| Show S Sudden Sodden Death ath of i t era erd I Blais Blai b bt t F r rI I r r 1 I It j t 2 i I I l lw w Judge Jacob S Blair J Jacob 5 i Blair BI ii 1 eral of Utah h died dl In in Jih hi room room at rut the Alta Alt dub club ten minutes before 6 yesterday ye morning after aft r a very brief illness and in the eightieth elgh year of his age Thus closed a life Ufe that was one I Io of o constant sunshine and ard his deth death will cause regrets in the hearts of ev cv every even cry ery person who was so fortunate as to number himself among the acquaint acquaintances acquaintances ances ancee of the fine old gentleman Judge Blair was in his usual good health on Sunday evening ening e on Monday morning he was indisposed but had no premonition of his approaching end He was W among his associates in the club until noon and then not feeling well he went to his room He had a severe pain in his side for which Dr DrA DrA DrA A C Ewing prescribed Late Monday evening the judge grew worse Dr PI kerton and Dr Union Worthington were w re called in a trained nurse vas se secured secured secured cured and all that was sas possible was done by doctors nurses and attend attendants attendants attendants ants to alleviate the suffering of the theman theman man who was as a favorite with all It wag vu all in vain and just as s the morn morning morning mornIng ing was breaking his spirit g took its flight The doctors are of the opinion o that death de th was the result of heart tail fail failure ute ure u brought br on by old jold age Judge Blair has had an eventful ca en career career reer rear he was wa in public life the greater part of sixty years he filled fill d many high offices and filled every very one well w lI He Hell was universally ll liked and respected by byall byall all witti th whom he was brought into into contact The judge was born in Virginia Virgini April AprilS 38 S 3 1821 1321 so thu tha had he lived until next April he would have been SO EO years old As a young man he studied law lawand lawand a w wand and located ted in West est Virginia He served in the legislature of pis is state was twice sent cont to congress and was one of the most active in securing statehood for his state during the civil war He H also aIso loo represented his govern government government ment melt at Costa Rica and later was ap appointed appointed pointed associate justice of Wyoming I by President Pr dent Grant He served in that office for a number of years and then came CUe to Utah in 1889 In 1891 he was made probate judge here and served sered in t hat at office until 1895 In 1897 he was made ma ma surveyor general for Utah by President McKinley and continued in that office until h his hs s death There was as no better entertainer in all the western country than Judge Blair He H was as witty witt a good story storyteller storyteller teller had bad an inexhaustible fund of good e and was waS everywhere everY here rec recognized recognized recognized as q an allaround royal good goodfellow goodfellow fellow He was the life of the Alta club He joined that association in 1889 and was always alVa s on hand for a good time tim His is 15 the first death to I take place in the club house and the whole place was subdued as a house of mourning yesterday The flag was at The deceased had no relatives living in the wast wt His wife has been dead for a number of years and his only children two daughters are living In Inthe inthe Inthe the east On One of them Is Mrs H H Hoss Moss oss of ot W V Va the theother theother theother other is Mrs J B Bell of Dayton O 0 OThey OThey They were at once informed of their fathers death wrid aked asked for instructions instructions instructions as to the funeral Mrs Moss re responded responded that her fathers wishes should be carried out These wishes were to the effect that he be burled buried buri d here in Salt Lake and he had purchased a lot at ML Mt Olivet for this purpose The funeral will therefore be he held at atthe atthe atthe the Alta club at 2 today tO lay The I services will be under the di Dean Eddie of St Marks and the will be at Mt Olivet The will be United States Marshal hal Glen Miller United States District Attorney C O 0 Whittemore as representatives of the government Henry R H M 11 Atkinson and C B nen of the surveyor generals office and Josiah Barnett Burnett Judge John A AMarshall AMarshall AMarshall Marshall c JC L Haines aInes and arid J M Stout representing the tha Alta AHa club clubA cIubA clubA A volume could be filled with int mt eating esting stories of this genial man Willie While a resident of Wyoming oming he was a sort of chum for tor a time of Bill Nye He circulated a subscription su tion paper and raised the funds with which hichI the Laramie Boomerang was established established I anti and in this way Wy may be said saidI to have started Nye on an his road to I fame When Cleveland was elected in 1892 a friend accosted the judge and a nd j asked 8 him what he was going to do doI about it it His quick response was If I Grover lets ets me I will let l t him I alone He was probate pr bate judge at the time the office being a presidential ap appointment appointment appointment At one time the judge mar married married ried ned a couple here hete in itt Salt Lake Luke by the aid of an Interpreter Then it was dis discovered discovered covered that thai the couple did not wish to be married by a judge but by their own minister Judge Blair was vas bother bothered ed an instant We cant divorce them he said well lust just ju t tear up the certificate and tell them to go and be he married reamed br b their minister |
