... WHITSUNTID& HOLIDAY ' 2EXCURSIONS, GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.| The Great Northern Railway Company an. ouzce a series of most attractive excurlionl for the Whitsuntide holiday., the low fires which are charged enabling mansy to avail of one or other of the enjoyable trips, which under the ordinary tariff would be beyond the capacity of slonder exchequers. Holday trippers star'ing from Dublin will ...

... BATHING AT miDNiGHT. t DUBLIN YOUTICS SAD DEATH A sad bathing fatality occurred in the Catvy hours of Sunday morning by which a yoateg man named 4'hDonald, ased' 19, who lives oi Richmond street, lost his life. It appears that M'Donald, in comnany with some Other voutrf men, were proceeding on their way home. anal when at the Royal Canal near Russe~llst Bridia t hey got in to have . saint. ...

... KINGSTOWN AND BRAY I I NTELLIGENCE., 1KINGSTOWN POLICE COURT. Mr Mahony presided at the Eingetown Police Court to-day. IRS. KELLY AND TEa COUNCILLORS. A number of people were summoned by ae Kingstown Urban Council for keeping pigs in their back yds contrary to the bye-laws. ...

... TH£E ASSASSINATION OF -THE PRESIDENT OF SAN DOMINGO, (URUTER'S TELEGlRAM.) New York, Thursday. A despach from Cap Haytien says details re- ceived there state that General Heureaux was assassinated as he was about to leave on horse- back for Santiago de Los Caballeros. Caceres, surrounded by several accomplices, approached the President as he was talking to some friends, and fired twice with ...

... LONDON CORRESrONDENCE I~~ ~ ?? , . (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDNT.) ai _ , ?? (BY SPECIAL WIU.) J Wednesday Morning. b The normal attendance of the Irish Party co at the House of Commons at present is seem- h ingly about twenty memnbers. This is torne- ti what better than it has been, which speaks volumes for the pitch of neglect which the buk c cf the members had reached. As a matter of 1 fact ...

... i PRACTICCAL WORK IN SOUTH I GALWAY. Loughrea, Monday. A convention was held here on Friday by dele- gates from the different branches of the United Irish League for the purpose of foraning an Exeou- tive for South Galway, and electing officers for same. All sections of Nationalists turned up at tha convention, almost every parish in South Galway having now a branch of the League, and all ...

... RE FORGED TRANSFERS AMS, 1891-| 1892. To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal. Dear Sir-With the copy of the half-yearly report of the Great Southern and Western Ra~ilway, a circular has been issued request- ing the shareholders to give an expression of opinion as to whether the company ought or ought n ot adopt the Forged Transfers Acts. Had the hoard of directors confined them- selves to ...

... LONDON GORB3P ONENcI V Clox DUB OWNt Ct3MPONDANT.) b at (BY SPSCAL WAtX). London, Monday -Morning. , The Jingo organs and politicians are cock-a- E whoop over the Traavaal position, and their is satisfaction at hawing force& the Government 1c into its present avowed policy must be en- {c hanced by th ospectcle afforded them of the m Liberal papers, almost without exception, try- ri hig to be ...

... a? it ti+-AND-1 s inaf V -Zg DUBLIN: MONDAY. MAY S. 1899. _ _I The action against the directors and auditor of the Irish Woolen Company was continued in the Rolls Cou on Saturday, when the case for the auditor was opened, and one of the di- rectors, Mr Tyson, was examined. The case will be resumed on Tuesday. On Saturday Mr W B Yeats delivered an in- teresting lectuir on '¶Dramrtic Ideals and ...

... -TR-AINI1G NOTES.. * .. Nemarliet, Thursday. On the Buzy side - Blackiwell's Golden Rule sad Invi6ncible I1' galloped a mile and auater. J flawscz~ (sbn) Invermeatb; Shogim, LanM toscope,'had a6 similar gallop;' Lady Ogle -caie aix. iurlongs. Goldibg't Soinatoes and Ma~riua i1 'negotiated a tile;- ~'Iigolet, Toussaint, SoW` tsalre,2' Gadfly, Canadanes, St E4stelle, Bonaxose, and Sonastura ...

... IRISH PARLIAMENTARY I FJUND, 1899. I t T1DE1TREASURER$. THOMAS CURRAN, M.P. JA3. F. X. O'BRIEN. M.P; SAMUEL tOUNG, M.P. (Treasurers Irish Parlirmeut.ry Party.) Already acknowledged ._X;,441 5 Z3 A Cav= Yen, per Councillor John Ferguson, Glasgow ?? ?? 2 0 0 J. Clancy, Esq, Kicking Horse, P Canyon, Golden, B.C. 1 0 a Per Irish National Legue of Great Britaiu- Swauses Branch I, 1 1 0 Cardiff, ...

... i A meeting of the Board of Governors was held orn 15th inst, Mr Fane Vernon, J P, Trce-Chair- man, in the chnir. There were 81sb present:- Messrs Vere Ward Brown, J P; John M'Donoell, John C Kelly, W E Purser, W A Squires, Sir Henry Cochrane, Thomvs Pakenhan Law, I) Drummond, J P; Thomas Fitzgerald, Thomas A Kelly, Bernard H O'RPefll, John Leonard, J P: Michael Dillon, William Perrin, G E ...