Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-11-02
HENRY GEORGE.

citizen I have no right to disregard 1t
on account of mere personal considera-
ton" To-day the cheers of the workers
have suddenly been changed to signs,
for, true to his word, Henry George, the
apostle Of the rights of men, died as he
wished to die-in harness fighting for
the cause-toward the close OF the
greatest municipal political contest the
world has ever seen.
The End Peaceful.
The end was peaceful and he died
without pain. This man OF mighty
brain and undauntcd courage was
physically frail and the strain of IN ex-
citing campaign requiring speech
making at points many miles apart,
night after night, was more than ma
ture could stand. He kept 1t up to the
end, and only few hours before the
dread messenger cried halt, Henry
George had addressed enthusiastic au-
,diences in three of the towns Of the
borough of Queens and q still larger
assemblage in an uptown hall here.
Mr.. George arrived at the hotel about
one o'clock in the morning. The work
of the night seemed to have told on
him. He complained of being tired, but
his friends and relatives who awaited
him thought 1t only the natural fatigue
that follows such hard campaign work
as Mr.. George has been doing.
Not long after reaching the hotel he
retired. Mrs. George awaited him i'll
room 20 of the hotel. 1t was about $3.50
o'clock when Mrs. George was awak.
ened. She found Mr.. George sitting in
nm armchair.
Complains of Feeling Unwell.
liam not feeling quite comfortable"
said Mr.. George to his wife.
won't you go back to bed?" inquired
Mrs. George anxiously.
II will sit here awhile" was the re-
Spouse.
Mrs. George at once grew anxious as
TO her husbands condition. Mr.. George
gradually grew incoherent and lapsed
into scmi-unconsciousnes
A call was sent to DIR. Kelly, of lit
East Fifty-ninth street, and he came
without delay. Mr.. George was still
unconscious. All efforts to revive him
failed. Without sign of recognition to
j
away at 4:45 o'clock.
Mrs. George was Frustrated and was
cared for by the friends of the family
at the hotel.
The widow and her daughters re.
manned in the room with the body unit
ten o'clock, when they were induced
to retire for much needed rest. Mrs
George is bearing up well under thu
strain, but her friends fear that sht
will soon give way. There is talk o
taking her out Of town ilnmediatel,
after the funeral. A guard Of honol
composed of prominent George mel
will watch the dead body until its in
ferment.
Killed by the Campaign.
Newspaper men who have been par
of the George campaign have felt tina
he was undergoing strain which wa
surely and rapidly breaking hin
down. AT times he has been incoher
emf. His whole temperament under
went complete change. His speeches
delivered by the half dozen each day
were often rambling, though thei
trend was ever faithful to the toiler
whose devoted champion he has bee
all his life.
HIS Last Nights Work.
He spoke at Whitcstone at eigh
o'clock, and made speeches at Colleg
Point and Flushing before returning ;
New York to speak at the Central oper
house. Mrs. George went with him. a
the halls in which he spoke were file
and at College Point and Flushin
crowds were turned away. At White
stone he drove from the railroad sta
ton to the meeting hall at gallop. T
the cheering crowds he said:
II believe that all the needed reforms ar
summed up in that philosophy-the righ
OF every man to eat, to drink. to speak a
The sees ft-so long as he does not trenc
on the rights of any other man. believ
that God. the Father, can take care o
His own laws-there Is no need for US t
gain trouble trying to needle with God
laws. to enforce them. If am electee