Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-19
FIGHTING WITH POVERTY.
DeplOrable Condition of Mrs. Della
Stewart Parnell at Bordentown.

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Berdentown. Nj, Special to Phila Press, Nov 16
II haven't penny in the house nor in tn
world. II they should sell this old homestead
over my head / don't know what I'd do. l
seems to me I'd go crazy and would drown my
self in the Delaware" Thus spoke Mrs. Dcli'
Parnell, the mother Of Charles Stewart Parnell
late this afternoon.
Worn out by daily and nightly labor at hel
papers. to assist her counsel in the litigation il
which she is involved, ill fed and lonely, she il
enduring a strain under which a strong mar
In his prime would sink. and there is reason tc
| fear that her mind may soon begin to totter
DIR. jenkins, who visited her, says she is suffer
ing from temporary congestion of the brain
| and heart and is in a deplorable condition
! She not only has not dollar, but does not
know where the next one is to come from. Her
New York banker has refused to send her any
more money; her investments have ceased to
yield her any income; her Philadelphia prop
erty, on which she realized $3.50 year, is tied
up by the law, and 1921 in taxes are due on
the ''Old Ironsides'' homestead and S24O
interest on an $4,000 mortgage on the
property must be paid by December 10.
therefore eviction stares her in the face. From
motives of shrinking pride she has kept silent
and has endured bitter poverty now for several
years. Mrs. Parnell has done this largely to
N,
decided 1t dozen years ago, SO that want might
never come to him in case of confiscation of his
lands IN Ireland by the English government.
THE LAWSUIT.
Charles Chauncey of Philadelphia is Mrs.
Parnells counsel in the suit over the possession
OF the property on 10th street above Spruce in
the Quaker city. 1t is tied up by foreign at
tachment from New Jersey from Edward L..
Stewart. who claims that Mrs. Parnell owes him
money that she used In speculation. He claims
that she borrowed it, and she claims that he
gave 1t to her to use in speculation. She also
claims that she has paid him back fully as much
money as she received from him. She invested
In Panama canal stock and speculated in other
stocks to recover her losses. Mr. Chauncey
said that the story of Mrs. Parnelrs want was
unfortunately too true. He said she had three
sons Charles and Henry lived abroad and
John is in Alabama. All her daughters are
married, but it is said they are not in any posi-
ton to help her.
NOT ENOUGH CLOTHING TO PROTECT HER FROM
TEE COLD.
Overseer James Slevin, the Irish patriot who
served term with Charles Stewart Parnell in
Kilmainham JAIL said to Philadelphia Times
reporter: Il tell you, sir, the hardship through
which Mrs. Parnell has passed has not been
half told. If the truth must be told the lady
has not only not dollar to her name but, sir,
her under clothing is positively inadequate to
protect her from the cold.''
Mrs. Parnell has received a check from
Comedian Seaman for 1868 to pay off the in
terest on the mortgage and her taxes and he
telegraphed an offer to give benefit perform
ance for her, which the old lady gratefully &C
cepted.
MR.. PARNELL SURPRISED.
MIR. Parnell states that he was greatly sur
prised when he read in the newspapers the re-
ports of the poverty of his mother and that he
Immediately cabled to his agent in New York
to supply her with funds. He had no reason
to suppose that his mother was pressed for
money, as on previous occasions when she de-
sired help she had always applied for and OBJ
tanned prompt remittance of the sum re-
quired. He had received a number of letters
from her recently and in none of them did she
complain of q want of money. He does not
suppose there is any danger of sale of the
Bordentown estate, as years ago he instructed
his American bankers to guard against this by
necessary advances of money if required. His
mother had always declined to reside anywhere
but in America, although he frequently tried to
induce her to live on the other side of the water
so that he could have better chance to care
for her.