The National tribune., 1910-05-05

never very strong, and there was al
ways about her suggestion of youth,
even after the birth of her children.
AS her husband said, in speaking of
their first meeting: "She was slender
and beautiful and girlish, and she was
both girl and woman. She remained
both girl and woman to the last of her
life" Altho her married life was
ideally happy, her delicate constitu-
ton was not able to endure the re-
peated shocks occasioned by her hus-
bands financial difficulties and the
death of her daughter, and she passed
into a state of invalidism from which
only death released her. During this
period her husband gave himself up
almost entirely to devoted care of her,
seeking health for her in many climes,
and finally settling in Italy, where she
died. Over the tombstone which marks
her grave in the cemetery where he
now rests, Is this beautiful and touch
ing inscription:
Warm Summer sun
Shine kindly here;
Warm Southern wind
Blow softly here.
Green sod above,
Lie light, lie light.
Goodnight, dear heart,
Goodnight, goodnight"
Other nations are mourning the loss
Vi tNCAi ulSTHTy SONS as
well as we. In Paris, on April 26,
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the Norwegian
dramatist, poet, novelist and reformer,
passed quietly away after years seri-
Gus illness. Altho Mr.. Biornson was
rs years old, and his life work prac-
ucaliy over, he was still an inspiration
TO mis- countrymen. The son of a sim
pie, earnest country pastor, his early
years were spent In the awe-inspiring
Romsdal district of Norway, than which
there is none more wild and savage
in its picturesque beauty in that land
OF wonderful scenery. His nature being
extremely sensitive and reflective, these
surroundings made a great impression
upon him and co1ored largely his fu-
ture. He received as good an educa-
tion as the country afforded, completing
this in Copenhagen, and his dramatic
ability having been demonstrated, he
was, thru the influence of Ole Bull, the
celebrated violinist, made director of
the Bergen Theater. In some years
after this he became the editor of a
newspaper in Christiania, in which he
expressed such republican views that
he was condemned to a years impris-
onment. From this he escaped and Wis
tied several countries, among them
America. Returning to Norway later,
he continued his agitation against the
Government, using his pen and voice in
every way possible for the independence
OF Norway and its separation from
Sweden. Bjornson wrote a great many
plays and novels, and all his work is
1r1bued with deep national spirit. AS
G poet, also, he was accorded high
place, and In the revival of the old
Scandinavian literature he was regard
ed as a most stimulating influence. In
appearance he was large man, with a
splendid head well covered with snowy
hair, and a most pleasing, benevolent
expression. A statue of him stands be-
fore the National Theater in Chris
tiania- His remains will be conveyed
back to his native land in a Norwegian
war ship, and the Storthing will make
his funeral state affair. For many
: years B1ornson's position has beIied
the old saying that poet is not with
out honor, save in his own country.
Each year his birthday has been cele-
brated almost as a national affair, and
his appearance on any public occasion
the signal for an enthusiastic ovation
He has been as honored and reyered
by his countrymen as any great and
good man ever has been, and the King
Of Norway, upon hearing the sad news
declared his death an irreparable' loss
30 the country. Bjornson was well
known as an earnest advocate of uni
yersal peace.
Oh, Cupidity, Cupidity, how many
crimes are committed in thy name. To
adapt for our purpose Madame Roland's
famous exclamation, crimes all the way
from petty thieving up to murder, in
stigated by this passion, and committed
by persons Of both sexes, of all ages
and grades of society. The trial now
going on in Kansas City, that of DR.
B. G. Hyde for the murder of Col
Thomas H. Swope, is a particularly
striking illustration OF this. 1t looks
as II this DR.. Hyde, supposed until re-
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a very devil in human shape. Indeed
1t is doubtful II his Satanic Majesty
could be as diabolitically cruel as he
To kill with a blow is one thing; to see
your victim die by inches is quite an
other, and places the crime in a differ
ent category. This man had married
into the Swope family, and in order to
secure it's wealth, evidently tried to
kill as many of its members as stood
in the way of this. Accordingly, he in
oculated them with typhoid germs and
calmly awaited results. Sometimes he
did this in the form of a hypodermic
injection, and when painful sweIllngs
and convulsions followed, Il is to be
presumed his heart rejoiced and was
glad. When he was dismissed from the
Swope mansion, several OF his victims
recovered, but not before Col. Swope
and othsrs had suseumbed to his vii
seems to clearly point to his guilt His
bond Of 100000 has been revoked, and
he has been placed behind bars to re-
main ultll proven innocent by a jury,
or permitted by the court TO furnish a
new bond. Ills wife has stood stoutly
by him, affirming his Innocence, in spite
of the most damning testimony of
nurses. drug clerks and doctors, gazing
With Q Sold, stony stare at her mother,
sisters, and other members of the fam
.ly, who have from TING TO time ap-
paared 10 court. The Case is one Of
unusual general interest, on account of
the social prominence of the Swope