Show W DIES DIE brigadier general richard whitehead whitebead young died at the W 11 grooves L D S hospital in salt lake city saturday evening of which g an operation tion tor for acute appendicitis s with which he was stricken and tor for which he was operated upon sunday december 2181 the case was a most aggravated one from the outset and the patients condition was critical though his rugged constitution was expected to carry him through the crisis in the death of general young utah loses one ot of her foremost citizens he was perhaps the one man in the state who had no enemies and whom everyone irrespective ot of creed or politics admired and trusted his name naine had been freely mentioned in connection with the governorship ot of the state and had he lived he would undoubtedly have been nominated by his party and perhaps endorsed by other parties general young had a great many intimate friends in this county ani the announcement ot of his death shocked this community as much as it if he had been a resident here funeral services will be held in tile the tabernacle at salt lake city tomor row wednesday afternoon at 2 0 clock the church state and U S army will participate in doing honor to the memory of this il lustrous soldier and citizen an estimate of 0 his character and a splendid tribute to his worth is set forth in an editorial in yesterdays tribune the sentiments therein expressed are re echoed by everyone who knew him we give the article in full herewith utah mourns the passing of a favorite son the niche he tilled filled in the public heart may remain empty for a long time people who knew richard W young will not forget the soldier citizen who rose to the highest rank yet attained by any native of the stater state and whose bearing and reputation were always becoming to art an officer and a gentleman As a cadet in the west point academy as a captain on the statton staff stat tot of general hancock forty years ago as a major in tile the war with spain twenty years ago and as a brigadier general in the world war just ended lie he always commanded the confidence and respect of his fellow officers and tile the affectionate regard of those who served under him modest and unassuming gentle but unfaltering courageous but nener neer belligerent li with a christian averson to war and a natural diffidence towards military pomp and splendor he nevertheless tendered his services whenever men were needed to uphold upheld the flag promptly by a strong sence ot of patriotism and by a conscience placed at the disposal of his government an ability developed and trained in a national institution appointed as the head of the first i actual tribunal of criminal justice in the philippines on the recommendation of a governor govern orgen or gen general eral who afterwards became president of 0 tho the united states judge young discharged tile the onerous duties of that difficult office to the satisfaction of honest natives to the he credit of his country and tor for the advancement of 0 those high ideals on account of which wo we entered the war As I 1 ir as an unobtrusive personality would permit general young become a national character and his death becomes a national loss buc wt ws will miss him most who knew hin him bist best ai it t good man a loyal friend fri brinl nl a useful citizen an able lanei and as a churchman who WAS both debout and tolerant moderate in expressing his convictions and charitable in lila his judgment ot of others courteous and dignified tactful aej intellectual there was no post in civil or military circles which lie he would not have graced it Is bell believed eved that lie he was without an enemy in the world not as a result of inaction but licause lie be always fought openly nezer neer stooped to smallness allness Ein and never spoke spitefully or harmfully of any fl fellow ilow being those with whom he differed conceded his fairness and applauded app laudor laudet ills his decency in the death ot of richard W young the nation Is deprived of a distinguished patriot la in his hig prime the state has baa lost one ot of its foremost citizens just at the time lime when his bis many political and personal friends expected it tc show appreciation ot of his worth and glory while every loyal law abiding resident is bereaved ot of a friend and helper hc alper the sympathies of 0 a sorrowing people go unstinted to tho the stricken family |