Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-30
COMPLICATION OF The CAMPAIGN.
what VIII he the Effect of This
sudden Change in the situationg-
Georges Preference for Low
Croker Condolences to Mrs. George.

NEW YORK, October 29-Henry
George, candidate Of the Jeffersonian
Democracy for Mayor of Greater New
York. Is dead.
IL has been a matter OF questioning
remark all along how Mr. George.
an old man. could withstand the strain
OF his remarkable campaign against
"bossism." "The harder he works the
comment OF his friends; but the wear
and tear of such struggle as he has
made was too much, and after a round
OF speeches at College Point and Flush
ing. l.. l.. and long jump TO the Central
Opera-Holse. IN this city, the man who
has made possible the defeat of Tam
many. who has caused Croker to be
Kissed in his own meetings peacefully
gave up his life for the cause he es-
poused
Mrs. George had accompanied him in
his round of speeches last night, and re-
turned with him to his hotel. Those who
met him remarked that he did not look
the campaign a few weeks before. A
haggard and pinched face; a rowing eye,
with a wistful tired look, was what they
saw. But the nerves were steady, the
voice caim and as he listened TO the re-
ports Of the Tammany celebration, where
Croker, his principal mark of attack,
had been jeered, a look OF satisfaction
crept over his tired face. and express
sions Of qualification escaped him.
Mr.. George arrived at tie hotel at
about / o'clock this morning. He had
inst come from several large mass
meetings in the borough Of Queens and
Brooklyn. The work Of the night seemed
10 have told on him. He complained Of
being tired. but his friends and relatives
who awaited him thought it only the
natural fatigue that follows such hard
campaign work as Mr.. George had been
doing.
After reaching the hotel he retired
Mrs. George awaited him in Room p, of
the hotel 1t was about 3:SO when Mrs
George was awakened. She found Mt.
George sitting in an armchair.
II am not feeling quite comfortable
said Mr. George to his wife.
won't you go back to bed?' inquired
Mrs George, anxiously.
81 will sit here awhile" was the an
swer. , 80
Mrs. George at once grew anxious as
10 her husbands condition. MI. Georse
gradually grew incoherent' ana iapSeu
into senii-consciousness.
Mrs. George was now Thoroughly
alarmed. and called her son, Henry
Geurge, Jr.. from an adjoining room
Frank Stevens was also called IN. MI
George was now unconscious.
No SIGN OF RECOGNITION.
call was sent for Or. Kelly, Mr..
Georges family physician, and he came
without delay. MIR. George was sun
unconscious. All efforts 10 revive him
failed Without a sign OF recognltloh
10 those around, he passed peaeeiuliy
away at 4:i5 o'clock.
Mrs. George was prostrated' ana was
cared for by friends of the iamiiy III
the hotel. NJ coo,ge
Or. Kelly said that he saw Mr. George
q few days ago. and he was then In pet
ter condition than he had peeh al '"e
opeuing Of the campaign.
when asked as 10 whether he had ad-
Used Mr.. George to enter the canvass,
,be Doctor replied evasively: NO;
Son,t think any power could have pre-
vented Henry George from sacrincnns
himself for the cause in which ne was
enlisted. and | knew him We'll
I'm the death certificate, DR.. Kelly salu'
.I hereby certify that | attended the ue-
ceased from September, 1881, TO OctopSi'
1eq7. that / last saw him awe on ul0
oath of october. 1891, at 445 O'Clock ~
~ morning. and that, 10 the pest ol
~ knowledee and belief, the cause Vi
hIs death is hereunder written:
"Chief cause. apoplexy (cereoraD. Con-
,r,hutinq cause. asphyxia. Duration OF
disease. one-half hour
DIR. MGLYNN'S GRIEF.
Tho Rev. DR.. Edward McGlynn reached
~ Irrton- Square Hotel shortly before IL
o,c,ocL The dispatch which summoned
h,,, merely announced that oedr
sriend' was dead. but, bearing In mihu
ne own premonition, and the premohl-
,iors that Henry George had conlded 10
him. he concluded rightly that his sie"s
associate ia the single-taX Dallie oI
otber years had expired. Nheh He
looked upon the dead face OF ms Irleiu
he burst into tears. The scene was
distressing one. 60 ia. mt1enrv
&C. died as Abraham Lincoln dled'
Ttncoin was assassinated just atter ms
@-,@at work was consummated. IL was
said that he was mercfully spared the
nettv annovances and chickering's Oh the
,ocorstruction period. Henry GeoIse
vae struck down by fate in the zehlth
Of his powers, but the great work tha'
he inaugurated will go on. AS mn %
and philosopher it viii be long before
hio IKE will be seen again. HIS soOu
ness and gentleness singled him out
among an men, and. with others al
most worshipped him. .O,OD
when DIR. McGlynn was able 10 thihA
calmly over his recent intercourse WIN
tha dead man. he recalled that his frlehu
frequently expressed TO him his premoh'
lions that his end was approaching anu
had used language that indicated pre-
sent,ment that ne would not outlive MS
campaign.
MIR. GEORGES CAREER.
Henry George was born September =
,eoa lie received a common-school edu-
cation. and then went into a counting
room. He was also a sailor. and learned
the printer's trade. In 1858 he reacheo
california where he worked az tne
nrinter's case until 1866. when ne De-
came a reporter. and afterwards edltor'
working at different times on the pan
Franciseo Times and Post. lie returheu
10 New York in 1860. and the Following
year went TO England and ireiaho' "heie
he was twice arrested as suspect pu'
was afterwards released on MS ldehtity
becoming established. MT. George - pese
known TO the world at large through niS
writings upon economic quesuonS' h"la-
bly his work entitled Progress ana
pav4rtv" published In 1879. His other
worls are .Our Land and Land Policy
ig7i. irish Land Question" 1884 "sociai
Problems 1888: Property in Land
.o,..o...,.., NTH the Duke OF Argyle,