| Show MOURN OR fO S f Many Manifestations of Sorrow Over the Passing Away of Well Known Physician His Eventful Career OJ t I H L I I V 1 I I D 10 ALLEN FOWLER 1 HE death ot of Dr AUen Fowler roler 1 I which yesterday morn morning morning ing alter after a brief Illness the of one of the leading men I In the western medical world me Bin eventful career was that ot of a m man started at the bottom and aDd by I energy and straightforward I honesty worked up until hi opinion wu waa accepted as authority by men of the m medical prote lon not only in inthe the w west t but wherever he was known In the country His Was known to tD but few and the announcement of hi his sudden death came as a severe I shock to hi many friends M As we stated In the brief account yes 18 yesterday morning of his illness he be had i been In poor health for tor some IOme time past and anel contracted pneumonia as a result I of a bath in the Warm Springs a few days ago On Monday last lut he was waa taken to the Holy Crosa Cro hospital where he be has haa so 80 long been the chief medical di and wa given ven every care that and could bestow him I Passed Quietly Away Dr Kc Melroy waa wa at lila hla bedside con until the end and he be wu was as sUIted in every effort po possible to a avert vert the Inevitable end by the medical taIl staR of 01 the institution During the night he and Jt it w was hoped that he be mi might ht et pull through but the angel anel of death had passed paa a hand screen his brow and his hill spirit passed quietly away to the I reward his work here had won It was a little before 8 3 7 yes I morning that he be passed u as If Irto a quiet sleep Bleep and the attending physician announced that he was no nomore more The words cast the hospital Into a gloom ot of sorrow Borrow and the tears teara ot of the who are aN wont to see sickness and death tn in its most moet pathetic forms were beautiful testaments to tM the high place pIce that Allen Alien Fowler had won In Inthe Inthe the hearts heart ot of those tho e with whom he had been associated About two hours his bill death I Dr Fowler was baptized Into the Cath Catholic olic faith by Bi Bishop hop Scanlan k For years he had been the mainstay W the guiding hand in that institution for the sick and with an unselfishness worthy of his h calling he devoted every f ergy made every ever per personal onal sacrifice to relieve the suffering ot of the sick It way reay truly be said of him that he wu was wun n ft man who had a noble love for tor his bis Buffering fellowmen and found his highest pleasure In doing for tor them what he could to alleviate pain and andt t ush away their sorrows His latIn e ce made Itself felt wherever he be went and there are many who will have oc caslon to remember his kind attentions and aDd will be constrained to say 1 he loved his profession for tor the nod he might do with It ItH H Helped ped Young Doctors He was aman ot of utter un s sall all as many a young doctor who has baa cast his lot with the western world to battle for tor will teStify It seemed to be hi pleasure to help tb e struggling tHem bers ot of the and not a afew afew few ot of the leading leadin p physicians or of this city owe their success B to the helping hand so eo freely extended them by br Dr Fowler when fate and fortune seemed Reined against them Ulem Au AM a AtU recognition of his bi faith ful work ork done at the Holy Cross hOg hOS hOSpItal pItal his remains no now Ue He In fn state in inthe Inthe the parlor or of that The room Is h draped In mourning and the casket rests be beneath ath a O C canopy of crepe under which is bu hung the picture of the deceased doctor drs In n mourning BeautIful flowers bound by sorrowing fingers cover ver the ket and breathe in theIr sweet the silent tributes s of friends frienda left behind The remains wil rest in state at the hospital until Friday afternoon The funeral will be held from St Marys cathedral at 3 p m that afternoon Sketch of Life Dr Fowler was bOrn In hi Roanoke Va sixty years ago He secured ti his tally early In the schools of his home and when a young mn entered a medical college In his native state He was ai apt student ead nd made rapid advances in hi his but when the war of secession wu was precipitated he left college and enlisted on the southern side He fought valiantly through the long tru le but when hen the conflict was over and th cause caple he be espoused had been lost loat h he returned tt to his coe college and resUmed w lila mod med teat leal studies where he had bad left them oft f After graduating and hi his de degree degree gree he went to Montana and for some years medicine there thereIn In the year 1861 he came to Salt Lake City and since that time has n a resident of this place When the SIs Sisters ten of Mercy first came to Utah Uth and opened ln an Institution for the relief of the suffering ring and sick lick Dr Fowler was one of the thc men to care for tor tM the Inmates or of the ulace He was there when the doors o the hospital lirE opened and for eleven years year was one or of the medical staff under Dr Bone Bene Benedict diet dict who was then the medIcal dl di director rector Connection With R spital Just enteen years yearn ago aso Dr Fow succeeded Dr Benedict as medical medica director of the hospital and held that tat position to the time of his death The but beat part of his time and attention were directed to the welfare ot of Ute the over 01 which he be presided but aside from this he found time to care for a large and en engage gage in other He early turned his to Lo the I minIng industry and acquired d some valuable interests interest He became a stock bolder In the various mines with which the name of John J 1 D lIlly is He was wal always alway thrifty and through bi his business S a he amused amassed a small fortune it Is estimated that he be leaves an valued at about 1 t Dr l leaves nO ret relatives In this cIty with the exception or S 3 D Wood the W wil l known mining Operator nd and livestock man who is ai a He has hasa a number of relatives living In Vir gnia and they have been Betided or of hi death Ail As to who will succeed Dr r IS as medical director of the hOsPital with which he has hall been so len long connected nothing has hag been dune done as Yet list The ap poth t ot of a medical director rests rest In the hands of the mother superior or of Notre Dame and It is probable that no appointment Will for some ome sometime time yet News of the death of Dr Fowler has been sent ent to the su an superior |
