New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-10-14

until he expired in the arms of Mrs. Par
nell, who is utterly Frustrated by the shock
experienced through her husbands death.
1t has been we'll known that Mr.. Parnell
has not enjoyed the best Of health for years
past, and it has been noticed and widely
commented upon that since the O'Shea
divorce developments became matter of
public notoriety and since political trouble
came upon him, that the great Irish men,
Der Of parliament had grown thinner, and
that he had
PERCEPTlBLY AGED IN APPEARANCE.
But nobody expected to hear Of his death,
and n linking as to his illness had reached
the newspapers. The son of DR.. William
Richard Powers, F. r. S., the author of
many important medical works on diseases
of the brain and of the spinal chord, in
Guiding his Manual Of Diseases of the
Nervous System" who has been attending
Mr.. Parnell, was the physician who watched
the closing hours of his lie. The great
leaders condition was so bad Throughout
Tuesday that DR.. Powers was unable to
leave his bedside from early that morning
until Mr.. Parnell breathed his last.
Mr.. Parneil, it is now stated suffered
from congestion of the lungs, besides acute
i liz USCdLllO unconscious at
7 O'Clock last evening. His physicians,
who had gone for the evening, were hastily
summoned to his bedside. They found
him IN hour later in an obviously hopeless
condition. r., ,es...- r as.-..-. -...-
RAPIDLY DECLINED.
DUBLIN, Oct. 7,-Now that Mr.. Parnell is
dead, it is said that it was matter of no.
toriety among his intimate friends that his
health had been rapidly declining LOT
months past. q . .1''3- s~s
His friends and doctors. they say, urged
him in vain to be more careful, but all their
circumstances were unavailing. Mr.. Par
nell continued to work at the highest
pressure, and underwent constant priva-
tions and tatisuing. journeys which would
have ruined the health OF the strongest
man.. s.>s 1
After the Sligo election. when Bernard
Collery, the anti-Parnell candidate, de. eat
ed Mr.. Parneli's candidate, Valentine b.
Dillon, it was privately admitted that Mr..
Pa-neN was greatly depressed, and that he
felt himself obliged toresort to stimuiants
in order to sustain his nerves. Z.
AT Creegs, Sept. 81 last, Mr.. Parnell COM
planned OF suffering from a peculiar pain in
the region OF the heart which pain. he
said, had never troubled him before. This
was in addition to the rheumatic trouble
in the arm which has already been re-
terred to.
LIKE "A THUNDERBOLT
LONDON, Oct. lin this city particularly,
the news of Mr.. Parne s death came down
like a thunderbolt upon the clubs and in
political circles. Nobody. SO far as ut first
known. was even aware thai he was indis-
posed and consequently, when it became
known that the Irish leader was dead,
naturally the first idea formed was that he
had committed suicide.
kilograms received here from Dublin and
other towns in Ireland and the principal
towns il England unite in reporting that
the death OF Parnen has caused the greatest
sensation among his supporters princi-
pally on accoun. Of the sudden manner in
which he died.
IN Dublin the late Irish leaders support
ers are i'll state of consternation. A meet
ing OF these friends OF Nj. Parnell was hastily
called as soon as the ne rs of his death be-
came known, and at this meeting, which
was only a preliminary gathering. it was
decided that a meeting ofall Mr.. ParnelPs
followers in that CITY should be called to