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Show Charles Auer Ss Summoned Hence Old-Time Citizen of Salt Lake Passes Away From Attack of Gastritis. Charles Auer died nt his rooms In the Morlan block at 0 o'clock last night, after a brief Illness. Ills passing away removes from view a character that wae moro widely known and moro thoroughly loved than any niun tho West has seen in thirty years who adhered to tho walks of private life. Every man ho ever met and these would number many thousandswas thou-sandswas his friend. Tho expressions of regret on thorstrcct last night wero numerous and varied. The most Intense grief, however, while the whole town, or that portion of It which had learned of tho oad event, was lamenting tho sad event, was exhibited by his employees. The kindly, even-balanced temperament of Mr. Auer Is best shown by the longtime long-time servlco of his employees. One of these, Oliver Ostler, has been with Mr. Auer since lSJd, and last evening was scarcely able to articulate because of the exccFfl of his emotions. J. J. McPhee. another, has been associated for twelve years. Every associate, whether patron or employee or partner, wns his friend, and thero will bo sadness today In hundreds hun-dreds of hearts In Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana end Wyoming, when the news of his death Is read. Mr. Auer had been confined to his room for nine days, but It was only during dur-ing the last throe days that his .condition .condi-tion was regarded as at all serious. Dr. A. C. Young was his physician, and Mr Auer was suffering with gastritis, which wns aggravated by lung and henrt trouble. trou-ble. Ills demise, however, camo as a shock. Charles Auer was probably (5 years of age and had been In Utah for thirty-five years. He wns never married. Ho hns relatives children of a sister. In San Francisco His nephew, P. J. Wlncgar, was advised yesterday afternoon of tho seriousness of Mr. Auer'G condition, and left San Francisco at C p ' m. to come to Salt Lako. Three hours later Mr. Auer vns dead. Mr, Auer was a member of the T. O. O. F and ever since the Installation of tho order In Utah had been Identified with It. He was a scholarly man and an art connoisseur, and, soN far as his means permitted, wns a patron of tho arts. Arrangements for Mr. Auer's funeral will not be perfected until his nephew's arrival. |