The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-02

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a partial recovery at least from the
attack His condition remained fair.
considering the severity of the attack.
during the day. but shortly after 9
o'clock he began to grow weaker, his
breathing became more rapid and his
pulse lower. terminating in less than
two hours in DEATH The end was
peaceful and without pain, the gen.
eral remaining conscious until five
minutes before he died. Half a. hour
before death General. Lee recog-
nized 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, rela-
tive. and nurse, two OF the attend
ing physicians, Drs Edie and Kean.
having retired temporarily A pathe
tic feature of the case is that al
though Gen Lee had family consist
ing of wife and five children, not
! one of whom was with him at the
time OF his death. The general was
6S year OF age.
Gen. Lees Family.
\ widow and FIVE children survive
Gen. Lee Two of the boys arc army
officers and two of the girls are wives
Of army officers. while the remaining
child is young woman still in her
teens. The children are: Mrs. J. c.
Rhea. wife Of Lieut.. Rhea, now at
Fort Oglethorpe; Lieut.. Fitzhugh
Lee Of the cavalry branch, now i,
Manila: Lieut. Geo. Mason Lee. OF
the Seventh cavalry, who is now III
San Francisco; Mrs. Anne Brown,
wife OF Lieut.. Brown Of the Seventh
cavalry, who is now at SanFrancis-
co. Miss Virginia Lee.
Gen. Lee was stricken with apop-
lexy. the entire left side being affect
ed, at 3 o'clock Friday morning,
while on a train en- route from Bos-
ton to Washington. The train had
just left the Harlem river when the
stroke came. The train bearing the
general arrived in Washington short
ly aftel 10 o'clock. Under the direc-
ton of Maj. Kean, U. S. A., of the SUR
geon generals office, the patient was
removed to Providence hospital
The news of the generals condi-
ton had preceded him to Washing
ton and many OF his army and per
sonal friends were at the Pennsyl-
vania station to meet him.
DR.. Tucker invited Gen. Lee to oc-
cupy quarters at his residence here.
The general was conscious and re-
ceived DR.. Tucker in the car when the
invitation was extended. He
replied smilingly: Il am in charge
of this man Kean, and he says | must
go to the hospital and l guess I will
have to acquiese."
A physician was taken aboard the
train at Jersey City.
At Philadelphia he gave place to
another, who accompanied the gener-
al to Baltimore, where still another
was taken aboard and made the trip
to Washington.
Gen. Lee had been spending few
days in Boston and was returning to
Washington on his way to join Mrs
Lee
His Friends Were Shocked.
Tie News OF Gen. Lees illness
was a severe shock to his numerous
friends in Washington. This was
evidenced my many inquiries made
at tine hospital throughout the day
and evening. Gen. Lees attack is
attributed largely to his activity IN
behalf of the military and naval re-
view which is to be held III the vicin-
ity of Jamestown, Va. His heart and
soul has been in the work and he la
bored zealously to make it success.
His visit to Boston was III this con-
nection and he had appeared before
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