Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1891-10-15
fTEsvILE CHARLTON COUNTY NO. THURSDAY

,ssa -,uency until the g neral election OF
,, -, " neiI ne WIS returned for hree constit-
uehcies. including the one he had represent
ea 80 long He preferred to sit for tn. city
VI Nork' A tho beginning OF h s parlia-
- mary career he was n member of the
. fuie party, in which he soon rose to
eniihehce although a Protestant and person
ally not popular with the leading ,nembers.
III ocIooer OF the same year he founaeI and
was made president of the National Irish
Land league. = -
90 simultaneously with an agitation which in
100 mace Mr. ParEell the supreme Irisliman
AMI the virtual ruler of his country lextra.
ordinary means of relief wore adopted ;or
the rellef OF Irish distress, In which both
Ehglahd and the United States took a con-
p,I u'1 part In January, i-s9, Mr.. Par
nett Vislte1 the United States end created n
ieeI'hg that crfstalized Itself In the forma-
tion OF land league assoc iatious which
proved the main financial support of the
home organization. H. was subsequently,
noseh president of the home rule party in
place OF Mr Shaw. Towards the close of
isS informatio of seditious conspiracy was
aPPneo for by the crown against Mr. Par
neil ana certain of HIS associates Which re-
suited IN trial brought to an indetermi-
nave na.e issue, out their vir uli acqnlttal hS the
non-asreement of tn jury When he took
| his seat fo- Cork, the Young statesman was
hlaoe ieaoer or the IRISH plrty in the house
OF commons HIS tactics of obstruction
produced strong feeling azsinst him III
England, anu under the coercion act which
was tEought necessary By Mr.. Glad
| stones government for the restoration
! or the power of the crown In Ire.
| land, he was, in October. 1881 arrested as a
Inspect" and imprisoned in Kilmainham
| Jan. ne was released, it was alleged, as the
| result OF letter to the prime minister in
| which he Is understood to have offered his
co-operation with the regular authorities I'm
the restoration of order and the devising of
measures intended to obvlatc the causes of
political trouble in his naive land After
his return to the house of commons he
| showed remarkable ability as q leader ana
was Tor years the head and front of local
| agitation in Ireland. When the land League
collapsed as the result of the repressive leg
| islation adopted Ly parliament, he organized
tne irish National league, which was largely
composed OF the same membership. las
operations, however, were more or less re-
strained by law until about the time of the
change of the ministry, when Ireland again
came under the administration of Justice.
Gradually, as the years of conflict succeed.
ed each other, brighter and brighter became
the prospects ofultimate success, nearer ard
nearer to the goa! to be gained were the van.
tage points seze1 and held.
Then came the publication in the "Thun-
derer," which had opposed ParneH contip-
uously for years, of n series OF sensational
articles on 'Pafneliism ana Crime" and W tn
the articles were published discriminating
letters in fac simile, signed by Parneu, Pat
rick Egan ami others The dramatic col.
lapse of the Times, case, the vindiction of
Parneli and the suicide of the forger, Pigost.
would occupy too muoh space to relate in
detail.
In December, 1889, there appeareI on the |
horizon OF tha disturbed field of Irish pof- |
itics Cloud so small that few reg lrded it |
1t hung darkly there Tor months, growing |
larger aud more threatening tho WHILE for |
cut OF It was to come II storm whi II was 10
wreck the political fortunes OF III foremost |
man in all Ireland and set lack the fortunes /
OF its cause for unto d years
In 1880 Mr.. Parnell became acquainted with |
one Capt. O'Shea, and then first met the /
woman who was destined to be his ruin.
Catherine o'Shea was the daughter of the
late Sir Page Wood. baronef, of Rlven-
hall place, and in Essex. England sister
OF Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood, AMI granddaugh.
ter of Sir Matthew Wood, who was twice
lord mayor of London and won great popu-
larity in his day by his staunch
championship of Queen Caroline tbe
met O'Shea sac was one of the reiqn-
ing bellies of Dublin AMI be was the posses.
sor of very comfortable fortune, which he |
has since disslpated. About year ago she
inherited a fortune in her own right amount.
ing to nearly SIG0 COZ
O'Shea became of one of ParnelI,s inti |
mates and was one OF his trusted parlia.
ment9ry adherents Parnen even forced
o'Shea upon G atre as its parliamentary rep.
resentatlve when he hsd been rejected bv |
constituency
After Parnell had betn introduced into
OShea's home he became accustomed TO |
visit the fair Catherine secretly on her hus.
bands n ,sence. he even ventured TO lodge
in her house, and they met in other houses I
under assumed names. ParnelI would fre-
7uentlY absent himself fro n parliament, AID
not even the most tfnsted o. his parliament
ary associates would know whittier he had
gone At these times, when h was supposei
70 have gone into retirement the better 10
perfect plans for the Advancement Of his I
cause, it is now known that he
was oonsorting with Mi-tress Catherine srr
hmse utterly 10 the v,.cber;es
Of her encBantmeAts.
VAh.. VeM'a ~ 81" :. 10 have made some
. :, wcan his wife from her infatu-
..lon, but she hated him and loved the Irish
,eader He IL said to have challenged Par
1eII TO fight duel and then 10 have been
noodwiu ked by Ingenious falsehoods. How
ever that may be- 1t Is certain that his pett-
ION for a divorce, alleging adultery AID
,ominu Parnell as correspondent, was
odued the day before Christmas in 1899 and
,ame up for trial November Is. $50
The petitfon naturally excited comm0tfon
N tbe ranks of both friends and enemies 1t
was boldly said that Parncil would come
put of the trial "wit hout stain on his
acnnr" denial was entered vet wEen
De case was caI;ed Nrs O'Shca'5 lawyer
,aid that he would not cross examine or
.alI witnesses No one appeared for Par
aell and the case went undefended. Evil
fence was Heard in behalf of the petition
and on November II Justice Brett pro-
bounced a decree $50 wing the marriage.
ParneIps silence was taken as a Confession.
Then W IS preclpitated upon the Iri.h party
one OF the greatest struggles known in Irish
ooI tea Parnell fl citing 10 retain the leader
ship and a majority Of his old associates
struggling TO d spr.ve him of IT.