Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-11-19
OF MRS. KLAUS.
Mrs. Belle Klaus Dies at st. Alexius
Hospital This Morning, After
Brief Illness.
General Sorrow in the City at the
Death of an Esteemed and
Admired Lady.

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States surveyor general, died at st.
Alexius hospital al twenty minutes be-
fore 5 O'Clock this morning. For
some time she has been a sufferer from
an acute trouble which medical skill
was powerless to alleviate and on Mon
day her condition grew so serious that
she was removed to st. AleNius hos
pital for treatment. She grew imme-
diately worse, and on Tuesday it be-
come apparent that the end was not
far off. Relatives and intimate friends
were summoned to her bedside. EARLY
Tuesday evening she lapsed into I'M
consciousness, and remained in that
condition until her death, which oc-
CURED just as the new day was break
ing. Death was painless and without
"a struggle, and she passed into eter-
nifty as peacefully as the falling of a
little child to sleep.
Although in a measure prepared for
the end, which her physicians foresaw
after the alarming symptoms Of Tues.
day, her death was nevertheless a Sc.
we're shock to her relatives and to
many friends in Bismarck, and sorrow
at her sudden death is sincere and
general. In the ten years during
which she has resided in Bismarck,
Mrs. Klaus made many friends and by
her gentle kindness, devotion to her
family, and earnest, christian life,
earned universal, respect and admira-
'tion.r Left a widow when a young
woman, she bore her cross with the
fortitude Of calm and christian cour-
age, and devoted herself to her little
family, finding solace in them and in
her work. In Bismarck she has lived
and made a home for her daughter,
Annabel, her father, E. Schwellenbach,
and her aunt, Miss Brennan. Words
are weak to express the grief and desc
lation in the home which she main-
tained and of which she was the cheer
ing and directing spirit. Nor is uni
versal sympathy potent at all to tenn
per the bitterness of the grief of those
loved and loving ones, left to struggle
on alone.
Mis-. Klaus was a woman of many
kindly graces and admirable attributes.
In her home, a loving mother and
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faithful; among her friends, kindly,
sincere and generous; a musician OF
talent, and a woman Of high ideals
and kindly impulses. And no tribute
to her worth could be more sincere
than the expression of general sorrow
at her untimely death.
Of her immediate family in Bis
marck, she leaves her daughter, An
mabel, IA years of age; her father, E.
schwellenbach, and her aunt, Miss
Brennan. She leaves also two broth
ers, and a number of more distant rel
atives in jamestown, N. D., and Mil
waukee, Wis. She wa identified. with
a number of local societies, having
been a member of the Fortnightly CLUB
and the Maccabees. AT the annual
banquet of the Fortnightly club last
Friday she was present, and sang, as
part of the musical program. She
was also prominently identified with
the Catholic church and was a valued
member of the choir of that church.
The illness from which she died was
diabetes, which manifested itself sew
eral months ago, at which time physi-
clans held out little hope for her ulti-
mate recovery, although it was hoped
that car and diet might prolong her
life for several years. Saturday night
last, however, she was taken much
worse, and sank gradually until the
end came this morning.
Mrs. Klaus was 3S years of age at
1.-the time of her death, having been
born in jefferson, Wis, Sept. 16, 1864.
Her husband was Anton Klaus, son of
Anton KLAUS, ST., for many years
resident of Jamestown and proprietor
OF the Gladstone hotel. After the
death of her husband she came to Bis
marck, and took "a position in the
office Of the United States surveyor
general, which she held UP to the time
Iof her death.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the re-
mains were taken from st. Alexius hos
pital to the residence ait the corner of
Fourth and Thayer streets, whence
they will be taken tomorrow morning
to the Catholic church. where funeral
services will be held at 10 o'clock, con-
Quoted by Rev. Father Clemens. The
remains will lie in state at the church
until the afternoon. when they will be
taken to Green Bay, Wis, for final in
terment.
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The ladies OF the Episcopal church
have q general reputation for the ex-