New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-09

hands. which he usually held behind his back,
clenched with such force that the nails aug into
the palms He never spoke in public il he couid
possiby avoid it and never because he hau an
idea that people wanted to hear him. MI " Ooh-
nor saws that Parnell was eminenty superstiuious
even in the most trivial matters lie wouio IT.
fuse to remain in room If three canui's "eio
burning within it, and regarded green DO oeins
peculiarly unlucky. When the HeeeoA VI One
city of Dublin was conferred upon niil' he par
tieularly requested that the hnlng ol Vhe caeAeO
in which the parchment was 10 'e piaceu anu
handed to him should no. oc ei''A '"' P''P''
Purple was his favorite coIo'' -,
, A. porno,l did not discuss with his political
...no;o.oc ,ho domestic occurrence which made
~li,,,,ook ~ a life of power; but. from the hour
...lr. :. oome he was q changed man. He used
..a;, "a that time to be entirely accessible
r. r,,od in somewhat poor lodgings, and was al
- annarently Indifferent to the nature Of
49, noraonal surroundings When not in those
TO-. lodrings. he was to be found at a house
,vbere he often spent his evenings with his col
| loognes in Parliament or at restaurant they
zorro in the habit Of frequenting. But from the
onening Of the period of his unhappy passion all
was changed in Mr.. Parnells surroundings and
mode of life. Mr.. O'Connor says:
"I sometimes think that on the day when he
had definitely chosen to risk all, his advice was
wanted on an important point in relation to the
proceedings in Parliament of the Irish Members
met him close to the Westminster Palace Hotel,
and for the first time in my experience with him
he was excited and irritable. He wrote tele-
gram with fierce vehemence, making at the same
time some strong and wholly irrelevant observa-
tions. Altogether, he was utterly different from
the equable, pleasant, easy tempered man ne had
been before From that time his relations with
his colleagues were altered. For two or three
wears he continued to gain flesh, and his 1.-the
form became stout and almost unwieidy Ills
walk lost it's elasticity. Then came another trans
formation. He suddenly lost flesh. and became
terribly thin and CHASTITY pale. He used TO
disonnoar for davs at a time and
then would drag himself to the House
with CLASSY eye, emacated face and totteTlng walk
the picture of coming death a stern silence was
however, maintained between him ana his ola col
leagues in relation to these incidents. AS RUE.
he would speak, when he felt the Inclination, 10
one of them whom he had just before denounced
as q coward and traitor as if absolutely nothing
had occurred TO disturb the pleasant Telau0hs IN
isting between them. / met him accidentally 1or
the first time after my return from America Aiter
n handshake, | asked him how he was lilS
rather discouraging, reply was: on, peTIec1tLy 1Ly
well much better than you are lhese were @ lnc
last words exchanged between us, VINO hau pceh
close friends for fifteen years.
Mr.. OConnor in a speech at Bristol to-day,
said The tragic suddenness of his death VIII eA-
plain much of the last nine months. lie was not
a strong and vigorous man IN the prime OF me.
There was a period in Parnells life when no man
was inspired with higher sense OF duty: Ills
services written III lmperlsnaole lines III Vho
memories Of Irishmen and Englishmen"
Brighton, Oct. 8, Midnight.-After giving the
subject considerable deibeTation, the medical au-
thorties have decided to fOrego the proposed post
mortem examination. Dr. Covers ana Two olieI
physicians carefully examined the pody before III
was deposited in the coffin, and agreed that therS
was no necessity for examination There VIII
be no religious ceremony here. The body VIII De
conveyed to London on Saturday, arriving there III
time to catch the Irish night mail TRAM
Dublin Oct. Sat a meeting to-day OF the Cor
regret at the death of Mr. Parnell were passed
and the Lord Mayor and members OF the cor
pOration were empowered to attend inc IuIera'
in their robes of state. At meeting OF the mem
resolution calling 5qF Q%Re RfadaoRd 70 Mfmsfr r
leadership of the party was passed. Resolutions
also unanimously adopted. Most OF the stores
throughout the leading towns Of Ireland were
closed to-day out of respect for the memory OF
the dead leader. D,.. .n
Dublin Harbor. and other prominent members Of
the Psrnete party in reply 10 numerous SOIGl-
tations for interviews upon Mr.. Parnells death.
refused TO discuss the political situation at present.
Paris, Oct s-The newspapers of this city agree
In the opnion that the death of Mr.. Parnell Will
eventually prove of enormous ADVANTAGE TO inc
Liberal partv and that it will undoubtedly tend
nels death is an occurrence OF enormous pohIIcaI
The Figaro" this morning, saws that MI far,
nes death is an occurrence OF enormous poiitGal I
significance not only for England but Tor tle
whole of Europe, it assures the triumph OF Giau-
stonians and the consequent modification ol Eng
lands foreign policy