St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-03
A. M. SULLIVAN DYING.
A Brief History of His Eventful
Career.
Special Telegram to the Globe. |

Especial Tele gram to the Globe.l
DUBLIN, Oct. 2.-Mr. A. NJ. Sullivan, the emf
nent Irish publicist, has had u relapse, and is
now lying at the point of death. His relatives
have been summoned to his bedside. The news
of his critical condition has caused profound sor
row among all classes of his countrymen.
Alexander Martin Sullivan, second son of Mr.
d. Sullivan, of Dublin, was born ut Bantry,
County Cork, in 1880. While pursuing his
studies artist in Dublin and London, about
1858, he became connected with the newspa-
per and periodical press and on the retirement OF
Mr.. snow, Sir Chas. Gavan Duffy,
In 1855, became connected with the
Nation newspaper, of which he
remained editor and proprietor up to the close of
1876. In 1857 he travelled for lew months in
America and published the result of portion of
hfs tour in a work entitled "a Visit to the Val
ley of Wyoming In 1868 he was twice prose
cuted by the government on two seperate
indictments for sedition arising
being convicted on one, underwent four months
imprisonment in Richmond Jail. While in prison
notice of his nomination Lord Mayor Of Dub
lin for the ensuing year was made in the mu
nicipal council, of which he wac member, but
he at once stopped the proceedings. On his re-
lease committee was formed to present him
with national testimonial, but he expressed his
Discrimination to accept any pecuniary assistance,
and sum of over e300, which had, however,
been received meantime by the committee, was
bestowed by him as an initiatory to the statue of
Henry Grattan, subsequently erected in College
green. Mr.. Sullivan was returned to parliament
in the Home Rule interest as one of the members
for the county of Louth IN
February, 1874. Peculiar importance was sup
posed TO attach to his election from the fact OF
his having been chosen by the Home Rule party
as the opponent of the Right Hon. Chichester
Fortescue, then president of the board of trade,
aud possessed of very great personal,
political and proprietorial influence in the
county. Mr.. Sullivan represented the county
until the general election of 1880, when he was
elected for Meath. In consequence of i'll health
he withdrew from parliament in 1882. He is the
author of several historical and biographical
works, including ''New Ireland" a series of
political sketches and personal rem
iniscences of Irish public life. In
1876 he terminated his connection with
Irish journalism and soon afterward removing
to London devoted himself to the practice of the
legal profession. He is one of the original foun-
ders of the Home Rule movement. He had
always taken a very active interest in all ques-
tons of social reform and is prominent advo-
cate of temperance. Mr.. Sullivan married, in
1861, Frances Genevieve, only surviving daughter
of the late John Donovan, Esq, of
New Orleans. Mr.. Sullivan visited America a
second time about two years ago, spending a
portion of his time in Chicago During his stay
here he delivered a lecture on the condition of
the Irish people, at Central Music hall, where a
large audience had assembled to hear him.