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Show icnn Fork. Ho was about 17 vcars of' azc. and leave,, ;i widow an. four children chil-dren to nmurn his sudden demise. Arrangements Ar-rangements for the funeral have not been .made yet. as they are waiting t bear from Thomas McNeil, sheriff of Emery county, a brother of the unfortunate un-fortunate man. DIES FROM OVER EXERTION. . Heber McNeil, Miner, Drops Dead on Trail in American Fork Canyon. American Fork, April 2C Heber McNeil, of this city, died suddenly Friday Fri-day night of heart failure, near tho Pacific mine in American Fork canyon. Ho had been employed there for some time past as a miner, and ha4 got through work for the day, and he and a companion had been over to the Dutchman mine for the mall and wero returning, and when within about seventy-fix o yards of the Pacific cabin. McNeil suddenly staggered and fell, and before his companion could reach his side he was dead. He had not complained of any sickness at all, and only that day had made the state-men state-men of how well he was feeling. Will Sommcrville. another miner, Imme-lately Imme-lately started out-for this city to notify noti-fy his folks, traveling all night to reach here. The body of the deceased was brought to town yc-Rtcrday. After Aft-er an examination by the physician, he pronounced the cause of death as due to the breaking of the main artery leading from the heart, cauBed probably prob-ably by the exertion McNeil malj In going the distance through the deep snow, Mr. McNeil was well known here, being the son of the late Judge ilcNell, a prominent citizen of Amer- |