Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-01
LEE PASSES AWAY.
chivaIrie Son of the Old Dominion Sue
eumbs TO ApopIeetie Stroke.

Chivalrie Son of the Old Dominion Sue
eumbs to ApopIeetie Stroke.
Washington. May General Fitz-
hugh Lee. one of virginia's foremost
sons died at the Providence hospital
here Friday night from an attack OF
apoplexy which he suffered early in
the morning on a train while en- route
from Boston to Washington. After
General Lee had been removed to the
hospital 1t was evident to the attend
ing physicians that his case was a
| very serious one. but they believed
that his strong vitality and will power
would assist materially in at least a
partial recovery rom the attack. His
condition remained fair. considering
the severity of the attack, during the
day. but shorty after o'clock he be-
gan TO grow weaker. His breathing
became more raj id and his pulse lower,
terminating in less than two hours In
death. The end was peaceful and with
out pain. the general remaining con-
scious until within five minutes of the
end. Half an hour before death Gen.
Lee recognized his brother Daniel Lee,
who came into the room for a moment
In the room when he died were Dr..
Montgomery. one of the physicians at
the hospital; Miss Dorsey. a relative.
and nurse. two of the attending ply
sicians having retired temporarily. 4
pathetic feature of the case is. although
General Lee was blessed with a fam
lily. consisting of wife and five chill
dren. not one of them was with hhn
at the time of his death. The gene al
was sixty-eight years OF age.
General Lee was long a prominent
figure In Washington. and he was al
ways given a hearty reception wher-
ever he went. Before the Civil war. at
the beginning of which. he res gned h.s
commission In the United States army
General Lee saw considerable frontier
duty in movements against the Indians
He was an expert cavalry officer and
on one occasion. June is. 1860. he was
engaged In a hand-to- hand encounter
with Comanche Indians near Camp Col
orado. Tex. His services I'm the Con-
federate army as a major general are
well known. and during the interval
between this work and his active work
In the Spanish-American war General
Lee filled a number OF important posi- |
lions. including the governorship or
Virginia. the presidency of the Pitts
burg and Virginia railroad. the collect
orship of internal revenue for the
Lynchburg district and the consul gen
eralship At Havana. Following his |
honorable discharge from the volunteer |
army General Lee was appointed 10 the /
regular army with the rank OF briga-
dier general. and with this rank he was
retired.
Deceased was a nephew OF the late
Confederate general. Robert Z. Lee.
A widow and five children survive
General Lee. Two of the boys are army
Officers and two Of the girls are wives
of army officers. while the remaining
child Is a young woman still In her
teens. The children are Mrs. ]. c.
Rhea wife of Lieutenant Rhea. now at
Fort oglethorpe. Ga: Lieutenant Fitz
hugh Lee of the cavalry branch. now
fla Manila: IAeutsnant George MasonI
Lee CT The Seventh cavalry VINO IS '.CNI
iu San Francisco: Mrs. Annie Brown.
wife of Lieutenant Brown of the Sew
enth cavalry. who is now at San Fran
cisco. and Miss virginia Lee.
At the time of his death General Lee
was president OF tie exposition COM
pany engaged in commemorative tie
settlement of jamestown by means Of
E land and sea display Of military and
naval exhibits at Hampton Roads. and
IL was in its interests ne went 10 Bos-
ton