The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-05-04
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GEN. FIZHUGH LEE DEAD
Attack of Apoplexy Ends Life of Not
ed Southerner. Stricken Down on
Train While Returning to Wash
ington.

Train While Returning to Wash
ington.
Washington General Fitzhugh Lee,
U. S. A., retired, and one of Virgin
las foremost sons, died at the Provl-
dence hospital here from an attack OF
apoplexy which he suffered on train
while enroute from Boston to Wash
ton After General Lee had been re-
moved to the hospital it was evident
to the attending physicians that his
case was very serious one, but they
believed that his strong vitality and
will power would assist materially
in at least a partial recovery from the
attack. His condition remained fair,
considering the severity of the attack,
during the day, but shortly after y
'clock he began to grow weaker, his
breathing became more rapid and his
pulse lower, terminating in less than
I two hours in his death. The end was
peaceful and without pain, the general
remaining conscious until within five
minutes of the end. Half an hour be-
fore death Gen. Lee recognized his
brother, Daniel Lee, who came into the
room for moment. In the room when
be died were DR.. Montgomery, one OF
the physicians at the hospital; Miss
Dorsey, relative and nurse; two
Of the attending physicians, Drs. Edle
and Kean, having retired temporarily.
A pathetic feature of the case IS al
though General Lee was blessed with
family consisting of wife and five
children, not one Of them was with
him at the time Of his death. The
General was sc years of age.
General Lee was stricken early while
on a train travelling from Boston to
Washington. Immediately on reaching
Washington General Lee was removed
to a hospital, the gravity of the at
tack being such that the attending
physicians concluded he could receive
better attention than at a private resi-
dence. The attack of apoplexy was
followed by paralysis of the entire left
side.
The news of Gen. Lees illness and
death was severe shock to his numer-
Gus friends in Washington. This was
evidenced by the many inquiries at the
hospital throughout the day and even
ing.
Gen. Lees illness and death are at
tributed largely to his activity In be-
half of the military and naval review
which is to be held in the vicinity OF
Jamestown, Va. His heart and soul
were in the work and he labored zeal
ously to make it success.
Gen. Lee was long prominent fig-
ure in Washington and he always was
given hearty reception wherever he
went. Before the civil war, at the be-
ginning of which he resigned his COM
mission in the United States army,
Gen. Lee saw considerable frontier
duty in movements against the In
dians. He was an expert cavalry Of
fcer and on one occasion, June 16,
1860, he was engaged in hand to
hand encounter with Comanche In
dams near Camp Colorado, Tex. His
services in the Confederate army as
a major general are well known and
during the intervals between this work
and his active work in the Spanish
American war, Gen. Lee filed num-
Der Of important positions, including
the governorship Of Virginia, the pres
idency of the Pittsburg & Virginia
railroad; the collectorship Of internal
revenue for the Lynchburg district
and the consul generalship at Havana.
Following his honorable discharge
from the volunteer army Gen. Lee was
appointed to the regular army with
The rank of brigadier general and with
this rank he was retired.
Secretary Wilson Of the DEPART
ment Of Agriculture sees valuable
lesson for American farmers in the
methods employed in Africa to make
crops: ~ have just received report
from T. H. Kearney, Of the Bureau Of
Plant Industry" he says (which
shows that abundant crops are pro-
duced on the coast crops are pro-
nicia, Africa, without irrigation and
where the annual rainfall is only six
inches, by planting the tree eighty feet
apart, cultivating all Of the soil and
allowing no other crops to absorb the
moisture. This lesson may be applied
to anything in the arid regions. The
date palm is grown in Africa by plant
ing it in basins surrounded by sand
dunes. The roots soon find their way
to ground WEIR, and the trees grow
to enormous size.
The secret service, the Department
Of Justice and the Postoffice Depart
ment have begun concerted crusade