The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-11-04
A MARTYRS DEATH.
Sudden Demise Of George, the
Well Known Economist.
MANY EULOCISTS PRAISE HIS NAME.
Splendid Ceremonies In His Honor In
the Grand Central Palace, New York,
Followed by n Procession More
Triumphant Than Funcrcai.

death OF Henry George, the candidate
of the Democracy of Thomas jefferson
for mayor of Greater New York, Fri
day at the Union Square hotel, caused
such a shock as had never before been
felt in New York.
1t introduced a tragic element into
the most stirring and eventful cam
paign in the history of the metropolis
and completely upset all the calcula-
tions of the politicians as to the result
of the election. Politicians and others
had nothing but good words for Mr.
George, and expressions of lleenost re-
gret We're heard on all sides. However
much they might have differed with
him politically all admitted the honesty
Of purpose, the probity of his public and
| private life and the greatness of his
! genius.
The nervous strain under which he
! had been during the campaign. eli
| NAKED by the eXcrtions put forth on the
| previous night. when he addressed four
meetings. was the contributing cause of
| his sudden death. ApopeXy is given
! by his physician as the direct cause.
His first speech Thursday evening was
! in Whitcstonc. Queens county. After
! that he addressed large crowds at
d Flushing and n College Point before
/ returning to this city. His last speech
was in the Central Opera House In New
/ York,
| Mr. George was accompanied on his
/ tour, as usual 10y Mrs. George, who
/ throughout the campaign had been hy
| his side constantly, trying tn Keep him
/ from OverwOrking himself. They reach
ed the Union Square hotel at l. O'Clock
and, with few friends ate supper in
| the public dining room.
shortly before | o'clock Mr.. and Mrs.
! George retired In the morning Mr..
| GcorE" complained of not feeling well
and attributed his illness to Indigestion.
Mrs. George, fearing that he might hr
more i'll than h" thought, summoned
| their son, Henry George, Jr Mr.,
! Georges condition was such that 1t was
| apparent that physicians services
were needed, and br. j. f.. Kelly, the
| family physician, was summoned.
Dr. Kelly saw as soon as he arrived
that Mr.. George had Il stroke of apo
| pleXy. He applied all the known re-
storatives, but the patient had already
| lapsed into unConsciousness, and the
| case seemed hopeless. The end came
soon after. and the life work of the
great political economist, philosopher
and author was over.
| Henry George, Jr., was chosen by the
Jeffersonian committee. but few hours
after his fathers death, to contest the
mayoralty of Greater New York in the
deceased economists stead.
Mr. Georges body was removed from
the hotel early Sunday morning to the
Grand Central palace, where thousands
of his disciples and others who did not
agree with his teachings, but admired
his honesty and manhood, heard the
public funeral services in the afternoon.
About 10000 persons viewed the body
during the early hours of the day. Few
such impressive civic funerals have
been known in the history of the world.
The services were particularly i'm
pressive. Able representatives Of many
denominations united their praise of the
man who had died i'm his battle harness.
Tn. eulogiums dealt with remarkable
life The sririt ur puIitics for "A time in
that hail bowed before the greater spiY-
il of united humanity.
When the protecting ropcs were re-
moved n few minutes after O'Clock. Il
frantic rush WA, made rnr thr seats On
leach side of thr aislr. and for "A moment
all drcnrum and order were broken.
Mon and yomcn inn scrambled over
thn hacks uf thn hcrchrs and crushed
and crowded. I'm their anxiety tn obtain
good rlocrs
The five front snots an either side of
tb. roslnt vnrr reserved for the
mourn,rs and friruds II was with dir
GcuItv IN. ushrrs urovented thrs. be-
inc annronriot.d Within five minutes
tho whoIn nf thr biy hail was densrly
n,rl,nd every nvoiIabIc scat bcjng oc-
ru,ind
Tboso v.bo sr,l,o M ,hn services in
tho r,l,co varn Row DIR LYMAN Ab-
hott Father McGlvun Rabbi Gotthell
and John ( Crnshv
All of ,h.s. pentI.men maid y dttin,.
trih,lt. to tha stcrIInr worth of thn dcad
man A solemn bush ncryodod the as.
samhlv no ,ba immense audianc. lis
toned IN ,bo words nf nroisn hut # rr-
moinod for thr orntory and elouucnrr
nf Father NcGlynn. long a personul
| friend of Mr., George, to provoke
burst of applause that even the SOlCm-