The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-30
Very Remarkable Man Suddenly Removed
from a Sphere of Great Activity.
SUCCUMBED TO HIS INTENSE EFFORTS
Esis Campaign for Mayo or of Now YORK
Continued Until Within IL Few
Hours of His Denth-Dr. MctiIynn
in Tears-siseieh OF MIR, George'a
H.ifc-liia last Nights Canvass,
New York, October %. 1897.

Now York, is dead tt has been u MAT
ter OF Questioning remark all along how
Mr.. George, an old man, could stu.nd the
strain of his remarkable campaign
OF speeches ut College Point, hnd Flush
tho stronger he gl'ows," was the wonder
ing comment OF his friends: but the wear
hnd tear OF such III struggle as he has
made was too much, and, after 4 round
OF speeches at College Point, and Flush
.ahg, Long Island, and n long jump to
the Central Opera House, in this city,
the man who has made possible the de-
feat of Tammany, who has caused
Croker to be missed in his own meetings.
peacefully gave UP his life for the cause
llc cspoused
Mrs. George had accompanied him on
Ills round of speeches last night ana re-
turned With him 10 his hotel. Those who
met him remarked that 1lc did not look
Ike THE hale I'D mnn Vito had entered
the campaign Z few weeks before A
LaGganl ana pirGhed race, n rowing eve,
with Il Wistful, tired look, was what
theT saw. But the nerves were steady,
th& voice calm, ana as Tie listened to The
reports OF the Talnmany celebration,
where Croker, his particular mark of att
tack, had been icercd. u look of suits
faction crtl}t over his tired face and cx-
rrcSSions OF qualification escaped him.
Mr. George arrived an ilie hotel about
J. o'olock tth!S III ,rnlIIg. He had lust
como from several large mass meetings.
in the borough OF QucclIs ard Brooklyn.
The work Of ,hu night seemed to have
told on HIN. He complained of bcint.
tired. and his relatives ana rricUds who
awaited him Thought ii only the n;lItu,tlll
Fatigue tiilpt follows such hard cain
paEgn work as Mr.. George hai been
doing. Not long after reaching the hotel
lie retired. Mrs. George awaited him in
room 90 Of the hotel. IT w.ts about 3.3o
o'c,ock when Mrs. George was awakened.
She found Mr.. George Sitting in aul arm
cha!r
~ ann not feeling quite comfortable"
said MIR. George to his Wife
Wont You so back to hcd?' inquired
Mrs. George anx!ously
II will sit here awfilc," was the
answer
Mrs. George ait once grew anxious
as To her husbands condition. Mr..
George gradually grew incohercnt anl
lopscd into cml-C0rSc!Ousncss Mrs
and called her son, Henry George, Jr.,
from an adjoining room Fi,arll Stevens,
WAS also called in.
Mr.. George was now unconscious. 4
call was sent to DR.. Kelly, MIR. C;f,nrme,s
family physician ana he came without
deiay. Alr. George by t!i.s time was on
conscious AN efforts to revive him
called Wltrrout sign or recognition no
Tl'oSr around HIM Tie passed pcuccrully
away at 4:45 O'Clock. Mrs. George wus;
prO&trated, hWd WAS cared for by The
fricn0S OF thc family at the hotel.
DR.. Kelly said ihat lie cilw MIR. George
a few days ago and tirlt lie was then in
be tier GIndiiion than at the opening of
the campaign. When asked as 10
whether ile had advised Mr.. George to
onNer the canvass, the doctor replied
cyasiveiy:
Il DON'T Think any Power in Christcn-
dom could hnNc prevented Henry George
from sacrificing himself III the cause in
which he was enlisted, and | know him
we'll"
In tn" Death certificate DR. Kelly said:
Il hcrehy certify t!,1t ] ATTENDED the
deceased from September. 1881, ia Octo-
bcr, 1897; that | last snw h!s alive on
the 23tiN day Of October. 1897. at > O'clock
in the morning, ana fiat 10 the best
OF my knowledge ANA belief the cause
or Ills death is hereunder written:
Chief cause apcplc':y tccrcb,uD; con-
frfbut'ng Gauss. asphyxia; duration of
disease, nnc-hnlf hour"
The Rev. Edward AicGiypn reached
the Union Square Hotel shortly before
il o'clock. The dispatch which sum
moncd him merely announced tia; q
dear friend WAS dead, but bearing In
mind his own promOnitipns ana .hc pre-
moniiiop' nat Henry George had con
hded to him, he concluded rightly that
MS n"p4f ,Sslptn tH i,N if V,,,l 1.