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that he was undergoing strain when
was surely and rapidly breaking MIN
down. At times he has been incoher-
ent. His whole temperament under-
went complete change. His speeches.,
delivered bv half dozen each day, were
often rambling, though their trend
was ever faithful to the toilers whose
devoted champion he has been all his
life.
Mrs. George and Henry George, jr,
have been solicitous regarding the eff
feet of the terrible strain of his being
bundled about from place to place each
day and during the night making
speeches before wildly enthusiastic
gatherings of his admirers, and 1T has
been noted again and again that his
faithful wife sat beside her husoano on
the platform from which he spoke or
watched closely from place OF want
age close by.
Mr.. George has not been strong for
the past three years and his son, Henry
George, ir., has been his companion IN
almost every enterprise in which he
has engaged, going with him on his
tours of the west as a special news
paper correspondent in the last presi-
Dental campaign. and keeping close at
his side in his movements in the cam
paign.
Mr.. Low, candidate for mayor of
Greater New York on the citizens
union ticket, regarding Henry Georges
death, said:
The sudden death of Mr.. George un-
der the stress of the campaign is
great tragedy. No soldier on the bat
tlefeld ever gave his life for his coun-
try more evidently than Mr.. George
has laid down his life in behalf of the
city of New York. "
The George headquarters was the
center of political interest Friday.
The executive committee met at three
o'clock Friday afternoon to decide
whether a successor shall be named in
Mr.. Georges place.
The Thomas jefferson democracy
late Friday afternoon substituted the
name of Henry George, jr., for the
name of his father, Henry George, as
candidate for mayor of Greater New
York.
The body of Henry George will lie
in state in the Grand Central Palace
all day Sunday and Sunday evening the
remains will be taken to the Brooklyn
city hall, escorted by. labor societies
and other organizations.
Mr.. George was an Episcopalian, but
was not very regular in his attendance
at church. His widow is a Catholic
and it was often said that her husband
intended to embrace Catholicism.
Gen. Tracy said Friday night: Il
was greatly shocked at the news of
Mr.. Georges death. 1 knew and es-
teemed him personally as a true, sim
cere and upright man and citizen. He
was a man of earnest convictions and
was courageous and able in upholding
them. All must deplore his tragic and
'untimely death, and his family will
have the sympathy of the whole COM
munity in their bereavement"
CHICAGO, Oct. 3O-Unless the death
of Henry George causes a postpone
ment. Henry George, jr., and Miss
Marie Hitch, of Chicago, will be mar
ried on next Thanksgiving Day Miss
Hitch Friday received telegram from
Henry George, jr., notifying her of his
fathers death She denied the report
that Mr.. George had asked for post
ponement, and unless her fance
should later make such a request, the
ceremony will take place in Chicago on
the date originally agreed upon.
LONDON, Oct. 3O.-The newspapers
Friday devoted much attention TO the
death of Henry George, publishing
long sketches of his career and philo-
sophical and economical theories.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Henry George was born
at Philadelphia September 2. 1889. He received
q common school education and then went into
counting room. He was also a sailor. and aft
erward learned the printers trade In 1858 he
reached California, where he worked at the
printers until 1866, when
he became reporter and after
ward editor, working at differ
| ent times on the San Francisco Times and Post
| He returned to New York in 1890 and went tC
| England and Ireland the following year, where
| he was twice arrested as a suspect but after
| wards released when his identity became eS.
| tablished. Mr.. George is best known to the
world at large through his writings upon eco
nomic questions, notably his work entitled
|
other works are Our Land and Land Policy,
1871; Irish Land Question" 1881 ''Socia
| Problems, 1888; Property in Land" contro
versy with the duke of Argyle, 1884; 1.-The Con.
| dition of Labor, an open letter to Pope Lee
| Kill. 1891; and "Perplexed Philosopher
| (Herbert Spencer), 1892 In 1886 Mr.. George
was nominated by the United Labor
party for mayor of New York poll
| ing $4,000 votes, against 10000 fol
| Abram s. Hewitt, the democratic nominee
and $4,000 for Theodore Roosevelt. now assist
ont secretary of the navy republican. Afte
his nomination for mayor by the JenerSoniaI
democrats month ago. Mr.. George made al
extremely active canvass, speaking severa
times every evening and working from early t.
late at his headquarters.
he gave to the campaign it's most sensational
incidents. its attacks on Richard Croker AM
Senator Platt, whom he threatened to prosecut
for various crimes. such as levying bIackmai
upon city contractors and aSpirantS for office
should he De elected mayor His candidate
gave TO the coming election it's greatest ele
ment of uncertainty. for, according to exper
politicians. it was practically impossible t
estimate how much of Bryan's vote of las
year would go to George instead of Van Wycl
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