The Irish standard., 1890-08-16
From Our Daily Cont porsries

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TOM onf Ds'',y oonss'ln polsll -
Minneapolis s[ a tribune ,tne wares 'E,s'
flashed the news over Ghe ian q tnat Jonn
Bowie O'Relily, the aDlesG Irlsh eolt0r
Of the country. was dead Later t l[l
details explained that ne hadz died from rom
poison having taken, ~ error an 1' over ''
dose OF chloral. ss
OlReilIY was nearly AZ years Of age.
and was at the time Of his death editor
OF the Boston Pilot and its chief pro-
prietor. He lectured in this city last
March, his native Ireland being the
subject. At;that time the Tribune paid
him the following tribute, which will
bear reprintinR now that the distin-
guished Irish American is dead.
John R.,v,e O,Reillv belongs ia this
conntrv now thanks ia the fnhospltal-
;tv of tha Hrit;ah oovarnment. IF the
Torv m;arnla in lraland had rasn,ted in
orr aocn;a;tion If ati,, more such man
90 fl,Pa,l1u that ~ WIND would have
h,own no az los a. soma Good
mo d;at,nnniahod editor Of tha Roe
Ton pint haa had varied exnarience.
~ hoo, mo a naw.nanar ranortar while
IN h;a teons Ar 20 ha was a full aedped
Ir;,h no+riot raadv for ANYTHING He
;o;nad tho army in order TO propagate
Eon;a n;em .nono tha Irish soldiery.
I1o wae fonnd to no . conspirator and
-. ! ~ 90 sontoncol, IN to ha shot for
n;n,, tra.son mo aantanca WAS com
rnn+ad houavor and danortation To the
.oonz;ot so++,o.naote Of Anatralia wa.
enhat,tntod In 1880 he made his ESCAPE
s..as. 49, ~, ,,,oe n;o,1o, ,,,, h1
IL an upon oooo '''n w. 1 ny
an AneiAcan sn!p dllu oiousu" w o1As
country. His poems and novels have
p,van him high place among our best
1;+oro-,, ,rorkor,. and 81 voara of this
80: 81, o.,o,.,,,
country navo lnaoo nln ui sAo"n
knoun vo,rvas If varsa ia the ..Sonqs
from tho Southern saas,,. for O,Reilly
hos lived in Australia and knows we'll
;ts ,;fo .na acanarv Rnt ha comes here
~ +ou ,,e not If Australia or If Amer.
~, hut o+ tha EMERALD Island. for no
1ri.hnoan avar foroets tn love ireland.
nno ~ his nooma dascrihas a VOYAGE
onooan hoantif,,, sonth Saa is,ands
rhara tho ohm nassad from one to an
chez. hit ha ..loarnod from this there
- ~ southorn land can FIJI with love
Tho boorte ~ Northern meo.n "Tha
80, 1o.,,t h,.rnod u;+h 1o1o FOR Iroiand d,
Tho NOON .onda with tho following
.+an,a.
~ ao.~o. 60. +.u r,.;of,
Nv Land that has, no peer in all the sea
For verdure vale, or river, flower or Leaf
If first to no man else, thou'rt first to me.
New loves may come WIN oo'les. Out 1ne mrs!
49, u 49, %ina fsoe OVID hreast wbere was
nursed
Is my poor land, the Niobe of Isles,"
CLAIM. 81 diat,non,sned a MARTYR IN
+ha oonsa re rr;et, 1ihortv az Iohn Rov,a
n,pa;,,u ao,,1a ut MISC From, oarth
without awakening the sympathy Of the
freedom LOVING world. His loss is not
mourned by his countrymen alone. His
name and his fame belonged to the
world; but there is no place where his
worth and brilliant genius were better
appreciated than here in the land of his
adoption. 1t has been so recently that
Mr.. O'Reilly was among us that his
death is personal loss to the people OF
the Northwest. We remember the
kindly tone of his voice. the cheerful
light OF his eve, the warm grasp Of his
hand, the eloquent words that dropped
from the lips Of the orator and patriot,
and to everv one he seemed brother.
But the hand we then touched is van
:~1,oJ kI,o nlo~,,o,,< ic still on1