The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-05
THE IRISH AGITATION.
Difficulty of Dealing with the La
dies League.
LARGE REDUCTION OF RENTS BY THE
LAND COURT. az

I,ouGHREA, Nov AFTER the tenant farmer
Doherty. who was decoyed out of his house at
Carrigan during Wednesday night, was shot
the murderers visited the house of his cousin,
who had also been boycotted IN connection
with an agrarian dispute, and after vainly en-
deayoring to decoy him from the house fred
through the windows but without effect.
NEW YORK. Nov, A Dublin special, dat.
ed last night, SAYS Dublin Castle is at its wits
end regarding the Ladies' Land League. The
branches all over the country are being sup
pressed, and yet the law officers here can find
no grounds on which ideal with the central
executive, which met again this afternoon
quite openly in the old offices of the League.
Miss Parnell presided, and among those pres
emit was Miss Helen Taylor, member of the
london School Board. Miss Taylor said that
eyery Englishman or English woman who had
the smallest respect for constitutional liberty
was morally bound to enter the strongest pro-
test against the iniquities which are now dis
grazing England in Ireland. She almost felt
as if to those who were porn sa IN ireland the
tired and contempt. She could assure them
that there were thousands of people in Eng
land, and that there would before long be mill
lions, who would make their voices heard I'M
answerable in protest against Its inlquities.
She hoped that punishment would soon fall on
those who were depressing Ireland. She did
not now speak of political oppression, but OF
the state of things in which young girls, old
women and blind boys were put 20 death by
the bayonet thrusts OF the police without a
shadow of excuse. There was not power in
England to put individuals into prison for de-
nouncing Mr.. Gladstone as wicked, unscrup-
alous and cruel man. Miss Taylor had the
honor Of being appointed member Of Miss
Parnell's new organization, the political pris-
oner's aid society, which devotes itself to the
care Of the families of prisoners arrested for
political reasons under the coercion act, and
which caters for the prisoners themselves A
good deal of jubilation exists in League quar-
tiers at the result of the municipal elecIions ~
the great Irish centres of England on Tuesday.
When the Kilkenny hounds met at Kileen
cover yester party of farmers assembled and
told the hunting party that they would not al
low them to pursue their sport over their
farms. Many gentlemen left the field and the
hounds were taken back to their kennels.
LONDON, Nov. 4-The correspondent of the
Daily News at Armagh, discussing the subject
of the fears entertained in some quarters in re-
gard to block in the working of the land act,
says it is obviously absurd to suppose that be-
cause so many thousands of natives have been
served, they will all or even decent part OF
them ever come to trial AS soon as few de-
cisions have been given, and as soon as the
tendency of the decisions begins to be grasped
by landlord and tenant an amicable arrange
ment will take place in an overwhelming pro-
portion of cases.
The sub-commission at Belfast gave four adj
dition decisions to-day, reducing the rent rate
in each case about Is per cent. The day being
market day there was large attendance OF
farmers who received the announcement with
great delight.
BELFAST, Nov. 4.-The sub-commission of
the Land Court has given Judgment in cases of
fifteen tenants ON the estate of Archdeacon
Crawford, in all except one case largely reduc-
ing rents.
DUBLIN, Nov. 4-Mr. Courtwell, the honor
airy secretary, and Mr.. Kenney, Treasurer OF
the Castle Corner County Kilkenny Land
League, have been arrested and conveyed to
the Mas jail.
LIMERICK, Nov. Att is reported a serious
collision has taken place between the police and
people of Ogannelloe, county Glare, in conse-
quence of the sheriff making seizures for rent.