Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-11-09
THE WORLD WAS SHOCKED
BY the DEATH or GEORGE
Details Of the Sad Event From
Those Who Were Near Him
at the End.
GREAT FUNERAL DEMONSTRATION
English Newspapers Comment on
His Death anu Estimate Him
as Man Very
Highly.


Highly.
New York, Nov. 1.-The Journal ana
Advertiser contained an article on
Henry George, written by Alfred Hen"
ry Lewis, who visited the famous SIN
gle tax advocate at his headquarters
in the Union Square hotel Thursday.
OF his impression Mr.. Lewis wrote:
The Henry George | found was not
the Henry George / met fewer than
two months ago. When | saw him last
he was tranquil. quiet. even steady as
In nerves, r%tional, sedatety contented'
talking of his books and his tax
dreams. Thursday fmet n man haggard,
pinched, with "A face ms thin and peak
e as a pin. His eyes roved, his hair
was tumbled. his face the theater OF
disorder. If he was the picture OF any
thing. il was his unfed ambition mace
desperate. There was despair, TOO, IN
his face, as if i'm n dim way he looked
into the future. black with disappoint"
ment. ] tell you il was IA shock to see
the man"
Mr.. George was about 3 feet 5 inches
high and of slender build. His head
was bald and his brows fast becoming
gray. =,
Frank Stephens, n personal friend
of Mr.. George, and one of his campaign
managers, was at the candidates bed
side after the fatal attack came. lie
said: d,
IL came into the Union Square hotel
nj / o'clock and found Mr.. and Mrs.
George sitting mt a table in the dining
room with a few friends. Mr.. George
had lust returned from the Central
opera house, where he had delivered a
speech. After a light meal Mr.. George
complained Of Indigestion. He soon
retired after bidding us all good night.
Mrs. George found him sitting IN an
arm chair abont 3:30 O'Clock. Soon
after his condition became alarming
and she summoned several OF as. !
went at once for the doctor and on my
way stopped at the Waldorf and moth
fed Mr.. johnson. He was greatly
shocked and lost no time i'll getting
down TO the Union Square hotel.
Il then went 10 Mr.. Georges resi-
dence on Ninety-second street, South
BROOKLYN, and notified the members OF
the family there. His son, Richard,
and his unmarried daughter were
there at the time. With them were
two nieces of Mr.. George, daughters
of his brother Thomas, who resides IN
Philadelphia
Great Funeral Demonstration.
The committee in charge of the fu-
neral ceremonies of Mr.. George have
arranged the order of services:
From sunrise on Sunday, October
till sunset of the same day the
BODY of the great leader will Tie in
state in the Grand Central palace.
During the afternoon. beginning at
2 o'clock, the funeral services and ora
tons will take place.
THE funeral car will start from the
Central palace at I o'clock on.
Sunday evening and proceed by n
route TO be announced later, ,ia In
essssasyss ss!aga - ihs greaklya city
that no torches or transpnrcncies be
displayed. Banners without notices
designating the organizations may be
carried"
The pail bearers have not vet been
selected. Mr.. George was an Episco-
palian, but was not very regular in his
attendance at church. His widow is a
Catholic, and it was often said that her
husband intended to embrace Catholi-
cism.
The widow and her daughters re-
NAMED in the room with the body nm
til 10 o'clock, when they were induced
to retire for much needed rest. Mrs.
is bearing up well under the
but her friends fear that she
will soon give way. A guard Of honor
composed OF prominent George men,
will watch the dead body until its in
Ierment.
Georges Last Moments.
DIR. Kelly. Mr.. Georges family physi-
received a message at 4 o'clock
that Mr.. George was dying. He imme-
diately dressed and went TO the hotel
found Mr.. George stricken with apo
plexy. He was already beyond hope.
physician could do nothing, and
with the family he waited for the end.
Death was painless. DR.. Kelly said he
saw Mr. George a few days ago. and
he was then in better condition
a he had been at the opening of the |
campaign. When asked as to whether
he advised Mr.. George to enter the can |
'ass, the doctor replied evasively:
Il don't think any power In Christen-
could have prevented Henry
GEORGE from sacrificing himself in the
cause in which he was enlisted, and l
knew him WE'LL
In the death certificate, DIR. Kelly
said: II hereby certify / attended the
ieceased from September. 1881, TO Oc-
tober. 1897: that l last saw him alive
the 18th OF October. 1897, at 6 In the
n that to the best of nv
and belief the cause OF his
ieath Is hereunder written:
The chief cause was apoplexv ;cero
oraD; contributing cause. asphyxIa.
iuration Of disease, one-haIt hour"
When the news OF Mr.. Georges death
was received at democratic headouar-
Iers the following was sent by Mr.. Van
Wyck TO Mrs. George:
Il am inexpressibly shocked. No
words can express my regret or my
sympathy
General Tracy. the republican nomi-
nee for mayor, said at hts headquarters.
i regret exceedingly this unfortu.
nate AFFAIR. l had the highest respect
Tor Henry Georges philosophy,
Mayor Gleason Of Long Island civ
candidate for mayor OF Greater ,SAcr
York, said:
THE vote which would have been cast
FOR MI. George will not be split up and
most of Georges followers are work.
Ingmen, l fully believe IS per cent OF
them will come over to me-"
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