The Irish standard., 1898-06-25

auspices Of the Cork Young Mems So
ciety, considerable excitement was occa-
stoned by the explosion of a lucigen
lamp, and seven persons were severely
burned about the face and body. They
We're speedily conveyed on cars to the
city hospitals, where they have since
been detained under treatment. Among
those who were injured were Master
| Edward Okeefe, son of Mr.. John
O'Neefe, station master Cork and Mus
| kerry railway; the two masters O'Con-
nor, sonsNof Mr.. NJ. j. O'Connor, Pat
rick street; Miss Maybury, Mr.. Jona-
than Walton, and youth named Graf
ton-Quill, who are detained at the Mer-
cy hospital and are doing as we'll as
could be expected; young man, James
Hickey, who is lying at the North in
Urinary, terribly burned about the face;
and at the South intirmary, a man
named Murphy and William Hickey.
DUBLIN.
AT the athletic championship meet
ing, on May 80, at Balls Bridge, Dub
lin, the following were winners: High
Jump, b. Ieahy; long jump, w. ]. M.
Newburn; putting 16-pound shot, D.
Horgan; sling 56-pound weight, ]. De-
laney; lOO-yards dash, w. j. M. New
burn; 220 yards, J. c. Meredith; half
mile flat, c. II. Dickenson; mile fiat,
c. r. Fausett; mile steeplechase, N, +,
barron; l2O yards hurdles, D. Carey. In
the light weight tug-of-war, the Rally-
boden team were victorious as were the
d. M. p. &C Divisiom, in the heavy
weight tug.
Otto Madden, the young jockey who
on June l steered the winner of the
derby race, was born in Germany. of
Irish parents, in 1875. He heads the list
OF winning jockeys, on the Hat, in Eng
land. for the present season, with to-
tai of AZ successes. He is considered
one of the very best mddle-weight rid
ers on the turf at present.
GALWAY.
A great demonstration took place in
the Market Square. Balliusloe, on Sun
day, May goth, to commemorate the
memory of the United Irishmen who
fought and died 100 years ago for the
emancipation OF Ireland from foreign
rule. The meeting was very large,
continsents arriving from all the sur
rounding parishes and from places as
far distant as Galway, Longhrea, Bal
lI IN, ~
Byrne, I. c., P. l.. G., seconded by T..
f. Meagher, T. c., Rev. Father Bowes,
Adm, took the chair amidst applause,
and delivered a spirited address.
Speeches were also delivered by Mr..
! John Roche, NJ p; Messrs 7. Cogavin,
e. j. Kelly, 7. J.. Manning, James DAILY,
| of Castelar,; ]. Haunn, of Galway; T.
| j. Mcdonnell and James Kilmartn.
| There was a lecture, largely attended, in
! the hall, in the evening, and a torch
light procession afterward
Kilkenny.
| On the eyning Of June LIST Mr.. Will
lam ONeill who for many years ha )
carried on the business of auctioreer
in Kilkenny, as we'll as that of general
furnisher and warehouseman, was shot
| dead in front of the police barrack, in
Freshford by a policeman named Tim
| othy Carmichael. The policeman owed
| Mr.. O'Neill a bill for some furniture
! and housefurnishing goods, and O'Neill
| had gone to the barrack to collect it.
| when Carmichael deliberately loaded
his rifle with buckshot and fired
| through the window, with the fatal re-
suit stated. Subsequently lie was ar
rested and conveyed under strong es-
cort to Kilkenny jail
KERRY.
Dennis Horgan. who, at the last
South Kerry Cycling Sports broke The
worlds record in pushing the 2S-pounds
weight. got warm reception from the
South Kerry boys, on May 29th, and
very valuable gold medal-made espec-
tally to the design Of Mr.. I. O'Sullivan
was presented to him by Mr.. Calvin,
president of the South Kerry Cycling
club
On June list. Valentia harbor was the
scene of a boating accident. when u
man named Ned Sullivan had a mirac-
ulous escape from being drowned. Sui
Ivan and two other men, all engaged in
the fish trade, were about boarding the
mil Desperandum," an Arklow fishing
smack, when another boat. already in
tow Of the smack. colided with their
boat and sank it. Sullivan was rescued
by the crew of the smack.
KINGS COUNTY.
On June I'd, a serious accident con-
nected with passing thunderstorm oc.
Cured at Riverstown, near Birr, wher
substantial farmer named Patrit .
O'Brien and his family of four wcr,
struck by the lightning, and had
marvellous escape from DEATH They
were in an exposed part of the farm
when the storm broke over their heads:
and they ran for shelter to newly
erected cottage, solidly built with walls
Of masonry two feet in thickness. They
were scarcely inside when a flash OF
lightning struck the building shatter-
Ing the masonry and Frustrating the