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REAL CONDITION OF THE POOH IN WEST OF IRELAND F Sititie World’s Dublin Rey s Dublin Representative Visits the Section trom Which the Cry of Distress Is Raised and Makes ¢ Thorough Investigation of Situation. | .No Famine as Yet, but Suffering Is Acute and British Government Turns a Deaf Ear to the Appeal for Help from the Stricken Small Farmers. . (Special Correspondence of The Evening World.) , (Prom Our Regular Correspondent.) DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec, 17.—I visited that portion of the West of Ireland ! from which the ery of starvation !s rising, three days ago.’ The Government | party in Dublin derides the idea that there is any reality in the ery, but from in gations on the spot I can state the inaction of the Government is criminal, * ‘Phere is at present no famine, but there {3 a great distress among the “people, and no measures are being taken by those responsible to alleviate | the condition witch undoubtedly prevails, The people affected are the most miserably poor among the poor peasantry of Ireland. The land they live on, and for which they pay rent, is the very worst in Ireland—stony, barren, so utterly bad looking that {t ts marve"'ous hew ®iman beings can at all exist on It starvation, THIS WILL GOON FACH VFAR, Year by year this will continue, until the people are allowed to ree) Move from the wretched soli on which they are forced to exist to the fat wants in their neighborhood, which are wholly given over to cattle-grazing Ae ‘omplidn about the jatton—to the Dublin mountains, @ poor peasants Congested Districts Board, whieh was) where they spent the day in planting eetenaibly formed by the Government to It ts urged that thelr exampia} Change Compliments, and and Shows Scars of Battle. m in removing from the bleak should be followed throughout the i | to the rich low-lying 18048. | country, Sharkey Invites the Professor —_—_— object had been carried) Mr, George Moore, the wolisknown : in Greater New| re would be no cry of femme! novelist, ty In trouble with che Dubai | to Come and See Him. nk Mo from the west to-day, What the Con! artists Ho lectured in the Royal Hi- | decor J an ath> gested Districts Bonrd has done has Academy last woek on French | 3 ! figured th antaining hoen to remove the unfortunate people Wrench arusts and. in tne | 1 The Fivening ; be | 1 Down the from one tract of bad land to another eo a te ture assa'ied the Dublin | W nm the ar basket siid to rhe next man, nee ye a, Tt done this, the| National Gallery of Painting and de- | self-defense, Pr ine tteae sua‘et tha blend traot of al land, Tt has done vay the | clared It and ite directore as a « puple | OF Janen, end es Haleuhune Hae worst boy" was he urge of th uta, A people assert, in the t of centuries pan, a n Sharkey, who w sraon, of No. 88 Weat st f was added and the graziers, and my observations one of t a: he wag aid aia you! was | Dasket slipped along, Next came th the allega! Hon tt at the int dle 3 Ameri a ever ad, t fay illustrated Rlsesht or a Che. bose thasnae, | ear or brand Then aq art of potatoes and, Under these cl roumstances, & ghelr own pictures will de er exponents of the Japanos: ors and puplia from Pubite & — 0. | sided over the string beans, alo in fecurrence of distress, If not famine, 1s Rattle of the Art method of resisting physical atta Apr aered: ESS SS BeE Se f jean cans, added his contribution there Witable In west Connacht each Ye@l| Phe academicians reply denying MP | could not be found. Prof. Hignshi, wi war Ww sa ngainat young Carson. To Renfforest Ireland, Morris's charges, and a rather lvel¥ | gownat wiovele Policeman Selig Whit Commodore Gerry Was an tntereste tval movement has di- | artists’ battle Is anticipated . ehh fstaner at the trial when Carson, Mhe Irish revival mo’ ow | To-night a Inrge company gathered | man, known as Ajax, th e 1, was con oa Wected the attention of the young Mew li, Vie how Abbey Theatre at the invi- on the New York poll ie ordy twe ae : ef the country to the Importance of tation of Miss Harriman, the lessee. The | ven: ox a at Hea oo, M a florestation, Ireland, once the best~ Abbey Theatre {a Intended for the Pro |, stricto “ite ; 1 + ar oad versie 7 . in Burope, is now duction of Irish and classical drama FuctOr In jt 1 | 5 passed fivested country 7 q Trish obly, and {t hes been supesbly furnished | of Japan, Tom Shy 1 1 4 fn most treeltes, On Sunday Ingt an Trish Oe eo oe y Sores Ht aa d 1 se na “arbor day"’ was inaugurated by @ PrO- to the public on prof su tactics, brown k ker eu sported a oasicr nearly a thousand young performance will comprise three 1 ring ‘ 1 He isened eeiine cae dente, members of "ON Bailes Strand Remarkable Difference in Sire. ‘ Tid Westateiee tm se Lascieoe men—unive ents a eS lal He han ? hi 3 haar the Gaelic Loague, members of Cumann A the News,” by we 4 { ’ 1 how J "City Employees seas ata Vacation onan aal and the Gaalic Athistic | gusta Gregory Sharkey mad ' ! " irs against orders cae tee when Sha t dragged him Into ¢ Because Alderman Marks ing with some o : asavoom to reprimand Bim resented : HWIDOW DIES PENNED IN FIRE liar with jlu-Jitsy, Tom we OVER THE HEAD- THE CLIMAX OF er's Intute and stasved) Busy Preparing to Wed, For- pounds and fit, while Prof THR MOVEMENT TO BREAK THE H aN ‘ i Wille | B 3 OLD in| wow | tips the scales at 113, The remarkable | ang a Slusjitew echo! a4 . feaie Lid Jab him me, gets to Introduce Resolution. contrast in their #ise is clearly shown in| Went -fwenss re le ‘ 4 of jiu-ji et hows 1." said the young ¢ ant. "He | the photographs, myoxtis n re pers 1 b edt it) mec lita & sack ard 1 It is but a few years ago that flu-fitsy | Jirgu instructor for tue New York baer hat |! aunt want to go. Thon he slammed | Somewhere on the Atlantic, between t was unknown to the W t t " town d butted my nose ag here and Cuba, Alderman “Ike Marks ————— _—— Literally, it mi r ’ ; ma r Py wt 4 along fosk so that It made br: e blissfully w sclous é making use his stren) he Mae toan 5 ; i - . is These marka on the back the fifteen thousand oity employees | Mrs. Mary Barlow Is Stricken Flames Are Planned to Cut OM okie owe dluadvaniags, iCts c ruele ' iaslon oF the exhibit ; : : mada by hs halle, [| here in New York who, deprived of grade of strategy, The well-trained jiu-| With Shark . ‘ way t nm. [Just reached | thelr holiday tosday, are vowing a ter- with Heart Failure on the) Escape, and Inmates ofl iinet defeat the| Wh maui ® 6 mys te h penn BSIATINE BIG aad togehed aa eth ae ein ae | Hla revenge upon the honeymooaing | ve Thrillin fietic expert at all poll Vy tricks eon 1 . ne “i"* Alder: when he re 2 Puritan While Coming Down, Brooklyn Flat Ha 0, The greatest charm of jiuesitau is that lway t k f » were | It is all owing to the Alderman's get the Sound. Experience Reaching Safety. | a t rw t ywite | UMS married that he forgot great strength. The woaker man, it} ’ Pay) | Chtistr e skilled, is able to Vanquish his stronger eon, Shark 4 Vt = s ftices Returning from Boston to erend the| Incendiartes who have been terroria:| Dit unversed adversaty. ue hi \ ' oon | Be OD prea ga x 4 ation 66 See here is no attack feared by K r t A ‘ and there was als emp to ns Christmas holidays with her niece, in| ing the Park Slope section of Brooklyn peaceful citizen han one from th tw Bae read of t t # pre Harlem, Mrs. Mary Barlow, a wealthy | moved down @ block to-day to No. 48) reqr Thieves invariably, when work- | Sad he eaite . About Resotetion, { widow, aged seventy years, of No. 904| Fifth avenue and set fire to the ah ing in pairs, adopt the throat a £ ee L Marks id GHAIMRAR Bf C08 -spihalg » | house hat ber. This house le own in Fi his may a ttee on Law and Legisiation, an West One Hundred and Fourteenth) 20m Nias eek Of brick. On the ground io eens ha 5 a Fi r © THREE HUR 8 t ef nt om sok M A 4 lee ih ie and pirest, died of heart failure early t0-d4Y¥) goor ts the store of the Star Bh COM | A a effective cou ‘ sings in th , sake 4 peobinilon, Was. tnineacced \ on the Fall Ri line steamer Puritan. | pany, of which 1, Lipkowits ts propria: | ton of the vic i Phos referred t sc vide Moans and cries from Mrs, Barlow's | tor anese have solved ¢ N rvo for a holiday for yees | ; 2 On the upper floors live the Lipko: it be uadertood Miss A mM * At the ¢ t Betateroom attracted Mins tora Latinsady Meregveemanantnraah Hallman gpa at wil e undert a. ° Heth “A ; Sh the sowardess, when the Puritan wa ‘ his father-in-law. defense m be made with gr a an ke ouy ‘ sf i Barlow Gersohner, his father-in- . ‘ by t fpming down t und. Mra Pha tao: 4 Gerschner families How to Meet Attack, : fe 4 pate he Lipkowits and Gersehn | , 5 . ay ’ - Drowent. tw Admitted the stewardess and sit: ‘Tl were fast asleep when the house bé| At tho of attack the vicum Fire Engine on Way to East Sida One Life Lost in F in Fire That De-| on Sting he think I am seas After groaning in fow minutes she sald came filled with amoke, Harry Gersch- pain a few minutes it te heart |M@F, @ youth of nineteon, was awakened “No, it is not seasickness its x | by the smoke and selsing the Lipkow! Measure, and 1 feel that Lam about 1) he ran for the statrway, Finding dip.” the hall ablaze he ran to the front win- ‘every effort was mado to make the | sufferer more comfortable, but in fit- teen minutes after calling help Mra } Barlow died. When the steamer reached rth River an ambu- dow and jumped to the street, The baby | was not injured, but young Gerschnor was badly hurt about the legs and feet. cry of fire was heard through the ite pier tn th iter is La hborhecd and was answered by lance was summoned from the Hudac it Srrtagt pursee Hospital and Dr, Hull, after | Albert H. Obst, who lives at No. ae PD Eleventh street, and other realdents. It hort examination, pronounced Mrs. | Barlow dead. Her body waa conveyed @ undertaking rooms ta Eighth avenu Mrs. Barlow was Identified by @ let ter in her satchel addressed tn care of 4 Mrs. Edith Warney, No. Weat | was imposs r hall, £0 flere Hundred and Fourteenth atr Dee el Jddress is & handsome apartm ™ pear Morningside avenue, and the jani-| ‘te house ¥ was also heard by Polloe Sergt. Birkett and Polleeman William Moore, of the | Fitth avenue station. ors Rot to the house it! le for them to enter the was the fire burning ut ww his tress, Mrs, Henry Kluver, sald that bp oe Lipkowite Mrs, Barlow formerly lived there with init ames were her niece, Mrs, Edith Warney, Five and they in months ago they moved to No. 34 West Dmice which One Hundred and Fourteenth street pase, T gaits, Barlow's husband died six years the wal yas one daughter In Hudson, | 1218! ——>>—__ the building through the rear, s over hie unconsclous bod | Fire Marshal Beers at once beg eatigation inte 256 origin wae similar to mon y Mountain May te That of Nesldent Here. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. Dee. The pro rofthe Plaza Hi Believes that the body of the w found on Cutler Mountain may be » Lill Holmes), jar | penton dove et the Plaga Hotel, and two days later went away, leaving her valise. She was| POPE RECEIVES CARDINALS. een later on a street car, but bas not appeared at the Se by although: ber bil! | py ot the body ir , Mire hood In the ve been made ot boys tarted ardly a night passes AS & consequence a) failure of any portion of their little crop brings them face to face with | in Cordial Chat Thanks |couid then be qule ee ee . 1904. THE WORLD; SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, LITTLE JAP EXPONENT OF JIU-JITSU AND LOWERFUL TOM SHARKEY ILLUSTRATE THLE AR1 OF SLLI-DE fENSE HELPFUL T0 EVERYONE | Been | TO “THE DOVBLE Ji7yyv: SAY HE'S CITY'S = = WORST BOY Young ten, Who Stabbed me bali Teacher with Knife, Is Cont) wir % ovine, Genera victed in the Children's Court |: of Assault. were (TSU | THE S/NGL LITTLE JAP AND SHARKEY INJIU JITSU TRIALS {Prof. Higashi, Weighing 115 Pounds, Meets 192-Pounder to Illustrate Seif Defense for Evening World Readers, , COMMODORE GERRY Under bh ; SPECTATOR AT TRIAL ere one ee ee te |SHOWS JUST HOW TO MEET AND REPEL ATTACK BY THUS, Lad Declares that Sharitt Was. * oan sk, ut MF Treating Him with Brutal)sse eres mage How Baskets Were Prepared. Jiu-Jitsuan and the Pugilist Ex- Force When He Used Knife, ani: how of watehful ma Jeoites ls ad jown left hand arm, about an |i int and in with his] stroyed Two City Blocks in Business Section and Threw &«%; “ H Hundreds Out of Work. hel He bee on ee Blaze Hits “L” Pillar and Then Runs Into Mail Wagon—One | Victim to Hospital. } 0 De severely thumb, with a pain, ‘The victim's rigat he > I a same lie Frown arour a - — a ‘ y t re mm at this point from n |) BIOUK Gime. ta. o me strictore § nes, Once w thy oulaide, as shown in Pilg. 2 Two firemen and the driver of a mall \ ‘ . - Now, the victim, with his lett t ¥ t by ground his uvvun wr 1; Wagon were tn ‘ ‘ i. ‘ hs right hand attacking th angiae responding a ! , ; “ above the aseaiiant’s cleht et ere ! xa ! A 4 breaks the assailants bold, Howey an elevated raliroad t ’ @ Moor ' ie tog the locaton of the particular ner 1 say (hrouga a vercos carromed oy s alas sald ' ght, might prove di i the One Hundred and Six th « M 8 8 4 were @ must hed execute gulch ina ates i ked 8 his ass: a Ke, as - Wt ‘ be C “ n 1 " ! ¥ ® t ® . g yees finally t ‘ . tained hie stolid indiNerence t x 4 that his = & riled og or gotte 1} about th On the Offensive i ! h t 7 o bow i sam But (us eiiewh ecak Hot kw ine company Is 8 a8 ' | : DASHED ACID IN WIFE'S FACE, m Lo getting boseqo n from the a jitsu aired 5 ! } { would ‘ hog Jitsu ap 7 . THEN KILLED HIMSELF. ’ . '. 1 te N Hochester Man Had Fought to i 4 t ‘ ‘ ! . © the Lauld Down the m A 1 Sixte Woman's Throat sige -! Pant She : going. He tur : ROCHESTER, N.Y, Dee 4 m wagon, throwing Hyman to tha ground Both teams were caught betore they | had gone far, Kelly, although badly {n.| \ : fJured internally, refused to go to a WwW n 0 Telegraph Com- hospital and insisted upon belng con-| Miny, whage pant eae Geatfoyes. estab: veyed to his home. Tehed a. temporary office ee Chi- The fire was @ trifting altar on the | OX? And the proper jearried Jap to prea «ty . ‘ wat Hight heel, and a ngraing, thas a an argum y settied. tent Professor Is Modest, Very interesting Ustle chap Lite wi te twomy. two Dea old i dashed the cup of acd into bls wi ial fare. = una | Crowley tren se another cup filled wit het oi, dtank | f—& ‘ait to r+ Th PROVIDE A BOUNTIFUL MEAL, FOR SIX, The § tin Four-pound Can of sour Loat of bread, Quart ee b) ‘1,200 Famthes Receive Evening World Baskets rs 2s Distribution of Christmas Dinners to Worthy Persons Is Well Under Way—No One Has Slighted, No Deserving Over. looked—Happiness for Thousands. Can of baked beans. 1 of cakes, of gelatine, & pound of coffe ream cheese, t to shove along. Then { baked beans, All waa the tall end of the din- action the basket was vl a halt-pound of package of gelatine, a quarter » & jar of cheese, and . a four-pound chicken were Heaping and heavy, the asket wag then placed to the side, soon be joir by hundreds of the same erything in each and every of those 1,20 baskets waa the beat nN quality, and the stacks of these werloaded receptacles made an impo ing pile, Task of Distribution, came the distrubution. Barly and to-day the Bronx and wttonment went out, Many made happy by ithe and to many @& mother, fet in this time of general peace on d vod will to all her ebiidren iid jot know What a hearty came @ sigh of reilet Then paterday Chat the recipients should not feel they are in any way the subjects of charity. the baskets were deliv b omingdale Brothers, and Sieg Cooper's in just the same way as those ess firms deliver any % the aht in their stores. door by @ boy who has sam ron, his wagon, the asking of @ and that Is all. ‘Before the peréon the gift knows what Is ul boy ts off. It Is only when the of the basket Is reached, that the reeiplent discovers the donor. There {Nata wilt be found on which is orintedt “With the Compliments of The Evens tne. World Wishing vou @ Merry Christmas and a Hapoy New Honey ight. the distribution of these complete vine has this to say of the Christmas basket se Evening, World ts to, be compite 4 on thia most worthy charity, hundred families which woul wwe lack the necessaries which go make a Christmas real will know ‘oy “od hapolness through those dinners, Many. a home will come out of wy gloom And into the light because these vaakets. God knows there te poverty and misery enough In the world, and 1.0 hearts will beat to a happler tune in Christmag day because the larder 1s full.” KING ALFONSO IN AUTO SMASH While He Handled andted Brake on Run Through Madrid Streets His Car Overturned and He Was Thrown Out—Not Hurt. x | MADRID, Dee. %—King Alfonso had a narrow escape while riding in @_ motor-car in this clty yesterday, A wheel of the car which he was driving personally suddenly broke and the car 4, but the King escaped un+ vert injured. King Alfonso is an exceptionally dare ing driver, and his motoring explolts a commant source of anxiety to the Queen Mother and the Ministers, He has a predilection for long trips, acting as his own chauffeur, y the King announced his ine of making unattended a motor throughout his domintons, but lan was dropped because Senor ira, who then was Premier, threate resign, as he feared Anare s nso has had several narrow: ergy Like It Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder Cures It Relieves ia 10 Minutes it clermymen bell * all Creeds. = “4 “br igen’ Ointment re pies nada, and 34h at. ATT tne growth of the air and sives it the lustre andsilkinessof youth, When the hatr 1s gray or faded ft BRINGS BACK THE YOUTHFUL COLOR, It prevents Dandruff spd hair falling: a the scalp clean and healthy, and