The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-06-27
news FROM IRELAND

NEW FROM IRELAND I
j ANTRIM.
& The Belfast corporation, putting for once
1 Sir Samuel Black behind them, have ap-
proved the scheme for delimitation of the
wards Of the new municipality, which the
| representatives of the Belfast Catholics
and the subcommittee OF the corporation
\ had agreed upon. The arrangement is the
i outcome of compromise. Under the plan
of division proposed to be adopted the
/ Catholics Will be able to elect representa-
stt.ves in two wards. In the thirteen other
wards which are to be mapped out on a
population basis, the Catholics will be able
i to exercise more or less influence in the
elections, but can hardly hope for repre-
sensation. The effect of the scheme Will
therefore, be to give them about eight rep
resentatives out Of sixty il the corporation,
or less than seventh of the whole repre-
sentation AS they are more than fourth
of the population, it will be seen that the
scheme gives them barely more than half
the representation to which they are en-
titled.
The funeral of the Rev. Hugh Macauley,
| C. c., ST. Peters, Belfast, took place on
May Goth, from the Presbytery, for Han
nahstown Cemetery, where the remains
! we're Inferred. The funeral cortege was
| one OF the largest and most representative
ever seen IN Belfast, all creeds and classes
of the citizens being represented Most
Rev DR.. Henry, Bishop of Down and Con-
nor, off1ciated at the grave.
| Profound regret was evoked in Middle
! ton, June / by the death Of Sister Martha
Kelleher, devoted member of the local
Presentation Community, which sad event
took place on the previous Sunday. De-
ceased, who was for ~ years lay sister Of
| the Presentation Order, was a native Of
Clondrohoid, near Macr0om, and her name
was household word among the people Of
the district.
| On June 3, Cork engineer. in the en-
p!oyment of the Harbor Commissioners,
named Alfred Lawrence, died very sudden
ly at Rathcoursey fishing village three
miles from Middleton. The deceased, with
two other Corkmen, named John Brady
and Henry Hayes, was plying steamboat
| from Queenstown to Ballinacurra, in con-
nection with some dredging operations for
the Harbor Commissioners, and on arriv-
! ing at Rathcoursey the deceased, who was
previously in the best of spirits, and ap-
parently in good health, suddenly sWooned,
and, despite all efforts to restore him, he
died in few minutes, apparently of heart
disease.
On May %, a man named Mark O'Con-
nor, aged about q, patient in the Cork
Lunatic Asylum, was found hanging from
one of the rafters in layatory attached to
the institution. 1t appears that the unfor-
turate man was but short time in the
asylum, and was suffering from a suicidal
tendency. IT,.
DUBLIN.
At the regular meeting of the Irish Ma
tional Federation in Dublin on June 3, at
which Mr.. John Dillon, NJ. p, was the
principal speaker, Detective Jeremiah
Springer, from the Head Office, in the
Lower Castle yard, was present and
took notes of all the speeches. The Tory
Coercionists, at the Castle, must be seek
ing for fresh material to use against the
National movement, outside Of what Mr..
John Redmond is endeavoring to fur
nish.
Early on the morning Of the recent
great Derby race, a party of detective
officers from Exchange court, visited a
number Of houses in which they suspect
ed betting on the event was being car
ried on. They succeeded in making bets
in some of them, and later in the day
these establishments were again visited
and the proprietors informed that they
would be prosecuted. Two of the estab
lishments were those of licensed WHIT
ners, and the others are those Of tobac-
conists. The owners of the licensed
houses will be brought up for breaches
Of the licensing laws, while the tobac-
conists will be prosecuted under the
gambling act Yet betting on the same
event, on the same day, was openly car
ried on all over England-the Prince of
Wales himself being leader in so do
ing-and the police never interferred.
But then, you know, what is an innocent
amusement in England (such as carry
ing gun, for instance,) is a high crime
and misdemeanor" in Ireland. "The
law you see, makes all the difference.
On June 9Th, a curious case was decid-
ed in the Vice-C hancellor's Court, Dub
lin. Mr. gorge L. Iasaght said that
Mrs. Mary Byrne had made him pres
ent of 40 hundred pound notes (f4,000)
Mrs. Byrnes denied this statement and
declared that she had only intrusted the
money to Mr.. Lasaght to keep for her,
and she brought an action to recover the
amount, with legal interest. The Vice
chancellor characterized the case as one
of the most extraordinary that ever came
before him. He preferred, however, to
credit the plaintiff with the prosaic vir-
tue of prudence, which she claimed,
rather than the extravagant generosity
which was claimed for her by the defend
ant. The $4,000 were ordered to be re-
stored by Mr.. Lysaght, who, however,
states that he has long since lost the
whole amount in unfortunate stock and
share speculations. The case looks bad
for all parties.
On June 3, Mr.. Patrick Kenny, 1nspec-'
tor of Sewers under the Dublin Corpora
ton, died suddenly at: his residence,
Lakelands, Terenure. Mr.. Kenny was
man close on to so years over 80 of which
he spent in the employment of the Cor
poration. He had been In the Public
Health Office during the day, and it was
aftor DRIVING hn,na he WAS taken sudden.