Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-27

| Trll8slA. the slightest warn
| tTFl ing that General
| NNtANTA@sAs"C Crook was not per-
es~srs' s'svrys crs"k tectly we'll lie was
at army headquarters all day Thursday.
and "Wednesday night at the hotel ap-
| peared to BE- in,his usual good health
| He got mp a. usual yesterday morning
at seven o'clock. and while dressing
suddenly said % his wife: II can't
breathe" Mrs. Crook helped him to q
1 sofa and a doctor was at once sum
| moned, bus soon after he reached the
room Ceneral Crook died The Gen
eral has been In command Of the
Division of the Missouri for several
/ years. succeeding General SchoHeld.
| Mr. John :. Drake, proprietor Of the
Grand Pacific Hotel. an intimate friend
Of General Crook. made the following
statement to an Associated Press re-
| porter. 't;eneraf Crook rose shortly
before seven o'clock this morning ap-
| parrntiy in his usual health. and. in ac-
cor'ianee with his custom. began exer-
eising with ths weights and pulleys
connected with An apparatus for the
| purpose which he kept in his room.
After exercising for few minutes he
stopped and laid down on lounge,
saying he felt difficulty in breathing.
4 few moments later he called out to
his wife, oh. Mary, Mary; need some
help. cant get my breath
/ Assistance was az once summoned
and DIR. Huslbut. who lives near By,
was sent for. Every thing that could
be done was done. but he failed to rally
and died 1t quarter after seven Mrs.
Crook and her sister. Mrs. Reid, were
the only members OF the family present
at his bedside when he passed away
lie had Ho children. | suppose his
death resulted from an affection of the
heart For some weeks. in fact. ever
since be returned from his last trip To
the Northwest he has been complain
ing OF a bearing down sensation in the
neighborhooi of his heart"
Dr. V. l. Huribut the physician who
was summoned. said. Il arrived at
General Crooks bedside only four or fve
minutes before death supervened. lie
was suffering form irregular action of
the heart, and his lungs or chest seemed
to be filed up. We did what we could
for him in the way Of hot applications
with sinatpisms. hot bags 10 his feet
ets,.. but he was in articulo mortis when
| arrived. and died without ralIying It
appeared 20 BE- ease OF heart failure,
but ! could not be positive about that.
as had never been called to attend
him before. There may have been some
stomach complications"
ajor Randall. of General Crooks star,
said: We have noticed for some time
that General Crook was not in his usual
health. He was a man who never eom-
planned. and said very little about his
suirerings. At the theatar last night I
saw he was not feeling at all we'll. and
asked him II he was in pain He said:
No but think that was the beginning
Of the end
| The funeral will take place sunday at
one clock at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
after which the body will be escorted
by military TO the depot. where it will
be placed on the s:55 p. M train for Oak
land, Md.
| BIoSRAFHTCAL.
General George Crook vas born near Day
ton, a.. september :. isss. He was graduated
| at ths United states Military Academy in
l-s2. and was On duty with the Fourth In
fantry in California ls51 to ISL. He was in
the Rouge River expedition in 1856. and com
| manfied the Pitt River expedition in Isss. In
l the latter he was wounded by arrow. He
had risen to a eaptaincy when. az the begin
| ming OF the civil war. he returned to the
| kast and became Colonel OF the Thirty sixth
ohio Infantry. In is2 he was wounsse.I
at Lewishurg. W. Va For his -~rv-
ices at Antietam he was brssett@si
| Lieutenant Colonel lie was actively
enzaged in several campaigns during th..
| war and took part in -hcridanss >hensneioa.
| campaign, receiving the brevets of Briga-
| dier-GeneraI and Major General 4. : A.
| March II, Gsss. He mustered Out of the
| service January rs. I.R July -. Issss. he was
| commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the
| Twenty third Infantry U. :. A. and assigned
| to the District OF Boise. Idaho. where he re-
| NAMED until 49,. actively engaged in Indian
| campaigns. In ls73 he was assigned To the
| Arizona district, where he quslled serious
| To wyoming where. at Powder river.
I he defeated the unruIy Sioux and
| Cheyennes- lie continued his cam
| paign in the Northwest with relentless
| vigor until. in May. 1875. all OF the hostile
| tribes hid yielded IN fss7 General Crook
returned to Arizona. whers he forced the
| sgaatrers 10 vaeate the Inofsn lands. In the
| folio wing year. -hen the Chiricahuas vent
| on a raid. he psr-ued them and made four
| hundred prisoners. During the two years
| following no depredations occurred, but in
| the spring OF 1855 the Indians under Gseron-
| ifno again went on the war path. General
| Crook pursued them and forced their sur
| render under conditions. The President de-
ciined To ratify his action. and Gener-
al sheridan tslegraphed him that the
| only coalition tnat could be made
with Gsronimo's band was that their
| lives would be spared Ia the meantime
| Geronimo and some OF his men escaped, and
General sheridan having criticised his cam
| paign severely, General Crook asked 20 be
! relieved from tae command Of the Depart
I Eent OF Arizona He was relieved aad Gen
| er=l Niles was sent 20 take bis place Snort
| ly after Geronimo and his baad surrendered
and were taken 70 Florida. where they now
are For nearly four years there has been a
bitter controversy over the surrender Cen
! eral Crooks friends claiming that General
| " les had brought about the cli max Of what
I couid not have been accomplished
I without General Crooks antec~denr work
This controversy has gained in bitterness
| recently hy the discussion Of a bill which
| has passed the senate. and is no " pending
. In the House committee. providing for the
removal Of trroHiEso and AIS people 10 Fort
! siii. Indian Territory. General Crook "a
| vored the removal and General Niles on
posed II
when relieved Of the command Of tns DE-
' p4rtmcRt OF Arlxuua- GSuarxI Croon w.~