Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-12

ATTENDING A DINNER GIVEN IN
HIS HONOR BY GENERAL MILES.
HONORS PAID TO THE REMAINS.
A GUARD OF UNITED STATES
TROOPS AT THE. COFFIN
Washington. December 11-Gen.
Calixto Garcia, the distinguished Gu
ban warrior and leader, and the head
of the commission elected by the
Cuban Assembly to visit this country,
died here this morning shortly after
10 o'clock, at the Hotel Raleigh, where
the commission has it's headquarters.
The sudden change from the warm eli
mate of Cuba with the hardships he
had there endured, to the wintry
weather of New York and Washing
ton, is responsible for the pneumonia
which resulted in his demise. He con-
tracted a slight cold in New York,
which did not assume
AN ALARMING STAGE -
until the early part of last week.
On Tuesday night Gen. Garcia, in
company with the other members of
the commission, attended a dinner
given in his honor by Gen. Miles, and
it was a result of the exposure that
night which eliminated in his death.
During the twelve hours or more pre-
ceding dissolution, Gen. Garcia was
unconscious most of the time. At in
tervals he recognized one or more of
those about him. In his dying mo-
ments, as all through his busy and
active life, his thoughts were for his
beloved country and it's people, and
(among his last words were irrational
mutterings in which he gave orders to
his son, who is on his staff, for the
battle which he supposed was to oc-
cur tomorrow, and in which he I'M
derstood there were only four hundred
Spaniards to combat.
Just before he died he embraced his
son. Rev. Father Magee, of st. Bat
rick's church, was called in during the
day and was with Gen. Garcia until
the end,
ADMINISTERING THE LAST RITES
of the Catholic church. Other mem
bers of the commission and Mr.. Ru-
bens, their counsel in this country,
were also in. the bed chamber when
came The remains were i'm
end = prepared for burial and
- = = saspiaced on bier in the room
I'm which he died. A large Cuban flag
served as a covering and the head
rested on one of smaller dimensions.
The face and bust were left exposed
to public We've The features had a
remarkably life-like appearance, and
gave no indication of the sufferings
which the deceased had borne. Just
above the head rested a magnificent
floral piece of red and viii e roses and
cross-palms tied with a pure white
ribbon. By direction of MAJ Gen.
Miles a detachment Of soldiers from
Battery E, Sixth artillery, at the bar
racks here, under command of Lieut..
Cox, was detailed
AS A BODY GUARD
for the remains.
After Gen. Garcia's death steps were
taken to notify the Government Off
Gals here and also the executive COM
mittee' of the Cuban Assembly, which
has it's headquarters at Marianoa,
Cuba. =.
Secretary Jose Villalon, of the COM
nittee, sent a telegram of notification
20 Mendez Capote, the President of the
Cuban Assembly, who is now in Has
vana. AS soon as the death became
known number of visitors, includ-
ing many public men, came to the
hotel to express their condolences.
President MCKINLEY manifested his
sympathy by sending a suitably
worded letter and President Ho-
bart sent his card. Among those who
called were Senators Foraker, Money,
Proctor and Chandler, and Maj. Gems.
Lawton and Wheeler.
Gen. Garcia left large family, only
one of whom, Justo, a captain on his
staff. was
WITH HIM WHEN HE DIED. :
His widow and Mercedes, a daugh-
ter II years Of age, are at Thomas
vile, Ca, where the girl is quite i'll;
Mario, a son 10 years of age, is with
the mother at Thomasville, and Col.
Carloas Garcia, another son, is in
Cuba. A daughter, Leonora, who mar
ried an American, is now living in
Paris Gen. Garcia's mother is still
alive and resides in Havana.
Gen. Garcia. whose name will be
ever linked with those of other patri-
OTIS who have fought against unequal
odds for freedom of his country has had
mot active and varied life, much of
which has been spent in fighting for
the cause of Cuban liberty which he
had the satisfaction of seeing accom-
plished so short time before his
death. He was a man of culture and
refinement, of splendid education and
came from distinguished familyk' of