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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14

rose accordingly, and Mr.. Parnell and
his fellow Land-leaguers saw an oppor-
tunity for successful agitation. Their
objects were, in brief: /. A reduction of
rents, and refusal to pay if such
reduction was refused. 2. A final
and entire change in the land laws;
peasant proprietorships to be substituted
for that of landlords. simultaneously
with an agitation which in 1880 made
Mr.. Parnell the supreme Irishman and
the virtual ruler Of his country, eXtraOr-
binary means were adopted for the re-
lief of Irish distress, in which both En-
gland and the United States took con-
splcuous part. In January, 1880, Mr..
Parnell visited the United States and
created feeling which crystaiized itself
IN the formation Of Irish league associ-
atoms, which have proved the main
financial support of the home organiza-
ton. Later he was chosen president Of
the home rule party in place of Mr..
Shaw. He continuedin Parliament to
the time of his death.
Parnell's loss of position and infu-
ence was due to the O'Shea scandal, as
it was known, and the leaders love and
criminal relations with the wife Of his
friend, Capt. O'Shea. After the divorce
secured by O'Shea, in which proceed
ing Parneil was made correspondent,
Parnell married Mrs. O'Shea. Before
O'Shea was Katharine Wood daughter
of the late Sir Page Wood, baronet, of
Rlvenhall Place, in Essex, England.
She is sister of Gen. Sir EVELYN Wood,
and granddaughter of Sir Matthew
Wood, who was twice lord mayor of
London, and won immense popularity
IN his day by his staunch championship
Of Queen Caroline, the consort of
George ". When Miss Wood met
O'Shea she was one of the reigning
bellies of Dublin, and he was the pos
SCISSOR of vary comfortable fortune,
which he has since dissi pated. A year
ago she inherited fortune in her own
right amounting to nearly 100000.
The marriage of Kittie O'Shea to Mr..
Parnell occurred on the morning of
June 25, last. While it was generally
understood that Parnell would make the
divorced woman his wife, the marriage
caused q sensation f1om the fact that
both Farnell and Mrs. O'Shea observed
the utmost secrecy in connection with
the affair, both before and after the GER
emony.
During Mr.. Pa1nell's sickness, which
was pronounced to be an attack of
acute rheumatism, every attention
his wife, who hardly left his bedside
from the moment her husbands illness
was pronounced to be of serious ma
ture. Several hours before his death
Mr.. Parnell became unconscious and
SO remained until he died, in intense
agony. Owing to the suddenness
OF his illness and TO the belief
of his wife and of the attend
ing physicians that he would recover,
no friends or relations of his family or
Of that of Mrs. Parnell were present at
Mr.. Parnell's bedside. Mrs. Parnell
and the physicians were alone in at
tendance upon him when he died.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14
A COINCIDENCE,
Sir John Pope Hennessey Dies on the
Same Day ParneII.


Same Day ParneH.
LONDON, Oct. Occupied with the
announcement this morning that Mr.
Parnell died last night was the
news that Sir John Pope Hennes-
sey, member of Parliament for North
Kilkenny, was also dead. Sir John Pope
Hennessey, it will be remembered,
Immediately after the exposure in the
O'Shea divorce case in December, 1890,
contested the North Kilkenny election,
backed up by Mr.. Parnell's opponents,
and defeated the Parnellite candidate,
Vincent Scully, by 1,147 votes. This
was great and possibly the greatest
test of strength between the Parnell
factions, and the defeat of Mr.. Scully no
doubt counted for a great deal in the
future series of disasters which befell
the Irish leader.
In 1861 Hennessy was admitted to the
bar at the Inner Temple, London, but
he did not practice law long enough to
achieve distinction. He had placed
the Tories under heavy obligations
to him, which they discharged
by giving him a place that gave as
sured promotion and pension on
retirrment from the service. He was
appointed governor of Labuan in 1867 !,
was transferred to the West African
Settlements in 1872. to the Bahamas
next year, to the Windward Islands the
year following, to Hong Kong in 1877,
and to the Mauritius in 1882. In nearly
every colony he governed, Hennessy
came into conflict with the British
residents, whose trade monopolies and
harsh treatment Of the natives were
continual causes Of complaint The
quarrel was in all cases transferred to
the British press, and sometimes to the
floor of Parliament. and Hennessy
had strong partlsans, as we'll as Bit
ter opponents, among the English peo-
pie. In the Bahamas he sided with the
negroes and poor whites; in Hong Kong
with the Chinese; and, being a hard
fighter, he generally came out ahead.
In the Maurltius he stumbled over
Clifford Lloyd, the dlsgraced Irish CO.
ercion magistrate, and later came
into conflict with Henniker Heaton,
the cheap postage man. Sir Her
cules Robinson was sent to investigate
the trouble and Hennessy was given an
other post. He recently retired on a
pension and announced his intention of
advocating home rule as follower of
Parnell. Being an old follower Of the
bishops in politics he swung over to
their side when the ParneH trouble
reached Kilkenny. Hennessy was
created knight for his services
as governor Of various crown colonies.
He was the author of numerous maya
zine articles and Of one book entitled
Raleigh in Ireland; with His Letters
on Irish Affairs and Some Contempor-
airy Public Documents" He was hon
orary secretary of the mathematical sec
ton of the British Association and chair
man of the repression OF crime section
of the Social Science Congress
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14

ent. From the day he took to his bed,
however, the state Of Mr.. ParnelPs
health has been such as to necessitate
the constant attendance Of two physi-
clans; but in spite of their incessant and
untiring efforts to prolong or to save
his life, Mr.. Parnell gradually sank
lower and lower until he expired in the
arms of his wife. Mrs. Parnell is utter
iy Frustrated By the shock experienced
through her husbands death.
In this city particularly the news of
Mr.. Parnell's death came down like
thunderbolt upon the clubs and IN po-
litical circles. Nobody, SO far as at first
known, was even aware that he
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 Mr.. Parnell
had complained to them recently of
not feeling as we'll as usual, but it was
not thought by anybody that there was
anything serious in the symptoms re-
ferred to by the late member for Cork
City, though he was thinner than he
was last year. The last time Mr. Par
nell appeared in public was at Creegs,
in Ireland, on September q, when he
delivered long speech upon the atti-
tude and alleged inconsistencies IF
Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien. Upon that
occasion Mr.. Parnell stated that he was
speaking in defiance of the orders Of
the doctors who were attending him,
and who had expressly ordered him to
keep him room.
Mr.. Parnell was still young man.
He was born in the year 1916, at Avon
dale, in the County Of Wicklow, Ireland,
the son of gentleman who was at one
time high sheriff for tho County Meath.
His mother was the daughter of an ad
miral in the United States navy, and
this connection gives additional
interest to the story of the
young statesman's life. Mr.. Parnell's
grandfather was the last chancellor of
the exchequer of the Irish Parliament,
and bitterly opposed the Identification
of Irish with British interests in the
Parliament Of the United Kingdom.
Parnell inherited the estate on which he
was born, and was educated at Harrow
School, England, and Magdalen College
of the University of Cambridge.
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
Parnell first came into prominence in
1875, when he was elected member of
Parliament for Meath, and represented
that constituency IN the general election
of 1880, when he was returned for three
constituencies, including the one he had
represented 80 long. Mr.. Parnell pre-
ferred to sit for Cork. He belonged, at
the beginning of his pariia-
mentary career, to the Irish
home rule party, in which he
soon rose to eminence, although
Protestant and personally not popular
with the leading members. This fact
probably accounts for his failure, in 1879,
to reconstruct the party by means OF
national convention; but, in October Of
the same year, he founded and was
made first president of the National
Irish Land League. The harvests of
1877 and 1878 were very bad, and that of
1879 total failure. Irish discomfort
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14

try to clear way for the funeral at the
entrance gates to the cemetery. When
the first part of the procession reached
the lower gate, at 5 o'clock, it was found
to be impossible to penetrate the dense
masses. In the struggle with the on
lockers the police were obliged to
abandon the attempt to drive them
back, The surging crowd around the
gate seeking to see the cortege met the
great contending wave of others trying
10 enter. A scene OF great confusion
ensued. The procession for a time
was checked and thrown into d1sarrav
1t was decided to close the lower gate,
and this was effected amid great dis
order, just as the hearse reached
the spot. The hearse was then taken to
the upper gates. Here the coffin was
removed and placed on a platform speci-
ally constructed for the purpose, in or
der to enable those in the procession to
file around and have full view Of the
bier At 8 o'clock the fast falling dusk
found the procession still filing past.
There seemed no likelihood that the
stream of marchers would end till
far into the depth of the night So
orders were given to remove the coffin
to the side of the grave. A body of the
Clan-na-Gael succeeded in clearing a
way to the grave, and formed circle
within which were grouped the lord
mayor of Dublin, the civic dignitaries,
Mr.. Parnell's colleagues in Parliament,
and the relatives. The crush around
about was terrible. Darkness had set
IL. The noise Of shrieking women, the
cries of children, and the cries of men
struggling amid the crush made inaudi-
BILE the voices of the clergy reciting the
ritual of the Church of England.
At the grave the Rev. Mr.. Vincent, of
the Rotunda Chapel, and the Rev.
George Fry, Of Manchester, officiated.
They were obliged to cut the service
short, as the crowd broke into the pro-
tecting circle and overwhelmed the
inner group. Some time after, in
the dead darkness, when the
crowd had thinned away, the more
intimate friends again grouped them
selves around the grave, deposited
wreaths thereon, and took the Last view
of the coffin. The grave became heaped
up with the masses of floral tributes,
one of which was Miss O'Shea's This
bore tie suggestive words, Gin Loving
Memory of Mothers Land"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14
COURT WORK GOES OVER.
The High Federal Tribunal Meets at
Washington and Adjourns.

The High Federal Tribunal Meets at
Washington and Adjourns.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 12.-The SUI
preme court of the United States met for
the October term to-day. Three of the
justices were absent from the court Chief
Justice Fuller is still in Chicago, where
his daughter is very i'll, and Justices
Bradley and Gray have both been
i'll, but are now recovering. The
space reserved for the bar was
well filled with prominent lawyers. At
tOrney-General Miller, SOlicitOr-General
Taft, and eX-AttOrney-General Garland
were also present. The only business
transacted was the admission Of applicants
TO practice before the court and an an
nOuncement bv Justice Field that the most
important + The asses advanced for argu-
ment next Monday were postponed until
the second Monday in November. This step
is taken for the reason that 1t is desired
that they shall be heard by q full bench,
and the probability is that all the justices
will not be present Monday next The list
includes the SayWard case. Which involves
the question of the Jurisdiction Of the
United States over the seal fisheries in
Behring Sea; the anti-lOttery cases, the
elevator case, and the cases involving the
question of the cOnShtutiOnality Of the Nc
Kinley tariff act. The court adjourned a
few minutes after II o'clock.
, In accordance with time-hOnOred Gus
tom, the judges and officers OF the United
States supreme court signaliZed the be-
ginning Of a new term of court by an Of
fetal visit to the President Of the Urited
States. They arrived at the White House
in carriages about 1880. and were at once
usheIed into the blue parlor. where the
President awaited them. He was attended
by Acknowledgement Miller and Solicitor
General Taft There being no need of a
formal introduction, the ceremonies were
confined to a general handshaking all
around, and few minutes conversation
5etween the President and each Of the
inc
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14
A Train Hearing the Explorer Totally
Wrecked in ItaIy

ROME. Oct. 12.-Thc DrindIsi express, on
board of which train We're Mr. ano Mrs.
Henry Nj. Stanley and Mrs. Tenant,
mother of Mrs Stanley. has been
completely wrecked at Carovigno, nine
teen miles from BrindSi. The Stanley
party WAS on its way to Australia where
the explorer is to lecture. They. with all
the other passengers on the train, escaped
without injury, though they had narrow
escape from death. The express dashed
into a baggage train that was on the track
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14
Chicago Grip Car Fatalities.

CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. S.-A number of seri-
Gus accidents occurred yesterday in the
LaSalle Street tunnel at different intervals
of the dey, in which one man was killed
and several were injured. G. b. Banks was
crushed to death. Wolf FiShbeck had his
back badly injured, Adolph Marks was in
ternally injured, A. n. Dresser had his left
knee crushed, Frank Mems had one ankle
and wrist broken, and Joseph Cir
hand smashed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14
DRANK POISONED WHISKY
Three Men Likely to Die from "Dosed,,

Liquor.
BURGETTsTowN, Pa, Oct. 9.-Last night
three hostlerS at the county fair grounds
found bottle of liquor Which had been Sc
creted near one of the buildings by some
unknown party. The three men almost
drained the bottle of It's contents.
with the result that Alex. ChappelIe
took commissions and died IN two hours,
and the others are lying at the point Of
death. An analysis OF the liquid remain
ING IN the bottle showed equal parts of
StrYchnne. whisky and alcohol
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14
Under ONE BANNER.

Rival Orders of Railway Conductors De-
eide to Combine
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Oct. Sat a con-
ference of the representatives of the Broth
erhoOd Of Railroad Conductors and Order
of Railroad Conductors, they decided to
consolidate the organizations under the
name of the latter, and il was agreed to
work for the general federation of all train
service organizations.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14
CRUSHED AN ELEVATOR.
Three Men Fatally Injured in Factory
at SheIbyvilie, Ind.

SHELBYv1LLE, Ind, Oct. 9.-An acct
dent occurred at the Shelby Cabinet Com
panys finishing rooms this morning
which will probably result in the
death of three men. While Joseph
Scott, foreman; Clint Nicely and III. Thayer
were trying to get their elevator 70 de-
scend, it gave way and fell thirty feet, car
rying with it the men and heavy load of
furniture. The men were horribly
oruchnd
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14

The ex-Irish Leader Expires In q Chill
His Demise Wholly Unexpected i'm
London-Short Sketch of His Career,
Public and Private-The O'Shea Scan
dial and ParnelPs Marriage.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14

LONDON, Oct. Great Britain and
Ireland were startled this morning by
the utterly unlooked-for announcement
that Charles Stewart Parnell, the noted
Irish leader, died suddenly yesterday
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14
TWO BROTHERS HANGED.
Execution of the Fielder Boys for the
Thompson Killing.

RUsK, Tex, Oct. 9.-John and Wade
Fielder suffered the extreme penalty Of the
law here at l p. NJ. to-day for murder
ing Yonce Thompson on August IL, 1890.
The condemned men arose early, and,
after breakfasting, their spiritual advisers
were admitted to the cells, and the greater
part Of the time was consumed by prayer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-10-14

Ashland mill owners TO saw $4,000, 900
feet Of lumber.
THE Jury in the case of Culbertson
against the city and railway company at
Eau Claire disagreed. The suit was fol
So, 600 damages.
FRANK, Steven and Tom Ludeskl,
three brothers, at Ashland, were each
fined $25 and costs for assaulting an Off
Ger.
SAMUEL HANSON, charged with beating
Asten Johnston, al Drammen, Eau
Claire County, pleaded not guilty. He
gave $500 bail for his appearance Octo-
Der 10.
GoTTLIEB WOLFF, sWitchman in the
employ of the st. Paul road, was run
over and killed by train at the Fifth
Street crossing ut Milwaukee. Wolff
was married.
THE Rev. Father 7. A. Kelly, pastor
of st. Patrick's Church at Eau Claire,
died on the 9TH, aged SO years, after a
long illness. His parents live in Ire
land, and the congregation had raised
81, 800 to send him to Europe for his
health. He was ordained at La Crosse
sixteen years ago. At his deathbed
were the Rev. James Scbeeback, acting
bishop, and others.
CHRISTIAN BERGMAN, of the town of
Springfield, st. Croix County, who was
employed by Mr.. Decker. a banker of
Baldwin, to watch some timber near
GlenWood, charged some men, his
neighbors, with stealing timber, and in
formed Mr. Decker. who had the men
arrested, but tailed 10 convict them.
After the trial somebody made threats
which caused Bergman, it is now
St. Landry democrat., 1891-02-07
District Court.

1he District Court, Judge Lewis pre-
siding, met last Monday and the grand
jury was promptly empanneled, with
Mr.. Octave Prud'homme as foreman.
On Tuesday report of "not a true
bill y was rendered in the>case of the
State VS.. ID. P. Saizan (for the killing
OF j. Z. Close). Other findings I'D to
the hour of going to press, are as fol-
lows:
Bills of information filed against the
following parties were ignored, viz. ::
Cornelius Alice, for assault; Marie Civ
er, larceny; jerome Brown, assault;
Lucius Collins, burglary; Samuel Rob-
ertson and John Armstrong, larceny;
Charles Nash, horse stealing; John
Clayton, threatening to kill; &C., &c.
True bills were found against the fol-
lowing parties; John Jones, larceny
Thos. and Robt. Bibbs, assault; Harvey
Andrus, larceny; Prosper aud Gtrand
Hawkrider, murder; Aaron and Charles
Bartield, violating Act 81; Toussy Ed
wards, assault; Gustin Reddyfoot, lar
ceny Michel Malveau, stabbing; Ar
thur Fisher and j. B. Dacourt, carry
ing concealed weapons.
The case of S. Bloch VS.. Sol. Loeb oc-
cupied the time of the Court until
Thursday night, when it resulted in a
mistrial.
The SANDER case of Acduel Fontenot
vs.. HonorG Fusilier and wife was taken
up Oh Friday morning aud then bid fair
to last all day.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-02-07

Among the new arrivals in town we
may mention little stranger in the
household of that popular disciple of
the dark SCIENCE" DR.. r. Nj. Littell,
and another who is sojourning With our
young friend Arthur Veltin. We have
also been reliably informed that the
growing family circle of our iovial
neighbor Meginley-Denjamin Frank
lin-had been made glad by the ad-
vent Of another boy" of the female
persuasion, making two pairs of
the same kind; while our friend Chas.
F. Garland counts among his offspring
one more girl " of the male persuasion,
making eight just alike. Pretty good
for one week.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-02-07

New Iberia Enterprise: There has
been considerable talk about the ncces-
sity for a large central sugar factory in
or near this town, and all are agreed up
on that point. Quite number of gen
tlemen have announced their willing
ness to become shareholders in the un-
dertaking should it be made a stock
company. Without organization, moth
ing can be accomplished, hence it has
been decided to call meeting of all
who feel an interest in the matter, for
O'Clock, at the Mechanics g. Traders Ex-
change. The results of operations by
the Catfery refinery will then be known,
and as indications point to very fine
showing, it is probable that, if New
Iberia and the planters in the vicinity
show an interest in the matter, their eff
forts will be rewarded.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-02-07

Pointe Coupce Democrat: If your In
sane Asylum can provide for all our in
sane and take them from the parish
jajls, then you do not want Mr.. Morris
aid. II you have the money to drain
City of America, then You need no help.
Have you the money to pension Confed-
crate veterans? Are you able to keep
off overflows without resorting to enor-
nous taxation? Are you able to keep
your schools open nine mouths, so as to
educate every boy and girl in louisiana
1t you are able to do this, and to care
properly for the deaf, the dumb, the
blind, and for the destitute orphans,
then refuse the Morris proposals. Ii on
the contrary, you cannot secure all that
is wanted, then vote for the one and
Ouarter Million
St. Landry democrat., 1891-02-07

On last Monday evening, at late
hour, while on his way home from
Washington, Mr.. jeff. ID. Thompson
was seized with fit or spasm Git is sup
posed), to which he was subject, and
fell from his buggy into a pool of mud
and water. He had lain there but
few minutes before he was discovered
and lifted out, but life was already ex-
tinct. He was inspector of weights and
measures for this parish and was in bis
10Th year. He was buried in the Catho-
lie Cemetery here on Tuesday evening.
Deceased was a brother of DIR. w. M.
and Capt. j. j. Thompson and. brother
in-law of District Attorney Ogden, to
whom We tender our sincere sympathy.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-02-07

Houma, Baton Rouge, New Iberia
and Alexandria are all booming the
central sugar factory idea. The large
profits made by the Caffery factory at
Franklin show that such enterprises
would be enormously remunerative
throughout the sugar district, besides
greatly stimulating and making more
profitable the culture of cane. IL our
leading men would drop politics for
,ittle while and turn their misdirected
energies towards the establishment of
such factory here, they would confer a
lasting benefit upon the parish. No
better location for such an enterprise
exists in Louisiana than right here at
Opelousas.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-02-07

The Atlanta Constitution suggests
that the farmers are doing a great deal
of hard thinking just now, and refers
to the fact that the National Alliance
has put plank in its platform for an
equitable tax on incomes which the
country will endorse. Under such q
tax it thinks something can be done to
prevent the $20,OOO,00O day capitalists
from growing richer and the one dollar
day toiler from growing poorer cit
is clearly the concentration of too much
wealth in the hands of a few that checks
general prosperity"
AS the Times has before suggested, an
adoption of the Swiss mode of assess
ments might operate a great change for
the better-hlexandria Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-02-07

The "32d District Press Association y
OF the State of New York has adopted a
rule requiring that" all cards of thanks,
resolutions of respect, lists of wedding
presents and their donors, obituary poe
try and notices. notices of church, soci-
ETY., and all other entertainments, from
which a revenue is derived, shall be
charged for - y at the regular rates per
lines for ,pnffs. This cuts off lot of
deadheaa business which it is nowise
fair should be imposed upon publishers
anywhere. But it requires combination
to regulate such matters.-N. @. City
ltems