The Irish standard., 1909-09-18
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The Boston Evening Record says
that 80 per cent of the new pupils this
year in the public schools of that city
are of foreign parentage. What is
the city Of the Win,hrops coming to?
The first number of the daily edi-
ton of the Dublin Sim Fein" ap.
peared on Aug. "a. According to ex-
tracts from it, published in New York
papers, the new sheet appeals for
support to the Irish people of every
creed and party, ami says nothing
against any movement having for is
object the good of the country. There
Is room for such paper in the city Of
Dublin.
A sarcastic reader of the New York
sum- which used to shine for all in
Dana's time, suggests this ticket for
1912: For president, T. Roosevelt: for
vice president, r. E. Peary. Platform:
You're liar!" If the African hunter
and the Polar explorer were nonnin-
ated by the G. o. P. the Ananias club
would certainly Increase in member
ship during the CAMPAIGN.
L. p. O'Connor says that only
handful of men own their own houses
In London. The great city Is in the
grasp of the landlor DIS. Lloyd George
and his party will compel the lords
to sell by the provisions of the budget
The aristocracy of che British Isles
have owned the lands since the days
OF William the Conqueror. About
time they should be compelled to sell
out to the cultivators and renters If
the land.
When you get back to Canada put
piece in your paper saying that the
irish people think that King Edward
Is the best friend they have in Eng.
land' So an Irish farmer is said &c
nave told Canadian residing in Mon
treal. King Edward may be the best
friend of the Irish, as alleged, but we
are not aware that he has done any,
thing for them while on the British
throne.
The latest returns of emigration
from Ireland show a considerable in
crease. During the SIX months end
ing June 80 last, the number of If.
ish people who left the United King
dom for places out of Europe WI.
21,S2S, as compared with 1888 COR
the corresponding period last year.
The figures for last June were 2,7s6,
as against 1854. The bulk of these
emigrants went to the United States.
.'.s2@f3H~ss:
An awful calamity befell Hon. Rich
ard A. Walsh and family, of st. Paul,
at Lakewood, White Bear Lake. on
Friday morning, Sept. 10, when his
summer home was destroyed by f1rc
and his three children burned tn
death. Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh are hig!i-
~ esteemed by wide circle of friends
In st. Paul who deeply sympathiza
with them in their great aff1ictio,..
The Irish Standard tenders them its
heartfelt coincidence.
George Kibbie Turner has contrib
uted an article on the temperance
movement to McClme's for Septem-
Der, In which he claims it is "pur.lv
Protestant" OF course, he has never
heard of Father Mathew and the. To-
tai Abstinence Union of America
which recently convened in Chicago.
The movement is purely Catholic. The
Boston Republic truly says: What
big magazine articles Mr.. Kibbie
Turner can write out of the fulness
OF his ignorance!" He is the same fol.
low who recently slandered the Irish
Of New York in the same masazin,
We are not aware that the Anglo.
maniac who owns the magazine has
yet apologized for publishing his ar
ticle.
Dr. John B. Murphy, Of Chicago, the
noted physician and surgeon, won
fresh laurels at the International Med.
zeal Congress held at Buda- Pesth from
Aug. ~ to Sept. 4. The two papers
read at the congress which received
the most attention and praise were bv