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Show DEATH OF CHARLES AUER. A gentle life went out when Char-He Char-He Aucr breathed ills last Monday night. A kinder man never lived. Although Al-though tho business ho was engaged in is not considered popular by a great many people, this old fellow blended good deeds with his every day life in such a way as to win tho admiration of all who know him. It is doubtful, Indeed, if any person in Salt I.ako had more or truer friends than he. Mr. Alter was tho givor of many sums of money to tho needy. His purse was always open to the deserving and oftentimes to those not deserving. The following incident will servo to show his character. A follow in this city went out on a drunk. While intoxicated lie issued a large number of forged checks, signing tho namo of C. Iv. Haines, tho then chairman chair-man of the board of public works. Each of theso checks was for $25. One was cashed nt Auer's place. Tho follow was arrested. Friends tried to stay the prosecution and as a moans the parties cashing tho bogus checks wero invited. It was explained that tho man had a family and they would suffer if he wero punished; that his wifo was in a delicate condition and tho shock might prove fatal. Nearly all of them gavo back tho checks and suffered loss. Mr. Auer was among them When ho handed over tho check ho had paid $25 for it was such a miserable attempt that tho party receiving it said: "Why, Mr. Alter, how could you cash such a bit of paper as this; you must havo known it was a forgery." "Oh yes," quietly responded Mr. Auer, smiling tho whilo, "I know it was a forgery all of the time" "Then why in tho world did you cash it?" was asked. "Because," replied Auer, "I thought tho fellow needed tho money, so I let him have it. I never presented it at tho banic. Ho never had. That Mr. Auer was a good man is ovidenced by tho fact of the long services ser-vices of those who worked for him. Oliver Ostler has boon with him since 1884 whilo J. J. McPheo has worked for him over twelvo years. Ho was an admirer of art and patronized it in a quiet, unostentatious manner. Ho was scholarly and educated. His resl-donee resl-donee in Utah extends over a period of thirty-five years. At the t time of his death he was about C5. He never married, but has relatives on tho coast, a nephew P. J. WInogar, of San Fran-! elsco. coming hero to attend tho funeral, funer-al, lie was for a long tlmo a partner of Edmund Murphy, deceased, nnd with him was an ardent Odd Follow. Whilo Mr. Murphy was elected Grand Master of this jurisdiction. Mr. Alter contented himself by continuing without with-out tho exalted honors and was a faithful adherent. Tho causo of ills death was gastritis, gastri-tis, combined with an affectation of tho heart. Tho end came very suddenly, sud-denly, after his condition was roporto.l as serious. Good old man, there have been ninny laid away to rest under costly monuments mon-uments whoso lives wore not ltoarly so good as his nnd ho sleeps his last sleep regretted by every mnn who ever camo in contnet with hint. |