Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-08
DEATH LOVES A SHINING MARK.
The Bad Death Of Frank G. BeItxhoovsr. DR., al
Pennsylvania College.


This entire community was mex
pressibly shocked and saddened last
Saturday morning by the sad news
that Frank Beltzhoover, eldest son OF
Hon. Geo. N. Beethoven, was dead.
Few had heard Of an accident that
had befallen him short time previous
none was expecting such an an
nouncement. Friday evening Mr..
Beltzhoover received letter from the
college authorities stating that Frank
had had fall and was i'll. He at once
sent a telegram inquiring further, and
the same night received reply say
ing that symptoms were more favor
able but to come on. He took the
first train Saturday morning, little
thinking that when he reached Gettys-
burg he would find his son cold IN
death. He arrived about nine o clock,
when the sad news was announced
that Frank had died FIVE hours before.
The circumstances of the young
mans death are as follows: Thurs
day morning he attended recitation
from 10 to IL o'clock, after which ne
went to the reading room. He felt
faint and sick and started for his
room. Just as he reached the top OF
the flight of stairs he reeled and fell
backward the entire distance to a
concrete floor beneath. He struck
his head heavily, severe cut being
sustained upon his left temple. Kind
hands quickly carried him upstairs,
where he was made as comfortable as
possible, and DR.. Horner was sum-
moned. The more serious injury,
a blow at the back of his head that
caused conclusion of the brain, seems
TO have not been discovered. At no
time was his condition regarded as
serious, and consequently his parents
were not notified of the danger. He
was conscious part of the time, but
Friday night grew rapidly worse, and
at 3.45 Saturday morning, surrounded
by President Mcknight, DR.. Horner
and few members of his fraternity,
he passed away. The end was calm
and peaceful. The body was at once
removed to the residence Of President
Mcknight and prepared for burial.
A dispatch was sent here to Rev. c.
H. Hockey, whose painful task it was
to break the news to Mrs. Beethoven.
His sister Agnes, who was in Wash
ington at the time, was also notified
by telegraph, as were other relatives
and friends.
Saturday evening, after short SER
vice at President Meningitis resi-
dence, the body was taken to the train
to be brought to Shepherdstown. The
students and faculty of the college
attended in body. At the station,
gathered around the coffin, just as the
sun sank behind the western hills, his
fellow students sang solemnly several
hymns. The scene was touching
and impressive one, and there were
few dry eyes in the assemblage.
Frank was member of the Phi Kap-
pa Psi fraternity, and four of his
brethren of that society and two of his
class men accompanied. the body to
Shepherdstown. They were Messrs.
John G. Bowers, Horace NJ. Whitman,
Frank NJ. Kefer, Arthur G. Carly,
Charles C. Emmert and Frank Leisen-
ring. At Hagerstown the party was
met by several of Mr.. Beltzhoovers
friends from this place, and they
arrived in ,Shepherdstown about one
o'clock Saturday night.
The funeral was held in the Luther
an Church Monday afternoon. The
six young gentlemen mentioned above
were the pall-bearers. The faculty
and students of Shepherd College,
most of whom knew and loved Frank
well, attended in body. The large
church could not contain the great
number of persons who by their pres
ence testified to their esteem for the
dead and their sympathy for the
bereaved family. The service was
conducted by Revs. c. H. Hockey and
Charles Ghiselin, of this place, and L.
L. Smith, of Strasburg, Va. Mr..
Hockey preached the sermon, an i'm
pressive, consolatory discourse, a
warning and a comfort alike. Mr..
Bowers spoke on behalf Of the college
and the Phi-Psi fraternity. He testi-
fed of Franks manly and upright
life as a student, of his adherence to
Christian principles, of his popularity
among his comrades and the respect
and esteem of his preceptors. 1t was