The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-30
fortahlsn said Mr.. George to his wife

Mrs. George, anxiously.
Il will sit here a WHILE was the an
swer.
Mrs. George at once grew anxious as to
| her husbands condition Mr.. George grad
ually grew incoherent and lapsed into semi
| consciousness. Mrs. George was now thor
| oughly 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.
G. e. Kelly, Of III East Fifty-ninth street,
| and he came without delay. Mr. George
| was still unconscious All efforts to revive
| him failed. Without a sign Of recognition
| to those around him he passed peacefully
away at 4:45 Mrs. George was Frustrated
| and was cared for by the friends of the
| family at the hotel
DR.. Kelly says that when he reached the
hotel he found Mr.. George stricken with
| apoplexy. He was already beyond hope. The
| physician could not nothing and the family
| and lie awaited the end DIR. Kelly said
| that he saw Mr.. George few days ago
! and that he was then in better condition
| than he had been at the opening of the
| campaign. When asked as to whether he
| had advised Mr.. George to enter the can
| vass the Doctor replied evasively: II don't
| think any power in Christendom could have
prevented Henry George from sacrificing
| himself in the cause in which he was en-
| listed, and knew him well"
THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.
In the death certificate DR.. Kelly said: "I
hereby certify that attended the deceased
| from September, 1881, to October 1897; that
last saw him alive on the 29th of October,
| 1897, at o'clock in the morning and to
the best OF my knowledge and belief the
cause of his death is hereunder written:
Chief cause, apoplexy (cerebraD; contrib
uting cause, asphyxia; duration of disease,
one-half hour"
DR.. Kelly met Mr.. George in 1881 in Dub
lin. Mr.. George was then on his memorable
visit to Ireland. Everybody was then afraid
to see Mr.. George for fear of arrest DR..
Kelly greeted him on his arrival and was
so pleased with him that they became fast
| friends. He did all he could do for Mr..
George while he was in prison.
FRANK Stevens, personal friend of Mr.
George and one Of his campaign managers,
was at the candidates bedside after the
fatal attack came. He said this morning:
came into the Union-square Hotel at 1
o'clock this morning and found Mr. and
MRS. George sitting at a table in the din
ing room with few friends. Mr.. George
mad just returned from the Central Opera
House, where f1e had delivered a speech.
After light meal Mr.. George complained
of indiges ton. He soon retired after bidding
US all goodnight. Mrs. George found him
sitting in an arm chair about $3.50 O'Clock
soon after his condition became alarming
and she summoned several of us / went
at once for the doctor and stopped at the
Waldorf and notified Mr.. Johnson He was
greatly shocked and lost no time getting
down to the Union-square Hotel. / then
went to Mr.. Georges residence on Ninety
second street South Brooklyn, and notified
Ihe In members OF the family there His son
Richard and his unmarried daughter were
tnere at the time. With them were two
nieces of Mr.. Georges, daughters of his
phia." -
The Rev. Edward McGlvnn reached the
9nglnlon,square IN Hotel shortly before Ii O clock
Inc dispatch which summoned him merely
SlnHounceu that dear friend" was dead
put, bearing in mind his own premonitions
ana the premonitions that Henry George
nad confided to him. he concluded rightly
that ms great associate in the single tax
pattie or other years had expired At the
notel he was met by Henry George ir
When he was taken into the room where
MS friend lay Gle ad he burst into tears The
scene was distressing one Afterward Dr.
McGlynn said: Henry George died as
Abraham Lincoln died. Lincoln was assas-
the Union was consummated 1t was said
that he was mercifully spared the petty
annoyances ard chickering's Of the recon-
Structlon period. Henry George was struck
down by fate in the zenith Of his powers
But the great work that he inaugurated will
90 on on; AS sam man and a philosopher it will
pc long before his like will be seen again.
His goodness and geiltleneSs singled him
out among all men and, with others, l al
most worshiped him."
When DR.. McGlynn was able to think
calmly over his recent intercourse with the
cead man, he recalled that his friend had
frequently expressed to him his premonf-
tions that his end was approaching and
had used language that he now saw indi-
Gated preSentiment that he would not out
live his campaign.
WORN OUT BY HARD WORK.
Newspaper men who have been a part of
the George campaign have felt that he was
undergoing a strain which was surely and
rapidly breaking him down. At times he
has been incoherent. His whole tempera-
ment underwent complete change. His
speeches, delivered by the half dozen each
day, were often rambling, though their trend
was ever faithful to the toilers whose de-
voted champion he has been all Ais life.
Mrs. George and Henry George, jr., have
been solicitous regarding the effect of the
terrible strain of his being bundled about
from place to place each day and during
the night, and making speeches before wild
ly enthusiastic gatherings of his admirers,
and it has been noted again and again that
his faithful wife, sat beside her husband on
the platform from which he spoke or
watched closely from point Of vantage
close by.
Mr.. George has not been strong for the
past three years and his son, Henry George
Jr., has been his companion in almost every
enterprise in which he has engaged, going
special correspondent in the last presidential
campaign and keeping close at his side in
his movements In the campaign.
of Mr. George have u noted ID wS vw
marked changes in his appearance and man
ner His eyes grew dull, wrinkles came at
the corners and his eyes sunk in hollow
caverns. His voice, usually resonant and
pleasant, now pitched almost to piping tre-
bic in conversation, was Querulous, while
he seemed like one whose nerves were so
highly wrought that they might snap with
out warning. The pace of the campaign
was harder than this man, high strung and
sensitive, could maintain.
Alfred Henry Lewis, who visited the fa-
nous single-tax advocate at his headquar-
ters in the Union-square Hotel yesterday,
wrote his impressions, as follows ''The
Henry George l found was not the Henry
George | had met fewer than two months
ago. When I saw him last he was tran
quill, quiet, even steady as to nerves ration
al. sedately contented, talking of his books
and his tax decrease. To-day l met a man
haggard, pinched, with face thin and
peaked as a pen. His eye roved, his hair
was tumbled, his hair the theater of dis
order. If he was the picture of anything
it was his unfed ambition made desperate
There was despair too in his face as If in
a dim way he looked into a future black
with disappointment. ] tell you it was a
shock to see the man.
Funeral Arrangements.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.--The committee in
charge Of the funeral ceremonies of Henry
George have arranged the following order
of services:
From sunrise on Sunday, Oct 81, till sun
set on the same day the body of the great
leader viii lie in state in the Grand Central
Palace. Ushers will be present to direct