Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-15
THE IRISH QUESTION i.

The British Cabinet Considering Details OF
Its Proposed Land Tenure Reforna--The
Land League Warns the People That
outrages and Threatening Letters VIII
Hurt Their Cause--Yesterday's Dublin
and London Reports.
DUBLIN, Dec. l5.-At the Waterford assizes,
although the jury panel has been three times
called, and on the last two occasions under
penalties of from El0 to ESQ for non. attend
ance, not sufficient members have answered
summons for the jury to be struck. In the
Boyd murder case the solicitor general has sp-
piled for o postponement of the trial, bazipg
his application on afidavits of the police that
that district Is terrorized.
Atan Irish town near Claremorris, last night,
a Dody OF men attempted to forcibly enter a
farm house from which the tenant had been
eVlcted. They attacked the constable, who
Immediately fired on them, wounding four.
Two were arrested,
VI the panel of forty-eisht from which the
jury Is to be selected for the trial of the lead
ing land leaguers, thirty-nine are tradesmen,
two agents. four gentlemen, one secretary of
a railway company; one hotel keeper and one
lieutenant colonel.
Baron Dowse. presiding at Cannaught ASST
zes at Galway, has received a letter threatening
him with death should he convict any Der
of the land league.
LONDON, Dec. 4.-Ne,us, in leading edito.
rial, says. the cabinet was occupied yesterday,
as at Its meeting tomorrow 1t doubtless will
be, In considering proposals to be made to
parliament on Irish land tenure.
DUBLIN, Dec. 14.-The Gazette declares ths
barony of Iuneshowen, in county Donegal, as
In disturbed state requiring additional police.
AT the weekly meeting OF the land league
michael Davitt stated that the executive of
the league proposed to issue suggestions to
organization of the league throughout the
country, embodying their opinion upon out
RACES. As manifests was then adopted con-
tanning elaborate suggestions in regard to
future proceedings of branches of the league
and urging there must be no compromise with
landlordism,
LONDON, Dec. 14.-The Times in a leading
editorial attacks the government for not taking
energetic measures in Ireland, and says in the
presence of such growing disorganization,
silence and inaction cannot be justified. The
Times hears that Lord Kenmore is about to
quit Ireland in consequence of his employing
q skilled carpenter at house
which he had just built at Killarney
to the exclusion of local workmen
He has received notice that unless the carpen-
ter Is not Immediately dismissed, the house
will be burnt down. Last year, in consequence
of the distress, Lord Kenmore borrowed f20, 600
in order to give employment to his people.
DUBLIN. Dec. 4.-The manifesto adopted by
the land league to-day say s that when the out
lines of the promised land bill are made public
by the government q special meeting of the
league will be immediately held for the pur-
pose of discussing the measure and pronounc-
ing as to its worth. If necessary
grand national convention of land leagne
delegates will then be summoned in order
to make national pronouncement of the set
tlement which the league demands. The
manifesto condemns outrages and the sending
of threatening letters as harmful to the
cause Of the league. 1t declares that if the
traversers are convicted all vacancies in the
executive of the league will be filled until
the traversers are able to resume their posi-
tions.
THE PoPE's ALIocuTIoN.
ROME, Dec. 14.-At the consistory to-day,
the pope in delivering an allocution deplored
the position of the church, which was compel.
led necessarily to fight for liberty against the
audacity with which religion and Catholic in
stitutions are attacked and against iniquitous
laws imposed upon the faithful to the injury
of the faith and the salvation of souls