He overtook the retreating Frenchmen at Bordeaux and accompanied them to Lyons, sending graphic dispatches to his paper in the form of interviews with the leaders of all parties. This surprised the European newspapers, as it was the introduction of newspaper interviewing in the old world. He was the only correspondent who remained in Paris during the commune, and kept the readers of the _Herald_ thoroughly informed as to what was going on in the turbulent French capital. He was arrested by the French government for intimacy with the rebels, but through the intercession of the American minister was released. After this he was made correspondent at St. Petersburg by the _Herald_, and was on the most intimate terms with the czar. He was at the bombardment of Khiva, and in 1874 reported the Carlist war, living in the saddle and being frequently under fire. To follow McGahan would require a whole evening. He continued to be the most renowned correspondent of his day, and died of fever at his post of duty during the Bulgarian war in 1875. Another famous _New York Herald_ war correspondent was James O’Kelly, who made a world-wide reputation in his dispatches from Cuba in the early ’70’s. Born in Ireland, a French soldier in Mexico, he came to America and engaged in the newspaper business, becoming an attache of the _New York Herald_. He was condemned to death for his part in the Cuban insurrection, but was saved that fate by the state department. After his release he returned to Ireland, and was elected to parliament on entering politics. It was Daniel O’Neil, a native of Wexford, who started the _Pittsburg Dispatch_, one of the leading papers of the West to-day. His brother, Eugene O’Neil, is now the editor. Ex-Mayor Hugh O’Brien, of Boston, scored a signal success as a journalist. James McConnell, who died recently, was one of the best known newspaper men of Philadelphia. He learned to set type at the case adjoining that of the late John Russell Young. Later, he became proofreader on the _Philadelphia Press_, then owned by John Forney. He became night editor, and during the Civil War war correspondent of that paper. When John Russell Young became managing editor of the _New York Tribune_ under Horace Greeley, Mr. McConnell came to New York and while with the _Tribune_ was successively day editor, Albany correspondent, traveling political correspondent, night editor and political editor in the office. After serving the _Tribune_ he went to Philadelphia and associated himself with the _Evening Star_, and at the time of his death was managing editor of the _Star_. Add to this already remarkable list, a Grady in the South, a Blaine in the North. Nothing that I might say regarding these distinguished men of Irish origin would add to the already large stock of knowledge possessed by the public concerning them. Their names are household words. They lived but as yesterday. Their influence is still felt.