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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1908-07-04
William Rose Wallace Was An
Ardent Champion of
O'Connell.
Received Only Paltry Sum For
Poem That Has Become
Famous.
BREATHES SOUND PATRIOTISM

Twenty-Five years Ego there were
comparatively few school boys who
were not familiar with the patriotic
poem. 1.-The Sword of Bunker Hill"
1t was recited i'm grammar and high
schools. colleges and academies.
Other and newer recitations have
succeeded it in these Gays, but it has
lost none of its patriotism and vigor.
although temporarily cast aside for
less worthy makeshifts. Compare
lively few Americans know anything
about William Rose Wallace. the
author of the famous poem. and al
though it has been recited and read
by hundreds of thousands. he re-
ceived only the paltry sum of so
for il.
In his early years he visited Ire
land during the Repeal movement
and became acquainted with O'Con-
nell. Davis, Duffy and the other
patriots of that period. Thereafter
he was as much an lrishman as any
of them and took the deepest inter
est i'm all Irish movements. Like all
true Americans, he felt profoundly
and personally aggrieved at the sad
condition of Ireland and never let
an opportunity pass without endeav-
oring to uplift her.
Wallace was n gifted writer. Will
lam Cullen Bryant said his works are
marked by IA splendor of magma
tion and affluence of diction which
show him to be a born poet. He
was most gentle and retiring in his
disposition. his heart overlooked
with the kindliest feelings and to
him all things were beautiful and
pure.
Here is his immortal song. Though
he died in poverty his name will live
forever in the hearts of his country
men:
lie lay upon his dying ped.
His eyes were growing dim.
And with feeble voice he called
His weeping son 10 him
Weep not. my boy"
The veteran said.
II bow to Heavens high WILL
But quickly from yon antlers bring
The sword of Bunker Hill"
The sword was brought, the old
mans eye
Lit with sudden flame.
And as he grasped that ancient
blade
He murmured Warren's name.
Then said: "My boy. | leave you
gold.
But what is richer still,
leave you, mark me, mark me
WE'LL
The sword of Bunker HILL
"'Twas on the field that glorious
day.
| dared the Briton's band,
A Captain raised this blade on me,
/ tore it from his hand,
And while the dreadful battle waged
1t lightened Freedoms will,
For by the God of Freedom blessed,
The sword of Bunker Hill.
"Oh. keep this sword" his accents
broke,
A smile-and he was dead.
But his wrinkled hand still grasped
the blade
Upon that dying bed.
The son remains. the sword remains.
Its glory growing still.
And ninety millions bless that sire.
And sword of Bunker Hill.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1908-07-04
Gives Employment to Thousands of
Mechanics and Skilled
Workmen.
Public Spirited and Progressive Are
The People Who Manage
Affairs.
HAVE GIVEN LARGELY TO CHARITY

Among the many large manufac-
turing interests of Louisville there
are few, if any, who give more en-
ployment to workingmen of all
classes than the breweries. The num-
Der of men required in the manufac-
ture and handling of their product
extends up into the thousands. They
pay well, and the number of work
ingmen who have grievances against
them is nil. The men get good
wages and are not overburdened by
long hours. The employers are kind
and considerate. and the employees
work all the more faithfully when
they are well treated.
The brewery interests have grown
as the town grew. and the proprietors
and officers have taken a personal
pride in the progress of the city of
Louisville. They have been large
contributors when called upon by the
Commercial Club or Board of Trade
to foster any enterprise that would
advertise our city. Again they have
been quiet and transformations in
their charity. Neither race nor creed
Christmas and on other occasions
during the year when the orphans,
the aged and infirm, and the poor
patients in hospitals have to be pro-
vided for. A check for substantial
sum goes to these various institu-
tions, and the amount of the check
is based on the number of people
cared for at the institution.
OF course they have united their
interests in a kind of union, not a
trust, for business reasons, and their
charity work is all done from the Of
flee of the Brewers Exchange.
Charles ID. Cooper, the Secretary,
is one of the busiest of Louisville's
business men. He was for years a
deputy in the Office of the County
Clerk, and has as large an acquaint-
ance in Louisville and Jefferson
county as any of his fellow citizens.
Secretary Cooper is active in a num-
Der of local social and fraternal or
CARNATIONS as well as in business cir
cles but the interests of the brewers
are always his foremost considera-
ton.
The Louisville brewers have al
ways made stand for law and order,
even though maligned by interests
inimical to theirs. The men at the
head of this large branch of Louis
ville's industry have grown up in the
business from boyhood They are
careful financiers, and know full we'll
that the prosperity and advancement
of Louisville will rebound to their
gain, as well as that every knock this
city gets hurts their trade.
The breweries that do business In
Louisville are not confined to any
particular section of the city. Their
plants and agencies are scattered
from the First to the rwefth ward.
Among the prominent breweries in
this city are the Frank Fehr Brewing
Company, the Sem and Ackermann
Brewing Company, the Scheeffer-
Meyer Brewing Company, the Phoe-
nix Brewing Company, George ]. and
John NJ. Christ, the George Wiede-
man Brewing Company, whose home
is at Newport but which has extern
sive interests in Louisville, the Paul
Reising Brewing Company. of New
Albany. Ind, which likewise has a
big trade in Louisville, and several
other concerns that operate in aud
around Louisville and the Falls cities.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1908-07-04
VALANCE REWARDED.

Because of his valiant record dur
ing twenty-five years in the army,
Sergeant Patrick Kane, Third infan-
try. stationed at Fort Lawton, has
been retired five years ahead of time
at the direction of President Roose-
welt. according TO advices received
from Seattle, Wash. Among heroic
deeds to his credit, Kane saved a
comrade at Leech Lake. Mimi, in
1898, by swimming ashore under the
fire of hostile Indians. He has three
medals for bravery. Kane will take
up his residence among friends and
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1908-07-04
CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL.

The Catholic Summer School al
Cliff Haven, on Lake Champlain, New
York, was formally opened last Sun
day with solemn ceremonies. The
lecture course opened Monday by
the President, the Rev. Father John
Talbot Smith, l.. L. d.. His subject
was THE Historical Significance of
the Tercentenary Celebration at Que
bee and the Centenary of the First
bishops of New York and Phila-
delphia."
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1908-07-04
GREAT YOUNG ATHLETE.

Eight years ago an Irish boy, John
Brennan, reached Milwaukee. I'M
known and unheralded. After a
short time he became a member of
the police force. Later he entered
the dental department of Marquette
University Last week John Brennan
left for Philadelphia, where he will
join the team made up of the pick of
American athletes, who will sail for
London to represent this country in
the worlds Clympian games. After
the games he expects TO return to his
native Kerry as worlds champion
in at least one department of ath-
letics.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1908-07-04
HIS RECORD
Is Platform Upon Which
Hon. Swagar SherIey
Stands.

Hon. Swagar Sherley, who has rep
resented this district in Congress for
two terms, again aspires to the Demo-
cratic nomination for the same Of
fee, and his friends believe he can
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1908-07-04
JUSTIN MCCARTHY BETTER.

Hon. Justin Mccarthy, historian
journalist, novelist and formerly a
member of the Irish party in the
British Parliament. Ia rapidly regain
ing his eyesight and is now enjoying
better health than for years. He is
living in an English village and is en-
gagged in writing novel with a
domestic interest.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1908-07-04

relatives in St. Paul. His retirement
carries an allowance of $40 month
for the rest of his life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Man Governed By Law.

Edward Burke declared, We shall be made to know ourselves and be taught that man is governed by law, and he that will substitute will in the place of law is an enemy to God,' " said a lawyer.
 That we must all submit to law as in- terpreted by our judges, makes their se- lection a great privilege and a public duty. That this privilege and duty is ap- preciated by the voters becomes more ap- parent every day. From all parts of this great county of Jefferson comes the re- port that it is practically the unanimous wish of all the people that Judge Henry A Sharpe shall succeed himself as judge of the city court This is as 1t should be.
 "The judicial office shall be above petty politics; above trading and swapping or votes Let all the electors cast their bal- lots in the approaching primary, bearing in mind the high duties and great re- responsibilities of the judicial office. Take care that the laws are faithfully admin istered.
 "The proudest boast of sovereign IS that he found law dear and left 1t cheap; found 1t a sealed booK and left It a living letter: found it the patrimony or the rich, left 1t the inheritance Of the poor: found it the two-edged sword or croft and oppression left it the stan or honesty and the shield of innocence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
DAVIS AND ARKANSAS.
Good Reasons Why the Senator Is
 Proud of His State.

From the New York American.
 Senator Davis waxes furious. His mind seethes. The molecules of his body emit sizzling sparks while his tongue darts out of his mouth like that of spreading ad- der when dog is near.
 The way he pilloried the newspapers or the country in his speech before the Sem ate Friday last was to have been ex- pected.
 The reporters of Washington have not shown him the respect due man Of his station. They chortle at his figures or speech, laugh at his efforts at oratory, ridicule the epigrams of his making that, in the Oucfita country, stand superla- lively greater than those once penned py that other mollah, Marcus Aurelius.
 MT. Davis knows what he wants His mind works like a kitchen sieve; 1t catches the Jumps of meal and flour that, if pressed in the dough, would make an uncomfortable biscuit He may not roll cigarettes, but he can take the plaln leaves that ripen in the sun and make twists of them that delight such connois- saurs as the Hon. "Jim" Berry. MT. Davis thinks that to fight trusts and trust newspapers with collard slips would be futile. Therefore he goes to the onion and tobacco beds, the pepper plants, and the ginseng furrows, takes them up root and all and lets fly. That's what the Hon. Jeff does
 In his oration of Friday he asked why Arkansas was not the peer of her sister states What a needless question. Hasn't Arkansas Powell Clayton? And doesn't Senator Clarke live there? In the Ozarks there are trees so tall that the squirrels tire out before they can get to the top. In White river the perch are so thick that farmers are using them to fertiize their cotton plantations. Roses are ever in bloom and the acorns fall for the hogs of rich and poor alike. It is the only state in the union, too, in which MT. Roosevelt has never made a speech. Ar kansas Icing behind the times? She Is blessed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Our First BiIliOn-DOllar Session

The republicans are about to sur pass the once famous billion-dollar Congress with a billion-dollar session. The appropriations of the last session of Congress aggregated $919, ,94S, ,6S0, and it is expected that the present ses- sion will increase the amount at least $10O,OO0,0O0. Already $26,O00,000 has been added to the naval bill; $16,- 300, 1000 to the army bill, and $17,000,- 900 to the pension bill. The additions already foot up 104,OO0 ,0OO, not count ing a $20,oOO,000 public buildings bill which seems to be booked for passage.
 And we are to have our first billion dollar session at time when expendi- lures on the basis of the last ses- sion's legislation are in excess of re- ceipts $5S,OO0,0O0, with two months deficit to be added. This says the New York Journal of Commerce, makes it look as if the majority was making political capital for the enemy rather than for itself, and it will not have much of a record with which to offset it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
EDDIE EoY IS FUNNY.

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
 Never was Edwin Foy funner than he was at the Alhambra yesterday after noon. in his burlesque limitations of fa- nous men, And he didn't say 'Tis pretty thing once. He comes out and sings a song entitled None of Them Have Anything On Me- in which he compares himself to every actor in the business He makes no attempt to imi- tate Hamlet, though he does remark that he has played every hamlet in the country.
 The stage is darkened and the spot light is flashed on Foy in his imitation of Governor Hughes. Foys conception of the Governor is a jockey with Hughes whiskers astride horse. When he turns around there is a sign reading "McCar ren" on the other side. His next imi- tation is that of the Gibson girl. He re- marked that he had never met MT. Gih- son. but that he knew all of the girls. He has the regulation Gibson girl dress, but the way it is padded out would make it appear that the Gibson gil weighed close to a ton. Then Andrew Carnegie appears in kits and gives away a couple of libraries.
 This is followed by an imitation of an heiress looking for a prince, whicl. is supposed to conclude his act, but SC per sistent was the applause that he was compelled to do an imitation of Alice Lloyd in her mirror song. using dish pan for a mirror.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Crop Prospects Cheering

The government places the area of winter wheat standing on May l at 29,751, ,O00 acres. This acreage is very large, and if it holds good until har- vest time, it will prove the largest, ex- cept those of 1903 and 1901.
 The condition of the crop is put by the department of agriculture at S9 per cent. as against S29 per cent one year ago and a 10-year average of S5.5 per cent. The record crop of winter wheat was grown in 1906, when 493,- 900 1000 bushels were harvested from 29, ,6O0,O00 acres. The present crop may not equal that of 1906, but experts do not hesitate to predict crop of 45O ,000, ,O00 bushels.
 The government will make no re- port on spring wheat or oats or corn until June, but all of these crops are said to be coming on handsomely. The prevailing coolness of the weather does not promote the growth of either corn or cotton in this section, but nei- ther is taking great harm, and both are in position to be benefited by the first spell of sunshine and seasonable warmth.
 Business men are keenly watching the crop prospects, for nothing will set the railroad wheels a-turning like big crops. Nothing means so sharp a boost all along the line. Once let it be established that the country is to have big crops of cotton, corn, wheat and oats, and a powerful trend upward will at once be felt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Short-arm'd Ignorance.
 -Troilus and Cressida.
Barge Navigation to New Orleans

The sooner the district acquires a proper appreciation of the possibilities of an Open Warrior, the better it will be for it. But Mobile splendid har- bor though it be, is not the whole gulf cake. There are other gulf ports, and this district should begin to inquire how protected inland navigation to at least New Orleans and Pensacola can be secured.
 It is already known that an acqui- sition of the Lake Borgne canal is all that is needed to enable barges and towboats to proceed to New Orleans. They would find protection through : Mississippi sound to and through Lake Borgne, and then the canal already built and in operation would lock the boats into the Mississippi just below New Orleans.
 But the canal is controlled by an in- dividual, and to render it useful and efficient it should be nationalized. This is a task that we should take up at once. This is a task that Congress- man Underwood and Senator Bank head are considering, and we should get behind them, so that any effort begun by them and by New Orleans will be vigorously seconded here. The development of this district turns upon free waterway to New Orleans, and another one, if possible, to Pensacola. To secure these there must first be in this district a full appreciation, and then a desire for a free and open wa terway to New Orleans. This reaches beyond water rates. Such rates should naturally follow. But the heavy prod nets of this district need water trans portation, and no railroad rates will meet and satisfy the needs of this dis trict. We need rate to tidewater not exceeding 50 cents ton, and only wa ter can furnish such rate. Plttsburg sends coal to New Orleans, a distance of 2e0O miles, at TO cents a ton, and this district can secure rate not ex- ceeding 30 cents a ton, because the distance to New Orleans is but one quarter of the Pittsburg haul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Tuberculosis Among the Negroes

The negro race is not bit isolated in any part of this country. In this section the females of that race are primarily engaged in domestic service while the males frequent every public place and are employed in almost ey. cry branch of our activities. It is therefore of interest to whites as well as to blacks to understand the extent of consumption and pneumonia among the latter.
 In round proportions, one-fourth of the deaths among the negroes are due to consumption and pneumonia. The death rate of. the negroes from tuber- culosis in all our cities from New Or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
PERVERTED AMERICANS.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 The flag of the American frigate Chesa- peake, which was hauled down in defeat after brave fight in the second war with Great Britain, was recently bought at an auction sale in London and presented to military museum In that city, where it will doubtless remain permanently. AS a trophy won in fair conflict England is the place for it, and no born Englishman took a discreditable part in it's sale But it's purchaser and donor was William Wal dorf Astor, a former American who has formally become a citizen of England. It is evident that he acted with an animus against the country of his birth and from which he derived his great fortune. If he thought to please Engishmen by this act he mistook their patriotic fiber. An Eng fish general had certain dealings with Benedict Arnold and Arnold was himself made a British officer, but he was an object of dislike if not detestation in Eng land. Mir. Astor has hurt nobody but himself by his gratuitous fling at the Uni ted States and it's flag. He travelled far out his way to show the poor stuff of which he is made.
 It is reported that Mime. Anna Gould recently said that If we favor marriage with Europeans it is because we desire to elevate our standing. We seek on the continent the ideal qualities which we have not had time to realize in the United States. We like aristocracy because we have not got 1t at home, and we believe French aristocracy Is the best storehouse of the refinements of which Americans are ignorant" Mime. Gould may not be correctly quoted, and the matter is not greatly material. Her own connection with the aristocracy is in the secondary divorce stage, and not an exhibition of elevated domestic happiness. There Is no titled nobility in the United States be- cause the wise men who framed the con- stitution deliberately excluded 1t in the organic law. They had been in contact with aristocratic institutions as colonists. and cut them out of the republic they founded. Few Americans can be found who will say that they made a mistake, and the few who do are detectives or de- generates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
IN THIS LIFE.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Mme Schumann-Heink recently attend ed a tea in Chicago. During the course of the afternoon a song was rendered by a wel-known society lady. The lat ter was diffident about showing off before an artist like the great prima donna and sang only after much urging. It was of course a difficult operatic air which she attempted and nervousness did not add to it's rendition. However. she got through it at last and received a general ac- claim of praise. She was even led to feel that she had made an impression.
 Some minutes later she prepared to take her departure. Just before she left she came up. to the great contralto and said, q have enjoyed meeting you, madame, very much. I hope to be perfect in that aria the next time we see each other
 Mme Schumann-Heink smiled and bowed. "Aeh, Gott, my dear" she said' q hope we shall meet before that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
Grand Music Festival,

One of the happiest men in Birming- ham is Capt. Frank P. OBrien. who has assumed the management of the musical festival which opens Wednesday night, the net proceeds of which will go to aug ment the Confederate veterans reunion fund In this enterprise, aside from the object he had in view to increase the old soldiers entertainment fund, he sees the prophetic forerunner of the fulfill ment of ambitious desires he had years ago, to bring about the cultivation and qualification of the love of music among the people of this immediate section.
 He smiled broad smile of satisfaction when questioned on this point and said: 'T believe the attendance at the festival, while broadly embracing the representa- tive men and women of Greater Birming ham and vicinity, will be composed of class such as would be a credit to any state. Music lovers are always people of refinement, and the qualification of the love of music is always one of the first results of wealth. The festival attend ance will represent the wealth, refine ment and patriotism of this section of Alabama The bare fact that this festi- val was gotten up for the purpose of aiding the public spirited gentlemen who are using their time and money in the interest of the coming reunion of the de- lenders of the Lost Cause has been sufficient incentive for that portion of our citizenship who are not especially inter- ested in music to come forward and aid in making it a success"
 Asked as to the prospects, Captain O'Bren declared it his firm belief that the friends of music would make the festival success. He paused moment, and continued, reflectively: Why, the sight of 200 children and as many adults in a great chorus, and the in spiraton of their voices rolling out, and the magnificent musical adjuncts will be more than interesting. The opportunity to listen to the most magnificent orchestral band ever presented to Birmingham audience, to say nothing of the cultured vocal soloists introduced by Mir. Innes, and at a figure within the capacity of the poorest citizen, is afforded no Alabama community outside of Greater Birming- ham,"