The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-02
P00RH0UsEs VANISH;
JAILs, TOO, IN IRELAND /.
Public Institutions for INDECENT
or Criminals Are Passing
Out of Use. .. Il
Special Gable to, The Journal.

Special Gable to, The Journal.
Dublin, Dec. mo longer is it
a paradise for lazy men or persons of
criminal tendencies. The institutions
which usually shelter such characters
are ar gradually disappearing because
mere are no occupants for them.
2. One OF the oldest and most historic
JAMS In the country-that Of Lifford in
me I county of Donegal-closed it's doors
during the week for want of inhabi-
forced retirement. After some structur-
al alterations it will do service as a
railway station, and the stout walls
that once enclosed many a Fenian in
the rebellious years Of 1913, AT and '67
Will be more peacefully occupied. The
Tired TIM of Ireland must be dis
appearing, too, because one drastic
tndlng of the commission that has been
lately lnduiring into the poor law sys-
tenn Of Ireland is that there are no less
than l6C poorhouses in the country for
which there is no immediate or pros
'pectlve necessity. 1t is proposed that
these asylums for tramps and lazy char
yacters must 20 and that the deserving
poor must be accommodated in less
humlllating way than being herded with
idle vagabonds! ~
:, y Religious Prejudices Vanish.
The old spirit Of religious intoler-
ance which has SO long divided Irish
men appears to be rapidly disappear
ing; and everywhere, except in a mar
row territory in the northeast of Ire
land, better understanding animates
the people, in their intercourse with
each other. o..
One Of the most astonishing state
ments that has ever proceeded from q
responsible ecclesiastic was made during
the week by the Right Rev. DR.. Arch
dali, Protestant bishop of Killaloe.
Presiding at the annual meeting of the
County ,Tipperary Protestant Orphan
society, he said: ~
90 Catholics were enabled. thru their
monastic institutions, to give higher
education to their children than Prot
estants. Catholic teachers were edu-
eating the children Of Professionals in
selves in life. At the rate at which
they were progressing Protestant chill.
dren would have to admit that the
Christian Brothers and the nuns had
done more for their education than
their own church had done. When he
told them that even Mr. Birrell, the min.
lister for education, had sent his own
son to one of these mcnastic institu-
tions to receive the founda tions of his
education they would see what excel.
lent work these good men and women
were doing and ,tEe3confdence that was
reposed innthem in high plares.' 49,
Until DR.. Arehdall delivered himself
of this tribute to- Catholic teachers there
were few who knew that the son of the
minister of education had ever been
inside monastic walls. . ..
Red-Hot Campaign On.
Devolution, which may be defined as
a species Of home rule, based on a
policy of Cancellation, after an active
propaganda Of three or four years, is
appealing, in a tangible form, to an
Irish electorate. Captain Shawe-Tay-
lor, a Galway landlord, is testing his
political strength against the forces of
He is opposed by Stephen Gwynn, the
nationalist candidate. ~.
The. spirit of Cancellation is noticeably
absent from the campaign, which is be-
ing conducted in the strenuous old
fashioned style with the aid of black
thorns and policemen 8 clubs. John
Dillon, Mp, addressing a meeting the
other. day in behalf of Mr.. Gwynn,
described the captain as ga descendant
Of long, line Of sCromwellian enemies
Of Ireland, who had come to the CON
ing. -: He said that his cause rested
on . Subsidized blackguardism and
Then the shillelahs took up the dis
cussion. Sticks crashed on skulls,
stones, rotten fish and decayed eggs
flew thru the air. The efforts of the
police to soothe the opposing factions
failed to restore harmony before some
twoscore heads had been broken: Mr..
welding their clubs, displayed shame
fulpartialitY for nationalist skulls, and
doubtless the matter will be brought
before parliament. 49,, : 5%s &
The city Of Galway, few years ago,
distinguished itself by electing as it's
parliamentary representative Captain
Arthur sLynch.sswho served in the Irish
brigade against the British in the
Beer war: For that, after his election,
and condemned to death. The king sub
sequently pardoned him, but few peo-
pie are aware that this display of royal
clemency was prompted by Sir Thomas
Upton, who personally interceded with
his majesty on Lynch Is behalf. ~, r:
Irish Fair Popular.
At the Horticultural hall in London
the annual "Arnach," or Irish fair,
one Of the fruits Of the energies of
the Gaelic league, is attracting large
crowds. The exhibition consisted al
most entirely of those newly awakened
peasant industries on which rests so
much Of Ireland's hopes. al
Gratifying proof Of the progress
made is afforded by the fact that the
Arnach occupied four times as much
space as last year. It's most interest
ing feature, perhaps, was the display
I presided over by some franciscan nuns
from convent at Tough Glynn, Coun-
ty hose ommon.s This convent was es-
tablished few years ago in an old
Irish mansion on an estate that, before
its purchase under the land act, be.
longed to the notorious Lord Dillon, the
most tyrannical rackrenter in Ireland.
The nuns taught the poverty stricken
inhabitants Of the village round about
not only lace -making and carpet-mak-
ing, but farming, butter making, cheese.
making and all sorts of similarly prac.
| tical things. The result-as shown at
the fair, is some quite wonderful lace
embroidery, rugs, etc, most Of them
made BY the children Of the Roscom.
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