Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02
CLAIMED
BY DEATH
/, GENERAL sFlTzHUGH LEE sue.
cuMBs TO STROKE OF
APoPLExY.
VETERAN OF TWO WARS
One Of thu Most Remarkable Men In
the American Nation-Long a Sol
dier I'D Before the Public In Prom
Inent RoIes-End Came Peacefully,

Washington, D. c., April 29.--Gen-
eral Fitzhugh Lee, U. S.. A., retired,
and one of Virginia's foremost sons,
died at Providence hospital here last
night from an attack of apoplexy,
which he suffered early yesterday
morning on train 3 while en-
route from Boston to Washington.
After General Lee had been removed
to the hospital. it was evident that his
case was very serious one
"a Shortly after o'clock last night he
began to grow weaker, his breathing
became more rapid and his pulse
lower, terminating in less than two
Tours in death. The end was peaceful
sand without pain, the general remain
-Nng conscious until within five minutes
of the end.
Dies Without Seeing Family.
A pathetic feature of the case is that
although General Lee was blessed with
a family consisting of wife and five
children, not one of them was with
him at the time of his death. He was
60 years of age,
Prior to the civil war, at the begin
ming Of which he resigned his commits
sion In the United States army, Gen
eral Lee saw considerable frontier duty
in movements against the Indians. His
services in the confederate army as
major general are well known and dur
Ing the interval between this war and
his active work in the Spanish Ameri-
can war, General Lee filled a number
of important positions, including the
governorship of Virginia, the presi-
dency of the Pittsburg and Virginia
railroad, the collectorship of internal
revenue for the Lynchburg district,
and the consul generalship at Havana
\ Retired in March, 1902.
Following his honorable discharge
/ rom the volunteer army, March Q,
s1901, General Lee was appointed to the
regular army, with the rank of briga-
der general, and with this rank he
was retired in March following.
Arrangements for the funeral, to-
: sether with the selection of the place
for interment Of the remains, will not
be made until after the arrival in
Washington of Mrs. Lee, who is now
on the way here
preceded him to Washington, and
many Of his army and personal friends
were at the Pennsylvania station to
meet him. Among them were Major
Niche of the army general staff, Ma
jor Kean and Major Mason of the
medical department, DR.. st George
Tucker of George Washington univer-
sity, Major Robert Hunter of Virginia,
Holmes Conrad of Virginia and B. H.
Fowle. DR.. Tucker invited General
Lee to occupy quarters at his residence
here. The general was conscious and
received DR.. Tucker in the care when
the invitation was extended. He re-
Piled smilingly: II am in charge Of
this man Kean and he says must go
to the hospital, and guess will have
TO acquiesce."
President OF Exposition.
! General Lee was one of the moving
spirits in the jamestown exposition
project. He was president Of the ex-
position company, and had been work
, Ing constantly and with marked sue
cess in Its behalf He had made sew
Naral trips through the west and had
appeared before the legislatures of
Pennsylvania and New York seeking
ctate appropriations for the exposition
sIeueTdl Lee always ndd enjoyed
robust health, but he led an excep-
tionally active life. being a veteran of
three wars. He served in the Mexican
war, was in the confederate army dur
ing the civil war, and his conspicuous
service in the Spanish war is current
history. Since he took UP the work Of
the jamestown exposition he had
made his official residence at Norfolk,
but his activities in connection with
this work gave him little time there.
During the session of congress just
closed the general spent large part
of his time in Washington in the in
terest of legislation authorizing the
exposition
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