THE PARNELL COMMISSION.
A FENIAN IN THE WITNESS BOX London, July 11, John O'Connor, M.P. for Tipperary, in the course of his evidence before the Commission, admitted having been .a Fenian until 1880, but refused to disclose anything about the society. He also admitted that he was cognisant of a conspiracy being arranged to murder Judge Barrett. Witness himself had been charged with participating in it. He justified ths endeavor to corrupt the police, and said he considered the police were capable of hanging an innocent person, whereupon the President, Sir James Hannen, exclaimed, “It is moral torture to listen to this man I”
Cairo, July 10. Skirmishes are taking place at Assouan between the Dervishee and the British troops. Cairo, July 11. Colonel Woodhouse is at Adendan and General Grenfell at Assouan. The Dervishes are hemmed in between these forces, and a decisive battle is imminent.
Nxw Yobx. July 11. Efforts to trace Dr. John Mclnery, supposed to have been murdered by orders of tho Clan na Gaal, have failed. Another Doctorr named Clarke is missing. London, July 11. Reports are current to tho effect that Servia is menacing Bulgaria. Baron de Worms, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said no change had been made in the regulations respecting the use of the title “Honorable," but the regulations would be more rigidly enforced than in tho past.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 324, 13 July 1889, Page 2
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232THE PARNELL COMMISSION. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 324, 13 July 1889, Page 2
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