Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-03-29
IS DYING
0'DOnovan Rossa Nearing End
Of a Troubled Career.
He Fought and Long euMersa tn'-
prlsonment In the Struggle fer
Gsin's resdom--libsrAtsd
BY Queen Victoria.

New York.--When jeremiah D0no-
van. the Irish patriot and picturesque
Fenian. adopted the name "O'Dono-
van R0saa" fifty years ago and col
iected q sum said to have exceeded
$4,000. much OF IL from Irish girls
throughout the United States. he
promised to free Ireland by drastic
measureA The ayowed aim of his life
and purpose OF the fund was the lib
Grafton OF Ireland from English rule.
O'Donovnn Rossa. now nearing his
eighty-third year. 10 said to be dying
OF rheumatism and complications NJ
1s4 Richmond terrace. New Brighton.
Staten Island, where he livea In n
queer ramshackle cottage with his
wife and three daughters. says n cor
respondent
At the end of n stormy life he ~ I'm
comparative poverty. and the Irish no.
cieties are about to give him n sub
stRntial testimonial IN recognition Of
his perfervid patriotism. which led to
imprisonment and Punishment.
In the Life In Prison." Dubiished
from Barclay street in 1929. Rosa
wrote:
England has proclaimed war
against me and forbids me to tread
my native land. and 30 help me God.
viii wage war against her until she
10 stricken to her knesa OF until i am
stricken to my grave"
O'Donovan RoaaA In NJ unc0mpro-
missing today as he was In the days
when he was confined in q dungeon
with his hands tied behind his back.
eating his scant rations from the
floor. He was always n physical force.
having little sympathy with those
who sought for and gained compro-
mise.
Born In County Cork In 1891. his
father. who was In fairly good cir
cumstances. sent him to school until
1914. Then came crop failures and
Rgitations. followed by troublOus times
in Ireland. He became part of the
young Ireland movement His mother,
brothers and sisters emisrated 10
Philadelphia and he was left alone at
Skibbereen. apprenticed to n kinsman
who had q store. In n short time
young O'Donovan had q store OF his
own and wan a leader In the patriotic
movement. famed by the fenian lead-
era.
In 1883 he became q fun member
and in the next year he served his
FIRST term In Cork jail. His business
was ruined. his country demoraiized.
ne travelled over Ireland. England and
Scotland organising Fenian bands.
In 1853. Ireland becoming too hot
for him. he came here ON n visit. He
went back after q few months. be-
came involved In an Aggressive cam
paign and fell into the banda OF the
English authorities. and from 1855 TO
1871 he was in jail He was released
only to be banished from Great Brit
ain and her poasessiona.
In this country he published q news
paper. wrote books. travelled and leo
tnred. Through correspondence and
influence and funds he collected. he
attn kept things stirred up In his ma
tive land. although thousands OF miles
away from It. Z
The New York newspapers of Feb
ruRry 3. 1885. recounted the shooting
Of Rossa In Chambers street by
Yseulte Dudley. an English trained
nurse. who resented his utterance ut
meeting held in Dynamite Row.
which was near Rossa's once
In 1891 the edict Of Punishment was
raised and Rassa returned to Cork.
where he was made clerk Of tho coun.
ty council ut q comfortable SALARY.