Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-11-24
HELP FROM STATE
Almost Universal Desire for Nation
alization Of Irish Roads.
BUSINESS MEN TAKE THIS VIEW
See No Other Way to Secure
Necessary Betterments.
KINGS EXIST YET ON ISLAND
Their Names Are Common, but Blood
is Bluest of Blue.
NEW FEATURE IN GRAZING WAR
United Irish League Serves Notice
that Hunts May Not Cross
Lands of It's Menu
bers.
NEW FEATURE IN GRAZING Wal

DUBLIN. Nov. 2s.-(special) Prom time
TO time / have made allusions to the
evidence ELECTED by the Royal commission
now inquiring into the working OF the
Irish railways, showing the spshod fash
ion In which some Of these roads are run
But what is really the most striking thing
the investigation has revealed is the fact
that I'm Ireland there is an almost uni
versal demand for the naturalization OF
the railways in ireland. The demand does
not come from socialists or doctrinalre
dreamers. but from practical business men,
who declare that in no other way will
Ireland get the railway development which
she must have If she is to become pros
porous.
AS a matter Of fact It seems clear that
the railways in Ireland cannot be run,
for some time at least, on strictly COM
mercial lines. One or two of the great
trunk lines are paying well. but the
majority of the lines, and especially the
little light railways which are so necessary
to the development of a country like Ire
land, have not been commercial successes.
One of the witnesses, a Dublin solicitor
put the case in nutshell when he said
that the necessary policy in the manage
ment OF the Irish railways was to run
them for the benefit Of the country rather
than for profit primarily. Many of the Irish
systems and the managers find 1t necessary
to make special concessions to their large
English customers engaged in sending
goods TO Ireland This, of course
reacts to the disadvantage Of the small
Irish exporter as we'll as OF the home
manufacturer. State owned lines on the
contrary would be run on the principle
that they were established to build up the
country and many new districts hich are
employment thus provided for thousands
OF Irishmen.
Plenty of Kings In ireland.
There are still kings in Ireand-plenty Of
them-lf we are to Judge by the record of
one week in the Irish courts, when three
of their maJesties appeared in one capacity
or another. The king Of Innismurray. whom
an unsympathetic outside world knows az
Michael Heraghty. appeared at the Sligo
quarter sessions as plaintiff against his
son, Dan, whom he sued for 800 Innis-
murray is little island at the mouth Of
Sligo bay and the Heraghty dynasty has
reigned supreme there from time immemo-
rial, II seems that few years ago King
Michael tired of the responsibilities of
power and decided to resign his throne and
farm I'm favor of the Crown Prince Dan,
on condition that his son provided for him
for the rest OF his life The prince regent
proved ungrateful, however, and turned his
father out of doors. The court awarded
this modern Lear 800. Another Irish king
was discovered at Rathkeale. County Linn
erick. A witness in a case before the coun-
try court stated that. in accordance with
the ancient custom, Mr.. Samuel shure had
been elected king of Rathkeale. Long
live King Samuel l." said the Judge. Queen
lin, was also in the courts last week She
is more than 100 years old and is the widow
Of the late King John Duff of Mud Island
She still exercises all her regal privileges
and her word is law within the boundaries
of her kingdom
Puma Escapes I'm Dublin.
Ireland has entered into competition with
America a land for big game hunting,
and few days ago as exciting hunt took
place in Dublin has ever taken place in
the Rockies. a puma escaped from its
cage at the ZOO and wandered out into
Phoenix park with half dozen keepers In
pursuit There 1t encountered a troop OF
the Eleventh Hussars returning from ex-
ercising and II is hard to say whether the
puma or the hussars We're more surprised.
The hussars charged the puma and the
puma went for the hussars, with the re-
suit that several horses were badly
scratched and a couple of men We're clawed !
Finally one OF the soldiers managed to get
a rope round the beasts neck and II was
led ingloriously back to its cage.
A new feature In the grazing war, which
has developed in the last few DAYS. has
been the attacks on the hunts. The Irish
farmers are true sportsmen and the one
bond In many cases between the farmers
ana the landlords has been their mutual
love for fox-hunting The farmers have
never placed any obstacle in the way of
the hunts riding over their lands, but re-
Gently the demand was served on the Or
monde hunt and the Kings County hunt, !
by the United Irish League. that they ex-
clude from participation In their meets GER
tain landowners who had refused to sell
their land TO the tenants and certain OBJ !
Jectionabe grazlers. The clubs refused TO |
do so and the league then served notice that !
the hunts would not be allowed to cross the !
lands OF its members, The result Is that |
both CLUBS have suspended hunting for the |
season. The local priests. who are them |
selves spoTtsmen, have been trying to ar |
bltrate the matter ana there is a hope that |
It may be settled by the voluntary with /
drawal OF the Objectionable members Of the |
huRts.
Epidemic of Serious Fires.
There has been an epidemic OF serious
fires recently In Irish country towns and In /
every case the disgraceful inadequacY OF /
the fire fighting appliances and organiza-
tion have been disclosed. Half OF the town /
OF New Ross was burnt while the local fire !
brigade did little more than look on. ana /
II Il had tried to do more II could have ac-
complished little with the antiQuated appa-
ratus at It's command. There was not a /
steam fire engine in the town, and the best
engine available was a hand power ma
chine nearly fifty years old. There were
great fires also in Armagh and Clones ana
the fire fighting appliances were no better
than at New Ross.
Experiments In winter dairying on the
CContinued on second Ps,.I -