| Show DEATH OF HENRY new york fork oct 29 henry george died ed at union square are hotel this morn lug ltv of apoplexy he made four speeches last night after speaking at several campaign meetings tings last evening mr george re awed to the hotel about 11 he be ate a light supper and immediately retired about this morning he and complained of suffering severe pains S ife became unconscious from which condition he did not recover nr mr george arrived at the hotel about t this morning he had just finitte fio itte from several large mass meetings to the h borough of queens and brooklyn the work of the night seemed to have told on him he complained of being tired but his friends and relatives who awaited him thought it only the natural fatigue that follows such hard campaign work as mr george has been doing not long after reaching the hotel he retired it was about when mrs george was awakened she found mr george sitting in an arm chair 1 I am not feeling quite comfortable said mr george to his wife wont you go back to bed inquired mrs george anxiously 1 I will sit here awhile was the response mrs george at once grew anxious as to her husbands condition mr george gradually grew incoherent and lapsed into semi consciousness mrs george was now thoroughly alarmed and called her son henry george jr from an adjoining room mr george was now unconscious A call was sent to dr kelly east street and he came without delay mr george was still unconscious all efforts to revive him failed with out a sign of recognition to those around him he passed peacefully away at mrs george was prostrated and was cared for by the friends of the family at the hotel tom li johnson was sent for and arrived at frank stephens a personal friend of mr george and one of his campaign managers was at the candidates bedside after the fatal attack came he said 1 I came into the union square hotel at 1 this morning and found mr and mrs george sitting at a table in the dining room with a few friends mr george had just returned from the central opera house where he had delivered a speech after a light meal mr george complained of indigestion he soon retired after bidding us all good night mrs george found him sitting in an arm chair about soon a after his condition became alarming 9 and she summoned several of Us I 1 went at once for the doctor and on my way stopped at the waldorf and notified mr johnson he was shocked and lost no time in getting to the union square hotel I 1 then went to mr georges residence in south brooklyn and notified the members of his family there his son richard and his unmarried daughter were there at the time with them were two nieces of mr george daughters of his brother broth thomas who reside in philadelphia after his nomination for mayor by jeffersonian democrats a month ago mr george made an extremely active canvass speaking several times every evening and working from early to late at his headquarters he gave to the campaign its most sensational incidents in attacks on richard croker and senator platt whom he threatened to prosecute for various crimes such as blackmail upon city contractors and aspirants for office should he ie be elected mayor his candidacy gave to the coming election its greatest element of uncertainty for according to expert politicians it was practically impossible to estimate how much bryans vote of last year would go to george instead of van wyck last night mr george spoke in the borough of queens and later in the borough of manhattan at the central opera house he was greeted by large and enthusiastic crowds everywhere tn in one of his last speeches mr george said 1 I have labored for years to make myself known and now at last these things are all written down I 1 believe that the needed reforms are summed up in the philosophy the right of every man to eat to drink to speak as he sees fit so long as he does not trench on the rights of others in the same speech he repeated threats against mr croker in a ringing voice that greatly affected his hearers saying let him go to the pen he shall go there mrs george accompanied her husband on most of hij speechmaking speech making trips and she was with him last night newspaper men who have been with george during the campaign have felt elt that the strain was surely and rapidly breaking him down at times he was incoherent his whole temperament underwent a complete change his speeches delivered by the half dozen each day were often rambling though their trend was ever faithful to the toilers boilers whose devoted champion he has been for life mrs george and henry george jr have been solicit ious regarding the effect of the terrible strain of his being bundled about from place to place each day far into the night and making speeches before wildly enthusiastic gatherings of his admirers and it has been noted again and again that his faithful wife sat beside her husband on the platform from which he spoke or r watched closely from 4 place of vantage close by mr george has not been strong for or the past three years and his son aon henry george jr has been his companion in almost every enterprise in iii which he has engaged going with him on his tours of the west as a special newspaper correspondent in the late presidential campaign and keeping close at his side in his movements in this campaign within the past day or two close friends of mr george have noted with apprehension marked changes in his manner and appearance wrinkles came at the corners of his eyes which were dull and sunken his voice usually resonant and pleasant now pitched almost to piping treble in conversation and was waa querulous while he seemed like one whose nerves were so highly wrought that they might snap without aft warning the face of the campaign campal arfi was harder than this man high strung bad sensitive could maintain the journal and advertiser this morning contained an article written by alfred henry lewis who visited the i famous single tax advocate at af quarters in the union square hotel yea 7 berday of his impressions mr lewis wrote the henry george I 1 found kasnot the henry george I 1 had met mert fewer thin than two months ago when I 1 saw him last he was tranquil quiet even steady as to nerves rational sedately contented talking of his books and his tax dreams today I 1 met a man haggard pinched with a face as thin and peaked pe as a pin his eye roved his sair was tumbled his face a theater ofhie of order it if he was the picture of anything it was his unfed ambition made desperate there was despair too to JU his face as if in a dim way he looked into the future black with disappointment I 1 tell you it was a shock to see the man |
