The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-15
CHARLES S. PARNELL DEAD.
Friends and Foes Surpris"d and Shocked by
his Sudden End-The Famous Leader
Returns from IrelanG-Takes to His
Bed, and Dies IN Four Days.

LONDON, Oct. MIR. Parnell died a
Brighton. His death was the result O.
a chill caught last week. lie took tx
his bed On Friday last, and died a
Walsingham terrace at l1:30 O'clock
last night. Great Britain and ireland
We're startled this morning by the ut
terly unlooked-for announcement. l!
has been we'll known that Mr.. Parnel
has not enjoyed the best Of health fol
years past, and it has been noticed ano
widely commented upon, that since
the O'Shea divorce Developments be-
came matter of public notoriety, and
since the political trouble came upon
him, the Irish member has grown
thinner, and perceptibly aged in ap-
pearance. But nobody expected to
hear of his death, and no inkl;rg as to
his illness had reached the newspa-
pers.
The chill which he caught last week
was not regarded az serious. Mr.. Par
nell, however, grew worse, and ply
sician was called in, with the result
that the patient was ordered to take to
his bed. This was on Friday last, and
from that time Mr.. Parnell lost
strength, and finally succumbed. From
the day he took to his bed the state of
Mr.. Parnell's health has been such as
to necessitate the constant attendance
of two physicians but, in spite of their
incessant and untiring efforts to pro-
long or to save his life, Mr.. Parnell
gradually sank lower and lower until
he expired in the arms of Mrs. Parnell,
who is utterly Frustrated by the shock.
Another account of Mr.. Parnell's i'll
ness is as follows He arrived at his
home, at Brighton, from Ireland on
Thursday, and complained OF suffering
from Chill. On the Friday following
he was unable to leave his bed, and his
regular physician was summoned. He
seems to have considered Mr.. Parnelps
illness to have been of a serious nature,
for he sooI sent for another physician,
with whom he held long consulta-
ton. This consultation Of physicians
was resumed On Sunday, when Mr..
Parnell was found to be in great pain
and apparently growing weaker every
if.l-
be an attack of acute rheumatism, and
every attention was paid to the sufferer.
He was carefully nursed by bis wife,
who hardly left his beside from the
moment her husbands illness was
pronounced to be of serious nature.
Mr.. Parnell, however, grew steadily
weaker. Several hours before his death
be became UNCONSCIOUS and so remained
until he died.
Owing to the sudddenness of the
Irish leaders illness, and TO the belief
of his wife and Of the attending
physicians that he would recover, no
friends or relations Of his family or Of
that of Mrs. Parnell were present when
he died. Mrs. Parnell and the physi-
clans were alone at the time.
In this city, particularly, the news o.
Mr.. Parnell's death fell like thunder
bolt upon the clubs and in the political
circles. Nobody, so far as at first known,
was even aware hat he was indisposed,
and, consequently, when it became
known that the Irish leader was dead,
the first idea was that be had COM
mitted suicide. As the day wore on,
however, it came out, through the
statements of his intimate friends, that
Mr.. Parnell had complained to them
recently Of not feeling as we'll as usual,
but it was not thought by anybody
that there was anything serious in his
symptoms, though he was thinner
than he was last year,
The last time Mr.. Parnell appeared
in public was at Gregg, in Ireland, on
Sept. y, when he delivered long
speech upon the attitude and alleged
inconsistencies OF Messrs. Dillon and
O'Brien. Upon that occasion he said
that he was speakingin defiance of the
orders of the doctors who were attend
ing him, and who had expressly or
dered him to Keep to his room.
While Mr.. Parnell was speaking at
Gregg it was noticed that he was very
pale, and that, in other respects, he
was net the man he had been in the
past He then carried lis left arm in
sling, and his friends, upon asking
him = cause, were informed that he
~. ,tfering from rheumatism.
kilograms received here from Dublin
and other towns in Ireland, and from
::le principal towns in England, unite
il reporting that the death Of Mr.. Par
nell has caused great sensation among
his supporters, principally Oh account
of its suddenness.
AFTER BROTHER STOKES SHOES.