The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-02-17
"30' FOR N. 4. Jewell
PIONEER NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
PAPER MAN PASSED AWAY
AT BISMARCK.

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. ION. H.
Jewell, proprietor and publisher of the
Bicmarck Tribune, died here last night
at IL O'Clock.
Surrounded by his family with the
exception of Paul, his son, who is at
tending St. Thomas seminary at st.
Paul, and who is now in a hospital there
with case of diphtheria, the pioneer
newspaper man of North Dakota pass
ed to the great beyond without a strug-
gle.
His illness dates from the night of
the 1ast general election when he went
to his home for the last time. He had
been working night and day in the dis
charge of his duties as editor of the
Tribune and register of the landoffice
and in making preparations for the
election report he overdid himself and
his illness was the result. He appeared
to rally for time but dilation of the
heart set in and this, complicated with
nervous breakdown and later pneumon-
ia fastened the end.
Marshall H. Jewell was born at Hec-
tor on the banks of Seneca lake in
New York state April 29,1S57. His
father was newspaper man and at
the outbreak of the civil war was con-
Quoting newspaper called the Bee
at Ovid, N. Y. Later he went to the
Yates County Chronicle at Penn Yam,
N. Y, and after spending some time
there went to Grand Rapids, Mich, to
file on government land. Refused en-
listmcnt in the army on account of
physical disability, Jewell, ST., cleared
farm in the pine woods and it was
there that the subject Of this sketch
received his first lessons in hard knocks
that served hi mso well in his later
life. Not making success at farming
the elder Jewell went to Chicago in the
early sixties and secured work at his
trade, that Of printer and was an
employee Of the Chicago Tribune both
before and after the great fire of 1871.
aving learned something of the print
er's trade at Cedar Springs the younger
Jewell went to Chicago to join his
father and later the family moved to
Wheaton, ILL.,, where Marshall attended
the college for time. After work
ing on several Chicago papers, Mr..
Jewell was made foreman of the Daily
Courier and was later made assistant
telegraph editor on the Telegram, on
whose presses was printed the first is
sues # the Chicago Daily News. The
Telegram died after something Of p
struggle and Stanley Huntley, later of
"Spoopendyke'' fame, came to Bis
marck with Mr.. Jewell. At this time
Bismarck was the western terminal of
the Northern Pacific railroad and with
the prospects of hot political cam
paign ahead Jewell and Huntley secur
ed control Of the Bismarck Tribune
which had been founded by Col. Louns
berry Huntley remained a little owe,
year when Lounsberry again became
connected with the paper as editor and
Mr. Jewell took charge Of the job print
ing department and three years Later
Mr.. Jewell succeeded TO Mr.. Lounsber
RVS interests and has been publisher
and proprietor ever since. In 1882 Mr.
; Jewell was married to Kate T. Woods
of Indianapolis, whose father was +:
Hoffner, one of the leading and oldes
families of Cincinnati, and they hav'
two children, Paul, aged IA, and Ralph
aged II. Mr.. Jewell was secretary o.
the republican territorial committee
and was chosen secretary of the stat
republican committee in 1898. In Nov
ember, 1903, he was appointed regis
ter Of the United States land Office a
Bismarck which office he has held sine
that time.
M. II. Jewell has probably done a
much as any one man in the state TO
the advancement Of North Dakota. H
has been liberal with his time and mon
ey, has been to the front in every pub
lie enterprise and has built up friend
ship over the entire state that is prof.
ably stronger and more sincere than ha
been the experience of any other res
dent OF North Dakota. His death is
sewers blow to the state and will b
felt III every corner.
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 13.-The fl
neral services If the late H. H. Jewel
for over 30 years editor of the Bi
marck Trihuno was held this afterno