The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-11-26
NEWS FROM IRELAND
ARMAGH

| CHILL lC bCuui I" dS OhClSu ia ~ L quinn
cathedral, in thanksgiving for the boun
tiful harvest Of the past season. His
eminence, Cardinal Louge, presided. The
| devotions concluded with solemn bene-
| diction of the most blessed sacrament,
| his eminence, the cardinal primate, Of
floating. Notwithstanding the fact that
the weather was most lnclemsnt the
cathedral was crowded in every part
with devout congregation.
CORK
Among the articles of value recovered
| by the divers from the wreck of the
| United States battleship Maine was fine
gold watch. with massive chain and
charm of the same metal, which inquiry
| at the navy department showed to have
| belonged to c. o. White, rated as chief
master alarms, whose name appeared
| on the death list. A prosecution of the
| inquiry showed that Whites mother was
still living in Youghal. in the person of
Mrs. Minnie White, and after proper
| Identification, Capt. Crowenshield, chief
| Of the navigation bureau, had the watch
| expressed to the mother of the dead
| sailor.
CLARE.
A serious accident occurred on Nov 1,
| to railway train, near Ennis. A boiler
burst, driving the flame and steam
about. The engine driver, a young man,
| named Mcmahon, jumped from the en-
CINE, which was going at about 10 miles
| an hour. The stoker Michael Corbett.
! remained on Che engine, which slowed
down after going half mile. On re-
turning along the line, Mcmahon was
found lying on the track. with his leg
| broken below the knee. He remains in
critical CONDITION in the county in
! frmatory. A brother of McMahon's was
| killed at the Ennis station few years
ago.
DUBLIN.
| On the evening of Nov. 4, sad acct
dent occurred opposite No. II North
Wall, Dublin. resulting in the death Of
James Yearbook, of No. Halpin's row,
Amiens street. Yearbook was driving a
| van belonging to Messrs. Arnott & Co.,
| toward the Midland Great Western Rail-
way depot, when it collided with van
belonging to Messrs Upton, coming from
| the opposite direction. Warbrook was
| thrown violently to the ground. and on
being conveyed to Jervis Street hospital,
! Dr. Potter pronounced him dead. His
son was on the van at the time of the
,,r& H1,n
| deceased was A years of age, and leaves
a widow and three children. James
Behan, No. % Cuffe street. the driver Of
the other van, was arrested.
| GALWAY.
| On Sunday, Oct. &c. an enthusiastic
meeting was held n Headford, for the
purpose of establishing branch of the
United Irish League. The meeting was
largely attended by the people of the
town and parish. Mr.. McHale and Mr..
! P. Regain attended as organizers. Rev.
Canon Barrett, p. p, Headford, was
unanimously selected president. The
following officers were also unanimously
elected: w. kyne, president: Jo-
| Sepu MuIElSS. treasurer dHu w. y. SkulllI,
secretary. Several resolutions. including
| one to establish a branch Of the league
in Headford, to be known as the Father
Conway Branch" and another condemn
ing the action of the government in pro-
claiming public meetings, were put and
passed with acclamation. Mr.. McHale,
in an able and eloquent speech, fully de-
scribed the aim and principles of the
league, and called on the people to assist
and be true to the cause of Irish nations
ality. Mr.. Regain and some local gentle
men also spoke. A large number of
subscriptions to the league funds were
received. and the meeting concluded with
the usual vote of thanks to the chairman
for presiding and also to Messrs. Nc
Hale and Regain for undertaking the Or
ganization Of the first branch of the
league established in that section of the
county of Galway.
KERRY.
A Cahircivecn correspondent states
that the men at all the coastguard sta
tons, along the coast Of Kerry, have re-
ceived orders to leave for mobilization
on the warship Colingwood, at Daven-
port. All the chief officers have been
called up, and only one coastguard has
been left in charge Of each station. About
thirty of them left there by train on Nov.
"a, and others joined at the different
stations Ell route.
KILKENNY.
Morrissey, the County Kilkenny escap-
ed convict, and modern King of the
Road whose extraordinary history of
highwayism and burglary has recently
appeared in the Press. and who has been
credited with whole series of robberies
recently in that portion Of South Kill
kenny, near New Ross, was captured by
the police near Callan. in Oct 3d. He
was worn out from fatigue and exposure
and presented the appearance of a man
in the last stages Of exhaustion.
KINGS COUNTY.
A dispatch received in Birr, on Nov.
2, reports the murder OF Lieut. II. E.
C. keatinge, of the Leinster regiment, on
the West African coast. Deceased, with
Corporal Gale. were patrolling river