Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-24
Readers Column
IN MEMoRlAM.
Bismarck, y. p. April

Nta OIC0. again Has IIlC llCdvy u8l1u
Of death been laid upon the cOmmun-
ity and one Of our best respected
and most loyal citizens taken from
our midst. When. the sad news foi
the unexpected ta%king.away of Mich;
ael. p. SlatteryS baca1ne {aikpown early
Wednesday morning, a feeling of sort:
SOW and sympathy, spread over the
sesaie saiy; th iRps ons tSSle ons. st thoss
sturdy pioneers of early days are
answering the final summons, and
that it will not be long until the roll
call is complete and only a gratefp!
memory will remain of those indOmft.
able spirits that bore the 'brunt Oi
frontier discomf0rts SO that their
loved ones might enjoy q safe and
happy civilization.
Foremost among these latter was
the deceased gentleman whose busy
life has been SO suddenly brought ia
a close. Coming to Bismarck in 1872.
when the present city was r~epreseit
cd by only a few log shacks and tents
he became at once identified with the
spirit Of progress, which was thelI
the young city's strongest asset, and
gave freely of his energy and inan.
cial resources towards the betterment
Of existing conditions. That is now
fOrty-One years ago and throughout
all the intervening years there has
been no one more persistent, untirinG
and perse wing, more capable and
willing 10 forwarding any undertaking
that had for its obpect the advance
ment Of the public interests.
Rain or shine, In fair weather OF
foul, through good times and bad, in
the dark days of our early struggles
for recognition among the young cit
les of the west, and in the happier
days which have come to us by rea-
son, of railway and agricultural de.
velopment, NJ. p. Slattery or, as his
more intimate friends loved to call
him mike" Slattery was always to
ne found solid, substantial and Opti-
mistic, ready to bear more than his
share OF the burden and with a kind
Ily word of encouragement for those
who were inclined to waver in the
struggle or retire beaten from the fir.
ing line.
Only in his loss, do some of us ca
lize what splendid asset to 4 COM
munity is a character such as his. al.
ways presenting a firm, mistaken
front to whatever fortune might have
in store. During his long residence in
Bismarck he has held many positions
of honor and trust, having served as
| alderman for several terms and post
master under the first Cleveland ad-
ministration. In political faith he was
a Democrat and in religion 4 faith
full communicate of the Catholic
church.
He leaves behind him his wife, one
son, Daniel M. of this city, and four
daughters, Mrs. Zychlinski, and her
two sons, Zachary and Paul.; Mrs.
Conway ana son Jerome Ell Fannie lM9i an and !
Anna.
One son, Michael, died in early boy
hood. The sad event is practically the
first break in the family circle and
the deep sympathy Of the entire COM
munity is extended to the survivors
who are now mourning the loss Of a
kind father and husband.
Other relatives are: A sister resid-
ing In St, Paul, and a niece, Mrs. p.
j. Roach, Of MinOt, who will be pres.
ent at the funeral.
Mr.. Slatt.ry was born in the vii
lage of Listowel, County Kerry, lrS-
land in 1850, and at the time of his
death was in his %sixty-fifth year. He
came to this country at the age oil
sixteen, coming straight west to st,
Paul, where he entered the employ
ment OF P. H. Kelly at that time and
for many years subsequently n Of
the largest grocery firms of the
Northwest. He was married In 1871
at st. Cloud, Minnesota. In 1873 hi
came west to Bismarck where he has
resided continuously ever since.
About two weeks ago he sustained
a severe fall resulting in a fractured
rib, II was not thought at first that
any! serious consequences would en-
sue, but complications set in which
became suddenly acute some twenty
for hours before the final summons
came which took from a sorrowine
family a beloved husband and father
and from the community an estimable
gentleman and loyal citizen. He was
loved by children and In turn recip-
rocated their affection. I
"A READER.
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