The Washington times., 1906-03-21
Pennsylvania Congress
man Stricken With
Heart Disease.
WAS FOUND BY NIECE
I'm Afraid ! Am Going, He
Said, With Premonition
of Death.

George r Patterson. membe- OF CO..
gress from the Twelfth Pennsylvania
district. died suddenly AT O'Clock this
morning OF heart trouble at his resi-
Gence on Q street
The House adjourned Immediately
after rOh call this afternoon as q marx
o. respect to Mr.. Patterson's memory.
Speaker Cannon has designated the
following members 10 attend the funeral
as representatives OF the House
Messrs- samuel Dale. Lilley. Schneebeu.
Butler. and Kline OF Pennsylvania FoS-
Ter Of Vermont. LOudenslager OF New
Jersey. Prince of Illinois. Patterson or
North Carolina. BrOuSsard OF Louisiana.
Caroline. aid Andrews OF New Mexico
Spent Sunday With Wife
IN Patterson returned 10 Washing
ton yesterday from his home IN Ash
land. Pa. where he had gone on SaIur-
dsv 10 spend SUNDAY with his wife and
children. He reached his mothers home
about 3 O'Clock last night. and sat until
midnight talking with his secretary.
Mr. Patterson was apparently as wei
IS he ever had been in mis- life and could
be heard hy memOc-s OF the family
laughing heartily with the secretary
throughout the evening
He retired about midnight and al
o clock his niece. who lives IN the house
heard him moving about his room. and
went in 20 ask h;m ir anything was
wanted He replied that he was all
right and merely taking some medicine
Shortly after that his niece heard
something had happened rushed in 10
find Mr- Patterson lying across the couch
against which he had fallen. Blood was
streaming from his mouth which ne h8d
struck against the edge OF the couch and
he was apparently IN great pain.
Medical Aid of No Avail
I'm afraid I'm going 10 die he said.
The family physician was summoned.
and applied restoraIives- M Patterson
complained that his feet were numb. ard
that he was suffering intensely He ap-
psrenJly responded 10 the treatment. but
few minutes before O'Clock he lapsed
into Inconsistencies and died
MT- Patterson is survived by his wife
and TWO young children and his motiIeT
with whom he made his home in Wash
iugtOn Arrangements for the funeral
have not E5en completed They are -
charge Of the Sergeant-at-ArmS OF the
House. The only definite arrangement
IS thar the BODY will be taken TO Penn
svlvanis some time tomorrow
Was SIalwart Republican.
George Robert Patterson was a Re
publican. and had represented his dis
trict in Congress the past three ses-
siOns- AT the last election - received
a plurality OF 5.414 votes the largeSt
ever given TO any candidate for Office
on any ticket IN his district. He was
born at Lewistown. Mifiin county Pa
November -. 1852 Since early life he
had been engaged in mercantile pnr-
suits most OF the time as a travelling
salesman. first in the hardware buSi-
ness and for the last twelve years n
-four and feed.
At the time OF his death fIr. Patterson
was agent for q Minneapolis mill. Gov
ering territory in central Pennsylvania
For number of years he had taken an
active part in politics. having frequently
been delegate TO local and State con
ventiOns He was delegate 70 the
Republican national convention in 1904
sal glOem IN the House today. where
he was generally beloved by RepubH-
cans. Democrats. and the employees Of
the House