Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-30
THE LAST SUMMONS.
Gen, George B, Mcclellan Dies Sud-
denly Of Heart Disease at His
Summer Residence.
His Invitations Out for Reception TO
Have Been Given Last Night
Coincidence.
News Of the soidier-Citizen's Death n Great
Surprise to His Coun,rymen-sketc
of His Career.
ANSWERED rnr nuGrr's c,tf.

NEW YORK, Oct 29.--Gen. George b
dcClellan died at his residence on Or
angc mountain suddenly of heart disease
about midnight.
Gen. Mcclellan died shortly after mid.
night of neuralgia OF the heart. He had
been under physicians care about two
weeks. Nothing serious was expected
until he was taken worse yesterday. lie
died surrounded by his family no ar
rived home about six weeks ago from a
trip west with his family, and his invita-
tons had been issued for reception this
evening. He died at st. Cloud, Orange
mountain, where he had lived for nearly
twenty years.
AT Gen. McClellan's Office in this city
only the mere news of his demise has
been received. lie had been falling for
months past and had not visited his Office
In two weeks, though 1t was not expected
that his illness would result fatally. He
leaves son and daughter. AS soon as
the news spread throughout the city
great sorrow was expressed at the
generals death. The flags on the public
buildings were placed at half-mast. The
Grand Army post has called meeting TO
express sorrow and offer body-guard
for the remains. The arrangements for
the funeral have not yetbeen made.
THE DEATH SCENE,
ORANGE, N. j., Oct. 29.--Gen. George
b. Mcclellan, eX-commander of the army
of the United States, died suddenly this
morning at $40 O'Clock, from exhaustion
produced by repeated shocks OF neural
gia OF the heart, at his home or Orange
mountain. Th9ugh he had nearly com.
pleted his iifty-ninth year. he had pre-.
served not only his buoyant spirits, but a
buoyant, youthful agility, Therefore,
when he began, about three weeks ago, to
have pains of the heart, neither he nor
| his medical man, DR.. Seward OF Orange,
or any of his family, regarded the matter
as serious. lie and everyone else be-
/ lleved yesterday that the troublesome
malady was either gone for good or at
| least for long time. In that belief the
general ordered his carriage Yesterday
| morning, drove to Orange, accompanied
| by his only daughter, saw several gen
tlemcn on business and made an appoint
| mcnt with one OF them for | | O'Clock to-
day. He returned home In excellent
! spirits, ate heartily at his meal hour and
retired to rest. About u o'clock the
| pains returned, and messenger on
horseback was dispatched down the
| hill for the doctor, who came
back with the least possible delay.
| When he entered the bedroom OF the
! general he found his patient In extreme
agony. The paroXysms returned with a
| frequency that was alarming and the
| homeopathic remedies which the skill OF
the doctor suggested were no more ell
cient than those which had been supplied
| by the intelligent affections of Gen. Nc
| Clellans wife and daughter, who had
mihstered to him increasingly from the
first alarm. For four hours he suffered
most excruciating agony. About 9
O'Clock there was Il change.
The eyes of the patient
began to grow brighter, and his face that
had been white with pain began TO re-
cover its usual hue. He gave n long,
deep sigh of relief, smiled family and
said
az feel easy now. Thank God, | have
pulled through"
Then he sank back upon the pillow as
If exhausted closing his eyes. The doc
tor, who was watching his face with ex-
IRENE solicitudc, saw the unerring signs
OF approaching collapse, and whispered
to Mrs. Mcclellan 81 fear he is dying "
II was but too true. Gen. Mcclellan
raised himself on one hand, half opened
his eyes and fell back dead.
No arrangements have been made for
the funeral.
A SKETCH or THE MAN.
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