The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-04-05
Catest TrlsbT1ews. .Presman, R%sln Tsss'y Ifisr y

e At the meeting of the Cork count,
council the election for county ant
:. rural district councillors and guardian
n was fixed for the 2Sth of May, 1902
d At the County Louth Assizes OIL
c Wednesday, Peter Sandys of Malpas
town, a large farmer in Mid-Louth, wa!
sentenced to three years penal servi
= tude for setting fire to some ricks o
,. hay and straw.
During a dense fog the Kingstowr
mail boat Ulster, Captain Thompson
coilided with a dry dock opposite the
landing stage at Holyhead, on Wed
: nesday. and subsequently went
, aground. The passengers were prompt
: ly landed by boats.
At Monaghan Assizes on Thursday q
young woman named Jane McGlynn
!, was indicted for the willful murder OF
her little boy, aged years, by drown
ing him in the Ulster canal on the
night of Sept 26 The hearing of the
case occupied seven hours and resulted
in the acquittal of the accused. who
was accordingly discharged
the trial was resumed of George Lillian,
Madame Emily Lillian and Mabel Lii
ian known as The American Herbal
ists." who were charged with obtain
ing money by false pretenses. After
a protracted hearing the jury dis
agreed and the prisoners were remand
ed to the Summer Assizes.
o
A Kilkenny correspondent says that
Colonel Knox, J.P.. the officer COM
mandiHs the Kilkenny militia, met
with a serious accident while driving
motor car through High street, Kill
kenny, on Thursday. One of the
wheels came off the machine, which
completely overturned. throwing the
gallant gentleman with much force on
the tagged pavement. He was imme-
! diately rendered unconscious, but has
sinee sufficiently recovered to enable
his being removed to the residence of
DR.. James Butler. where he is at pres
ent progressing satisfactorily.
.
| A somewhat serious situation has
been caused in Derry in consequence of
a dispute between Messrs. Hugh Stew
| enson, one of the largest baking estab-,
hshments in the city, and their EN-
ployes. The result has been that the
Der of non-union bakers have been i'm
ported from Belfast and Glasgow.
Beds have been provided on the prem
ises by the firm, and the newcomers
remain indoors, force of police being
constantly on duty in the vicinity OF
the bakery in William street.
o
On Thursday the land commission at
Dublin granted an application, under
section of the act of 1881, by the land
lord, Mr.. BalfOur, to resume possess
sion of an acre and a half of land on
which Mellifont abbey stands. in order
that he may vest it in the board of
works for preservation as an ancient
monument
AT Dublin, the hearing of the charges
OF unlawful assembly, of intimidating.
George Thompson, of riot, and of as
sault1ng the police, preferred against
MI r. A. Corr and the seven other
defendants was resumed on Friday be-
fore Messrs. Bruen, r. M. and Heard.
X. M, constituting a special court un-
der the coercion act. Mr.. Corr was
sentenced to one months Imprisonment !
with hard labor, and to three months |
III N de1ault or bail. Messrs. Loughnane, |
heefe, Cahill and Troy were sentenced !
t.,
Messrs. Dwyer and Thomas Maher to |
Two weeks, all with hard labor. The |
charge against William Maher was |
dismissed. Mr.. o Mahony, counsel for
the defendants, applied that the SEN
fences should be increased in order to |
ADMIT of appeal The magistrate re-
fused the application.
o
On Wednesday at petty sessions of
Iermanfeckin, near Drogheda, the
crown prosecuted in two different cases
against the captains and owners of two
steam fish1ng trawlers for illegally
nsnlng within the prescribed three
miles limit at Clogher Head Both the
vessels were employed by the CITY of
Dublin Steam Trawling company. one
ot the vessels, named Hibernian, was
;leverly captured by the Clogher Head
coast guards, who, donning the gar
nents of fishermen, and obtaining
plot yawl, set out for the vessel, the
rev of which mistook them for harm
ess pilots on the lookout for incoming
'essels. The cast guards, coming
llongslde boarded the trawIer, and
,alled upon them to surrender, which |
hey did. and steamed to Clogher Head
'ler, where their nets and fishing gear
we're removed. The bench imposed a
me OF 91OO in each case on the cap
aims and owners of the steam trawlers.
ogether with the sum of e27 los costs
On Thursday collection was made
throughout the town of Wexford on be-
alf of the Cork international exhibit
ion. Lord Mayor Fitzgerald and the
'ork deputation were most cordially (
eceived everywhere, and a banquet 4
ias given in their honor last night in
Whites hotel. The chairman (Mr. Mar
N Pierce) was able to announce that
'lSO had been collected. The lord
layor thanked the people of Wexford 1
lost heartily for their generosity, ex-
nplified in the manner in which they
ad subscribed towards the exhibition.
he deputation were cordially received 4
Y Most Rev. DR.. Browne. bishop of 4
erns, who wished the exhibition every !
lccess.
An inquest was held at MarkethiIl,
ounty Armagh, on Wednesday even
g on the body of a plasterer. named