Kentucky Irish American from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 3

1 FrS lJE3Nr4Yl1 11111 A si11rlrf II drY 1 JEWELRY BARGAINS In order to reduce our stock we have marked down I prices on Diamonds Watches Rings Necklaces Pendants Brooches Rosaries Silverware etc This is the opportunity to purchase Wedding and Birthday Gifts BRUNN THE JEWELER 530 West Market Street GQ38 USE THEr HOME TELEPHONE BOTH LONG AND SHORT DISTANCEs I Gsxsysxxai THE BEST SERVICE THAT CAN BE OBTAINED HOME PHONE 7452 FIRST CLASS WORK GUARANTEED DAN MURPHY MERCHANT TAILOR 426 West Walnut Street Between 4h and 5th CleANING PRESSING AND REPAIRING of Ladles and Gentlemans Garments iran Smiths Son AL SMITH Proprietor Funeral Director and Embalmer Carriages Furnished for AM Occasions on Short Notice 809 JEFFERSON STREET TELEPHONE 810 DOUGHERTY McBLLIOTT DOUGHERTY McELLIOTT Funeral Directors and Embalmers Both Phones 2998 CARRIAGES FURNISHED FOR ALL OCCASIONS All Calls Answirtd Promptly Day or Night 1231 WEST MARKET STREET HOME PHONE 88 CUMBERLAND 123 BARETTSSONS 1t FUNERAL DIRECTO SAND EMBAlMERS S3S East aln Street TRACY STRAUB BOTH PHONES 363 TRACY STRAUB FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Carrlatee Short Notlca I hdon 1531 MARKET STREET 111111 11111 11111111111111 WHEN YOU WANT JOB PRINTING Done With Neatness and Dispatch Call at This Office THOMAS KEENAN Fdneral Director and Embalmer TELEPHONE 365 Alt ails promptly attended to day or night Carriigei furnished for aU occasions 1225 MARKET ST PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR THE CARE OF INSANEAND EPILEPTIC PATIENTS The Sisters of Mercy of Jeffersonville 1Ind own and manage private hospital 1 for the care and treatment of insane and epileptic patients Both male and femala patients are admitted Rates very real enable For furtbejparticnlars apply to MOTHeR MARY REGINrV flERCY HOSPITAL Sparks Aveiie JeiferieiTlIlc U4 II 1 All the new Fall Styles and shapes can bo found hero at reasonable HENRY prices fiUNOLD DHAISR IN Staple and Fancy Groceries A FIRSTCLASS SAMPLE ROOM IN CONNECTION MOld Whiskies Specialty Home phase 433 540 WALNUT HEBRMMN BRO IKPORTXU FINE WINES AND LIQUORS Distillers and Wholesale Deal era in Wnest Brands of Ken tucky Whiskies especially PEARL OP NELSON BOTTLED IN B0ND lckee94S234 Slzih SLUM i II LI STUDENT I 01 All Absorbing Land Qucstioji Deserves a Profound Attention Scholarly Letters From Alert Parish Priest Are Explicit Shows Fallacy of the Much Vaunted Land Acts ot 1003 PLAUDITS FOR OUR PRESIDENT December Issues of the Dundalk Democrat contain two excellent le ters from the facile pen of the Very Jlev Canon Eugene McKenna parish priest at Shantonoph in which lie I sets forth in an able and technical manner the many disadvantages under which the peasantry and small tenant fanners of Ireland are now laboring FaJJier McKenna has sent iharkcd copies of the Dundalk Democrat to the Kentucky Irish American and it is with great pleasure that the principal points made by him are presented to our readers Father McKenna decries cattle driving but at the same time he gives minute data regarding the hardships to witch the Irish people have been subjected He counsels patience on the part of the peasants and asks not for money but for the moral support of the Irish In the United Stales Canada and Australia He begins the first of his letters too with an eucomlun for President Roosevelt It is not mere blatant lattqry It is honest admiration He says in part The eminent statesman Roosevelt President of that great country the United States which numbers among its most loyal citizens many millions of our countrymen and race in his message to Congress a few days ago referring to Wealthy EvilDoers makes several clear and em phaitlc statements For instance Mr Roosevelt says The public and the representatives of the public the high officials whether on the bench or in executive or legislative positions need to remember that they are not those who commit the crimes known to and condemned by tIle popular conscience for centuries but those who commit crimes only rendered possible by the complex conditions of our modern industrial life corrupting legislatures making fortunes by the inflation of securities These forms of wrong doing in the capitalist are for more infamous than any form of embezzlement or forgery 1 Father McKenna dwells upon these utterances ot some length and then shows conclusively that the absentee landlords of Ireland are corrupting legislatures courts and officials inflating securities violating the Seventh commandment and arc guilty of at least one sin crying to heaven for vengance oppression of the poor He says in one letter It is sometimes Inaccurately ami foolishly asserted those looked upon as an authority that the IrteK farmers are now owners of their holdings and that the Irish land question is at last settled But these misleading statements deceive our best friends especially in America and Australia and even at home as Ireland an3 her friends can by no means permit the Irish land question to remain where it now stands un i less for the shortest possible in terval It is true that we have Irish land courts and land commissioner land valuators and land values assessors But who constitutes those courts commissions and other offi cials whose advice judgments and decisions will bring bankruptcy and suffering often in the extreme to our pegple for generations first 4n i ourreqple rural Ireland and soon after in our towns and cities Are not some of those officials especially those in highest places rabid landlord partisans Are not the vast majority probably more than DO percent of those land judges and i other officials of the land courts i cither landlord nominees or brimful of landlord bias The great Magna Charta gives universally to the subject the right of trial by his peers not only in matters affecting his person but also those affecting his i purse In the absence of the jury where are the rack rented tenant farmers peers or sympathizers in many of the Irish land courts or among their advisers Or why are the poverty stricken Irish farmers especially of the hills and mountains and of the other poor and Inferior lands of the country taking into account the seasons and other altered circumstances paying today much more oppressive rents than the most rack renting landlords Imposed upon the fathers of those Impoverished Irish peasants half a century ago notwithstanding Glad stones land act of 81 and the machinery of the land courts such as we have had during the intervening years Surely administrative tyranny has killed or poisoned over fourfifths of Ireland at leant since Mr Gladstones land act of 81 Father McKenna then passes on to late land act of 1903 by which tenants were to purchase their holdings from tho landlords at reasonable i prIces lie shows that prior to the i land act of 1903 the purchase price was between seventeen and eighteen years practically seventeen and half years Now if landlords sell their holdings at tliat price or even at nineteen twenty and twentyone years purchase the land courts are required by act of Parliament to have these holdings inspected to ascertain are they security for the loans that the British treasury Is to pay the landlord These precautions afford no protection to the embarrassed and Impoverished farmers Once more we quote Father McKenna Tbd British treasury having handed over to the landlords those exorbitant and unjust prices bequeaths to the purchasing tenants annuities considering the burdens to bo attached in local taxation more oppressive than due old rack rents and to all the rate payers they leave a legacy for seventy years of unpaid annuities and other bad debts while they fill to overflowing the richly stored coffers of the poor oppressed 1 fJ oc 1 CHOICE Gut Blooms Plants and Designs at RIGHT PRICES JACOB SCHULZ THE FLORIST 644 FOURTH AVENUE Both Phones 223 JAMES AI WELSH PLUMBING AND GAS Fil i TING Repair Work Promptly Attended To HOME PHONE 6382 615 OAK STREET Office Hours Home Phone 9 to 4 6127 DR FRANK SULLIVAN DENTIST 739 FOURTH AVENCE HENRY A AJ I 1 POLS DYER AND CLEANER Ladles and Gents Wearing Apparel WORK GUARANTEED Pia aha 528 Fifth Street Old and Rare Whiskies a specialty BLUEGRASS EXCHANGE LOUIS WABNITZ CO Proprietors 339 FIFTH STREET Irish landlords as their stage acting friends frequently call them In his second letter Father McKenna deals still further with the inflation of land securities and shows that if the present available land were sold to the tenants now and at the exorbitant rate of interest demanded the interest In seventy years would amount to 700000000 The able Canon invites any of Ills readers who differ with him to disprove his calculations He also adds But after all we are a determine race and like our fathers we should not lose hope Let us remember that unbearable financial burdens with some other disabilities thrown in constitute the twentieth century and uptodate Cromwellian methods of bleeding and crushing a people to death Irish ratepayers twothirds of you are yourselves the peasants of our country and you should not forget that toy silently acquiescing in the payment to the insatiable landlords out of your local taxation an amount bonus included equivalent to eight and a half years purchase you thereby injure the purchasing tenants and in many cases yourselves among the number Let tIll Irish people including our County and District Councils und all the ret of our people supported by the Irish race beyond the seas for they possess more power and influence than they or we can easily discern let all with one voice as it wens insist upon the Irish peasantry becoming the owners of their holding at fair prices Let them insist upon the abolition of landlord power of coercing the embarrassed tenantry to purchase at unjust prices Let I the Irish ratepayers illS such cease to be responsible for the landlords unjust prices and for the bad debts of Irelands rack rented and embarrassed farming population DEATHS IIAKVEST Since the last publication of the Kentucky Irish American the cold hand of death has Ibeen laid upon many of the most respected Catholics in this community and nearly I every parish has lost one or more of their communicants Frederick Amon eighteen sears old son of Mrs Maggie Amon died alt llls home 1407 Hull street Monday and was burled from St Martins church Thursday morning lIe was a member of the Assistant Pressmens Union Mrs Catherine oilman widow of Charles Bouman died at her residence 113 Twentieth street Tuesday and was buried from St I Patricks church Thursday She was thirtyfive years old Joseph 13 Fischer twentyfive years old son of Mr and Aims Oharles Fischer died at the family residence 915 Mulberry street Tuesday His funeral took place from St Pauls church Thursday morning Mrs Caroline Helm bock widow of John Helmboch died at her home 1825 Twentyseventh street Tuesday morning and was burled from St Anthonys church MaryCatherine Catherine half died at the family residence 530 East Madison street Monday and the funeral took place from St Bonifaces church Thursday morning Mrs Mary Smith mother of George and Thomas Smith and Officer Joseph Nally died at her home Tuesday morning and was buried from the Cathedral of tlh Assumption Thursday morning WillIam Laffey eightynine years old died at his residence 2118 High street Sunday and Ills funeral took plate from St Ceclllais church Wednesday morning Margaret Donahue died at the family residence 2720 nigh street Sunday and was burled from the Church tOur Lady Wednesday morning Henry Theobald nineteen years old died at the family residence 2320 West Jefferson street Monday and was buried from St Charles Borromeo churCh Thursday morning Michael Hehir a member of Division 3 A 0 Hr died Sunday at his home 228 Eighteenth street and was buried from St Patricks church Tuesday morning James Fogarty aged Boventyelght died at the family residence 2702 West Madison street Sunday and bJ8 funeral took place from fit Charles Borromeo church Tuesday morning Jt DOMINICAN COMPOSER Pius Heard Rendition of Father Perosls Great Music During the Christmas holidays His Holiness Iope Pius attended tlie recital of the works of the great I Dominican composer Father Perosi Father 1erosi conducted the wwital in person The musicale was given in the Regal Ifall of the Vatican The orchestra sat in front of the Papal throne Pope Pius was surrounded I by alt the Cardinals then in tom and his venerable sisters occupied scats of vantage Between 400 and 500 members of the mack nobility were presemt ithc ladies wearing the regulation black veils the men In evening dress At the conclusion of each number His Holiness gave tho signal for ap apI Jllause I he culled the reverend composer to himvcongrtvtulated him amid wished hint success in Ms future wort Father Perosl has gone to Warsaw and St Petersburg to conduct pro productions likely Unit he ill soon pay a visit to Amerlcn since he has many engagements ahead in Europe and has many other a Compositions in view SMOKE INSPECTOR MCAXJf One of the best appointments made by the present city adminis tration 1 is that of Thomas McCann the new Smoke Inspector Louisville cityManufacturers Manufacturers have lost sight of the faot that smoke consumers nave fuel and are economical It will be Mr McCunn8 duty to investigate the best methods of consuming smoke JlddlnlrLoulsille Louisville of the ugly pall of smoke that now envelopes the city Mr Me Cann has been a lifelong Republican and none the less a true blue IrishI American He was the first Ilcpub I licun to stand for election to the Legislature from the Fortylfth district lIe also sierwd four years as Deputy Collector of Internal Tlev dune under Col Albert Scott and is acquainted with every prominent business man and manufacturer in this and sixteen other counties that compose the Fifth Internal Revenue district His appointment is a merited one COMING EUCHRE Bluegrass Gamp Woodmen of the World is making arrangements to give a big and select euchre oh the ewening1 of Monday February 24 The game will be called at oclock sharp The spacious hall on the third floor of Hopkins Theater has been engaged for the occasion and many handsome prizes are to be distributed The igcmtlemen who compose the committee perfecting the arrangements ore Messrs Brown Breen Foster Oliver Springston and ONeal LADIES AUXILIARY TO MEET The Ladies Auxiliary of the A 0 II will hold its installation ceremonies and euchre at Robinson i Hall Southwest corner Seventeenth and Main streets next Wednesday I night The ladies have invited the members of the various divisions of I Hibernians to assist in making tins affair a success As this is leap year and Because there are so many marriageable Hibernians and members of the Ladies Auxiliary the evenings entertainment may develop a number ot novel features NEW PLUMBING SHOP James Welsh Mie well known plumber has returned 1o Louisville after an absendo of several yearn and Urns opened a plumbing estab lishment at CIS West Oak street Mr Welsh was a first class artisan before lie went to San Francisco but his experience there subsequent tIthe great earthquake and fire enlarged JiLs capabilities wonderfully His advertisement appears in another column and it may be added than any calls made upon him will receive prompt attention NEW FIRM FORMED Former County Assessor John Adams and James Delaney one of his former deputies have opened a cafe at Eighteenth and Market streets and are prepared to serve all patrons with the best liquid re frellhmentR 4n the market Mfissrs manyfrIends friends during their tenure of office and expect to make many more in their capacity as business men They ore both hustlers and both Democrats that counts for a whole lot KNIGHTS AND LADIES The Catholic Knights and Ladies of New Albany have made extensive preparations for the reception nni euchre to be given at Holy Trinity school hall next Wednesday night which It is promised will be an exceptionally ceptionally enjoyable affair A cordial invitation has been extended members of the Louisville branches FINE MINSTREL SHOW The Casino Dramatic Club will give Ut 1 A 1 a A i rL 0 big minstrel Show at St Martin Hall on Sunday evening January 10 iwMch will Ibe a good one from start to finish The company was selected from the young men of St Martins equalto I to that of any of the professional aggregations aggregationsIrLEASANTLY PLEASANTLY REMEMBERED Judge James Malone who has been connected with the Court of General Sessions In New York City during Me past sixteen years has been presented with magnificent silver loving cup from the attaches of the Corporation Counsels office Former Commissioner Katz also presented Judge Malone with a handsome ivory and silver mounted gavel BUYS MORE LAND NewYork York politician and boss of Tarn trtany Hall and who several years ego removed to Ireland to live has purchased 100 acres adjoining his Glcncalrn stock farm and now owns solid tract of 500 acres Mr Croker spends tho greater part of his time in improving his breed of hprses Wash over the undercrust of a pie with the white of an egg not beaten to prevent Its being soggy i BE SORE TO CALL FOR McKENNAWHISKY WHISKY IT IS ALWAYS PURE McKenna Distiller Fairfield Hy FRANK fEUR BREWING CO IPTOUIZPORATIiA Brewers and Bottlers LOUISVILLE KY Cumb Phone rain 1913 Home Phone 1913 THEC WIEDEMANN BREWING COMPANYS Celebrated Draught and Bottled Beers Sold at all leading bars and cafes Renowned for purity strength and excellent flavor Gruber Deuser Managers Louisville Ky DRINK Hofbrau and Pilsener Beer BREWED BY SENN ACKERMAN BREWING COMPANY INCORPORATED TELEPHONE 452 LOUISVJLLE KY a ASK FOR FALLS CITY BEER ON SALE EVERYWHERE HOME PHONE 7661 CUMB PHONE WEST 89 JOHN FRANK WALTERS Clay Street Brewery 812 and 814 CLAY STREET Telephone 209 i LOUISVILLE KY ASK FOR DIERSENSFINE FINE DARK BEER Telephone 1137 ONE OF THE FINEST BEERS MADE MADECO JOHNFOERTELCO INCORPORATED BUTCHERTOWN BREWERY CELEBRATED CREAM BEERr 1400 to 1408 Story Avenue BOTH PHONES 891 LOUISVILLE KY1 Beware of the totalled just as good kinds nd insist on getting DIAMOND WAM PJAS iKR when you want the bet Not anected by reeling weather two hour after it it applied Kentucky Wail Plaster appliedCo INCORPORATED BOTH PHONES 2267 jrook and River Louisville Ky Also operating the Rooster Wall Pies er Plant Jeffersonville lad Phone 655 Independent of All Undertakers KATIE AGNES SMITH LADY EMBALMER Washing and Drewtag Ladies aad Children a Specialty OffiePz St Cath ria Bo pies i PETER ANDRIOJ son AGOI MANUfACIURfR Carriage Repairing and Rabtir Tires 205 AND 207 WEST GREEN STREET WINES LIQUORS CtARS VALS SALOON VAL LESTER Pr sj Hot Lunch ever morning from p8 to 1230 ocloek A R4 1 Czu a1RFIIN fife I.