The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-10-15

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 menu
Der Of parliament had grown thinner, and
that he had
PERCEPT1 BLY, AGED IN APPEARANCE.
But nobody expected to hear of his death,
and no inkling 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
cluding his Manual of Diseases of the
Nervous SYSTEM" who has been attending
Mr.. Parnell. was the physician who watched
the closing hours of his life. 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.. Parnell, it is now stated, suffered
from congestion of the lungs, besides acute
rheumatism. He became unconscious at
o'clock last evening. His physicians,
who had gone for the evening, were hastily
summoned to his bedside. They found
him an hour later in an obviously hopeless
condition.
RAPIDLY DECLINED.
DUBLIN, Oct. 7,-Now that Mr.. Parnell is
dead, it is said that it was a matter of no
toriety among his intimate friends that his
health had been rapidly declining for
months past.
His friends and doctors, they say urged
him in vain to be more careful, but all their
remonstrances were unavailing. Mr.. Par
nell continued to work at the highest
pressure, and underwent constant priva-
tons and fatiguing journeys which would
have ruined the health of the strongest
man. g
After the Sligo election, when Bernard
Collery, the anti Parnell candidate, de:eat.
ed Mr.. Parnells candidate, Valentine b.
Dillon, 1t was privately admitted that Mr.,
Parnell was greatly depressed, and that he
felt himself obliged to resort to stimulants
in order to sustain his nerves. ..x-,
AT Creegs, Sept. 27 last, Mr.. Parnell com.
planned OF suffering from 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-
ferred to.
LIKE THUNDERBoLT.
LONDON, Oct. Tin this city particularly
the news of Mr.. Parnell's death came down
like athunderbolt upon the clubs and in
political circles. Nobody, so far as at frs
known, was even aware that 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.
Telegrams received here from Dublin an6
other towns in Ireland and the principa
towns in England unite in reporting that
the death OF Parnell has caused the creates
sensation among his supporters princi
pally on accoun. of the sudden manner il
which he died.
In Dublin the late Irish leaders support
ers are In state of conservation. A meet
ing of these friends of Mr.. Parnell was hastil,
called as soon as the news of his death be
came known, aud at this meeting, which
was only a preliminary gathering, 1t wa
decided that meeting of all Mr.. Parnella
consider what STEPS to take in the face o
what may be termed q most disastrous even
for their party.
THE POLITICAL EFFECT.
LONDON, Oct. Tin an interview to-day
Justin Mccarthy. member OF parliamen
for Londonderry and leader OF the anti
Parnell faction OF the Irish Parliamentar,
party, discussing the political effect of Mr.
Parnelps death, said that il was impossibl
TO forecast the political effect of the dealt
of Mr.. Parnell.
Mr.. Mccarthy added, however, that h
hoped 1t would lead to complete reunion
OF al shades of opinion among Irishmen II
general and in the Irish Parliamentar.
party In particular. Certainly, he said,