Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-28
After Lingering Mnes But Conscious to the End, One
Of Mandan's Most Highly Respected Citizens
Passes Peacefully Away
On Hearing Of Death Mayor Harmon Displays the City
FLAG at Half Mast and Issues Proclamation Urging
Closing Of Business Houses During Funeral Hours

The long illness Of Senator H. G.
voss terminated Sunday morning at
$50 o'clock at which time he peace
fully passed away, surrounded by his
family and conscious to- the end,
While fatal termination of his III
ness was not unexpected, owing to
the alarming conditions which de-
veloped, still. the community was not
without hope that he would recover
and the end which came comparative
" suddenly was a shock to our citi-
zenss He had been so actively init
mate with every citizen in the city
both in. business and social matters
for the past twenty-six years that the
realization that he would no longer
participate IN the affairs Of life came
as shock ss s
Immediately upon news OF the;
death Mayor Harmon ordered the flag
upon the city flag staff to be dis
played at half mast as mark Of
respect to his memory and also is
sued the following proclamation:
PROCLAMATION s
Whereas, by the death of Sen =
= at0r IL G. Voss, which occurred =
= Sunday morning, May 18th, the :
= city Of Mandan has lost one Of =
3 Its most active, enterprising, and :
= public spirited citizens, and one 8
= who has been resident of the =
= city since the early days Of its y
-. history, and who has been many =
- times elevated III high Office by =
e the votes Of our people and one =
= who has during all the time Of Il
= his residence here sustained par =
- ticular1y intimate professional, -
= business, and social relations !.
= with the citizens OF our com !.
= munity. IA 4 \ A 5Ss =
Therefore as a mark Of respect q
= to his memory i hereby recon- =
mend and request that the =
= merchants Of the city close their =
~ respective business places be =
- tween the hours Of o'clock and =
= 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon q
= May 18th at which time the =
y funeral will be held =
Henry Harmon, =
Dated May ~. 1907. Mayor. =
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The funeral will be held this after
noon at 2:15 p. m. at the house at
FAB in order to permit the citizens
of the county generally to pay
resets to his memory a public
funeral service viii be held at the
opera house conducted by the lodge
Knights OF Pythias OF which order Mr.
Vogs was member. The active pail
3 bearers have been named as follows:
G. H Bingenheimer, G. P. o'Rourke,
b. w Shaw. d. r. Taylor, P. B. Wick
nam, John Bloodgood.
Honorary pail bearers w. n. Win
chester. H r. Lyon, w. Simpson, j. E.
Bo0sey, C. 4. Zimmerman, j. M.
Hanley, and the members OF the Sixth
judicial district bar.
s Mr.. Voss was born near Elgin,
Illinois, ii the year 1856. He was
educated for the bar at the University
OF Michigan and shortly after being
admitted came to the state Of North
Dakota, working at Bismarck for a
time in the spring Of 1882 and coming
I'd Mandan, where he opened law
ONCE later In that same year. Since
\ that date he has been continually In
the active practice Of his chosen pro-
9ession, being during the later years
q member OF the Arm Of yoss e
Haniey. During the time OF Ills resi-
dence here he has held many ofices
pasficnlarly that Of states attorney of
This and Oliver counties. III 1909 be
was elected state senator from this
county and served in that office for.
-Four years. Coming to this city at an
early date Mfr. Voss's practice extend
ed over the entire Slope country and
ne rapidly built up an active ana
prosperous law business, to such al,
extent indeed that he became prob