The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-27
From Dublin Freeman,
Sept. 9th.
latest Trisb neWS.

and that he had never complained
DR.. r. Kerans, Banagher, gave it as
his opinion that death resulted from
apoplexy, and the jury found accord
ingly.
The Hon. Richard Seddon, prime min
lister of New Zealand, accompanied by
Mrs. Seddon, attended at the Leinster
Lecture hall on Thursday afternoon
for the purpose of meeting a deputa-
tion from the Irish Women's Suffra ge
and Local Government association.
The deputation desired to express their
appreciation of the services rendered
by Mr. Seddon to the cause of female
suffrage in New Zealand. Mr.. Seldom
delivered an interesting address to the
deputation, in the course of which he
alluded to the satisfactory results
which had followed the comforting of
the parliamentary franchise on the
women of New Zealand in 1893.
The honorary freedom of the City of
Cork was on Friday conferred on his
eminence Cardinal Moran, Archbishop
of Sydney, in the presence of a large
and representative assembly of the
citizens His eminence, in the course
of an eloquent and interesting address,
expressed his confidence that meas
ures for the establishment of Cath
olic university, the enforced sale OF
their lands to the Irish farmers, and
the comforting of self-government on
Ireland would one day be accepted by
the British parliament, and that they
would be found conformable to the
laws of equity no less~than to the die
tates of common sense.
The continuous and terrific rains of
the past twelve hours have turned one
half of the central portion of Belfast
into lake, and traffic is being carried
on under conditions unprecedented.
With a high tide the sewers are
emptying their overcharged contents
into the streets. The Great Northern
railway terminus can only be ap-
preached by vehicles 1t has been
found necessary to close the opera
house, and the members of The Shop
Girl company are having the remain
| der of the week as a holiday.
/ In st. Georges market apples, pears
and other fruit are floating here, there
and everywhere. In some districts the
water is almost four feet deep. The
stores of the Irish Stout company are
unapproachable and the publicans of
the city are experiencing a famine in
this beverage.
Residents in the flooded districts
have taken refuge in the upper apart
ments.
The census of the county and city
of Limerick, just issued, shows that
the city, like so many other Munster
towns, has more than held its own
during the decade. In 1891 it's popu-
lation was 37155, while in 1901 it was
3S,151, the increase being within four
of thousand, or 81 per cent. This,
however, is the only increase in the
county. The decrease in the rural dis
tricts has been very large, ranging
from 5 per cent in Listowel to 1873 per
cent in Groom. The total population
of the county was only 146,09S, as COM
pared with 1892 in 1891. or reduc-
tion of 81 per cent. On the other
hand, the number of adults who could
read and write had increased during
the decade from 6S per cent to 1872 per
cent and the illiterates had decreased
from PA per cent to 20 per cent. The
religious statistics of the county and
city show that Catholics occupy the
same position as in 1891. They were
then 94.9 per cent of the total popula-
ton, and they are still in that posi-
ton. In 1891 Protestant Episcopalians
were Az per cent, but they are now
only per cent The number of purely
Irish speakers in County Limerick is
II. Those who speak both Irish and
English, however, number 17,045. AL
together, except in the case of Lime
rich City itself, the returns show de-
cay and retrogression.
Double Tragedy in Kerry-About
o'clock on Saturday afternoon a young
man named John M'Gillicuddy fatally
shot his brothers. wife, and afterwards
shot himself, at .Glencar, near McGil-
licuddy's Reeks, Killarney. 1t is sts t.
ed that M'Gillicuddy was friendly with
the woman before he and his brother
joined the army. His brother, who was
the first to return home, married the
young woman, who was engaged at
Caragh Lake hotel Both brothers had
lived under the one roof, house on
the wilds of Glencar. On entering the
house on Saturday the deceased man
followed his sister-in-law into the yard,
knealt down, and taking aim with
gun, shot her through the breast and
then shot himself The woman died
in few moments, and her assaiIant
succumbed a few hours later.
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is believed that the meeting of citizens
to be held in the Mansion house on
Friday will decide on holding a great
public demonstration in the Phoenix
park, on Sunday next, to protest
against the proclamation of crimeless
Dublin. Mr.. John E. Redmond, NJ. P;
Mr.. John Dillon, NJ. P; Mr.. Michael !
Davitt, Mr.. William Redmond, NJ. P: |
Mr.. Field, NJ. P; Mr.. Nannetti, NJ. P: |
Mr.. Kettle, etc, are expected to be |
present, The Right Honorable the lord |
mayor will preside. United Irish league |
branches, labor organizations and |
bands are requested to make all neces-
sary preparations.
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Proposed Catholic Association.-At |
the weekly meeting of the Westport
board of guardians, Mr.. John MacHale,
D. V. c., presiding, a circular, signed |
Edward Martyr, Tillyra Castle" and
Joseph Mooney, Cabra Lodge" was
read, asking the cooperation of the
guardians in a scheme for the estab-
ishment of Catholic association, with
a view to improving the present un-
condition of the Catholics
Of the country, who are laboring un-
der serious social disabilities owing to
the lack of that strong organization
which is so notable a characteristic of
other religious bodies. The circular
states that when a satisfactory scheme
has been arrived at it will be laid in
October next before the meeting of
he Hierarchy, many of whom have
already expressed their approval of the
project
Mr.. John McGovern (Newport) said
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