The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-31
FOREIGN &.

| three hundred and tIty prominent IRISH
men lying in jtll without trial, 10000 armed
| men IN the cOuntry aud the tale OF agrarii,n
putrages does not decrease" H. in sentence
the summary for The yctt Of Eugland's policy
IA Ireland. The way the work at paciration
Il progressing under the crush the leaders
policy is shown by items like these among the
alcst cable dispatches:
TIL" police have arrested a man named Cor
rrlI III the County Cork, charged with having
fm> al II proclaimed district. A number OF
| oId"d revolvers were found in his possession.
It Is believed he is the leader OF the gang who
ave been committing the ontragCs IN Mill.
lr'ct during the past year. Among the docu-
enls found IN his possession Is one contain.
~ list II The persons upon whom the out.
~ = were 10 be committed
The police found q large quantity Of rifles.
Nv Oncts and cartridges in vault OF the Pro
r-'anl church At Kllkishen, County Glare.
Documents found on Council disclose plot
- murder two farmers Council WAS remand
II tor week.
several stands Of arms, quantity of anu
Il'"n, ana number Of pixies were discovered
ear Lls,owcl.
A Ctsteton, On Monday, Miss Reynolds a
,mher Of the Ladies' Land League, was sent
u jail ON The charge Of abetting a criminal
1'nSp,Iacy TO prevent payment Of rent Mean.
me the Ladies' League has summoned meet
= Of all branches to meet on Sunday TO con.
utt about the case.
The Untted IrtSlHea newspaper, suppressed
N Dublin last week, re-appearcd IN its usual
form in London ON Saturday. 1t contained a
ctrroon depicting Irish landlords as beggars
,,d the tenants rs prosperous The police
~iz'd 500 copies, all they could find.
Five arrests under the coercion act were
made on Saturday. The city and county of
Dublin and nine other counties have been pro
;aImed under the arms act.
A meeting Of the Irish Home Manufacture
Rs Association adopted n resolution TO com
uunicate with the mem wrs Of The late indus
raj exhibition commit tee, with the view of
,avlng an exhibition of Irish manufactures
n 1882
AT Il meeting of bankers and merchants in
London on Tuesday "A resolution was passed
n favor Of the formation of an association to-
outsider the rehabilitation OF silver and Hen
y Hucks Gibbs one of the directors of the
Bank of England, was chosen president of the
ouncll.
The Mormon missionaries held conference
n London on Sunday, At which 1t appeared
tat MormoDism in London has been unsuc
cessful, but many converts have been made IN
the provinces. 1t is proposed to take converts
o Utah early in 1882. Sumo of the elders wilt
emaIn to proseyte. A number of them will
clurn to Uiun Fifteen hundred converts
ave been made IN England since last August
Emigrat from Germany tn 1882 promises
- become more colossal even than in 1881
Fourteen thousand tickets are already taken
for transportation 10y vessels leaving Bremen
tor America in the spring. Almost an equal
number of emigrants go from Hamburg.
The Pope ON saturday gave the customary
Christmasevc reception to the cardinals, IN re
ply to whose address he said his position va.
becoming more aud more lntolerable. When
he claimed temporal power in order to secuieI
independence of spiritual power, he WAS accus.
ed of being ii rebel and enemy to Italy. Catho-
lies who demanded efficient guarantees for
freedom for the head Of their church were
stigmatzed, and pilgrims to Rome
were insuted by the press and populace.
During the celebration of high mass in the
church of The Holy Cross in Warsaw on Christ.
mas, "a plckpocket was caught at work, who,
to facilitate his escape. gave an alarm of fire,
and in the panic which ensued thirty persons
were killed and many injured. The criminal
was soundly beaten by the crowd. He hengI
a jew, four shops III the vicinity kept by He.
brews were completely gulsed, several police.
men being injured in the tumult. Military
were called into use to patrol the disturbed re.
glon.
1t seems the Hon. Lionel Sackville West
the new British Minister at Washington, pre-
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