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Show LIEUT. COM. CONSTANT Of tha Flagship Omaha, Who Dlad Abroad, to ba Burled la Indian, Mr. S. C. Constant of Peru, Ind., who is with bis sister, Mrs. Dr. Sykes of South Second East street, is oo a sad errand. His brother, Lieutenant-Commander Walter M. Constant of the flagship flag-ship Omaha, North Pacific squadron, died of pneumonia at Yokahoms, Japan, Decnmber 7th. Mr. Constant will stay in Salt Lake City until near the time of the arrival of the Omaha with the remains at San Francisco, when he will go to the coast. Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Boyer will have charge of the escort es-cort which will accompany the dead commander to his old home in Indiana. The deceased had been in the navy for eighteen years, and was the youngest iieulenant commander in the service. He was a gallant officer, and very popular pop-ular at home and abroad. Mr. S. C. Constant, who is manager of the opera house at Peru, is a pleasant pleas-ant gentleman. |