The Russellville Democrat., 1891-10-15
rHE FAMous IRIsA LEAoER
Die Suddenly Yesterday Evening, st His Home In Brightou-Dsath Indi-
 rsctly Due te a Chill.
Coupled With the Announcement Was the News of the Death of Sir
 John Pope Hennessy.

md Ireland were startled this morn ng by sn utterly unlocked for an Charles Stewart Par lell. the noted Irish leader, died yesterday evening st his nome in Brighton.
 It hsd been well known thst Mir. Psrnell hsd not enjoyed the pest Of health for years past, and it hsd been noticed snd widely commented upon since the O'Shes divorce developments became B matter of public notoriety, and since the political trouble came upon him, the great Irish mem Der of parliament had grown thinner, and he was percepti- bly aged in appearance, but nobody expected to hear of his death, snd no inkling ss to his illness mad reached the newspapers.
 Only st this hour 1 am. has it been possible b obtsiu the details in regard to the desth of Mfr. PsrEell. He died st his home at Wslsinghsm Terrace, East Brighton, st l1:S0 yesterday evening. Death is said to have been indirectly due to s chill which he caught last week snd which was first not regarded ss being of serious nature. Mir. Psrnen, however, grew worse, snd his physician called in with the result that his patient was to take his bed. This was Friday last. From this time Psrnell lost strength and finally suecumbed.
 The exact nature of the disease, which caused the desth et the Irish lesder, is not msde known st present. From the day he took his bed, the state of MT. Psrnell's health was such ss necss sitsted the constant attention of two physi- cans, but in spite of their inces- sant and untiriDg efforts to prolOng or save his life, Mr. Parnell gradually sank lower and lower until he ex- pirei in the arms of Mrs. Parnell, who is utterly prostrsted by the shock experienced through her hus- bands death.
 LIKE A THUNDERBoLT.
 LONDON, Oct. :. In this city par tiCulArly the news of Mir. Psrnell's death came down like s thunderbolt U oon the clubs snd in political circles. SO far ss it wss first known, was even aware thst be WAS iBdis- posed, and consequently when il became known that the Irish leader was dead, naturally the first idea formed was that he hsd con- mitted suicide.
 As the day wore on, however, it leaked out from statements of his intimate friends that Mir. Psrnell to them recently of not feeling ss well as usual, but it was not thought by anybody that there was anything serious in the symp- toms referred to the lsts member from Cork, though he was thinner thsn he was last year.
 The lsst time Mir. Psrnell ap- pesred in public was st Creeys, Ire land, on September 27, when be de- Iivered long speech upon the atti- tude snd alleged inconsistencies of Messrs. Dillon and 0'Brien. Upon that occasion MT. PArnell stated that he was speaking in defiance of orders of doctors who were attending him, sud who expressly ordered him to keep to his room.
 BIOGRAPHICAL.
 Charles Stewart Psrnell was born st Avondale, county Wicklow, in ls46. He descended from sn En- glish family which had been settled for many generations in Ireland His mother is the daughter of Ad- mirAl Charles Stewart, the we'll known American naval officer.
 Mir. Psrnen was educated sltcgeth- CT in England, and was student of Cambridge.
 In 1874 he became high sheriff of Wicklow, and was beaten in sn effort to enter parliament. Next year he was returned for the county Of Nestle, in succession to John Martin, snd for one year took no pSrt in the work of the house. He became gradually more prominent until 1878, when he wss elected president ot the Home Rule Confederation. He was subse- qucntly elected to represent lhe city of Cork. He displayed remarkable ability ss 8 parliamentary debster and tseticisn, snd ss an organizer in the interests of the Irish Home Rue party.
 He identified himself with tenant farmers of Ireland in their struggles with sbssnteeism and high rents, and wss chiefly instrumental in forming and sustaining the Land League of 1879.
 In November, 1880, inf0rmsti0us were laid by the Irish attorney geu- ersl sgsinst MT. Psruen sDd other members Of the land leAgae exeeu- tive. The trial ended iu disagree msniof the jury, In the opening essiOn of 1881 the gov srhment brought in CO.,