The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-30
HENRY GEORGE.

hereby certify that I attended the deceased from
December, 1851. to October. 1897; that | las, saw him
alive on the Goth day OF October. 1897, at > o'clock
A. NJ, and that to the best OF my knowledge and be.
lief the cause of death was as hereunder written:
Chief cause-Apoplexy cerebral.
ContrIbutory causo-AsphyIia.
Duration OF Internationally hour.
Witness my hand the goth day OF October. 1907.
lsignedI ]. KELLY. N. D.,
III East Fifty.ninth street.
Henry Georges physical condition when he
was asked TO take the nomination was one of
considerable concern to his family. He had
been at work all summer on his work on polit-
ical economy. He was an indefatigable worker.
and when he started in spent a great deal OF the
day and most OF the night in his study. About
six weeks ago a story was printed in one of the
afternoon papers that he had had Il paralytic
stroke. A reporter from THE Sun visited his
home at that time to learn If the story was true.
and Mr.. George appeared In person to deny 1t.
At that time he seemed t have a preoccupied
air, and this popularity was noticed by other
friends who called on him. He denied the story
and also tho statement that he had had q
previous stroke OF paralysis.
When the nomination was offered to him
some of his family, especially his brother John,
told him that he could not endure the strain of
tho Mayoralty campaign, and also impressed
upon him the fact that 1t might cause his death.
But he was 90 interested in the situation that
nothing could stop him.
II will undertake 1t" said he. "if 1t costs mo
my life"
His vigorous canvass and aggressive speech
making seemed to improve his physical condi-
ton, and he told his friends that he thought
the vigor Of tho campaign would be the means
OF saving his life.
II am getting stronger every day" was what
he would say to inquiring friends when asked
how he felt.
On Wednesday last he seemed to suffer n re.
lapse, and the reporters who were interviewing
| him daily noticed that he was not 30 bright and
| cheerful as usual. On Thursday he seemed to
be reinyigorated. and apparently was stronger
than over. He seemed particularly we'll during
tho afternoon. and when reading tho report OF
the arrival OF the delegation OF Chicago Demo.
Gratis he laughed and joked in a hearty manner.
He was merrier over this than anything else
that turned up in the campaign. He com.
planned to the members of his Executive Com.
mittee that they were not giving him enough
work, and said that he was equal TO more than
they had mapped out for him.. Under his direc-
tion he was billed to speak at no fewer than sr
meetings last night
Mr.. Georges body was laid out last night on
q slab in the room formerly occupied by the Ex,
ecutivo Committee Of the Jeffersonian Democ.
racy. 1t had been embalmed and was clothed In
a black shroud. The face looked calm and natu,
raj. To those that knew him in life the dead man
seemed as II he were sleeping. There is no owl
dence in his features that shows that Mr.. George
suffered before his death.
AT the head OF tho body there were already
two floral offerings, one a big wreath and tn,
other a floral book made OF purple immortelles
with the words Progress and Pow rty' IL
white floral lett ers on 1t.
Mrs. George and her daughter left the room a
been with her husbands body ever since he died
The committee OF Mr.. Georges friends VIII