The Irish standard., 1901-10-26
FLOOD -. DAWN DEAD.
Born In Limerick He Made His Mark
In Canada.


people of the Canadian northwest as
did the death here last Friday, by his
own hand. of Nicholas Flood DAWN,
the brilliant Irishman who for four
teen years represented the North
west Territories in the Dominion
House of Commons at Ottawa. All
day Friday Mr.. DAWN transacted
business in Winnipeg and seemed to
be in his usual good health and spir-
its. visiting many personal and politi-
cal friends. including members of the
Manitoba government. Between three
and four p. IN. he returned to his
hotel, the Clarendon. and telling the
clerk to send up for his baggage as
he was leaving on the next train for
his home at Regina, N. w. IT,, he went
to his room a few minutes later rs
the hotel porter ascended the stairs
for Mr.. Davin's baggage he heard
shot, and when he reached the room
the noted eX-member of parliament
was breathing his last.
Mr.. Davin's friends are at n COM
plete loss to account for his act of
self-destruction, save by the theory of
temporary mental alteration. His
business affairs were reputcd to be
Z, prosperous and his domestic life hap
py His defeat ut the polls last Win
| ter. however, after fourteen years
continued service as n Dominion legis-
lator, is believed to have ranked in
his breast, while he had the added
modification of law suit against
the successful candidate, Walter
Scott, Nj. p.
The funeral occurred Monday, at
Ottawa, Ont, where Mrs DAWN will
probably reside in future. 1t was at
| tended by many distinguished mcm-
bcrs of the Canadian government and
parliament, including a large official
representation of French Canadians.
among whom Mr.. DAWN was especial
ly popular on account of his linguistic
ability. He frequently used the
French language in his parliamentary
speeches and his fcrvcnt oratory
never failed to touch the French
Canadian heart.
NICHOLAS FLOOD DAWN, the
''bard of the plains," was born Janu-
airy 18th, 1913, at Killinane. County
Limerick, Ireland. and was the son of
DIR. Nicholas Flood DAWN. On his
mothers side he was the grandson of
the well-known Richard Lame of Bally
Scanlan. He was educated mt Queens
College, Cork, and became Il fine
classical scholar In 1865 he was
called to the bar ut the Middle
Temple. London, but was soon at
tractcd to journalism. He did his
first work in the press gallery of the
British House Of Commons and in
1S7o-1S71 was war correspondent of
the Irish Times and London Standard
during the Franco o-German war
Wounded ut the siege of MOntmedy.
he came to Canada to rccrpcrntc ana
became an editorial writer on the
Toronto Globe, deciding to remain in
the Dominion. He soon saw the
boundlcss possibilities of the great
Canadian northwest and late in the
'1OS founded the Regina Leader,
which he owned until it was recently
merged into the Regina West. In
1887 when the territories were grant
ed representation at Ottawa, he was
elected one of the first four members.
his immediate constituency being the
territory OF Assinboin. At Ottawa
he Immediately made his mark and
his speeches in the House of Com
mons added to his wide reputation
for wit, scholarship and oratory. lie
represented Canada at the Diamond
Jubilee celebration at Boston in 1897, |
ana only recently made a splendid
historical adldrcss ut the unvclling OF
the Toronto monument to Sir John
Macdonald, whose close friend and
follower he had been throughout his
career in Canada.
The literary remains of Nicholas
Flood DAWN are highly important to
Canadian letters. His epic poem cn-
titled Eos: An Epic of the Dawn"
was the first purely literary work
published in the northwest. lie was
the author Of "Thc Irshman in Can
ada" II splendid presentation of the
influence cXcrted by the sons OF Erin
III building mp the great Dominion.
Couture and Practical Power" an
other OF his works, was apprcciativc-
ly reviewed by Mr.. Gladstone, who
wrote that 1t was "a blow struck tor
civilization" Other completed works
OF Mr. DAWN were "British and Amer
lean Civilization" ana 'Ircland and
the Empire" while he leaves behind
in manuscript form an Irish novel en-
titled "Dorsal Ray"
Thomas ii. Russell of Minncapolis
is among those who were well ac-
quainlcd with the deceased Canadian
legislator and thoroughly appreciated
his many-sidcd character. lie snif
yesterday:
"ln a few poor lines the news
columns of the daily papers told us
that IN II nnvip NJ wac 1noJ