The silver lance., 1897-11-05
HENRY GEORGE DEAD
AropLExy TOOK HIM OFF.
The Candidate for Mayor OF Greater New
York Expires Very Suddenly A. kc-
suit of Too Heavy Campaign Work.

New York, Oct. 29.-Henry George,
the candidate of the Jeffersonian Dem
ocracy for mayor Of Greater New York,
died in the Union Square hotel at 4:45
O'Clock this morning. Death was due
to apoplexy.
Mr. George arrived at the hotel about
1 o'clock this morning. He had just
come from several large mass meet
ings in the borough Of Queens and
Brooklyn. The work Of the night
seemed to have told on him. He COM
planned 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.
Not long after reaching the hotel he
retired. Mrs. George awaited him in
room % Of the hotel. 1t was about $3.50
O'Clock when Mrs. George was awak-
ened. She found Mr.. George seated in
an arm chair
Il am not feeling quite comfortable" !"
said Mr.. George to his wife.
Wont you go back to bed p inquired
Mrs. George, anxiously.
II will sit here awhile" was the re-
sponse.
Mrs. George at once grew anxious as
to her husbands condition. Mr..
0cOISc STduudlly grew luCOucIcuL anu
lapsed into semi-unconsciOusnes
Mrs. George was now thoroughly
alarmed, and called her son, Henry
George, Jr, from an adjoining room.
Frank Stevens was also called in. Mt.
George was now unconscious.
A call was sent to DIR. Kelley of 1T
East Fifty-ninth street, and he came
without delay. Mr.. George was still
unconscious. All efforts to revive him
failed. Without a sign of recognition
to those around him, he passed peace
fully away at 4:45 O'Clock.
Mrs. George was prostrated, and was
cared for by the friends Of the family
at the hotel.
In his great Cooper Union speech, ac-
cepting the nomination for mayor, less
than a month ago. he said:
"I'll make this race if it costs me my
life. This is a call to duty, and as a
good citizen have no right to disregard
1t on account of mere personal consid-
Grafton"
To-day the cheers Of the workers
have suddenly been changed to sighs,
for, true to his words, Henry George,
the apostle of the rights of man, died
as he wished to do-in harness, fighting
for the cause-tOward the close Of the
greatest municipal political contest the
world has ever seen.
The end was peaceful, and he died
without pain. This man of mighty
brain and undaunted courage was ply
sically frail. and the strain of an ex-
citing campaign requiring speechmak-
ing at points many miles apart, night
after night, was more than nature
could stand. He kept it up to the end,
and only a few hours before the dread
messenger cried halt Henry George
had addressed enthusiastic audiences
in three of the towns of the borough of
Queens. and still larger assemblage
in an uptown hall here.
New York, Oct. 29.-The Thomas JEFF
ferson Democracy this afternoon sub
stituted the name of Henry George, Jr.,
for the name of his father, Henry
George, as candidate for mayor Of
Greater New York.
Henry George. Jr., is the oldest son
Of the mayoralty candidate. He is
about thirty-five years Of age, and is
literary in his tastes. He was at one
time managing editor of the Jackson
vile, Florida, Citizen, but for some
time had been engaged with his father
| In literary work, which was suspended
when the latter accepted the nomina-
| ton.
Mr.. George has accepted the nomina-
tion, which was rendered unanimously