The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-05-14

At the Dominican fair recently held in
Saratoga, N. Y, large doll was voted
for to be given to the most popular Pres
idential candidate. The contestants
were Cleveland, Flower, Harrison, Blaine
and Hill, and Cleveland carried the prize
by large majority over all competitors.
The doll was sent to Grover and he sent
the following letter of acknowledgement
to one of the lady managers of the fair:
Lakewood, N. j., May l, 1892. [ am
gratified to learn that the cause of char
ity was benefited by the contest at your
late fair and bazaar, the result of which
entitled me to the handsome doll which
you sent me. There is member of my
family whose interest in things of that
kind will, hope, increase for many years
to come. Grover Cleveland
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| Death has been busy among those inn
plicated in DR.. Cronin's murder. Patrick
O'Sullivan, the iceman, who figured in
the Cronin murder, has died of consump-
ton at the Illinois state penitentiary at
Joliet; John F. Beggs, who was tried as
a principal and acquitted, died in Chica-
20, April last Patrick Oman, owner
of the white horse and one of the most
important witnesses for the state, died a
few weeks before Beggs; Peter MCGEE
han, who was accused by DR.. Cronin of
conspiracy to kill him, died in delirium
at the county hospital; Robert Gibbons,
who was an alibi witness for Burke in
the trial, was shot and killed by Capt.
Schuettler in April, 1890, having pickeda
quarrel with Schuettler because of the
part taken by that officer in the prosecu-
ton; Edward Spelman, the Peoria distil-
Ter, who was large contributor to the
defense fund and an active "triangle''
sympathizer, lost his life by falling from
ladder; Michael Cannon, member of
Camp so and a great friend of Coughlin,
whose name was often mentioned in the
case, died shortly after the conviction;
Luke Jordan, brother of Harry Jordan,
William Nieman, and Miss McInerney,
the two latter witnesses for the state, are
also dead, while other witnesses have
scattered all over the country,
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In reviewing the late encyclical of the
Pope, Mr.. John Ferguson, we'll known
Scotch Presbyterian writer, pays the fol-
lowing tribute to the Catholic Church:
It was the Catholic Church that won
the Magma Charta, of which England ia
so proud. It was Rome that in the
feudal times curbed the lawless might
of kings and barons, when earthly power
failed to shield innocence from irrespon-
sible strength; then "the curse of Rome
was hurled, and, though the criminal
wore crown, he was humbled in the
dust. Rome covered Europe with halls
of learning; Rome turned savages into
Christian nations; Rome gave lessons in
democracy, for she admitted serfs to her
priesthood, and Norman mobiles, who
would not eat with Saxon gentlemen,
were obliged to confess their sins to
Saxon peasant priests. Rome ignored
the hereditary principle. Rome assumed
all men to have equal rights to national
opportunities; Saxon blacksmith's son
was elected in the darkest of the ages to
be sovereign Pontiff. And Rome gave
more martyrs to the stake, more patriots
to nationhood, more lives to sanctity,
more self-sacriice to philanthropy and
more intellect to philosophy than all
other churches combined.
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Speaking recently at meeting of the
Trinity College Historical Society, Dub
lin, Lord Wolseley said some races were
naturally pugnacious while others had a
natural antipathy to fighting. Why had
their countrynaen the great reputation,
which he was glad to say they still pos
sessed, of being the finest soldiers in the
world? It was because they were very
fond of fighting. It was born with the
Irishman, and they might rest assured
that while the lrlshman was ready to
trail his coat for man to stand on, their
country would continue to produce a.
magnificent race of soldiers. Speaking
of compulsory military service, he had
no hesitation in saying that he believed
that the nation that submitted to the
fearful burden Of compulsory military
service would, after certain number of
generations, produce q finer race, and
finer families than the race that had not
this physical training Great strides
were being made in England, and he
hoped also in Ireland, in the matter of
physical training. There was no doubt
that service in the Volunteers, and in the
Militia, and in the Yeomanry gave large
proportion Of young men very useful