JOHN C 0 GRAHAM LIST LAST CALL Noted Editor and Dramatist Closes Long and Bril Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant Career WAS PROMINENT IN POLITICS mid lIel Tilled Mini Portion of ur uI Honor Anil I In III I mm it ii I I s N Ii Chinch Correspondence Provo 1100 Utah Io lO 13 1 John Johll O C Graham r ami editor of it th tb 1 pis eil peacefully td to toI rest I Mt at his lila home humo ID in this city cilY yesterday I I r i i r I i 4 r j jy jI js y I s I JOHN JOHNT C GRAHAM Veteran Citizen of Prove Prone AMio Willi line Jim In u II LOUR Long unil 1111 lined Hartl Battle at 1 surrounded by h many mem members bore bers of or bus hla hi family He Ito h hall ul been b n unable I to speak peak for tor over 35 JG previous to lu his death whether lift him was waa unconscious luring during this thin or suffering from rein of ot the vocal organ Is a mat mit mitter mattel matter ter tel of or uncertainty but bu t a n few Cell minutes before the end cam calM ha ho showed showell signs of or recounting his deal dear ones and passed 1 away with a 11 loving smile lighting hh his hl race face Mr Mi 11 has Ins been bern ailing for tor about two Uvo suffering from room a Il combination of at kidney stomach anti and heart troubles About 15 lo months ago aso Ul he went wont to southern Calm Cali California Cal fornia and spent come ome three there with a n view low to benefiting his health He returned slightly improved l lend and end remained at work till ti nearly three thre months ago agu Since Shire then he lie hns practically ally been confined to his loom at tine tle i Improving but gradually to the dIsease ea which hal had hll fastened lt I itself elf upon him hll Hopes of ot his h recovery were entertained till Friday I when a definite change for tor the worse wOle occurred John C was WI born barn brn In Liver Ter Liverpool pool pooi England July Jul 23 1833 Ills Ils par pur parents parents William C nod and Elizabeth Ley Leyland ley Leyland land were veto ele the amoni converts concerts to the tho Gospel us mae I presented by bythe bythe the tIme Saints In their city be being ing Ilg converted through tire the teaching of ot the time late hate I re John Taj Taylor Ilor lor ills His Is parents parent came caine care to 10 Utah In iii II 1801 locating In Salt Lake bake Uko mind and later moving to t POo The rime deceased became associated wih with the Millennial Star titar at tho time early of or 17 and Ind was wall for tor eight years jeara engaged In him the tha Liverpool olle of ur the tho Church assisting In tire the migration of ot the Saints etc and part of or the time tulle hold hohl holding ing Ilg the position of or editor 01 ni f nithe the Star the late lale ent George Q Cannon Cal non being tIre the editor tUtor He lIe was mae on oil the tho ship Amazon lazon In with em affairs affair at the time Charle Dickens visited U It antI wrote of ot n it com corn company I pany of or Mormon emigrants about to leave lease for tor Utah They were In their theli degree legree the th pick and flower of ot Eng Ing land lanil and he had ha a n vivid recollection ot of tho tire o 0 caslon and tire api appearance ot oh tho the great novelist In hr 1851 Ir Graham emigrated to Utah crossing the tho plains In Warren Warren Snows com pan On Orn leaching Salt Suit Lako Lake he ho rie offered oter d position a In th busIness of or the time Church where ha Ire h remained for or several years Durin this tine time ho 11 became beame connected c with tire the th Deseret Dramatic association Q Ion und and was WIS prominent In tire the early earh da tl days H In then thea theatrical elides of or time the territory He lie took look tooka a I leading heading lea part pirt In II almost every play resented In the tIre Salt Halt Lake Theater at that time and Ind supported ni all ll the alar stama that came camo to Utah among them Julia Dean Hayne Il ne Edwin Adams John Juhn Me 1 h Lawrence llou fluid and Ade bride laide ell unil Ind he assumed the tire management of ot the Salt Lake Lako on the time tot tor Ie rl Claw eln son anti anel ohio alne In 1871 In lii the spring of 1873 he Ire was waH culled called to 10 Europe l on omm n it I mission anti and again editor of ot the tint Millennial Star under tinder tho tImi late lote Albert cal anil later Inter under nuclei President Joseph JI r P I Smith In n ml 1877 Ji Mr Ir Graham came to Provo arid purchased the tM Utah County Count in Eli inquirer 11 then their a semiweekly paper Ten fen yearn later he the time business busine under time the name Halite of ot tIne the tIll Pub and became editor amid manager and amid an 1 d nt ut that time tIara time the publication of or the tIre Dilly Daily Da ly Enquirer Mr rr 1 hits has alio been hC 1 connected l with ninny lan other enterprise In Inthis Inthis this city Ho lie WIS one ole of or the spirits In the Iho building of the tho Provo trovo Opera House Homo I OU e one of ot the Incorporator of ot tire the Pint First National hank ank of or Provo of or which he was WB n a I director till ti U tt wal Into time the Provo Prove Commercial Saving hank bunk n II of ot time the board of o directors of or th the Provo eo Co Cooperative V operative Institution the I 1 PI U L M t f 15 B company compan anti u a director bust IusI Mm nus concerns concern After fter to 10 Provo lie hI a it 1 dramatic company of at tal talented carted entell young oung Provo people The hl com company compan pany pan developed great ability under hi ills his able Ibl training and achieved more than local loral popularity When th the division on n National poll pol trAI party PartS lines was Wil ho Ire was al one ono of or tho the Out lUst of or tire tho th Peoples p parts rt to Ic cs cc el thu Ii cnute to 10 which hi Ire hI remained loyal nu to which he Ire has rendered valuable services by hy hl his zeal amid Ind through time the of ot hil paper He Ha of ot the tIme Utah lie Ite Il state executive committee e Ho I held the position of ot trustee of Ir tho time to college for to I two pars lee WI n It delegate to the time COet convention In Ill IS wire IS ni al op pl of at by dent dont and nud hue hus tIed as 1 at member of It the tire Provo Provi city cl counci He ire Hi has ha also ullo given much to tn church du dim duMM MM lIeu U In 11 to work In hl lila native land ten Ins no us ni n ii n home Ii piti In Ila I mm a it great gren t number of ot o nod and 1111 IS ono 1110 of or tIre thu PresIdents of 0 tim tho quorum of or Seventy ut lt the time of Ir hits death He lie Ie lit en the hu of or three IV M Mal mid amid al Id Is It the hither of ot SS s children eh I ie 1 14 H ot or whom mute ale living among them thel MID C O CW OW 1 ItO W s ind Ml Miss tJ i Sadie HaItI Graham of or orthA oftIe tIe thA Provo J C Jr lr 11 amid uI I 1 IL II 1 o Ihl 1 all al of Ir Ar Arthur i 1 thur K Graham amid time HIM tl bitter Ilter In time the mall mali mal n service html I Kiank 1 am In the lie t employ of or lImo tho Now News XI all nIh ni ot or Halt Hal Luko luko City I its TwO 1 Wm c r 1 ninth and alil L I Ora Urn bam hal Ian ni of nt if 1 ci It ta ul lo 1 survive lur sri Io ye him hll ii Mr 11 himme hUl led lel a bus bUll useful lire life I h I m MIH a It man of le genial 1111 I personality P ity 11 n In h hall mail and loving father 1 most kindly 1111 helpful to hurt bin hil friends Always earliest t vi mid ull In the support of or tiny any nn cause in which he ire enlisted he lie I opposition but iris his ability uvas Ial le even bv hy his Iris opponents and iris his 1111 sterling qualities of or heart mind and In will wi him In loving bronco branco in him II tho time moans hearts of or a host hORt of at friends life le lasts haste amid unc cause canse the time heartfelt of ot oil mill ni to go out to tho time strick stricken en ell family faintly In their geat bereavement Iu lei 1 services will wi be held Wf W Vel d at tim the tle stake tabernacle begin beginning ning at ut 11 1