New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-05-06
SOLDIER, CITIZEN, PATRIOT.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Is Dead of Apo
piexy and PARALYSIS

Washington. April 29-Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee. U. S. A., retired and one of
Virginia's foremost sons, died at the
| Providence Hospital here last night
from an attack of apoplexxy. which he
suffered early yesterday morning on a
train while en- route from Boston to
| Washington.
After Gen. Lee had been removed to
the hospital early yesterday morning
1t was evident to the attending physi
clans that his case was a very serious
| one, but they believed that his strong
vitality and will power would assist
materially in at least partial recoye-
ry from the attack.
His condition remained fair, Consid-
ering the severity of the attack dur
ing the day, but shortly after O'Clock
he began to grow weaker, his breath
ing became more rapid and his pulse
lower, terminating in less than two
hours in death. The end was peaceful
and without pain, the General remain
ing conscious 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
A pathetic feature of the case is. al
though Gen. 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 6S years of age.
Gen. Lees seizure 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 |
Va. His heart and soul |
were in the work and he labored zeal
ously to make 1t a success.
Gen. Lee was long a prominent fig
ure In Washington and he always was
given a hearty reception wherever he
went. Before the Civil War, at the
of which he resigned his
in the United States Ar
my, Gen. Lee saw considerable from
tier duty in movements against the In
dams. He was an expert cavalry Off
GER and on one occasion, June 16, 1860,
ne was engaged in hand-to-hand en-
courier with Comanche Indians near
q mn CC1nro do |
Gen. Lee was a nephew of the ia
nous Confederate General, Robert e.
Lee, and like him, saw active service
n the Confederacy. In Washington
lie was well and popularity known, and |
lis appearance on public occasions I
vas always the signal for outbursts of
applause from the hosts of admiring
riends. Gen Lees record includes an
honorable service of the cavalry |
ranch of the army with the United
states during the Mexican War and up
o the time of the Civil War; years of
ctive service in the Confederate army 4;
nd the filling of important Federal :
nd State positions since that time, Y
nd finally commission as Brigadier :
eneral in the regular army and his +
etirement and death in that official y
ank >
A widow and five children survive ,
en-. Lee. Two of the boys are army I
Ulcers and two of the girls are wives p
army officers, while the remaining q
hid is a young woman still in her h
,ens. The children are Mrs. j. c.
hea, wife Of Lieut. Rhea, now at Fort
glethorpe, Ga; Lieut. Fitzhugh Lee
the cavalry branch, now In Manila; n
lieut.. George Mason Lee of the Sew 9,
nth Cavalry, who is now in San Fran n
SEQ; Mrs. Annie Brown, wife of n
lieut.. Brown of the Seventh Cavalry, al
ho is now at San Francisco and Miss q,
irginia Lee. w
Bishop Hoss will leave for Brazil CT
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