The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-17
FOREIGN.

| FOREIGN
| Arrests continued to be made daily under
the coercion act In Ireland. ON the 9th seven
persons at Castle Island, county Kerry, were
arrested on suspicion OF attacking houses
among them beng Reed, Coily and Malony
lately returned from America. On the 18th
three arreste were made at Dublin under the
act. On the l4.h Kelly, the town counselor Of
Tralee, was arrested for attending meeting
on 3j4 suspects, all Of them valnly demand
ing trial. Dillon has been offered his hber.
alton on condition of leaving Ireland and he
refuses to accept the terms.
The arrests seem to have little effect, Tor the
conspiracy against paying rent" is said by a
Dublin dispatch to a London paper, to be
more extensive and truculent than ever There
is reason to believe that the land league
branches nominally suppressed are still in full
work" The tenants of the marquis of Drog.
heda and Lords Massereen and Cloncurry in
the counties of Kildare and Wicklow, have
Joined the mo rent" movement. They re.
ceived midnight visits and notices threatening
death If they pay rent Several hundred ten.
antiarmers plowed Parnel's farm at Avondale
Wicklow county, and performed all other work
thereon. Separating they cheered Parnell,
and Father Sheehy. An effigy it Is supposed
OF Gladstone, and labeled THE Last Land
lord" was paraded over the grounds. Cor
bett and Redmond members of parliament,
subsequently delivered addresses There were
three thousand persons present While no
doubt considerable influence Is exerted in the
way of concilatlng the opposition to the land
law by the heavy reductions OF rents that
are made in various quarters by the land
courts. it is at the same time also true, as Lord
CarlingtOrd said to the landlords in an open
meeting at Frome on Wednesday, that the
courts having had under consideration thus
far only cases on which rents were above Grit.
fith's valuation, had naturally reduced re-
ceipts But If party feelings were put aside
and landlords courageously exercised their
rights under the present law, supported by all
the force of the government, ana confiding, as
they had right to, in the resources and good
will of the government, he had great conf
dence that before long things on their side
would wear different aspect in Ireland :"
meaning of course that the present reductions
were really bait, and when the $4,000 other
cases were taken up the result would be differ
ent.
Parnell IS confined to his bed with fever
lsh cold, though his condition is not serious.
At meeting held at Dublin on the 9th
O'Donnell declared that Parnel's illness was
owing to bad prison diet, which was enough
to break down the strongest constitution.
On Wednesday the police entered the office
of the United freshman, at Dublin, and arrest
cd Benton, clerk, and O'Keefe, a sub editor
and seized all the papers in the office and car
ried them away to the castle. The police did
not seize the plant" the only purpose being
to prevent the publication this week, IN which
they failed, the paper having been issued a
day In advance OF its regular publication.
The treasurer of the LADIES' land league an.
nounces that receipts the past week tor the
prisoners fund amount to 81 $50, and for the
general fund 1894.
The government balloon in charge of Capt
Templer, accompanied by Walter Powell, NJ
p. for Malmesbury and Mr. Gardner, assembled
from Bath on Saturday and decended at Brldg-
port The balloon struck the ground heavily
Gardner and Capt. Templer were thrown out
and injured. The balloon then rose with Pow
ell, and was seen again to descend at sea, when
it disappeared almost two miles out, and
though on Monday the sea was dragged
no trace of man or balloon was found.
The utmost excitement continues in Vienna
over the terrible Ring theatre tragedy. The
captain of the Vienna fire brigade states that
the whole inside of the burned theatre is
heap of bones and charred remains. The Off
cial list gives the missing as OF. 1t appears
that the daughter of Herr Pawlick, of the
chamber of deputies, who escaped from the
building, tried to arouse the crowd to rescue
the victims, but the police treated her as a
lunat,c, and forced her to be silent Subscrip.
tons are being made in the principal cities Of
Europe for the suffering survivors.
Mrs. Langtry, the famous English beauty,
made her debut in the Haymarket theatre in
London on Wednesday evening, and astonish-
ed the Oldest play goers by her ease and
grace.
Gov Halliday of Virginia, who has just
been succeeded IN office by Malone repudi-
ator, takes occasion, IN his final message, to
refer to recent political events in his state IN
words that should attract the attention of the
country. They are as forcible and direct as
they are manly and patriotic AMI need no COM
ment:
From the high and responsible office hold,
have always written and spoken TO Virgin
ians FOR VIRGINIA, and, ignoring party, have