Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-10
Up.to.Dats Equipment, but No One
Able 70 Handle II.
COSTLY oUnDHALL Is DESTROYED
Loss Totals Hundred Thousand Dollars
Needlsssly Entaiied.
FAIRY HUNTING AMONG NATIVES
ieprrebaaa seen IN north w"stmesth
ara school children Are BHsIiy
EanaEra searchiHR FOR
uffn.

frai ufnes referred ~ the lauentable lack
~ proper fire protection In Irish towns
Yat anofheY example ~ this state u af-
fsira has been furnished by the destruction
ut fho magnificent Gulldhan ~ Derry on
EaHsr Buddsy NY former remarks have
had reference 10 the smaller country
towns where ihcrc are either no fire brig
sdcs or indlsferently trained volunteer brig
ades but li was generally supposed that
important cities like Derry. with their paid
fire nrhtcra. were better protected. In
fact u 10 only q few months since Derry
WAS cpnRratuiatinE itself on being the first
X tuwn w Ireland to possess motor fire
engine
'rhn much vsunted fire engine failed at
the Orst test. not because Of any fault In
itseir but because the men Of the fire brig
nds OH not know how to work II. There
was q long delay ia getting II started and
whsn n did arrive At the fire the firemcn
discovered that there wis no one among
thsm wlln knew how TO work the pumping
apparatus The old horse engines were
then sent for. and this caused more delay
fig this time the fire was beyond control
and the building was gutted Fortunately
the historic corporation place and the
priceless municipal records dating back to
ths days - the plantation Of Ulster were.
saved. bot the building, which cost moro
than $1,000 eighteen years ago, Is a total
wreck There r. talk now Of rigid inves-
tiKation into the management OF the fire
briesde anS OF ~ reorganization. Which
savors very mucn of lockirs the DIOR after
the horse ls stolen.
People GO Fairy -HuntInE.
Az North Westned,h Is exc.rd der the
appearance of a leprechaun near Kilough
and half tho parish n out every night
searching for the little man. Now a lep-
rcchsun. az every Grishmsn knows, is
quaint iittle fellow between a fairy and a
brownie Hs usually wears red Jacket
ana little Pod cap and he lives by choice
In "shoukh" under hedge II is>eNceed-
ingiy lucky TO meet and capture leprech
aun because he viii always. as the price Of
his liberty. lead his csptor to buried pot
o. sold. but the captor must remember 20
tssr ms eyes fixed on the little fellows
fats isnUt The gold is reached for r. he
looks round once the leprechaun vanishes.
and ths captor Ia likely TO find himself in
= boN hole Tho Kltuugh leprechaun has
besn seen several times by school children.
but 80 far no one has succeeded IN captur-
ing him 4 pecuiarity ot this particular
specimen of the leprechaun tribe IL that
a. soon ~ The person who secs him points
him nut 10 others ne becomes invisible to
his original discoycrer. but is visible to the
other meuiers ~ the party.
irtnbmea Are Not EaIIsted.
The effect sf the Sim Fein propaganda
AGAINST the enlistment Of Trishmen In the
British army ls making itself felt. re-
turn Just issued shows that the number
of Irishmeu now serving under the British
rolor- is unly $4,000. the lowest point
fsa, hed Tor flfy years. Five years ago
tn- nuniber was almost double The sit
uatiou o. becoming very serious one for
th. british military authorities particu-
iafit a. the scotch are following the eN-
ann - The iFish ana declining 60 enlist.
IRE undsrsizsd. degenerate products Of the
EnEii1h factory system are not up to the
physical standard required and the cav
alry bransh of tho British army r. feeling
the pinch particularly. The military au-
thnrities have reduced the physicsl stand
ard Required. hut they are stlil unable 20
sbtaln the necessary number OF recruits.
A remarkable situation has just been
disriosrd at niackrock near Dublin. where
if has ireen disrut cred that Edward O'Cou-
nor and his wife and five children have
been Twins Tor q couple u months In the
isniatlon hospital for contagious diseaEes.
Fortunately the hospital - not often used
snd whrn " b. not occupied by patients Il
ia closed so and left uuguarded. ~ seems
that oCsanor was evicted from his farm.
and ftriinG ths hospital untenantrd ne
mated iu and made himself a. home The
fsmiIt has been perfectlY healthy since
40 noe ne question arises OF what Is TO
ts deuf with h None % the members
have safferea from any contaEious disease
arI the autheritifs 30 not know whether
thrg afsi,d ne within their riEhts or not
tn iisfnfertiuE and fumiEatiuE the OCon-
raFs sni aii their Belongings before turn
ius them eat into the world. A. the same
tine they ruaiinr that bY svicttuk them
utthsai dlsinfectinE th-m thsy may b. re-
spaasitla Coz sfreafing The germs of the al
seas- ahnut pahun In the meantime the
uConnors cuntiuus IN possession q the
p-st rstrss sns f-etsre thst they az, very
sarnferabie
zee asaE hees~@esdatisas
ne siesartsiesu rural distrtrt council
a res srlvrd e severe shoek. ~ FecentB
sspaInirt r. neV u.edsah offosr pr Har-
~ ere - rs iurned out to b. a man with
sssaH A. tte itsf mefiuE ~ the district
rr1srt ha rresr ated lt-t % things chat
20 rrHref st enrf AmeuE them were
natar tntanuee. disinfsCting chamber.
a. fasraffarY an sbsttufr. matlFi lodE-
80 nfaaf eat "a paultr hath % also
rseamrsfn.t.f tlaf az habuuai druukards
a1r.hf Er fruf tn 'ashrtate homes. that
Frs.stssin s1as.id - utsas o. ths supply os
Has SEA- haltfsrulrx aat hstter to tbe
rHaffHr af tte raar tnat tne tsherer who
afFf Hs asti1sa eiesnest sad h's childrsn
aaHaHE ant .ra'ln.est srauld So BIS col-
lsEH rtat fHrr t1f tHr rear that prizes
tssaf D. sFeu ra tne rra1a tnd tlird
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