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SATURDAY, KRCIESKB IF, 1887.
"notable amiveesaries.
Sunday, September 18—The corner
stone of the Capitol at Washington
laid, 1793.
Monday, September 19—'Wexford Mas
sacre, 8AO, J. J. Uallanan, poet,
died, IS~3.
Tuesday, September 2u-Robert Em
met hanged, 1803.
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ange Locif in Ireland formed at
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bellion" iu Massachusetts, 17S7.
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or Charleston, S. C., bora in Cork,
1789.
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Teelmcr executed, 1798.
TKE MITOHELLTOW
S IE
AY,
Oar assertion of last week, that when
the right time would come no Irishiran
would be found lacking in courage to
defend his rights, has been verified in
the instance of choir noble behavior at
Mitchelltown last week. They did not
vuaii before the constables' fuiious on
slaught, and for this tb?y are receiving
the "congratulations of the civilized
world. The disgraceful scene also af
fords further evidence of the blunder
ing policy of Lord Salisbury arid those
under him who have undertaken to
ole Ireland by laws if applied in the
palmiest days of slavery would be con
sidered outrageous. The time, if there
t'ver was such a time, when the people
of Ireland could be intimidated by
riiles and bayonets in the bands of
British bulldogs has passed into obli
Yion, and the British aristocracy and
the illegitimate descendants of las
civious monarchs should remember
that they have no longer to deal with
men who will refrain from using any
weapon that circumstance may throw
in their way in order to defend their
rights. The circumstances of the
Mitchelltown trouble briefly stated are
?.s follows: A meeting was held last
Friday to protest against the action of
the Government iu issuing: a warrant
for the arrest of Mr. William O'Brien.
Mr. .Labouchere and others made
speeches. Of course the police and
military had to be called upon to men
ace the people. They charged upon the
rnesting, but were repulsed by the peo
ple. The police obtained reinforce
jeiia and fired
enonts, returned to the
a volley into the crowd, the result of
We believe that very
gained by submitting any longer to the
down the gauntlet let Irishmen jump
into the arena and pick it up with a
vengeance worthy of their cause. If
they submit any longer to the system
atic outrages of Dublin Castle govern
ment they will lose the sympathy of
those who are friendly to, them at the
present time. By contesting for their
rights, at the point of the bayonet, if
necessary, they will make friends for
the Irish cause. The Tories have used
©very means at their command to bring
about this conflict, and in a manner
^that would place Ireland in a false
^liflht. They desired*to make Ireland
Pappe^t tfo be in a terrible state of law
^IWsnete^Pailing in this they hay©
^'^^T^M^iheir' true cQlors. CHJp, fjjjtf
without a parallel in its freedom from
crime. But now they must not aliow
themselves to be bull-dozed by British
red-coats or British constsbles. We do
not know of anything that could have
raised the Irish people higher in the es
timation of their American friends,
least, than the part they played so no
bly at Mitchelltown last Friday. Let
their motto continue to be defense and
not defiance, but it must be defense
in its broadest meaning. The mis
erable subterfuge resorted to by the
London .Times in endeavoring to re
lieve the Tories of bl^me in precipitat
ing the Mitchelltown affray, and laying
it at the doors of the Irish people, is
worthy of its dirty source. The events
of the past two weeks have afforded
conclusive evidence that the Tories
do not intend to leave a st ne unturned
that will tend to provoke the Irish peo
ple to resort to open rebellion. It is only
a few days ago that the bailiffs at Iier
bertstown, assisted by 100 soldiers and
300 constabulary, advanced upon the
house of Mrs. Crimmins, a widow.
This woman, a3 related., iu these col
umns, and her friends bad barricaded
her little home and, being well armed
with paving stones and boiling water,
she showered them with such courage
and effect on the attacking force that
it was four times repulsed. Backed by
the British army on the spot and the
might and majesty of the British Em
pire in reserve, the officers, after three
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societies,
momo-
rial resolutions, etc., will be changed for by the
repeated
tion
which was the killing of two men in- ranny. In consideration of the
stantly, while others were
•wounded. Mr. Labouchere, as
body knows, is net an Irishman, there
fore, he cannot be accused of prejudice
la giving his opinion as to the causes cf and insulting calumny that vhey are un
.the trouble. In his speech in the Brit
ish House of Commons last Monday
slight he stated that the whole blame
rested on the police, lie held the chief
constable and the resident magistrate police construed forbearance into cow
responsible, aud accused them both of ardice and attempted to shoot the peo
deliber.ite murder. Mr. Gladstone be- pie down like
lieves the same thing. Iu the face of
such unimpeachable authority what
has the Tory Government to offer in ex
tenuation of the action of its police the situation
Jsothing!
at
repulses, attempted to take
heroic widow's home by
Storm.
Again they were driven bask. Finally
a joint rush was made by the bailiffs
and police, and the house was broken
into and captured. It was found that
the defenders of the house numbered
only niue persons, five men and four
women. All were taken prisoners.
What a spectacle is this for the contem
plation of the civilized world! One
hundred
regular soldiers, and a force
of three bundled constabulary, soldiers
iu everything but name, making war
upon a widow woman! Here is a splen
did theme, as an exchange suggests, for
the Poet Laureate when, next he under
takes to sing turgid doggerel rhymes in
honor of the glorious era of Evictoria!
But does it not also suggest the reflec
tion that when a widow's garrison of
five men and four women can fight so
bravely and resist so successfully a
force of four hundred troops with the
sheriff and his men. what could the
Irish people do were they armed and on
equal terms with their oppressors In
the defense of "Widow Crimmins' home
we have an instance of heroism as
noble as ever recorded, -while her assail
ants stand before the world branded
with the triple stigma of tyranny, bru
tality and cowardice. And such scenes
are being enacted daily throughout
Ireland. Let England cease to cast re
flections on foreign tyrants and stop
singing the anthems of British free
dom till they have made such barbari
ties impossible. All honor to Widow
Crimmina and her garrison of five men
and four women We hope every ten
ant iu Ireland whose house is attacked
will show the same pluck and determin
ation. By displaying the courage of
Widow Crimmins Irishmen can rest as
sured that Coercion Act No. 87 will
soon be a dead letter.
The breaking up of the Ballycoree
Hill meeting was another instance of
the determination of the Tories to gag
the Irish people, but though they suc
ceeded in breaking up the meeting,
their victory is a ban-en one as far as
the principle at stake is concerned.
The fact of the meeting baving for
some time come together, passed reso
lutions, and drawn upon itself the
threat of military intervention is suffi
cient "to give effect to its object of at
tracting public attention to the cruelty
and oppression under which Ireland is
groaning. The Irish leaders are to be
congratulated on having, in good order
and with such prudence avoided a col
lision with the military and police,
without abandoning their demonstra
of protest against an expiring ty
bittei
their
admir
able forbearance in this demonstration,
forever nailed the infamous falsehood
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severely provocation of foreign bayonets at
ig every- throats the Irish have by their ac
able to govern themselves.
The principle involved iu the Mitch
elton trouble wa3 somewhat, different
to the one of Ballycoree Hill. The
little can be suggested that machine guns will be
used
whims and prejudices of the British has used such language as ha£never be
aristoeracy. The Tories have thrown
fore
tinued
against the Irish, aud the Times
degraded the press of a free coim
try." "If," he continued, "the advice
of the Unionist press be followed, what
between machine guns, evictions and
Tory landlords, very soon few Irish will
be left. If the Government belieyes
in this policy let them try the experi
ment of their new doctrine upon the
people of England. Short work would
be made of the Government if they did
so, and their downfall would be com
plete, The heart of England," con­
Sir William, "is with the Irish
in vindicating their rights to hold pub
lic meetings and will support them
until justice is done.. The meetings
must and will continue in all parts of
Ireland, and the Government will have
their tiling trying to suppress,
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GENERAL TuLLEE'S ".EESIGITATlOIf.
The official annou?icement has been
made
that General Sir Redvers Buller
has resigned his post of Under-Secre
tary for Ireland. It has long been un
derstood that Sir Redvers contem
plated this step. One need not look far
for the causes which led to his resigna
tion. The peculiar style of warfare the
Tories have pursued against Ireland is
not just in accordance with the tastes
of the General. Fighting defenceless
women is not exactly in his line of
business. Besides this, it is no secret
that Sir Redvers is not very sure, after
what he has seen during his residence
in Ireland, but that his sympathy is
somewhat wi'h the Irish people. Al
though he has the reputation of having
the heart of a liou, he has conscientious
scruples against doing anything he
knows to be wrong. His report to the
Government on the condition of Ire
laud did not suit the Tories. He faith
fully and accurately reported all the
poverty and squallor he found in the
country, and recommended merciful
and remedial measures. This report
opened the eyes of the ministry with re
gard to the manner of man whom they
'were dealing, aud they immediately
proceeded to garble aud distort it be
fore it was made public, but it was too
true a statement of the wretchedness
which they wanted to persecute. This
accounts for General Bailer's resigna
tion of the Under Secretaryship and
under
the circumstances it should not
ex cite wronder that Bloody Balfour was
only too eager to accept it.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES,
THE
IT
dogs. In the course ot
an exhaustive speech in the British
House of Commons the other night Sir
William Vernon Harcourt explained
exactly. "Some Tory
journals,1' averred Sir William, "have
THE IRISH STANDAED: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1887.
CtEATTAN Am PABNELL,
Mr. E. Dwyer Gray, member of Par- P'a?' "'Ji*11-. the Penman,1' died sud
nv 1 lnaf CiiM^ntT
liament and editor of the Dublin Free
man's Journal, makes the following in
teresting comparisons between Henry
Grattan and Charles Stuart Parnell
through the editorial columns of his
paper:
"Following are striking coincidences
of date and fact: Grattan was born in
1746 Parnell exactly a century later.
Grattan entered the Irish Parliament
in 1775 Parnell took his seat in the
House of Commons in 1875.
"In 1779 was established that body
led by Grattan which enabled him to
achieve legislative independence, while
in 1879 was founded that organization
of which Parnell is leader, and which
bids fair to enable him also to regain
legislative independence. The free
dom of Dublin was presented to Grat
tan, and exactly a century later the
same compliment was conferred oa Par
nell. Both were Protestants. Grattan
attached himself to Fox, who visited
Ireland in 1778 Parnell to Gladstone,
who visited Ireland in 1878.
"A golden tribute from a grateful
people was presented to both. Grattan
bought an estate in
population of Ireland on the 30th
of June is set down at 4,807,352. The
old story of ruin and decay.
ALTHOUGH
terially,
round."
is believed that Mr. Gladstone will
accept Mr. Sexton's invitation to at
tend his inauguration as Lord Mayor of
Dublin, New Year's Day. If the
Grand Old Man goes to Ireland then,
what tongue or pen can describe the
unbounded enthusiasm of his recep
tion.
Now that the grand jury is again in
session in this city it might not be out
of place for that body to consider the
acts of "Christian Scientists" that Min
neapolis is now cursed with. In the
practice of their profession they have
been successful beyond measure—in
filling cemeteries. Healars, indeed 1
THE
Boston Pilot is never at a loss to
account for eccentricity on the part of
the royal family. It attributes the fact
that though Queen Victoria is head of
the Episcopalian church, she always at
tends the Presbyterian church when in
Scotland, to the possibility that she may
have found the Episcopalians too stuck
up to make change for a threepenny bit
when the contribution box came round.
SOME
of our readers may be able to
furnish the information solicited in the
following paragraph from the Boston
•Republic: "Information Wanted—Of
James McCarthy, age 84 years, who
came to New York from India in May,
1883, and then left for Minnesota. Last
heard from was in Fort Snelling, Minn.,
June, 1886. Any information of his
whereabouts will be thankfully re
ceived by his mother and sisters.
BRIDGET MCCARTHY, 277
SIR CHARLES YOUNG,
A
FARMER
TO-DAY
Queen'scounty,
the
stronghold of the Para ells, but chose
his home in County Wicklow, whither
Charles Stuart Parnell's grandfather
had migrated and also fixed his resi
dence—Grattan at Tinnehiuch, Parnell
at Avondale. Iu 17S0 Gr at tan's declar
ation of Irssh rights was fiercely at
tacked by the government, and so also
was Parnell's programme in 1S80 by
means of state prosecution.
"Both were intended for the bar in
youth, but neither had taste for the
profession. A base effort was made to
implicate Grattan in the treasonable
plots of his time, and failed the same
remark applies to Parnell."
THE
Wm. O'Brien's cell is a
small one he is enjoying himself just as
if he occupied more commodious quar
t«rst which leads us to the conclusion that Anarchy will forever get a set
that they can confine William ma-
but his spirit will "hover
place
Lincoln
author of the
denly in London last Sunday night.
Sir Charles was a convert to the True
Faith.
residing in the county
Kilkennv states that in his opinion, as
a practical man, there will not be, on
the whole, a half-crop in Ireland this
year. The grass is burned to the very
roots, the hay is miserably scant, the
potato crop not half what it was last
year, and the oat crop is still worse.
Wheat is pretty good, but there is little
sown, and the prices are bad. Barley
is very short and poor, and the make of
butter is getting less every day. Owing
to the want of grass in England cattle
can scarcely be sold at any price.
(Saturday) will be celebrated
the centenary of the constitution of the
United States and the Commission in
charge of the arrangements has ex
tended invitations to several Bishops,
to be present on the occasion, and have
requested Cardinal Gibbons to offer the
closing prayer. This is as it should be.
Catholics have an equal interest in the
past history and in the present and fu
ture welfare of the United States and
y-*e are glad the Commission recognized
this fact by their invitation to promin
ent dignatories of the Church. The
Cardinal has gratefully accepted the in
vitation and heartily rejoices in the
celebration of which he is to be a prom
inent factor.
MICHAEL DAVITT
has a two column
letter in the Irish World of last week
that will well repay perusal. Mr. Dav
itt is one of the most logical reasoners
of the Irish leaders His extended ref
erence to the association composed of
landlords, which has recently been
formed in Dublin, is not by any means
the least interesting portion of his ex
cellent letter. He draws attention to
the fact that this association was being
formed on the very day when Parlia
ment confirmed, by a majority of 78
votes, the Lord Lieutenant's proclama
tion of thtf National League. The co
incidence was a remarkable one, in
deed. It has given rise to the thought
that if it is illegal for the tenants to
combine for their mutual protection,
why is it not equally unlawful for the
landlords to combine so that they may
harrass the life out of the poor tenants.
IIo we vet, the Tories make one law tor
the rich and another for the poor, al
though for that matter, it might be
said, if all accounts be true, the land
lords at the present time are not rolling
in the lan of luxury.
Supreme Court of .Illinois has
confirmed the decision of the lower,
courts with regard to the conviction of
the Anarchists, and fixed November
as the day of their execution. ISTo one
will. b8 surprised ax this decision, and
presumably very few will regr-. it ex
cept those who, like the Anarchists
themselves, would desire to see the
overthrow of constitutional govern
ment, and chaos reign supreme. There
is nothing harsh in the form of our
government, and each person who was
born or lives under the American (lag
is equal in everything perhaps, but
brains. If one man succeeds by energy,
industry and constant attention tc bus
iness and amasses more wealth than
another it cannot be blamed to our
form of government. If anything is
found to be radically wrong in the way
some acquire more wealth than others,
redress can be had through other
sources than throwing bombs into a
crowd of innocent people and thereby
committing murder. The families of
the men who will suffer for their crime
on November 11, will receive the sym
pathy of the American people, but uo
good citizen of this county will regret
back on tbat
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SOME
time ago one of the daily papers
of this city suggested the opening of
the Exposition Art Gallery on Sundays.
This has given rise to considerable
criticism and comment, and the sug
gestion is condemned by a great many
of our citizens. The reasons advanced
for the opening of the art gallery on
Sundays are not sufficient, we believe
to convince any on that such a course
would result in the benefit of anybody.
Everybody takes an interest in the
Minneapolis Exposition, but at the
same time over and above everything
the management has no right to carry
on business when every other business
in the city is clos3d up. Another
good reason why it should npt be kept
open on Sunday, i3 that the manage
ment would be breaking faith with the
directors who signed an agreement
when the enterprise was first started
that tbe Exposition should be
nly kept open on working days.
It has been stated that Sunday is the
only day which the workmgman can
afford to visit the Exposition, This is
all nonsense. While the art collection
is admittedly good, we doubt very much
if any person would care about going to
see it alone. If he has got to spend one
night to see the Exposition, he could
equally as well devote any other even
ing to viewing the art collection as on
Sunday. Besides there are many who
now take a deep interest in the Minnea
polis Exposition, and who have lent
their aid to assist it in many ways who,
from religious or other motives might
withdraw their support, and thus injure
the enterprise very considerably. We
hope the management will consult their
good sense in this matter and abstain
Genuine
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GOODFELLOW'S!
Cloak & Shawl Department
We are now showing a magnificent collection of
the latest novelties in
Fall and Winter Cloaks and Wraps
FOR
Infants, Children, Misses and Ladies.
Visitors to the Exposition and State Fair are cor
dially invited to call and inspect our assortment,
which is undoubtedly the largest west of New York.
We would also remind ladies from out of town that
we can nowr, while our assortment is still complete,
insure a better fit than later in the season, when or
ders are sent in by mail.
JACKETS, WRAPS,
Newmarkets and Raglans
Selections made now, can. upon the payment of
a deposit, he stored free of charge until wanted,
we show
Fur Garments
IN
Alaska Sealskin.
Mink. Persian lamb, &
Russian Seal
In all tlie ?iew shapes, in a full line of sizes, made
from Plain and Fancy Striped and Checked CLOTHS,
ASTKACHATS and Flushes and.
Our ALASKA SEAL GARMENTS, in length from
B0 to 54 inches are gunmanteed Martin's London Dye,
•made from specially selected skins, and: in prices we
can eifect a saving to our patrons of $15 to $30 on
each garment.
MINK 0,4JRMENTS, 44 inches long.with best lin
ings and trimmings, and made of best Eastej.u skins,
from 8100 op wards.
OXJPT
Plush Sacques and Newmarkets
Are unequalled, and the variety of styles and prices
is the largest wre have ever shown. We can. give yon
an elegant Seal plush Sacque, nicely finished with
quilted satin lining and four Seal ornaments,
FOPtTir iisrox-iiEis loistgk
At 820, being good value at §28, and at all Prices
up to S5.
Flush Newmarkets, 56 inches long with Seal
trimmings. Sstiu lining and Pleats in hack at $27.50:
can not be duplicated in either city at $35.
Jackets, Sacques,
Newmarkets & Havelocks
For Children are shown in an assortment as large as
any in the United States at prices ranging from
$1.85 to $50 EACH.
3STOVEUTTES IN
Shawls, Silks, and Dress Goods.
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