk D Donnelly Kemper Miller and Prank The members of the Ornament Club gave an enjoyable private picnic during the early part of the week Those who participated were Misses Mary Long Josie Godfrey Mary Godfrey Mamie Ryan Anna Burke Anna Harrington Kate Greany Maggie Harrington Mary and Anna Kelly Rose McClafferty Maggie Godfrey and Nellie Long and Messrs Aug Winterhalter Pat Filburn Janies Langan John Clark William Whelan William White Dolf Eirk Jack Candy Dennis Glenn and Clarence Boyders One of the present seasons happiest weddings was that of Assistant Fire Chief John Tully and Miss Pauline Riche one of the handsomset ladies in the cjty who were united Thursday afternoon in the presence ofa host of friends at the Church of Our Lady on Rudd avenue After the ceremony the happy couple left on an extended East ern bridal trip and upon their return will be at home at G3G Eighth street They were the recipients of many costly and handsome presenrs one of the most valuable being the fine set of furniture front his fellowfiremen A wedding that caused pleasant surprise to the friends of the contracting parties was thdt which took place atSt Patricks church last Monday evening when Right Rev Mgr Gambon performed the cere mony uniting Mr William J Bishop and Miss Susan A Finnegan The wedding was a very quiet one the happy contract ing parties wishing to avoid any display or publicity Mr Bishop is the son of the wellknown Secondstreet creamery merchant with whom he is associated in business and the bride is one of the most popular and wellknown young ladies in the West End They were attended by Mr Lee SchVvender sad Miss Maggie Roach The parishioners of Rev Patter B AiCunningham were pleased to greet him last Sunday upon his return from a visit to the East where he went to see hisI brother who was ill at Burlington VtIBefore leaving his brother was pronounced out of danger and on the roadI to speedy recovery While absent Father Cunningham alSo visited Ben nington Vt where he had been formetII erly located Here the members of the Church of St Francis de Sales presented j him with a magnificent gold watch aa a testimonial of their appreciation of his labors in their behalf While the original J purpose of his trip was to attend the J sick brbther he was enabled to make quite a tour of the Eastern cities where 1 he was made the recipient of marked at J tention i Mr John Erasime and Miss Rosa Goss j will be married at St Vincent de Paul church September 28 Mr Erasime is a I wellknown business man of the East End nd Miss Goss is a daughter of Mr Lee Gose She is a pretty brunette and a yery popular and valued member of the St Vincent de Paul church choir A u si splendid musical programme has been arranged for the service by this choir and Mrs Krippenstaple will sing a solo Miss Ella Sthwieters will be maid of honor and Mr Mace Goss will act as best man After the ceremony a reception will be held at the residence of the brides parents at 1234 Mulberry street The happy couple will enjoy a bridal tour of a week and upon their return will be at home to their friends at 212 East Jefferson street The friends of Mr Lawrence Welch of this city who went to Port Rico with the I First Regiment Kentucky Volunteers have for some time been very anxious concerning him They had heard noth lug from him only that he was very sick and had been shipped back to this coun try Efforts had been made to ascertain the time of his arrival and condition but all in vain All trace of him was lost and many came to the conclusion that he had died while en route home and had been buried or filled a watery grave Mr Martin Minogue his brotherinlaw has been unceasing in his efforts to ascer tain the fate of Mr Welch and his labors 1were pleasantly rewarded last Wednesday by the news that his relative was confined- in St Peters Hospital Brooklyn and his early return to this city is now looked for CATHOLIC KNIGHTS State Officers Elected at the Meeting Held in Bowling Green The Kentucky Council of the Catholic Knights of America met in Bowling Green Monday and were in session for two days during which time consider able business was transacted Louisville branches were represented by delegates It was decided to hold the next meeting of the State Council in this city The following officers were elected to serve during the ensuing year Spiritual Director Rev L D Bax of LouisvillePresident Fred Keune BowlingI GreenVice President Henry A Veeneman LouisvilleSecretary D McElligott Frankfort Treasurer S Rapier New Haven Delegates to Supreme Council Judge Al T Shine and James A Averdeck o r CovingtonAlternates Rev L D Bax and Col Peter Manion Louisville In view of a proposed revision of the constitution and bylaws of the orderi time Kentucky Council has made the fol lowing recommendations to be presentedIl by its delegates to the Supreme Council First That a certain amount of assessment per annum be made at the beginning of the year to be paid monthly and if iit be found that more is required to meet t deficiency the extra amount should be paid out of the sinking fund SecondIf a member should pay his assessment for twenty years and through unavoidable misfprtune be unable to meett his assessments after that period that th order should set a certain sum aside for such member so that when he dies hisi family may reap some benefit front the money he has put into the order ThirdThat the Secretary and Treos urer should be compelled to reside in the same city or town and the same building while holding these offices so that the expense will be unnecessary and delays in mails be avoide- dMARTIN J GAVIN The Rise In Business Life of a Popular and Amiable Gentleman f Martin J Gavin is an Irish American who is rapidly reaping the reward ofI marked integrity and industry He was born in Madison Ind in 1852 where he j resided until 1881 when he came to thisII city and assumed a responsible position with the Louisville Nashville railroad I Mr Gavin remained with the railroad J company until nine years ago when he j engaged in the grocery business locating i at Eighth antil Lexington streets By strict attention to business and marked liberality he has succeeded in establish ing a firstclass trade and numbers among his friends and patrons all the residents in his neighborhood and a host I of his former railroad associates In addition to his other good qualities Mr Gavin is noted for many deeds of charity That he is very successful is indicated by his various recent investments in real estate With the large manufactories being erected in that locality his prosii pects are bright for a continuation of hisft prosperity How the interests of almost three mill a ions of the people of India are attended to by the British House of Commons may be realized by the subjoined note which appeared in Reynolds Newspaper ofij August 14 Poor India There is always j one unfailing sign of the end of a session On the very last day in an almost empty house the interests of India ore considered This year it was even worse than usual On Thursday there were literally not a dozen men in the House when Mr Herbert Roberts and Sir William Wedderburn called attention to the new repressive press laws lawsloutexpressing illwill to the Government It would make a little difference if that rule applied over here It might even lead to the temporary retirement to Hol loway or Wormwood Scrubbs of not a few of the ornaments of this paper But its only India and so it does not wetter dependencyisWe make gushing speeches about it we send missionaries out thereandwe actually tax time salt of the poor literally 2000 per ceiit Think of that Before a poor wretch who only has a few pence a week can obtain one pennyworth of salt he has to pay the Government twenty pence for theTpermissioti s to buy itj f t4 SUNDAYS BALL GAME X- Was Won by Mackin Council Grand Stand Packed With Enthusiasts What we predicted would be a great game of ball between Mackin Council Y M I and the Young Mens Division A 0 H was played last Sunday at the League Park There was a very large attendance a great many lady admirers of the young men on both teams being present The First Regiment Band played appropriate airs as each side came to the bat and some attribute the defeat of the Hibernians to the fact that they would dance when the band played while others claim it was due to the rooting proclivities of the friends of Mackin Council However it was a game that could not but please the most obtuse fan being played with vim and good nature till the last man was out While Mackin Councilwon the game the men of the Division team were satisfied with the knowledge that their efforts were appre ciated and had resulted in the raising of a neat sum for the lady for whose benefit it was played Runs hits and errors and changes of men and positions were so numerous that we are compelled to omit the scores GRANDSTAND NOTIJS John Kilker done the best he could Enthusiasm and good nature ran riot The game was greatly enjoyed by the ladies Bob OConnor took what came his way nothingJim at third and at batwell well some other day madenthe star play of the day Larry OHara was all right at short until he connected with Kelly Shelly in left field played a game that would be a credit to Fred Clarke Jim Wolfe gave satisfaction as umpire There was no faultfinding or kicking Yenner pitched a good game and with proper support might have won a victory Will Iloly made one of the finest catches of the game Nothing got away from him Pat Flynns stealing of bases was one of features and he had his eye on the fball at all times Prank Cunningham labored zealously- to win the game but the lead was too great to be overcome Prank Kelly went up in the air in the first He came down in the second and latergot out altogether E Currans twobase hit was a corker and the speed exhibited by the little fat man was a surprise to all Mackeyaon third played well and should have been so placed before play was called Schreiber at short and Cuneo behind the bat took care everything that came their way They were greatly elatedl resulteGus Weber says the two teams contain material that would make a firstclass team and had he a franchise hwould sign no others The large crowd was evenly divided between the opposing teams and the rooting surpassed adything witnessed at the ball park this season The grand stand contained many of the handsomest young ladies in the city and that is the real reason why some of the young men could not get an eye on the ball Al Schrieber would be a good man for a big teain His fielding was faultless and base running fast but his bag cutting resulted in aa outand the loss of a run tb the Mackin Club Ryan on first and Weber on third fielded positions admirably Their throwing across the diamond however resulted in helping their opponents to increase their score Johnny Gleason of the Associated Press took a turn behind the bat for the Mackins as did also Theo Weddens Nothing could get past Johnny He said it was a fine opportunity to develop some of the reserve then on his side v ENLARGED QUARTERS Mike Dougherty One of Our Oldest Boot and Shoe Men In His New Store oWe call the attention of Qur readers to Doughertyinfive years Mr Dougherty has been en gaged in the boot and shoe trade in this city and during that time he has acquired most thorough knowledge of the business He is an excellent judge of stock and his customers always find his goods to be as represented Recently he shoved into his present commodious store which he has stocked with a fine line of boots shoes and rubbers for men women and children and as his prices are as lo v aS possible for firstclassgoods we commend him to our readers S DEATHS Mrs Bridget Mackey aged fiftyfive years a lady held in high esteem by a large circle of friends died at her home 1310 Hull street at C oclock Thursday nIght of cancer The funeral took place this morning from St Aloysius church apd was largely attended The interment- was in St Louis Cemetery yearsdiedstreet without having received medical attention Coroner McCullough was called and pronounced death due to the infirmities of old age Pretty shades of golden and seal brown arc much in evidence in winter materials evertIf JACQUES Address to the Workingmen of Louisville nt the Labor Day Celebration Benefits Derived From Existing Relations Between Labor and Capital Measures Suggested That Will BrIng Prosperity nnel1lorc- lInnllfnctorlcs RIGHT TO ORGANIZE NOW CONCEDED In accordance with the announcement in our last issue we publish this week the address delivered at Phoenix Hill on the evening of Labor Day by Mr Charles N Jacques The orator has for years made a study of the labor problem and we commend the perusal of his remarks to our readers In addition to being a stu dent he is an orator of ability with a pleasing address and would prove not only a firstclass representative of labor but of municipal and business interests- as well Mr Jacques said in substance Fully appreciating the honor to myself and my organization in being selected as orator of the day I feel called upon to ex ercise the constitutional right of every American citizen and frequently availed of by American workmen to register a kick I was deprived of the advantage of suggestions as to the issues I should discuss and when I requested such cour tesies I was dismissed with the remark 0 go long you know what to talk about Give us any old thing only dont make it too long But in an address upon labor one is embarrassed not so much for what fo say as what not to say by where to begin as where not to begin by want of a theory ask surfeit of contradictory theories by lack of authorities as a superabundance of conflicting authorities Under all forms of government all kinds of civilizations among all races of people in all countries and climes circumstances and conditions since the world began is the era and his tory of labor The field is wide and varied enough for any theory and the facts sufficient to prove almost anything one may choose to advocate The subject is as old as Adam But I am not going back to the days of Adam and attempt a speech covering the field of 4000 years for there are those here who would call time You are not here to listen to a long dissertation on labor a plea for its rights or a woeful tale of its grievances This is labors dayoil We have laid aside our work our cares our worries and contentions and with a friendly invitation to all labor union and nonunion to employers and business meneverybodywe have gath ered for recreation and congratulation and we have much to feel grateful for Living in the richest country under the only government of the people by the people and for the people with the freedom and rights of all men recognized and protected by law a country of boun teohS resources thrifty people whose push and industry have developed wil derness to lead the agricultural and in dustrial products of the world spreading out from a narrow strip along the Atlantic tiM it extends from ocean to ocean and Increasing in population from about 3 100000 to over 70000000 in a century and in which every right and opportunity of men for betterment is accorded to all regardless of class or condition where employment is more diversified hours of labor shorter wages higher the condition of workmen better their rights recog nized and opportunities greater than in any other land In this wonderful progress which has brought the United States to the front in the progress the wealth productiveness and civilization of the world American llabor has kept pace Today the American workman stands far ahead of his fel lowlaborers in other countries Time was when a laborers day of toil was from sun to sun Then it became ten hours Now it is recognized by the Government and by many private employers as eight hours and some workmen need only labor six or seven hours Wages have steadily increased In no country do workmen live dress enjoy the advantages of education comforts and pleasures of life as here own their homes become welltodo and have open to them every avenue of improvement and progress- In a country developing so fast circum stances have arisen where such privileges seemed for a time curtailed more how ever by periods of depression than any other cause and the struggle of labor has beenl1ardanliits condition impoverished though never universally so nor to the extent of other countries Labor continues to enjoy a steady bet terment of conditions But what is the subject of the most congratulation is the amicable relations between capital and industrial labor It was not so long ago that the right of labor to organize was de nied by capital Now after years of struggle no one will deny the right of labor to unify In that struggle much was lost While capital suffered labor always was worsted The strife engendered a spirit of hate and maliceseemed- to bring forth a spirit of destruction to property and life Whatever labor may have resorted to wider great provocation it is not alone at times in resorting to violence but when workmen forgot their duty as citizens violated the law andre sisted its authority they also forgot their obligations to organized labor violated its law and defied its authority for organ lied labor has never approved lawlessness f but always urges respect for law and au 0thorizes only lawful methods for redress of itces1iut these outbreaks re UidijI ojOUiif puWfc aUeuUoa to the a1 injustice of some employers to labor which must have been great to cause re sorts to violence and have taught labor the salutary lesson that only within the law can we hope for the cooperation of public opinion the only autocratic power in this country The love of the American people for their country is only equaled by their re spect for its law and while allowing the fullest liberty compatible with public peace and safety sympathizing ever with the oppressed forbearing with the erring they will not tolerate lawlessness but when the occasion requires manifest in a swift and unmistakable way that he who ignores the law forfeits its protection who violates the law incurs its penalties and who resists the law will be suppressed by its force He who advises the work men to ignore the law sends them on a fools errand at best who urges them to violate the law dooms them to proscrip tion and suffering and who induces them to resist the law is a murderer before the factIt also demonstrated to capital and labor that such conflicts were not produc tive of benefit to either that in strikes lockouts boycotts and black lists capital lost heavily and labor always got the worst of it It is about twenty years ago that labor extended the olive branch and said Lets arbitrateineet on equal ground asking only what is just and right and willing to concede as much II Capital was suspicious and labor by no means trustful but a proposition so fair appealed to the sense of justice of the American people Organized labor has all but unanimously adopted it and every leading labor organization in the country provides for the settlement of all differences by conference and arbitration reserving the right to strike only as a last and final resort For years the window glass workers iron workers newspaper printers and many other organizations and their employers have followed this course resujting in peaceful adjustment of differences improvement in conditions of the employer and shorter hours and better wages for labor and best of all in friendly relations and cooperation be tween employers and workmen And this good work is being pushed along In the past few weeks the United Typothetae composed of publishing printers organ ized some fifteen years ago to resist the aggressiveness of the Typographical Union and ever impervious to all friendly advances and propositions though still declining to yield the demand for nine hours to the employes in their branch of printing have at last consented to take the matter under consideration and ap pointed a committee to confer with the Typographical Union committee on some plan of settlement of this question a bone of contention for twenty years Andeven time railroad companies which four years ago reduced wages and short ened hours of employment pledging to restore both when conditions of trade permitted arc now doing so proving that soulless corporations can be trusted by labor and proving to them that labor which worked faithfully and waited pa tiently for four years can be relied on to fulfill its part of time agreement with no other bond save honor Of course there are and will continue to be strikes lockouts dud acrimonious contention between capital and labor but it only proves in this as in every other sphere of our national life that all do not keep up to the advanced order of things in this country the purely Amer can policy and method which in so short a time have enabled the American people to attain the leading position among the nations of the world One of the most attractive features of todays parade was the display of the manufacturers and business men in response to the invitation of labor to par ticipate but much as we appreciated their assistance in the parade of much more significance and of more benefit to both commercial industrial and labor in terests is the spirit that prompted this cooperation in our celebration of Labor Day If we can unite in celebrat ing why not in effcrts to relieve from burdens and better the conditions of each which affect more or less the interests of allThe city of Louisville despite its ad vantage of location convenience of trans portation nearness to sources of material is about the poorest city In the country for a workman to retain employment and earn a living and our State is fifty years behind the times We are prone to condemn the business men employers and wealthy because Louisville capital is not invested in manufactories to give employment to the people instead of being invested elsewhere and the Louisville workmen being compelled to leave here to obtain employment The realcause is the Legislatures of Kentucky have persistently legislated against every inter est pf Louisville instead encouraging its efforts to develop and increase in manufactures commerce and trade as the Legislatures most other States do for their chief cities tlmt while Kentucky Legislatures by burdensome taxation drive capital out of the State other States are welcoming it by favorable legis lation to locate and build factories give employment to their labor a market for their products and add to their trade and wealth Do you know that of the 109 counties in this State this Jefferson county pays about oneseventh of the entire State revenue and that every effort on the part of our business men and manufact urers for relief front this unjust burden has not only been refused by those who profess friendship for the workmen but has been actually made more oppressive The last Legislature seemed goaded to frenzy by malice toward Louisville protest against burdensome taxes wfls met by the declaration expressed in language more profane than elegant that this city ought to be made to pay all the State taxes everything asked by Louisville was contemptuously ignored anything that could be construed as likely to ben efit Louisville was rejected mud every measure no matter from what source or for whose benefit justspit would injure Louisville met with favor and support Xitd fed tfc y becqsao aaw ty wmld have J I I r QNIudKY IRISH AMERIOAN been next to impossible to carry on busi ness in the State Thanks to their failure to agree and to vetoes by the Gov ernor the worst of these measures failed but enough remain in force to deter capital from coming here to cause with drawal of capital already investedthereby reducing the amount of manufacture trade and employment for labor and finally Kentucky capital is driven toI seek investment in factories in other States giving employment to labor there while Kentucky labor goes without In this instance though the tax was in tended for capital and the object to increase the State revenue it is evident that capital escapes and labor loses em ployment and is left to bear the burden ofadditional taxes which must be levied to make up the deficit The city of Louisville in order to avoid becoming a mere trading post as an offset to unjust State taxation is offering a bonus of ex emption from city taxes to induce capital to come here or rather to remain here and invest in manufactories thereby in creasing the burden of every other tax payerOrganized labor protested against such unjust legislation but only met with rebuff and insult by these so called representatives of the people who denounced organized labor as being n monopoly banded together to keep up wages thereby increasing prices of its products to the peopleand they were deadset agin it The poor farmer seemed to be the sole object of their solicitude and his condition was to be bettered by antago nism to every interest of commerce trade manufactures labor utterly blind to the fact that as the result does not relieve but increases the tax burden of the people does not increase but reduces the State revenues so the farmer like labor will lose as it if to the people en gaged in commerce trade and manu factures that the farmer must sell his produce and that upon their prosperity depends his only hope of fair returns for his crops It is manifest that instead of joining in this war on our home capitalwhich retards the development and progress of the industries of our city and State to the detriment of the people and to labor most of all our duty as citizens and our interests as workmen dictate a directly opposite coursenot of conflict but of cooperation of capital and labor Let there be closer relations more con fidence and harmony of action with our Boardof Trade and Commercial Club and unity of purpose of the commercial manufacturing and labor interests all putting their shoulders to the wheel in a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together to relieve our city of tine bur dens which retard her advancement and to lift the old Commonwealth out of the rut at the tail end of the pro cession start her forward in time march of progress to a position nearer the front which by reason of lien resources and seniority she ought to occupy The failure of the Legislature to grant anything to labor except to restrict con vict labor was referred to and the evils of child labor its injustice to the child injury to labor business and the community discussed N Mr Jacques concluded Let us look more upon the bright side for after all life is what we make it to the cheerful there is ever a ray of hope to the mo rose all is gloom and illdespondency we forget the blessings and opportunities we enjoy and magnify our misfortunes Let us give less of our time thought and effort to the study of theories and attainment of ideals which may be possible with the millenium and devote more to the present conditionsto the study ot our government laws policy history people resoures opportunities that we may appreciate and enjoy them and as citizens aid in further developing and adding to the progress and glory of the best and inosfc liberal government the grandest and richest country the most generous and bravest people jn all the earth e KINDERGARTENS Another One Established by Bishop McCloskeyTho- Ladlesin Charge Time Rt Rev Bishop has opened an other new kindergarten in tins city making three in all under his care and look ing to him for support The last was opened Monday morning a week ago on Brook street adjoining St Michaels school It is entirely separated from St Michaels parochial school and is under the protection of St Joseph Calasanctius The old dilapidated hall adjoining the school has been treated to a new floor new painting and a generalrenovation and is now a handsome room A hydrant and sink have been placed in the rear of the room and everything done for the convenience and happiness of the chil dren The Bishop deserves the gratitude of the community at large for the inter est and care he has shown in the found- Ing of these schools and the comforts he has placed in them for the little children acid tiny waifs of the city Nothing has been left undone The second kinder garten is at Thirteenth and Wilson streets the First being on Bullitt between Main and Water It was established a year ago afid has met with great success It is to be hoped tlvat the two new schools maybe patronized and aided by those who are able to assist the good work that souls limy be saved by being taken in their infancy that otherwise might have never known protection Mrs Rooney and Mrs Annie N Cunningham have charge of the school and will do all in their power to carry on the work of entrusted to them Both these ladies have spent their lives among young children instructing and educating them and the community may look for good results Tailors are disposed to smile most graciously on the new skirt that is mys teriousty+ fashioned without any seam tip the back and no ffallaeea at the waist p cl I LABOR NEWS Meeting to Meet William C Pomeroy What Is Transpiring In Labor Cir cles Here and Elsewhere One of the merriest and most pleasing events of the year in local labor circles was the open meeting and reception ofii the UnionBartenders Monday cveningj the main purpose of which was to hear j andentertain Mr W C Pomeroy of Chicago anda number of prominent local labor men Mr Pomeroy who is the Vice Presi dent of the national body is visiting various cities in this and adjoining States for the purpose of organizing local unions and increasing the membership President De Souchet presided over time I business portion of the meeting and in troduced time national officer to the mem bers and visitors in a few well chosen words Mr Pomeroy prefaced his re marks with a brief explanation of the workings of the unions in Chicago and referred to the remarkable growth of the barkeepers association He said that while two years ago there was only one local union in the country there are now 101 The order is now growing more rapidly than ever before He said and predicted that it will ultimately have the largest membership any of the national labor bodies Among the good things he had to tell the Louisville people was the j fact that the Waukesha Water Company had agreed to build a home for the aged and infirm members of the Bartenders Union at Waukesha at u cost of 40000 and to donate a certain per ccntagc of its profits to the maintenance of the institution The conditions were most favorable and the proposition will doubtless be accepted by the national convention which meets at Syracuse next July After Mr Pomeroy had finished Col John Whallen was called upon and made i a speech that created the greatest en thusiasm Among other things he statedII that he always had the best wishes for organized labor and he wanted only union men in his employ He also said that he would have the union sign hung in his house the next eveningII The social part of the session was pre sidedover by Alderman Knecht who also acted as toastmaster That he filled the position in a most pleasing and acceptable I manner is attested by all of theII large number present The hit of the evening was made by Mike Hickey of the Paradise who assured the members that while Col Whallen would have the union sign up the next evening he would not wait that long butwould have his in place in the morning Councilmen Graft and Reiss were here I called upon and made addresses that were greatly appreciated Mr John Ropke also made a humorous address which keptall in the best of spirits There were remarks of an inter esting and instructive nature made by James McGill of the Central Labor Union and number of other speakers- In the meantime refreshments Roman punch and cigars had been servedwith I the greatest liberality and at a late hour the meeting adjourned all being loud in the praise of the Barkeepers Union and their generous hospitalltrI Messrs William M Higgins and Ed ward P Owen are making the necessary arrangements for their trip to Syracuse N Y where they will represent the printers of Louisville The strike statistics of Germany for the year 1897 show that 63119 working men were involved in 578 strikes Of these 330 were won by the workingmen i and 248 by the employers The number of strikers that were cotnpleftly success ful was 273 Those that were partially successful numbered 141 The sixth biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen opened in Toronto Ont Monday There were some 600 delegates present at the opening and 200 more arrived during the day There were 1600 dele gates and visitors in the city The convention will be in session until Wednes day or Thursday of next week The weavers of Borden City Mass Cotton Mills Nos 1 and 2 have been compelled to strike against a reduction of wages The weavers of the No 3 mill have been on strike for three weeks for the same cause Tke strikers number between 600 and 700 Work in the weaving departments of the three mills has been suspended The spinners and card ers are likely to leave Work in support of weaversMrs ence Kelley of Hull House Chicago is probably as well posted on sweatshops as any individual in the coun try She says that little good may be expected from the law proposed in Illinois which requires that all sweatshop goods shall be tagged as such A simila- effort lead been made in New York she said but it had been a practical failure She insists that no law will be of ma terial benefit in stopping the sweatshop evil except it is made a sanitary measure and the existence of the sweatshop iis strictly prohibited Edwin F Catley has been elected by the New Albany Typographical Union as delegate to the biennial meeting of the International Typographical Unionto be held at Syracuse N Y next month Mr Catley has represented the New Al bany union at the International Union three times He is one of the oldest members of the printers union at New Albany having joined the union in 1857 and is an ardent union labor man Mr Catley is a Democratic nominee to repre sent New Albany in the next Indiana Legislature and should receive the support of every trades unionist in that city He will make a worthy and able repre sentative Women who occupy houses subject to taxation in Montreal Canada either as lessees or owners have by thee new char Ur full i rt JEFFERSONVILLE Coroner E M Coots is suffering from an attack of fever Adrian Deming has returned from Pleasant Plains Ohio Col OBrien of the Reformatory has returned from Bedford James B Doherty and wife have returned from Cincinnati Miss Nellie Mangan of Ohio avenue is recovering from an attack of typhoid feverMrs A T Bert after several months sojourn at Lake Mackiuac has returned home Charles Coll returned Monday to Pitts burg He had been visiting Mr and Mrs Maurice Coll Mrs Harvey Eastman Miss Mamie Diffcnderfer and Mr Charles Taylor have returned from Cincinnati Mrs Prank B Burke has returned to Indianapolis after a visit to Mrs M V McCann Wall and Market streets The Dramatic Club will give a dance Friday evening at Spieths Theater in honor of Miss Slocum of Indianapolis Will Saunders is in the city from Birmingham on a visit to his family He is an engineer on the Louisville Nash ville railroad Former Prosecuting Attorney George E Coll left Wednesday for Galveston Texas He has established lucrative practice there and stands well with the fraternityJames McGrath a son of Dennis Me Grath has written home that he expects to soon be mustered out of the volunteer service at Jacksonville He belongs to the First Louisiana regiment Mayor Rader presided at Tuesday nights City Council meeting for the first time He made no inaugural address but instead had the Rev J T ONeil open the proceedings with prayer- A plan to convert the present City Hall into a school building and build a new City Hall jail City Court room and en ginehouse on the lot corner Spring and Court avenue is receiving favorable con sideration at the hands of the Council Lieut James W Fortune of the One Hundred and Sixtyfirst Indiana regiment is sick at Panama Park Jackson ville The Lieutenant is one of the most prominent and popular Irishmen in this city and his friends will regret to hear of his illness His condition is not serious howeverThe Father Lucius Matt rector of St Anthonys church has gone away to spend his vacation and the Rev Father Otto Rectcnwald of Syracuse N Y formerly of this city is officiatingin his stead Father Matt is one of tit youngest priests ever in charge of St Anthonys The members are decidedly attached to him SIXTYNINTH CONTINUED FROM FIRST PACK ran riotous with the heavy rainfalls that the adjacent watersheds furnished There were a number of casualties during the march some men falling killed more wounded In the course of this march the left of the regiment finding itself projected beyond the colors began to mark time Why do you halt boys called out Thomas Francis Meagher the acting Lieutenant Colonel who was riding in the rear of the matching column To dress the line sir was the quick responseThats might boys Forward an swered back the future General The mark time was at once changed into the jaunty step and the regiment went forward still under a heavy fire maintaining an alignment that woul have won applause on dress parade Meagher was delighted with this exhibition of coolness and courage and cried out Boys I will never ask you to do what I dont do myself I and he a once placed himself between the march ing column and the fire which was direct ed upon it A solid shot knocked over hi horse and Meagher for the time wasI hors de combat The regiment was soon sent against a fort and was halted just as it crossed a sunken road and had entered upon the field in which the fort was located Sup ports could not be found the demoralization and disorganization of the troops had become general The Sixtyninth was ordered to retire This retreat was effec tively covered by partor the extreme left company who luckily for their com rades had not heard the bugle call and these forced back iuto the fort by their welldirected fire the Southern soldiers who sought twice to sally forth in pur suitThat day for the Sixtyninth was now practically over It formed a square later to receive and repel a threatened attack of cavalry which never came The marcherd1 from the field leaving no national soldier behind and unmolested by any pursuingf Confederate The march was continued I to Fort Corcorana wOrk on the Vir gidia side of the Potomac and near the Georgetown Bridge which it had con structed and within which it had campedI before was begun this On to Rich mond movement Soon after dawn on Monday morning Gen McDowell and his staff came along on a trot and through the rain bound for Washington A bandaged and limp- Ing band of wounded of the Sixtyninth saluted as the General was passing One of the band remarked General its toobad We did the best we could but our best was not good1 enough Gen McDowell answered Never mind boys it was not your fault And on every disastrous field there after the commanding General couldI well repeat to the men of the Sixtyninth t Boys it was not your fault1 And after victories was heard many a time by these exiles of Erin I thank you boys youve wQn the day for mel The old Soys have no tear but that the n 0 I r new boys will write thick title clear to all the honors of the past and win new laurels for Sixtyninth for Irelandand for their American hom- eTHEATERS 9 There will be a veritable vaudeville carnival at time Buckingham the coming week when the entertainment will be furnished by Gottholds Gigantic Gather ing of Carefully Chosen Celebrities The bill will consist ofa number of America and Europes leading vaudeville acts and will include the greatest novelty of theI age Jessie the Baboon which him been pronounced time most intelligent animal in time world This animal him received more attention in this country since sheI has been brought here by her trainer Frank Gardener than any act introduced here in years There is nothing almost that Jessie can not do This caricature ofa human being has been pronounced wonderful Assisted by a trained pony Amber she goes through a premier equistrinne circus act doing more dif cult tricks while the pony is going at a higher rate of speed that any human being has ever attempted Horwitz and Bowers the famous authors and travesty producers will be among the entertainers and it is a foregone conclusion that their initial trip to Louisville will be more than successful The dainty liitle Suther land sisters the graceful dancers mud pee tite comediennes will also contribute to the excellence of the bill Others arc the Statue Four composed of Welby Pearl Keys and Nellis in a novel terpsichorean creation Barr and Evans comedy sketchists Frederick Brothers and Tenney celebrated comedians and instrumentalists who have created a most favorable impression wherever they appeared Garnella and Harris in a de cidedly original acrobatic sketch Arm strong brothers wellknown singers talk ers dancers and producers Ray Vernon and Mae Mack dashing soubrettes the Burgess trio who present something en tirely sew in vaudeville entitled A Trolley Ride with mechanical effects and the three Schuyler sisters operatic and popular vocalists An innovation at this popular amusement resort will be a series of ladies and childrens matinees to be given every Saturday Those that have heretofore been given have proven a huge success and they will now be given weekly This style ofentertain ment is the most popular of all in the larger cities and with the class of attrac tions that the Buckingham is offering now there is no reason why this should not soon be the case in Louisville The inaugural of the Meffert Stock Companys second season will take place beginning with a matinee on Monday The company this season is as strong a one as it is possible to engage Five pop ular members of last seasons company have been reengaged to which have been added seven new members who have been especially secured for time ability of each player to handle the particular line of parts that they will be called upon to play The opening play will be the beautiful military drama Lynwood written by Mr James K Tillotson and originally produced at the Union Square Theater New York City with a great cast of players including Maude Grain- ger Ellen Plynipton Charles Coghlan Dan Harkins and others of equal note The story is a powerfulone with scenes laid in Kentucky This will be the first production of this play in Louisville and will be followe- with the finest line of plays even pre sented in one season in the history of the city among which are ninny plays never seen here before and a number of them are novelties The interpretation of the conmpamtwill be both artistic and satisfactory andd a great amount of properties and ings have been added to the already large equipment of the theater since the close of last season Col Meffert leaving won time confidence inttention to keep it and as the plays an previoussI season it will be enabled to give as factory performances as any higher priced and more pretentious road com panyL Chum E Blaueys big extravaganza success A Boy Wanted will be the attraction at the Avenue nlrt week con mencing Sunday night It is concededL to be one of the biggest financial suc asses of the past season A Boy Wanted is a mixture of farcecomedy burlesque extravaganza and vaudeville andwas written by Mr Blaney for the purpose of introducing a host of prett girls clever comedians talented vocalists expert dancers and highclass vaudeville artists There is a most successful scheme to entertain an audience one which should meet with the same big business at this playhouse as it has every place iit has played during the past season There are a great ninny funny situations throughout the play which are brought out in the brightest possible manner The witty remarks and the jokes are all new the scenery is handsome and iin keeping with the play apd with such a bright production together with every thing surrounding it being carried com plete the success is guaranteed as with all of Mr Blaneys attractions POLICE ITEMS The new men appointed to the police force have all passed the requisite examination and been assigned to beats They present a fine appearance and have been highly complimented by Mayor Weaver Capt Tom Maier was pleasantly surprised by his friends Thursday when he was called into the Mayors office and presented with a handsome gold badge It was a present worthily bestowed and will be worn with honor Lieut Sam Owens was also presented with a fine badge as a token of respect from the men of his platoon e I Steel and malachite form acomblna lion noted in time newest buckle t fo SPORTING Lively Times Promised in the Roped ArenaWhat Is Transpiring on the Dall Field Oh that Louisville had struck her gait earlier in time season Prof Jimmy De Forrest has matched Jimmy Dover to meet Benny Leon for ten rounds at 118 pounds on September 21 The bout between Joe Choynski and Bob Armstrong which was to have taken place in Philadelphia has been declared offTommy Ryan has notified Billy Madden that he will box Gus Ruhlin and if matters can be adjusted properly the affair will take place in Syracuse next month Charley McKeever and Mysterious Billy Smith have deposited 100 as a for felt that both will be at weight when they come together on October 7 at the Lenox Athletic Club Patsy Haley announces that the battle between hiaiself and Charles Kelly has been clinched and will be fought at the Greenwood Athletic Club on Septem ber 20 The go is for twenty rounds James Squirrel Finnerty the Ohio featherweight wishes an engagement and his manager Joseph Marrian writes from Watertown to the effect that he will post a forfeit to show that he means business Manager Mulligan deserves great credit for the good judgment he has shown in arranging matches for the Louis ville Athletic Club and the public should continue to patronize his exhibitions in future as it him done in the past Charley Harvey who is now manager for Martin Flaherty offers to match Flaherty against any 120 to 130 poundsrr In regard to George McFadden Harvey states that Flaherty will not meet Mc Fadden as he does not consider mint a strong attraction Kid Hennessy the young Limerick pugilist is slowly but surely advancing among the topnotchers This is due a great deal to his efficient manager and trainer James Langan who leas carefully watched the Kids interest at every stage of the game f Not being satisfied with the thrashing lie received at Philadelphia last Monday night Joe Bernstein has arranged another contest with George Dixon This time the affair will be limited to twentyfive rounds and will take place at the Lenox Athletic Club the latter part of November Jack Skelly and Jack Dougherty had a talk on Friday night and as a result a match between Bobby Dobbs and Matty Matthews was arranged The millwill take place at the Lenox Athletic Club on October 211 and will be for twenty five rounds at catch weights Both boxers have posted 250 as appearance money There is a possibility that time contest arranged between Jakey White and Mike Sears which was to take place at the Olympic Athletic Club Birmingham Eng next month will fall through Sears was to have received ifs expense money last week but up to date the wherewithal has not arrived Sears figured on sailing Wednesday The new Monarch Athletic Club now has a representative in the East and in a letter received yesterday he informs Manager Al Cook that he will surely stardpugilists will spar here during the coming season The Monarch Club will leave nothing undone to maintain its reputa ilion as the leading sporting club of this part of the country AmericanAPugilistsoflhiscoumilrYisTonnnY Hogan time crack New York featherweight who Is to fight Johnny Van Heest of Michi gan before the Louisville Athletic Club at Music Hall on time night of September 21 Hogan has been idle for a longtime In his native city where so much boxing notddue to own by any means On the contrary he has through his manager Mr P II Sullivan tried every way on earth to get Solly Smith George Dixon Ben Jordan the English cham pion Dave Sullivan Joe Bernstein or in fact any of the topnotchers in his class to give him a chance to prove what kind of stuff he is made off and how he compares with these stars but they evidently had a Wholesome respect for the speedy little feathers prowess for they gave him a wide berth when matchmaking time came around and decided that it was a great deal better to fight among them finallyYconcluded to try his luck elsewhere and accordinglyaddressed a letter to Andy P Mulligan the enterprising little Irish American manager of the Louisville AM letic Club asking him if he could induce any featherweight in the world to meet him in a twentyfour foot ring Johnny Van Heest was in Chicago looking for a match and by chance he also wrote Mul ligan at the same time requesting a match 1vvth some one at his weight Andy im medfately recognized what a great contest would result by bringing these two together and he lost no time in prepar ing a contract for them to sign Both 1men accepted the terms immediately and posted a forfeit to guarantee their appear ance and to show how eager they were for a fight Now both are training hard for the contest and both are happy This is the evenest match of any that have set the sports to thinking so farIHogan is being trained by Dick Moore the celebrated middleweight who gave the ambitious Kid McCoy three very hard battles Moore accompanied Hogan from New York and is here for the pur pose of getting a nfitch with any man in the country at 158 pounds The preliminary will be a tenround bout betweeii Tommy McQuaid and George Bloemer These are considered two of the fastest bantams in the busty eels Both boys are natives of the city and every one who has seen them box predicts a great exhibition when they get together e- A 4 IKENrUCIY IRISH AMCA1 IRELAND Record of the Most Important of the Recent Events Culled From Exchanges As regards the flax crop this season the acreage in Portglenonc district is reported as up to the average Sovey and Callooney Nationalists are makingarrangements to found branches of the United Irish League in their dis trict Hugh Mulkerrin aged 100 years died at Claddaghduff few days ago Within a few weeks of his death deceased was able to move about and retained his facul ties to the last Sister Mary Malachy Smythe of the Convent of Mercy Pump street Derry died recently Only two years ago she made her profession Deceased was a native of Gibtown The woolen mills worked by James Flynn Sixmilebridge were entirely de stroyed by fire a few days ago Damage estimated at 2000 This will place in enforced idleness many workers The wellknown bacon concerns of Denny Son and Richardson in Water ford City arc to be amalgamated on con dition that all the employes in Richard sons cellars be continued at work On August 7 in Ana died Leonard daughter of Terence Leonard deeply and widely regretted Her many friends in America and Australia wilt leann of her demise with keenest sorrow Maynooth was represented in the great Wolfe Tone demonstration in Dublin August 15 by 300 men and a brass band Among them were Hugh Council J Dawson W Gorman J Matthews W MulliganThe old Irish language will not perish in Arran Island A branch of the Gaelic League has been established there Seven hundred persons attended the meeting every word spoken at it speeches and resolutions being in th sweet flowing tongue of the Gael Nationalists of South Tipperary willl this mouth unveil in Cloghcen a monu ment to Father Sheehy who was judi dally murdered by the British Government in Clonmel jail 1700 on the testi mony of perjurers who subsequently acknowledged that Father Sheehy was in nocent of any crime whatever The members of the Newtown Cricket Club recently presented Father White of Newfoundland with a magnificent gold chain and an address on his leaving Carlow College after finishing his eccle siastical education lie was one of the most successful bowlers and batters in Ireland His college coiuse was very brilliantThe great demonstration held in Har ristown lately to commemorate the murder C of Father Prendergast by the British Government in 1708 was headed by a contingent of horsemen numbering 250 After them marched the Monasterevan pikcmcn a body of young men 300 strong bearing imitations of the typical weapons of 08 On Monday the Cloone fife and drum band accompanied by a large contingent from the southern borders of the County Leitrim visited the historic battlefield Ballinamuck where lie numbers of theirt kindred who fought and fell at that last desperate stand for Irish independence The visitors were hospitably entertained by the local Centenary Club Parsontown was formerly named Birr and is the second town in importance in the county It is a good business place The Earl of Ross resides in Birr Castle in which is the famous gigantic telescope made and placed therein by the late Earl A fine bronze statue of William third Earl of Ross by Foley was erected by the inhabitants at a cost of clGOO Beautiful weather was experienced at Mullingar horseshow the only drawback being that visitors had to seek the shelter afforded by trees to escape tile rays of old Sol With the majority of exhibiters from Kings county Westmeathj and Longford the entries were not extensive but vere up to average the total for seventeen classes being close on 200hh Two young men named McGrath I twins employed as apprentices in two architects offices in Derry lost their lives near Ballykelly to which they belonged They went out in a flatbottomed boat and nothing more was heard of them until the boat was discovered full of water The bodies were recovered The deceased were aged twentyone years Ode qf the oldest inhabitants of Skib bereen passed away lately in the person of Timothy Sheehy Sr who died at the residence of his son Timothy Sheehy Market street Mr Sheehy had readied the fine old age of ninetyfour years and up to the last maintained wonderful ac tivity of body as well as full possession of leis mental faculties His death is deeply regretted Most Rev Dr Owens Bishop of Clog her laid the foundation of the new church of St Patrick Broomfield Don t aghmoyne He preached also The meaning of Donaghmoyne is church in the little plain In Fincairn is a Drudi cal monument in Cabragh are the ruins of an abbey which was dependent on Mellifont abbey and in Mannon ore the remnants of a Danish fortIWhat promises to be a valuable copper mine is reported to be worked at Cap pagh about niidway between Ballydchob and Schull The presence of ore was discovered forty years ago but the dis cover was not followed up Recently Arthur Cave the manager of the successful Barytes mines had investigations made with the result that many miners were set to work The prospects of suc cess are good Many remarkable instances of longevity have beep recorded lately The latest is that of John Malay a laborer who reached the age of 102 years this month E The centenarian was engaged last week at Paulstown where his dexterity in itr handling the sickle won the admiration m il 1 I of all Malay was married three times He has a vivid recollection of dark 4 7c andwitnessed the famous and liistori- light in Carrickshock The tenants on the extensive property of Mrs Mary Hamilton Cappenahane have successfully concluded the negoti ations for the purchase of their holdings Mr Wm I+ OShattgnessy solicitor Clmrlcville was engaged on behalf of the tenants One tenant has not agreed to the terms arrived at The tenants alll hold under judicial leases from the yen 1887 The estate is under the control o the Court of Chancery Surgeon Matthew G Rush of 1ar Mcchul Monaglmn died lately For many years he was a prominent figure d the public life of the county being the first Catholic Justice of the Peace ap pointed in the town He was a member of the Poor Law Board Lunatic Asylum Board and Town Commissioners During the bitter days which the Catholics of Monnghan experienced in the forties and fifties he was n warm and true friend The employes of the Castlebellingham and Drogheda breweries had their annual1 excursion a few days since place Dublin The party numbered GOO The Directors provided an excursion train free for the employes wives and families In addition to this each employe was presented with a sutra sufficient to provide dinner andrefreshments Time clerical staffs o the respective breweries accompanied the excursion and held their annual reunions dining together at the Royal Dlaria- hotel Kingstown- At a meeting of the Wicklow Billy1 Byrne Branch of the 08 Centenary Asso ciation on Monday James Gernon presiding the following resolution was on the motion of time Chairman seconded by Charles Davis unanimously adopted That we condemn in the strongest man ner the action of the Chairman of Wick low Town Commissioners in refusing tto give the corporation mace to the deputation of Commissioners appointed by reso lution of the board on August 3 to attendl the Wolfe Tone centenary demonstration in Dublin SheehaneBishop of Waterford and Lismore prayers for fine weather were offered up at all the masses throughout the diocese that God would preserve the harvest from- destruction Prayers were also offeredL asking God to render the crops abundant throughout the country to save the peo pIe from the hardships and privations en dured last year through the failure of the crops The prayers are to be continued in each of the different churches until1 the parish priest of each district sees fit to discontinue them The Cottiers Show and Industrial Exchange organized by the Sisters of Charity oxford promises to be no less at tractive than those of past years The number of entries in each section is large and the Keenest interest is manifested among the cottiers J Talbot Power D L Leopardstown Park will be staying I at Mallaranny with a large party of visit ors amoung them Countess of Iingall1 and the Countess of Mayo To him the public are indebted for the special train running each day of the show stoppin- at Newport West port and Castlebar Time Headforil branch of the Irish National Teachers Association at last meeting passed these resolutions That outsincere and heartfelt thanks for his recent lucid and unanswerable letter on the ar rears question That the officers of the Galwuy County Association deserve un- stinted praise for the laudable efforts they made in making the late county meeting at Galway such a brilliant success That we feel deeply grateful to Mpst Rev Dr McCormack for his kindness ill presiding at our county meeting on the 9th ult A dreadful thunder storm swept over Cashel accompanied by fork lightning Mr Kendal OBrien of Golden lost five cattle and Mr Vincent Scully of Cas tlepark lost eight There were also some cattle killed on Mr SmithBarrys farms and several farmers lost ricks of hay which were burned by the lightning In the village of Rosegreen the lightning struck the gable of a house occupied by Mr Michael ODonnell and rent the wall in two within a few inches from the mead of one of Mr ODonnells sons lurling stone mortar mad other debris into the bed which he occupied Mrs Brennan who was evicted by Mr Browne Breaffy succeeded in taking forcible possession of her old homestead notwithstanding the vigilance of n large force of constabulary She now remajns In occupation but a prosecution will be the result Additional police have ar rived and are under command of District Inspector Dowling Patrols guard the vicinity where the house commenced onI Sunday is situated both day and night It is reported that a police hut will be erected in Breaffy Mr Browne has refused to allow any one of his tenants to give Mrs Brennan a site for a house On Friday last three Orange bands from Rathfriland Ballyroney and Clough earlyinOne of the bands to avoid the danger of any collision went Monte by Bryansford but the other two came by Castlewellan and when opposite the Catholic church began to curse the Pope making use tl the most disgusting and provoking language In a very short time they at tracted the attention of the insultedCath olics who were gathering but Rev P Magee Kilcoo passing through the town came upon the scene He dismounted and appealed to the Nationalists to return to their homes They at once obeyed On Sunday a large openair demonstra tion was held at Breaffy Castlear under the auspices of the United Irish League organizationinpanied by John MacIIale President United Irish League John ODonnell Organizer Edmund Barry Solicitor Westport and Doris Secretary of the United Irish League drove from Westport beadedbyJape8Daly rAl Y BOOTS AND SHOES IrfARQEJ STOCK Now that the school season has begun and cool weather is approaching parents are cautioned to protect fieir little ones by making their A complete line of fall redwinter footwear can always be found here at very reasonable prices This house carries a full stock of GentsfBoots Shoes and Rubbers which for quality and workmanshlrcan not be sur passed and late styles andaexamine these goods Prices can not be duplicatedand each pair guaranteed to be as represented MIKE DOUGHERTY 624626 West Market St BUCKINGHAM All Next Week with Usual Matinees GOHHOlDS GlGANIIC GAIHfRlNG OF- f CARH llY CHOS N CRfRHI S FEATUREe30STAR ARTISTS30 Dont Miss Jessie the Baboon TEMPLE THEATER W H MEFPEET MANAGER MEFFERT STOCK COMPANY- IN lc LYNWOODMatinees Dally at 2il5 Night Performances at 8116 Popular Pricer1016 25 30 cents No higher HOTEL RICHELIEU CAFE AND RESTAURANT MJ SWEENY PROP- s 221 THIRD AVE Private Dining Rooms Open Day and Night Best of Wines and Cigars TELEPHONF OOS M D IAWrER M J IAWTKR LAWLER SON FIRST CLASS Grocery and Saloon N W Cor Nineteenth and Duncan CIIARL S J CRONINTWELKTH AND ZANE DRUGS and DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES Particular Attention Paid to Filling Family 1Prercriptlaar Castlebar fife and drum baud headed a cong tingents headed by banners On Sunday evening n lecture under the auspices of the Erne 98 Club was de livered in the Old Convent Ballyshannon by Mr Jeremiah Jordan M P Mr Moouey occupied the chair and intro duced the lecturer as a member of the Irish Parliamentary party and veteran of the Irish cause Mr Jordan received an ovation lie said it was not the first time he addressed a meeting in Donegal and on principles as solid as the rocks of Ballyshannon The first great meeting he attended was at Bellepk in 1870 at the inception of the Land League lIe was at Ballyshannon Fairgrecn At one time they were united to advocate time princi ples of the Land League and its succes sor the National League What the Tories wanted was to break the power of that organization whose principles were the inalienable right of every nation to govern itself At a recent meeting of the Rathkeals branch of the United Irish League Mr Joseph Sheehy T C presided The following resolutions were unanimously adopted viz That as the Uuited Irish League is identical to the old Land and National League having for its objects a demand for national selfgovernment support of evicted tenants to put down landgrabbing to house and enlarge plots and obtain employment for artisans and laborers also to commemorate those good men who fought and died for Ireland in the ever memorable years of 1708 1818 and 1807 be it therefore re solved That we establish a branch of the United Irish League in this parish so as to give every one an opportunity of standing on the same platform That we till on all who took part in the former national organizations to join the League and again present a united front to the enemies of Ireland The destruction wrought by the terrible floods which accompanied last weeks thunderstorm is awful The lightning came like dancing waves while any at tempt at a descripticn of the torrents of rain would be futile Around Schull corn which was cut down was washed out of the fields and found long distances away on the tops of ditches or in dykes or one mans crop in another mans field A high wall surrounding the workhouse was undermined and carried away At Ballydehob the substantial bridge over the public road which has withstood the floods of generations was partially de stroyed The Skibbereen and Schull railway line was torn up There is no knowing what the extent of the damage to the harvest will be but it must be 1s astrous Westward around Ballydehob one farmer had two cows killed and four sheep belonging to others were found dead with the fleeces actually burned off themLady Day was commemorated In Dowu patriotic church time high altar was specially deco rated by the Sistersof Mercy and great thejfirat1 I ft 69SSS9SSS9S9SSSSS9S9SS699S9S9S9S9SSS9S9SSS9SSS9S9S9S9 SCHOOL BOOKSl-K W A1TD SCHOOL REQUISITES FOIE SE 31E 73Sr CHAS A ROGERS2a2 Wrest Market Street Louisville Ky jI RIGHRRDm OUINNSm w EXGHRNGEI- MPOflIED SEVENTH AND OAK STREETS WINES AND LIQUORS N SPEGIALTY Special Attention Given Family Orders l EL PIION 033 n OSCAR TURNERDEMOCRATIC NOMINEE F- OROONGRFSSSolicits Your Support Election November 1898 8ENN ACKERMANM BREWING CO INCORPORATED MAINSYREEY BREWERY LAGER BEER AND PORTERITS PURE LOUISVILLE KY I IJi II I I 1I Ia I li El 1 11 1 Il I I Gran WSmiths Sons II i Funeral Directors ii- ii And Embalmers IIHH = MISS KATE SMITH Lady Assistant and Embalmer ffl iiCarriages Furnished for All Occasions on Short Notice ffi J S E COR EIGHTH AND JEITITERSON STS= 111 = TELEPHONE 810 m Ih1 1 I I h III IJIIII hII 1 II III I P OKane and the second by Rev J P McCauley Beautiful arches of evergreens with suitable mottoes were erect ed across the streets Shortly after 11 oclock several bands followed by a pro cession with flags and banners marched from the National Federation hall John street to the railway terminus where they were joined by other contingents from couijjry districts and left by special train for Ardglass for a monster celebra tion in connection with the Wolfe Tone 08 movement At Ardglass the places of interest including the caves castles and downs were visited A force of police was drafted from Louth and West meath A most violent and destrcutive thunderstorm broke over Bantry Lightning the most appalling brilliancy flashed in cessantly while terrific peals of thunder crashed one after another without cessation Hail and rain jell in torrents The hailstones were unusually large The rivers were swollen to an extent never rememberedl Immense quantities of hay and corn were swept away and scat tered in all directions and made worth less Potato gardens were torn up Numbers of cattle were drowned No human life has yet been reported lost The morning mall from Cork was not able to proceed West beyond Drimoltague Junction and the mails had to be sent by car Tourists passing to and from Killarney have to be sent by car between here and Drimpleague twelve miles All the houses inithe town were flooded some six and eight feet high and consid erable property tlestroyedtherein Some houses were swept away With feelings of regret we chronicle the demise of Mr John MacGuirc at the residence of his father Mr Denis Mac Guire Drumcroghan He was a resident of Glasgow for fourteen years wliere he was better known having been identified with every movement associated with the welfare of his brother exiles in Glasgow His house in Glasgow was a home for every Irishman who called and the calls were not few yet in the words of Goldsmith All claimed kindred there And had their claims allowed He was the first of his race and creed elected Chairman of the Secondward Committee in Glasgow IJe was one of the first members of the Father Maginn Branch of the Irish National League and promoter and honorary Secretary of the Fermanagh reunion The annual station held at Stt Pat ticks Purgatory Lough Dergr from the 1st of June to the J5th of Augusf bas closed This is the oldest Catholic pil grimage in time Christian world putside the Holy Land and the tombs of the Apostles Hallowed by the visits of- F IJ- D n i- iI Saint Patrick and the austerities which he practiced there it is not wonderful that Lough Derg is recognized by the sons of Erin as time most cherished of the sanctuaries of the Island of Saints It is a remarkable fact that notwithstanding the rigor of time observance of time station not a death occurred for sixty years among the pilgrims although many of them old feeble and delicate travel on foot long distances to perform this holy exercise It is a matter of surprise to see delicate ladies performing the ex ercise barefooted treading the wet grass and hard rocky beds in wind and rain and instead of suffering in health leave the island strengened and invigorated their meager fare being bread and black tea once a day The churchesSt Pat ricks and St Marys have been reno vated Splendid statutes of our Blessed Lady St Joseph and St Patrick have been added The Hospice has been made replete with every comfort consistent with the austcrrities to be practiced by the pilgrim and is under the manage I ment ofan experienced matron The houses around have been brought into line alllluptodateIA devoted member of the Old Guard of Nationalists in Mitchclstown died lately in the person of Mr Edmund Finn For forty years fie was prominently associated with every National movement in Mitchelstown In the Fenian time he was one of the leaders In the early part of I860 Mr James Stephens and Col T J Kelly of Manchester fame visited the Galtee district and appointed Mr Finn a Center andII organizer and Mr Finn soon became a leader ofa powerful local organization I He was arrested in I860 on the suspen sion of the habeas corpus act and imI prisoned without trial0n the memii orable 5th of March 1807 Mr Finn accompanied strong detachment to the I Galtee hills He was soon arrested forII high treason and liberated uncondition ally after six months imprisonment Mr Finn was very actively connected i with all the political dnd agrarian move ments in Mitchelstown since the Land League days He was one of the Executives I of the local Land League and t National League and was avery active lieutenant of the late Mr John Mande ville His death was much regretted by the Nationalists of the district and his remains were followed to Kilbehenny churchyard by a concourse of persons whp sincerely regretted his demise Owen Ziegler has decided to accept the offer of an English cabled to him a week ago to come to London Ziegler has been promiseda match with some good lightweight and maybe pitted willsailexpense money he asked for theII C 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000900000000000IT 1 a STREETe fQf 0FinestVanilla and Lemon Creamits65csFinest Fruit Creams 7Sc Q Sherbets the very best C5c a Four 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