The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1898. IRELAND'S WOES COULD | BE ENDED J. iGlancy., VIR Suggests a Simple Remedy. Would Divide Tracts Grazing Into Small Farms. Peasants Have Not Enough Land to Supply Their Own Food. ENGLAND SEEMS PITILESS. The Call's Special Correspondent in Dublin Describes the Situation in the lsland. | BY dJ. d. CLANCY. | DUBLIN, March 19.—It is scarcely | ¢ that the eyes of most . just now turned on the debate which is to begin on Monday next in the House of Commons on the local government bill. .Thls measure, as I have before mentloned, has ex- A among the Orangemen of the th of Ireland almost as much oppo- | eition as did the home bills of Mr. Glad- stone. That party regard it as a con- [ lon to w t call sedition and | fon, supporting it they ed to account the one ves of Orange con- who belong to the Govern- | ready ¢ 1 has proposed it. The At- y-General for Ireland, for in- e, Atkinson, who sits for County, has been practi- | on to resign his seat. stion which Is exciting at- r the Government will rabid outcrie ainst and Mr. Balfour's IS v is expected to give t As far as 1 can judge t will not recede from they have assumed. This| > more likely in view of the | yalist” minor although ob- s of the bill, | in principles. | ek the Earl of Mayo, a typical | who has his estates m‘ 1as written an article in which Unionists to ac- 1d make the best and : attitude of most class outside .Ulster. It will oe for the 1;"\'ernm¢~nt,’ ons before them, to | erant views of their | s in Ireland. But a ill tell, he Unlonist Minlsters are | iscount among_the main r Irish friends. They came | : on an anti-Irish cry, and, so | concerned, they hs e thing which was n eit side. It is an in- | but very instructive specta- | int of fact, what it teaches | h ‘Governm S ard for amy r ) for any party only what y in the i 3 v that the latest ac- the distressed districts in | outh of Ireland represent ate of things there as exceedingly | It would be an exaggeration to that the failure of last year's crops oduced general distress in Ireland or al distress throughout the ater part of Ireland, but it would | qually wrong to minimize the se- | ty of the distress which it has oc- | oried’ In the congested districts of | outh and west—that zone of per- misery hich borders the sea at Intervals, extends a good dis- inland, from the coast of Done- to the coast of Kerry. Within that e the condition of the smaller occu- heartrending. ordinary food supply having failed, the people are obliged to live on Indian meal, and they cannot procure-a suf- even of that means of subsistence without the aid of charity. | The Government, after much pres- sure, started some “relief” works for their benefit, but the wages pald for labor done are scarcely enough to keep body and soul together. A few shillings a week, when everything has to be bought, go but a very little way, as it may well be-imagined, toward main- taining a family often numberinz from eig to- twelve members, and when it is added that this wage has sometimes | to be earned bv the women of the fam- fly owing to the enfeebled bodily con- dition of-the male bread-winners, it can be easily understood that the most har- rowing:ineidents are often witnessed. The “worst of the matter is that the remedy for this terrible state of things is perféctly obvious and easily attain- able, and yet is not adopted. What causes this-distress is that In "the dis- tressed districts the people are huddled together -upon- -little patches of land | from which they can hardly derive suf- | ficient subsistence even in prosperous | seagons, . while in their imme neighborhpod are immense trac ind wholly devoted to the rearing and ding of sheep and cattle. What is| nted—and * the only thing that is anted--is to -divide up this grazing nd among' the small occupiers. It | ot proposed that the land should be ken without compensation. It is pro- »d that. the proprietors should be id for It, and it is simply disgracefvl hat. a Government which can spend | rect | should not be able to afford the small | | was attended by an enormous gather- | of Ireland. 'APRETTY EASTER One of the prettiest souwvenirs that we have ever presented to our patrons will be distributed | Monday. It's richt in towch and lceping with the joyouws season now approachini. Above we show the new full| dress suit for yound men for| spring wear. It's made with a very handsome vest with four-| leaf c¢’over embroiderzd on, in fine blwe cheviots and worsteds, shawl roll collar, silk faced it’s an entirely new style, and in fact theonly dress suit for Little folks to wear. Will yow come and see it to- morrow? LADIES' DUDE SAILORS. | Monday we will have abouwt| fiity dozen of these in high- class straws, same as your ex- clusive hatters are asking double the money for—the cor- block — the 1898 spring block—Monday at $1.50. ‘ LADIES' WALIHG HATS. The swell thing in tweed; $1 is the wuswal price; all new spring fashions; all high-class goods. These, beginning Mon- SOUVENIR | Confir= mation Special. The best of everything is the proper thing for confirma- tion wear. So we have taken some of the handsomest English Wor- sted Cheviot Suits, in either blue or black, a swit that is a 86 valwe. Add- ed to that we hate taken one of owr dressy Fedora Hats for yowr boy, sure value at $1.25, and one of our best and very finest White Satin Bows, Here’s a com- bination of ex- cellence con- taining the best of every thing ;']nr lads between he agdes of 6| and Lg)'. & | For these high- class articles, for the three— the Swit, the Hat and the Neckdress — we say a [ ( A lot of real swsll Scotches and Blwes in pretty little Ju nior Suwits, as yow see in picture, We intended ’em for owur $4 50 swits. The little vest is @ manly affair. The suits are treated in a very nov:zl manner, entire- ly new. In fact, there are some of the swellest little styles among ’‘em_that we have ever shown up. For these, beginning Monday, at $4.78. $2.48. Some of the prettiest of Fawnt- leroy blowses Monday—colored and also plain white—the new spring style o/" ‘em. It shows very novel treat- ment. Dowble the money won’t buy choicer blowses in other stores. These Monday at 48c. An Easter neckwear event, embracing 200 dozen of some very swell spring ideas for Zentlemen. Double the mon- ey won’t buy prettier scarfs elsewhere. They comz= in the Im- perial, the fowr- in-hand and the puff. For these we say 19c. Of course the new Easter Hat th us, and if yow run into an ex- clusive hat store yow'll pay $2 for a hat withno more style about it, no better stujf’ and just half the assortment we show, and all we tax yow for one of the swellest Alpine Hats | Thenew fancy vests for Easter wear; some of the prettiest that \yow have ever laid your eyes I upon, and perfect fitting vests. | In owr Furnishing Section Monday, and a big assortment to select from, at THE UNCLE SAM. That’s the name we have given to our new sailor an:l built for the coming little defender of the ‘national honor. It's a swell af- fair in blue, made with the newest Ieind of a lanyard and a pretty whistle. The collars are extra deep and lined; the em- broid-ry is entirely new; the shield is braided in a novel manner; {hoy're all sizes up to 12. We were to pu' ’em on sale at §5 50, but Monday we’il offer yow a large pick from these high-class sailors at $2.08 Engaged in Record-breaking. Spoiled as we are by continual successes through a Sdenerous pubiic, yet we do say that the most flattering reception to any of owr previous sales has been accorded ws on this one of Men’s swits at It was a go from the jump, as the people recodnized the tone, | refinement “and character of these Sarments; they recognized the 15 valwe in them. they knew | that satin-lined. Sui's are not | offered every day at $8 88, and, | they bougdht. Now, then, this is the Easter | attraction in ouwr Men's Suif Department. Can we offer yow any better? Can yow want a more liberal pick of new high- class, fashionable Spring Swits? There’s 50 distinet styles, many of ’em lined with satin — one | prettier than the other, and all | pretty at that. The sale enters upon its second week, beginning Monday. They Pull Out at $8.88. A grand Hand- kerchief sensa- tion. We're go- ing to sell 600 dozen Jen’s Handkerchiefs, all the new sprind borders, handsome pat- terns, excellent Soods, in owr Big Furnishing Goods Section Monday, at LADIES' COLLAR CARNIVAL. Every new Collar that is abso- lutely swell, in both the stand- ing and twrndown for ladies. No collar in town at 20c¢ is any better. Yow det these every day in the year in owr howse at 10c. A sale of $6 suits. This will be one of the principal features made is 95c. of Monday's great sale. They represent the Bannockburn Scoteh Cheviots. Nothind bet- Sc. O++++++- 444444440 + + + cues from us. All stores take their When + we announce readiy, : they say ready. But + wereready with new + stuff ; they're rehash- + + ing last season’s. D R R R R R + + + + + + + + + + THE o-11-13-15 KEARNY ST, FRISCO BOYS. Two Entire Buildings—Eidht Floors. ({1 4444444+ 44 P44+ ter the world over and known 2 1 the world over as a &6 suit. + EASTER and East- + |They're as tough as iron for + erloveliness. The wsh- + |wear,and the colorings are all + oring * the ‘fash- + new and they're full - weight ¥ i wl 0/ oo + | goods—not thin stuff. These are + tonable season will be I |for lads between the agdes of 8 + Jelebratedbywsin + |and 15. Beginning Monday + all our departments + |we say,including a Golf Cap, : Monday. : l as yow see in picture, the two at G+4++ 4444444444440 | $3.95. day, at 49c. nearly fifty millions of pounds sterling | every year upon its army and navy sum necessary for such a transaction. | Meanwhile the condition of the suffer- ers is very bad and outside relief from any quarter will be heartily welcomed by the committees in charge. The '98 centenary celebration in the Phoenix Park last Sunday was one of a very Impressive and imposing kind. It ing, chiefly recruited of course from Dublin itself, but composed also of rep- resentatives from all the four pravinces The meeting was so large that four platforms had to be impro- vised, one for each of the provinces, and at each speeches were delivered by well-known Nationalists who do not, all of them, agree on other subjects. As a preliminary demonstration, it was de- cidedly successful, and at the same time, while it showed unmistakably that the spirit of Irish nationality is alive and vigorous, there was noth- ing about it te give any ground or even The Call’'s Great Offer of Scribner’s History of the United States Is extended to May Ist. opportunity, as we cannot possibly sup- ply a copy after that date. centdiscount if ordered before above date. Call or write for full particulars. This is your last Over 335 per THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. colorable pretext for the absurd]| fears which some Irishmen belongfng to | the “loyal” minority seem to entertain | in regard to any commemoration of the | “Men of '98.” By right, indeed, the| members of that minority ought to be| themselves among the foremost 1n| celebrating the memory of '98, and that for very obvious reasons. In the first place, the original pro- gramme of the “United Irishmen” of | that period was one of constitutional | reform. It embraced nothing more than the widening of the suffrage on which the Irish Parliament was elected, | the emancipation of the Catholics, and | the making of the executlve Govern-| ment responsible to the legislative au- thority. No doubt, the United Irishmen aimed ultimately at other things widely different, but the main body of them at heart were forced to do so by the | tactics of the English Government of the time which, thcugh an Irish Parlia- ment existed, appointed the executive for Ireland and directed all its opera- tions. Those tactics Included the most atro- cious outrages on the people. A for- elgn soldiery were let loose, and with | them and the native minority burned | the chapels and churches of the ma- | jority, looted the peasants’ homes on | the slightest pretexts, violated their women and destroyed their property. The natural result was the insurrection of ’'98, and the pity of it was that it was left chiefly to one county—Wex- | ford—to rise In armed “rebellion.” But the origin of the whole matter ought nct to be forgotten, and it is true, as I have said, that the orlggnal programme of the men of '98 ivas con- stitutional reform, and that those who had the chlef part in framing that pro- gramme were the Protestants and Presbyterians of Ulster, who mnew so strongly object to any celebration of the men or of the deeds of '9% ‘What is called the “castle season” in Dublin is just drawing to a close. This ‘“castle season” means the series of dinners, balls, levees and other enter- tainments given by the Lord Lieuten- ant at the vicerezal lodge or Dublin Castle during the winter months. Up to the time when Mr. Gladstone took up home rule these entertainments were participated in by all the leading gentry and by the peers of Ireland. Before that time, whatever might be the political color of the Ministry of the day in England the executive in Ire- land was always looked on as the friend of the minority, and, according- 1y, to every levee, ball and dinner given by a Viceroy, whether he happened to be a Liberal or a Tory, there trooped the whole genteel regiment of Irish “Joyalist” ladies and gentlemen. The Home Rule era came at last in 1886, with the Earl of Aberdeen, now the Governor-General of Canada, and the high-and-dry aristocratic “Unionists, as they began to call themselves, at once rigidly boycotted the viceregal court. They would not recognize the representative of the Queen because he was also a member of a Home Rule administration. The Home Rule Government of 1886 was soon beaten, and then there came to Ireland the Unionist Marquis of Lon- donderry, the descendant of the Lord Castlereagh who promoted the insur- rection in '98 and carried the union of 1800. The Irish aristocracy and gentry again began to flock to Dublin Castle, and the viceregal lodge in Phoenix Park, and old times were once more restored. In 1892, however, there was another change. A Home Rule Government came in again and a Home Rule Lord Lieutenant came to Dublin. The soclal boycott was immediately re- newed. Lord Houghton, now the Earl of Creve, was treated In precisely the same manner as Lord Aberdeen by the “Joyalist” peers and gentry of Ireland. He could get no one to attend his en- tertainments be-ond the leading mem- bers of the Castle entourage and the civil service. In 1895 another change of Govern- ment occurred, and the scene was en- tirely changed once more. Lord Cardigan, as a Unlonist Viceroy. gath- ered around him again the old aristo- cratic habitues of the castle, and so it has come to pass that the ‘“castle sea- sons” since, including the present one, have been what is called brilliant. There has been no end of.dinners, balls and levees, all largely attended, and within the past week an additional source of attraction to the castle sea- son has been afforded by the installa- tion of the Earl of Arran as a “Knizht of St. Patrick.” All those entertain- ments have been always much of a piece. They have been, as well as 1 can gather, extremely dull affairs, and consist in a number of finelv dressed ladies and men in hired uniforms bow- ing to his Excellency and waiting for hours in a crowded hall for the mere purpose of having their names in the newspapers the following day and mak- ing a political demonstration. 1t is a sorry business at the best, but it is the means of circulating some money among the traders of Dublin, and so long as that is the case, I sup- pose such things are not without thelr uses. One of the most (personally) popular of Irish pressmen has died in the course of the past week in the person of Dr. Patton, editor of the Dublin Daily Ex- press. He was not only editor of the Express, but also for many ynars‘Dub- 1in correspondent of the London Times. In this latter capacity he filled » very important post and served his party— the party of the “loyalist” minority— very well, indeed. In other words, he did a good deal of harm in his time to the Irish cause, for the Irish news in the Times was the chief source of information for Englishmen on Irish affairs. But, personally, as [ have said, he was very popular, for he was a cour- teous. affable and educated gentleman who never abused his position to in- dulge in personal attacks. Among his fellow journalists especially he was a “persona grata.” With his demise, in all probability, will come a change not only in the editorship, but in the poli- tics of the Express. That journal has up to the present been a high and dry Tory organ, and the organ especially of the Protestant clergy of Ireland. Tt is extremely significant of the change of opinion in Ireland that the general belief is that the paper is henceforth to be owned by Mr. Horace Plunkett. who is by no means a Tory of the old school. The fact is, that the old Tor. jes are now wiped out in Ireland, as well as in England, and in a few years more they will be completely a thing of the past. One was the age of the and this the colonel ad- »d the half century mark “FARMER FINIGAN” | IS HIS TITLE NOW San Rafael’s Ex-fiillicnalre Has As- sumed a New Calling in Life. | alimony to his be: SAN RAFAEL, April 2.—Colonel Peter | by Superior Judge A. Finigan, the hero of a divorce case | Finigan declared that he of universal fame, is somethin; more | BT than a pauper, for to-day the ex-mil.| TWO DEATHS AT PETALUMA. lionaire raised his right hand toward | heaven and swore that he was a farmer. | It all developed this morning through the eagerness of the colonel to have his name placed on the great register that t came to stating his present s the colonel scratched his head ght for a moment. It was a on, for in the eves of the ér, unable to pay the autiful wife, as ordered Angellotti. Finally was a farmer. | perplexing p law he is a v Husband and Wife Pass Away on the Same Day. PETALUMA, April Mrs. William Mock, res Captain dents here since he might go to the polls and vote in| 1554, died to-a d, respectively, ST favor of the bonding of San Rafael for | and 79. Both ¥ ly esteemed. The $15,000 to build a new high school. aged wife first, the hus- Colonel Finigan, in order to register | band folle ¢0 hours later. A doubls was compelled to swear to some facts | funeral w place from the residence that the public had never before b on Thi ADVERTISEMENTS. wn (R BUWRNLNRRNNRRRALRNS NO PAIN - - - NO PAIN CROWNS $3.50. FILLINGS 50 cts. Flexible Plates $5.00 full set CROWNS AND BRIDGE WORK OUR SPECIALTY. AL W T CHICAGO DENTAL PARLORS, 24 SIXTH ST.. COR. STEVENSON. Open Evenings. .