Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-12
HONOR TOPARNELL.
Dublin's Reverential Tribute to
the Dead Leader.
FOLLOWED TO THE TONB BY A HOST,

A Multitude of Unknown but Great
Numbers MMrches Behind the Sacred
Dust, While the Whole Population
Occupies the Streets, Windows and
Housetops-An Extraordinary Express
sion of Grief aud Honor-Hardly Rip
PIE of Disorder in Spite of the Crush
Might Eucloses the Grave with Its
Pail Before the Ceremonies Are Ended.
LONDON, Oct. la-The last journey of
the great Irish leader was begun Satur-
day, when the casket which contained his
mortal remains was removed from his
home in Brighton and placed in draped
railway carriage en- route to Holyhead-
Mrs Parnell spent half an hour with her
dead Just before the removal of the casket,
and when she left the room Immediately
sank into swoon, from which she has
not yet entirely recovered. She was en-
tirely unconscious at the time the remains
were taken away. Her floral tribute was
placed on the head of the casket. There
was a terrible scene inside the house when
the casket was about to iaEemoved. The
grief of Mrs. Parnell was most poignant,
and she could with difficulty be per-
suaded to allow the coffin to be taken
away.
Preparations for Trouble in Dublin.
So intense was the excitement in Dublin
that the government took the most extra
ordinary precautions for the quelling of
any riot that might break out. 1t was
not safe for any anti-Parnellite to be seen
on the streets. Dillon was iRsulted while
walking on Sackville street, three men
threatening him and calling him muir
ierer. His house and the Office OF The
Freeman's Journal were strongly guarded,
and the troops in the barracks were kept
under arms ready for instant service. The
police and constabulary were also rein
forced, and held in readiness for an emer-
gency, and in fact Dublin was almost in
state of siege. 1t has been many years
since Dublin has been in such fever OF
excitement and readiness for turbulence
of a serious character.
Arrival of the Body at Holyhead.
The remains of Parnell arrived at
Kingston at : a N yesterday. There was
no demonstration along the line in Eng
land until Chester was reached, when
regulations from Liverpool, Manchester,
Preston, and Newcastle, all destined for
Dublin, joined the train. The parlia
mentary colleagues of Parnell, including
John Redmond, John O'Connor, Joseph
Nolan, DR.. Fitzgerald, James O'Kelly,
and Henry Campbell, were among the
people that greeted the Populations on
their arrival at Holyhead, where the train
got in at o'clock in the morning, in wet
aud hazy weather, that we'll became the
mournfulEess of the scene Groups were
collected on the quay to watch the trans
fer of the coffin from the train to the mail
boat Ireland.
A Weird and Mournful Scene
1t was a most depressing spectacle. The
darkness as the body was borne from the
train was unrelieved except by a few
lamps that flickered uncannily, throwing
weird light over the large, white wooden
case that contained the coffin. The case
was borne on the shoulders Of seamen
to the side of the vessel. The Parnellite
members of parliament and Populations
followed with uncovered heads, and sobs
that could not be suppressed gave testi-
mony to their grief as the procession
filed down the double gangway into the
ship. The coffin vas deposited in an in
closure specially fitted up for it. Through
olt the voyage across the stormy and dark
waters that separate the two countries
some of the Parnellities were all the time
on guard over the remains Of their beloved
leader.
THE RECEPTION IN IRELAND,