The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-11-03

Mr.. George arrived at the hotel about
O'Clock in the morning. He had just
come from several large massmeetings
in the boroughs Of Queens and Manhat-
tan. The work of the night seemed to
have told on him. He complained OF
being tired, but his friends and relatives
whoawaited 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 :30o'cloc when Mrs. George was
awakened. She found Mr.. George sit
ting in an armchair.
~ am not feeling quite comfortable, -
said Mr. George to his wife.
won't you go back to bed" in
quired Mrs. George, anxiously.
81 will sit here awhile" was the an
swer.
Mrs. George at once grew anxious as
TO her husbands condition. Mr.. George
gradually grew incoherent and lapsed
into semi CONSCIOUSNESS Mrs. George
was now thoroughly alarmed and called
her son, Henry George, Jr., from an
adjoining room. Frank Stevens was
also called in. Mr. George was now
unconscious A call was sent to DR..
Kelly of lit East Fifty ninth street,
and he came without delay. Mr.. George
was still unconscious. All efforts to re.
vive him failed. Without sign Of rec
ognition TO those around him he passed
peacefully away at 4:45 o'clock. Mrs.
George was FRUSTRATED and was cared
for by the friends Of the family at the
hotel.
Mr.. George has not been strong for
the past three years. and his son,
Henry George, Jr., has been his COM
panion in almost every enterprise in
which he has engaged, going with him
on his tours of the west as a special
newspaper correspondent in the last
presidential campaign, and keeping
close at his side in his movements in
the campaign Within the past day OF
two close friends of Mr.. George noted
with apprehension marked changes in
his appearance and manner. His eyes
grew dull. Wrinkles came at the cor
ners and his eyes sunk in hollow cav
erns His voice, usually resonant and
pleasant, now pitched almost to piping
treble in conversations, was querulous.
while he seemed like one whose nerv es
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.
Henry George was born at Philadel-
phia Sept 2, 1889. He received com
mon school education and then went
into countingrOom. He was also a
sailor, and afterward learned the print.
er's trade In 1858 he reached Cali
fornia, where he worked at the print
er's case until 1865, when he became a
reporter and afterward editor, work
ing &C different times ON the San Fran
cisco Times and Post He returned TO
New York IN 1880 and went to England
and Ireland the following year, where
he was twice arrested a. a suspect but
afterward released when his identity
became established
Mr.. George is best known to the
world at large through his writings
upon economic questions, notably his
work entitled Progress and Poverty,
published In 1871. His other works are
ssOur Land and Land Policy" 1871 (;
Irish Land Question:" 1881; Social
Problems" 1888 Property in Land, !"
controversy with the Duke of Argyle,
1884 "The Condition OF Labor, an
open letter 10 Pope Leo XIII, 1891, and
'Perplexed Philosopher" Herbert
6poncer). 1899.
Ia 1885 Mr.. George was nominated
BY the United Labor party for mayor OF
New York. polling %. 600 votes. against
90. 900 for Abram 3. Hewitt. the Demo.
cratic nominee and 10000 for Theodore