National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-02-02
THE SUFFERING IRISH.
Preparations for the Meeting at the
Capitol.
Final Arrangements by the Reception Conn
inlttee-Mr. Parnelps Attack on tho
Queens Contribution-1he Man
sion House Commlttee-Tae
Duchess Of Marlborough
Censures Parnell.
The Irish Orators to Arrive To-day.

The Irish Orators to Arrive To-day
The final arrangements for the reception Of
| Mr.. PrTnell were made yesterday at the meet
| ing Of the reception committee held at Shcai
! Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, near Seventh
| street northwest, at y. m Captain OMeaghei
| COndOn in the chair. A letter was read from
tho presiding officer Of the Ladies' Irish Re.
lief Association requesting detail of gentle
men from the reception committee to carry
! out all necessary duties regarding tho prze
concert and ball at Masonic Temple on Tues
day evening. Thirty-iour gentlemen wero
| detailed 10 take charge Of tho ladies' onter.
tainment, aud a deputation Of five, with p.
| Mccartney as chairman, was directed to con.
vey that action to the ladies committee tlieS
| III session at 0O2 q street northwest
ln this connection II is proper TO remarL
that the notice In some of the Sunday papers
| under the heading practical Irish. American
Patriots" which attributed to Parnell and
| Dillon the mission of esi siablshing Home. Rule
branches in this country, is entirely wrong,
| as is tho statement In same notice that
tho ladies' committee had made arrange.
ments with either the Emmett Club OF
the CIau-na'Gacl Association to make de.
| tals to manage the ball aud concert. The
| ladies' repudiated the statement, aud the off.
GERS of the Clnn-na-Gael Association stated
| that no such request was made upon them;
In the Parnell reception committee
| Ihe reception committee will assemble ai
| WlllardS, and viii leave there at $3.50 d. M
| to-day, sharp, so ~ 10 arrive at the Baltimore
| " Potomac depot at p M, when Parneil is 10
| arrive. Carriages for tho Members of Com
| gross, who are also members of the reception
committee, will be ut Wizards at 8 ~ m
| These gentlemen aro Governor Young Mr..
! Ford, of Missouri S. s. Cox, of New York:
| General McCOok Mr. Frost, of Missouri; Mr..
Gillette, of Iowa; Fernando Wood, of New
York; Walter A. Wood, of New York: Senator
e. w. Jones, Mr.. Kenna, of West Virginia; Mr..
| NJ 7. OCOnnOr, of South Carolina; Colonel
Butterworth, OF Ohio; Mr.. Page, Of California;
Mr.. Pacheco, Of California; Mr.. Ellis of Louis.
| lana; General Henderson, of Illinois, and H.
| b. Wright OF Pennsylvania
On Mr.. Parnell's arrival lie will be escorted
| to WIllard's by the reception committee, where
| an address of welcome will be read by Captain
| Ohl. CondOn, after which the reception com
| mittee will withdraw until - little before 7,
| when the committee will escort Mr. Parnell to
| tho House OF Representatives. Della Tudor
| Parnell, tho daughter of Admiral Stewart, Of
| tho United States Navy, and mother of Charles
| Stewart Parnell-ong known in thl, oity az
one of the leading ladies Of its highest and
most brilliant society-together with her
| daughter, Will accompany Mr.. Parnell and re-
| main during his stay. Tho committee has
| engaged rooms for these ladies at Wizards al
also for Mr. Murdock, editor of the Inverness
Hghlmdei-the Parnell of ScOtland-who, to-
gether with Dr. William Carroll, of Phladel.
phia, will accompany Purnell to this city
On Wednesday evening Prnel, Dillon and
Murdock will address the citizens Of Wash.
ingtOn. An admission foe will be charged
Full details will hereafter appear Several
members of Congress, it is understood. will in-
ylte Parnell TO ucccpt collation. at Wllard's
after his address In the House. aud arrange.
ments are effected Tor II stirring sorcnade on
the night OF his arrival. The music is under
tho able management of that brilliant cor
nctist, Professor James a, Joyce
All the arrangements have been made with
| constant regard to the present cond tion Of
| ireland, and every feature of expense that
could be dispensed with has been eject ed from
the programme This Is IS it should b. aud
none of the arrangements will DO less hoaTtY
and effective because, through sympathy with
ireland and mindful of her present misery,
the gentlemen of the reception committee have
rejected everything like expensive show in
Parnell's welcome. 10 the regret of tho
other members of the reception committee
Colonel DOwning's continued Illness has
prevented him from being present.
| Arrangements are also completed 50 that
Parnel, the ladies' of his family and tho gem
tlemen accom- pnnying him eau be present al
the prize concert and ball NJ Masonic Temple
on Tuesday evening. given by the ladies of tho
Irish Rulief Association.
MIR. Parnen and the ouoon's Contribution.
NEW YoRK, Feb. 2.--In a letter to the
| Herald this morning Mr.. ParDell says: I'm
reference to Lord Churchill's contradiction of
my statement that tho Queen gave nothing to
relieve tho famine of 1917, l lind that might
havn gone further and said with perfect accu-
racy that not only did she give nothing, bus
that she actually Intercepted $4,000 Ola dona-
| tiOn which the Sultan of Turkey desired 10
| contribute to the famine fund in ls47,
| The Sultan had offered donation Of 100000,
but tho English ambassador at COnstanti-
nupo WAS DIRECTED by the Queen TO INFORM
him her contribution was to DO limited 10
| 1900, aud that tho Sultan should not in good
taste give more than sho, hence tho net result TO
the famine fund by the Queens notion WIS
loss of 80 600. All this is perfectly well uu-
derstood by students OF Irish history, aud
would have boen known to Lord Churchill
were our history not prescribed IN tho English
schools.
over Fifteen Thousand Dollars Remitted.
NEW York, Feb. l.--Mossrs. Droxol, Nor
gan 4 Co.. in behalf of the Irish relief fund, have
| already Transmitted Sl5,35l SO, aud have re-
! ceived further draft for 81 800 from citizens
| of Butler and Waltcrsyille in Montana, two
villages with only 5000 inhabitants. Tho
bankers Of the Irish Land Lesgue are in daily
receipt Of large sums.
The Two Irish Funds.
New YORK, Jan. 3l.--Sr Parnel requests
that il be ted, IN order to avoid complicsting
| tho two funds now being raised for Irish relief,
that Drexel, Morgan & Co., Wall strot, New
YoIk, receive contributions 10 the Irish famine
relief fund, aud that r. A. Lancaster < Co.. 90
| Broadway, New York, receive contributions
TO the Irish Land League Political fund,
Government Aid to the sufferers.
LONDON Feb. at Is understood that the
government intends to give a grant for the
purpose Of providing seed for the small Irish
| farmers,
Tho Sprlng Races.
The running races of the spring meeting
under tho auspices OF the National Fair Assoc
citation Of this District promise to be success
In every respect Nothing is boing left un-