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Show CUT DOWN IN HIS PRIME. 1. H. Warrack, Assistant General Freight Agent, Dies in Omaha. MOTHER GOOD MAN GONE. A General Besume of the Bailroad News of Utah Carefully Condensed. The many friends of Phillip Warrack, assistant general freight agent of tho Union Pacific, will bo pained to learn of his death at Omaha yesterday of typhoid ty-phoid fever. Warrack was a young man of about 23 years, and was a thorough thor-ough railroad man. For a long time he was connected with tho freight department depart-ment of the B. & M., resigning to accept ac-cept the place of chief clerk iu the general gen-eral freight office of tho Union Pacific. When Thomas L. Kimball assumed tho general manager's chair of the road, after the death of Mr. Potter, Warrack was made division freight agent, his jurisdiction being the Nebraska division of the road. Later, wlieu Mr. Holeomb became tho ruling power, ho was appointed ap-pointed to the position ho held at the time of his death. Ho was very highly esteemed by all who knew him. His successor iu the otlieo made vacant va-cant by his demise will probably be Chief Clerk McKay, of tho goueral freight office. Notes of the lull. Superintendent lliter of tho Union Pacific says tho managers of tho road are preparing for a great rush at Garfield Gar-field beach this year and aro making extensive improvements. Tho formal opening will probably occur this coming com-ing week. Switchman Alex Gamek lost a leg at Salt Lake station yesterday by falling under a car. The injured member was amputated at Ogden. Tho poor fellow has a family dependant upon him and is in very unfortunate circumstances. The Rio Grande Western is equipping equip-ping its stations with sheet-iron tanks for storing oil. Monte Birdsell.au old-time conductor on tho C. B. & Q., is visiting in Salt Lake. Mr. Brown of the Rio Grande Western West-ern met with an accident ou Tuesday. Ho sprained his ankle and is now confined con-fined to his room. |