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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-31
THE CLAN-NA-GAEL.
Makes Reply to Col. Blake Of the Irish
Brigade.

A venomous attack made by Col.
Blake on the Clan-na- Gael for it's con-
duct during the Boer war and it's
treatment Of the men of the Irish
Transvaal Brigade has been widely
published because Of the mistaken be-
lief that he is competent and reliable
authority on the subject. The fact is
that Col. Blake is not Irish, is utterly
ignorant of Irish affairs and his state
ments are only repetition Of false
hoods put into his mouth by malig-
nant men who shelter themselves be-
hind him.
The undersigned members Of the
committee which took care of these
men and of many other Boer soldiers
as well, are authorized to make the fol-
lowing statement of the actual facts.
The Clan-na-Gael has expended in
this work over $4,000. On November
Is, 1900, two detachments of the Irish
Brigade and other Boer soldiers, num-
bering in all 80 men, arrived in New
York, their passage having been paid
by the Transvaal government. The
Ancient Order of Hibernians had sent
for that purpose two drafts amounting
to $1,000 or $4,000, which were held
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1iske, president-elect of Yale and other

Fiske, president-elect of Yale and other
of those narrow viewers would have
us believe-in nondescript people
"ScOtch-Irish"-bu the real Gaelic
stock who, when the tocsin of war
sounded in 1776, We're found with arms
in their hands fighting for that liberty
denied them in their own land, and
eager to ayenge the political wrongs
inflicted on them at home That we
may be the better Americans, we de-
serve that our children shall be in
formed on these all-important points
We also desire that they shall be in
formed as to the facts that the influ-
ence of the Irish was all powerful dur
ing that period of politica, CESSATION
A people who during the Dark
Ages had turned their island home
into university, who had carried
the lamp of learning up the valley
of the Seine, the Rhine, the Danube,
across the plains of Iberian penin-
sula by the banks of the Tagus, who,
following in the wake of Columbanus
and Gall, leaped the barrier of the
Alps, descended on the plains of
Lombardy, and rushing to the gates
of the Eternal City itself saved
Christendom from destruction when
the onrush of Hun and Goth threat
ened. The children of such breed
must in proportion to their vol.
ume exert a tremendous influence in
shaping the destines and developing
the institutions of our republic. Now
we insist that our children shall know
they will become 4 better type Of an
American. We insist that knowing
and understanding the moral forces
of the race, ar emulating the virtues,
they must become an unsurmountable
barrier to that awful tide of infidelity
and paganism which is threatening
the republic of Washington and Frank
lin, and Barry and the Carrolls."
The delivery of this address was
marked with great applause and en-
thusiaSm.
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be used by them in their discretion for

be used by them in their discretion for
the purposes named in the will, and
that the use be made of them, indicat-
ed in the will, is merely the motive
which induced the testator to make
them, hence no trust was created by
the will. If the requests in this case
had been made to a corporation Or
ganized for the purpose for which the
gifts were made, the education of
| young men for the priesthood, this
conclusion would be correct, the corpo-
ration would take the requests abso-
lutely as the beneficiary and not i'll
trust.
but it by no means follows, as
counsel claims, that because corpora
ton would take such requests as a
| beneficiary, and not as n trustee, that
Il legatee would so take the gifts.
The difference between an individual
and a corporation in the case is mani
fest. The corporation would be ex-
pressly organized and authorized by
the law to do the work for which the
requests We're made, and should it
abuse it's franchise it could be dissolv-
ed. Not so in the case of an indi-
vidual.
'"The legatees in this case, the bish-
ops, do not occupy any civil official
position, nor is either a corporation,
sole or otherwise, hence, in determin-
| ing the legal effect of the will, they
must be regarded as private individ-
uals. 1t is clear from the language
used by the testator that he intended
the bequest should be used at all
events for the purposes named. That
the bequest named in the second para
graph of the will was not direct gift
to the executor, but was given in trust
is too obvious to justify any discussion.
| We therefore hold that all the requests
in the will are gifts to the respective
| legatees in trust and not to them di-
rect
ut may be conceded that the be-
quests were for charitable use. That
all trusts, including charitable trusts
in real estate, except as authorized in
chapter 43, are abolished, and that the
beneficiary Of any authorized trust
may be certain or capable of being
rendered certain, or the trust is void,
is the settled law of the state. It
is obvious from the mere reading of
chapter 43, as it now stands, that
whatever may have been the rule pre-.
vious to 1875, all express trusts, in
Guiding charitable trusts in personal
property, except as provided therein,
are abolished, precisely as trusts in
real estate.
"The trusts attempted to be created
by this will are unlimited as to time.
All trusts, with the possible exception
OF those authorized by the sixth sub
division of section H., chapter 43, must
be definite and certain as to the bene-
ficiary Of the trusts or capable of be-
ing rendered certain"
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match, and therefore they won't strike
"In caring for their children Cathn.

match, and therefore they won't strike
"In caring for their children Catho-
lies teach us a lesson. Statistics show
that Protestants do not hold their own
! children to the Church. There are
1900 communicates in the Baptist
churches Of Maryland, and only 5000
children in the Sunday schools. The
Protestant laity need to be awakened
to deep sense of the magnitude of
their duty toward the children. Here
is the source of strength in the Catho-
lie church. The seed of divine truth
is planted i'll the hearts of the children,
and If this is faithfully done we have
the divine promise that the seed shall
grow up into a goodly tree whose
branches shall cover the earth and its
boughs shelter the fallen race
"rhe Catholic church has been
charged with putting too much stress
upon good works and not enough upon
faith. Professionalism has swung to
the other extreme and not put enough
stress upon good works. Good works
won't save, but faith without works
is dead. have no patience with
those higher-life Christians who have
not time to do practical good. Our re-
ligion is too much talk. We have too
many women's meetings and not
enough Sisters Of Charity. Kindly,
generous, loving acts, people believe in
that kind Of religion. The Catholic
charities, covering every conceivable
case Of need and suffering, put Profess
tants to shame.
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A PRIESTS WILL.
Set Aside by the Supreme Court n
Minnesota.


An important decision was re,,ntl,-
handed down by the supreme co1rt of
Minnesota in the matter of tho will
or Father Shanahan. who died at
Caledonia, Mimi, in March, 1900. In
his will Father Shanahan beuueathed
Sooo for masses to be distributed by
MS executor; $1,000 to the bishop of
Little Rock, Ark, naming him, or to
his successors, for the education of
priests for his diocese; and the residue
of his estate, about $4,000, to Bishop
Cotter of Winona, naming him, or to
his successors, for the education of
priests for his diocese. The probate
court OF Houston county admitted the
Will to probate. William Shanahan,
brother, and Bridget Walsh, niece,
both living i'll Kilkenny, Ireland,
through attorneys, appealed to the dis
trict court from the order of the pro-
bate court and Judge Buckham de-
clared the will void and ordered the
estate of $4,000 divided between the
brother and niece of the deceased.
The executor and those mentioned in
the will took an appeal to the supreme
court after a motion for a new trial
had been denied.
'The supreme court holds that the
will was void on the grounds,
"First-That the requests We're not
direct and absolute gifts to the several
legatees, but gifts in trust for the
purposes named in the will.
"Second-That all express trusts,
including charitable trusts, in both
real and personal property, are abol-
ished by our statute relating to uses
and trusts, except as therein author
lied, and that under the statute the
beneficiary of trust must be certain
or capable of being rendered certain.
or the trust is void.
"Third-All the trusts attempted to
be created by the will here in ques-
ton are forbidden by the statute and
the requests are void"
Chief Justice Start in his decision
says:
'"The general question for our de.
cision involves consideration of two
minor ones. First-Are the requests
to the bishops for the education of
priests for their respective dioceses
gifts to them direct and absolute. or
in trust? Second-If in trust, are the
trusts forbidden by our statutes?
sit is the contention of the appel
lants that the requests We're gifts to
the bishops direct and absolute; not
to them personally, but officially, to
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up by the British government until
the men had left Lorenzo MARQUEE.
Among them were 80 men of the Chi
cago Ambulance Corps, whose officers
had in their possession $1,000 which
was divided among the men. Two am
bulance doctors arrived a few days
later. The total cost of sending these
men to various parts of the country.
together with their hotel bills, was
$3,2225, for which proper vouchers en-
list. On the arrival Of the old brigade
men in Montana and Colorado the local
branches of the Clan-na-G Gael provided
for their immediate wants, secured
them work and in some cases paid hos
pital bills. All this was later paid by
the Clan-na-Gael itself. All other Irisl,
Brigade men who arrived before the
close of the war We're treated in tho
same way and small sums We're sent
to sick prisoners of war. Some died
and their funeral expenses were also
paid.
The same treatment was accorded to
thos" who arrived from Bermuda and
''eylon after the close of the war.
On the advice of one of these re-
turned prisoners of war, NJ. T.. Hearn
of Westtield, Mass, $4,000 was cabled
to Mr. Gordon, United States consular
agent in johannesburg, to bring here
ten men of the Irish brigade and one
native Boer. Mr.. Gordon performed
his task nobly and returned f131 los.
3D., together with an itemized account
OF expenses, which is now in possess
sion of the proper officer of the Clan
na-Gael. On their arrival here these
eleven men We're treated like their
comrades, most of them sent to the
West, and the outlay was much more
than the amount returned by Mr.. Cor
don.
About $500 was contributed for these
men by citizens of New York, Brook.
lyn and New Jersey, which will be
duly accounted for by the treasurer,
Edward G. Sheehy, former tax COM
missioner of New York. The Clan-na-
Gael also sent $1,000 to bring here the
Irish prisoners in Ceylon and India,
but the United States consul refused
to act in their behalf and some prefer.
red to go elsewhere.
AT Col. Blake's personal request a
Brigade man who had already been bro.
vided for, but who had drifted back
TO New York, was sent to Butte, Mont,
with the rest, and for this action Col.
Blake expressed his warmest thanks.
When the expenditure is completed the
Clan-na-Gael will render an account
to those who are entitled to it.
COL Blake is of American descent for
many generations and therefore may
be excused for ignorance of Irish af-
fairs. He was made colonel of the
Irish Brigade because he is an Ameri-
can and a graduate of West Point
His training would lead one to expect
the conduct and speech of a gentleman
and man of honor but his action in
this case does not justify the expecta-
ton. The Clan-na-Gael saved the
men of the Irisl, Brigade from want
and hardship. while those for whom he
now speaks were neither able nor will
ing to do them any service. Yet Col.
Blake repays good deeds with Islander
and vituperation.
Daniel Il. Cohalan,
Michael ]. Jennings.
John l.. Cannon,
John Dewey.
New York, Jan. cS 1909
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The Greek Crregelles, and Westcott
and Hort reads thus when translated
literally word for word (as all scrip
ture translation should be, as nearly
as possible):
GLORY in the highest
heavens to God; and on
earth peace among
lin or with) men Of good
will.
Eudollias, the genitive of eudokia,
means ''of good will'' Simply that
and nothing more. So the Vulgate,
GLORIA in eXcelsis Dec: ct in terra
pax hominibus bonoe voluntatis, of
Jerome R. Co. Dean Afford and Far
rar both give preference to the reading
"of good will.''
The CodeX Sinaiticus has 'of good
WILL" This is undoubtedly the true
meaning of the angelic message, be-
cause most sensible. Men whose wills
are good are primarily the objects of
Gods blessings. 1t is principle of
the Bible throughout that such are the
objects of His peculiar care, because
they have been ''born again" and have
a new will and right understanding.
The man resides in the will-the abil-
ity to choose between right and wrong.
That, together with the power to ele-
vate his thoughts to God, alone differ
entiates him from other animals and
makes him to be distinctively man.
If the will is good the man has peace.
Otherwise not.
There is no peace for the wicked.
But ''there is a certain fearful looking
for of judgment and fiery condemna-
ton"
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GLORIA IN EXCELSIS.
histraRSlati0ns In use among thu
PrOteStantS.

PrOteStantS.
The following interestin" LETTER nm
der the initials of ]. +. M. recently
appeared in the New York Sun:
TWO journals come to me with
Christmas honorific headlines across
the tops OF the pages. One is Il prom
lncnt religious journal. The lines in
large display read: "And suddenly
there was with the angel multitude
of the heavenly host prasing God, and
saying:
GLORY to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, good
will among men,"
The other is prominent daily pa
per. Its lines read: "And suddenly
there was with the angel multitude
of the heavenly host praising God, and
saying:
"'Glory to God in the highest,
And OH earth peace
among men in whom
he is we'll pleased"
Neither of the two is correct
translation. The first, which has
good will among men," is a travesty
and is wholly without meaning.
The second is a translation that a
school boy should be ashamed of, al
though authorized by the revisers
(1SS1-S5). The sentiment is undoubt-
eddy correct, but words are introduced
that do not appear in the original text.
The King James version has it:
GLORY to God in the highest,
and OH earth peace, good
will toward men,
We have been so accustomed in
English speaking countries to seeing
these words on Illuminated church
windows and carved in stone over the
entrances, and especially to hearing
the noble chant, "Glory be to God on
high" ETC., i'll the service of the Eng
lish and Protestant Episcopal church.
es, that it will shock many to learn
that the words of the King James ver-
sion, "good will toward men," are not
in the original texts.
Anglo-Saxons (since A. D. 1911
have thought that these words con-
veyed a beautiful sentiment, especially
as coming fom "the heavenly host"
but like many other good old mistakes
and fallacies of our forefathers, it
must go.
Even if it We're not q mistransla-
ton, the facts of history are against
it. We have no record of peace on
EARTH" either before or after the mes
sage. In fact, the period Immediately
following it's deliverance and for CEN
turtles after was exceedingly stormy.
To-day the civilized nations of the
world are kept in seeming peace only
vi ct arms. Good will toward men"
en- bloc is not apparent. The so-called
wrath of Cod" however, is. The
King James translation of the angelic
message is grossly inaccurate.
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A BRAVE ACT.
How Jshn Csoney Rescued Miner
from PoelerS.

from Peelers.
The recent death of Mrs. John Coo
ney in San Jose, CAL, moves the ed
itor of the San Jose Mercury to relate
an exciting incident in the career of
her late husband.
"Mr. Cooney," the Mercury says,
'was born in Greenhall, in the Coun-
ty of Tipperary. He emigrated from
the old country before '48, and having
come out West to Northern Illinois,
commenced his career at mining, at
Galena, town which derives it's
name from the lead Tor Galena, in
Creek found i'm that vicinity. Mr..
Cooney was chiefly instrumental in
1910 in rescuing an Irishman named
White, who was arrested by two Irish
government detectives and claimed I'M
der the Ashburton treaty. White was
in Cooney's company when arrested
by the 'peelers' in colored clothes. 1t
seems they had a wagon or carriage,
and invited White and Cooney to take
a ride into town, which the latter ac-
cepted. But, after proceeding about
a mile, the detectives put White under
arrest, and warned Cooney at the muz-
zle of the pistol to return home to the
country. He did return home, but
when he did he mounted a horse and
alarmed all the neighborhood and
caused them go in pursuit of the peel
ers' and their victim. The detectives
thought they had their victim in safety
when they reached the city and secur-
ing him i'll irons they were waiting for
the next steamboat to carry him off.
The crowd of Irishmen and sympa-
thizers, however, grew from hundreds
to thousands, and instantly an attack
was made OH the hotel where the peel
ers' and their victim We're lodged. They
searched the whole edifice and could
not find the prisoner, and such was
the indignation at their conduct that
Mrs. Ryan, whose property the hotel
was, told them to burn it to ashes
rather than to allow an freshman be
taken back by the British government
for the laudable action of defending
his homestead against the tyranny OF
landlords.
Finally the 'peelers' We're seized on
by the crowd, and told to prepare for
instant death it the prisoner was not
produced. Whereupon, trembling and
begging for their lives, they brought
White forth from where they slowed
him, and without any personal injury
done to them they were ordered out of
town on foot, and the warrant of the
British government was torn into little
bits before their faces The Mayor
of the city was afterward tried for al
lowing this rescue to take place at n
time when he had one hundred men in
arms at his command. But he was
acquitted, when it was proved that
with one thousand men it would be
imprudent for him to act under the
circumstances. The truth was, that
the Mayor, like all true-hearted Amer
leans, thought it beneath his dignity
to risk his life or the lives of his men
carrying out the designs of the British
government. General Grant was then
a resident of Galena. The memory
of the war of independence and the
cruelties England inflicted on the colo
nists were too recent in the minds of
Eastern people to allow them to in.
terest themselves much in that coun-
try which called in the Indians to scalp
their revolutionary forefathers."
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"Max, did you peel the apple that I
gave you before you ate it, as 1 told
you to?'
Eyes, MAJ
"That's good boy! What did you
do with the peel?"
cate itr'
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give been two weeks trying to coax
my husband to give me $50 to buy a
new DRESS" complained Mrs. Gassam
to Mrs. Whites.
II never do that"
''What do you do?"
II have my new dress charged and
leave my husband to fight it out with
the collector"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20
ORDERS TO THE ENEMY.
Escape of Union officer in the
Confederate Lines.

After the battle with Fremont at Cross
Keys, Va, and the complete routing of
Gen. Shields army at Port Republic the
morning following, we rested for few
days in Browns Cove. From thence we
proceeded to Staunton, Va, where we
had been promised a few days rest by
Gen. Stonewall Jackson, says letter to
the Washington Post.
We arrived there Saturday and
were happily arranging for our comfort
when We received orders to proceed to
the reenforcements of Lee at Richmond,
as quietly and rapidly as possible.
Our guns (of the Baltimore Battery,
Maryland, line) were placed on the
freight cars, and our men mounted on
the horses proceeded in the direction of
Richmond, as directed. We finally ar
rived near Richmond on the Mechanics
vile road, in the rear of Mcclellan s
army.
1t was there l witnessed a council of
war between five of our generals, all
mounted, with maps on the pommels of
IllOll otuulVo, udlllCly bCllS. I<tt, JAIN
son, Longstreet, Magruder and Pickett
About dusk we approached so close to
the enemy's line that we fired four shells
into their midst. Darkness coming on,
we ceased firing and lay about our guns
all night
The next morning early we took a de-
tour to the left, and about o'clock we
planted our battery in a skirt OF woods
where we had plain view of the federal
forces. Gen Bradley T. Johnson. COM
mander Of the Maryland Line" with
the Maryland regiment OF infantry, were
in our rear as support.
We were soon ordered to open fire.
While seated on my horse taking note of
the premature explosion of some of our
shells Caused by the inferior quality of
iron they were made of, which allowed
the flash from the gun to penetrate
them), a soldier mounted on a magnifi-
cent horse rode up to me and exclaimed,
Stop this firing!" | looked at him and
replied, Il guess not" Our horses were
rubbing their heads together, and |
stroked the beautiful horses name.
The rider was in his shirt sleeves. So
was l. His shirt was flannel, like my
own. His trappings were federal. So
were mine, from the horse out. For
that reason l had no suspicion of who
he was. When the guns had fired an
other volley he yelled out at me, Il tell
you to stop firing. You are firing at our
own mem" | replied: IF you have any
orders to give, there's Gen. Johnson be-
low there, give them to him!" He i'm
mediately rode over to the general, his
fine horse stretching himself out as he
and the general conversed.
While observing them and expecting
orders | heard the general exclaim:
'Well, who are you, anyhow" With
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that the soldier wheeled around, struck
spurs to his horse and simply flew across
the fields to the federal lines.
The remarkable part of the incident
was that no one on the generals staff
or in the regiment or myself had the
presence of mind to shoot at him. 1t
was a federal officer, and probably the
first to convey the news to his army of
jackson in the rear
1t was remarkable escape on his
part. He could not have done such a
thing premeditatedly, knowing that he
was within the enemy's lines. His in
nocent ignorance is what saved him,
so there seems to be Providence that con-
trolls under such conditions.
| would certainly like to meet him.
and break bottle with him, as he had
my forced congratulations then. and he
has had my heartfelt congratulations
since.
That engagement was the opening
of the "seven-days' fight below Rich
mond"