Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-08
LIEUT.. GEN. CORB|N
DIES SUDDENLY.
Had Undergone an Operation,
Work of Surgeons Being Re-
garded as a Success.
DEVELOPED HEART WEAKNESS
Had Been III For Two Ncars--NHr
Department Onicials Shocked
VIII be Buried at Arlington.

New York. Sept S.-Ideut. Gen Henry
c. Corbin. L. s. A.. retired. died m
Roosevelt hospital in this city today
after an operation for a renal disorder
Gen Corbin would have been s. years
| old in a few days Mrs. Corbln and
cx-Gov Myton r. Hcrrick Of ohio. bis
personal friend. were at his bedside
whom death occurred.
Cen Corbln had been 80 Tor two
| years Accompanied by Mrs Corbin
and his daughter Mrs. Usher Parsons
Of Ardsley. New York he went to
! Carlsbad for treatment on June l2 last.
| The waters there appeared to have i'm
proved his condition after two weeks
stay and he returned 90 England
whore his former trouble returned. and
| ne went 90 Paris TO consult with ph,
sicians there.
TROUBLE DEVELOPS.
The trouble developed more serious
| IS while he was in Paris and he deter
I mined TO return 10 America j. q.
| Schmidlapp OF Cincinnati. met him in
| Paris. and with Mrs Corbin they sailed
/ for New York on the steamer Rotter-
/ dam. which arrived here on Sunday
| last. The general was taken to the
/ Hotel Martinique in this city and DR..
! Frank ErdWurm vas summoned, The
| physician advised that Gen. Corbin be-
/ removed 10 the Roosevelt hospital and
l he was taken there ON Monday. The
! operation was performed Tuesday
| morning by Or. LuCius uotchkiss. IA,
/ hospital surgeon. assisted hv Dr. Frd-
I wurm and DR.. Peck
kN-GOv HerriCk. who also was stay
ing az the Martinique. after an auto
| mobile trip TO Magnolia Mass. was
/ win the general, ana aided Mrs. Cor
bin in the arrangements for the gen
! erals removal 10 the hospital
REVIVED AFTER OPERATION
Following the operation, Gen. Corbin
| revived and the work of tho surgeons
Was regarded as a success, but about
midnight last night weakness Of the
heart developed and death ensued a
few hours later
Gen. Corbin's body win be AIKEN 10
his home az Highwood. Chevy chase
near Washington. this afternoon. aod
funeral arrangefnapfs WILL be made
there. His buriai'~ill be in Arlington
cemetery
OFFICIALS SHOCKED.
Washington. Sept. s.-war depart.
ment officials were greatly surprised
and shocked when Informed OF the
I death IN New York OF Gen VI. e. Cor
| hin. II was known that Gen Corbin
had not been well for some months. hut
that his Illness was serious was not
! even considered
During his service as adiutant gen
| eral' Gen. Corbin was a consp,cuouF
/ nsure AT the war department and In
the social life of the national capital
Gen Corbin's first military service
was as second lieutenant I'm the Eighty
thlrd Onto volunteer infantry, having
enlisted July 2S 1852 He served to
| the wars end with the army of the
! Cumberland, holding all grades from
second lieutenant to colonel. He was
broveted brigadier- general Of yolun-
teers March 10, lS65.
HIS CAREER.
tie eHteIed the regular army Nav If
1855 as a second lieutenant of the Soy
enteenth infantry, and was promoted
10 lieutenant general on April
~ 1906 He retired September
10 OF the same year. IN rec
ognition OF "gallantry shown in the
spanish American war" Congress. In
| June, 1900. conferred upon him the
rank of major general For eight Years
he served as adjutant- general OF the
! army
Gen corbin was a member OF the
Loyal Legion.
He married Miss Edith Agnee Patten
IN 1901 and had his residence in this
| city
Maj. William +. Horton. quartermas-
| ter. and Maj Julius A Penn OF the
! Seventh infantry. who were Gen. Cor
! pms aides during the last active ser
/ vice ne performed. were summoned Ia
! New York by Mrs. Corbn to assist ia
| the fUneral arrangements.
Gen. Corbin leaves three children by
his first wife. Rutherford b OF this
/ city, Mrs Usher Parsons OF Ardslev-
| on-the- Hudson. ~ v, and Grace COR
! bin, living In Wilmington. Ohio
] ONLY last year the beautlful rorhi,,
/ home at Highwood adjoining Chew
| Chase, In the suburbs Of Washington.
was completed and extensive enterta in
| ments had been planned for the COM
| ing session.
| Philippine division when he was ap-
I pointed major general having volun
| tarily rellnqulshed the position Of ad-
/ iutant general OF the army from "A ae-
sire 10 wind up his military career by
| field service
tie returned To the United states
/ from Manila early DO 1904, and assumed
| command ~ the department Of the Mis-
/ souri, While holding this command nae
was promoted 10 be lieutenant general
/ of the United states army
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