Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-11-04
DEATH or HENRY GEORGE
Expired at New York Hotel
Friday Morning.
WAS STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY
Succumbed Soon After He Was
Frustrated.


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York, died in the Union Square Hotel
at 4. d. o'clock this morning. His death |
lie thought to have boen due to apupexy.
Mr.. George arrived at tho hotel about
l o'clock this morning, He had Just
come from several large meetings in
the borough of Queens and brooklyn.
The work Of the night seemed TO have
told on him. He complained of being
tired, but his friends ana relatives,
who awaited him, thought it only the
natural fatigue that folowa such hard
campaign work as Mr.. Geerge had been
doing, Not long after reaching the hotel
he retired. Mrs George awaited him
10 room No. % of the hote. 1T was
about 3. 30 O'Clock whom Mrs. George
was awakened. She found Mr.. George
sitting in an arm chair.
am not feeling quite comfortable.
gaid Mr.. George to his wife.
Wont you GO hack to bsd?" in.
quired Mrs. George, anxiuusly.
. will sit here while" was the
answer
Mrs. George at once grew anxious as
to her husbands condition. Mi. George
gradually grow incoherent and lapsed
into semi consciousness Mrs. George
was now thoroughly alarmed and
called her son. Henry George, Dr., from
an adjoining rom. Frank Stevens was
also called in. Mr.. George was now un
conscious A call waa aent to iJr,
Kelly OF No III East Fifiy-ninth
street, and he came without delay. Mr..
George was still unconscious. All
efforts to revive MIN failed. Without
sign OF recognition TO those around him
he passed peacefully away at 4.45
o'clock
SKETCH OF THE DEcEAsEp:&
Henry George was born IN Philadcl.
phia on September ID, 1899. He re-
csiyed common school education, and
then went into counting room. He
was also a sailor, and learned the
nrinters trade. In 1858 he went to
California, where be worked at the
.prnter'a case until 1866, when he he
4 came a reporter and afterwards oditor,
working at different times on the san
x Frapcsco Times and Post. lie re-
turned to New York in 1880, and went
to England and Ireland the following
a.SeaF, where hs was twice arrested as
.Ruspect, but ho was released when his
Y identify became established. MIR.
ef George is best known to the world at
"A large through his writings upon econ.
4 omic question, notably his work en-
titled "Progre8s and Poverty" pub
lished from 1871 to 1879. His other
works are "Our land and land policy"
(ls7ll, Irish land question" tlSS1),
"Sucial problems" tlSS3l, Property
d in land" controversy with the Duke
q of Argyle tlsSI, 1.-THE condition of
3 lahor," an open letter TO Pope Leo
XIII, t1S9ll and "A perplexed philoso,
4 pher" 1892.
A In 1886 Mir. George was nominated
by the United Labor Party for mayor
OF New York, polling 6S,000 votes,
against 10000 for Abram S. Hewitt.
the Democratic nominee, and 10000 for
n Theodore Roosevelt, now Assistant
Il Secretary OF the Navy, Republican,.
After his nomination for mayor by
n the JetfeTsonian Democracy, month
\ ago, Mr.. George made an extremely
active canvas, speaking several times
every evening and working from early
Z to late at his heaaquarters He gave
~ 10 the campaign its most sensational
incident, his attacks upon Richard
Croker and Senator Ilatt, whom he
threatened to prosecute for various
crimes, such as evying blackmail upon
city contractors ana aspirants for uttics,
should hs be elected mayor. liia can
didary gave to the coming election is
greatest element Of uncertainty, for,
recording to expert politicians, it was
practically impossible TO estimate how
y much of Bryan's vote Of last year
would 60 to George, instead of Van
Wyck.
Newspaper men. who had been part
OF the George campaign, felt that be
was undergoing strain which was
surely and rapidly breaking him down.
n At times he had been incoherent His
whole temperament underwent a com
nlete change. His speeches, delivered
by the half dozen each day. were ofton
rambling. though their trend was ever
faithful to tho toilsrs whoae devoted
champion he has heen MI hia ifs.
Mrs. George and Henry George, Jr,,
had heen solicitous regarding the
effect OF tho terrible strain of his
being bundled about from place TO
place each day and far iuto tho night,
+ and making speecheH before wildly
I enthusiastic gatherings OF his admirers,
and il had been nuted again and again
= that his faithful wife sat hes!de her
husband IN the platform from which
M he smoke or watched closely from Il
place of vantage close by.
Mr. George had not heen strong for
the last three years aud his son, Henry
q George, Jr., hud been his companion in
almost every enterprise in which he
has engaged, going with bim on his
tours of the Weat as IA special news
paper correspondent in the last Presi-
Dental campaign, ana keeping close ut
I his sido in mis- movements in the cam
paign.
Within the last day or two close
friends of Mr.. George had noted with
n apprehension marked changes in his
X appearance and manner. His eyes grew
dull. Wrinkles came at the corners,
and his eyes sunk in hollow caverns.
His voice. usually resonant and
pleasant, pitched almost to piping
treble in conversation, was queruluus,
while be seemed like one whose nerves
were SO highly wrought that they
might snap without warning. The
pace Of the campaign was harder than
this man, high strung and sensitive,
could maintain.
h Tho journal and Avrrtiser this
morning, contained an article of Henr,
George, written by A Alfred Henry Lewis,
who vieited the famous Single Tax ad
yucate at his headquarters, i'd thu
Z Union Square Hotel, yesterday. O
his impressions, Mr. Lewis wrote