| Show BEN WHITTEMORE DEAD Passed Away Last Evening of Heart Disease Uncle Ben Yhltt < fore for many years a welltaiown figure in Salt Lake ded at a few minutes after 1 oclock last evening at the ag of 5 years He had been troubled with heart rUseise tar over two years and for the nasc three weeks was confined to bed with that ailment ail-ment wihicft proved fatal r He iras a native I na-tive of Dubln Ireland and came to Sat Lake about the time the Union Pacific railway was built He engaged in the I mercantile Inudr 1 and hotel business Early in the Ws he bult a large hotel opposite the UnIon Pacific depot which Pos dde j was en by < fire and afterwards he built and conducted the present Grand j Pacific hotel l near tihe Oregon Short Line depot At the time of the mining excitement In I the Coeur dAIene coti ry he itabllshed a hotel and liquor business there haVincr the equipment made in Salt Lake and I taken there by warn The venture however how-ever proved P losing one and Je soon gave it up For years lie was prominent In politics and was am active member of the Liberal party Uncle Ben as tie was called was always al-ways a fa orte with the boys He had a happy cheerful tlisirasltlon and a big heart He was a good man and many frods will mss his kindly cheerful face The funeral will take place on Sunday I The arraincrwnerys are in the hands of ODonnell Co I |
