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Show JOHN PHILLIPS ME A-1 KIN of Salt Lake, who died yesterday in Washington. s I j if " v. 1 I : f- ' v VI I ; k N Ml , I! i :v ij ! i t n k t " r 1 is-." I i : , S I ; WJSiy JOHN P. Hi IS DEAD IN WASHINGTON i I i Well-known Utahn Succumbs Suc-cumbs to Attack of Asthma Asth-ma and Heart Trouble. John P. Meakin of Salt Lake City, well known in Utah as an orator and a. promoter pro-moter of fraternalism, died in Washington at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, of asthma i and heart trouble, according to telegraph-I telegraph-I fc advices received by members of the family here in the early forenoon. John Phillips Meakin was born at Rands, North Hampshire, England, in 1S51, the son of James and Sarah Meakin. He came to Utah in 1SU9 and married Sarah Frances Wolcott November -5, 1872, in Salt Lake City. Of the marriage there were eight children, chil-dren, five of whom survive. These are Dr. Fred W. Meakin (now on bis way to Washington) and Professor Charles W. Meakin, both of this city; Hardle Meakin, Sommerville, Mass.; W. Hall Meakin, Los Angeles, Cal.; Robert I. Meakin, New Or-lean. Or-lean. La. There are one brother and three sisters surviving F. O. D. Meakin and Mrs. Henrietta Johnson, both of Salt Lake; Mrs. Lllla Beckstad, Tooele; Mrs. Mary Cowar, Lehi. Mr. Meakin was highly regarded in Utah as a public speaker and was held In special esteem by the fraternal organizations or-ganizations of the state. He was the author and compiler of five books, one of which was "Leaves of Truth," which had reference to Utah and the Mormon people. His principal compilation was entitled "From the Four Winds." being poems by selected authors which Mr. Meakin was fond of reciting upon public occasions. Mr. Meakin's most important work is called "A Man Worth While" and was but recently published in New York. He was also author of a little philosophic book, entitled "Think Points," and his last work was called "Thoughts on Manhood." Man-hood." I Being public-spirited, Mr. Meakin devoted de-voted a large part of his life to bettering the condition of the poor and downtrodden, downtrod-den, and in line with this idea of helpfulness help-fulness became prominently identified with many fraternal order activities. He was one of the organizers of the Elks in Utah and was a life honorary member of that order in this state. Mr. Meakin was also one of the founders of the Knights of Pythias here and at the time of his death was a representative of the supreme lodge of Utah. He was also a life honorary member of the Eagles fraternity fra-ternity and was one of the organizers of the Woodmen of the World. At the time of his death Mr. Meakin was an employee of the United States senate in Washington. Professor and Mrs. Charles W. Meakin of this city were leaving for Washington when word was received of the father's death, and they decided to remain here pending arrival of the body in this city. Dr. Fred W. Meakin is on his way to Washington, but has been apprised bv telegraph of his father's death and will meet the body en route and accompany It home. , , While no deffnlte arrangements for the funeral have as yet been made. It is likely like-ly that the body will arrive in Salt Lake in time for funeral services to be held here next Sunday. In the senate yesterday Senator Smoot secured the passage of a resolution to pay Mrs. Meakin $600, which is one-half the annual salarv her husband received from the government. Mr. Meakin was highly respected by his associates in Washington Washing-ton and was noted for his kindness and ; courtesy in his dealings with the public. |