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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10
ENTERPRISING.

The Kentucky Irish American
gave its readers last week the most
complete report of the great Dub
lin celebration published in these
United States. We are not as old
and perhaps not as experienced as
many of our contemporaries, but
we possess the energy that will
enable this paper to equal the best
and be surpassed by none.
A number of new and special
features will be added from time
to time, which will greatly enhance
its already established value as an
advertising medium. Our readers
will be pleased to know that the
size of the paper is to be enlarged,
thereby presenting them much
more interesting matter than at
present.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10
SACRED HEART CHURCH
Pleasant Time Arranged For
Those Who Attend the
Picnic Monday.

The ladies and gentlemen of the Sacred
Heart church congregation have been
working zeafously for the past three
weeks and now all the arrangements are
completed for the picnic and outing, and
they assure all who visit Riverview Park
day Of real pleasure and enjoyment
There will be various games and amuse-
ments for the little ones, who will be adj
mitted free, and the different committees
of ladies aud gentlemen have made all
necessary preparations for the entertain
ment of the young ladies and gentlemen,
and the older ones, also. We learn that
number of new and pleasing novelties
will be introduced, which will furnish
great deal of amusement. The ladies
will serve an excellent dinner and supper
at very reasonable prices, so there will be
no necessity for any one being burdened
with baskets or lunches. A large num-
Der of very handsome young ladies have
volunteered to serve at the various stands
and booths, and it will be worth more
than the nominal price of admission to
have the opportunity of seeing and adj
miring so much loneliness. To be served
by them will be pleasure not to be soon
forgotten. We advise our young men
readers to take advantage of this and do
their part toward making it the most en-
joyable occasion of the season.
Riverview Park is delightful place,
on the banks of the Ohio, and the Street
Railway Company will furnish ample
transportation facilities for the accommo-
dation of all who attend. AS there are
great many who have not seen this
beautiful place, we would say TO them
that this will be the last opportunity of
the season, and they should not miss it.
Representatives are expected to be
present from all the congregations, and,
as Rev. Father Walsh is one of the most
popular clergymen in the city, and his
lady and gentlemen assistants expe
rienced and hospitable entertainers, we
hope all will do their part to make this
the most pleasing and successful event
in the history of the Sacred Heart church.
1t will be remembered that this is the
church that was completely destroyed by
the cyclone in 1890, and the picnic is
given to reduce the debt occasioned by |
the erection of the present handsome
edifice, All onr citizens should feel it a
pleasure to assist Father Walsh in this
noble work.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Curers will be presented here, as it was
presented in New York, with the most
careful attention to the miuutest detail,
and with the original scenery and Co.'S
tunes. The chorus of thirty-five hand
some coryphees will be a revelation, as
they are not the usual set of wall flowers;
on the contrary, each, besides possessing
a pretty face and shapely form, also pos
sesses a well trained voice and pair of
nimble feet. Altogether, the burlesque
will prove delightful treat, and one long
to be remembered. A portion of the bill
will be devoted to strictly high-class
vaudeville, and the following array of
American and European acts will lend to
the success and enjoyment of the per-
Torrance: Georgia Gardner, the American
soubrette, will be assisted by Edgar
Atchison Ely in comedy sketch, "a
Wife's Strategy" Sam ]. Ryan, the witty
Irishman, will indulge in few paroxysms
of mirth and melody; the Clayton Sisters,
we'll remembered as the soubrette hits of
Hoyt's "a Stranger in New York, :" will
present an up-to-date speciality; the great
and only Painter Brothers, the greatest
gymnasts and equilibrists that have ever
been brought to America; John E. Drew,
whose nimble feet and pleasing comedy
have placed him at the top as an enter
tainer; Daley and Vokes, the elite come
dians, and last, but not least, La Belle
Wilma, the latest European importation,
who will make her first American appear
ance with this company at the Bucking-
ham tomorrow.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Send in your names and subscrip-
tons at once. We want to double
Our circulation and the size of the
paper. Its price is only 81 per
year, and is the only paper pub
lished in this part of the country
that is devoted to the interests of
the Irish American public.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Members OF the Route Tenants De-
Tense Association held meeting in Bal
lymoney recently to consider the action
OF the Chief Land Commission in rela-
ton to the fixing of fair rents. Mr.. WILL
lam Stewart presided. This resolution
was unanimously adopted: Moved bv
Mr. ]. Megaw. and seconded by Mr.
James Boyd: THAT, inasmuch as the
land legislation since 1870 was founded
with respect to rent, ON the principle
that improvements made by tenants
should not bear any rent, we strongly
complain that Mr. Justice Meredith in
his Judgment in the Adams VS.. Dunseatb
case, reversed this salutary principle, and
awarded to the landlord the whole of the
increased letting value consequent upon
the tenants investment of capital|in the
reclamation of portion of his faknn!"
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

We will endeavor to protect the
interests of our Irish American citi-
zens in all quarters, and are willing
to do the same for the Germans, but
that is unnecessary, as our neigh
Dor, the Anzeiger, has for many
years demonstrated.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10
RECENT DEATHS.

Miss Nellie V. Egan, one of the most
respected ladies of the West End, died
Wednesday night at the family residence,
1920 Portland avenue, of consumption.
She was twenty-five years of age and had
been i'll some time. Hers marks the
third death in the immediate family
within a year. The funeral took place
Friday morning from st. Patrick's church
and was very largely attended.
Martin connaughton, sixty-four years
of age, who died Wednesday night at his
home on Broadway, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets. was well-known and
highly respected citizen. and was former
ly policeman, having served on the
force for years. He leaves four daughters
and two sons, all of whom are grown.
The funeral took place Friday morning
from Sacred Heart church. The inter-
ment was in St, Louis Cemetery.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

gest that instead it insert a fe "
columns of its imported boiler plate
matter: That will furnish better
reading and produce better results
in the counting-room.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

efits it, but they emphasize the
degradation and ruin of a once
valuable piece of newspaper prop
erty. The newspapers which the
Gods would destroy they turn over
to the management of tramps and
fakirs.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

We deprecate newspaper contro-
versies and regret to say anything
harsh to our neighbors, but we can
not and will not let pass unnoticed
such scurrilous reflections as have
recently been appearing in the col
umns of the Commercial.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Hon. Walter Evans has the sup
port of only the Commercial, while
his opponent, Hon. Oscar Turner,
is backed by the entire Democratic
press. The prospects of Mr.. Evans
return to Congress are not the most
hattering.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

When the Commercial again lacks
matter to fill its columns it will not
attack our Irish American citizens.
1t may SANDER the Fire Depart
ment, herhaps, but we would sug-
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

The expressions of favor with
which the Kentucky Irish Ameri-
can has been received during the
past week are highly gratifying.
A large number of names were
added to our subscription lists.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

No newspaper will gain the pat
ronage of our German citizens by
trying to embroD them in factional
quarrels with their neighbors and
friends.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10
DISREPUTABLE JOURNALISM.

for many years under the editorial
control of Col. r. M. Kelly, with
Albert S. Dietzman in charge of
the business department, and under
this management it was powerful
and popular paper, Notwithstanding
its Republican principles. When
it fell into the hands of the present
tramp management its circulation
and business diminished into insig-
niicance and its influence was
quickly lost.
The libelous and lying article
which it published in its issue of
Wednesday last on the police force
appointments shows to what damn
able depths of degradation it has
descended. The Knives in charge
of it imagine that they are playing
smart politics when they invent
falsehoods and give them currency
in order to stir up race and national
prejudices among and against our
citizens of foreign birth and descent.
It's editor coined lie, put it in the
mouth of Mayor Weaver and his
official associates and labeled it
Damn the Dutch" That express
sion bears the stamp of the Com
mercial office and shows how deep
its degradation is.
Against the Post fling at carpet
baggers it places the sentiment of
the honest people of Kentucky in
favor of immigration to shield its
Ohio tramps; but it seeks in every |
possible way to stir up prejudice
against the people of Irish descent
and against the population of Ger
man extraction. The people and |
the politicians have not said Damn
the Dutch" but they have damned |
the Commercial and its tramps and
marplots from Ohio, who came here
to breed discord and enmity be-
tween those who are naturally
friends.
It's attacks on Col. John Whallen
are accepted by the public as tri-
butes to his character, and instead
of weakening his influence they
make him stronger. It's damnation
is praise and its praise is damnation
for public officials and public men.
Will Roland B. Gelatt, the news
paper wrecker in charge of the
Commercial wreck, agree to show
down his public and private char
acter with the men he assails and
let the public see the accuser and
the accused as they are? Will her
Among the police appointed are
some of the best and truest men in
Louisville, notably like Capt. Tom
Maher, Mike Barry, Patrick Null {
len, William Lawler, John Lincoln,
Edward Eagan, John Sheehan and I
a score of others.
The practice of the Commercial .
since it has fallen into the gutter
and lost the respect of the public is
to substitute lies for news and filth
for brains. It's attacks on the Irish 4
and German population, and par a
Eicularly those employed by the I
sity, neither INJURIES them nor BEN n
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10
SCANDALoUs CARELEssNEss.

ana otner Sickness are reported by
the daily press to have made among
the soldiers at Camp Wikoff and
other points. History will tell who
is to blame for this terrible misman-
agement. Objections were raised
at first to establishing a camp at
Montauk Point, Long Island, but
money and influence and tremen-
dous lobbying at Washington were
brought to bear till the interested
parties, the railroads, were victo-
rious. AS result heroes, whom a
brave nation could not even touch,
now are lying dead, slain by the
insidious enemies, fever and neg
lect. Had the first few cases been
properly treated doubtless there
would have been a different story
to tell, but little care, insufficient
medicine and improper food helped
to make the story what it is. Efforts
were made even to keep the matter
from the public, but when the
press got hold of it "there was
rushing to and fro and hurrying'
to correct what hitherto had beer
defective. Surely hard tack and
bacon were strange food for sick
people. One poor fellow is reported
unweyin9vtha. he viii never forget
the first piece of white bread that
was given him-'it was a taste of
heaven" Think of it! Millions
of willing dollars waiting to be con-
verted into necessary food and
medicines for these very men!
What caused this deadly supine-
ness? Alas, that the nations's brave
should have been so treated. When
mothers gave up their sons they
imagined that their boys superior
officers" would watch over the
charges entrusted to them; when
wives parted from their husbands
they supposed that everything
would be done for the comfort of
men who bravely answered the call
to protect their country's interests.
But here let them draw aside the
curtain and expose the horrors of
Montauk Point. Men lying on the
hard ground in all the agonies of
raging fever, with no care but that
given by sympathetic comrades;
many forced to get up and answer
bugle call and drill in the morning
who could scarcely stand on their
feet. Many were actually carried |
fainting to their tents. The War
Department will surely investigate
this awful scandal, for scandal it'll
is, and bring to account those who
have been instrumental in locating
camps in unsuitable localities in
which through lack of a good water
supply or through contiguity to
ponds or marsh land fever or mala-
ia might be supposed to exist.
The railroads, like cormorants, had
% be satisfied, and the lives of our
men and boys were only a second
Try consideration-not even that,
when we are told that hundreds
lave died from sheer starvation.
God grant that the arch demons
Who have helped along this state of
:haos and misery may be found out
nd suffer the punishment they SO
ichly deserve.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Mrs. Martin Byrne and daughter, Mary,
have returned home from ten days stay
at West Baden Springs. They were accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Byrne and
their daughter, Miss Josephine.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

confined to his home from sickness, but
hopes are entertained of his speedy res
toration to health.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10
THEATERS.

Fields Minstrels opened at Macauley IS
last night There will be two per-
formances today-matinee and evening.
The attraction for the coming week at
the Avenue will be the popular drama,
"Hcld by the Enemy" 1t will be pre-
sented by a good company.
The refurnishing and reftting of the
Temple Theater have been completed, and
everything is in readiness for the opening
Monday evening" September 10. The
members are all in the city, and have
been rehearsing during the past week.
They will present play never before
seen here for the first week.
The management of the Buckingham
is to be congratulated ON securing for
their popular theater, for the week COM
mencing with the Sunday matinee,
Weber & Fields celebrated New York
success, the "Con-curers. The title is
taken from the fact that it is parody on
Paul Potter's play, "rhe conquerors. /"
1t is from the clever pen of Edgar Smith.
with music by John Stromber, positive
guarantee that the material for the artists
is of the highest order. Now for the
artists themselves. Messrs. Weber and
Fields have exercised their usual care in
the selection of cast of stars to produce
their great success. and it will be seen at
once that no salary wrs too high, and that
they have secured the cream of the vaude-
vile and comedy profession. The Con-
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Hon. Oscar Turner has returned
to the city, and is arranging the
preliminaries for his campaign.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Miss Annie Hagerty has returned from
a pleasant visit to the family of Mr.. and
Mrs. Burke, of Birmingham, Ala. She
will be pleased to meet her friends at the
outing of the Ladies Auxiliary Wednes-
day.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Miss Nell Meeken has gone to Cincin
natl on business and pleasure trip.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Mr.. John Mccrory, Sr., is spending a
short vacation at Petoskey.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Miss Mamie Dillon has been visiting
New York City during the past week.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Misses Mamie, Anna, Katie and Nellie
Sullivan, accompanied by their mother,
will leave shortly for Darlington, where
they will visit their cousins and the
family of Mr.. Thomas Smith, formerly of
this city.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Mr.. John Greaney has returned from
Asheville, N. c.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Fields Minstrels opened at Macauley IS
last night. There will be two per-
formances today-matinee and evening.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Call at the Office and pay your subscrir
ton.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

The many friends of Miss Maym,
Brennan, of 1l04 Oak street, will b.
grieved to learn of her serious illness
She is at SITS. Mary and Elizabeth Hospi
tai, suffering from severe attack o.
typhoid fever.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

Misses Anna B. and Josephine McCill,
after two months sojourning at Martha's
Vineyard, Mass, which time was devoted
to literature and music, have returned
home.
The many friends of Capt. Joe Tanks
ley will learn withIregret that he Is still
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09

instances g. single thrust is sufficient to
do the work. Like the Indian arrow
heads, some of them are poisoned at
the point, which means sure death once
a wound is inflicted.
Perhaps the most deadly Of all the
Philippine weapons are the daggers
carried by the chiefs. These are made
Of iron, mostly Of a poor quality and
are about eighteen inches long. They
are crooked or wavey in shape, with
a rough, uneven surface. The edges are
as sharp as a razor; the point almost
like that Of a needle, and they are car
ried in a case, which fits the blade to
perfection. The cases are made of
hard wood, the handles bearing beau
tifully carved inscriptions, representing
the name of the chief and tribe. These
crooked daggers are carried exclusive
ly by the chiefs, the right to possess
them being considered a grea honor in
the native country. When in good
condition, sharp and we'll pointed they
are in great demand in this country,
and bring as high as $25.
A few years ago many tribes in the
two principal islands, Luzon and Min
danao were disarmed by order Of the
authorities, only the chiefs being allow
ed to retain their weapons. These, of
course, did not include the hundreds
of smaller islands, inhabited entirely
by savages, who still carry q kris for
their deadly work. The kris is a dag
ger slightly longer than that carried
by the chief, measuring nearly two
feet, with a sharp curved blade. There
are numerous varieties of these, the
blades differing a trifle in size and
shape. Being in general use among all
known tribes, the ordinary kris is quite
common and brings anywhere from 81
to So.
The kris is regarded by the native
Filipino as the most important of all
his belongings, and his uses Of it are
many and varied. The more savage
tribes first lasso the foe, and after
dragging 1t on the ground until eX-
hausted or dead, use the knife to sever
the head from the body, the former be-
ing taken as a prize. The native is
very careful to keep his weapon in good
condition, and uses It in q number Of
ways, as the occasion may require. IN
decapitating he approaches the enemy
from the rear, striking Il little below
the base of the brain. A single blow
powerfully dealt will nearly always ac-
complish the work, but in every case
robs the opponent Of all power. In
dealing with the less formidable foe the
kris Is used more in the manner of q
stiletto, and being poisoned at the
point it performs the work in q diff
ferent way, tOrturing the victim until
death is a welcome relief. The weapon
is also used for other purposes, being a
sort Of handy tool for all work.
Firearms are almost unknown out
side Of the principal towns, though re-
Gently, it is said, a crude sort of gun
has been finding it's way among the
more civilized tribes on the coast.
Since the war started in May last, the
insurgents, which are practically the
semi-civilized tribes adjacent to Manila,
have been active in purloining armor
of various kinds, which Is now cir
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09

Some cough mixtures
smother the cough. But the
next breeze fans it into life
again.
Better put the cough out.
That is, better 60 deeper
and smother the fires of in
hammation. Troches can
not do this. Neither can
plain cod-liver oil.
But SCOTS Emulsion can.
The glycerine soothes and
makes comfortable; the hy-
pophosphites give power and
stability to the nerves; and
the oil feeds and strengthens
the weakened tissues.
soc. and $500, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists, New York