Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-05-25
HARRlSDEAD
Death of Harvey Harris at 4'o'clock
Yesterday After a Long Illness
from tuberculosis.
General and Sincere Regret at the De.
mise Of an Upright Citizen and
Honorable Man.
An Old Resident of Bismarck, Honored
in Public and Private Life, Has
Passed Away.
(From Wednesdays Dally.)

0SSSO S4WAys
From Wednesdays Dally.)
While not unexpected, news of the
death of Harvey Harris last evening
was a shock to his many friends in the
city. MI. Harris has been a sufferer
from tuberculosis for several years,
ard has gradually sunk under the in
sidious ADVANCES of the disease. Con-
slant care and medical attention have
acted to prolong his life beyond what
at one time appeared to be the great
est possible length. His own energy
and determination have also served
to delay to the last possible moment
the fatal termination of the disease.
But it has gradually sapped hts
strength and undermined his powers
of resistance until the end came last
evening. And as the day waned, a
brave spirit went out fearlessly and an
upright and honorable gentleman, a
kind and steadfast friend and an hon
ored and respected citizen was no
more. And in all circles of life in the
city there vas genuine and sincere
regret at the passing away of one of
the best known and most highly re-
,spected residents of the city.
Mr.. Harris illness extends over a.
period of seven or eight years; In the
early nineties he left the city for Du-
luth to engage in business believing
that that city offered better opportun-
tiles for his energy and business abil-
lty. The climate of that city did not
at all agree with him and ere many
months had passed he was taken with
the lung trouble, that has finally Gull
minated in his death. He returned to
the city weakened and with the seeds
of tuberculosis developed. For a
time he was confined to his bed but
the climate of the slope and his en-
ergy enabled him for a time to resist
apparently the advances of the disease
and resume again his usual business
~avocations. For several years he was
engaged with his business in the city,
and although v attaining the con-
dition of strength and vigor that had
marked him before he was partially
restored to health. Over a year ago
ne was stricken down again and the
disease began to make rapid advances.
He was forced to leave his business
and his condition BECAME such that he
was unable to leave the house. His
condition varied apparently, he grow
ing better at times and again worse,
but always steadily weaker, as his
lungs were gradually wasted in the
progress of the disease. For the past
week his decline has been more ap-
parent, and oxygen has been employed
to give him relief from difficulty of Sc
curing enough air to sustain life. On
Tuesday he realized that the end could
not be far away and asked the doctors
how much longer he could continue in
his then condition. Yesterday noon
he seemed to feel better, but in the
afternoon he began to decline rapidly.
Fol a little time before his death he
was unconscious, and it was vouch-
safed him to die peacefully and pain
lessly as a little child might lall asleep.
There was no sign Of a struggle, no
line of suffering-the flame which had
burned so steadily and steadfastly
merely flickered out.
Mr.. Harris had been a long and pa
tient sufferer, but always hopeful and
cheerful. In all the time Of his ILL
ness his wife has been his constant
companion and helpmeet. Her devo-
ton has been beautiful indeed. Hers
is one of those admirable natures in
which adversely and misfortune serve
to make the flame of affection glow
the brighter, and through sickness to
death she has been loving, s~teadfast,
self-sacrifcing and devoted, unremit-
ting in her care and attention, cheer
full for the sake of her husband not
withstanding the weight of constant
sorrow under which she labOred, untir-
ing in whatever wa possible for her
to do for his comfort-a noble, Chris.
tian woman and a wife whose every
action was eloquent of her love and
devotion. Through the long days she
has cheered him, soothed him, COM
forted him and lessened the burden Of
his sufferings. In his death she loses
a husband whom she idolized and
words are vain to express adequately
the depth of her bereavement. Equally
vain are words to comfort. and to ex-
press the sympathy and sorrow that is
felt by everyone. But she is sustained
by an answering Christian faith that
is a rock in the storm of her trial to
which she clings for refuge and upon
the Mighty of Mighties she will not
call for support and strength in vain.
y Harvey Harris was n of the best
known residents of Bismarck, and was
equally we'll known through the en-
tire state. in which he has held various
positions of honor and trust. He was
born in Butler county, Ohio, December
~, 1852. He was engaged in the
mercantile business in Oxford and
Franklin counties for six years before
coming to Dakota, and he located in
business in Bismarck in 1888, as a
dealer in real estate. His energy and
activity combined with natural bus
mess ability placed him in the front
rank. He has always taken an ac-
tive part for the interests of the city
and of the Missouri slope. With a
firm belief in the future of Bismarck,