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Show SENATOR THOMAS KEARNS DIES NOTED CAREER ENDS SUDDENLY FOKMER UNITED STATES SENATOR THOMAS KEARNS, mining magnate, capitalist and man of big af-1 fairs, who passed away at his home on East South Terple. street in this city yesterday afternoon. Stroke of Apoplexy Fatal to Pioneer Miner and Business Man. FORMER United Spates Senator Thomas Kearns. mining magnate, capitalist, railway builder, half-owner half-owner of The Salt Lake Tribune, is dead. He passed away at 1:3,0 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home on East South Temple street. Death resulted re-sulted from a stroke of apoplexy suffered last Monday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at Calvary cemetery Sunday afternoon at o'clock. In the absence of Bishop Joseph S. Glafcs. who Is in the east, it 'is not known who will preside. The death of Mr. Kearns occurred six months and two days after that oC David Keith, his business associate for nearly thirty years. October 10 Mr. Kearns wa"a struck by an autohiobile while crossing Main street, suffering a fracture of the right ankle, a bruised arm and a severe shock, which Is believed to have iuperinduecd the stroke. At the time of the accident Mr. Kearns was helped to .his office and later was removed to his home, but at the time he did not regard the accident as serious. Upon the advice of his physician, Dr. C. D. Shields, Mr. Kearns remained at home, and on October 1 ;i was forced to take lo his bed, where he remained up to the time of his death. The stroke which Mr. Kearns suffered early in the week was only a slight one. and he rallied sufficiently to make, it appear that his condition was favorable, and it was believed t hat There whs no immediate im-mediate danger. A Cavn' for the worse came Thursday and Fr .day morning Mr. Kearns began sinking. The life htetvvmr ..r Tliom.ua k'Mrns reads' like a romance. It does not need the mystic touch of a weaver of dreams to make it picturesque or appealing. It stands out in bold and rugged relief and emphasizes what pluck and energy can do In grasping opportunity and making the most of it. Coming into a practically undeveloped country the famous . Park City mining region thirty-five years ago, with nothing noth-ing but his great strength and his deter- I mination to aid him, Mr, Kearns delved for its hidden treasures, and by sheer force of will and tenacity of purpose helped lo develop it and share in its wonderful resources. At his death Mr. Kearns had achieved what it has been the good fortune of few men to accomplish. He had risen from poverty to a high place In the world of finance. From the lowly place of a day laborer, with but little chance for an education, he had a ttained an honored membership in the highest and most august legislative body on ihe globe the United States senate and while a member of that branch of the government he made a record of which any man, with the interest of his country coun-try at heart, could well be proud. Friend of Miners. The miners of Utah lost a true friend when Mr. Kearns passed; away. In the ! days of his prosperity, and even before j he became prosperous, Mr. Kearns was a firm believer in the adage that "the laborer is worthy of his hire," and his miners always were well paid. A striking example of Mr, Kearns's regard for his miners occurred in 1807. This was the year of the last panic, and a number of the mining companies of Park City were desirous of-educlng wages. They called upon fc'afefcrns and Mr. Keith and made th wiKvJfHpn. "Wages will not be cut wi soldi iSi ." Mr. Kearns j declared. pojN -.c earning- all they are b i jie mines are I n,,'!. r wage scale." Mr. Keith agreed with Mr. Kearns and there was no wage reduction. Mr. Kearns was born in Oxford county, Upper Canada, on April 11, 1862, the son of Thomas and Margaret Maher Kearns, who had emigrated to the dominion from Ireland. When lie was about eight years of age his parents removed to northern Nebraska, where his father engaged en-gaged in farming and stock-raising. For several years the boy assisted his father in the multitudinous duties attendant attend-ant upon ranch life and during the winter win-ter months attended the district school. As he grew older, however, he became dissatisfied with the routine and determined to branch out for himself, him-self, lie went to the Black Hills, during the first mining excitement in that district, where he performed various kinds of labor, including mining. This was the first connection of Mr. Kearns with mining. Later he returned to his Nebraska home for a time, but the desire I to see more of the world and to find an opportunity for more rapid progress again possessed him and he went to Arizona. Reaching Tombstone, then nearing the zenith' of its glory. Mr. Kearns obtained employment with a transportation company. com-pany. Later, in the early part of ISSo, Mr. Kearns started fcr Utah, which was to be the field of his future endeavors. Worked on Railroad. The young man, strong, determined, vigorous and. eager for employment, first applied for work at Tinti, but he failed :o obtain it and went to SnringviJlp, where, for a time, he was in the employ of the Rio Grande Western railway. Mr. Kearns worked a sufficient length of time for the Rio Grande Western West-ern to save up what was termed in those days a "traveling stake," and resigned. He then started for Butte, Mont., but at Pocatello, Idaho, got into ' conversation with some men. who told him of the won- |