The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1882-05-13
SHOCKING ASSASSINATION.


Lord Cavendfsh and Under-Secretary
Burhe FoulIy Murdered In Dublin
last Saturday.
The dispatches below, giving the
details of the cowardly assassination
in Dublin, last Saturday, OF the new
ly appointed Secretary, Lord Freder-
ick Cavendish, and Under Secretary
Burke, will be read with horror by
the friends and enemies of Ireland.
BY her enemies because they can con-
fidently assert that the pacific policy
of Gladstone failed in its incipiency,
by her friends because they will re-
alize the extent of the blow to the
cause Of tire suffering poor OF the isle,
although its people are no more re-
sponsible for this act than were the
American people for that of Wilkes
Booth or Charles Guiteau. 1t is an
unfortunate affair, occurring at an
unfortunate time. The prompt de
nunciation of the murders by the
Land League, together with the pa
triotic utterances of Parnell, will aid
IN breaking the bad effect upon the
public, but at best we fear it will
prove a bad affair for Ireland and the
Irish:
Dublin, May 6.-Lord Frederick
Cavendish, the new Chief Secretary
for Ireland, and Earl Spencer had
remained at Dublin Castle, engaged
in the transaction of official business,
until d O'Clock this evening, when
| each drove to retrospective residence.
| After dinner, Lord Cavendish and
Thomas Henry Burke, Under Score
tary, went Tor a walk III PheniX Park.
Iney were botn strolling III the Park,
about half a mile from The city gate
and a quarter OF a mile from the Cniei
Secretary's lodge, when a ear drove
up containing four men, two of whom
jumped down from the a and al
lacked Lord Frederick Cavenuish and
Mr. Burke, stabbing them both sew
eral times III the throat and breast.
The victims struggled hard for life
and in the struggle became separated,
their bodies being found some ten
PAGES apart. Tue tragedy occurred
about Z O'Clock, in broad daylight.
London, May s.-Ihe following
manifesto of the Land League was
adopted yesterday afternoon az a
hurriedly summoned meeting at
Westminster Palace Hotel.
To the People OF Irelane: On the
eve of what seemed a bright future
for OIL country, that evil destiny,
which has apparently pursued us for
centuries, has struck at our hopes
another blow, which cannot be exag-
gerated in Its disastrous consequences
in this hour of sorrowful gloom. We
venture TO give expression 10 our
profoundest sympathy with the peo-
pie of Ireland i'll The calamity which
has befallen our cause through this
horrible deed, and with those who
determined at the last hour that a
policy Of Cancellation should supplant
that of terrorism and national distrust.
We earnestly hope that the attitude
and action Of the Irish people will
show to the world that the assassi-
nation, which has startled us almost
to the abandonment Of the hope of
our country's future, is deeply and
religiously abhorrent 10 their every
feeling and instinct. We appeal to
you 10 show by every n of ex-
preston that amidst the universal
feeling of horror which the assassIna-
ton has excited, no people feel so
deep a detestation of lis atrocily, or
SO deep a sympathy with those whose
hearts must be scared by it, as a IA
ton upon whose prosperity and re-
viving hopes it may entail consequent
ces ruinous than those that have
fallen 10 the lot of unhappy Ireland
during the present generation. We
feel that no act that has ever been
perpetrated in our country during
the exciting struggles of the past fifty
years has so stained the name OF hos
pilable Ireland as this cowardly as
sassination of friendly strangers; and
that, until the nurderers of Caven-
dish and Burke are brought to Justice,
the stain will sully our country's
name.
(Signed) CHARLES S. PARNELL,
JOHN DILLON,