NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MHE condition of Ireland is worse than ever. While the raids on private houses are not fewer, the assassinations in- crease, and there has been a special outbreak of murderous rioting in Dublin. Two murders were committed in Cork last Saturday. First a policeman was killed, and within a few hours Mr. Thomas MacCurtain, the Lord Mayor of Cork, was assassinated in his house. This latter murder was remarkable, because Mr. MacCurtain was a well-known Sinn Fein leader, and was one of those who some time ago were deported to England. Mr. MacCurtain and his family were in bed, when they were awakened by a loud knocking at the door. Mrs. MacCurtain went down and opened the front door, when several men with blackened faces and carrying revolvers rushed in. Directly Mr. MacCurtain appeared at the door of his room he was killed by two shots. The assailants left no clue to their identity.
