The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-09-10
BRIEF TELEGRAMS


Dublin.-One OF the notable fea
lures of the trend of travel from
America to Ireland this year is the
visit of 10000 Americans or Irish
Americans. Under the auspices of the
Irish Homegoing association hundreds
OF Irish have come back temporarily
for visit and to renew the ties
which bind their hearts to the old ISL
and. Enthusiastic greetings every
where in Ireland have welcomed
them. F. ]. Kilkenny, president of
the Irish HomegOing association; ).
! d. Sullivan. national secretary; 7. V.
Powderly. General NJ Emmett Ureu
and L. V. Woulfe, representing the
American National council, were met
by delegations at Queenstown.
Mr.. Sullivan, national secretary, in
an interview, said the people of Amer
| lean not only those of Irish descent
but all of them, take a greater interest
in Irish affairs today than they have
are alive to this fact, and publish
Irish news with great readiness. There
/ is a general desire to learn more of
the Emerald Isle and its people In
all the public Libraries there are to be
! found books upon Irish subjects.
which are frequently called for The
Irish HomegOing association has been
formed to induce those Americans
who have read of Irerand to visit the
! land and see it for themselves. The
/ idea so happily conceived by Francis
J. Kilkenny has made remarkable pro-
gress.
Sir William H. Goulding, speaking
! in Dublin recently, said that reports
from all parts of the country antfci-
! pated a good harvest. He said that
there can be no doubt that the land
purchase is bringing about better con-
ditions in Irish agriculture.
The lord mayor of Dublin is indig-
nant. In fact, his wrath has been ac-
cumulating until at present it is find
| ing vent in emphatic statements.
recent edition of a reference work
showing sociological data declared
that Dublin is the most immoral city
in Europe and equal only to Asia Mi
nor towns. The lord mayor has given
several denials of this SANDER and is
preparing another statement to re-
fute the charge with figures. The cor
poration has instructed the police to
take greater precautions in dealing
with lawlessness.
An interesting visitor here is Cen |
eral NJ. Emmett Urell, who went out
from ms ndllNG iOWl OF N6lictSl W IlSLl /
IA years old. He served under Han |
cock and Grant in the civil war, and |
was at the first battle of Bull Rum |
and was shot through one lung and |
also received other wounds. He re- !
ceived the coveted distinction of a |
medal for order of merit. He after |
wards fought in the American-Span- |
ish war, and now returns to Ireland |
after an absence of fifty-four years. |
He is a fine type of soldier in appear
ance yet and hopes to spend an en-
joyable stay in IRELAND
Rome.-The supreme court has rem
dered a judgment affirming the right |
of the Holy See to sell property with
out authorization from the govern
ment The decision has created a SEN
sation in art circles. 1t is feared that
art treasures are to be sold and it is
proposed to introduce bill in parlia
ment prohibiting the Holy See from
disposing of pictures.
Worcester, Mass.-Lou1s and Kittie
Perle, the latter leading lady of the
Manhattan opera company, were
drowned in Lake Quinsigamond. In
changing seats in a fIat-bottomed boat
Mrs Perle fell overheard. Her hus-
band jumped in to save her and called
for help, hich did not come in time.
st. Petersburg The cholera situa-
ton steadily grows more alarming AL
ready the figures show that there have
been more than 10000 deaths from
the plague, and new points of infec-
ton are reported daily. The best esti-
mates now place the number of cases
at $1,000 and the death rate has so far
been fully so per cent.
London Russian women and
children are the most degraded in Eu-
rope. if not in the world said Mrs
Loreine Helen Baker of Spokane,
Wash, to the Tribune correspondent
this morning.
I say this after investigation in
England, Ireland, Scotland, rance,
Germany, Belgium. Holland Italy,
Austria-Hungary, Norway, Sweden
and Russia. Peasant girls in Russia
are the prey of the Russian soldiers.
and there are thousands of children
who become charges on the govern
ment The boy babies are put in
good hands Thny are educated and
trained for the army. The girl babies
are so neglected that 40 per cent of
them perish. | saw more than 1900
babies under three months old in the
government rounding asylum In M MOS-
COW. Nearly all were suffering from
some disorder and many were physical
and mental cTipples.
The poor Russian mothers sought,
weeping. to touch the hem of my
dress. Why do you weep?' They wish
you to intercede with God to bring
them boy babies. They say that their
husbands cease to love them unless
they bear babies to go to war =" I
Vienna.-The government has be- l
gun an investigation as to the causes
Of the great emigration, especially |
from Hungary and the eastern prov /
inces. to the United States Land {
owners are complaining that in some |
sections SO great has been the exodus I