Telegram-herald., 1890-03-22

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.L&.s. hs has lived for
ASA S<zA to- years lie hss
= <f4s ttyss.st w not been in perfect
ss3t,,'F'f<f, { 80. ~ hs4lth since bis rs
I# 80 tura from the
as's'sS Southwest a fa0nth
GESEEAL cro0k. ago when he made A
trip wlth General Strong and other
friends. %. ho las not been coahned 20
ais room. be vas one Of box
party @s tas4ser Thursday nigat.
zDd sAs IA good spirits lie re-
turaed and want 20 bed without
complaining Of any unusual synptoms
Hs arose before O'Clock ant partially
dressed himself He stepped from his
sleeping room into his parlos 70 take
soms exercise With Al apparatus, as ls
ais custom. a moment later his wife
heard him fall heavily on a sOfz and
cry: May. Msry, como quick: cant
breathe She rushed % ais aid but
vas unable % relieve aim. Dr. Hurl-
burt was sun moned and only arrived 10
sec The General expire The cause OF
bis death vas undoubtedly failure OF the
heart
Mr J. Il. Drake Immediately notified
ths officials az the army headquarters
Arrangements we're then made 20 pre-
pare the rema aims for the caskeL Mrs.
Crooks sister, Mrs. Reed, acted for the
widow. who was nearly distracted with
grief The following army officers
and men ears of General Crooks
sta1 arrived at the roon-No. S57
and superintended the burial
preparations: Colonel Stanton. Ma
jor Randall. Colonel F. NJ. Heyl,
Captain McConley. Or. Mcclellan. Gen
eral Bingham, Colonel Corbin. Captain
Roberts. General Williams and General
". + Strong The remains will DO at
tired in the fuu uniform OF the de-
eeased's rank-MsIo sIor-General OF the
United States army-snd tomorrow will
probably be conveyed by special train
20 Oakland. Nd Mrs. Crooks former
hOms-for burial.
General Crook has been complaining
for several months OF an irregular shoot
ing pain IA his breast DR.. V. l.. Hurl-
burt, the physician Who vas summoned,
said: Il arrived 81 General Crooks
bedside only very short time before
death supervened. Re was suffer
ing from irregular action OF the
heart, and MS lungs or chest seemed
70 be filled I'D. We did what We
could for him in he way Of hot appli-
cations, hos bags to his feet. etc, but he
WAS In arsiculo nortis when | arrived
and died without rauying. 1t appeared
TO be a case OF heart failure, but could
not be positive about that, as | had
never been called 70 attend him before.
There may have been some stomachio
complications.
ACTION OF TIE WAR DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, March 2l-The news OF
the death OF General Crook WAS a great
shock 20 the officials OF the War Depart
ment Secretary Proctor was particu-
larly affected by the Intelligence, as he
had very intimate associations with Gen
oral Crook during his recent visit to
Washington few weeks ago. He sent
q personal message Of coincidence to
Mrs Crook and gave instructions for the
preparation Of a general order announc-
ing General Crooks death TO the army
SORROW AT CINCINNATI
CIScISSATL March 21.-The news OF
the death of Najor-General George
Crook was received here with profound
sorrow by his many army friends. His
home was in Ohio, near Dayton. and he
was appointed 70 command an Ohio regi-
nens early in the war. His
military service brought him into
close relations with many Ohio
men. among whom were ex-Presi-
dent Hsyes, General J. D. Cox, and
many Others. II was only last year that
IA united with the Ohio commandery
Of the military order OF the Loyal Le-
gion, and its members expected TO elect
him their senior vice-commander az the
coming election. The conmandery
deeply feels his loss from its numbers,
and will doubtless be represented at his
funeral Ills merits as an officer and
his modesty bad made him a universal
fsVOrits.
GENERAL Crooks RECORD.
General Crock vas born near Dayton. O..
September -. fse9. He sotsref West Point in
80 graduating IN iSa, With Gsnsrals Sbsr-
idaa. 5cAoicit and others Who sftervsrds
Tai-ei fame. Hs wns SIT assigned "a Second
Lieutenant o. me E1nrtn infREtrY. Al the
bre skflz out q TIE AZ Ne vAS maze Colonel q
tts Thirty SIKH Ohio lie fought throuzh-
Gus tie Virginia csmvs IN Brig
Al - GENERAL Ordered - Tennessee be
n Hstine-uished hirs seh az Chic xan1sEsa- Under
C'ezeTai Sheridan hs stded n 6sfes ing the rso-
els ~ Cedar creek. sad planned tas attack
upon 4 s,y a. Sishsrs bil. from Thies EsTiY
never recovered After ths var as
L.isutensn :-Colonsl o. The Tren'y-th'ri
IsfartrY I'm tb~ Department. 81 he
Colam1is. he IA good vaTk u sVall'nz
hos-ilo Indians For the rsuk - T'-1'enant-
roia1cl ~ b~cams siisr-f5ensrzt - rha
untted States Army n 1874 soretaiaE iu tns
~ay - promctfon vs~T rarely heari % During
ais -sresr - Con- r sn5er - the Department %
ths Pisttc. ~ his co7qusrfnz ths aossils siolE
zn8 Casysr -. Ne epesef Tp - settlement .
Strstsb - country iargsr tfaa france
IN tse2 General Crook rsturBeo ~ Az so.a.
I'D tae MorucnA saustssrs. miners
ans stocs raisers g Escats "a Indian
lands on Fhich ts~v hsd sesrsd -
-cursgsi the ApaCies - planting sre pledged
shrr ths pro-scr.os - thc 9c-sruz-u.
n ~. sprirg - $50 So Chiricahass in-
trsrcbsd themselves n tse fsstsssses ~ tse
mountains an the Nert1er1 NsKicas bourdsxg
srs aaxan . s.riss ~ rsts General CEock
Sfr--s ne trsii. sn4- irstese ~ fciicrinz tcak
a nacarard penetrsrsd iuto ard tooS rosses
sirn 81 tnetr stroaxdriGs ard a. 'Asf ss tea
wsrriars r-turn-t f-r- sheF riundsrEg sv
rr-ssors rsts men rrssoser~ Es' rnar-hed
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