Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-08
SUDDEN DEATH.
Charles Stewart Par
nell Dead.
The Irish Leaders Unex-
pected Demise.
He Died in the Arms of His
Devoted Wife.
Death Superinduced by Strain
of Recent Events.
A Rheumatic Fever the Direct Cause
Of His Taking OF.
The Whole World Electrified by the
News--His Aged Mother Violent
with Grief-Frlends and Foes
Overwhelmed With
Sorrow.
Death Superinduced by Strain
of Recent Events.
A Rheumatic Fever the Direct Cause
Of His Taking OF.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches
LONDON, Oct. 7.-Great Britain and
Ireland were startled this morning by
the utterly unlocked for announcement
that Charles Stewart Parnell, the noted
Irish leader, died suddenly yesterday
evening in Brighton. 1t had been
known that Parnell had not enjoyed the
best of health for years, and it had been
noticed and widely commented upon
that since the O'Shea divorce develop
ments and political trouble came upon
him the great Irish member of parlia-
nent had grown thinner, and that he
perceptibly aged in appearance, but
nobody expected to hear OF his death,
and no inkling as to his illness had
reached the newspapers.
DIED IN HIS wiFE's ARMS.
Only at this hour, l p. M, has it
been possible to obtain details regard
ing his death.
He died at his home at Walsingham
Terrace, Brighton. at II 80 yesterday
evening. Death is said to have been
indirectly due to chill caught last
week, which at first was not regarded
as serious. Parnell, however, grew
worse and physician was called in
with the result that the patient was Or
dered to take to his bed. This was
Friday last, and from that time Parnell
lost strength and finally succumbed.
The exact nature OF the disease is not
known at present. From the day he
took to bed, however, the state OF Par
nell's health was such as to necessitate
the constant attendance OF two physi-
clans, but in spite OF their incessant and
untiring efforts to prolong or save his
life, Parnell gradually sank lower, until
he expired in the arms of Mrs. Parnell,
who is utterly prostrated by the shock.
Ills LAST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC.
The last time that Parnell appeared
in public was at Creegs, Ireland, on Sep
tember 9th, when he delivered long
speech on the attitude and inconsisten-
cies of Dillon and O'Brien. On that oc-
casion ParnelI said he was speaking in
defiance OF the doctors, who ordered him
to keep his room.
While Parnell was speaking at Creegs
it was noticed that he was very pale and
in other respects not the same man he
had been in the past. In addition, he
carried his left arm in sling. He was
suffering from rheumatism.
sUDDENNEss OF HIS DEATH.
Parnell arrived home at Brighton from
Ireland on Thursday, and complained of
suffering from chill. Friday he was
unable to leave his bed, and his regular
physician was summoned. He consid-
cred Parnell'silln serious, and sent
for another physician, with whom he
held long consultation. This consulta-
ton was resumed on Sunday, when Par
nell was in great pain and was growing
weaker every hour. His sickness was
pronounced an attack Of acute rheuma-
tism. He was untiringly nursed by his
wife, who hardly left his bedside from
the moment his illness was pronounced
serious.
Parnell did not seem to rally, grew
weaker several hours before death, be-
came unconscious and SO remained until
he died.
UNsURRoUNDED BY FRIENDS.
s Owing to the suddenness of the Irish
leaguer's illness, and the belief of his
wife and physicians that he would re-
cover, no friends or relatives were pres
ent when he died; only Mrs. Parnell
and physicians.
Mrs. Parnell, Mrs. Parnell's step.
daughter and servants, according to the
latest accounts OF the death OF Mr.. Par.
nell, were the only occupants OF the
house on Walsingham Terrace when the
Irish leader expired. The end, these
later reports state, was one of intense
agony for the sick man, until the mo
ment when he became unconscious, and
he eventually died without pain.
LIKE A THUNDERBoLT.
In the city, particularly, the news O.
Parnell's death came like thunderbolt
upon clubs and political circles. No
body was even aware that he was indis