EPITOME OF NEWS.

Lake County Press, Volume V, Issue 278, 26 January 1888, Page 3

EPITOME OF NEWS.

Two priests have been summoned for participating in a riot and inciting thereto. Mr O’Brien’s health is broken down and his medical attendants order his removal to the south of France. Mr O'Brien refuses to go if permitted, stating that he is no coward, and despite his infirmity will stand by his countrymen to the bitter end.

Mr O’Brien addressed a large crowd in Dublin on the 21st. lie corroborated the statement made by Mr Wilfred Blunt that he (O’Brien) never expected to emerge alive from prison. He said he expected to bo reimprisoned shortly, and declared that the Crimes Act had failed to suppress a single branch of the Land League. The Daily Chronicle states that the reluctance of the Pope to interfere in Irish affairs arises from a letter written by Cardinal Manning stating that both disaffected English and Irish were Catholics.

Replying to an address from the President of the Prussian Diet, the Emperor Wilhelm said he hoped peace would be maintained despite the present uncertainty. He explained that the increase in the Landwehr was imperative owing to the enlarged armaments of neighboring Powers. The extra expenditure on this account would exceed two hundred million florins.

The Konische Zeitung states that Russia meditates a descent on Turkey, on the pretext cf enforcing pavment of the indemnity, and that Constantinople will be approached by way of Asia Minor. The same paper also states that a French squadron is preparing at Toulon, doubtless with the intention of assisting Russia. The Marquis of Salisbury has expressed the opinion that the cloud which has so long hung over Ireland is slowly lifting. People, lie said, were at length beginning to learn that the will of Great Britain was unshakable.

Shot Toy his Son. At the inquest on the body of Michael Roach Clancy, who, as reported by cable, was shot dead by his son James at Kerang, Victoria, the deceased’s daughter, Josephine Maria Clancy, aged 22. was the principal witness. On the fatal day, deceased got into a violent temper, and beat witness because he thought that she had advised her brother Patrick Joseph, aged 13, to toll deceased an untruth on the 2Gth December.* After he had beaten witness,' she laid tlie table for bis dinner, and then got out of the way. Patrick and James (an elder brother) went in together for dinner, and deceased at once said to the younger loy that he wou'd make him tell the truth about the 26th December The hoy maintained that he had told the f ruth. Witness added “ I wont to plead for my brother,

and so did my eldest brother and sister, lint he fell upon us the worse. He orderc.d niy sister into the kitchen, and Hi- went., hut I stayed and pleaded for my brother. He then took me hv the arm, and drammed me into the kitchen. He took my brother Pat about 100 yards f. oin th“ lemse to (he stackyard. He took off his shir*-, and heat him there for nhour five min it s with the strap, and then draped him haif as far attain into the bush, and took every s'itch of clot lies from (In* bov cN'cei 't his ■ oots. Ho beat liim most sever-ly. E-ery time the boy told the truth he beat him more and more. Janies was nar his

father when he was heating the bov. He used to come away and go hack again, pleading with Ins father not to beat the hoy. The heating lasted about half an hour. James came [ back, and said that the hoy had made a fatal admission. 1 heard my j father coming to the hous- 1 , and heard him say, ‘ I will have her life.’ 1 understood him to mean that he , would have my life. James was p> - Jilt. We were all in the kitchen, and he said, ‘You are not s:.f. here if Patrick has made a false admission. We all came, out, and my father came up to the house. We ran out. of the house and round to the hack. 1 saw nothing more until J heard the shots. I went into the kitchen, and saw my father lying on the floor in the same position as when the police found him. When we ran out of the kitchen J saw my brother, and asked him, ‘ James, what shall t do ?’ He said, ‘He shall never do that to you while 1 have iireath in my body.’ When T came back to the kitchen I saw my brother standing in the doorway with the gun. I saw him load the gun in the morning, as he said he was going to a neigh he r’s and might see some gaum. My brother James said, ‘Oh. my God, I have shot him through the head.’ He sat down for about I five minutes quite overcome, and said, 1 must go for the doctor.’ The mark on my face was caused by my father beating rue. He used the strap with the buckle end.' 1 The medical evidence went to show that j witness was cruelly beaten, she having many severe bruises. A verdict |of manslaughter was returned against James Clancy. Deceased Michael Clancy was once tried for i manslaughter at Sandhurst, and was acquitted on a legal technicality.