| Show THE DEATH OF JOHN B ROGERS His Family Had Been Expecting Him Daily and Not Hearing from Him Thought He Was Planning to Surprise Them I j 1r7 1 J pl 1 J J t r q 1 i L L I I < t jf i I r Many expressions of regret at the death of John B Rogers were heard on the streets generally yesterday At the Grand theater with which Mr Rogers was prominently identified I when in Salt Lake the flag was half musled as a mark of respect to his memory The letter of MaJ Schofleld the army paymaster with whom Mr Rogers was associated at the time of his death to Alexander Rogers the father in this city giving details of the death of the young man Is given below be-low Tong ICu China Oct G 1000 Dear SlrH Is my painful duty to Inform In-form you of tho death of your son John 11 Jtuicrs on mo MI IIL ui oupicmucr i OW at the United States Kcnernl hospital hos-pital at Tien Tsln China ot acuto rtys I I outcry Vo left Manila on August 31st under orders to pay tlo troops In Gen ClmfTces army and arrived In China September 7th When wo left Manila John was in perfect health and good spirits at being 0110 of those chosen for tills detail and all went well until a day or two before our arrival when ho complained of a slight feeling ofrtlscomfort Wo attached llttlo Importance to It and Indeed ho seemed to have entirely recovered hotoro wo reached flea Thin While there It returned re-turned und became so bad that I wan obliged to go on to Peking without him leaving him at tho hospital at Tien Tsln Tho surgeon In charge pronounced It dysentery but said It was apparently avery a-very slight case and a rest ofa week or ten days would probably bring him around triP all right About a week later I was nd vled 1 by who of hIs death His remain arc burled In tho British cemetery at Tien Tsln with all tho usual arrangements for Identlllcatlon etc I havo In mv possession his watch revolver re-volver and u few trinkets ho was taking with him In the expectation of going from hero to tho United States In one of my boxes In Manila arc his discharge from the Utah artillery nnd I believe somo other papers all of which I will forward to iou at first opportunity John Rogers had been my cleric for over a year and a half and our relations had been of tho pleasanlcat nature fho re lations between a paymaster and his clerk arc necessarily close and In this case they had become particularly so In tho death of your son 1 loso not only a valuable assistant as-sistant but a wrfrm personal friend as well ono who o place I will havo hard work to 1111 Ito was attentive to his du j IQ I n tnn n n1 1 11 n v J v ular with his follows Time surgeon and nurses at Limo hospital speak In the highest high-est tcrmn of him lie woa In every sense of the word i 1 man Permit me elrto extend my heartfelt aymppthv and to share in tho sorrow that this news will bring to you A father and mother five brothers Alexander Jr James W W R B and Edgar A Rogers and a sister Mrs George S Bell reside In Salt Lake John Rogers was a native of Salt Lake and 33 years of age The family here had been expecting his return dally and believed he had omitted writing of late hoping to take the family by surprise when he arrived It has not yet been decided whether the remains will be brought home but it Is probable they will be |
