The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-12
FUNERAL
The Journey Of the Ex-Leader's
Body to Its Grave.
MRS. pARNBLEs CONDITION WORSE


band-Rcvcrential Quiet Pervaded.
10000 People Pay Their Last
Tribue to the Dead Leader.
LONDON, Oct. l9.-The remains of
Parnell arrived at Kingston at 7 A. NJ.
yesterday. There was no demonstra-
lion along the line from London until
Chester was reached, when populations
from Liverpool, Manchester, Preston
and Newcastle, all destined for Dublin,
Joined the train. The parliamentary
colleagues of Mr.. Parnel, including
John Redmond, John 0'Connor, Joseph
Nolan, DIR. Fitzgerald, james O'Kelly
and Henry Campbell were among tho
people that greeted the deputations on
their arrival ut Hollyhead, where the
train got in at o'clock in the morning
In wet and hazy weather that well be-
came the mournfulness of the scene.
Groups were collected on the quay to
watch the transfer of the coffin from
tie train to the mail boat Ireland. 1t
was most depressing spectacle.
The large white wooden case, which
contained the coffin, was borne on the
shoulders of seamen to the side of the
vessel. The Parnellite members Of par
hament and deputatioiis followed with
uncovered head and sobs that could not
be suppressed gave testimony to their
grief as the procession filed down the
double gangway into the ship. The cof-
fin was deposited in an enclosure spec
tally fitted up for it. Throughout the
voyage across the stormy and dark
waters that separate the two countries
some of the ParDellites were all the time
on guard over the remains Of their be-
loved leader. Among the watchers was
the Lord Mayor of Dublin, High Sheriff
Meade and j, Fl. Parnell, brother of tho
departed. The boat made the passage
in II gale of wind and rain. AT the
Kingston pier multitude was gathered
TO receive the remains.
Floral Tributes in Prorusion.
The Wesland Row station in Dublin
was reached at 7:30 a. IN. A vast silent
crowd awaited with uncovered heads,
as the train steamed into the station.
Timothy Harrington, III. p, was there,
and DR.. Hackett, who attended Parnell
when his eyes We're hurt at Kilkenny,
and there joined the band of mouruers.
The representatives of branches of the
National League wore black badges, on
which were the dying words OF Parnell:
''Give my love to my colleagues and the
Irish nation" When the. renuins had
Dten TtllONtu III hDteInn hlltlee 1fDln
the train, the coffin was taken from tine
cuse that enveloped it and was lifted
into the henrse, the glass panels of
which permitted n full exposure of the
coffin TO public view. The wreathes
and other floral tributes covered the
top of the hearse and were heaped about
the coffin. The case in which the coffin
had been enclosed on the way to Dnb-
( >lin WIS laid aside. The crowd imlnedi-
Nhtely seized upon and broke it into
small pieces to carry away as msmeutoes
OF the dead.
Al the City Hall of Dublin.
As the hearse moved from the station
body OF police formed before the pro-
cesHion, which, without any desi gn or
marshalling, appeared to fail into an or
derly line in purely extempOri2ed fash
ion. A band and the WOrkingmen's
Union followed next after the police,
the band playing the "Dead March in
Saul" Then came the Gaelic and Ath-
lrtic societies with the huuIers reversed.
alter tho manner Of soldiers carrying re-
yersed arms,
The City hall of Dublin was reached
nj $3.50 u. III. The front of the hall was
covered with som6re drapei'ies, and a
dense rain strenlned down ns the coffin
was borne into the hall toward the cata-
falque. Reverential quiet peryaaed.
AT 10 o'clock the gHtes were opened,
Pud the people poured into the interior.
The body lay in state in the council
chamber, large circular room, now
heavily draled in black, relieved by
scrolls of white satin in loOped festuens
bearing in black letters the last words
OF Parnell. The coffin, which rested on
raised dias III the center Of the cham.
ber. was buried under masses of wreaths,
floral crosses, llish harms and other
floral designs. Photographs 3f the
scene were taken before the public wore
admitted. Conspicuous on the coifin
We're three wreatts from Mrs. Parnell
cross and anchor and circle with in
s;riptions
From 10 o'clock antil 9 a continuous
stream of people poured into the city
hall. It is estiinafed that the people
who paid their last tribute to the dead
ipader numbered at lrGst 10000. AT 2:41
Ihe funeral cortege tl5rtel for the grave
81 GlasneVin cemetery. 1t was led by
The executive Parneil leadership com.
Enittee and then catne the bier drawn
ny six. horses, Surrounding tile bier
%cre the parliamentary colleagues OF
IArnell.
A Scene of Great Confusion.
When the first part of the procession
reached the lower gate of the cemetery
"t " oSsoSh ~ was louIlu lmpoSslDle tC
penetrate the dense masses assembled
there, and after struggle the police hat
80 abandon tho effort to make wa,
ihrough the crowd. The surgiug multi
tude around the gate seeking TO see thu
cortege were counter to the wave t(
others trying to enter A scene of grea
confusion ensued. 1t was then decided
30 close the lower gate. This was eff
!ected amid great disorder just as tn,
hearse reached the spot. The hearst
was then escorted TO another gate. Tn,
coffin was removed and placed en- plat
form especially constructed in such {
way that the processiorcould file arouut
II and have q view of the bier.
At the grave tho Rev. Mr.. Vincent
of the Rotunds chapel, the Rev Georg,
Fry, an Irish protestant clergyman from
Manchester, Eng, afficiated, They hat