Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04
ANNA PARNELL
BACK IN IRELAND
RETURNS AFTER Fifteen
YEARS OF EXILE
Sister Of the Late Charles Stewart
Parnell in Erin Once More-Not
So Closely Identified with Ma
tionaists as He Was
by TIMOTHY j. O'CONNOR
Ial Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
DUBLIN, Nov. 3.-After almost fif
teen years of exile, Miss Anna Parnell
sister of Charles Stewart Parnell, is a
present in Ireland, and is staying will
friends in one of the Dublin suburbs
Miss Anna Parnell is, Intellectually
closer to her brother Charles than an!
member of her family. Her sister Mis-
Fanny Parnell, was a more enthusiastic
| Nationalist, and no one can ever forge
her wonderful poem about THE Des
| tiny of Ireland" when she anticipated
only too soon her own early death, ant
| asked:
Shall mine eyes behold thy glory,
Oh, my country?
Miss Anna Parnell had not so continu
ously identified herself with the ma
tional movement as her younger sister
but that she felt the same indignation
of Swift about the misgovernment o1
Ireland by England was fairly wei
known when, as young girl, she took
hold of the bride of Lord Spencer's
horse in Westmoreland street, and
asked him why he allowed poor peas
ants in the west to be thrown on the
roadside.
The incident at the time created a
tremendous sensation. 1t was almost
as If bomb had exploded in the vaults
of Dublin castle, or as if a new Titus
Oates conspiracy had been discovered.
Since that dramatic incident Miss Par
nell has not taken any kind of promi-
nent part in connection with Irish poll
tics, but letter which she wrote few
years ago in connection with the visit
of Queen Victoria showed that she still
held the opinions of the early eighties,
| when she was one of the most energetic
| members of the Ladies' Land league.
Miss Parnell visited Glasnevin three
months after the death of her brother
in order to see his grave, and since ther
| she has not been in this country
There is a tradition among the sur
vivors of the literary staff of the Irish
Peoples newspaper" says Mr.. 7. P.
O'Connor in his "Parnell Movement" OF
young lady, heavily veiled, coming
with a contribution to the office of the
journal during it's troubled career
This was Miss Fanny Parnell." There
was not member of the family, from
the mother to the youngest daughter
who had not this intense love of their
country.
Surgeon McArdle has rendered a valu-
able public service. He has given the
sanction of his great ability and ex-
perience and pre-eminent position ir
his profession to the urgent and all
| important movement for the suppress.
sion of tuberculosis in Ireland. He
selected Tuberculosis" as the theme oi
his inaugural address delivered before
a crowded and appreclative audience
| on the opening of the session at st
Vincent's hospital. and treated the sub
| iect with a power peculiarly his own
He showed that while in other coun.
| tries efforts, and successful efforts, are
| being made to check the raVages Of
| tuberculosis, in Ireland the mortality
from the disease is steadily increasing
| Here. too. tables were displayed which
| showed the decline of the disease IL
England and Scotland and it's increase
| in Ireland. till from being the mos
favored this country has grown to bt
the most scourged
| The emigration returns for the nine
months ended with September just ou
| show a big increase. During the frs
| three months of the year there was {
substantial decline, but with Aprl
| there began a rush of emigrants which
has swollen the tide to figure much
| beyond previous years. The number O.
| emigrants to date is no less than 80, 081
as compared with 26215 last year. The
increase, strange to say. is less in Con.
naught than in the other provinces
| Ulster has contributed nearly 1900 O.
| the increase; 1886 of the emigrants haC
their passages paid for in America
| The facts discourage the belief that tn,
measures so far taken to give Irishmer
a fair chance in their own country are
effective. If the increase is maintained
| till the end of the year 35 900 younl
| Irlshmen and Irishwomen will have
| gone during the current year.