The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-20
F. LESTER WARNER DEAD.
Brlght's Disease Caused the
Young Mans Death.


Frank Lester Warner, son of Will
bur Warner of Watertown, South
Dakota, and nephew Of Mrs. w. P.
Huntington and Fred. L. Warner
OF this city, passed away at ST..
Peter last Friday morning, of a COM
plication of troubles. The remains
were brought to this city on Satur-
day morning and brief funeral SER
vices were held at the residence of
w. P. Huntington at four o'clock
Saturday afternoon, after which the
remains were laid to rest in the
Redwood cemetery.
On of the brightest and most
clever young men that ever came to
Redwood Falls was Frank Lester
Warner He was born in Lake City
about 20 years ago, but after he
was few years of age, with his
father and sister moved to near
Lake Kampeska. South Dakota,
where the family has since spent
the most of the time, Lester work
ing on the farm and securing such
education as he could, and after
wards drifting into business col
lege, where he acquired a good bus
mess education. He came to Red
wood Falls on visit about three
years ago, and it was while he was
here that F. NJ. Isham of Laird Nor
ton Co. saw in the young man ex-
cellent material for an all round man
about a lumber yard, and shortly
after Testers arrival in Redwood
Falls he entered the employ of that
company at this place. He remained
here about a year, during which
time he made out nearly all of Mr..
Isham's reports, and so excellent
was his work that the Winona Office
decided to ask Mr.. Isham to send
young Warner to that city for the
purpose of working in the general
Offices. He left here early in April
of 1898, and since that time his
home at Winona, where he has
worked for and received the encon-
iums of the general offic. RS of Laird
Norton Co. for his excellent work.
One morning about three weeks
ago Lester appeared at the Winona
Offices and asked to be relieved for
the day, owing to illness, and for a
small portion of a large amount Of
salary then due him. Both requests
were speedily granted, and the Of
fcers to whom they were made
thought nothing more of the matter
until late in the day when some en-
ployees reported that Lester had
acted strangely that morning and
had not been seen shortly after the
first strange'movements. The COM
pany sent out telegraph and tele-
phone messages with the hopes Of
finding the boy, but not until Satur-
day was anything heard Of him. He
had gone to Minneapolis, and was
taken i'll at the home of his uncle, H.
G. Warner. Several noted special
lists were called in to pass on his
case, and after a great deal of con-
sulting they advised his removal tc
the hospital at St. Peter. While he
rallied at times aud was rational
enough to know his relatives, he
continued to decline until death
came last Friday morning.
A post norton examination was
made and the physicians called the
cause of death Brights disease, and
discovered that one kidney was
almost gone, the other reduced in
size, that one lung and the heart
were both badly effected and these
troubles affected Testers mind al
times.
The pail bearers were all taker
from the young men with whom Les
ter associated during his stay il
Redwood Falls, and they, together
with all who knew the boy, viii
mourn the sudden departure of {
young man who had such brigh
future.