The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02
IRISHMEN MOURN
FOR ELIZABETH.
The Slain Empress Was
a Great Favorite.
THREE M0MENTOUs VISITS
DURING HUNTING TRIPS SHE
GAINED MANY ADMIRERS.
Acts of Kindness, Daring and Cour-
tesy That Endeared the Be-
loved Woman to tbs
- Gaelic Heart.
e M0MENT0US VISITS
DURING HUNTING TRIPS SHE
GAINED MANY ADMIRERS.
BY j.. j. CLANCY.
special eorrespondence OF we can.

DUBLIN, Sept 1.-THE assassination
of the Empress of Austria has caused
an. especially. keen sense of indigna-
ton and horror in ireland, to which
she paid, in years gone by, three sep
arate and somewhat prolonged visits.
She came here first in 1879 for the pur-
pose Of hunting In the counties of
Meath. Dublin and Kildare, where some
some famous packs of hounds have al
ways been kept and which is the great
est home-breeding district of the whole
country. On each occasion she stayed
a Summerhill House, in the county Of
Meath, the residence of Lord Langford,
which she rented for the use of herself,
her numerous suite and a large stud of
horses, and where she made herself
thoroughly at home with people of all
ranks and classes, including the very
poorest. among whom she distributed
her largesses with a lavish hand. There
We're gay times then in Meath. All
the smart people living in or near.
Dublin. who were given in. any degree
TO hunting, went down regularly by:
rail- every morning of meet. to the
trysting spot, carrying with them in
the same train as many as thirty or
forty horses; but the most daring rider
of them all was the Empress Queen
who was always dressed in: blue rid
Ing habit, black hat and white water
proof, and who absolutely tired. out ma
bitually all her attendants. In fact,
her first hunt in Meath was on the day
after she had arrived at Summerhill,
after a continuous journey from Co
lOgne via Brussels OStend, Dover,
Holyhead and the north wall of Dub
lin. when, il maybe safely. said, most
persons, whether men or women, would
have felt toO5Jired. TO do anything With
out first having" obtained some rest:
The Irish people of" all classes like
hunting and admire daring horseman-
ship in man or woman. and it is no.
wonder, therefore, under all the. clrcunl-
stances, that the distinguished. lady,
who that time at least was still:
: beautiful and stately, became an. I'M
usual fayorite with all sorts and. con-
@dItions* Of people. / may i'd that
there were rumors Z the time that
i queen Victoria, was not at all. pleased
.Yviththe. incident of the. imperial visits
and.their accoHpa ailments .and@>i is
. certain that on the*occaSion of the first.
. VIsits: slier. f:epTeSe natives in ireland
We're guilty of. I he .dIsCDurtesy *of TAX
ing no. notice. Of the. Empress, though
on: the occasion. Of the. second persons T
sent by. the: Lord Lieutenant didwait
upon her: Majesty i. - III =. :: t. 4
one on two incidents which marked.
the Empress visits =: 10 the hunting
grounds of Dublin, Meath and. Kill I
dare are worth mentioning: " One was
the accident which led to. her intro /
,duction TO the authorities of. Maynooth1
College, the chief. Catholic .ecclesIasu-:I
cal seminary of. ireland. 1t happened
that the great wall surrounding the
college grounds. had a large gap made
inst in consequence of some works go-:l
ing on in the college on one of the days
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"Kildares," and through this gap the
stag made its way right into tie
shrubbery, where it was brought TO |
bay. The Empress rode in after 1t, |
being among the first. When the party |
came to a standstill, the president Of /
the college, DR.. Russell-uncle, by the
way. Of Lord Russell Of Halloween, now |
Lord Chief Justice of England, and !
also of Mother Russell, who died re-
Gently in San F'rancisco-and the vice +
president, DR.. Walsh, and Archbishop /
Of Dublin, welcomed her Majesty and |
invited her to partake Of some refresh
ments. She at once accepted the in /
vitation and dismounted, and asked TOR +
q shawl or a cloak. No such garment t
was kept in Maynooth College, but DR.. |
Walsh was equal to the occasion and |
offered her his own toga, which she |
took and wrapped around her. This |
was the beginning OF a most pleasant !
acquaintanceship. She made DR. Walsh /
a present of a costly diamond ring, and |
TO the college (where the year after she |
attended mass more than once) she i
gave a massive and beautifully artistic /
silver ornament and suit Of vestmeuts |
gOrCeC usly embroidered. It is no " en-
de- that yesterday the authorities Of |
Maypooth paid her the tribute Of SOL
emn high mass for the repose of her
soul. Another incident now recalled |
IS that Of her visit to the great horse
training establishment Of Mr.. Linde, I
the most famous of those who have