The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-03
A GREAT REFORMER DEAD.
HENRY GEORGE, THE SINGLE TAX
 ADVOCATE. GONE.
Was Talking Grand Fight for the People Against CorrIpt Bossism As Candidate for rIayor
 of New York.

aggressive figure in the present muni- cipal campaign, died from an attack of apoplexy in room at the Union Square hotel at 4:45 o'clock Friday morning October 20
 In his great Cooper Union speech, accepting the nomination for mayor, he said: "ril make this race if 1t costs me my life. This is call to duty and as a good citizen I have no right to disregard it on account of mere person al consideration"
 He kept it up to the end, and only a few hours before the dread messenger cried halt Henry George had addressed four enthusiastic audiences.
 He arrived at his hotel about 1 o'clock in the morning and complained of being tired, but his friends and rel atives who awaited him thought it only the natural fatigue that follows such hard campaign work as he had been doing,
 Not long after he had reached the 
 o'clock Mrs. George was awakened to find Mir George sitting in an arm chair.
 II am not feeling quite comforta- ble," said Mir George to his wife.
 Won't you come back to bed?" in- quired Mrs. George.
 ''I will sit here awhile" was the re- sponse.
 Mrs George at once grew anxious as to her husbands condition. Mr. George gradually grew incoherent and iapsed into semi-conciousness. Mrs George was now thoroughly alarmed and called her son, Henry George, Jr., from an adjoining room.
 A call was sent to Dr. Kelly and he came without delay. Mr. George was then unconcious and all efforts to revive him failed. Without sign of recognition to those around him he passed away at 4:45 o'clock
 After his nomination for mayor, Mir. George made an extremely active cam paign, speaking several times every evening and working from early to late at his headquarters. He gave to the campaign it's most sensational in cidents, by his attacks on Richard Croker and Senator Platt, whom he threatened to prosecute for various crimes, such as blackmail upon city contractors and aspirants for of fee. should he be elected mayor.
 In one of his last speeches he said: T have labored for years to make my self known, and now at last these things are all written down. l believe that all the needed reforms are sum med up in the philosophy right of every man to eat, to drink to speak as he sees fit so long as he does not trench on the rights of other men"
 The Thomas Jefferson democracy substituted the name of Henry George IT.. eldest son aud confidential adviser for years of his father, for that ot Hen- rv George as candidate for mayor of Greater New 1Oth. MI NSot S V " accented the nomination which was rendered unanimously.
 Career of Mr. George.
 Henry George was born on Septem' her 3. 1889. He received common school education and then went into a counting room. He was also sallol and afterward learned the printer trade. In 1857 he req ,hed California where he worked at the printers cast until 1866 when he became reporter and afterward editor, working at dlf- ferent times on the San franclsce Times and Post
 He returned to New York In loo' and went to England and Ireland th' following year where he was twice arrested as suspect, but afterwars released. when his identity became established. Mir. George was bes known tc the world through hls wri1 ipgs on economic questions, notaoi' his work entitled Progress and Pov .-erty' published in 1S79-
 In 1886 MT. George was nomlnaee' by the united labor party for mayor Q New York. polling 6S,Ooo votes agalns 90, 900 for Abram $. Hewitt the oeno cratic nominee, and 60,oOo Tor iheo da-a poosavalt. now assistant secreta