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The Irish standard., 1897-08-28
THE IRISH STANDARD. SATURDAY, AUGUST 49, 1897

ward to rescue the honor and power of
traitors, the better 1t will be for Ameri-
ca. But for the Irish Americans hun
dred years ago, but for the CAROLS, OF
Carrollton. and the Sullivans, and the
the Montgomerys and the Barrys, and
the Irish bayonets of the famous Penn
sylvania Line, and the splendid valor of
the Irish Br1gades in the French service,
there would have been no American In
dependence. as George Washington
quoted by Lecky. had bitterly to recog-
nize. THE New Englanders," wrote
Montgomery. ARE the worst stuff i'm
aginable for soldiers" Washington add
ing, THE account given OF the behavior
OF the men under General Montgomery
is exactly consonant to the opinion
have formed Of these people.
am as we'll convinced as If l had seen
it, that they will not march boldly UP to
work, nor stand exposed In a plain. v
To the front. then. once more, Irish
Americans. You have to save the
United States from the same class as
the New Englanders OF Washingtons
time, anti-Irsh- who keep
tho Republic disarmed and feeble. in Or
der to promote English Arbitration
Treaties, just as they spoil and plumber
American labor and industry In order to
buy English aristocratic marriages for
their worthy progeny.
There Is considerable truth in these
severe remarks of the Irish newspaper
man. Instead of increasing the navy for
| emergencies the American congress oc-
cupies it's time in legislating for trusts
| arbitration treaty of peace with Eng
| land. Every New Englander in the
| United States senate voted for the Ol-
ney- Pauncefotc arbitration treaty, and
so did every New Yorker. 1t was the
senators from the South and West that
defeated the pernicious international
compact approved by Cleveland and Nc
kinley The latter intends to carry 1t up
again during his administration. and
tex-Senator Edmunds, New Highlander,
is said to be engaged in framing the
measure to be adopted.
| That potent element In American
| politics which prides itself ON its Eng
lsh derivation has to be closely watched
or this country will eventually become
to all ntents and purposes British
province. What is called the foreign
| element" of this country is now the
most patriotic, and they will see to 1t
that human liberty shall not be de-
stroyed on this continent by lot of
Anglo maniacs who boast Of their An
go-SaXon origin and sing God save the
| Queen" as the American bankers did
last week in Detroit. Irish Americans
as usual, will be found ready to combat
every influence tending to weaken or
destroy the prestige of the United States
among the nations of the earth. To a
man they favor the enlargement of the
| American navy, and they regret the ne
cessity of having an American battle
| ship go to a British port for repairs.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28
ROYALTY In IRELAND.

The Duke and Duchess OF York have
been received enthusiastically in Ireland
by the aristocracy and shopocracy. and
respectfully by the rest Of the people.
That was to be expected. A grand ova-
ticn was rendered the royal couple on
their arrival In Dublin. not by the ma
tionalist corporation but by the castle
authorities and their dependents. The
son Of the Prince of Wales and his con-
sort cannot but feel gratitied and de-
lighted. for no discourtesy will be shown
to either of them during their sojourn
in the hospitable island.
The young couple would gain I'M
bounded popularity from the National
lists OF the country if their visit was
made the occasion OF liberating the
Irish political prisoners who are physic-
al and mental wrecks from the inhuman
| treatment to which they have been sub
jected in British jails. The government
lost an excellent opportunity for recon-
Cling the Irish people by refusing to
give these convicts their freedom dur
ing the Queens jubilee. So long as
Irish patriots remain in British dun
geons the scons of royalty need net eX-
| pect any manifestations of love from
the Irish people except from that por-
| ton of them belonging to the British
| garrison. The bulk of the Irish popula-
ton will accord the royal visitors the
same courtesy rendered to all persons of
high and low degree who travel in Ire
land, but their reception will not be
marked among the "peasantry" by any
demonstrations of enthusiastic loyalty to
the royal family OF which Victoria is the
fountain head.
The visit of the Duke and Duchess of
York has revived the question OF per-
manent royal residence in the Emerald
Isle. No doubt a certain sectional
small section. indeed-would be graft
fed beyond measure by the establish
ment of a royal mansion wherein they
could hobnob with English royalty and
aristocracy: but outside of this class
and their hangers-on it is absurd to
suppose that any one would care Il straw
| for the presence of English royalty.
| The Irish would continue disloyal and
Disseminated until they obtained their
| national rights for which they have
been so long struggling. Self-govern-
mcnt is the only thing that will thor
oughly satisfy Irish aspirations.
The undyng spirit of Irish nationality
will he aroused next year to an intense
| degree when Irish exiles in every land
will return from self-governed nations
| to join their kith and kin at home in Gel
ebrating the centennial of the Irish re-
bellon. during which $4,000 of their pa
triGtic sires lost their lives in fighting
| for Irish freedom. The names Of Robert
Emmett, Wolfe Tone. Lord Edward FitZ-
| gerald and host of other celebrities
who died for Ireland a hundred years
ago will revive the dormant spirit of
Irish nationality. The day will come
when the British government will regret
| that Ireland was not granted home rule,
for soon an aggressive movement for alb
solute Irish independence may be inau-
g,lrateu and carried into effect by ply
| steal force.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

Mad Mullah with his brave Afridis
tribe is playing sad havoc with the Brit
lsh native troops of India 300 Of when
were slaughtered the other day by the
Insurgents after capturing two forts.
Mad Mullah is called "fanatical priest"
by the English papers, but so was Father
Murphy In the glorious rebellion of '9S.
The slaughter OF the Sepoys Is also
called "a massacre" If the insurgents
were killed and blown from the can
mons mouth as in former days it would
be called a British victory" May AL
lah bless Mad Mullah and his brave
tribe for rising against the foreign in
vaders of their country. We wish them
success.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

An interview evolved from the fertile
brain of reporter ON the New York
Times was sent broadcast throughout
the country making Senator Stewart of
Nevada say within quotation marks that
the silver cause should be abandoned
The noted senator indignantly denies
using the language attributed to him,
saying: There appears to have been a
conspiracy to misrepresent me and my
colleague. Neither Of us have given out
the interviews reported, nor any either
interviews at variance with our lifelong
devotion to the free and unlimited coin
age CT silver by the United States alone
at the ratio of sixteen to one" Every
Republican gold-bug sheet in the coun-
try gave the forged interview, but not
one of them published Senator Stewart $
denial. That is fair play with a ven
geance.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28
A HapnY Nax.

The children of the Catholic Orphan
age OF St. Paul held their annual picnic
on Wednesday. the 18th inst. We re-
turn thanks to the officials Of the Min
neapolls & st. Paul Street Car Co. for
the cars so generously placed at our
disposal for the day. They will be graft
lfied to know that the orphans thor
oughly enjoyed the ride thus kindly pro-
vided for them. Grateful acknowledge
ments are also due to the parties at the
lake who, by their kindness and cour-
tesy during the day, added very much
to the happiness of the little ones.
SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

lar itself after coming from the mint is
worth 100 cents in gold. The govern
ment has pledged itself to keep the sill
with gold. and the people accept them
as legal tender equivalent in value to
the yellow coin. What is really worth
AZ cents in bullion is worth 100 cents
when coined. These silver dollars, how
ever, are not redeemable in gold, but
they will pay your debts just the same.
We have beautiful bimetalllc system,
of which every gold advocate must feel
proud.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

Comptroller Eckles and Director of
the Mint Preston are notorious for their
loquacity. They are two small men occu-
plying big positions. and like empty YES
sells they arc making a lot of noise One
Is continually talking on the currency
and the ether on the coinage, and
neither has yet said anything worth
remembering. They are both talking for
gold and against silver with all their
might. We wish some one would MT
paddock ON their mouths and stop their
empty vaporings.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

We are in receipt of an interesting
pamphlet from the Irish National Fed
GRAFTON of America. with headquarters
at Al West Forty-second street, New
York. 1t contains the admirable speech
delivered in the British parliament dur
ing the last session by Hon. Edward
Blake, NJ. p, on the overtaxation of Ire
land. 1t is an able presentation of the
question and Is deserving of the care
full perusal and consideration of every
individual interested in the subject of
financial relations between Great Britain
and Ireland since the passage of the
Act of Union in 1901. The facts and
figures presented by Mr.. Blake will con-
vince the most skeptical that Ireland has
been unjustly overtaxed for imperial
purposes. We have also received from
the same source leaflet containing the
parliamentary speech Of Hon. John Dill
lon, defining the position Of Irish Ma
tionalists ON the occasion of the queens
jubilee, the closing paragraph Of which
is as follows:
"You nc doubt have the power, IL
you desire to use it, to deny to the Irish
people the rights given to Canada, New
Zealand and Australia. Those rights, the
results Of which you will see in your
streets tomorrow, you have the power
to refuse us: but you cannot, and this
house cannot draw us to rejoice at the
wheels of your triumphal chariot. You
may conquer by force, hold down, and
keep continually in force. hold down.
and for which speak today; but you
cannot conquer the hearts Of the Irish
people, and you cannot and will not
make them join in your rejoicing"
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

In an obscure corner of last Tuesdays
Tribune appeared the following an
nouncement: REV. G. l.. Morrill,, form
erly pastor OF Cavalry Baptist church,
will speak at the Union City Mission, 22O
Washington avenue SOUTH" And SO this
is the brief notice given of the vocifeUus
Baptist divine who once made the city
resound with his alliterative and vitu-
perative verbiage. Alas! how evanes-
cent is fame and how soon one is for
gotten in this degenerate age. Go
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

At the last meeting of the Charter
Commission the salary of the mayor was
fixed at $4,000 a year. The salary OF
action was taken the prevailing opinion
of those present was that in view of the
services rendered the Getty fathers"
should receive stipend of about $500
per annum.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

The United States leads all the world
In the matter of education, the number
attending school being % per cent of
The population. The latest report Of
United States Commissioner OF IIduca-
lion DR.. w. f. Harris shows that the
Total enrolment in all the schools and
colleges of the country. both public and
private, is 1G.415,l97. That was fUr the
year ended July /, 1896. A splendid
record for Uncle Sam!
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28
Lightly" now breaches in Kentucky and
attracts but little attention

Hon. John Lind, of New Tim, and
Hon. Charles A. Towne, of Duluth, were
in the city On Wednesday. The ex-con-
gresham gave an extended interview
to an Evening Journal representative
on the relations between silver and
wheat showing why the metal has fallen
and the cereal has risen in price. Mr..
Towne's explanation is so logical and
lucid that the merest tyro in economics
will understand the matter. The IRISH
STANDARD will give the interview in a
conspicuous place next week.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

The English syndicates have bought
American flour mills and brcweries, but
not content with that, they are buying
up other industries rapidly. The latest
concern to pass into English hands is
The piano establishment of Steinway &,
Sons, of New York. the price paid being
upward of $6,OO0.O0O.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

A religious sect near Gushing, Okla,
claims to cast out devils. One woman
says she has been relieved OF nine pes
tiferous imps. Rev. NJ. Fry, the leader
of the sect is healing all sorts OF all
ments. but all this good work is likely
to lead to trouble. More than 800 hogs
died in and around Clayton, and not a
of the revival have entered the swine.
The owners of the hogs are talking of
suing Rev. Fry for damages, but if
brought into court he will probably
quote the Bible to show that there is no
mention of compensation to the owners
of the swine that were led to destruc-
ton by the devils in the olden time.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

'Van." the Washington special cor
respondent of the Minneapolis Journal,
says that the uncoined silver in the
treasury vaults has deprecated consid-
erably since the decline Of silver bullion
In the market. How can that be SO
when the government can coin 1t into
silver dollars at the ratio Of 16 to 1?
The government is not going to sell
what 1t purchased for coinage purposes.
Though the bullion in the silver dollar
ls worth only AZ cents in gold, the dol
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

Referring to the late convention Of
the c. T. A. U. Of America held in Scran-
ton, Pa. the Republican of that city
says: Temperance and scloriety are
wonderfully promoted by the Catholic
temperance organizations. and that, too
without any resort to fanatical methods.
They deserve to flourish" This compli-
ment must be gratifying to the good
people engaged in the cause of teetotal-
ism.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

victims of the drink habit. He declared
that he delivered his first temperance
address in Minneapolis vwenty-three
years ago and that he was heartily in
favor of any and every movement for
the rescue of his fellow citizens from the
evils of intemperance.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

American horses are being imported
into England in large numbers. During
the twelve weeks ending June 26 over
l,400 of them underwent examination
by the veterinary official at the port of
Liverpool. and the general condition Of
the animals was considered very good.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

At the annual meeting Of the Kelley
league in this city last Tuesday, Bishop
Stanley, Of Fargo, made stirring ad-
dress in endorsement of the institute
wherein bichloride of gold is injected in
to the alcoholized veins of unfortunate
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

The Pope has written to the queen
regent of Spain requesting the release
of Evangelina Cisneros, the Cuban
patriotic maiden, from the clutches of
Captain General Weyler. the Spanish
Crcmwelian butcher. She has a power
full intercessor in Leo XIII.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

Alden J. Blethen, formerly of this
city, has been recently appointed a re-
gent of the State University of Washing
ton. The Minneapolis daily papers do
not congratulate him upon his appoint
ment, but the IRISH STANDARD does.
Mr.. Blethen is man of considerable
push and enterprise and is we'll qualified
for the position rendered him by the
governor. At the time this honor was
conferred ON him Mr.. Blethen was away
at Dawson City making arrangements
for the establishment of daily paper to
give all the news from the Klondike gold
fields. The name of the paper will be
the "klondike Daily Tribune" Let us
hope that it will prove richer bonanza
for Blethen than did the Minneapolis
Tribune in which he invested and lost
about 100000. The price of the Daw-
son City paper will be one dollar a
copy.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

William J. Bryan. next president Of
The United States. received great ova-
ton on his lecture tour through Mon
tana.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28

About 700 members Of the G. A. R.
from this city and SURROUNDING country
attended the national encampment at
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28
"Kennedy's Own" for August COM

"Kennedy's Own" for August com-l
pletes the first volume of the Minneap-
oils magazine. The current number is
unexceptionally meritorious The open
ing article by Judge H. G. Hicks, of this
city, on ''The Battle of Austerlitz," will
be read with delight by lovers of Ma
poleonic literature. 1t would enhance
the value Of the article to military
readers If diagram of the battlefield,
giving the positions of the contending
armies, accompanied the animated de-
scription. The illustrated sketch of
Rev. ]. M. Cleary on his silver jubilee
is we'll written by the enterprising ed
itor and publisher. Other contributions
of high order find place in this num-
Der, among them being physiology in
Our Public Schools" by DR.. Denton, and
poem ON Juvenile military drilling by
Henry Slade Golf.
The Irish standard., 1897-08-28
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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-24

Cold Springs, Texas, February 21.-
A body of representative citizens,
headed by the Cold Springs String
band, serenaded Hon. Geo. w. Nickel
lar, representative for this (the Thirty
fifth district. Judge Mcclellan came
to the door andh earthly thanked the
crowd for the interest they took in his
welfare Judge Geo. 1. TURNKEY made
a very pretty little talk, commencing
Judge Mcclellan for every action taken
so far in the legislature. Judge Nickel
lar is not a brilliant orator, but he has
the trust and recpect of the people of
his district.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-24

Columbus, Ohio, February 22.-Gov-
ernor Bushnell tonight gave out the fol-
lowing statement to the press:
ut had been my intention to make no
announcement in relation to the action
would take in the matter Of an APP
pointment to fill the prospective vacan-
cy in the Ohio representation in the
United States senate until the vacancy
actually existed, but on account Of the
manifest interest of the people and
their desire to know what would be
done, deem 1t best now to make the
following statement:
when Senator Sherman resigns to
enter the cabinet Of President McKin-
ley l will appoint to succeed him Hon.
Marcus A. Hanna of Cuyahoga county
to serve until his successor is chosen
by the Seventy-th.rd general assembly
of the State. | trust this action will
meet the approval of the people.
Asa S. Bushnell"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-24

Washington, February 22.-The post
masters and patrons at every one of the
forty-four postofflces where rural free
delivery has been in operation declare
in f6vor Uf Tie plan. The tset has been
going on only for limited period, but
the offices were so distributed as to
make the experiment complete and 1t
was developed at points in thirty-three
or thirty-four states. The reports are
all in and the important data gathered
will be transmitted by Postmaster Gen
eral Wilson is Il special report to con-
gress probably early next week
The sentiment favorable to the adop-
ton of tho comprehensive scheme is
unanimous, representing opinions given
both by the head of each postoffice and
The patrons. The obstacle, however,
is the tremendous cost involved. When
the experiment was first contemplated
1t was roughly estimated that rural
free delivery to cover the whole coun-
try would involve an annual expendi-
ture of over S20,000,000, but the expert
ence already has shown that $4,000
of the service is found, of course, to
have varied with the character of the
country where it was performed
'parsely settled regions naturally
heavily Increasing the expense. Thus
in one county in Massachusetts the diff
ference of condition necessltated the
establishment of the experiment at
three points and the postmasters report
n variance of the several cents between
them as to the cost of delivery per let
ter. The maximum cost of delivering
each piece of mail matter was between
6 ond cents at Huntsville, Ind, and
less than Z mills at Greenfield, Frank
lin county, Massachusetts. The aver
age cost per letter is fixed as little
over cents in the rural deliveries.
There are many places, however, where
delivery of mail Is impossible and these
aggregate large portion of the coun-
try. H-
The least difficulty in the way Of gen
eral adoption of the scheme is in the
Eastern States, though number of
Western points like the country ada
cent to Denver, Col, show compare
lively small cost. officials believe that
the service can be advantageously es-
tabllshed in a number of well settled
regions. Postmaster General Wilson
has not yet drafted his report, but it
is believed he will demonstrate the val
lie of continuance of the experiment
for one year
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-24

Hot Springs, Ark, Feb. co.-The bad
ly decompoeed remains of a man named
Robert Muerling were taken from the
city sewer two miles below town late
yesterday afternoon.
The body was we'll dressed in tailor
made clothes and from its condition
life had been extinct at least six weeks.
The indications pointto murder.
The body was thrown-snto a manhole
and had been washed down some thirty
feet from the entrance OF the sewer,
which was partly blocked UP by 1t.
The effort on the part OF the sewer in
spector to locate the obstruction re-
suited in finding the body. Papers
found in the mans clothing revealed
his identity and showed his residence to
be in Chicago.