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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13

signing people were we not on hand to
watch over them. But I've something
pleasanter to do now, which, perhaps,
you would like to witness. There is to
be a marriage at the mission. A young
man and his sweetheart have come over
together and leave for Montana this after
noon, and wish to be married before set
ting out"
So we went over to the mission, and
there, sitting side by side, sheepish and
blushing and blissful, were Michael Shee-
han and Kate Harrington, sweethearts
from babyhood.
Nine years ago Michael came to this
country and went to Butte, Mon, where
he has worked ever since in the mines,
earning his $3.50 per day.
| Six weeks ago he went back to Ireland
to find his boyhood's sweetheart and
bring her over to share his lot.
Michael was red-faced and twinkling.
eyed. He Haunted a gay green necktie
and an American flag on his coat, and he
beamed and glowed and glistened with
happiness.
AS for shy, sweet Kate, she could
scarcely speak above whisper and kept
her syes fastened upon the ground.
"Niver sweetheart have Oh had bar.
rim Kate" Michael confded to me.
"'Twas her face wur always beyant me
when Oh wur diggin' away in thin dhurty
ould mines. It's savin' Oh wur from the
first day to go back afther me Kate.
She's bit sthrange, ma'am, but she'll
loike it when vance she is there. Thin
mountains is grand, and tn air so foine.
'ris dandy place, is Montany."
Finer than Ireland1"
He moved uneasily, "Oh, no, ma am, y
he said. There is no place like the
ould sod, God save it /"
In the cool, dim chapel of Our Lady OF
the Rosary the little romance had its fit.
ting end.
The noble white head of Father Cahill
lowered above the Irish lovers as the
stately priest, in long black cassock,
prayed over them and sprinkled holy
water upon them, and made the sign OF
the cross in the air above them, and pro-
nounced them man and wife.
And then, hand and hand, the Irish
immigrants set their faces toward the
sunset, to begin anew the search for gold
in strange land where the sun always
shines.
But they'll not forget old Ireland, were
it fifty times as fair.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13
CUDAHY OUT OF DEBT AND RICH

John Cudahy has recovered the fortune
he lost five years ago on the Board of
Trade. He has paid in that time s. 900,
900 in debts. 1t was in August of 1898
he was caught "loHg" on pork, the panic
preventing banks and friends coming to
his assistance. Now he has paid all
claims and is rich again.
When Mr.. cudahy walked out of the
Board of Trade five years ago his wealthy
brother, Michael, handed him check
for 100000. saying: "John, take that
and use it,
John Cadahy has used the money with
remarkable sagacity. The report is that
he is not only out of debt, but making
money by thousands of dollars in Board
of Trade speculation, in the packing
business and transportation enterprises
in Alaska:
A prominent broker said of Cudahy's
success: "Cudahy has displayed a COM
mercial keenness as rare as it is remark
able. His native resources are practically
inexhausible and his nerve has never
been surpassed in Chicago. He made
lots of money selling pork short last year
at the time the Montreal syndicate was
supposed to have the product cornered.
He was bullish on wheat during the
Letter campaign. He made money on
the long side, and then became short to
his large profit.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13
"There'll Be Good Day in Ireland Yet"

fine as do before long. I've got SPLEEN
did place for you in my Cousins board
ing-house. You won't have to work hard,
and we'll fix you up grand"
"What cousin is he, Rose?" the little
girl asked. "Oi don't reminder him at
all, at all"
"Of course not, stupid" returned her
sister. "He left Ireland when you were
baby. Come. make haste now"
The conversation made me uneasy.
Sore way did not like the look of this
pair. l wished somebody would inter-
fere. l looked around Was there no
one1 There was some one.
Directly in their path was the imposing
figure of black-robed Catholic priest.
His usually kindly face had grown
severe. His stern eyes searched the little
group before him. The yellow-haired
woman quailed and dropped her eyes.
"What is your name, childl" said
Father Henry, of the Mission of Our
Lady of the Rosary.
Maggie Mcguire, father" said the
little one, dropping timid courtesy.
Where from y"
County Kerry, father"
"She is my sister. father" put in the
woman, glibly. I'm taking her to MY
COUSINS"
"Oh, you are" said the priest, freez-
ing the woman with an icy glance. "The
little one will not go to your cousin S.
Come with me, child"
"You've no business" stormily be-
gan the woman.
Take care" said the priest, quietly,
but with warning in his cold voice.
The woman skunk back.
The frightened child was taken to the
shelter of the mission across the park
one more saved by the vigilance of the
good fathers whose special province it is
to look after these innocent wayfarers.
After this dramatic little scene made
myself known to Father Henry.
That's only one of many" he said, in
answer to my questions. These poor,
innocent girls would be the prey Of de-.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13
DUBLIN'S LORD MAYOR
Visits the Distressed Districts on the
West Coast of IreIand-WiII
Suggest Relief.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, with his
Secretary, Mr.. Thomas Kennedy, and
Mr.. William Field, NJ. p, have returned
to Dublin after weeks tour through the
distressed districts of the coasts of West
Cork and Kerry. A visit will be paid
immediately to the distressed districts on
the coasts of Mayo and Galway. At the
conclusion of the tour of inspection a
report will be drawn up giving the results
of the relief operations, showing the pres
ent state of the affected localities and
offering recommendations for their per-
manent improvement. This report when
published. written as it will be in thor
oughly impartial spirit and from actual
experience and observation, will be doc
ument of the first importance. 1t will
help materially to throw new light on the
economic and social conditions of the
cottiess in the congested districts, and
thereby aid in bringing about reforms
which are urgently needed. So far as
the coasts of Cork and Kerry are con-
cerned, the Lord Mayor and Mr.. Field
found the most convincing proof of the
good work done through the agency of
the Mansion House and Other relief COM
mittees. The seed potatoes supplied
promise an excellent harvest, and the
spirits of the people are very hopeful.
One thing has been proved by the inn
portation of new seed into the localities,
namely-that the seed should be periodi-
cally changed. 1t is not necessary that
the seed should be imported from Scot
land, inasmuch as the varieties of soil in
Ireland are so many and so distinct that
an inter-county exchange of seed will
suit all purposes. AS first result of the
visit to the South, Mr.. William Field, M
p, is about to ask a number of questions
in the House of Commons. Those ques-
tions will have reference to the suggested
extension of the railway from Kenmare
to Berehaven on one side and Watervillt
on the other, the provision of suitable
dredger for the raising of sea-sand fol
farm purposes, the erection of Technical
School at Cahirciveenx ihe corstructiof
of boat-slips at Rhodes and Kells, and Of
pier at Renard for the landing of fish.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13

God bless you - or Nora, me darlint y
was heard.
Strong, red, Woodworking hands
grasped the travellers. Brawny arms
snatched them to faithful hearts. Tears
leaped to fond eyes and rained down
longing faces, and everybody else groaned
in sympathy.
Annie Ryan, thin, sorrowful, with
hands that showed the marks of ceaseless
toll, was looking earnestly for her little
sister Beatrice.
"Shure, she's only child. I'm wild
wild thinkin' somethin' may have hap
pened her." she was saying to friend.
The faithful, anxious eyes devoured
every young girl that came up the stairs
A bright red spot appeared on either pale
cheek. The roughehed. knotted hand:
nervously clasped AND 'unclasped.
At last there CAME jauntily tripping
up the stairs typical Irish beauty
Scarcely sixteen, shk was as round and
plump as partridge. Her dark, curly
hair fell over her shoulders. Her eye.
glowed like stars shd her cheeks were
like the blush of . scot.
Annie Ryan gave great dry sob and
caught her baby sister, she whom she
left toddling about tie old home, to hel
breast. oh, acushlA mavourneenl" she
murmured brokenly. And everybody in
the crowd murmured, too, and wiped
their weeping eyes.
A big, stalwart, ruday checked young
Irishman stood looking, not at the prett,
girls as they passed before him, but al
every old woman. Tim Mcfarland wa.
there to find his old mother.
She came at last, tiny, wrinkled little
old woman, with broad white cap and
coarse, clumsy shoes, Peasant" wa'
cmblazoned all over her.
But the we'll dressed, Americanized
young Irishman was not ashamed of hel
looks. He did not care arap about the
droll cap and the awkward shoes. With
mighty laugh he lifted the little ole
woman clean of her 4et and held her al
II be would never Iqf ~ 60.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13

What is the meaning of this sudden in
flux of immigration from Erin1
If you ask Commissioner McSweeney
he signs and shakes his head, and says
:" It's because they can't live in ireland.
Times are constantly growing worse there.
There is no hope for the Irish peasant.
If you travel in Ireland everywhere you
hear the question, When are you going
to American
:" It's not the question, Are you going
to American but when. And the answer
always is, When I've saved enough
money or When mother Dies OF
When my sister sends over my passage.
They are always looking forward to it
from their childhood. They expect to
go as much as they expect to go to
heaven.
"And you wouldn't wonder at their
eagerness if you could see the barren and
desolate Ireland they are leaving.
"Last summer / went to Ireland. l
travelled with priest who had not been
home for thirty years. knew him as a
genial fellow, to whom supposed tears
were unknown. As we drove through the
country toward his boyhood home, what
was my amazement when suddenly he
burst into tears The sight of desolated
Ireland broke his heart.
$50 these young men and women who
see no future in Ireland turn instinctively
from their own loved island of sorrow to
America. And how do they save enough
to come within Let me tell you fact.
Six and one-half per cent. of all the pas
sage money of Irish immigrants is fur
nished from this side.
'What do they expect here? Poor
creatures, for one thing they expect to
pick up gold in the streets. They expect
to improve and rise in the world. Yes,
many of the girls expect to marry young
mechanics or artisans who have got a
good start in life"
If you ask Agent Patrick McCool, who
looks after these pretty Irish girls as q
shepherd guards his lambs, who Is here.
there and evezywhere ! tiseIeis, honest.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13

Sweet Nora Sullivan, from County
Down, with hair the color of amber and
cheeks like scarlet satin, shyly conde-
scended to tell me little of herself.
"Yis, ma am, I've lift brothers an sis
tiers in Ireland. I've good place waitin'
me in New Haven. I'm to sind fur the
others as soon as liver can. Homesick7
oh, no ma 'am"--very bravely--"I'm not
after bein' homesick. I've fri'nds to meet
me whin get to New Haven"
Close by, Ellen Dolan, with face like
a Madonna crowned by quaint, bell
shaped hat, crouched over her luggage.
She raised her heavily lidded eyes pathet-
ically. cts homesick Oh am, ma am. -
she murmured and buried her face in
her shawl.
Pretty Maggie Mcguire, sweet as bit
of sweetbriar, modest and shy as violet,
came timidly along. Her sister was to
meet her, she told the officials.
A flashily dressed woman, with blon-
dined hair and hard face, stood waiting
with man of sinister features and inso-
lent eyes.
There she is, said the woman as she
caught sight of the child.
Rushing to her, she embraced her with
exuberance and introduced her cousin. 4"
Pretty Maggie's eyes grew larger as she
took in every detail of her supposed sis
ter's appearance. cts foine yez are"
she said; but what is it yez have done
to your hair Rosel'
Rose tossed her head and laughed and
said: Come, child, you shall look as
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13
~ Monday evening a concert


Ven where the boys of the ships come
and with their own talents they make the
evening pass delightfully."-.
Some time professional talent is en-
gagged and the room is crowded almost to
suffocation.
While sat talking with Superintend-
ent John Willie. the boys had just come
into port, had washed away the CRIME of
the boat hold, and the stoker, whose face
was intended to be clean, BETRAYED the
occupation which he followed. They sat
down at the little tables and looked over
the papers or took hold of the dominos
and entered into friendly game.
Occasionally the priest. Father Dough-
erty, drops into the reading room, not as
a minister as much as friend The
room is open from IL m. to 10 p. m. every
day. The sailors, while they have
chance, come in and read or write letters.
and oftentimes to enjoy quiet smoke.
l watched some of them as they were
deeply engaged in game. An old man
"Old Larry" as they called them, vet
eran of the late war was telling thrilling
stories of the war of 81. He is in great
sympathy with the boys of the sea. He
comes as soon as the door is opened and
stays till late. Boy" he says, "you
don't know what war means. reinem-
Der in '63''-and the boys laugh in :
good-natured way.
"Monday night we have good time,
said one of them, who was playin,
checkers. eve have singing, recitation
and lots of fancy and jig dancing
This reading-room in Christophs
street, New York, is the first center
the apostleship of the sea in the Unite
States.
One hundred and ninety of .ne men
the Inflated Maine were accustomed n
drop in this reading-room. and they ard
greatly missed by the boys.
Tie boys are grateful for the work tina
is being done for them through thiX
Bethel" and some of them collected
800. 1t has been the means of recalling
hundreds of men to their duty to God and
their fellow-men. Many poor mothel|
blesses the day that her SON joined tho
Holy League. She can stand at the doc
and expect him home at the appoint
time, and does not dread drunken b
or night of misery. Many brol
hearted wife blesses the reading room
The men in charge of this reading-rdV
meet every incoming and outgoil
steamer. They welcome and invite
boy of the sea, or else they leave upd
the outgoing steamer books and newsI
pers which will brighten their outwa
cruise. May it confrnne- is suscess(
career.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13
CARE FOR SAILORS
Father Dougherty Now Superin-
tending Their Mission in
New York.
Archbishop Corrigan and Other Pre-
iates Are Deeply Interested
in the Work.

AT No. l7s Christopher street, Just of
from busy West street, where 'longshore-
men, stockers and sailors hang about, is
little reading room, which is called the
New York Catholic Mission for Sailors.
Even in these hot nights the room is
too small to hold those who would come
to read the papers and play games and
listen to the Rev. Father Dougherty's
words of inspiring instruction.
Away down in the heart of the sailor
there is feeling of deep reverence fer
God. Ont on the ocean where the sky
and sea make their only vista, all speak
of the Infinite God, who, like the ocean,
is deep and Highland full of mystery.
This little place, which is too cramped
for its great work, is loved by the boys of
the sea, and when they come ashore they
hasten to meet old friends and fine new
ones.
"We don't obtrude religion upon
them" said Father Dougherty, the SUI
perintendent recently appointed by Arch.
bishop Conigan, to reporter. s'Yet
we know that they are brought under the
inhence of the religious spirit, as it is
proven by the excellent way in which
they attend mass in the neighboring
church of st. Veronica. I"
The work was found necessary at iirst
by the establishment of reading rooms by
other denominations. The Catholic boys
wanted their own place.
A committee was at first formed headed
by the Archbishop of New York, the Rev.
M. A. Corrigan, the Rev. Father John ].
Kean, the Rev. David J. Mccormick, the
Rev. Father Charles II. Parks, chaplain
of the San Francisco war ship, the Rev.
Father Chadwick, of the Inflated Maine.
and the Rev. w. II. l. Heaney, of the
Olympia. These men worked hard amid
many discouragementst till at length plans
were formulated and the work was sue
cessfully carried on.
The room at l7S Christopher street was
engaged, 1000 books of an interesting
kind were purchased, tables and chairs,
games of every kind are there, dumb
bells, quoits, etc. On Sunday evening
service is held, singing, prayer and
short instruction by the spirituaidirector,
Father Dougherty. The attendance fills
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13

sincere worker-his gray eyes fash and
the red in his ruddy cheeks grows deeper
as he says proudly: 'fIrish people love
liberty. AS they are btirdeped by unjust
and grievous taxation taxation that even
the English Tories themselves condemn
they come here to earape it and enjoy
liberty"
If you ask Father Cahill, one of the
priests at the Mission d Our Lady of the
Rosary, the harbor OF friendless Irish
girls in New York, hej Twill gravely say
"The primary object Of these girls is to
earn money to send back to their parents,
perhaps to save the Old homestead, to
keep their fathers and mothers in comfort
in their last days"
And So whether in search of bread and
gold, or on the gloriors quest for liberty
or the sacred GRAND to|save the old home,
these troops of clear-eyed, red-cheeked,
honest-hearted lasses are pouring into the
country this summer IN greater numbers
than ever.
When the Majestic landed the immi-
grants at the Barge Office last week hun
dreds stood waiting in lines, eagerly
watching for the familiar faces to come
up the stairway from the steamer. Every
sturdy young man ir frieze jacket and
tweed cap, grasping his bag as though he
expected to have it torn from him by
force, every blushinq, shy maid, fright
ened at the throng aud the newness and
strangeness of every thing, was anxiously
scanned by the watchers.
Suddenly cry of r Michael, me boy,
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13
cROKER's ATHLETIC TRAINING

"There are few men of his age who
could have followed Mr.. Croker in the
swim he made at Long Branch on Sum
day afternoon" said lifetime friend of
the Tammany leader last week. ode
spite the occasional rumors of ailments
which he is alleged to have, he is phys
ically the equal of any man of his size
and age in this city. He is built from
the ground up as muscular man, and he
has never injured his constitution by dis
sipation. He Is very moderate in his
uses of stimulants, and, although he
smokes a good deal, his nerves are un-
shaken His most conspicuous charac-
teristics are his GOODNESS and repose. l
have never known him to betray any sign
of nervousness, although there have been
times when he has been burdened with
enough work to swamp two ordinary men.
Mr.. Cookers early training in politics
was in the days when no man could be a
ward leader unless he was physically a
good man, and If such were the qualifi-
cations to-day Mr.. Croker could still
make good his claims. The muscles in
his legs and arms are like iron, and ap-
parently without any effort on his part
he is always in good athletic training
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13

a nation that has borne more sorrows and
suffered more injuries than any other,
and-lives.
The monument to the heroes of 1898
will be erected on the site of the old
Newgate prison.
The readers of the Kentucky Irish
American will be furnished with CON-
plete report of the proceedings and Incl
dents attending this great event.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13

Most Rev. DIR. Walsh, Arcllbisl1or,
Dublin, is firm supporter Of the cls1
of the National school teachers IN
land to the half million of dollars Sc
grants still unpaid by the British Goy
ment and for the same remuneratIos
like services as is paid to the EnelI1
Scotch teachers. In advocacy 81
claims the Archbishop wrote let
the subject to the I'reenlan's jour
of cogent and unanswerable ag
in favor OF the Immediate paym
arrears to the National teae;5
land.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13
By Thousands Come Br'ght.Eyed, Rosy
Checked CoIIeens In Quest Of
Work and Liberty.
What Emigration Commissioner McSwee.
ney Witnessed During a Recent
\ Visit to Ireland.
SCENES AT THE BARGE OFFICE

In this month more Irish immigrant
girls have landed in New York than in
any other July since 1916.
The Majestic brought over 400 immi.
grants last week, half of whom were SON.
sic Irish girls with cheeks like apples and
lips like cherries, says Edith Sessions
Topper.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13

The Earl of Howth and Lady Margaret
Domville, his sister have arrived at the
Castle Eowth for the season. Lord
Howth, who has done more for sport in
Ireland than any man Of his day, is max
ing an exhaustive inquiry into the state
Of the salmon streams Of Ireland.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13
BRAVE COL. began
Dies at His Home From Ill
ness Contracted While
in Cuba.

home - kss., Tuesday
morning. Co.. fed home from
Cuba few days ago greatly debili-
tated condition as result of the hard
ships attendant upon the campaign, but
it was thought he would rally. He
showed favorable symptoms until Tues
day morning, when sudden change oc-
Cured and he died few minutes later.
Col. Began was born in Boston and was
educated in the public schools. He en-
tered the City Architects Office in 1878,
ane in 1885 was transferred to the public
buildings department and was its Super
intendent when he left for the war.
Col. Began began his military career in
1866, enlisting in Company d, Fifth in
fantry, as private. He was commits
stoned Second Lieutenant in 1871 and
was made Captain in 1872. He was COM
missioned Major of the Ninth regiment
in 1882, and in 1892 was appointed In
spector General by Gov. Russell, with
the rank of Colonel. On the death of
Col. Strachan, in 1898, he was elected to
command the Ninth He was a member
of the Charitable Irish Society, Mont
gomery Light Guards Veteran Associa-
ton and ST. Francis de Sales Catholic
Temperance Association. He leaves two
sons.
After spending ten days in quarantine
on Egmont Key, Florida, at the entrance
to Tampa bay, Brig Gen. H. M. Duffield,
of Detroit, and his son were released
Tuesday and allowed to proceed to Tam
pa. While the General shows the effects
of the climate and the malarial fever
contracted in Cuba he is now in COM
paratively good health, and has started
for home with his son.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-08-13

The London correspondent of the New
York Tribune says in recent letter to
that paper: "There is a solid basis of
self-interest underneath the good feeling
existing between England and America. y
The remark is not strikinaly original.
1t has frequently been observed that the
English are not in the habit Of wasting
their friendship on people not worth