Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-20
BURKE TO COME TO AMERICA
Popular Irish Sportsman win Per-
sOnaIIy superintend Rebuilding
HIS san Francisco Houses.

DUBLIN, May L7-tspecial Telegram to
The Bee.)-Mr. Richard Burke, master OF
the Tlpperary Hunt and one Of the most
popular sportsmen IN ireland, Is selling his
establishment as he intends to go to San
Francisco to superintend the recon-
struction OF his property there which was
destroyed by the earthquake. A few years
ago Mr.. Burke went to America, where he
married Miss Donoghue, the daughter OF
a millionaire. His wife died twelve months
after the marriage, leaving all her money to
Mr. Burke. who then returned to Ireland
and settled down at the Grove. Fethard.
He kept what was probably the finest stud
Of hunters In ireland. and at times had
as many as 100 in his stable. He hunted
five days a week. Mr.. Burke was part
proprietor OF the Occidental and Palace
hotels, the gas works and the opera house
In San Francisco, besides having large
holdings in railways which have suffered
by the disaster.
The Dublin Sanitary association is de-
voting large portion Of It's yearly report
to the appalling question Of infant mortality.
The question has already awakened earnest
attention in England but It ls proportion
ately more important in ireland, where
the proportion Of deaths Is greater, and
where the population of the country IL
steadily diminishing. In the ten years, It
is pointed cut, from 1890 to 1900, es5sS chill
dren died Of preventable causes-mainly
improper feeding. The vast majority of
these children would probably have grown
to be healthy and. happy men and women
II they had got fair chance. The report
recounts the many laudable efforts made
by the association to stem the tide OF infant
ronr hut d. 90
The chapter in the report concludes; "Mr
William Hall Of Leeds, believes that the
natural love Of the parents for their chill
dren is decaying. But Sir Lauder Brunton
hits the mark so far as this city is con-
cerned, in the following story: A friend
Of mine one day met a women carrying a
baby. They fell into conversation and the
poor woman said, II have had thirteen OF
them, and l have buried all except this
one. I cannot understand how It has come
ABOUT, for l have never denied them any
thing they cried for."' The article con-
cludes with the demands identical with
those consistently put forward by your
council-pure dairy milk, the education OF
mothers, female inspectors, creches, and
| the better housing Of the poor"
One of the obstacles to an economic
land settlement in the congested areas OF
Ireland is illustrated by the proceedings
to which the representatives OF North
Sligo called attention at DTomore West. The
meeting was held and protest against the
defects in the law which condemn such
| tenants as those in whose behalf Mr.. Nc
| Hugh appeals to public OF the West
to see the chance of social redemp-
ton slip from their grasp. At
Camouil in North Sligo, there is a
| little community of thirteen tenants the
entire valuation of whose holdings is only
$3.50 year. Some OF them occupy holdings,
the valuation of which runs from 81 a year
to S57; and the average valuation of the
whole is only 500 Connected with this
oongested estate there is a demesne value
at $3.50 or more than the entire valuation
OF the occupied land. Three and half
years ago the owner Of the estate died, and
It descended to her grandson, who has
never occupied the demesne or been seen
in the locality. But two years ago the
| agents invited the tenants to make an
offer for their patches of land. The
tenants refused to buy except through the
Congested District board. The agents
agreed to invite the board to make an OFFER.
The Congested Districts board was also
willing to undertake the resettlement OF
those small occupiers. When all seemed to
be moving towards the fulhllment of the
intentions of Parliament in respect TO the
Camouil decayed community" the grazieI
assumed the role of competitor; and in
November, when the tenants were begin.
ming to expect their release they received
the intimation that the offer OF the ranchel
in question, Mr.. James Cuffe, shopkeepei
at Aelare, had been accepted by the owner
and the estate sold over their heads.