The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

course of the Curragh, in the. county OF
Kildare. Mr. Linde seized the coca
! sion to pray the Empress to. name: fer
him a promising colt and filly. She
! consented and SAID IN eXcellent Eng
I lish. for she was an accomplished lin
/ guist: Il shall call the f1lly Valerie,
/ after my little daughter, the Arch
duchess Marie Valerie, and him Cturn-
! ing to the colD l shall call after one
/ of my own best at home, Too Good, be-
cause he is too good for anything" She
! was prophetic in this instance, for the
/ colt turned out one of the best racers
Z which even Linde ever turned out of
his stables. Her last act In leaving
was to order of Dublin manufacturer
a suit of Vestments, embroidered in
shamrock on green and gold, for the
church Of st. Stephanie, in Vienna, and
she was most particular in directing
the manner in which the order was to
be executed, so that the vest1nents
might bear internal evidence of. the
country of their origin. One. of the
places which she visited Specially, it
may be added, was the battlefield of
the Boyne, as to the fight on which and
its momentous consequences she
seemed to know everything: .:...,
F. Some time ago / Ventured to predict
that a Unionist, or Tory Lord Mayor
would not be elected for Dublin while
home rule was denied To-day Sir Rob-
ert. Sexton, the .UniOnist candidate for
the InayOralIy Tor next year. announces
his withdrawal from the contest He
does so, he. says for the purpose Of
promoting harmony among the people
of Dublin. and no doubt the old gem
tleman who is a very respectable and
amiable Inan-is sincere in his profess
sions. But he had nothing else to do
except TO run the risk of. having no
:Unionist: at all returned to the Dublin
To- o1f
is, Dublin, which has, politically speak
ing, been rather asleep for some time
back, has been gradually getting into.
condition of .unWonted excitement
over. this matter. It has stirred the
Nationalist majority of the citizens al
most to the pitch of feeling which pre-.
vailed in the days after the split in
the; National ranks and Parnells death,
which occurred soon afterWard. The
finishing blow to Sir: ! r. Sections can
didature was given on Tuesday. last by
Mr. John Redmond, NJ. p, the leader
of the. Parnellite- party, who, at a meet.
ing of. the Independent League, de-
cIared that such thing could not, i'm,
der present circumstances, be tolerated.
This declaration was promptly followed
by a recommendation in one of the
Dublin .Unionist jeurnals-the Daily
Express-that Sir r.. Sexton. for the
sake of the peace of the city, should
local supporters of the local Unionist
leader would consent to his acting on
this advice But he has. done so, and
thus the prospect of q Unionist candi-
dature for the. mayoralty has been
quickly and effectively Killed. The in
cident proves two things conclusively
first, the Overwhelming sentiment of
Nationalism which prevails among. the
masses in Dublin, and which is not to
be bought off by such concessions a.
the local government act; and, second,
the influence of the -Parnellite leader
and the Parnellite press in Dublin.
What will happen now is not. quite
Nationalist members of the corpora
ton who supported Sir r. Sections can
didature, and whose support alone.
made it possible. is so strong that I
doubt if we shall soon see an end Of
the prevailing agitation in the city. A
proposal has been made to hold mon-
ster meeting in the Phoenix Park in
with it. and it is more than
questionable whether 1t will be aban-
doned, though the original cause for it
has been removed. The whole incident
is a lesson to the Government and Par
lament which, probably, they will not
soon forget,
A CHASTITY discovery. which has sent
of shock through the
masses of the working people of Dub
lin, was made the other day in the yard
of the Wellington Barracks, on the
southern side Of the city. In 1888, when
so many political executions took place
here, young nottingham named Joe
Poole was hanged for. the murder Of a
man named Kenny In Seville Place. He
emphatically proclaimed that he was
innocent, and among the populace it
was universally believed that he was
and that he was hanged because he
was known to be an advanced Nation
alist. He was buried in the yard of
Richmond Prison-the same prison in
which Daniel O'Comnell was confined
for some time in. 1914. Some years ago |
Richmond Prison was converted into |
military barracks, which have since |
been known as the Wellington Bar |
racks; and, a few days ago, in the
course of. some reconstruction work in |
the place. some workmen tore up the |
ward, and came upon slab bearing |
the following inscriptions: ~. P.
Hanged 1888" Beneath the slab was |
q coffin and inside the coffin. were the |
bones of a man who had evidently been |
buried with his clothes and boots. On |
to remove. the contents or
the coffin the bones and the clothes
came asunder and were then placed in
3harge of the police. The story, as re-
in the papers, aroused popular
feeling, as l have; mentioned, a good
Heal and brought back to many minds
~ % terrible days of 1929, and sug-
sessions were At once made dSd that al pub
corded to. the remains Of Poole. APP |
5licatfon. has been made to the author
ties BY :Poole's. relatives for the trans
fer of: the remains to their custody:
1ut it has not yet been granted. If it
IS granted public funeral FL, era w vii, II fol tae
faste of Dublin Castle. If 1t is not.
there will probably be be AM angTy ts demon mon
m The nart of the Dublin Castle folk
q Weld to the popular. wish; but. then.
.hey scarcely do wise thing, even by
accident. "
A. somewhat famous newspaper has
.ome to the end of existence this week
n Dublin. In the height of the Land
league agitation Parnell and his col
eagues of the executive of that body
bought out the interest of the notorf-
,us Richard Pfgott in two newspapers
xnown as The Irishman and the Flag
If Ireland, the latter a penny weekly
T~tc allowed DV |