Show DEATH OF R P T COOK another old timer of the gintic distan di has taken his chamber in the silent halla 0 of deth death ahat man ie is phillip T who died at salt lake city laet last batur saturday day morning having been taken to th the i bt mark a hospital at that f hat place buffering fram burns received in an accident eident ae on t e met headers pea ders of this paper faill v ill remember that mr cook was carry mg ing a lighted lamp at his home on church street on the above date and that he ell serious kerious injuries from the burn ing oil he re was taken to the hospital thursday and died two days later the deceased waa severity seventy years of age last august his wife died two years ago january philip T cook was a native of new now jersey and about fifty years ago was a railroad contractor in that and other ad joining states he ile was also an extensive contractor on the first ra broad to be built in south america later he was 1 gaped in mining in cal forkla after wards in nevada and since slues 1889 has been a resident of eureka he had a splendid constitution and deep desp te his advanced age worked as a carpenter in the mines of the camp campt mr cook did considerable prospecting during his its res dence in tin tic and at the t me of his death owned some mining ground in north tintie A son of the dece deceased abed william cook who res dea des at mercur together with h s family accompanied the remains to eu eq reka saturday night the funeral services were conducted at odd fellow hall sunday afternoon at 2 0 clock by eureka lodge eo 12 1 I 0 OO 00 0 F of which order the deceased wa was a member br helmick spoke briefly of the deceased the body was laid 0 rest in the city cemetery under the di re tion of undertaker enstice eustice |