The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-14
FUNERAL OF B. KEMELM KING
Was Held at West Point, Neb., Yester-
day Afternoon.

The funeral of b. Kenelm King, the
only child of Mr.. and Mrs. John j.
King formerly of West Point, was held
at the old home in West Point yester
day afternoon. a large number of sor
rowing friends paying their last tri-
butte to the dead. Mr.. King died at
Fort Worth, Texas, last Sunday after
noon after a brief attack of typhoid
fever and only an hour before the ar
rival of his mother from Beatrice,
Neb., whose train ran into the city
behind time.
Mr.. King was reporter on The
News for some time last spring, dur
ing which time he made number of
friends in Norfolk. He was mem
Der of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity
at the university of Nebraska, in which
he was an active worker and among
whose members he was favorite.
The death of their only child has
been crushing blow to Mr. and Mrs.
King.
The following beautiful tribute to
the dead boy was paid by members
of the staff on the Fort Worth Star,
of which he was city editor at the
time of his death:
B. Kenelm King, city editor of The
Star, died yesterday afternoon at the
sanitarium of DR.. F. d. Thompson,
after icing there for just week. The
Gauss of his death was typhoid fever.
His mother, Mrs. J. j. King of Be
atrice, Neb., arrived in Fort Worth
on belated train just an hour after
the young man had passed away
With remarkable bravery this gentle
little woman is bearing with Chris
tan fortitude the great loss of her
only child. ]. ]. King, father of the
dead newspaper worker, will arrive in
Fort Worth tomorrow morning, and
the remains will be shipped north for
interment.
King was typical newspaper work
err with high ideals. Jealous in his
his beliefs, he was such man that
the whole world loves; the whole
world admires.
AS he worked, so did he live, Yes
terday afternoon he was visited by
Mr.. Workman and Mr.. McCaleb of
The Star at the sanitarium just an
hour before his death. He met his
fellow workers with smile and he
thanked them for coming to see him.
Always thoughtful, always consider
ate, he ingratiated himself in the
hearts of those who knew him.
He was 25 years of age and his
prospects were bright indeed About
a month ago he came to Fort Worth
and accepted position as reporter on
The Star. He demonstrated in less
than a week that he was competent
to handle big things and was given
the position of city editor. Prior to
coming here he worked on the Daily
News and the Bee of Omaha, the Des
Moines Capitol, Chicago lnter-Ocean,
Kansas City Star and other papers,
During the brief time he was on
The Star he endeared himself to his
co-workers. His fellows in the office
lay the following tributes to his mem
ory on his bier and their tears mingle
with the tears of those who were
bound by ties of blood and love to the
dead man.
Peace to his ashes.
You ask me to give you my impress
sion of our dead city editor, Kenelm
King In the hope that it may tighten
the sorrow of the living, but with
sore heart and rebellious mood | com
ply.
There was something in King that
appealed to me from the first. Thai
something | was not long in under
standing. 1t was the spirit and manly
bearing of the we'll bred gentleman
in him. Then, by a subtle process
which none of us can explain, | knew
that King was that rare being in oul
callng-a born newspaper man. WheI
YOU gave him his first assignment TO
a Friday paper story, and he made
good" | knew that intuition had made
no mistake in it's revelation of Keneln
Kings aptitude for newspaper work o
the first quality. When one day | an
severed the phone and the voice at thu
other end proved to be that of a maj
prominent in the affairs of Fort Wortl
who said. Send me a good man L
handle an item that requires judgmen
send King, he's little gentleman
and knows how" ! knew we had
treasure in the gentle-mannered boz
who had appeared in our office but tel