Show J JUT IS DE AD ke i f abas has been in feeble health for a coill time i I 1 1 U f DIED IS HT SOUTHERN OALI FOam sketch of his lit life e has been a public man leaves an important office vacant 1 14 11 i 13 ill wednesdays contained the follo following i ing there will be mourning mour ning all ail over utah today over dver the death at los angeles california of colonel if C lett who passed away yesterday morning colonel lett has been in poor health for some months and recently cenal y was so EO lowa that t his like lif ewas I 1 was de spared spared of but he rallied and was able to be out once more and attend to his duties as aa a member of the utah commission he seemed to be in gradually improving and a fw days ago thinking that a trip to the coast would d do 0 him good 0 he lift laft for california the deceased casborn was born near cleveland ohio in 1834 0 when fifteen years of age he removed to illinois where he taught a school aud and alternately clerked in a store for several years from there he emigrated to layette lavette county conaty kansas and engaged in the merchandise business until the breaking out of the civil war when be removed to LNe nebraska braska settling in brownsville Browns ville and divided his time between mercantile pursuits and the construction of railroads while a resident thero there he was waa elect elected etl president of the mid land pacific and the browns ville kearney kearne v I 1 pacific railroads holding these positions for six years with credit to himself and 1 profit to 16 the company ile he aubi removed to lincoln thence to denver to accept the position of superintendent erin of the stone department of the union pacific road the duties of which important position he discharged to the entire satisfaction of the company compan 3 for over six years mr lett was the firstman to start what is known as the great stone industry of the rocky mountain iou etain in the elopement developement dev of this industry lie he employed from to 1000 men and turned out stone from the quarries of colorado amounting in value to that was sold all over the western in col lett came to salt lake and with his son will engaged in the real estate business in which he was very very successful on the organization c of f the real estate Exclia exchange col lett aas as elected pres president ident and ever since his arrival here he be has been prominent in in a all it movements having for their object the up building of the city and territory continued on fath rage col 11 C lott lett wi from cirit page in politics politic the colonel was a staunch democrat and was among the first to advocate division 0 on I 1 party lines in ili 1892 1802 lie ho was hon holl aced oi ec by liis his party with tile the nomica nomination tic for may mayor orthe the other candidates being 15 11 IL wells and R N baskin last year year col lett was one of the candidates for governor and soon after the appointment of governor west the deceased was selected by president cleveland as a member odthe of the rutih th commission lie ile was one of the ablest and hardest wor working kiDI a members of that body i col letts popularity with the people of utah was wonderful considering si ei the comparatively short length of time that he has resided imon amons them and lie he was always their steadfast friend he was a largo large hearted sympathetic man mail and in an unostentatious wan way lightened many it a burden and brought M sur sunshine shine into many a life lie ire was particularly interested in the young youn gand and was always endear ing V to lift up un the waifs waife and inspire them with a purpose this was strikingly shown in his efforts io in behalf of the newsboys of this city who feel today is as though they had been left fatherless col lett leaves a son an and t two xv 0 daugh daughter fers all of whom are marr married led i the remains will be brou brought I 1 bt back to denver and will be interred there the associated press dispatch received here last night was as follows los angeles cal march 27 col 11 0 lett cha chairman irwan OF of t the he utah commission died this morning on tile the train as ho he was entering 0 the city from the north he was accompanied by his daughter and by her ber husband J C taylor of salt lake city they took quarters at the westminster and preparations pa rations were at once made to have the remains taken ba back ck to salt lake and arid for final interment at denver where lies the body of col letts wife who died several years ago aco |