Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03
IRISH POLITICIANS ARE BUSY
Members of Parliamentary Party
Hustle.
LEADERS MAKE MANY SPEECHES
sudden Death of General ButIcr IL
Greatly DeplOred Through
out the British
Isles.
LEADERS MAKE MANY SPEECHES
IA THoMAs EMMETT.

DUBLIN, July 2-(special Dispatch to
The Bee )-Realizing the Importance OF
presenting a united front in the noxt par
lament the Irish parliamentary party Is
campaigning as actively almost as though
a general election was In progress The
Redmonds, Devlln, Dillon. O'Connor and the
other leaders are making speeches con-
stanty and are paying especial attention
to the constituencies represented by O'Brlen
malcontents.
1t is confidently predicted that the
O'Brienltes will not be able to carry more
than three or four seats at most. and 1t
Is regarded as well within the line of pos
sibility that both o Rrien and his leutcn-
ant Timothy Healy, will be defeated.
Bishop O'Donnell OF Raphoe said re-
Gently: 81 do not remember any time
when the country was more united in sup
port OF the Irish party than it is at pres
ent; neither was there any time when that
support was better deserved"
This seems to about sum up the sltua-
ton.
Belfast HarbOr improvements.
The Belfast Harbor commissioners have
tentatively adopted a scheme for the rec
amation of nearly 1000 acres OF slob land
and at the same time have agreed to a
proposal submitted by their engineer for
dredging from the ship channel to the
sea 1,5OOO 900 tons of soil so as to PROVIDE
sufficient depth for liners and warships OF
the largest class.
sorrow for General Butler.
The painfully sudden death of General
Sir William Butler. will be deplorcd
throughout ireland, as we'll as in Eng
land and in those colonies where he had
seen much active service. A brave and
capable soldier, he served the British EN-
pire in Canada and Africa and rose 10
within a step of the highest rank in the
army, though, owing to his frank, honest
and, as events proved sensible advice given
to the government on the day before the
outbreak of hostilites in South Africa, he
was for a time most unpopular in England
and scarcely received the full measure OF
reward which his services merited. He
was as skilled with the pen as with the
sword and some OF his books make most
enhancing reading and will be regarded
as valuable additions to British military
history. His wife, too, as Miss Thompson,
earned undying fame by her paintings,
| two military subjects The Roll CALI and
1.-THE Scots Greys at Waterloo" being
! among the most admired of the pictures
shown at the Dublin International exhl1i-
ton OF 1907. II u.s. however, as q patriotic
| Irishman that Sir William Butler win be
best remembered in this country. He was
convinced home ruler, but. though his
name was several times mentioned tol
constituencies, he never entered Parlia-
ment Still, in another sphere, he rendered
good services to his country, being prom
Inent member OF the National University
commission and OF the senate
Real Fish story.
| The leading Irish papers published tht
other day a queer fish story from County
Cavan. 1t is said that two anglers in 9
small boat near the mouth of the rIvel
Finn saw an enormous fish approaching
them from Tough Erne. Its back wa,
above the water and 1t raised great wavci
on each side. The men quickly pulled
their boat aside, hut the fish gave cnas,
and was soon alongside plunging on III
surface at furious rate. 1t appeared 4
be fully ten feet long. with proportional
girth. and had very large head, rh'
scared membranes and Philip MDonagl
shot into a weedy place, whence thsl
watched the monster dash up the rive
to a small, deep lake, where 1t disao
peared from view. The brothers say tina
IL was uh'iho any o'hei Assn 1iieS 0Ne
saw. Crowds of people, it is stated, ar
watching for the temperance of TIM
strange monster of the deep.
Redmond Children Busy.
Among those called to the Irish bar re
Gently was Mr.. William Archor Redmond
only son of Mr.. John Redmond, M. =.
Miss Johanna Redmond, daughter o
John Redmond. has written a coined!
sketch which is to be produced al Lon
|, don music hall,