| Show DEATH ARMSTRONG t One of Sal Lakes Foremost Citizens zens Passe Away t CAUSED GENERAL SORROW DEATH H BEEN EXPECTED FOB WEEKS Suffered Great Pain Until a Few Minutes Min-utes Before His DeathDeceased Was a SelfMade Man and a Prominent Figure In Financial Circles Francis Armstrong county commissioner commis-sioner exmayor of Salt Lake and one of the foremost figures in the financial and industrial history of the city died at his residence at 8 oclock yesterday morning While the announcement of his death occasioned universal grief it came as no surprise a the melancholy cent had been expected for weeks The physicians z re at a loss to know the exact cause of Mr Armstrongs death Dr Hines believes the stomach stom-ach was paralyzed by rheumatism but there Is no definite theory He passed away surrounded by his family and only the last five minutes of his life were free from pain Eight oclock Wednesday night saw the beginning of the endthe death stroke was on The dying man lay in t agony and beyond the aid of man At I r 1 he turned his head and spoke to I nomination for commissioner He was elected and reelected In 189S To all of the positions of trust he occupied Mr Armstrong devoted the same coolheaded cool-headed business judgment that lie used in his private business He never mitered mi-tered in his duty and though h had unfriendly critics as all men must who occupy official positions his bitterest enemies were unable to find a Haw in his public or private records Francis Armstrong was a selfmade man In all that the term implies Starting in life with little education and no money he built up wealth and with it abetter thing a unblemished reputation All who were privileged with knowing him closely will mourn his taking away All will find that in his going a vacant place is left that will not soon be filled The deceased leaves a wife and eleven children three sons and eight daughters The value of his estate is estmate at between 200000 and + + + + + + + + + + + + 1 + + + + + + + + + FItANCIS ARMSTRONG I his son Will who was at the bedside telling him it va not necessary to stay up any longer These were probably prob-ably the last words he uttered Mr Armstrong remained conscious to the last but lost his speech apparently a last hours before death At 4 a m he commenced to breathe heavily and his suffering increased until five minutes i before the end which came three minutes I min-utes before S He raised his head and glanced about the room sinking easily back upon the pillow and closing his eyes in eternal sleep An iron constitution was responsible for the many days fight against death Those at the bedside watched the set features drawn up In agony but only once did the dying man allude to his sufferings That was when asked by his son if he was in pain He closed but In patient his hands convulsively a patet tone replied I would kill any other man Dr Richards Anderson Hines and I f Gemmel attended the case and Joseph E Taylor has charge of the remains No arrangements have as yet been madf for the funeral which will be in charge of P W Madsen I will probably prob-ably take place Sunday but definite announcement an-nouncement is withheld pending the arrival of a brother of the deceased from Idaho Biographical Sketch Francis Armstrong was born at Plain mier county of Northumberland England Oct 3 1839 He was the son of William Armstrong and Mary Kirk For seven generations before his the family had resided in Northumberland The senior Armstrong was a machinist The ist and Francis started to learn the trade He worked for a year in the Stevenson Harthorn machine shops and assisted In building the first locomotives loco-motives turned out In England In 1851 the Armstrong family emigrated emi-grated to Canada settling near Hamilton Ham-ilton in the province of Ontario Francis Fran-cis crossed the line into the United States in 1858 and went to Richmond Mo There be engaged for a time in the sawmill and lumber business In 1SS1 he embraced the Mormon religion and came across the plains to Utah On arriving here young Armstrong first secured a position hauling lumber from Mill Creek canyon Tiring of this he went to work In BrIgham Youngs flouring mill at the mouth of Parleys canyon In the spring of 1862 he started start-ed in the employment that laid the foundation of his fortune This was his old trade of lumbering At first he aeld a position in Feramorz Littles nlll in Big Cottonwood nl Cotonwood canyon For even years Mr Armstrong remalned here saving his money and attending strictly to business At the end of the time named he purchased the mill in connection with J W Bagley and the firm of Armstrong Bagley was started strtd As his business prospered Mr Armstrong Arm-strong branched out his next purchase being a interest in the firm of Lati mer Taylor Romney manufacturers of doors and sash Later Mr Armstrong r Arm-strong engaged In other enterprises yhlch under his clearheaded ceheade manage manag ment netted him handsome returns At the time of his death Mr Arm r stron was vice president ot the Salt Lake City Street Railway company and president of the ftah Commercial Savings bank Up to the time of its consolidation with the Union Light Power company he was president of prdent the Utah Power company Political Career In spite of the mass of private business busi-ness that would have made it impossible impos-sible for a man of ordinary ordinar energy to attend to anything else Mr Armstrong P took great interest in public affairs In t i 187S he was elected to the common > council and reelected In 18SO In 1SS1 he wa elected county commissioner 1 and reelected in 1883 In 18S6 he was elected mayor filling the office for one term with great credit to himself and with profit to his constituents c For ten years Mr Armstrong al 1 l though taking an interest in public matters held no office Then in 1833 he consented to take the Democratic l r |
