Show DEATH OF CHARLES STEWART PARNELL LONDON oct 7 parnell died at brightop tou last night the death was the result of a chill caught last week he took to bed on friday and died at walsingham terrace at half past pasi eleven last night great britain and ireland was startled this morning by the utterly unlooked unlocked for announcement that charles stewart Parnell the noted irish leader died suddenly yesterday evening in brighton tOD it has been known that parnell has not enjoyed the best of health for years and it has been noticed and widely commented upon that since the oshea divorce developments and the political trouble that came upon him the great irish member of parliament has grown thinner and that he be perceptibly aged in appearance but nobody expected eted to hear of his death and no re inkling k as to his hia illness had reached the newspapers only at thi 1 p m has it be been on possible to obtain the details in regard to his bis death he dieu died at his home walsingham barn ferrace ce brighton at 1130 1180 yesterday evening the death is said to have been indirectly due to a chill caught last week which at first was not regarded as aa serious parnell however grow grew worse and a physician was called in with the resu result it t that the patient was ordered taken to bed this was friday last and from that time parnell lost strength and finally succumbed the exact nature of the disease is not known at present from the day he took to bed however the state of parnell Parn elPs s health was such as to necessitate the constant attendance of two physicians sic ians but in spite of their incessant untiring efforts to save or prolong his life parnell gradually sank lower and lower until he expired in the arms of mrs parnell who to is utterly prostrated by the shook HOW THE MEWS IS IN LONDON in this city particularly the news of Parn Par elPs nells death came like a thunderbolt on the clubs and in political circles nobody was even aware that he was ind when it became known that the irish leader was dead the first idea was that he committed suicide As the day wore on however it leaked out from statements of his intimate friends that parnell bad complained recently of not feeling as well as usual but it was not thought by anybody to be anything serious though he was wa thinner than last year the last time parnell appeared in public was at creeds ireland september when he delivered a long speech upon the attitude and alleged inconsistencies of dillon and obrien upon that occasion parnell stated that he was speak ing in defiance of the orders of the doctors attending him and who ordered him to keep his room coupled with the announcement that parnell died laet night was the 4 news that sir john pope hennessy member of parliament for north kilkenny also to is dead hennessy it will be remembered bee immediately after the exposure in the oshea divorce case contested the north kilkenny election backed by Parnell Parn elPs Ps opponents defeated the Parnel lites candidate vincent scully with a majority of 1147 votes this was a great possibly the greatest test of strength between the Parnel lites and McCarthy ites and the defeat of scully no doubt counted for a great deal in the future series of disasters which bebel the irish leader HE WAS PALE while parnell was speaking at creeds it was noticed that he was very pale and in other respects not the same man as he had bad been in the past in 7 addition he carried his left aria arm in a sling eling he was suffering from rheumatism telegrams from the principal towns of england and ireland ire a nd unite in reporting that the death of parnell caused the greatest sensation among his supporters in dublin his hia support ere era are in a state of consternation A meeting was hastily called As soon as the news of the death was known k now D it was decided that a meeting of all parcells Parn Par elPa nells followers of that city sh should be called for this evening the object will be to 0 consider what steps to take in face of this most disastrous dAsa event for their party ANOTHER ACCOUNT parnell arrived in his nome at brighton from ireland on thursday and complained of suffering from a chill friday he was unable to leave his bis bed and the regular t physician with whom he be held is a consultation was summoned he considered par nellla illness serious anti sent beut for another physician with whom he held a long consultation this consultation was resumed sunday when parnell in great pain was growing weaker every hour his illness was pronounced to be an attack of acute acab rhe rheumatism u he was u nursed by his wife who hardly left his bedside from th the e mom moment t the III illness nes w was as pro pronounced tiou serious sei ious cainell did not seem to rally but grew weaker and weaker several hours before his death tie he became u unconscious n and so remained until he za died in intense agony owing to the suddenness of the irish leaders illness it was the belief of his wife and the physicians that he would recover no friends or relatives were present when he died only mrs parnell and the physicians |