Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-22
ANOTHER SAD DEATH.
Miss Hattie Davidson Dies at Ten
O'Clock Thursday at the
Braeside Home.
Her Death the Result Of a Shor
Six Weeks Illness From
Tuberculosis.
Items Of Local Interest and Happen
ings of a Busy Day in a
Busting City.
Died of Onick Con.nmntion.

Died of Quick Consumption.
Miss Hattie Davidson, who has beer
i'll at the family residence at BraesiIe
for some weeks, died at 1905 Thursda,
morning, of quick consumption.
The illness which has thus Terminated
fatally was a comparatively brief one
SO rapid have been the inroads of the
dread disease. About six weeks 8 she
was first taken i'll at Dickinson, where
she held a position as clerk and stenog.
rapher in the office of the division SUI
perintendent. Hemorrhages from the
lungs and other alarming complications
led to her removal to the sanitarium of
the Northern Pacific at Brainerd, and
once there, her trouble was Immediately
evident to attending physicians, who
realized how hopeless was her case, and
advised that she be taken home as soon
as possible. Since her return, her life
has been but a matter of days. accord
ing as her constitution stood out against
the ravages of consumption, and there
has been a gradual sinking the nearing
of which has been evident both to her.
self and relatives.
The second death which has occurred
at Braeside within Il brief period. first
the father whose death was a bitter
blow, and now the daughter, who has
been one of the mainstays of the family,
the event is a particularly sad one. Her
suferings during the final period of her
illness were acute, but she died in seem
ing possession of all her faculties, recog-
nizing those about her, and her last
utterance vas a call for one of her sis.
tiers. The sympathy of everyone will go
out to those who grieve for her, and the
sorrow of her friends is %sipcere.
The deceased was born March 81, 1865
being at the time Of her death a few
months owe % years of age. She was
occupied two months as s%tenographer
with Superintedent McCabe. at James.
town, and for the past three years she
has held the same position with Superln.
dent Phelan at Dickinson. She had
boon i'll Just six weeks last Tuesday,
death resulting from tuberculosis.
FUNERAL SERVICES.
A number of the former friends OF
Miss Hattie Davidson and of the family
gathered at the residence Saturday after.
noon to pay their last respects to the de.
ceased. The coffin was covered with
magnificent floral offerings, mute tokens
of the sorrow and affection of friends,
and there was visible emotion as in well
chosen words, Rev. Dobson touched
upon the qualities of the deceased, and
spoke in words of sympathy for the sor-
rowing relatives.
Besides friends in the city, a number
were present from Dickinson to attend
the funeral. The pail bearers were
Messrs. j E. Phelan, H. D. Stephenson
and A. G. McGillivary from Dickinson,
and E. S. Beardsley, J. W. Lucas and
W. T. Perkins from this city. The re.
mains were inferred in Fairview GENE.
terry.
TELEGRAMs OF COINCIDENCE.
The following kilograms expressing
sorrow and sympathy we're received
this afternoon from her former employer,
Sup't. Phelen, and from a number OF
her friends and associates in Dickinson.
DICKINSON, Sept, A-Mrs. John
Davidson, Bismarck: In the death of
your daughter Hattie we lose a valued
and Industrious worker and whose char.
acter was esteemed and respected by all
associates. Kindly accept sincere offer,
ings of coincidence from my wife and
myself and let me know if there is any.
thing we can do for you.
j. r. PHELAN, Sup't.
DICKINSON, Sept. IA. - Mrs. John
Davidson, Bismarck: We wish to ex.
tend our sincerest sympathy to yourself
and family in your sad bereavement in
the loss of your daughter Hattie. She
will not only be missed and mourned by
her family, but by her many friends in
Dickinson, where she lived for several
years and occupied a warm place in all
hearts of her friends and acquaintance
Signed.
W. A. McCLAY,
F. A. HICKMAN,