Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-14
HEHS BY TELEGRAPH
 From All Quarters. CUT ON THE FOREHEAD. Michael Davitt Injured in a
 Row at Waterford. A TOWN SWEPT AWAY BY A FLOOD. Chilian Comment on the
 Presidents Message. RI ana 1an xur ,aIrrU ms aouonrna
PLANS FOR THE WEEK IH CONGRESS.
An Interesting Budget of
 Foreign News.
WARMING IRISH FACTIONS.

Serious Row at Waterford-CoIIision
 Between Parneilites and McCar-
 thyites-Blackthorns Used With
 Vicious Celerity.
 DUBLIN, Dec. 13.-Michael Davitt, the famous Irish leader, was seriously wounded during riot in Waterford city to-day. The riot was one of the most ssnguinary and vicious of any of the rows that have recently attended the discussions in Irish towns of. the rival leaders. Ominous ru- mors of an impending row had been e1- citing the populace for some little while, and six hundred police had been drafted into the town in the hope that their pres ence would secure order. The Parnellite leaders, Messrs Redmond, Leamy and Dal- ton had been in Waterford some days. This afternoon special trains brought hun dreds of supporters of the rival candidates, and the various contingents, armed with blackthorns, marched through the streets to the music of brass bands.
 A mob of Parnellites began a fierce con- fict. The opposing crowds fought at very close quarters and surged to and fro throughout the streets, seeming utterly re- gardless of the presence of the police Volleys of stones were hurled and the blackthorns moved with vicious celerity that sent many of the bowling rioters to the hospital, the police station and their homes for surgical attendance. In the midst of the affray MT. Davitt received nasty cut on the forehead, from which the blood flowed freely. MT. Tanner and oth- CTS were injured by stones. At last the police formed a cordon and divided the op- posing mobs and the Dayitt crowd reached the club rooms.
 Mir. O'Brien made the speech of the day. He bitterly denounced the assault upon his friends and said the crowds who in jured Davitt had struck a glorious blow for the Irish cause.
 Davitts answer to that blow was that now he was a candidate for Waterford
 O'Brien, in his concluding words, accused the police of using their batons more in fla vor of the attacking mob than otherwise. The police, he serted, protected the Par nellites while the force of their blows was devoted to the McCarthyites.
 The main fight occurred for the possea- sion of the bridge leading to the town. The police were entirely unable to quell the contest. The respective bands of mu- sic received much i'll usage. The brass horns were dented and twisted and their drums torn into shreds. Constant skir- mishes continued until the Davitt crowds reached their rendezvous, the indiscrimi- nate blows of the police on the heads and backs of the mob producing little effect.
 While MT. O'Brien was making his speech Dr. Tanner was dressing the wound on MT Dnvitt's head. After he was band aged MT. Davitt appeared at a window of the club house and spoke briefly. MT. Redmond, upon hearing of the affair, drove to Mir. Davitt's hotel and left note expressive of his regret of what had oc- cured.
 There was slight skirmishes as the va rious deputations were departing to the railway station. The feeling among the adherents of the respective factions seems to be as bitter and intense as ever