The McCook tribune., 1897-11-05
HENRY GEORGE DEAD
SUDDENLY SUMMONED IN THE
EARLY MORNING.
Death Thought to Have Been Due to APP
oplexy, Brought On, Perhaps, by Too
Hard Campaign Work-Mrs. George
Frustrated Over the Sad aud Sudden
Event.
sudden Death of Henry George.

NEW YORK, Oct 30.-Henry George,
the candidate of the Jeffersonian de-
mocracy for mayor of Greater New
York, died in the Union Square hotel
at 4:45 o'clock yesterday morning.
Death is thought to have been due to
apoplexy. Mr. George arrived at the
hotel about l o'clock in the morning.
He had just come from several large
mass meetings in the boroughs of
Queens and Brooklyn. The work Of
the night seemed to have told On him.
He complained of being tired, but'his
friends and relatives who awaited him
thought it only the natural fatigue
that follows such hard campaing work
as Mr.. George has been doing
Not long after reaching the hotel he
retired. Mrs. George awaited him. 1t
was about 2:30 o'clock when Mrs.
George was awakened. She found Mr..
George sitting in an arm chair.
Il am not feeling quite comfortable"
said Mr.. George to his wife.
Wont you go back to bed?" in
quired Mrs. George, anxiously.
Il will sit here awhile was the re-
sponse.
Mrs. George at once grew anxious
George gradually grew incoherent and
lapsed into semi-consciousness. Mrs.
George was now thoroughly alarmed
and called her son, Henry George, jr.,
from an adjoining room. Frank
Stevens was also called in. Mr.. George
was now unconscious. A call was sent
to DR.. Kelly of III East Fifty-ninth
street, and he came without delay. Mr..
It'll Df
forts to revive him failed. Without a
sign of recognition to those around
him he passed peacefully away at 4:45
o'clock.
Henry George was born on Septen-
Der 2, 1899. He received a common
school education and then went into
counting room. He was also a sailor
and afterward learned the printers
trade. In 1853 he reached California,
where he worked at the printers case
until 1866, when he became reporter
and afterward an editor, working at
different times on the San Francisco
Times and Post.
He returned to New York in 1880 and
went to England and Ireland the fol-
lowing year, where he was twice ar
rested as a suspect, but afterward re-
leased when his identity became estab-
lished. Mr.. George is best known to
the world at large through his writings
upon economic questions, notably his
work entitled Progress and Poverty"
published in 1879. His other works
are: "Our Land and Land Policy"
1871; Irish Land Question" 1881; so
cial Problems" 1893; Property in
Land" 1884; "The Condition of La
bor," can Open Letter to Pope Leo
Kill" 1891, and "a Preplexed Phil
osopher," (Herman Spencer) 1892
In 1886 Mr.. Georgewas nominated by
the united labor party for mayor of
New York, polling 6S,060 votes, against
10000 for Abram S. Hewitt, the demo-
cratic nominee, and $4,000 for Theo-
dore Roosevelt now assistant secretary
of the navy, republican. After his
nomination for mayor by the Jeffer-
sonian democrats a month ago, Mr..
George made an extremely active can
vass, speaking several times every
evening and working from early to
late at his headquarters. He gave to
the campaign is most sensational in
cidents, its attacks on Richard Croker
and Senator Platt, whom he threaten
ed to prosecute for various crimes such
as levying blackmail upon city con-
tractors and aspirants for Office, should |
he be elected mayor. His candidacy
gave to the coming election it's great |
est element of uncertainty, for, accord |
ing to expert politicians, it was prac-
tically impossible to estimate how |
much of Bryan's vote of last year |
would go to George instead of Van |
Wyck
The funeral will take place Sunday
afternoon.