The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-02-04

Give us, to guard our native coasts,
The matchless men OF Tipperary!
Thomas Davis.
ANTRIM
AS has been already announced by
cable dispatches the steamship Oceanic,
of the White Star line, the largest At
lantic steamer afloat. was successfully
launched at Belfast on Jan. IA. The
or IA feet longer than was the Great
Eastern. Her gross tonnage is over
1900 tons, her engines will require no
less than 700 tons Of coal a day, and
her equipment will be the finest ever
put into steamship. The North Ger
man Lloyd vessel, Kaiser William der
Crosse, at present holds the Atlantic
record for fast passages, but it is ex-
pected that the Oceanic will lower it to
five days. Eighty years ago the first
steamship to cross the Atlantic, the
Savannah, occupied 26 days in the voy-
age, and it was on this calculation that
the celebrated DR.. Lardner based his
theory that exclusive steam navigation
of the Atlantic was an mpossibility, as
no vessel could carry fuel enough to fur
nish steam tor her machinery. The
problem was solved before DR.. Lardner
died. like great many others that he
left unsettled In his mathematics, with
the convenient addendum that his un-
finished findings were near enough for
all practical purposes"
CLARE.
A terrific storm blew over Ennis on
Jan. ~. and appears to have done a con-
siderable amount of damage, roofs and
chimneys and household property being
severely injured in many parts of the
town Part of the chimney Of l.. Co.'S
tello's house, in Church street, was
blown away. The Fergus rose to an
unusual height, and the lower parts of
the town were submerged. The ret0rt
fires and the Ennis Gas compan's prem
ises were completely extinguished
CORK.
On the night of Jan. ~ fierce gale
broke over the South coast coming in
violent gusts at intervals. In Skibber-
cen the streets were strewn with states,
striped off the houses. The damage
both on land and sea will prove very
considerable. Farm produce. such as
hay and straw ricks. have been blown
down and destroyed, while fine old
trees in the most comparatively shell
tered places have been torn up from
the roots. During the storm, Con-
stable Michael O'Brien, while proceed
ing to his barracks in Skibbereen, was
struck by flying slate on the head.
and so injured that medical aid had to
be requisitioned.
DUBLIN
On the night of Jan. u, and up to
noon on he 1,;h enc OF the scvr:tst
wind and rain storms eXpe' fenced in a
long while prevailed all through Ire
land. In Dublin and its vicinity the
effects of the gale were very disastrous.
Chimneys and wooden boardings were
everywhere blown down, and many ac-
cidents occurred A woman named
Mary Flood, residing at 9 Lower Glou-
cester street. was knocked down In
O'Connell street by the force OF the
wind. She had to be removed to Jarvis
street hospital, where she was found to
be suffering from serious injuries to the
head, and was detained as patient.
DERRY.
In Derry, on Sunday, Jan. 8. a re-
markable scene was witnessed, owing to
the visit of an individual styling HIM
self an ex-priest, under the title Of
Father Ruthven." This man was an
Nnounced to lecture in the Guildhall, the
of his DISCOURSE as set out in a handful
scattered broadcast throughout the city,
was to denounce the Roman Catholic
religion and the priests Of the church.
whom he styled 1.-The Vampire Priests
of Rome" The Catholic citizens and
William O'Doherty, solicitor, town coun-
cillor for the West ward, Derry, pro-
tested against giving the use of the
Guildhall to such q firebrand, with the
result that the mayor promptly revoked
the permit that had been issued. AS
there was no other hall available, Ruth
ven, who was backed up by a Methodist
minister named Wilson, in company
with r. NJ. Ballard. secretary of the
Derry Apprentice Boys club, and
Charles McCaughney, inspector Of the
Derry Unionist Registration associa-
ton, attempted to harangue crowd
On the square. near Shipquay gate, and
made bitter attack on the mayor and