The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-06-25
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w. G. Owens, of Kentucky, who acted
as temporary chairman at the Chicago
convention, ptintedly referred to Mr..
Depew when he said the people must
learn that no railroad president cham
pions the tribunes of the people.
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j. w. Blaine, the cousin Of James q
Blaine, is staunch Democrat. He owns
valuable copper mines in Canada and
bears so strong resemblance physically
and facially to the distinguished ex-
secretary that he is frequently mistaken
for him.
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Tie Ulster Orangemen are grievously
outraged at the action of the Prince of
Wales in selecting, and the Queen in ap-
proving, as the only Irish title of Prince
George, the future King, one drawn
from the south of Ireland, i. Q. Baron
Killarney. 1t is. one Of those things
which is calculated to disturb the Orange
faith in the divine inspiration of the rep
resentatives of the Protestant succession.
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No less than five fanatics or jmpostors
are now posing in this country as Christs,
while nearly every asylum has one or
more lunatics who. imagine they are John
the Baptist, st. Paul, John Wesley,
Henry Ward Beecher, or some other
religious notability. Did you ever hear
of crazy man imagining himself to be
Tom Paine or Bob Ingersoll? Even
madmen seem to have method, or at
least limit in their madness beyond
which they are unwilling to go.
IT.
Space has been granted to Peter
White, of Dublin, to build an industrial
Irish village at the Worlds Fair and re-
produce model of the ruined castle Of
Donegal, a round tower, Celtic cross
and a model Irish dairy. In this village
Mr.. White intends to give true picture
of the cottage industries of Ireland, show
ing lacemakers at work, specimens of
high-class Irish sculpture and specimens
of wood carving from schools recently
established in Ireland. An Irish dairy
will also form part of the display.
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Anti Catholic prejudice is plainly
strong in come places in Ohio, and the
non-C Catholic who embraces the faith is
subjected to some very petty persecu-
tions, even by his or her own relatives.
Treatment Of this kind is now being
melted out to Miss Mary Mclean,
young Cincinnati woman, who recently
abjured Professionalism. This young lady
was subjected to such petty prosecutions
at home, because of her conversion, that
she has been obliged to seek shelter
elsewhGte. Miss Mclean remains:stead-
fast in her new found faith, however.
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Among the members of the Royal
Irish constabulary stationed at the depot
in Phoenix Park, Dublin, is Constable
Sir Thomas Echlin, baronet. According
to Debrett the Echlin family is of an
ancient Scotch origin, and formerly pos
sessed princely estates in Scotland, and
also large domains in the counties of
Kildare, Carlow, Dublin and Mayo.
The third baronet disslpated a large
portion of the family estates, and the
fourth, fifth and sixth baronets managed
to get the Kildare estates. Thus the
present baronet found himself landless,
and entered the Royal Irish constabulary.
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There died recently in Hungary two
ladies who served in 1913 in the revolu-
tionary army and fought in several of the
fiercest battles dressed in military uni
form. One of them was several times
promoted, and under the name of Karl
attained the rank of First Lieutenant Of
Hussars. At this point, however, an
artillery major stopped her military
career by marrying her. The other
fought under the name Of Josef, and was
decorated for valor in the field. She
married long after the campaign. A
Hungarian paper, referring to the two
cases, says that about a dozen women
fought in 1848 in the insurrectionary
ranks.
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The Dominicans of St. Anne's parish,
Fall River, Mass, who recently purchased
property for their church, have resorted
to novel way to pay up the debt. The
land in question will be sold to the
parishioners by rod or foot, who will in
turn give it to the church. The names
of the purchasers, or donors as they may
be called, will be kept in large record
book and will be looked upon in much
the same manner as those who give win
dows, stations or statues. The land can
be bought for IS per foot, $25 per half
rod and $50 per rod. When all the sur
face land is sold the land laying one foot
below will be offered in the same manner.
This will continue until sufficient money