The Washington herald., 1906-10-27
Emigration Increases De-
spite Improved Conditions.
$4,000 TO BE YEARS RECORD
Dublin Has Mysterious kidnapping
Case with Happy Variations.
Jockey Mahcr May Go Into Race
horse Business with CrOISer-NOVe-
meRt for Industrial Regeneration.


show big increase During the first
three months of the year there was q
substantial decline. but with April there
began rush of emisrants, which has
swollen the tide 10 a figure much beyond
previous years. The total number for the
nine months is 5001. as compared with
26.2l5 last year
The increase, strange To say is less
from congested and poyerty-stricken Con-
naught, than from the more prosperous
provinces. Ulster contributes nearly ]. 200
of the increase. OF the emigrants to
America, S,5}6 had their passages prepaid
by friends ana relatives there. II the in
crease Is maintained until the end of the
year. over $500 young Irish mon and
Irish women VIII have left their native
shores I'm the twelve months.
The figures are discouraging They show
that the steps thus far taken TO make
ireland attractive 10 Irishmen. 10 con-
vince them that they have "a fair chance
TO do well in their native land. have not
proven successful. One can only nope
and trust th5t they viii prove more ef-
fectivc in the future. And there are not
lacking signs Of the dawn OF better times
apparent TO those who look beyond the
clouds of the present. and see En- the flu
ture a genuine united Ireland. animated
by a common national spirit
Movement for Industrial Revival.
In promoting this much desired con
summation. the industrial! revival move
ment is undoubtedly one of the most po-
tent In a recent number OF the Irish
Draper is an article of more than ordi-
nary significance, as indicating what view
is held bv the commercial classes of the
country Of the policy that should be pur-
sued
I'm the present juncture." says this or
gan, OF most Important branch of Irish
trade, when there are signs everywhere
visible that the winter of Irish discomfort
IS about 10 De made glorious summer by
The agencies of reyjying industries
throughout tlGe land. il is streuuously re-
4uired 10y the home-trade journalist. to
urge with mlgnt and main. the necessity
for fostering industrial reciprocity be-
tween the north and south sections of "a
common country III we create an atm0-
sphere Of commercial friendlness between
the busy marts upon the Lagau. and The
T'vIving ones upon the Lee we shall DO
more tu bring about truly united Ire
land than could Dr. effected by an the
political oraJious delivered iu a century 10
conc within tine limits OF our sea bound
aries
'Of course, one would require the
agency of the mHSici1u's art 10 heal at
once the discussions of centuries but that
they can and Will De. gradually cured by
The ministratiOns OF close inteT-industriaI
relations Is apparent TO the thoughtful
mind. While imperial policy is leading
mo. among others, 10 acts OF amelioratve
esislatou, tending to- show that the hand
rlI % T..ra
becomes the duty of Irishmeu To reeast
upon noble lines their future relations
inter 81, Industry rightly knows no sec
uOnal lines. Before its influence the
memory of the struggle 40 the B0yne is
forgotten and Derry's walls sink at once
into oblivion The atmosphere of inter-
eommeTcialism Is fatal to the proIonga-
ton Of intcrnecine strife.
Returns kidnapped Child.
\ strange kidnapping case in Dublin has
had a happy sequel which enhances the
romance and mystery of the story one
Saturday evening a little girl named OgiI-
vie was carrying her baby brother home.
accompanied by another brother just old
enough TO toddle, when a fashionablv
dressed woman stopped the children just
outside WestIand Row Station. admired
abe baby, remarked that IL was to heavy
for the siIl to- carry and took it I'M her
arms Then she gave the two elder chill
dren some money to buy sweets with
While they ran Oft. delighted. to the near
est sweet shop she disappeared with the
baby
Naturally the affair caused much ex-
element The police were communicated
with, but they failed utterly 10 get on the
track OF the kidnappeT. But late on the
following Tuesday night-three DAYS later
another member of the Ogilvie family. q
boy of fourteen. was standing on the cor
ner or Nestlaud Row when a weil-drcssed
woman. carrying "a baby, attired as only
wealthy people can afford 20 dress their
infants. stopped the boy and asked him 10
summon cab. When the vehicle arrived
she pushed him into it. handed him the
baby, slipped a half sovereign into his
hand. and told him 20 leave the baby 1T
me address 10 which the cabman would
drive
To his establishment it was his own
nome To- which the cabman drove. The
Dapy turned out 20 be the missing OriIvia
oaDy. by ah extraordinary coincidence
the weli-dressed Woman-presumabIv mo
same woman who had originally ktduan-
ped it-had delivered the little fellow int,
his brothers hands. But the lad did mot
recognize him In his costly anerv.
Now the question arises, did the nvsfor
lous fashionable woman really intend IN
lddudp the child? or did she merely do
sire to play the role of the fairy rod
mother? The Osilvies are poor foIk. Tbav
have got their baby back, none The wore
for its sOiourn in strange hands. and wifi,
q better outfit than they could ever 9ro,.l
To- buy for it. They are content to let IN.
matter drop. But for a week the police
have been trying TO md the woman with
out success.
Mnher 10 Give Up Riding
II is rumored in the Cuuagh-which is
lreland's Newmarket - that Danny.
MaheT the American jockey who has had
such phenomenaHy successful career in
England, cOntemplates going into partner
ship with Croker, the ex-Tammany boss.
in the racing business, intending 10 devote
himself more particularly 10 the training
and breeding of race horses. sIaher is
said 20 be taking ON flesh so rapidly that
he cannot much longer get down to
weight without endangering his health.
and therefore, VIII soon have 10 be con-
lent with the laurels he has already gain
cd as a jockey
Maher, as all the world must know. is
OF Irish extraction and makes no secret
Of the fact. especially when some Of the
English jocks try and take liberties with
him. Tn an American citizen" he said
once when he had occasion to remon-
stTate with an English jockey but when
Wsnt AJs ONF CENT A !