Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-01
LUU1 TUUND In AlVEh
Jewel Thieves in Ireland Use LiGey
for Fence.
DETECTIVES RECOVER PROPERTY
several Bo hes Filled with Plates and
Je Felry Fished Out.
SCANDAL Nay YET BEAR FRUIT
Probability that Vice Royalty May Be
Abolished.
OFFICE is OUT OF DATE
KiRs EdwaSa May Establish Resi-
dence ON Island and spend
Part Of Each Year
There.


has been fsmous as a fishing ground, but
the most valuable catch ever taken in
the history Of the river has just been made
inside the city boundaries.
For several days three men were noticed
closely examining the banks of the river
and from time to time taking a boat and
going out into the middle of the river,
where they peered down through the dirty
water with field glass Dragging opera
tions would follow. but they were unsuc-
cessful until few days ago, when several
large lFon-bound boxes, pientifully be-
smeared with Liffey mud, were brought up.
The fishermen were Dublin detectives, who
were acting ION information received" and
when che boxes were taken to the police
station and opened they were found to
contaih a large and varied collection of
silver plate and ], VERY which was pr mptly
identified as the proceeds of burglaries in
various parts Of ireland extending over a
couple of years
II deems that a gang OF high-class Eng
lish thieves. SOME of whom. It is said. had
thej entree to the best country houses In
ireland, has been operating in ireland for
two or three years and that the bed of
the Liffey was the hiding place selected for
the plunder until the time should come
Wheh IL was bdlo 70 ulepOsb VI IL nc
value OF the property recovered runs into
many thousands of dollars.
Scandal May Bear Fruit.
1t is said that one result of the Castle
jewels scandal, which, as l told last week,
has been hushed up at the direct com
mand of the king. may be the total aboli-
tion Of the ridiculous viceroyalty. The
king, who is above all a man OF sterling
IL
rected to the way things have been going
IN Ireland and 1t is said that he is very
tired and very angry at the way he has
been represented 1t is well known that the
Ming Is In favor OF self-government for
treiend-as a state Of the empire, OF course
but he canpot interfere in a matter SO
fdeepiy controversial as the home rule ques-
ton. He can. however, and It is said he
has done so, express the opinion very
strongly that the viceroyalty OF ireland is
an anachronism that should be abolished
without further delay, and he has expressed
his Willingness to establish a royal resi-
dence in ireland and spend certain por-
tion Of each year there. II he succeeds In
abolishing this expensive and ridiculous
department of the Irish government, Ire
land will have something to thank King
Edward for
A great development OF Irelands mineral
wealth is promised under the new arrange
meut by which the land commissioners will
soon take control OF the greater part OF
the mineral resources of Ireland. The
mineral resources have. in effect, been
nationalized by the reservation to the land
commissioners of the mineral rights in the
farms which have been acquired by tenants
under the land purchase act. The first step
Will ba n Al
estimate Of the mineral wealth which has
thus been acquired by the nation. and when
that is done legislation will be asked for
to enable the country to work it's own
mines.
Ireland Land of the Aged.
Ireland is the land of centenarIans and
one of the most remarkable has just been
discovered in the little village of Kilgarvan.
County Kerry. She Is Mrs Julia Lenihan
and the records OF her birth place It beyond
all doubt that she was born in 1900. and
Is. therefore, los years old. She is still
hale and hearty and In possession OF all
her faculties, and a doctor who examined
her recently declares that there is no physi-
cal reason why she should not live for
several years to come. She still washes
her own clothes and looks after her own
little household, She emigrated to the
United States In the early days of the
great famine and after living for about
forty years in Boston she returned to
Ireland ITO die" That is more than twenty
years ago and she seems no nearer dying
now than when she came back. Mrs. I.eni-
han has vivid recollection OF hearing
Daniel O'Connell speak and she remembers
the great agitation which preceded Catholic
emancipation. She speaks English fiuently,
Of bftf he fa o.
sonversing IN the Gaelic.
Tricks of statistIeiana.
Mr.. Mooney. NJ. p has Just exposed one
OF the tricks by which English statisticians
make It appear that Ireland is crime ridden
and that the heavy establishment OF courts
and potce which the country is forced to
pay for is necessary. He has drawn from
the government the admission that in the
statistics OF Irish crime are included a
list Of quasi eriminal Offenses likely 20
lead 20 serious crimes" which are not in
cluded In the criminal statistics OF any
other OF the divisions OF the kingdom
Some OF these terrible offenses which are
listed as crimes in the Irish statistics ars
"omisslon to take out licenses" ''mainten-
ancc orders obtained by wives against their
Husbands {" fines for keeping up houses
ln unsanitary condition and for selling
meat unfit for food" and 'offenses against
sanitary laws" In England. Scotland and
Wales these are an included in the clvll
statistics. but In ireland they serve to ada
n.s9 offenses TO the list OF Irish crime in
1905
That the ancient trade OF matchmaker
is not dead yet In ireland is shown by a
suit which has just been tried before Judge
craig at Enniskillen, when Charles Ma
faru,ar ana
maker. sued Patrick McMenamin for SIS for
his services In finding MeMenamin a wife.
The evidence showed that MeAIenamin,
who had had ten wives before. wanted an
olsgonth. and applied to k.Ssuire. who
promised to find him ''the beat girl IN Ire
lanh'' for t2O He found a girl and the
mafriase took place. but McMenamin COM
lcontinnsa On ssssaa PASs1