The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-08


great pain and growing weaker every hour
His sickness was pronounced an at
tack of acute rheumatism He was
untiringly nursed by his wife, who
hardly left his bedside from the mo.
ment his illnes was pronounced seri-
Gus. Parnell did not seem to rally, but
grew weaker and weaker. Several hours
before his death he became unconscious,
and so remained until he died.
Mrs. Parnell, Mr.. Parnell, his step
daughters and servants, according to the
latest accounts of the death of Mr.. Par
nell, were the only occupants of the house
on the Walsingham Terrace when the
Irish leader expired. The end, these later
reports state, was one of intense agony for
the sick man until the moment when he
became unconscious, and evidently died
without pain.
A son of DR.. William Richard Powers, F.
r. S., author of many important medical
works on diseases of the brain and spinal
cord, who had been attending Parnell, was
the physician who watched the closing
hours of his life. The great leaders con-
dition was so bad throughout Tuesday
that DR.. Powers was unable to leave his
bedside from early this morning until
Parnell breathed his last
This evening Mrs. Parnell is receiving a
large number of kilograms from appar-
entity all parts of the world, all of them
containing words of coincidence.
A dispatch sent from Brighton at 5 80
p. m. today said that Mrs. Parnell contin-
ues in condition too prostrated to be able
to see any one. Both Mr.. Powers and his
son refuse to make any statement as TO the
cause of his death, or as to the progress of
the sickness until the family authorizes it.
Later-Parnell, it is now stated, suf-
fered from congestion of the lungs be-
sides rheumatism. He became uncon-
scious at Z O'Clock last evening. After
repeated recalling to sensibility he
lapsed into final Inconsistencies. The
night without was a wild one, the
winds bowling around the house and
heavy gusts of rain beating at the win
dows. Signs of extreme exhaustion
warned those about the bedside that the
end was near. He finally passed away be-
fore his wife realized he was dead She
had borne up most nobly to the last, and
then. when all was over, broke down
utterly.
TCharles Stewart Parnell was descended from
an English Protestant family. His paternal
of parliament and later peer. His maternal
grandfather was Rear-Admiral Stewart of the
United states navy, familiarly known as "Old
Irousides" Parnell was born in June, 1876 at
Avoudale. County wicklow, Ireland. He was
educated in English schools aud at Cambridge
university, where he remained two years. After
travelling through the United States, he settled
down on his estate in Ireland, and in 1874 waa
made sheriff of County Wicklow. In the next
wear he was elected TO parliament from
Meath as a Home Ruler. Isaac Butt
was then the leader OF this party, but
parneu and Biggar soon introduced
n policy of obstruction which he did not favor
The object was 10 compel parliament to redress
the grievances of Ireland under penalty of hav-
ing all the parliamentary work greatly DELAYED
or entirely stopped. By persistent speaking on
every subject that afforded opportunity they
weared out the patience OF the English men,
hers, and at las; obliged them TO take some ac-
ton on IFish questions. For example, on July
81, 1877, at p. m, the house OF commons went
into committee OF the whole on the south Airi-
can BILL At once trouble began. Every device
in the share OF amendments on which the house
could be divided was resorted to- At sn early
stage the motion that progress be reported was
made II simply means that no more business
can be done on that measure. Again
and again did the members file
out to the. lobby Tor division, and
return TO their seats and fiIe out again. But
the government had made preparations to wear
out the resistance of the Obstructonists by
physical means. II was arranged that the
| House should be attended night a3d day by re-
| lays of fresh members, who were to carry on the
fight until exha austed nature compelled the