Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-09-06
DONEGAL GOLD MINES.
Rush to Fields Expected to Follow
Recent Discoveries.
AMERICAN CAPITAL INTERESTED
Working Tests Prove Value of the Ore
Lodes Uncovered.
PROTESTANT CHURCHES TO UNITE
Presbyterian and Anglican May Be-
come One Throughout Island.
sINN FEINERs WIN AND LOSE
RebuHed in Effort 20 Secure Change
in Envelope Label, but Secure
Recognition for the Irish
Language.
Presbyterian and Anglican May Be
come One Throughout Island.
sINN FE1NERs WIN AND Los


preparations are being made in the Inish-
owen peninsula in County Donegal. for the
gold rush which Is confidently expected to
take place when the working OF the mines
which have recently been, opened there be-
gins. It is predicted that Inishowen will
furnish one OF the richest godfields in the
world but while this Is probably exag-
gcrGtion, there Is no doubt that there Is
gold in considerable quantities in Donegal.
About year ago James Johnston Of Bel
fast, a mining engineer, who has had large
experience in America, satisfied himself
that there was gold in workable quantities
81 Donegal and he obtained long lease
of 14.O0O acres from the earl of Shaftesbury,
who owns most of the peninsula. He then
went to America and a company with a
capital Of s1.OOoOOO0 was Incorporated in Ne
vada to work the Donegal goldfields Mr..
johnston, however, has only parted with
six of his 1900 acres. and is reserving the
rest for the rush which he expects will fol-
low At present It Is stated about 1000
tons Of pay ore have been exposed and it
IS said that the value of the gold and lead
contained in II works out at S2442 a ton. 1t
also contains silver in appreciable quantl-
ties, while in other parts of the country
there are said to be extremely valuable
iron deposits.
Whatever the result of the present min
Ing boom may be. there is no doubt that
the ancient Irish obtained gold from Done
Cal, Traces of the old workings have been
found and Donegal has been particularly
r!ct In finds OF ancient gold ornaments,
w..iCh Il is believed were made from native
gold.
Consolidation of PrOtestants.
IN exceedingly interesting development
IN Itish religious life is a strong movement
t,v arts reunion of the Disesta ablished (An-
c..caa) Church of Ireland and the Presby-
tt"lan church These two are the only i'm
Po.'ant bodies OF Protestants in Ireland
and toeether they include quite 80 per cent
oi the Irish Protestants. Several confer
1accs have been held between leaders of
taousht on both sides and II is stated the
po.atS II divergence are very few and such
( \as can be easily overcome The Anglican
NSACrch In Ireland is very low" which
'ncans that 1t is free from the ritualistic
tendencies so prevalent in England and
there is no real difference OF doctrine be-
tween the two bodies. The great point Of
difference is the episcopal form Of church
government as opposed to government by
out the interesting annual ceremony OF
compromise might be arrived at by which
the bishop and prebyters would share in
place
of permanent chairman of the presby-
terry II is also said that the Anglcans
are willing to recognize the validity Of the
Presbyterian ordination by prebyters on
the theory that the descent from EpiscopaI
ordination before the reformation in Scot
land Is unbroken.
The Sim Feiners have suffered a defeat
at the meeting of the Newry Board OF
Guardians In their effort to have the let.
ters 20. H. NJ. Son His Maiesty's
service'-removed from the envelopes OF
the boards official communications. The
Sim Feiners desired to have the letters
20. T. p. Son the Peoples Service
substituted. but the board rejected the
proposition.
In the meantime the language revival
or which the Sim Feiners are doing Sc
much, gave another evidence Of its vitality
last week. The Dublin corporation decided
that all it's public notices should be printed
In Irish as well as in English. and thai
all it's official publications should be
bilingual.
Finn McCouII's Remarks.
An Interesting American fake" of thir.
ty-two years ago is recalled by the dis
coVery in London railway warehouse o
the remains Of an Irish giant, which hav,
been reposirg there awaiting an owner To-
that period. The giant is, of course, tn,
''petrified remains Of Finn McCouIl. who
every good Irishman knows built tn,
Giants Csuseway. He is twelve feet tai
and weighs three tons, and on close inves
tigation he seems to be made of the bes
red sandstone. He was discovered burie,
in County Antrim thirty-two years ago b,
An enterpTisng American stonecutter namet
Dyer who had first carved him and plante,
md for IA
satun in the dime museums In Belfast
Then his origin became known and lnteres
in him waned Dyer sold him to a show
man named Kershaw, who sent him L
London, but became a bankrupt before h
could claim him, and Finn McCoull ha
been awaiting an owner all these years.
The lord mayor of Cork has Just CARRIE
out the interesting annual ceremony o
throwing the dart" the origin OF yhic
vs. wrapped in obscurity although II 1
l-lown that IL goes back as far as tn
Danish Invasion The dart is a carved bo
crk arrow bearing the name Of the lor
mayor the date and the coat OF arms Of tn
city. The dart is thrown out into the har
Dor and the spot where II falls determine
the limit Of the lord mayors jurisdictio
as admiral OF the port until the dart
thrown again.
His Prejudice Justified.
There is a curious coincidence oonneete
with the death a few days ago OF Mr. I
II. Ennis the assistant under secretary fc
ireland, who was, killed by being throw
from a jaunting car. All his life Mr.. Enn
had a horror OF jaunting cars, which h
considered the most dangerous type OF v,
hice, and whenever II was possible he a
ways used a hanson cab or four-wheele
carriage. He frSquenuy attended rae
meetings and on these occasions his ca
or carriage often the only vehicle
its kind 10 be seen on the ground on n
day OF his death he was I'm a great hurr
to reach his office and no safer vehic
Was available he conquered his feeling
and hired a jaunting car with the resu
that his prejudice was fully and tragical
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