Show GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE ANSWERS THE LAST CALL Veteran Soldier Passes Away Avay at th the Capital of I the Nation J t w Stricken With Apoplexy on His Way From Boston to Washing B in ton Wife and Children Far Away When Wh n the End Came i A I April 1 rn 28 Brigadier I WASHINGTON W vv General Fitzhugh Lee U S A retired died at Providence hos hospital pital here tonight aged 68 08 years from froman troman an attack of apoplexy which he suf suffered suffered early this morning on a train while en n route from Boston to Wash n Alter After General Lee had been r removed to the hospital this morning it was evident nt to the attending att physicians t I dane that his case was a very serious one but Taut they believed bell eyed that his strong vitality and arid will ill power would assist eral oral was rather uncomfortable le most of the time his Ills breathing being difficult and his articulation when hen he be attempted to speak being heavy hen vy and thick The orders of Lieutenant George Lee a son who was about to sail for the Philip Philippines Philippines pines have been changed and he will come to Washington n and it is expect expected ed will be accompanied companied a by his sister the wife of Lieutenant Brown who also is now on the Pacific coast and whose orders were Issued directing him to sail with his regiment for the Philippines General Lees attack is attributed largely to his activity In behalf of the military and navy revenue which is to S t 4 4 b 41 9 I i I ii 7 1 i t I i I I 4 I 7 i f Fitzhugh Lee j materially In a partial part ial recovery r at least from the attack His condition remained fair considering the severity of the attack luring during the day but l Jy y after P 0 oIO k he h began to grow weaker his breathing became more rapid and his hili pulse lower terminating In less lea than t two w o hours hou in death The Thc end was peaceful and without pain the general Kenen remaining conscious until with within in five minutes of the end Half an hour before death de th General Generel l Ix Lee e recognized his brother Daniel Lee who ho caIne came into the room roots for a moment His Family Absent In tho the room when he hC h die dle l were Dr Montgomery ur J one of the physicians of the hospital h Miss MIo Dorsey a relative and find a IL nurse two of o the attending pity phy physicians ph J I Urs Jirs Edle Edi and Kean KeRn having y 1 retired temporarily A pathetic feature of or the Case cas Is that although General Lee Jee was blessed bles ed with a family consist consisting consistIng ing lug of a x wife vUe and live five children not n t one of them was with him at the time of his 11 death General Gener l Lee was wag conscious conS lous through throughout throughout out the day and recognized those who were admitted to the sick room Necessarily Necessarily these were very few persons and included the attending physicians the nurses and several relatives who came anie amE to visit him While not suffering any pain the gen be held In the vicinity l of Jamestown J 1 Va His heart and soul have been in inthe inthe inthe the work and und lIe he labored zealously to tomake tomake make naka it a success No Funeral Arrangements Arrangements for General L Lees es funeral together er with n ith the of the place of interment of the remains will not be made until after the arrival in Washington of Mrs Irs Lee who is iM now on her way wa to Washington from Fort Oglethorpe Ga Meanwhile the body bod will be prepared for burial and will viII re remain remain remain main at the hospital It is possible that the body may mOa be laid to rest at the Na Xa National National cemetery at Arlington although it is expected that General G n ral Lees friends lri n nUI w make an effort to have a site He chosen somewhere else in Virginia VirginiaA A widow and five live children survive sur e General Lee Two of the boys are army arm officers and two of the girls are wives of or army officers while the remaining child is a young woman still in her teens The children are arl Mrs Irs J C Rhea wife of Lieutenant Rhea now at Fort Oglethorpe Ga Lieutenant Fitz Fitzhugh Fitzhugh Fitzhugh hugh Lee of the cavalry branch now in Manila Lieutenant George Mason L eo the Seventh cavalry who is now In San Francisco Mrs Irs Anne Brown wife Qt Lieutenant Brown of the Sev Seventh Se Seventh cavalry who is now at San Fran Francisco Francisco cisco and Miss Virginia Lee |