The Irish standard., 1896-02-15
news FROM IRELAND
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4 The Strike in the Belfast ship yards is
not yet settled. Although a perenaptory
telegram was received from the London
'EeXecutiva of the engineers ordering them
that ,~the instruction would be ignored
causing the strike to be prolonged. #
The Orange and ultra Tory party re-
ceived a decided slap in. the face in the
| result Of the North Belfast election. The
figures Of the poll show that. Sir James
| r. Haslett the candidate of the Conser-
vative organization, only secured the seat
by the extremely marrow majority of 161
votes, the figures being: HasIett, 3,595;
Adam Turner, 3.434. Sir James Haslett
has dong been regarded as the strongest
candidate in the Tory ranks. He was Mr..
Sections great opponent in the famous
contest i'm West Belfast, winning that seat
in 1885 by a. majority OF 35 and being de-
| feated by Mr.. Sexton the following year
! by majority OF 103 Mr.. Turner, while
an avowed Ulionist, refused to recognize
the right Of what is known in Belfast as
! 'the old gang to rig the Parliamentary
| representation In the same way as they
| manipulate and monopolize the municipal
representation. II the Nrationalists had
| had any show on the registry, Haslett
! would have been beaten.
At a, meeting OF the Belfast and Ulster
Winners Association. on Jan. Il, Simeon
/ l'O'Leary was elected secretary by large
IHmajority. -" @
The mammoth steamship now on the
stock in Messrs. Harland & VOLTS yard.
Belfast, is to be called the Pennsylvania
In point Of size it will eclipse anything
! now afloat The length of the vessel will
be 560 feet, the beam 62 feet and the
depth AZ feet. The displacement tonnage
will be 10000 tons: there will be 10000
tons OF cargo capacity, and accommoda-
tion for 1,500 steerage and 200 saloon
passengers. -" -
The steamer Theme, of Belfast, which
left Swansea for Belfast with a cargo Of
coal ON the 24th of December off Bard
sey, has not since been heard of and is
given UP for lost with all hands.
Lord Justice Barry will go the North
west circuit with Justice Madden, ="
-5 80 ARMAGH.
In The Ready police barrack, on JAN
U.s.. john N Cam, of Clea. was charged
with the wi!ful murder of John Brennan,
Of L.mgar, county Monaghan, on the 10th
of January 1896. Evidence having been
given similar to that already published
the accused was returned for trial on the
capital charge to the next Armagh as
sizes He was subsequently conveyed
under strong escort, to Armagh Gaol. -
The death is announced Of Sergeant
Archer. of Market Hill, late Of the SD
regiment, now the list battalion Of Royal
Irish Rifles. in his Tooth year. Deceased
was in receipt Of pension for over half
a century. Another centenarian is re-
ported to have died in the person of Mrs
Margaret Crawley, .Jonesborough, county
Down, who died ON Jan. II in her 104th
year.
CORK
The judges who will take the assize
circuit fer Munster will be the Lord Chief
Baron and Justice O'Brien.
On Jan. Is Messrs Thomas MacCabe &
Sons, auct:ongegs, Cork, Bandon and
kinsdale, sold for representatives of the
late tenant, William Dennis, ESD. his
farm at Farrangalway and Farranmoy,
containing 20 acres. Mrs. Margaret DON
ovan purchased it at ESQ and auction.
fees. Messrs. Thomas H. Jefmyn Il Sons,
solicitors, Cork. had carriage of sale ...:
On Jan. "a a verdict OF t'accilentalIy
drowned" was found at the inquest on the
body Of Daniel Shanahan of Queenstown
whose body. had been found on the sea-
shore. near Whitegate. One of the wit
nesses sWoTe that she knew that the de-
ceased had been beaten and thrown over
the cliff.
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DUBLIN. -
The Pail Mall Gazette states that
among those who ''did not survive" DR..
Jam eson's attempted raid ON johannes
burg was a young Irish1nan. Stephen
Darcy son of the late NJ. Darcy, Of Kill
croney. He Joined. DR.. Jarneson's force.
but never reached Krugersdorp. His
friends have received news that he died
on the march. but the cause is not stated
He Was buried at Pitsan.
There IS a host of candidates for Gen.
Sankey's position at the military board Of,
works. 1t is alleged that friction arose
between Lord Roberts and Gen: Sankey
over the meager expenditure ON the COM
l1rander-in-chief's QUARTERS at the Royal
Hospital, N1mainham, and that in con-
sequence the general has threatened to
resign, il he has not already resigned.
Thomas Pim. the great Dublin dry
goods merchant, whose illness was repert-
ed in our last issue, died ON Jan. 18, at
his residence. Glenageary. He was 81
years old and was member Of the So
ciety Of Friends, or Qualkers, as they are
usually. designated. The respect enter
tanned for the deceased in the professional
and commercial circles of the: city and''
suburbs was testified In a, marked degree
by the large and representative attend-
ance at his funeral. Mr.. PIN will be re-
membered by Irish natio1lalists as one Of
the men who, in 184S, volunteered to be-
come bondsmen for the arrested members,
of the Young Irelanders"
On Jan. 81 in the Northern police court,
Dublin, a charge of murder Was preferred
against three laborers--John Lynch, aged
81, living at IA Beresford street; Thomas
Magu:re aged 20. of-23 North Anne
street, and James Conway, aged "a, re-
siding at u North Brunswick street. The
man said to have been murdered was also
a laborer named John Archer, who had
lived at ZIG Great Britain street. After
hearing the preliminary evidence. the ac-
cused were relnandeds for week, as the
case appeared to have been the outcome
of fight at a drinking bout among the
parties. gg ,s.
While Constable Brown was ON duty at
Ranslagh. ON Monday evening, JAN %, he.
heard shouts. for help proceeding from
Charlemont bridge. On going there he
found Matthew Kennedy OF 10 Charlie
mont street, in The canal holding on to
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