The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-22
CELEBRATION BY FRESHMEN
ANNIVERSARY OF THE UP
RISING OF 1898

VIII BE Generally Observed in st.
Paul as Well as Elsewhere In the
County-Father Keane and c. ID.
OBrien Orators of the Occasion
brief History of the Events of
a Hundred Years Ago.
Royal and patriotic will be the cele-
| bration oe the centennial anniversary
OF the uprising in ireland, which oc-
| Cured on May &c, 1893. The day will
ne celebrated by loyal Irishmen every
where, and st. Paul has made arrange
| 1Eents to be in line and observe the
Gay. The arrangements are complat-
ed and In charge of the Ramsey Coun-
ty Ancient Order of Hibernians, each
division doing its part. There are nine
local divisions in the county, with
membership of about a thousand, and
AVe ladlss' auxiliary unions, with
membership Of 500. These will take
| part.
The celebration will be in Market
hall. Father Keane, of Minneapolis,
viii be the chief speaker. his address
being on 1.-THE Heroes Of 49," Hon.
G. d. O'Brien and others will also
speak. The music for the occasion
will be Of an exceptional character.
John F. Gehan, of the cathedral choir,
Will have charge of that part Of the
| programme. There will be several adj
dresses, recitations and solos. -
STORY OF THE STRUGGLE.
| The history of the events of 1898 is
a story of the deeds of heroes Robert
flmmet, one of the men whose mem
Org Irishmen love to honor, was a
mere boy in 1898 and had no part in
that uprising. but he is closely asso-
| ClAtQ6 with mi oh II icto Il,
time after that, as he lost his life in
the revolution of 1903. No stone was
raised to mark his resting place, and
the grave is still unmarked, for it was
MS dying request that it should go un-
named until the freedom Of Ireland
mad been gained.
/ Inc career Of Wolfe Tone was a
remarkable one. He was born Of lowly
parents, but early in life demonstrated
lhat ne was possessed. of attainments
far beyond his station in life His
i&ther was Dublin coachmaker, and
IN the natural course of events the
younger Tone would have succeeded to
his fathers business and passed his life
IN mat way, but at the age Of twelve
MS exceptional talents attrac the at
tentlon of his schoolmaster, and his
Ia1her was prevailed on to send him to
trinity. He did not gain a fellowship
there, for THE reason that cupid inter-
predictions of his peda gogue. At an
early age he eloped with Mathilda
Wltherington, and shortly after their
marriage set himself up in the practice
or law and was fairly successful, but
the quiet, humdrum life did not suit
MS Fancy, and he abandoned it and
Went into political writing From 1889
to 1893 his career was not marked with
any exceptional episode, but later
events were evidence that he had been
quietly at work sowing the seeds that
afterwards developed such a fearful
harvest. Tone threw himself into the
Catholic cause. Catholics were by far
the most numerous and at the same
time were the most oppressed Of all.
FOR the Eliza bethian laws were still In
force and most affected them Tone
realized that the sole hope fer liberty
lay IN amalgamating the two sections.
He set this idea before the people in
I his, political writings, and later on
Oct. u, 1871, with Thomas Russell went
to Belfast and orga nized the Society
lot United Irishmen. There were thirty
six original members of this society,
with Tone as the prime mover, even
Though he was at that time Republf-
lean, and The society was organized ex-
pressly to obtain reform in parliament
and the repeal Of the criminal code.
1, The growth of the society was a
steady one and this, with the increased
|, oppression Of the English, brought
about a sudden termination of the quiet
work that had been going on. 1t was
evident that the troubles of Ireland
with England could only be settled by
force, and Tone formed an alliance with
France. The English became suspicious
of Tone and were weaving a net work
of evidence about him, VIII IN his fr;enl is
prevailed on him to quit the country.
He came to America and later, in Jan
uary. 1885, sailed for Paris and from
there directed series of adventures
that ended in his capture and death by
his own hand. He first Induced France
to send an expedition to Ireland Sew
enteen sailboats and $4,000 men were
sent to the island to help the revolu-
tionists, but they could not effect a
landing and the expedition was a fail
ure. Two more expedition were mt
out. but both were unsuccessful and
when the last one, after brief cam
paign in Ireland, was captured, Tone
was taken prisoner. Ee was recogniZ-
ed, tried and condemned to death, but
escaped the gallows by killing hims IL.
NOTED IRIsHMEN ORGANIZED.
Tie society that Tine had organized
afterwards included most Of the noted
Irishmen Of that day. His success in
amalganpating the creeds was worder-
full, as a glance over the LIST of names
of the men that became membe of the
society will show. The fol owing Is the
list by creeds:
Protestants-Thomas Adds Emmett Arthur
O'Ccnnor Roger O'Connor. Thomas Rus
sell. John Chambers Matthew Bowling,
Edward Hudson. Hugh Wilson, William
Dowdail. Robert Hunter, Simon Butler 4.
H. Rowan, James Napier Tardy, Lord
Edward Fitzgerald, Henry Sheares, John
Sheares. oliver Bond. B. B. Harvery,
Leonard McNaly, John Russell, Anthony
Perry. Bar holomew Tone, TIL m. Wright,
w. Livingston Webb, William Hamilton.
Dean Swift. Richard Kirwan, James Rey-
nolds. Matthew Keugh, Thomas Corbett,
William Corbett, William Weir, John Al
len, Thomas Bacon, Robert Emmett, Jo-
seph Holt.
Simms Samuel Wilson, George Cumming,
Joseph Cuthbert, William brennan, VIII
liam Orr Samuel Orr. William Putnam
McCabe: Henry Monroe James Dickey,
Joyn McCracken. William Sinclair, ]. Sim
CLAIR. Robert MCGEE, Israel Milliken, Gill
bert McIlvrain. Robert Byers. Henry By
ers. s: Kennedy. Robert Hunter, Robert
Burnside, James Greer. Rowley Osborne,
Mr.. Turner, William Simms. John Rabb,
James Hope
Catholicism. j. McNevin. John Sweeney.
Joseph Mccormick, John Sweetman, Peter
Finerty William Michael Byrne, John Nc
Cam. j. Esmond. William Lawless. Will
liam Byrne Walter Devereux. John Dcver-
eux. Carrot Byrne, Esmond Ryan, Charles
feeling. Bartholomew Telling, Richard
Mccormick. Thomas Dooriey, Felix
Rourke. Bernard Mahon, William Ayimer,
s; Barrett Ferdinand o'DoAell Col.
O'Doude. John Kelly, Thomas Clony John
Clinch. James Farrell. Michael Dryer.
But few Of these men escaped the
wrath of the English for their efforts
in behalf of Ireland. Many of them
were slain in battle, twenty-six were