| Show GEN CROOKS DEATH It e Occurred Under Palalullr Sadden Sad-den Circumstances at n ChicagoHolel I THE OAOSE ATTRIBUTED TO HEART FAILURE I Statement bj the riijtlelan 3Ia for Kandall Hotel Proprietor Proprie-tor and Olherr THE PRINCE OF WALES IN BERLIN The Curt of Appeal AOlrms the JuJjmcnt In KeramlerS Case BT Telf rnpb t tie lnn1 nuTii orooLKti titoou Tim I > l lliicnl hrd OOIrrr Pan htlililruljrAw CHICAGO March 21Major General Gen-eral George Crook in command of tho Department of the Missouri died at the Grand Pacific Hotel at 7 15 this morning of heart failure There had not been the slightest warning that the general was not perfectly well He was at army headquarters all day yesterday aud last nlgltt at the hotel appeared to be in his Usual good health lie gjt up a usual this morning about oelock and while seven ocock whie dressing suddenly said to his wife iu 1 cant breathe 11 Crook helped him to the sofa nnd a doctor was sum mooed but befuru he could reach the room General Crook was dead The general had been in command of the partment of the Missouri forsevcnl years HIS LAST 1IUMENTS John IJ Drake proprietor of the Grand Pacific Hotel made the fol lowing statement to an Associated Preta reporter General Crook aro e shortly before 7 oVlocrf apparently In his usual health and in accordance accord-ance with his custom 1m began exercising ex-ercising with eight and pulleys connected with an apparatus which lie kept in his room After exercising a few minutes he stopped and lay down upon the lounge saving iliaC he felt a difficulty culty in breathing A few minutes later he called out to his wife Oh Mary Mary I need lulp I cant get my breath Assistance was at once summoned and Dr Hurlburt was sent for Everything that could b was done but hu failed to rally and died at 715 I suppose his death resulted from an aflection of tho heart For some w k in fact ever tlnr he returned from his last trip to the norUi ist ho has complained of I bearing down sen xation in the neighborhood of the heart Dr X L Hurlburt was summoned sum-moned and said I arrived at the bedside only four or five minutes before death supervened Ho was sutiering from irregular action cf the heart and the client seemed to bell be-ll up AVe did what we could for him in the way of hot application applica-tion but he was in arttcula mrtis when I arrived and died without rallying I appeared to b I case of heart failure but I could not be ixxitive about that as I had never been called to him before I may have been some stomachic complication cottons Major Randall of General Crooks staff said I hae noticed for some time that General Crook has not been in his usual health He was a man who never complained com-plained and aid very little alout his suffering At the Theater last night I taw he was not feeling at ni lain well and asked him if lie were JC SID MJ but I think that was tho beginnIng ot the end Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made General Scliofield has been telegraphed tele-graphed In ngatd to limo matter WI t Jli his wishes will be cunldeml The burial will probably take place at Oakland M D the home of his wifes jieople though portibly itnny be thought best to Inter the remains raus at Arlington National Cemitsr Washington General Crook was Cl years old I September last Splember t BECUETAUV IKOCTUR AFFECTED WASHINCTOV Match ITbe news the deatli of General Crook was a great shock to the officials of the War Detriment Secretary Proctor vas particularly alleeted by tho intelligence ta ho had very intimate oociatlons with the general during the lattcrs visit toWn to-Wn hlngtou n few woAs ego He sent a personal metsagu of condolence to Mks Crook and gave instructions for a general order announcing an-nouncing General Crooks death t the army The order will recite the worth nnd distinguished services ser-vices of the decea ed and will direct that the ilatti ot all military pools be placei at half mast on theday of the funeral also that the officeis wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty daj GEMJIAI SHERMANSTltinOTE Xnv Yom March iGeneral W T Sherman when told of General Gen-eral Crooks death by an Associated Press reporter showed deep regret General Crook wai alwijH n man on whom we could depend said he I He was the mo < t successful man in dealing with the Indians that the United Slates had in its petite The Indians respected and trusted him and ho could bring them around or make them amenable to reason when every one else failed During the rebellion General Crook bad cliarge of the Second Cavalry division stationed 1 in Northern Atabatuanrsd dill excellent work During my fifteen years as corn manderinchicf of the army 1 had ample opportunity to find out Central Cen-tral Crookdgnod traits and I never found him an vtlilli but n min who could b drpenJcU ou n In every emergency The rlntontAI UERLJV March 12The Prince of Wales arrived this morning Hew He-w recelved bj tie emperor the Kmpresa Frederick and daughters and a number ot princes of reigning Iiiu of tho German f When the princo alighted from the train the English national anthem was played by the band The em perornnd prince enrred the carriage car-riage and were driven to tho castle escorted by cavalry The emperor w attired In the uniform of a general of the Kug llh dragoons The Piuco of WAe wore the uniform ofa German Ger-man general A large crowd along the route warmly cheered tho emperor em-peror and prince To Follow Urrbrrt PARS March 21 The Segle asserts as-serts that CountVon Munster German Ger-man ambassador at Paris will Pai succeed suc-ceed Herbert Bismarck as German foreign minister TneOldnnd the New T ano BERLIN March 21 General Von CaprI the new chancellor had a conference today with Bismarck house WASlLtNOTOX March IThe House went into committee of the whole ou the jcnJon appropriation bill Cheadle cf Indiana spoke at length In favor of Chic service pension pen-sion law pn Striking Ulnrn In Hrrlln DEl March 21The coal mine owners ill Brunswick have granted an increase of wages to the striking miners and tho men have gone back to work A Jtnlrnntlon MILWAUKEe March 21 Chas L Colby today reslgnej the presidency presi-dency of the tViscousin Central Company and the Wisconsin Cen tral Railroad Company EH Abbott Ab-bott waa elected prrsH > t of both pcc is Ulced that IJ Colby will soon be chosen president of Northern Pacific The florid Fair WASiiLfcnx N March 2 T5 House committee on rules today decided de-cided to report favorably to the lions chandler l resolution setting apart 10u Can for theconslder ailon of the WorUa Knir and providing pro-viding for final action on ft at 4 oclock that afternoon 8 1 liooo Vice JACKSON IL l March 21 I Yesterdays tire destro cd seventeen block and house The looses ng gregaijl12Oultt oir his ir Crap HAVAN Marcji 21The sugar 1A Increase crop th14 year Will dhow an erl with the of 10 per cent compared previous crops A largely Increased area was devoted to cane culture last year j < antr 1oalf WAfiiri aTOS March INu memorials were meroulpctltlonsand memoria ter prvseniul for slaw ngaiut the em plojment of aliens on government work wmi fqr the free and unllmit Hmo ed coinage oC lhfr one agalnt the exteutHm of Patlflc railroad debt and Ole from California for the removal re-moval of Uieduty on jute and jute baling pa the motion of Sherman the resolulione t dcelare trusts unlawful un-lawful was taken up and Sherman addressed the btnate Sensatot Mander introduced abU bill to extend the laws of the United States which provide for acquiring j Oth d t the title I of coal lands to the district of Alaska Senator Paddock Introduced a bill to mike the commissioner of fish and fihcrfman office of tho department depart-ment of agriculture The Kr mraler Owe AlJUSV March ITbe court appeals has affirmed the Judgment Judg-ment of IM rr below In the Kemmler murder case declaring executions constitutional tlectilol oVutOs roUtutonnl Provincial Autonomy OTTAWA March IThe government gov-ernment leader in the Senate last night lalroduced I a bill which practically prac-tically grants provincial autonomy tcaly grt to tho norh wet territories I pro the the legislature 10 grant poses grnt 1181ture right of making direct taxation for municipal an4 territorial puriose and leaves Clue question of the abolition aboli-tion of the official ti eof the French language the legislature after the next general election nfnau Work LOMWS March 21 Manycol IlersreBUraWWork yesterday more will return today lly Monday the largo majority of the men will beat be-at work LONIXJ March IA dispatch from Chic milling districts reports that to work the men cveryw hero are going Jnlrndv to rtwlen B niJN March 21It Is reported that HerbetU the French amba a dor here will resign after the conclusion con-clusion bo Jabor conference toMn use SHlIUI nom March ITbe franfuUa sass the socialist deputy Costa has Heel to America The cliamber has been discussing the legnlily hb arrettIto undergo a sentence of three jean Imprisonment Imprison-ment for resisting the ialice ItUlonn IVorUmro BERLIN March 21 Working men holding meetings at ICoepenick last night became excited by the speeches speech-es and ralftd a riot Two gen d C armet whIu endeavoring to db terse them were wounded N ntrnertl lo Drnth J rw VoRir March IJns J Blocurn the baseball player was sentenced to death this morning for the murder of his wire Temperature I CHICAGO Mach 2lew York 4 S New Orleans 70 St Louis 45 Cincinnati 53 Chicago IS Winni pe s P 8The The finar UtOutrtn Co J EW YORK March 21Judge OJJrltu of the bupremo Court this morning granted leave to the Sugar Refineries Company to declare a dividend ot2 per cent on 550000 Jon comlitloii tint the portion due ou the Corth Illver Refining Colllln l be dIJlh with the court ixnJIns I time final determina NI rn lt lr rt tion oC the suit against that company com-pany lij the court of appeals |
