The herald., 1897-10-11
PARNELL
HoNoRED
On the Sixth Anniversary
of His Death
AN EXHIBITION OF POVERTY
FROM WHICH THE ARISTOCRACY
HELD ALOOF
Barefooted Children and Aged Men
Give Silent Suggestion of Con-
ditions Ruling in ireland
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
DUBLIN, Oct. 1O.-Today is the sixth
anniversary Of the death of Charles
Stewart Parnell. Five thousand Ma
| tionalists paraded the streets to the
Ebleak Glasnevin cemetery, where they
heaped high the grave of their famous
and talented leader with flowers brought
| from all the counties of Ireland.
! The demonstration was unique. Pre-
vious demonstrations have had a strict
| ly funeral character, but in accordance
with the decision of the leaders that of
today was divested of all the trappings
and the suits of woe, and converted into
triumphal procession. lively national
airs replacing drges.
The country people were brought in
| by crowded excursion trains In their
hats they wore shamrocks instead of
crepe. 1t was emphatically the peoples
day, for the aristocracy held coldly
| aloof. No flags were raised on the
public buildings along the line Of march,
and only a few houses Of the poor dis
played decorations.
The poverty of Ireland was exhibited,
not only by the children who walked in
their bare feet, but in the attempts at
a uniform for the processionists, who
seldom achieved more than faded
green sash or a spray of ivy. The day
was wet, windy and cherries, and the
demonstration was imposing in no re-
spect except in its spirit
The procession started from st. Ste
phen's green at / o'clock, led by mount
| ed guard of honor of Irish Nationalists,
| Immediately followed by the York k-street
brass band, which preceded the memo
rial car. The car was the most conspic-
uous feature. 1t was drawn by four
coal horses and upon it were piled
wreaths and crosses, veritable mass OF
white and green stacked as high as
load of hay. A bronze bust of Parnell
surmounted the car, and above the head
streamed a green flag emblazoned with
a setting sun in gold.
After the car came the members Of the
Irish parliamentary party, headed by
John Redmond, me mber Of parliament
for Waterford, the moving spirit of the
celebration. They were followed by the
honorary officers of the demonstration
committee, the staffs of the Irish Daily
Independent, the Evening Herald and
Weekly independent; delegates from the
Irish National league Of Great Britain
and then by the carriages containing
John Parnell, NJ. p; Mrs. Dickinson,
sister of the dead patriot; other men,
bers of the Parnell family, and James
Stephens.
The venerable Mrs. Della Parnell was
unable to be present.
| The lord mayor and corporation of
Dublin, the mayors sheriffs andI NUM-
cipal dignitaries of Cork and Limerick
rode in their officia. regala, the maces
being wound with ivy. After them came
various deputations carrying gaudy
banners, the Dublin corporation labor
ers, the Mineral Water Operatives soci-
ETY., the Ancient Order of Foresters, the
Regular Operative Coopers' society, the
Friendly Brothe rhood Of Ireland, the
York street Workmen's club, the post
Office officials the Bluebell Workmen's
club. the O'Donnell Gaelic Football
club and other societies, representa-
tives of the brewing trade, representa-
tives Of seven building trades, repre-
sentatives Of the printing trades, the
coachmakers and the poulterers
There were more than thirty bands in
the procession and every county and
large town, as we'll as scores of smaller
towns, had official representatives
No union jacks were carried, but
nearly every county delegation carried
the Stars and Stripes next to the green
flag. One of the most suggestive fea-
lures of the demonstration was the pre-
dominance of children and aged people,
tbat hG of tiOn, -
carrying Ireland's ablebodied sons and
daughters to more prosperous lands.
Though the crowds were so great that
the police had considerable difficulty in
clearing the way for the procession, there
was no disturbance.
On the arrival of the procession at tn Z
cemetery the committee and the mem
bers of the Parnell family deposited
wreaths and floral tokens at the grave.
There was no speechmaking, and moth
ing in the way of formal ceremony
shower finally sent the spectators sour
rying to shelter.
There was no partisan collisions and
the tone of the anti-Parnell press, in
commenting upon the anniversary and
the celebration, is exceptionally mod
crate.
able that great mans memory should
be dragged into the arena of party pol
itics. Parneil has been dead'long enough
for his name to be placed beside those of
the greatest patriots, high above Sec
tion and. sect, and amid the reverence
and love of a grateful people, united in
sentiment here. if, unfortunately no
where else"
RELIEF MEASURES
LONDON, Oct. 10.-In reply to petit
ton signed by sixty four members OF
the Irish party in the house of commons
asking the government to call special
session of parliament to deal with the
exceptional distress in Ireland, Arthur
Balfour, first lord of the treasury and
government leader in the house of COM
mons, has written to John Dillon, the
Irish leader in the house, as follows:
"The government has observed the |