Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1888 — HOME RULE BATTLE. [ARTICLE]

HOME RULE BATTLE.

Irish M. P.’s Arrested Jn Landon-. A Mistake that May Cause the Government Trouble—Sull Ivan’s Greeting. Mr. Balfour has set the police upon Irish members of the House of Commons. Messrs. Pyne and Gilhooly, whom hs has decided to treat as he did Mr. Cox, M. P.—as fugitives from justice —after leaving the House Thursday night, were shadowed and pursued by detectives, whom they finally succeded inbafiling, buthad io take cabs and drive miles into the country before they could elude or shake off their pursuers. The police Friday arrested Mr. Patrick O’Brien, a Nationalist member of Parliament, outside the Parliament building, mistaking him for Mr. Gilhooly, member for Weet Cork, for whose arrest a warrant has been issued. Mr. O’Brien was taken to Scotland Yard, where he was recognized by me officials and promptly released. Mr. J. D. Pyne, member for West Waterford, a Nationalist, was arrested on alighting from a cab outeide the House of Commons. Mr. Pyne is the gentleman who shut himself up in Lisfarney Castle, in Waterford, and defied the police to arrest him, and who afterward eluded the Irish authorities and escaped to England. ' . _ Mr. Pyne was driven in a cab to Scotland Yard and fPence to Dublin. Mr. T. D. Sullivan, M. P., ex-Lord Mayor cf Dublin, arrived at Holy head Friday morning. He was met and welcomed by a deputation and escorted by a procession -to the Town Hall. So great was the enthusiasm that the men unharnessed the horses and drew the ex-Mayor and ex-convict in his carriage through the streets in triumph. The sidewalks, windows, aud housetops were thronged with spectators, who cheered and cheered as long as Mr. Sulli van was insight. It was noticeable that the English weie qu.te as hearty in their sympathy as the Irish. At the town hall an address was presented to Mr. Sullivan. ' ~~~

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