The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-10-15
THE GREAT IRISH LEADER PASSES
SUDDENLY AWAY.
me indirect Cause of His Death Was 8
Slight Chill Contracted on Last Friday.
The Whole English Nation Start.
led and Shocked.

ireland were startled this morning by
The utter unlocked for announcement
that Charles Stewart Parnell. the
"eted Irish leader, had died yesterday
evening at his home in Brighton. 1t
generally known that Parnell has
not enjoyed the best health for years
past, and it has been widely
commented upon that since the O'Shea
divorce developments became matters
of public notoriety and since his 20
litical trouble came. upon him, that
the great Irish member of Pertinent
has grown thinner and that he had
perceptibably aged in appearance, but
nobody expected to hear of his death,
and no inkling as to his illness had
reached the newspapers.
Only at this hour q p. m.) has it
been possible to obtain the details in
regard to the death of Mr.. Parnell.
He died at his home, Washington
Terrace, Brighton, ut 11:30 o'clock yes
terday evening. His death is said to
have been indirectly due to Il chill
hich he caught last week, and
itch at first was not regarded
as being of II serious nature
Parnell, however, grew worse, and a
physician was called in with the re-
suit that the patient should take his
bed. This was on Friday last, and
from that time Panell lost strength
and finally succumbed. The exact
nature OF the disease which caused
the death Of the Irish leader is not
made known at present. From the
day he took to his bed, however, the
state of Mr.. Parnell's health had been
such as to necessitate the constant at
tendance Of physicians, but in spite of
their incessant and untiring efforts to
prolong or to save his life, Parnell
yesterday sank lower and lower until
he expired i'll the arms of Mrs. Par
nell, who is utterly Frustrated by the
shock experienced through her hus-
bands death,
MORE PARTICULARS OF HIS DEATH.
Another account of Mr.. Parnell's
fatal sickness is as follows: Parnell
arrived at his home at Brighton, from
Ireland, on Thursday, and complained
of suffering from chill. On the Fri
day following, he was unable to leave
his bed, and his regular physician
was summoned. lie seemed to have
considered parnelrs illness to have
n a In
sent for another physician. with
whom kc had a long consultation
over the sickness OF the
Irish leader This consultation
f.. physicians was resumed on
tt!ay when Pamell was found |
be in great pain and appar-
emily growing weaker every hour. |
His sickness was pronounced to be an
attack of acute rheumatism and every
attention and care was paid the suf-
terer. He was carefully and Gntiring~
ly nursed by his wife, who hardly
left his bedside from the moment
when her husbands illness was pro-
nounced to he Of a serious nature.
Parncll in spite of the care and atten-
tion which he received, didnOt seem to
recover from the rheumatic attack
and crew weaker and weaker. Sew
eral hours before his death he became
unconscious and so remained until he
died in intense agony. Owing to the
suddenness of the Irish leaders ill
ness and to the belief of his wife anG
attending physicians that he would
recover. no friends or relatives OF his
family or of that of Mrs. Parnell were
present at Parnells bedside when he
lied. Mrs. Parnell and the physi-
clans were alone in their attendance
Upon him.
In London particularly the news of
Parnell's death came down like a
thunderbolt upon the clubs ana IN
political circles. Nobody, so far as at
first known, was even aware that ne
was indisposed, and consequently
when it became known that the
Irish leader was dead, naturally the
first idea formed was that he had
committed suicide. AS the day wore
on. however, it leaked out FROM the
statements of his intimate friends
that Parnell had complained to them
recently as not feeling AS well
as usual. but it was not
thought by anybody that there
was anything serious in INSCRIPTIONS
referred to by the late member for
Cork City, though lac was thinner
IN he was last year.
The last time Mr.. Parnell appeared
in nublic was at Creegs in Ireland on
Sept. 81, when he delivered, a long
I speech upon his attitude, and alluded
to the consistency Of Messrs. Dillon
and O'Brien. Upon that occasion
Parnell stated that he was speaking
in defiance of the orders OF the doctors
who We're attending him, and who
had expressly ordered him to Keep MS
room.
pARNELL's EVENTFuL LIFE.
Charles Stewart Parnell was born a; at
\ Avondale, county Wicklcw, IN ISt9'
! He WAS descended from an EnGllsn
familv which had been settle" 1 1Gr
many, many generations in lrel ell , i,, mls
mother was II daughter OF Aam l,rn
a Tbarles stewart, II well known Amer -
ica lean naval officer, Mr.. Parnel, was
edncated altogether in England anu anu
y S MaS He was almost typlcally
Ol"SNi =. ,,,onnar and appearance.