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HENRY GEORGE DIES
SUDDENLY IN NEW YORK
.Mayoralty Candidate Passes Away From a
Stroke of Appoplexy.
fflS DEATH INSURES VAN WYGK’S ELECTION
Unless There is a Great Change in
Sentiment-Two Republican Can
didates Against One Democrat.
New York, Oct. 29.—Henry George,
the candidate of the Jeffersonian Dem
ocracy for mayor of Greater New York,
-died in the Union Square hotel at 4:45
-■a. m. Death is thought to have been
■due to apoplexy. Mr. George arrived
’ 'Bq Jr
HENRY GEOKGX.
•at the hotel about 1 a. m. He had just
eome from several large massmeetings
.In the borough of Queens and Brook
lyn. The work of the night seemed to
have told on him. He complained of
being tired, but his friends and relatives
who awaited nim rronpht it was only
the natural fatigue tliut follows such
hard campaign weak us Mr. George had
been doing. Not long niter reaching
-the hotel he retired. Mrs. George
4 awaited him in room 22 of the hotel.
It was about 8:30 o’clock when Mrs.
George was awakened. She found Mr.
George sitting in an armchair.
Did Not Feel Wall, f
"I am not feeling quite comfortable,”
■aid Mr. George to his wife.
“Wont you go back to bed?” inquired
Mrs. George anxiously.
“I will sit here awhile,” was the an
swer.
Mrs. George at once grew anxious as
to her husband’s condition. Mr. George
gradually grew incoherent and lapsed
a semiconsciousness.
HRkM George was now thoroughly
and called her son, Henry
George, Jr., from an adjoining room.
Frank Stevens was also called in. Mr.
George was now unconscious. A call
was sent up to Dr. Kelly of 117 East
Fifty-ninth street and he came without
delay. Mr. George was still uncon
scious. All efforts to revive him failed.
Without a sign of recognition to those
■round him he passed peacefully away
■t 4:45 o’clock.
Mrs. George was prostrated and was
eared for by the friends of the family
at the hotel
Tom Johnson was immediately sent
for and arrived at the hotel at 5:10
•’clock. He announced that a meeting
of George leaders would be held at the
Jiverett House at 11 a. m. to determine
pon a course of action.
The Fetal Attaek.
Frank Stevens, a personal friend of
,Mr. George and one of his campaign
managers, was at the candidate’s bed
side after the fatal attack came. He
said:
“I came into the Union Square hotel
•t 1 o’clock and found Mr. and Mrs.
George sitting at a table m the dining
room with a few friends. Mr. George
had just returned from the Central
Opera House, where he had delivered a
. speech.
A “After a light meal, Mr. George com-
Slained of indigestion. He soon, re
rod after bidding us all good night.
George found him sitting in an
■rm chair about 3:80 o’clock. Soon
after his condition became alarming
■nd she summoned several of us. I
went at once for the doctor and on my
way stopped at the Waldorf and noti
fied Dr. Johnson. He was greatly
shocked and lost no time in getting
down to the Union Square hotel I
then went to Mr. George’s residence on
I Ninety-second street. South Brooklyn,
I and notified the members of the family
! there. His son Richard and his un-
I married daughter were there at the
I* time. There were two nieces of Mr.
George’s, daughters of his brother
Thomas, who resides in Philadelphia.
* Fight to Go On.
*.O. .XJkwkfiDliK m. trt.lhP c*nu>sin
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
managers, wks at the union square
early. He said:
“The movements of the Jeffersonian
Democracy will go on as steadily as
ever. Mr. George has said that should
his election be not possible, he preferred
Mr. Low as next mayor. I believe the
votes that would have gone to Mr.
George will be thrown for Seth Low.”
The election law of New York pro
vides explicitly for the filling of vacan
cies on tickets, whether caused by death,
declination or otherwise. It is required
by law that with each list of the candi
dates, when nominated in convention,
a petition shall be filed with the names
of one or mor# persons authorized to
represent the convention or petitioners
in such emergencies as may arise prior
to the day of the election, and these
committees have authority to substitute
a new name for that of any candidate
dying or declining, or ascertained to be
legally disqualified, for any office for
which the candidate is named.
In the event of a nomination to fill a
vacancy arising after the official ballots
have been printed (which is probably
the case now) posters bearing the name
pf the new candidate are to be supplied
as the regular ballots, these posters when
placed upon the ballots to have the same
effect as though the name they bear
had been printed upon the ballots.
Story of Hl* Life.
Henry George was born on Sept. 2,
1889. He received a common school ed
ucation and then went into a counting
room. He was also a sailor and after
wards learned the printer’s trade. la
1858 he reached California, where he
worked at the printer’s case until 1866,
when he became a reporter and after
wards editor, working at different times
on the San Francisco Post and Times.
He returned to New York in 1860 and
went to England and Ireland the fol
lowing year, where he was twice ar
rested as a suspect, but released when
his identity became established.
Mr. George is best known to the
World at large through his writings
bpon economic questions, notably his
work entitled “Progress and Poverty,”
published in 1879. His other works are
“Our Land and Land Policy,” 1871;
“Irish Land Question,” 1881; “Social
Problems,” 1883; "Property In Land,”
a controversy with the Duke of Argyle,
1884; “The Condition of Labor,” an
open letter to Pope Leo XIII, 1891, and
a “Perplexed Philosopher,” (Herbert
Spencer) 1892.
In 1886 Mr. George was nominated by
the United Labor party of New York,
polling 68,000 votes, against 90,000 for
Abram S. Hewitt, the Democratic nom
inee, and 60,000 for Theodore Roosevelt,
now assistant secretary of the navy.
Republican.
He Made Things Hot.
After his nomination for mayor by
the Jeffersonian Democrats, Mr. George
made an extremely active canvass,
speaking several times every evening,
and working from early till late at his
headquarters. He gave to the campaign
its most sensational incidents, his
attacks on Richard Croker and Senator
Platt, whom he threatened to prosecute
for various crimes, such as levying
blackmail upon city contractors and
aspirants for office, should he be elected
mayor. His candidacy gave to the
coming election its greatest element of
uncertainty, for according to expert
politicians it was practically impossible
to estimate how much of Bryan’s vote
of last year would go to George instead
of Van Wyck.
Thursday night Mr. George spoke in
the borough of Queens and later in the
borough of Manhattan, at the Central
Opera House. He was greeted by large
and enthusiastic crowds everywhere.
In one of his Thursday night’s speeches
Mr. George said:
“I have labored for years to make
myself Known, and now, at last, these
things are all written down. I believe
that all the needed reforms are summed
up in the philosophy: The right of
every man to eat, to drink, to speak as
he sees fit, so long as he does not trench
on the rights of other men.”
Roasted Croker Klug.
Then later in the same speech he re
peated his threats against the Croker
ring, saying:
“Let him go to the penitentiary. He
shall go there.”
Newspaper men who have been a
part of the George campaign have felt
that he was undergoing a strain which
was surely and rapidly breaking him
down. At times he has been incoher
ent. His whole temperament under
went.a complete chause. Hissoeeche*
ROME. GA., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1897.
OFF ON A JUNKET
Legislature Adjourns Until Mon
day Yesterday Afternoon.
Co-Education Bill is Referred To the
House For Action By the Edu
cational Committee
Atlanta, Oct 29. The sessionof the
two houses of the legislature was devoid
of any special interest Friday. The
senate did not meet until 11 o'clock, and
transacted no business of any impor
tance, except the passage of Senatoi
Gray's celebrated "cattle stealing bill.”
This bill was introduced early during
last year's session an d was reported ad
versely by the general judiciary com
mittee. It was defeated by a vote oi
the senate, but was reconsidered time
and time again.
This bill makes the crimes of stealing
eattle, whose valuation is under S2O,
misdemeanors instead of felonies. The
author claims it will save the state
SIOO,OOO annually.
The house met at 9 o’clock and read
bills for the first time. The committee
on education made two reports on the
bill to admit females into the State
university. The minority report was
largely signed.
The senate adjourned in less than an
hour after meeting and the house ad
journed at noon. Neither body will be
in session Saturday.
The general judiciary committee and
perhaps half of the house of representa
tives left for Nashville Friday night.
00 ..,areu uy me nair dozen eacn day.
were often rambling, though their trend
was ever faithful to the toilers whose
devoted champion he was all his life.
Mrs. George and Henry George, Jr„
have been solicitous regarding the effect
of the terrible strain of his being bun
dled about from place to place each day
and during the night, making speeches
before wildly enthusiastic gatherings of
his admirers, and it has been noted
again and again that his faithful wife
sat beside her husband on the platform
from which he spoke, or watched closely
from a point of vantage near by.
the Pace That Killed.
Mr. George has not been strong for
the past three years and his son, Henry
George, Jr., has been his companion in
almost every enterprise in which he has
engaged. Within the past day or two
close friends of Mr. George have noted
with apprehension marked changes in
his appearance and manner. His eyas
grew dull. Wrinkles came at the cor
ners and his eyes sunk in hollow cav
erns. His voice, usually resonant and
pleasant, now pitched almost to piping
treble in conversations, was queru
lous, while he seemed like one whose
nerves were so highly wrought that
they might snap without warning. The
pace of the campaign was harder than
this man, high strung and sensitive,
could maintain.
The Journal and Advertiser contains
an article on Henry George, written by
Alfred Henry Lewis, who visited the
famous single tax advocate at his head
quarters in the Union Square hotel
Thursday. Os his impressions Mr.
Lewis wrote:
“The Henry George I found was not
the Henry George I had met fewer than
two mouths ago. When I saw him last,
he was tranquil, quiet, even steady as
to nerves, rational, sedately contented,
talking of his books and his tax de
crease. Today I met a man haggard,
pinched, with a face thin and peaked as
a pen. If he was the picture of any
thing, it was his unfed ambition made
desperate. I tell you, it was a shock to
see the man.”
Croker** Condolences.
Richard Oroker sent by special mes
senger to Mrs. Henry George, the fol
lowing letter of condolence:
“Allow me to express my deepest
sympathy for you in your great bereave
ment.”
Richard Oroker said of Mr. George’s
death:
“Nothing has given me greater sor
row during my political life than the
death of Henry George. I believe he
has been a failing man for some time
and I am sorry his friends permitted
him to go into this canvass. His family
has my most earnest sympathy.”
The Thomas Jefferson Democracy has
substituted the name of Henry George,
Jr., for the name of his father, Henry
George, as a candidate for mayor of
Greater New York,
MAY INDORSE SETH LOW.
Supporters of George Urged to Vote For
Citiaens* Union Candidate.
Chicago, Oct. 29.—Efforts are being
made by the friends of Henry George in
Chicago to get his son, over his signa
ture, to issue an address in which he
will urge all the supporters of Henry
George in the New York mayoralty
campaign to use their votes in behalf of
Seth Low, the Citizens’ union candidate
for mayor.
Secretary Moore of the Chicago Sin
gle Tax club has sent Henry George, Jr.,
a telegram advising him to take this
course. In the telegram, after express
ing condolences, Mr. Moore said:
“Advocate over your signature the
election of Mr. Low. Your father’s life
has been given to break bossism. ”
Mouey For * University.
Delaware, 0., Oct. 29.—President
Bashford of Ohio Wesleyan university
announces that the late Stephen Wat
son of London, 0., left a bequest ei
$35,000 to the university for ths purpoM
of endowing a new professorship.
LONGSTREET
IS NAMED
Old Veteran Gets the
Place He Sought,
PRESIDENT APPOINTS
Him As United States Commissioner
of Kailroads.
HE SUCCEEDS GEN- WADE HAMPTON
Arkansas Negro Gets a Mada
gascar Consulship.
VERY LONG LIST OF APPOINTMENTS
Stillman, Collector of Customs for Pensa
cola,Fla. Superintendent of Coast and
Geodetic Survey From Mission.
Washington, Oct. 29—The president
has made the following appointments:
James Longstreet of Georgia, com
missioner of railroads, vice Wade Hamp
ton, resigned.
Henry S. Pritchett of Missouri, su-
CENTRAL LONGSTREET.
perintendent of coast and geodetic
•urvey.
Mifflin W. Gibbs of Arkansas, consul
of the United States at Tamatave, Mad
agascar.
James E. Stillman, collector of cus
toms for the district of Pensacola, Fla.
Isaac N. Moffitt, collector of internal
revenue for the First district of New
Jersey.
Zoeth Houser, marshal of the United
States for the district of Oregon.
Pay Inspector Albert 8. Kenny,
United States navy, to be pay director,
with relative rank of captain.
Assistant Surgeon Charles E. Riggs,
United States navy, to be passed assist
ant surgeon, with relative rank of lieu
tenant, junior grade.
Owens Summers of Portland, ap
praiser of merchandise in the district of
Willimette, Or.
Richard L Scarlet, surveyor general
of Florida.
General Longstreet, appointed com
missioner of railroads, is the famous
confederate general who has been prom
inent in the south since the war as oue
of the leading Republicans. He was a
devoted friend of President Grant and
has before held office under Republican
administrations. General Longstreet
was recently married to Miss Ellen
Dortch, one of the foremost youug
women of Georgia.
Judge Gibbs, who has been selected
aa consul at Tamatave, is a prominent
negro Republican.
BIG BLAZE IN PITTSBURG.
Property Worth Two Hundred Thoumtud
Dollar* Is Destroyed!.
Pittsburg, Oct. 29. The Union
Trust company building, 335, 337 and
889 Fourth avenne, caught fire from an
overheated smokestack at 10 a. m. and
in less than an hour the structure was
in ruins. Oue fireman is reported killed
and several others had narrow escapes.
The building was occupied by the
Union Trust company, Pittsburg stock
exchange. Fidelity and Casualty com
pany, East Side Land company, execu
tive committee for the triennial encamp
ment of the Knights Templar, Durr’s
case, and a large number of stock bro
kers. The fire spread so rapidly that
the occupants were unable to save any
thing but books, and the loss will be
total.
For a time it was feared that the
flames would reach the adjoining build
ings, but after a hard battlejthe firemen
succeeded in confining themto the orig
inal limits. The loss is estimated at
from $150,000 to $200,000, on which
there is insurance of about one-half.
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
Prominent Mississippian In
stantly Killed.
Shot Down While Riding Along the
Public Highway—Slayer is
Known.
Mbridian, Miss., Oct, 29.—Frank
Evridge, an old and very prominent
citizen of this place was assinated
here a few days since, and the whole
country is wrought up over the crime.
Evridge was riding along the public
highway when he was shat and instantly
killed from ambush. At first there was
not the slightest clue to the assassin, but
it is said that conclusive evidence has
fixed oi> a party, and men are following
him now with relentless fury.
ONE GIRL KILLS ANOTHER.
Cotton Factory Operative Throws a Lamp
on »er Rival.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 29. Ella
Barnes and Bessie Thomas, two 16-year
old cotton factory operatives, met at a
friend’s house at a social and quarreled
over their mutual regard for the same
youth.
The Thomas girl advanced on the
Barnes girl with a pair of scissors.
Miss Barnes threw a lighted lamp at
her adversary. The lamp exploded and
the burning oil enveloped Miss Thomas.
The gathering fled in horror.
The Barnes girl walked out quietly,
closed the door on her antagonist and
laughed as her agonizing cries pierced
the air.
Miss Thomas was burned to a crisp
before succor came. Her murderess is
in hiding.
An Ex- Alderman Acquitted.
Chicago, Oct. 29. —Former Aiderman
Frank O. Vierling has been found not
guilty of the charge of embezzlement,
on which charge he has been on trial all
the week. Vierling is charged with
having embezzled SIO,OOO of the Klein
sorg estate, for which he was manager
for several years. The defend was
based on the plea that the prosecution
failed to establish criminal intent. A
number of heirs to the estate in ques
tion live in California and other distant
states.
ofiafter Satiiule. His Report.
Washington, Oct. 29.—1 n his annual
report to the adjutant general. Briga
dier General Shafter, commanding the
department of California, recommends
the removal of the barracks from the
Prisidio to the new works at Fort Baker,
where the battery is now unprotected
against the approaching rainy season.
The infantry company at San Diego
should be replaced by a battery of heavy
artillery, as the works are nearing com
pletion, and the artillerymen should
mount the gnus for instruction.
British Take Bemps<h» Pass.
Simla, Oct. 29.—The British forces
under General William Lookhart have
captured the Sempagha pass. General
Gazele, commanding the Second brig
ade, led in the advance upon the en
emy’s position. The casualties among
the British officers already reported are
Captain Debatts of the artillery, who
succumbed to wounds during the en
gagement, and Major Hand ford-Flood
of the West Surrey regiment, who is
among the wounded.
Senator Moreen Improving.
San Diego, Cal, Oct. 29.—United
States Senator Morgan is slowly regain
ing his strength. He has been free
from fever for over 38 hours, but must
remain quiet for some days yet His
trouble is due to an injury to his knee,
which he received while in Hawaii.
Tne attending physician is confident
that Senator Morgan will make good
progress to permanent recovery.
New Road to Enter Kansu City.
Kansas biTY, Oct. 29.—The deal by
which the St. Louis and San Francisco
is to take charge of the Kansas City,
Oceola and Southern and thereby se
cure an entrance into Kansas Oity is
reported practically closed. All that
remains, it is said, is for the St. Louis
and San Francisco stockholders to for
mally vote on a proposition to take pos
session of the road.
Heavy Frost I. Texas.
Denison, Tex., Oct 29.—There is a
heavy frost in this section and the In
dian Territory. It will help the cotton
crop. It will kill the bolls and open
them and facilitate picking. The cot
ton crop in this section and the south
ern portion of the Indian Territory is
not more than half harvested.
The Tan tic In a Collision. _
Quebec, Oct 29. —The United States
warship Yantic came into collision op
posite Sillery with the coasting steamer
Le Oanadienne. The latter boat was
badly damaged, and had the Yantic not
been a wooden craft she would have out
the Le Oanadienne in two. s —wmSmS
An Alliance Is froloogod.
Budapest, Oct. 29. The house of
magnates has adopted without debate
the bills prolonging for a year the
Austro-Hungarian compact and pro
viding for financial arrangement with
Croatia. The provisional budget was
passed by. the house. ...
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SUSPECTS
IN SELMA
Three Suspicious Cases
in That City.
NOFEVERDEYELOPED
Nei Orleans Hid 54 New Cases and 5
Deaths.
WEATHER IS MUCH COOLER THERE
Prevents Spread But Is Bad on
Sick People. I
SITUATION SOME BETTER YESTERDAY
Mobile Has Largest Percentage of Deaths
5 New Cases and three Deaths,
Memphis Feels Encouraged.
New Orleans, Oct. 29.—The situa
tion here shows little change. The last
reports show 54 new cases and 5 deaths
for the day.
•xoXal cas'es of yellow rever here to
date, 1,386; total deaths from yellow
fever to date, 164; total cases absolutely
recovered, 683; total cases under treat
tnent, 539. '
Everything is being done to isolate
the cases. It is noticed that the disease
has been spreading among children
whose ages range from 4 to 14 years.
The board of health o'fficials are having
more work than they can attend to and
the disinfecting corps cannot fumigate
premises as rapidly as is desired.
There is a strong wind from the
north, which gives promise of getting
colder. While this will have the effect
of checking the spread of the disease it
will act unfavorably on those who are
sick.
SITUATION AT SELMA.
No New Cases Developed, But Three Sus
picious Cases.
Selma, Oct. 29. —There were no
actual developement of yellow fever here
today, but three people are quite sick
and it is feared that they have the dis
ease.
FEVER BULLETIN.
The Inroads of Yellow Jack Temporarily
Cease Hostilities.
New Orleans, Oct. 29.—Reports
from the fever districts are more encour
aging today.
Montgomery—Seven cases and one
death,
Clinton—Three cases.
Kayuga—Two cases.
McHenry—One case and one death.
Edwards—Seven cases.
Three Deaths at Mobile.
Mobile, Oct. 29.—Five cases: Ralph
H. Hudson, Hallet and New St. Francis;
Augusta McKeogh, 507 August; Alex
Davis, Dearborue and Maryland: George
Hughes, Hallet, near Spring Hill ave
nue; Wyndham Lyon, 12 South Broad.
Deaths: J. T. Roberts, 4 New St.
Francis; Oscar Holman. 104 Knox; A.
N. Smith, Royal and Palmetto.
Less Alarm at Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 29.—The ex
odus has ceased and there is very much
less alarm here. The citizens’ relief
committee is diligently at work and is
accomplishing a great deal of good.
Twenty-five or 30 families are being
cared for, and a number of indigent
sick are being provided with skilled
nurses.
Memphis Reports Ne Deaths.
Memphis, Oct 29.—Three new cases;
no deaths. New patients are: Joe
Ward, East Trigg avenue; John Mee,
city hospital, and Pat Warnock, 159
Rayburn avenue. Total cases to date,
81; total deaths, six.
London Press on George’s Death.
London. Oct. 29.—The newspapers
here devote much attention to the death
of Henry George, publishing long
sketches of his career and philosophical
and economic theories.
Crowd at the Centennial.
Nashville, Oct. 29 —Thousands of
people visited the Tennessee Ooatanaial
exposition during the day.