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Show j W R. DUVALL. well- known r.owspaper i man, who died yesterday morning at his home in this city. I ' .;:- :. -. ':'' ...... f ' t- , t , ill MS II? W. R. Duvall, Late Mining Editor of The Tribune, Is Dead. William Heid Duvall, veteran newspaperman, news-paperman, and, until stricken by fatal illness a few weeks ago, mining editor I of The Tribune, died at his home, 324 ; Sixth East street, in this city, at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning. Air. Duvall was 55 years of age and his death was caused by kidney trouble. Up to the time that Mr. Duvall was taken ill he had been in perfect health for a long period, and it was a great surprise to himself, his physician and his friends, when it was learned that he was suffering from an affection of the kidneys. Although it had since been known among his associates and close ! friends that he was a sick man, the announcement of his death yesterday came as a shock. Mr. Duvall came to Salt Lake in 1904 from Circleville, Ohio, where he was editor and owner of the Daily Herald, and where he served as postmaster for two years, having received the appointment appoint-ment under President McKinley 's administration. ad-ministration. He was born fifty-five years ago in Duvall, Pickaway county, t)hio, the place of his birth . being named after his parents. He was a graduate of the Danville, Ind., normal school nad taught school for several years after his graduation. He studied law with the intention of taking up the profession, but became identified with newspaper work and continued in it until stricken with the illness that caused his death. Mr. Duvall 's first venture in newspaper news-paper business was as a member of the staff of the Democrat in Auglaize county, coun-ty, Ohio. He later purchased and edited edit-ed the Auglaize County Republican. Afterward he acquired the Circleville Daily Herald and became active in political po-litical affairs. His health failed through overwork and he came west in the hope that the change would, be beneficial. First, after his arrival in Salt Lake. Mr. Duvall was employed as a special correspondent for The tribune, traveling throughout the intermountain region, thereby gaining an intimate acquaintance acquain-tance with the mining industries of the section. Later he was made editor of the semi-weekly issue of The 'Tribune and later -was "telegraph editor of the. Evening Telegram, then owned by The Tribune. Several months ago Mr. Duvall became be-came mining editor of The Tribune. Within a few weeks afterward, however, how-ever, his health failed to the extent that he could no longer remain at his desk. Several weeks ago he suffered a stroke of apoplexy from the effects of which he never recovered, gradually growing weaker until death resulted. M.T. Duvall was quiet and unassuming, unassum-ing, but wonderfuljy efficient. He went at his tasks without any blare of trumpets, but when his work was done it was wTell done. Every position that he filled in this, city during the years that he worked here was filled with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his employers. And during these years ho made many warm friends, who deeply regret his untimely death. Mr. Duvall was married in Wapa-koneta. Wapa-koneta. Ohio, on April 20, 1890, to Minnie Min-nie L. Torrence. lie is survived bv his widow, four children, Margaret, Ruth, Torrence and Ralph. He also is survived sur-vived by his mother and one brother in Wapaikooeta, Ohio, and one sister at Columbus, Ohio. TTe wt?is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Maccabees Macca-bees and the Royal Arcanum, having affiliated af-filiated with all three orders before coming west. Funeral services Trill be held at the residence at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. morn-ing. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet cemetery and will be private. |
