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Show : CHAPLAIN SUCCUMBS TO : ATTACK OF HICCOUGHS . : . t : The Rev. X F. ilcClcary, Well Known in West, Ex-1 Ex-1 f ; pircs at Fort Sheridan, Chicago. ; J. '. ''- ' t NEW YORK, March 7. Exhausted by an attack of hiccoughs which had lasted without interruption for seven days, the Rev. J;; T. McCleary, an army ' chaplain, formerly of Fort Logan, but lately on the retired list. Is dead at the "7 residence of his son-in-law, Capt. Alvord. at Fort Sheridan., ; The chaplain, a hale and vigorous man of 68 years, had an attack of pneu-Z. pneu-Z. monla three weeks ago, but recovered after a stubborn fight against the dls- case. He u rapidly convalescing when, seven days ago, he was attacked with a spell of hiccoughs. Several doctors at the fort were consulted, but their efforts n to relieve him proved futile. The patient grew weaker rom day to day and Z finally died from exhaustion. Chaplain McCleary, who spent most of his service in the West, had devoted - " himself to writing for magazines and newspapers since his retirement and hW contributed many articles to various periodicals. Three children survive him. |