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Show I OBITUARY. j i JOHN MAGUIRE LAID TO REST. Venerable Actor Passes Away Surrounded Sur-rounded by Comforts of Life. Genial John Maguire, the veteran actor ac-tor and promoter of theatrical enterprises enter-prises in the west, died at Monterey. Cal., last Friday night, and was laid to rest in :he beautiful cemetery at Carlos on Monday. For nearly forty years John Maguire was actively engaged en-gaged in the profession he loved so well, and his friends and admirers are located in every town of importance in western states where he was known. He was a close personal friend of the late Marcus Daly, when the copper king of Montana was in the zenith of his power, and through Mr. Daly's influence in-fluence and generosity, controlled the theatrical business in that prosperous mountain state. After Mr. Daly's death Maguire met with financial reverses of a serious nature, and lost valuable real estate interests in which ho had invested in-vested his accumulations. Two or three years ago James A. j Murray, the millionaire banker of j Butte, who now resides at Monterey, invited Mr. Maguire to California, of- j fering him a comfortable home during. ! his declining years. The old actor ac- j cspted the kindly invitation, and for a i time enjoyed life amid pleasant sur- roundings-but his indomitable energy and ceaseless ambition caused him to make several trips to Utah, Idaho and Montana in search of opportunities to acquire a competence once more. In this laudable ambition he was not successful, an 1 John finally returned to where he passed away, surrounded by the material comforts of life. John Maguire was a whole-souled, gc nerous-ht arted Irishman, ever ready during his days of prosperity to dip deep down into his pocket to relieve the financial condition of anyone who appealed to biin for assistance. Jlo was a good man and his death will be sincerely sin-cerely regretted by a wide circle of old-timo friends. I Meyers. Mary Catherine ?Jeyois. the wife of J. J. Meyers, died in this city Wednesday. Wednes-day. She was oO years of age. and was born in Wisconsin. Sauer. The sympathy of many friends is extended ex-tended to Joseph Saner over the recent death of his brother. Aloysius Saucr. The deceased was born in Davenport, Ta.. anif was 52 years old. He was a man of tine character, who had many friends. May his soul rest in peace! |